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Is Somebody Trying to Bury Boris Johnson?
Downing Street denies reports that Johnson is being sidelined ahead of the election campaign.
By Isobel Thompson
The morning after Britain voted to leave the E.U., chief Brexiteer Boris Johnson arrived at Vote Leave HQ, "punching the air like Maradona," and then swiftly disappeared. Perhaps he was locked in a dark room somewhere, pallid with shock. Maybe he was conscientiously laboring over the mathematical technicalities of his pledge to give the NHS an extra £350 million a week post-Brexit. Or, alternatively, he was drawing up a comprehensive campaign to back his inevitable bid to be prime minister, one that was both reassuring and somber, championing unity in the face of division. Actually, he was off playing cricket.
Now, weeks into May's snap general election, the same eerie silence has descended over Johnson's camp. There have been no photographs of him pounding the Islington pavements on his morning run. His Twitter feed has been restrained, and distinctly election-empty. No small children have been rugby-tackled, and no prize-winning limericks have been penned about Turkey's President Erdoğan having sex with a goat. All over London, zip-wires remain emphatically unhung with the dangling form of BoJo. Where is he?
According to the Times, Johnson has been tactically sidelined in the build-up to the election. The Tory strategy to win over wavering Labour voters might be hindered by the sight of Johnson, ambling through the industrial Northern heartlands, expounding on his need for a new £100 million Royal Yacht Britannia, which he sincerely believes would attract "overwhelming support." Indeed, an unnamed minister told the paper that Johnson should be sent on "lots of important meetings in various foreign capitals" in the run-up to the vote. But, apparently, another source disagreed. "The idea that Boris isn't going to be prominent is about as credible as Jeremy Corbyn's position on Trident." So, with Theresa May refusing to participate in television debates prior to the election, perhaps this could be Boris's time to shine again. A natural performer, he would likely bemuse Corbyn and aggravate Liberal leader Tim Farron, joyfully employing his triad of "waffle, charm and delay"—a characterization coined (scathingly) by Lord Hestletine.
May bumps briefly back to shore
Theresa May might be gracefully balanced atop the smooth snap election wave but, the fact remains, the shore is still rocky. Today, she will meet with Jean-Claude Juncker and the E.U.'s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, who are swinging into Downing Street for a "flying visit." It comes ahead of a summit this weekend at which European leaders will formally adopt negotiating guidelines, whose priorities are markedly different to May's.
The terror of tourism
May has made her first slip since calling the snap election. Speaking in Wales—traditionally Labour, and therefore now possible Tory territory—she roused the assembled crowd via talk of trade deals and exports, and concluded with a grand flourish: "We want to lead the world in preventing tourism." There was pregnant pause. Wales, with its undulating hills and splendid beaches, makes billions off tourism every year. Presumably, she meant to refer to terrorism but, critics of Brexit, who loathe its penchant for borders, have deemed it a distinctly Freudian slip.
Don't talk about Brexit!
A general election script intended for Labour MPs has been leaked, as seemed inevitable, revealing everything we already knew: that the party's tactical campaign is centered around avoiding the elephantine issue of Brexit. MPs are told to emphasize that the election "is not a rerun of the E.U. referendum" and that the party only objects to the Tories' "reckless approach to Brexit".
A Labour landslide
Theresa May is expected to win so convincingly in the upcoming snap election that Tory strategists are apparently a little concerned. Anxious her lead could be diminished via voter complacency and low turnout, they are bandying the notion of a Labour landslide around, imagining it will strike fear into hearts across the nation and drive them in droves to the polling stations.
Facebook and the force of fake news
Damian Collins, chairman of the Commons culture, media and sport select committee, has warned Facebook, which has 32 million users in the U.K., that it must stridently combat fake news before the general election. "The risk is what happened in America," he told told the Guardian. "The top 20 fake news stories in the last three months of the election were shared more than the top 20 most shared stories that were true. The danger is, if for many people the main source of news is Facebook and if the news they get on Facebook is mostly fake news, they could be voting based on lies."
Political disjunction via erectile dysfunction
Former Labour MP Denis MacShane has apparently launched a peculiar attack on the antagonistic architects of the recent Gibraltar-gate. Asked by a Spanish newspaper why he thought the likes of Lord Howard and Norman Tebbitt were so hostile in their approach, he replied. "Perhaps my answer is a bit rude for your readers. But the men making so much noise in England about Gibraltar are too old to have sex. This was their last opportunity to have an erection and that's why they've started shouting against Spain."
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Terror attack at San Francisco's Pier 39 thwarted, federal authorities say
Posted 2:03 pm, December 23, 2017, by CNN Wire, Updated at 06:12PM, December 23, 2017
A former US Marine talked with an undercover FBI employee about carrying out a terror attack over the holidays at Pier 39, a busy shopping and tourist area in San Francisco, according to an affidavit filed in US District Court in California on Friday.
Everitt Aaron Jameson, 26, of Modesto, California, was arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the Justice Department said in a news release.
Though there are no additional known threats to the city, San Francisco police will be increasing their presence in light of the alleged terror plot, acting Mayor London Breed said in a statement. The spokesperson for the local FBI office said there are no known credible threats in the Bay Area.
CNN has not been able to contact Jameson's lawyer for comment.
According to the Modesto Bee, his federal public defender, Eric Kersten, said his client denied the allegation in the affidavit.
The FBI started watching Jameson in September after becoming aware of social media activity in which he "liked" or "loved" posts about terror attacks and ISIS, the affidavit said. Undercover employees of the FBI posed as supporters of ISIS and contacted Jameson, the affidavit said.
Jameson met with an undercover employee on December 16 and told them he wanted to conduct a terror attack using weapons and explosives at Pier 39, the affidavit said.
Jameson, saying he was familiar with the layout of the site, wanted to use explosives to "funnel" people into a location where he could inflict casualties, the affidavit said. "Jameson also stated that Christmas was the perfect day to commit the attack," the affidavit said.
The attack would be styled after the October 31 attack in New York City in which a man drove a truck down a bike lane, killing eight people, the affidavit said.
Jameson said he'd just started working as a tow truck driver, which could help in the attack, the affidavit said. He expressed loyalty to ISIS and its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and offered to donate money and contribute his firearms skills, the affidavit said.
Jameson had served in the US Marines in 2009 and attained a sharpshooter rifle qualification. He was later discharged for fraudulent enlistment because he failed to disclose a latent asthma history, the affidavit said.
He asked the undercover agents to provide an assault rifle and explosives and sent them photos of what appeared to be Pier 39, the affidavit said. Jameson told the agent that he would be willing to write "a statement to the brothers," the affidavit by an FBI agent said.
After several communications on December 18, Jameson appeared to back out, telling an undercover agent, "I also don't think I can do this after all. I've reconsidered," the affidavit said.
On December 20, authorities searched his home in Modesto and found firearms, empty magazines, ammunition and fireworks, the complaint said.
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During the search, Jameson talked about supporting ISIS and terrorism and said he would be happy if the attack were carried out.
Jameson remains in custody. He appeared in court on Friday for a first appearance and is scheduled for a detention hearing December 28 and a preliminary hearing January 5.
If convicted, Jameson could be sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $250,000, the Justice Department said.
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Sometimes the internet seems loud. There's so much advice and so many books. Even the good stuff can become overwhelming. But Jennifer Camp's words always quiet my head and heart. She reminds me to be still and listen to God.
Jennifer lives in California, but I'm so grateful we've connected across this big 'ole country. How she says things, how she shares what she's heard from God, and the heart behind the words have blessed me so. And now some of those words are bound up in a beautiful book.
"Loop: What Women Need to Know" is a one-year, twice-a-week devotional for busy women hungry to hear God's voice right to their hearts. The books is full of devotions that have showed up in my inbox and that I know will quiet your soul.
I walk through dirt path this morning, my friend's little girl calling loud, "Come with me! Come this way!" Her little boots scuff crisp leaves and fallen acorns. She finds two pine cones on a picnic bench – her strong, determined fingers grasping hold and flinging fast. I stay close, watching wisps of fine hair flow behind as she pumps little arms and trudges uphill.
I lift her into the swing. Thick black anchors her in and she leans forward, eyes closed, cheeks crinkled, smile wide. "I'm flying!" Her hands grip the front of her seat and she leans forward, then back. "Higher!" And my hands reach, pressing to the swing, and let go. She soars away and back, head down now, watching her feet scuff the tanbark when she lets them stretch long.
"I am present, my daughter. I kiss your face with my hope. I grasp hold of sorrow with a single hand and I usher it away, bit by bit. I know you want it washed away with a quick brush, a dashing movement. I could do that. But I want you to look to Me, now, child. I want you to wait on Me and recognize Me when I come for you. I want you to practice recognizing beauty and hope."
You will let me take steps toward You, and I will reach You. You are here. I look to You and wait. I look to You and do not remain passive, powerless, overwhelmed. You give me tools--your grace and strength within me to throw out lies. I don't have to stay here, weary and sad. I don't have to stay here, hopeless and lost.
Your power within me, your grace within me. Emmanuel. You are here. You are what is true. ... But I am scared. I fear I will soon, again, feel so alone.
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In Defense of the New Ghostbusters Movie — 4 Reasons Not All Remakes Are a Bad Thing
Chris Lane | May 12, 2016 | 8:00am
Remakes of movies always seem to draw a lot of criticism, particularly when a classic is about to get remade, and I understand the reaction, I really do. Like a lot of film lovers, I threw up my hands in a "Why are they doing this?!" fit of despair when I heard that Rob Zombie was planning on directing his versions of Halloween and its first sequel. I had a similar reaction when I heard that they were remaking Psycho years ago, and used to view such productions with suspicion and even anger.
Recently, the news that Ghostbusters was being rebooted with women in the roles once occupied by male actors caused the Internet to explode with fury. Whether or not that film ends up being considered a good one, crap or something in between remains to be seen, but a lot of people seem pretty upset that the beloved paranormal adventure film from the 1980s is being reimagined. The anger among some movie fans is probably rooted in sexism — which is sad. Just watch this profanity-laden reaction to see the kind of meltdown some folks are having about a reboot of a goofy '80s comedy:
Why do remakes evoke such a strong negative reaction in many people? Here are a few things about remakes that aren't necessarily a bad thing, and might even be viewed positively.
There's No Reason to Be So Mad About Remakes
4. They Don't Replace the Original.
First of all, this is obvious, but really important to keep in mind. No remake is going to erase the original from existence. Sure, if some director announced he or she was interested in a modern retelling of Rosemary's Baby, but as a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lawrence and Ice Cube, a lot of people including myself would probably feel like punching a hole through a wall, before calming down. But after coming to my senses, I'd remind myself that a really shitty remake doesn't replace the original, and that I can still go watch the classic film because it won't disappear into the ether. Bad movies are made all the time, and most of them aren't remakes. Just because some cruel sadist keeps giving money to Adam Sandler so he can create more suffering in this world doesn't mean that a version of Blade Runner with Sandler playing Deckard would in some way diminish the original film. (If any movie producers are out there, please, don't really do this). If anything...
3. Some Remakes Are a Good Reminder That the Original Film Is Great.
There's nothing like being fed a piece of cardboard and being told it's a delicious meal to make a person long for the real thing. In the case of a remake, there's only really one reason it's being done at all — people loved the original, and someone thinks he can rope in a new audience because the source material is so good. Let's face it, no one is spending time and money trying to remake Mac and Me, because that film is considered garbage and awful. What would be the point? In the case of almost any older movie that was popular and still has a fanbase, certain producers will trip over themselves trying to capitalize on a reboot, hoping that younger people might want to see a new version filled out with actors they're familiar with. It's a lazy way to approach filmmaking, I guess, but it can introduce the original movie to a new audience that might've not so easily discovered it. Someone who loves a film, and then finds out it's a remake, will probably seek out the original, and people who love the older film but hate the new version can sit back and enjoy just how much better the film they love is compared to the crappy new one. I had that experience watching a recent new version of The Fog, and while I hated it, the newer film sure made the classic from 1980 look great.
2. Sometimes They Introduce Viewers to Another Filmmaker.
While not exactly a "remake," the original Star Wars borrowed liberally from Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, and the classic spaghetti western A Fistful of Dollars is lifted almost perfectly from his samurai epic Yojimbo. Many fans have discovered Kurosawa after finding out his Japanese movies were largely responsible for the appeal of American productions they loved. This is a very good thing, and critics of remaking older movies should concede that it often exposes an audience to a filmmaker they might not otherwise gravitate to.
1. Sometimes a Remake Is Really Good.
Bad movies are bad movies; whether they're entirely original or retellings of older films is beside the point. It's easy to bitch about an upcoming remake, but better to remember that as long as performers like Adam Sandler exist, there will be no shortage of insultingly awful movies being made. Abominations like Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo somehow got green-lit, and if that's not proof that we live in a cruel and godless world, it does make it clear that plenty of entirely original films are vomited into theaters every month.
It's also important to remember that every once in a while, someone remakes an older movie and it's really good. Sure, that seems to be the exception rather than the rule, but it does happen. The 1951 Howard Hawks film The Thing From Another World is one of the best sci-fi movies of its decade, but to a lot of horror fans, the 1982 John Carpenter retelling is as good or better. Some would disagree, including probably Carpenter himself, but damn, I'm glad he made his version. Sam Raimi basically remade his own film in 1987 when he blended the concept of a reboot and sequel to The Evil Dead (1981). It's mostly the same story, sheared of extra characters, and soaked in both gore and the blackest humor possible. That remake/sequel is also widely considered better than the original film by most fans, too.
While many of the remakes I've mentioned have been scary movies, that's far from the only genre that's produced good newer versions from older films. The Birdcage (1996) was a funny remake of the 1978 Franco-Italian film La Cage Aux Folles, and the 1986 version of Little Shop of Horrors was a very popular remake of the 1960 Roger Corman film. Sometimes a new version of a 20- or 30-year-old movie can still be highly entertaining, so while lots of people are already weighing in on why the reboot of Ghostbusters will surely suck, it's probably a good idea to at least give it a chance. No matter how bad it is, it's probably going to be better than anything Adam Sandler has made in at least ten years.
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Police reveal more information as they search for missing 17-year-old girl they think could have come to harm
Isma Kouser hasn't been seen for two weeks and could be in Huddersfield
Missing Isma Kouser
Police in Cambridgeshire searching for a missing girl who may be in Huddersfield are liaising with West Yorkshire Police.
Isma Kouser, 17, has not been seen for two weeks since she went missing from her home in Peterborouogh.
Detectives are fearful that Isma may have come to some harm.
Police have not said what links Isma has to Huddersfield but said they are liaising with local police about her disappearance.
Isma is described as Asian, 5ft 2, slim with brown eyes and very long black hair.
She was last seen wearing a long yellow top, black trousers and was carrying a large brown/tan handbag.
Det Insp Dan Pawson said today: "We do have concern for Isma as she is only 17.
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"We are concerned for her welfare and are doing all we can, including working with West Yorkshire Police to ensure she is found safe and well."
In an earlier statement Det Insp Pawson said: "A considerable amount of time has now passed since we know Isma was last seen by her family and we are growing increasingly concerned that she may have come to some harm."
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When posting a bookmark link in chat, it one-boxes the link, showing the name assigned to the bookmark:

However, if that message is starred, it shows the link:

In the case of bookmarks, it would be much better if the link text was the name of the bookmark:

It would be a nice touch instead of just a raw link so people at least have some idea of what they are clicking on.
It could even be prefixed with "Bookmark: " or something of that nature to indicate it's a bookmark.

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News | Business | Business | Business | Apr 29, 2014
NLRB Proposes Rule to Speed Up Union Elections
To the ire of employers, proposal would allow employees to vote to unionize in less than half the current time.
Some employers are worried that the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) newly proposed rule would allow unions to ambush companies with "quickie" elections before employees were fully informed about what unionizing would entail.
The NLRB hopes, however, that speeding up employee representation elections and giving union organizers more access to employee contact information will modernize the election process and make it fairer for everyone involved.
The NLRB recently closed the comment period on a proposed rule that would significantly decrease the currently required 25-day waiting period between a union's filing a petition to unionize and the employees' vote on representation. The rule would also abolish companies' ability to request a pre-election review of the petition to delay a vote and require companies to provide union organizers' employee e-mail addresses and phone numbers within two days after notice of the filing.
These changes would allow unions to hold an election as soon as 10 days after filing a petition.
The NLRB stated that the proposed rule would "remove unnecessary barriers to the fair and expeditious resolution of questions concerning representation, to increase transparency and uniformity across regions…[and] to eliminate unnecessary litigation."
The proposed rule mirrors the regulation the NLRB promulgated in 2011. A federal district court struck down that rule the next year because the NLRB lacked enough members for a quorum. Absent exceptional circumstances—which were not present in this case—the NLRB must have at least three members to qualify as a quorum in order to officially promulgate a rule. When promulgating the 2011 rule, only two NLRB members participated, one short of the necessary amount.
The district court's decision invalidating the rule emphasized that the court expressed no opinion on the legality of the regulation's substance. "It may well be," the district court found, "that, had a quorum participated in its promulgation, the final rule would have been found perfectly lawful."
House Republicans, led by House Education & the Workforce Committee Chair John Kline (R-MN) and subcommittee Chair Phil Roe (R-TN), requested a 30-day extension on the current proposed rule's comment period. Kline said, "At a recent meeting with [NLRB] Chairman Mark Pearce, we laid out our concerns…However, it's exceedingly obvious the board is determined to advance this radical scheme no matter the damage inflicted on our nation's workplaces."
The NLRB denied Kline and Roe's request, stating that the two comment periods provided ample time for all interested parties. The NLRB also emphasized that more than 70,000 comments from the 2011 proposal would be incorporated in the current review process.
Supporters of the proposal applauded the NLRB's efforts to streamline the voting process. Richard Trumka, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), stressed that workers should be able to vote for union representation in a timely manner. He said, "[T]he current NLRB election process is riddled with delay and provides too many opportunities for employers to manipulate and drag out the process through costly and unnecessary litigation and deny workers a vote."
The Communication Workers of America echoed Trumka's sentiments, arguing, "Reform of the NLRB election rules is long overdue. For too long, employees who have wanted the benefits of union representation have watched in frustration and fear as the agency charged with protecting their right to make that choice appeared powerless to do its job."
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who shared the union leaders' opinions, emphasized that "the NLRB proposed commonsense reforms that are a step toward ensuring fairness for workers as they exercise their fundamental right to decide whether to join a union. The current process has stacked the deck against workers."
Opponents of the proposed rule, however, have fiercely attacked the changes as creating a way for unions to "ambush" companies through "quickie elections."
Geoff Burr, a Vice President for Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., a national trade association representing 22,000 members, was disappointed the NLRB reconsidered the rule after the 2012 court ruling. He stated, "Shortening the election period does nothing to ensure a fairer election and it is clearly not necessary to help the NLRB meet its self-imposed goal for election timeframes. In addition, it denies employers their rights to free speech and employees the opportunity to make a fully informed decision."
Randel Johnson, a Senior Vice President at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, also attacked the proposal as a "not so cleverly disguised effort to restrict the ability of employers to express their views during an election campaign, to inform employees of the pros and cons of unionization."
The proposed rule's comment period recently closed, with over 74,000 comments submitted for consideration.
Tagged: National Labor Relations Board, Union Elections, Unions
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Puppet Masters
Senator Rand Paul not letting the Fauci-COVID-19 connection go
Seraphim Hanisch
The Duran
Sat, 15 May 2021 00:00 UTC
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Senator Rand Paul • Dr. Anthony Fauci
This interview clip speaks for itself, yet, of course, we can offer some comment. Senator Rand Paul has been in a verbal firefight with Dr Anthony Fauci for a long time, but this week the questions finally got to the matter of personal culpability for COVID, owing to the fact that Dr Fauci helped funnel US government funds to the Wuhan Virology Institute for "Gain of Function" research on coronaviruses. It is very likely that our not-so-beloved COVID-19 is one of those viruses developed by the lab.
It has many of the characteristics:
It is very tough, does not go away when the weather gets warm, it seems to threaten even those people who have received the vaccine, the vaccines themselves involve the use of technology that has never been tried before, especially not on the general population...
...and yet, Dr Fauci, who already is known for botching the American response to AIDS / HIV so many years ago, somehow manages to hold the "seat of power" regarding the American COVID-19 response, which has been utterly tragic to the country.
While the causes of the Great American Collapse stem from a loss in faith and obedience to God, something I have written about over and over, (ad nauseam for many of my readers, no doubt!), the "trigger" to make the Collapse start was fear of this chimeric virus. It is about three times as dangerous as influenza, and as a plague, it hardly fits the bill, but it still has killed over three million people around the world in the last eighteen months. It has divided America against itself, it has closed Churches and isolated millions of people in their homes, and it has sowed fear across billions of people who otherwise were undisturbed by life.
Someone caused this to happen. There is a good chance that Dr Anthony Fauci is at the center of this. Senator Rand Paul is gradually inching the narrative towards blowing this story wide open. Let us hope this progress continues. The nation may be depending on it.
Comment: Senator Paul makes excellent points in this interview, beginning with his curious conversation with Dr. Fauci.
Do I see another 'In yo face, sucka!' image from The PTB? Look at Fauxi's mask. Is that greyish face below F's left eye wearing a gas mask? Is it a skull? Same question re under the right eye.
ReRan · 2021-05-15T23:00:17Z
Rowan Cocoan Remember when we were kids and people would say "Sock it to me baby, let it all hang out!" I have no idea why, but that's what came to mind when I looked closer at that mask. Maybe I was just in the mood to "Sock it to him". When I see pictures of Falsey, I have an anger raction.
Ragnar · 2021-05-16T00:26:14Z
He looks like such an idiot wearing a mask . So unnecessary.
Did Sen. Paul go after him for the government using wrong data to form their oppressive response to this fairly mild virus? Of course not! Did he go after him for their not modifying the .gov response after those fake computer models were proven wrong? Of course not! Did he question why the .gov imposed useless "guidelines", masks and distancing? Of course not! And why did Paul wait so long to start chomping on falchis ass? Oh yea, he had to wait till Trump left office because he couldn't question emperor Falchi who had been appointed, or anointed by Trump! He had to wait till Pedo Joe cheated his way in..
I get the feeling that Sen. Pauls attacking the doorknob Falchi is just show. More circus to go along with the bread.
parzival ·
Fauci is a satanist...
· 2021-05-16T08:29:08Z
parzival Yep. Aka, a moral relativist for whom the ends justify the means - at least he would claim that except in the Satanic Temple where he'd say it's all going per the plan.
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Depending on the type of off-road, weather condition and the distant travelled, I usually carry 2 to 3 litres of non-gasy energy drink in my hydration bag. It is absolutely important to carry more water than needed, as the excess may save life if you lost your way in the forest or helping someone in trouble.
I usually carry two high fibre energy bars, which can last me for a day ride.
This is something I don't wish to use it, but highly essential item. Besides using it for myself, I have helped a handful of riders during the past one year of off-road riding. Some essential first aid items that must be included are iodine and alcohol, which help to kill bacteria on the wound.
Well, the last thing you want is to push your bike all the way out of the forest. Keep an extra tube in your hydration bag, it will come in handy. For the past one month of riding, I have seen 4 cases of punctured tires, of which one rider did not carry extra tube. Although I ride tubeless tires that suppose to be punctured proof, you never no if one major impact on sharp rock would tear a big hole on it.
Some people may be able to use their hands without the levers, but why waste your energy when you can use a simple tool to do it?
Buy a good one, which has the option of Presta and Schrader valves. You never know what valve is needed, especially the tube belongs to someone.
Do I need to say more? Chose those that has all the standard size tools for your bicycle components, especially for the seatpost and brakes. You can get it from any good bike shop.
It will come in handy, for any possible situation you can think of.
You may need it in situation when your derailuer failed to work reliably after a rough ride.
For emergency call, or for the rescuer to track you. Keep it in a water proof zip bag. I prefer iPhone as it comes with digital compass and google map that may help you to get out of the forest.
Other not so essential items that you may want to carry along are a piece of cloth for cleaning purpose, and a duct tape for quick repair.


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The Toronto Star asks: does Rob Ford have a drinking problem?
By Frances McInnis | March 26, 2013
By Frances McInnis | 03/26/2013
(Image: Christopher Drost)
The Toronto Star took aim at Rob Ford once again this morning with a lengthy story alleging that the mayor struggles to control his binge drinking. While the deeply reported article contains plenty of specific details—some bordering on lurid—from current and former staffers, none of them were willing to put their names in print. Below, we round up the story's biggest claims.
1. Ford controls his drinking when the stakes are highest
Past and present staffers told Star reporters Robyn Doolittle and Kevin Donovan that Ford was in control during the mayoral campaign, but that his drinking seemed to ramp up after he took office and worsened as his clout on council began to wane in fall 2011. Apparently Ford returned to his best behaviour during his recent conflict-of-interest case, at least in part because of pressure from councillors in his circle.
2. Staff members have tried—and repeatedly failed—to get Ford help
Ford's team, concerned for the mayor and exasperated by his missteps, has made several failed attempts to get Ford into treatment over the past two years. His usual response, according to a former staffer: "I'm good. Don't worry about it." Some of the proposals were rather elaborate, it seems, including a plan to stage a vacation for Ford and his wife while he went to a rehab centre.
3. Staff rarely actually see the mayor drinking
After reports surfaced about Ford's allegedly inappropriate encounter with Sarah Thomson earlier this month, the mayor's chief of staff Mark Towhey insisted the mayor didn't drink any alcohol at the event. The Star reporters offer one potential explanation: "perplexed staffers have said they rarely catch him drinking, fuelling suspicion that he binge drinks prior to events."
4. The mayor was asked to leave a military ball in February after behaving strangely
Much of the story concerns Ford's behaviour at The Garrison Ball, a charity gala recognizing the armed forces on February 23. The mayor arrived late, and was rambling, stumbling and slurring, according to several unnamed sources including an organizing committee member who said "he seemed either drunk, high or had a medical condition." Councillor Paul Ainslie told the paper that he urged Ford's chief of staff to get the mayor to leave, though he wouldn't discuss why.
5. Ford still has a strong core of support
Several guests at the gala defended the mayor, including the chair of the Toronto Port Authority Mark McQueen. Ford himself told reporters the allegations are "nonsense" this morning, repeating his claim that The Star is filled with "pathological liars." Doug Holyday and Doug Ford, meanwhile, both said that articles like this one are an attempt to detract from Ford's performance as mayor. Regardless, one former staffer told the Star that if Ford were to publicly admit to a problem and seek treatment, his re-election team doesn't believe it would hurt his chances in the next campaign.
• Rob Ford: 'Intoxicated' Toronto mayor asked to leave military ball [Toronto Star]
Topics: City Hall Doug Ford Doug Holyday Mark Towhey Paul Ainslie Politics Rob Ford Sarah Thomson Toronto politics Toronto Star


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Surgical Science
10.4236/ss.2014.512084
Horizontal Chin Bar
Mehdi Deylami Pour1, Hamid Karimi2,3*, Amir-Hossein Deilami-Pour4, Sara Deylami-Pour5
1Plastic Surgery Private Practice, Tehran, Iran
2Plastic Surgery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3Plastic Surgery Department, Hazrat Fatemeh Hospital, Tehran, Iran
4Azad Medical University, Tehran, Iran
5Dental School, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Email: *karimihamid11@gmail.com, *hamidkarimi1381@yahoo.com
Academic Editor: Bulang Gao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Copyright © 2014 by author and Scientific Research Publishing Inc.
Received 10 October 2014; revised 10 November 2014; accepted 3 December 2014
Background: Correction of long face and chin retrusion has a significant effect on facial aesthetic and symmetry. Bimaxillary (Bimax.) Operation has been performed for long face and bimaxillary dentoalveolar protrusion. But bimaxillary surgery cannot address all of complex deformity of mandible. The new technique using horizontal chin bar can treat mandibular dentoalveolar protrusion and chin retrusion in one setting. Objectives: To evaluate the results of mandible segmental osteotomy and jumping genioplasty; To illustrate the versatility and the ease of this procedure and to confirm the good to excellent clinical results obtained with minimal complications. Design: Retrospective study setting, all of the patients of university hospital and private practice who seek medical attention for long face and retruded (and/or deviated) chin were included in the study. Patients and surgeons satisfaction were evaluated. Results: 45 patients, aged 19 - 30 years (mean age, 24 ± 6 years) underwent the creation of a horizontal chin bar (4 - 7 mm wide) as an axis for two opposite bone movement (and a place for fixation) of mandibular dentoalveolar segment and lower chin segment [segmental lower jaw (Kolle's) operation and genioplasty], and/or with concomitant Bimax. operation. The mean chin advancement was 8 mm (4 - 10 mm). Average setback for mandible was 3 mm (2 - 6 mm). No bone resorption was identified. No permanent nerve pa- resthesia was noted. There was one case of the bar fracture due to narrowness of the bar. 37 patients were highly satisfied and 8 were satisfied with the results. There was no dissatisfaction in our patients and surgeons. Conclusion: For long face and retruded chin one of the best treatments is horizotal chin bar method with very good long-term results. EBM: Level IV.
Long Face, Bimaxillary Surgery, Genioplasty, Segmental Osteotomy
Facial bone deformities have different presentations. One of the very difficult and skill demanding deformities is bimaxillary (Bimax.) dentoalveolar protrusion. These patients usually have a long face and a retruded chin (Fig- ure 1). In the past, bimaxillary deformity was managed with maxillary set back and body osteotomy of mandible after orthodontic management. In fact dental and chin deformity were repaired as one piece 9. But there may be different deformities of chin and dentoalveolar part.
This type of surgery had two disadvantages:
1) If the whole part goes back, the lower face and jaw would be inappropriately wide;
2) If it goes forward, there would be a step in jaw arch and chin would be wide.
There are many of these patients that have protruded anterior segmental mandible plus retruded chin, so the surgeons have to move the two segments in different directions (Figures 1-3). This is especially true in long face patients (Figure 1). These patients usually have long and retruded chin. And reconstruction of the bimaxillary
Figure 1. A 28-year-old lady with long face, retruded chin and open bite. The two lower left pictures show horizontal chin bar. Before surgery: Upper two left photos.
Figure 2. A 32-year-old lady with long face and retruded chin. The right upper most picture shows cast surgery and wafer. Lower row 2nd and 3rd picture from left show horizontal chin bar. Before surgery: Upper left three photos. After surgery: Lower right two photos.
Figure 3. Long face and long chin. Before surgery: Upper left two photos. After surgery: Lower right three photos.
dento-protrusion would produce longer face. In these patients only sagital splitting osteotomy or mandibular body osteotomy cannot solve the problem completely. Therefore some other retouching and complimentary surgeries may be needed afterward. Also these methods cannot correct the chin problem at the same time [2] , [3] , [7] , [8] , [10] . And reconstruction of chin is needed during the first surgery. We have a new solution for this problem!
In this method, after orthodontic treatment, by producing a horizontal segmental mandibular bar in the chin region, we treat the protrusion of dentoalveolar part with segmental osteotomy.
So a horizontal middle chin bar will be produced in the anterior part of mandible (Figure 4). This bar is 4 - 7 millimeter wide and with using this bar, the deformity of chin will be treated easily at the same time (whether protrusion, retrusion, even shortness or deviation if necessary) (Figures 1-3).
With this method, the continuity of jaw in coronal plane will be stable. And there would be no widening of face or jaw, and there would be no malocclusion of teeth or any step in dental arch.
Setback of lower jaw will be done by removal of first premolar teeth and dentoalveolar setback will be done and will be fixed by an arch bar only. In the inferior part of horizontal bar, genioplasty (reduction or augmentation) according to patient skeletal deformity will be done. The chin part will be fixed in three points to the horizontal bar by wire (#24 - #30), or only screws or plate and screws (Figure 1(h)). But fixation with mini-plate surely would increase the risk of dental root injury.
This horizontal bar is located anterior to the mental nerve, so there is no risk of trauma to the nerve.
Approach to the operating site is from inside of mouth and with gingival incision. Degloving of soft tissue will be done anteriorly and posterior soft tissue pedicle of chin bone will remain intact. In this way vascularity of chin bone will be saved. In most of patients, the chin would need reduction, and there would be no need of bone graft even in case of chin augmentation. In some cases, jumping genioplasty by the rate of 1/3 to 2/3 can be done and even the jumping part can be placed over the horizontal bar and fixed to it.
2. Material & Methods
In this study we were to evaluate the results of the new technique of using horizontal chin bar in our patients.
During more than 12 years all of the patients with bimax deformity and long face were evaluated. Surgical
Figure 4. Schematic representation of surgical technique. 1) Man- dibular segmental osteotomy; 2) Jumping genioplasty; 3) Horizontal chin bar; 4) Advanced genioplasty; 5) Retruded chin.
method was "bimaxillary segmental setback" or "segmental osteotomy of mandible and le fort I for maxillary impaction of upper jaw". Most of the patients had chin reduction and needed anterior movement of chin or jumping genioplasty [1] . Demographic data were collected for all of our patients. Skull X-rays, Cephalograms and dental cast were taken for each patient. Cast surgeries were done before each operation for evaluation of results and for construction of interdental wafer. All of patients were included in this study. Our technique, horizontal chin bar, were performed for all of our patients. Height of horizontal bar was 4 - 7 millimeter. Photographs before and in several sessions after operation were undertaken to compare the results. Casts and X-rays and cephalograms at least twice in 12 and 24 months after surgery were taken. And used for evaluation of bone resorption and relapse [2] .
Mean chin advancement and soft tissue advancement and mean dentoalveolar setback of mandible were calculated. Stability and occlusion were evaluated on standardized X-rays and dental casts.
Satisfaction of patients and surgeons were classified as: excellent, good, moderate, fair. All of the results were analyzed with SPSS 16 software and p value less than 5% was considered significant.
In this study, during more than 12 years, we had 45 patients. All of them with prognatism, long face and retruded chin (Figure 5, Figure 6). 34 (84.5%) were female and 11 (15.5%) male. The mean age of patients was 24 years (from 18 to 30). Only one patient was smoker.
The mean chin advancement was 8 mm (4 - 10 mm) and soft tissue advancement was 3 - 9 mm. Average setback for mandible was 3 mm (2 - 6 mm).We had only one case in whom the bar broke during the operation and it was repaired with screw and mini-plate. The cause of this complication was believed to be the narrowness of bar. So it was concluded that the height of the bar should be at least 4 mm. There were no other complications during the procedure. And blood loss was minimal. No tooth damage was noted during surgery.
All of patients after operation had normal contouring in face. Follow up of patients was more than 12 years (mean 6.3 years). According to X-rays and Cephalograms, there were no failure or relapse after operation. There was no bone resorption after the surgery (Figure 2(d)). The pedicle of chin bone was remained intact posteriorly, so there was no resorption of chin bone. The failure rate was zero. There were no relapses. We noted 4 - 8 months transient paresthesia and hypoesthesia in chin area of 28 cases, 62.2% of our patients. But there were not any permanent nerve paresthesia. And none of the patients needed secondary operation.
All of the patients had normalized face with normal proportions and dimensions. 37 patients were highly satisfied and evaluated the surgery as excellent and 8 patients evaluated it as good. Surgeons evaluated the results as 39 excellent and 6 good.
Figure 5. A lady with long middle third of face and retruded chin. The two lower left pictures show horizontal chin bar. Before surgery: Upper left three photos. After surgery: Lower right two photos.
Figure 6. Long face, long chin and Class III malocclusion. Before surgery: Upper left three photos. After surgery: Lower right two photos.
The long face patients need very careful evaluation and planning, and surgical reconstruction of these type faces needs very good experience, highly capable orthognatic surgeons and skillful technique in order to achieve a very good aesthetic result. Most of these patients have a bimax. Protrusion of dentoalveolar part and a long and retruded chin at the same time. These complex deformities need orthodontic treatment together with orthognatic surgery. Preoperative planning with cephalometry analysis and dental cast model is very important for this kind of orthognatic surgery [3] . Segmental osteotomy alone is insufficient to obtain maximum aesthetic improvement of mandibular contour 12. So, simultaneous correction of mandibular protrusion and mandibular bone excess in the vertical dimension and (in most of cases) correction of chin recession are required [4] [5] . In these patients merely bimax operation and body osteotomy or ramous sagittal splitting operation will not solve the whole problem. And this would lead to secondary complimentary operation or patients' dissatisfaction. Especially sensory disturbance in our method is much less noticeable than sagittal splitting osteotomy in which postoperative permanent decrease in sensitivity of the lower lip was reported to be as high as 20% - 45% [6] [7] . The maxillary deformity is treated according to the type of deformity, but mandibular complex deformity needs complex and careful reconstruction.
Mandibular prognathism is defined by John Hunter as follows: "The lower jaw projecting too far forward so that the fore teeth pass before those of the upper jaw, therefore disfigurement and malocclusion are two of the main facial characteristics." Other distinguishing features are the coexistence of Class III malocclusion, incomplete closure of lip, deviation of the midline, and decrease of labiomental fold and unfavorable aesthetic features [8] [9] . Generally the functional occlusion and balance facial harmony can be obtained by both surgical and orthodontic treatments. In general, mandibular prognathism is treated by the sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SSRO), OR, intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy (IVRO) and/or genioplasty [7] [10] [11] .
In 1981, Bell reported some type of mandibular prognathism with relatively deficient chin and prominent lower lip and Class III malocclusion. He used intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy and advancement genioplasty with a near one-to-one ratio of soft tissue-to-osseous change in chin area [12] . In the same year, Scheideman et al. have reported a good to excellent soft tissue change in this type of procedure and a ratio of 1:1 of soft tissue change for advancement of chin [13] . In 1996, Hoffman reviewed maxillary or mandibular surgery with genioplasty 5. He stated the effects of genioplasty in improving facial profile. And he mentioned surgical techniques for setback genioplasty. In 2002, Satoh, et al., have introduced a method of mandibular segmental osteotomy and chiseling out the protruding middle portion of protruding chin. 18 Asian patients were operated with this method with satisfactory aesthetic results [14] . In another report, Satoh, et al., have mentioned a segmental osteotomy in minor degree mandibular prognathism with double horizontal osteotomy and decortication of middle portion of it, and rapid aesthetic improvement and no intermaxillary fixation. They mentioned 4 - 5 mm setback of bone. And in their study no orthodontic treatments were required [4] . It is obvious that genioplasty is required in most of bimax. Surgeries and with a good selection of procedure, it will produce a better result and develop more beauty and harmony in the face.
Kolle's mandibular segmental osteotomy, with extraction of the bilateral first bicuspids, is usually used in cases of mild mandibular prognathism [6] [7] . And in this method, the premolar region alone is set back by segmental osteotomy. In our cases it was noted that such patients had two deformities: Mandibular premolar prognathism (or anterior part prognathism) and a retruded (and sometimes deviated) chin. It was obvious that two operations in the opposite directions should be done in order to have the best aesthetic results. Therefore, we performed two horizontal osteotomies in anterior mandible, producing a horizontal bar in between with 4 - 7 mm height. The protruding premolar region is set back and fixed by arch bar to other teeth, and the retruded chin is advanced and/ or elevated to have the best facial contour and profile. The lower segment usually will be fixed to the horizontal bar with wire (#24 - #30) (Figure 1(h), and Figure 3(h)) and sometimes with screws. Mean follow up of more than 6 years shows that the changes are stable. There are no bone resorption, relapse and significant permanent complications. This procedure can obtain a rapid aesthetic result. All of our patients were satisfied with the results and the bird beak deformity was treated very easily.
We recommend the horizontal chin bar technique in the patients with prognathism and a retruded (and/or deviated) chin.
The authors have no conflict of interest.
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Morris Lapidus's crescent-shaped landmark has a longstanding reputation for grandeur, and has been one of Miami Beach's defining pieces of architecture for more than 60 years. But there's nothing old or stodgy about today's Fontainebleau, especially following its recent $2 billion renovation, which included the construction of a new entry and a 36-story oceanfront tower. Everything here is done on a grand scale, from the room count (1,504) to the dining options (there are nine in all, including options from chefs Michael Mina and Scott Conant) to the elaborate pool, which has three whirlpools, a two-story waterfall, and a children's play area with a lazy river and giant water slide. The hotel also houses two nightclubs, including the ultra-exclusive LIV (where Jay-Z one allegedly racked up a $250,000 champagne bill).
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What gets desktop developers out of bed in the morning?
Mark Wilcox · July 01, 2016
Despite all the hype around the death of the PC and the enormous amount of media attention focused on mobile, cloud and IoT, the humble desktop is still the biggest part of the developer economy. There are more professional developers working on desktop applications than any other sector.
A proven model for targeting IoT developers
Stijn Schuermans · June 23, 2016
What if you could identify a handful of developer personas, or segments, each with a very distinct set of needs and interests? What if on top of that set of developer personas you also had some guidance as to how to address each one of them, what to include in your outreach campaigns targeted at them in order to make them more effective?
1000 skills: Amazon Alexa as a metaphor for the IoT developer community
Alexa is a centerpiece of Amazon's Smart Home push, and quickly growing to become one of the most promising attempts at making a successful Smart Home hub, connecting all other devices around the house together. What's more, Amazon has opened Alexa to developers, who can incorporate it in their own devices as well as add new functionality to the assistant, in the form of so-called Skills (services, integrations, or use cases).
Google's Instant Apps is the power grab that ActiveX couldn't make
Bill Ray · June 16, 2016
Instant Apps will succeed where ActiveX failed. Better compartmentalisation and centralised management will secure it, and users will appreciate it, but the real winner will be Google who squashes alternative app stores and outmanoeuvres alternative Android distributions, all in the interest of providing greater web-site functionality.


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Crown renews agreement with Comcast
Crown Media Holdings Inc., owner and operator of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, said Thursday that it has renewed its distribution agreement with Comcast Corp. for a multiyear term.
By AP, Kimberly Nordyke
Under the new deal, Comcast systems will have the right to distribute Hallmark Channel and both the standard- and high-definition versions of Hallmark Movie Channel, which plans to launch an HD version in March.
"Clearly, this agreement reflects both Comcast's and Hallmark Channel's emphasis on quality, fair price and service to our respective subscribers and viewers," Crown Media president and CEO Henry Schleiff said. "On a personal note, I would add that our ability to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement should indicate that regardless of size or other factors, parties who operate in good faith can reach fair agreements without outside help or intervention."
He added that he anticipates two other impending other carriage deals — with Time Warner Cable and DirecTV — closing on schedule at year's end.
Schleiff also said there are no immediate plans to put the network up for sale again.
"We are not for sale, but obviously as a public company we'll continue to entertain indications of interest," he said. "But in the interim, we will operate in the best interests of our shareholders to maximize value, and certainly the most current deal with Comcast reflects that ongoing effort."
Added Madison Bond, Comcast's executive vp content acquisition: "Hallmark Channel is a highly rated network with original movies and classic series all delivered at a fair and reasonable price. Our goal is to serve the best interests of our subscribers, and there are few networks that offer them better programming or value than Hallmark Channel."


where was you for the past 12 months?
like who's got the whole scene p-ssed?
not enough champs, could you bring some more?
alright, cool, let me go true, who are you?
what have you seen? what have you been through?
yo, likkleman you wanna stunt on who?
about gully-side, what? what? when? where? who?
like their scene don't need me anymore?
why can't i be free anymore?
stormzy's taking the p-ss, how can he?


Teams Wales U21 Luxembourg U21 played so far 4 matches.
Wales U21 won 2 direct matches. Luxembourg U21 won 0 matches. 2 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 3.00 goals per Match.
Wales U21 in actual season average scored 1.24 goals per match. In 9 (90.00%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 6 (60.00%) matches in season 2019 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
We invite you to check Wales U21 and Luxembourg U21 match statistict (Tab Stats->Match statistics), where you will find out who is the best scorer. Also you can check the statistics of possession, shots, corners, offsides, and many other applications.
In tab Goals stats (tab Stats->Goals stats) check how many loses and scored goals per game, how many games won and lost to zero. You will find what results teams Wales U21 and Luxembourg U21 usually end matches with divided into first and second half.
In tab Form(Stats->form) you find graph teams form and a list of all matches of Wales U21 and Luxembourg U21 in season.


On Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center, the Philadelphia Wings took on the Calgary Roughnecks in National Lacrosse League action.
The Wings and all-star goalie Brandon Miller were outmatched in the contest as the Roughnecks forced several turnovers and out-shot the Wings (taking 15 more shots). Eventually, Miller had to be pulled after allowing 7 straight goals. Although the team rallied after the goalie switch, they still lost by a 13-7 tally.
The Wings scoring was led by Brendan Mundorf and Alex Turner who managed two goals apiece.
With the win, the Roughnecks still sit atop the Western division. In losing, the Wings (who have a record six N.L.L. titles) remain mired in last place in the East.
The Wings wore special green jerseys during the game which were then auctioned off post-game to benefit the HEADstrong Foundation.
The Wings have two home games left this season. The next takes place April 2nd against the Toronto Rock. You can win tickets to the game (or get a great deal on seats) on our CONTESTS PAGE.


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Bradley, Abraham, Jr. (1767-1838), public administrator and topographer
Richard R. John
Bradley, Abraham, Jr. (21 February 1767– May 1838), public administrator and topographer, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, the son of Abraham Bradley, a public officer, and Hannah Baldwin. Bradley grew up in Litchfield, graduated from Tapping Reeve's well-known law school, and was admitted to the bar in 1791. For a brief period he practiced law in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where he also served as a judge. During this time he met and married Hannah Smith, with whom he had eight children. Though Bradley possessed an excellent knowledge of the law, he did not find legal work congenial because it called for a good deal of public speaking, a skill that he never acquired....
Herrman, Augustine (1605?–1686?), merchant, attorney, ambassador, and mapmaker
Dorothy Rowlett Colburn
Herrman, Augustine (1605?–1686?), merchant, attorney, ambassador, and mapmaker, was born in Prague, Bohemia, thought to be the son of Ephraim Augustin Herrman, a shopkeeper and city councilman, and Beatrix Redel, but possibly the son of Abraham Herrman, a Hussite minister in Mseno who was exiled to Zittau in Saxony because he was not Roman Catholic, and eventually settled in Amsterdam (wife's name unknown)....


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Q: Book identification - quest to defeat impending magical death I read a book (or trilogy?) in the 90s about a boy who gets cut on the chest by a knife.  It's a magical wound that will kill him within a few days or weeks.  A good wizard assembles a group of guardian-type people to take the boy on a quest to defeat the evil ruler who marked him.  One in the group is a girl with some kind of mind powers who makes the boy forget about his impending death.  Another is a warrior with black eyes named Scythe after the sword he uses.  The boy turns out to have magical powers as well and is eventually revealed as an elemental (?) with power over the elements.

A: This is "Blade of the Poisoner" and "Master of Fiends" by Douglas Hill.
The book contains an extensive discussion of elemental magic and one of the main protagonists is a character named Scythe.

Young Jarrel has suffered a wound from the evil Poisoner's blade, and
  is destined to die by the next full moon. Only by destroying the blade
  that gave him the wound can Jarrel be saved, and it will be up to
  Jarrel's new companions--Archer, Scythe, Mandra and the wizard Cryl-to
  help save him. What follows is a lively journey to the Poisoner's lair
  to ultimately defeat the evil-and to discover what remarkable powers
  Jarrel may possess.
Talents. Elementals. Good guys. Bad guys. You've seen it all before...
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For 18 years, Danny's dad has kept him locked away in their home, safe from the 'monsters' outside. But one day, Danny's world comes crashing down. Pete Jackson's poignant drama with Lewis Gribben.
Danny's desire to defend his dad only strengthens when he realises that other people might not have loved Steve in the same way he did
For all his life, Danny's dad has kept him locked inside. But one day, everything changes.
First shown: Sun 16 Oct 2022 | 24 mins
Danny realises that other people might not have loved his dad in the same way he did
Danny's preoccupation with the 'monster' leads him and Aaron into trouble
Aaron navigates the beginnings of a crush, while Danny embarks on a journey of discovery
As the boys enjoy a party on the farm, Danny is faced with a monstrous vision of his dad
Danny and Aaron have fallen out, and now Danny must face the truth about life with his dad
Sue drops Danny off at his new home. With nothing left to lose, he goes on an adventure.
Danny revisits the home that was once his world. What happened on those fateful last days?
Psychological drama based on the best-selling novel by Amanda Reynolds, about a woman who forgets the last year of her life following a brain trauma. Starring Connie Nielsen and Christopher Eccleston.
Drama from Russell T Davies about five friends. With their lives tested as they grow up in the shadow of AIDS, they're determined to live and love more fiercely than ever.
Drama set in a fictional Liverpool care home in spring 2020. A carer (Jodie Comer) who bonds with a patient (Stephen Graham) is put to the test in horrific circumstances as the Covid-19 pandemic hits.
Passion, ambition and treachery collide in this lavish historical drama depicting King Henry VIII's infamous reign
Glitzy, gripping US drama following the tangled lives of country music stars in Nashville, Tennessee as they navigate fame, family and tragedy. Starring Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere.
Multi-award-winning US drama created by prolific novelist Michael Crichton that follows the busy lives of the hard-pressed doctors, nurses and support staff of a hectic inner-city emergency room
Drama looking at life from the perspective of funny, music-mad teenager Rae, starring Sharon Rooney and Jodie Comer
Set in and around the Manchester 'scene', this groundbreaking Channel 4 drama, written by Russell T Davies, documents the lives and loves of young gay men Stuart, Vince and Nathan


According to our blogging schedule, it's KitKat's turn to write a post. However, she's on vacation with her family, enjoying the sunshine and warm weather. Rather than drag her away from the fun, we've decided to mess with our sequence and have me post instead.
Coincidentally, this is an excellent lead-in to my topic. Some of you may be able to relate to this, but as I've gotten older, I've found that I've settled into a few routine "tendencies." For example, let's consider the subject of direct-selling parties. As you probably gathered from my previous post on the topic, if I get an invitation to one, I have a tendency not to attend.
Disregarding charitable appeals that don't fall into my selection criteria (which is fairly narrow) unless it happens to be a case of supporting a friend's cause (in which case, it's actually about supporting the friend more than the cause). The fact is, there are millions of worthy organizations out there competing for the same buck and giving it any more thought than that would cause my head to explode.
Not buying any white bottoms. That's an easy one to explain. I'm a klutz and buying white pants or a white skirt is just asking for trouble.
Only watching "non-taxing" movies on Friday nights. These would be romantic comedies, slapstick comedies, classics I've seen 20x before, etc. Nothing with a complicated plot or that otherwise requires full attention. After putting in a full week at work, I simply don't have enough brain cells left on Friday night.
A policy against having policies. I'll call these tendencies "preferences," or "guidelines," but I don't like to think of them as "policies." While these kinds of rules can form a code of conduct that simplifies decision-making, I've seen a number of people apply their preferences too rigidly, disregarding the consequences of their inflexibility or its effect on others. As a result, you might say that I have a policy against policies.
And as far as I know. He hasn't.
Today, my dad's policy is usually cited when my mom wants to eat at a popular restaurant. Would it kill him to wait it out once in a while? No and doing so would make my mom happy. So I try to keep this in mind whenever I find myself clinging a little too stubbornly to my own "tendencies," and remember that every rule has its exception. Because knowing when it's okay–or even necessary–to bend the rules is key to living a balanced and exceptional life.
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All Home, King County's coordinating agency for homelessness, begins a two-day discussion about "gaps in accountability" for the crisis.
Two-and-a-half years after a state of emergency over homelessness was declared in Seattle and King County, responsibility for responding to the crisis remains fragmented.
And frustration over who is really in charge is not just coming from outside the homeless-response system — but from inside it as well.
On paper, All Home is King County's coordinating agency for homelessness services. But while the agency can recommend policy and outline strategies, it lacks authority over how and where public dollars are spent. The funders, including King County and Seattle, retain that power.
A growing list of people inside the homeless-response system — including Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, the former director of All Home and King County's human-services director — have identified a troubling lack of central authority for the homeless crisis.
"There are times I walk away from these meetings and wonder what my role really is," said Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus, a board member, at the same meeting.
On Monday, All Home is hosting a two-day discussion with leaders from around King County about streamlining authority to fight homelessness.
All Home acting director Kira Zylstra said discussion will initially focus on the challenges of the current, more fragmented approach.
Zylstra said the group will also look at how similar discussions have played out elsewhere.
The meeting comes at a critical moment. The results of January's annual point-in-time count of the region's homeless could be released as soon as next month. The number of homeless people sleeping outside has doubled since 2014, a trend underscored by hundreds of unsanctioned tent camps citywide.
The Seattle City Council appears to be moving toward a new $75 million-a-year tax on high-grossing businesses to pay for additional services for the homeless and affordable housing.
Meanwhile, a task force put together by Durkan, King County Executive Dow Constantine and several other local officials has released its own preliminary recommendations for addressing the root causes of the crisis.
All of these hold implications for the region's broader strategy, which cuts across dozens of municipalities and over 70 different organizations receiving public money to facilitate it.
In total, Seattle and King County — with pass-through state and federal dollars — spend more than $81 million a year on a homelessness-response system that touched more than 29,000 people last year. Additional spending by federal housing authorities in King County bring the total operational budget for the county's homelessness system to more than $195 million a year.
But any talk of changing the strategy is complicated by questions of who should be in charge and how much authority over it they should have.
All Home was formerly known as the Committee to End Homelessness but changed names and reorganized after the unsuccessful conclusion of the 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness in 2015.
Since 2016, All Home, Seattle, King County and the United Way have been operating under an agreement that emphasizes better data collection and measuring the performance of organizations contracted to provided serve the homeless.
But the agreement doesn't designate one central authority to implement strategies as the county's homelessness crisis has worsened.
The city of Seattle funds about seven out every eight emergency-shelter beds countywide, while King County operates the mental-health and chemical-dependency systems, as well as the county jail. All Home, with federal money, pays for nearly half of the permanent-housing beds in the county. While they coordinate, they are not integrated.
In January, shortly before stepping down to take a new position with the YMCA, former All Home Director Mark Putnam called for bringing authority over the region's efforts under one roof.
"I believe we need to make that kind of shift, where we are really consolidating authority over and oversight around homelessness" Putnam said.
The lack of coordination is at least part of the reason that Durkan and Constantine established the 75-member One Table task force, which includes elected leaders, businesses and union leaders, philanthropists, service providers and formerly homeless people from across the county.
The group began meeting in January with a stated purpose of addressing the root causes of homelessness by putting an array of political forces in the same room.
Draft recommendations, released earlier this month, call for providing on-demand behavioral-health treatment, decriminalizing homelessness and creating new job-training programs.
But the initial recommendations do not address who should be in charge of turning them into policy, or an integration of the fragmented structure.
Durkan did not respond to requests for comment. A spokesperson for Constantine declined to comment for this article, citing the group's ongoing talks.
King County Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles, who also sits on the One Table committee, said rising numbers of people living on area streets show the current structure is not enough.
Elsewhere on the West Coast, Portland, San Francisco and other cities have attempted to bring services for the homeless under one roof — with mixed results.
Three years ago, the strategy for solving homelessness in Portland's Multnomah County was fragmented, with each of the stakeholders taking funding for a separate piece of the response, said Marc Jolin, head of the city-county joint office of homeless services.
"That wasn't the most efficient delineation of the work," he said.
Multnomah County, Portland and other neighboring cities merged efforts into Jolin's office with a comprehensive strategy that has created more opportunity to partner and coordinate with the mental-health and law-enforcement agencies that homeless clients deal with regularly, he said.
In doing so, the county's stakeholders agreed to cede some power to a joint office.
It's unclear if Seattle and King County would be willing to take that step.
The All Home meeting begins Monday. A second meeting is scheduled for Wednesday.


Design details include original hand-hewn timber and wide white oak and American chestnut flooring throughout, exposed beams, and custom interior millwork built from reclaimed original house timber.
Description: Welcome to architectural designer Sylvain Côté's "All New 1812 Modern Farmhouse," which he describes as both a smart home and a living testimony to the power of old house building techniques. Côté's company, Westchester Real Homes LLC, has just finished transforming this modest timber-frame 1812 farmhouse into a stylish new home. The 1,752-square-foot farmhouse has three bedrooms, two full bathrooms and one partial bath. It sits on a 3.02-acre site across from a horse farm.
The open floor plan features a deconstructed kitchen, dining and living areas, artisanal stone fireplace, wet bar, master suite/professional office, land a laundry/mudroom. There are two more bedrooms upstairs, both with 10-foot ceilings. The basement level features exposed large boulders and a 1,000 bottle-capacity wine cellar.
Selling points: The new/old house is loaded with farmhousey charm. Design details include original hand-hewn timber and wide white oak and American chestnut flooring throughout, exposed beams, and custom interior millwork built from reclaimed original house timber. French doors bring in lots of natural light and open to a substantial deck and flagstone patio with a cook's fireplace. Modern touches include a new roof, new wood siding, high-density spray foam insulation, new windows and state-of-the-art smart home mechanical systems.


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Super Chibi Knight Preview
So much of indie game culture involves reviving and reliving the games of our childhood, with many games being loving tributes (if not outright clones) of our favourites. As game development becomes more accessible, it makes sense to introduce children early on to the work that goes on behind the scenes of the games they enjoy so much. That's just what Nick Pasto of Pesto Force has done with Super Chibi Knight, a project done to introduce his eight-year-old daughter to game development and teach her the differences between consumption and creation.
A direct sequel to the original Chibi Knight flash game, Super Chibi Knight is a hack n' slash adventure with RPG elements. It's quite traditional in its set-up, hearkening back to Nintendo's Zelda II. Exploration takes place in a top-down overworld with a village and various other locales to explore such as forests and deserts. Enemies are not random encounters but rather can be seen in the overworld and engaged with. Entering areas or battles switches the game to a side-scrolling 2D perspective.
The hack n' slash elements are pretty standard. The player can attack, jump, and block, and while completing a particular quest they get access to certain special attacks that use up power. Once a player gains experience, they can choose to level up their armor, their special attack power, or their sword strength. Each armor and sword level has a distinct look, which is really nice, simultaneously being pretty cool and cute. Eventually the player can choose a career path of either a sorcerer (giving you access to spells) or a beastmaster (allowing you to ride giant beasts). I'm always up for riding and fighting alongside big brutes, so that certainly got me excited.
The art style is simple and colourful, and there's no shortage of quests to complete despite the game being in beta. However, I still eventually felt dragged down by repetitiveness. Experience from battle was in abundance and yet I still had to grind a lot. Many of the quests also involved simply finding objects and returning them to townsfolk. It's fun for a while, but having returned to many games of my childhood, I find that I have less patience for this than I did as a child and subsequently have less patience for new games that continue this trend.
Despite that, it's exciting to see kids getting in on the development side of games. What person that played games as a kid didn't dream of making their own some day? What child didn't have that perfect game they were going to create and share with others? With a greater abundance of tools at hand, I hope this becomes a possibility for even more children.
Super Chibi Knight is up for voting on Steam Greenlight. You can also follow the developer Pesto Force on Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube, and join the Super Chibi Knight beta at its official website.
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Tags: hack n' slash, indie, Indie Games, Mac, PC, pesto force, spotlight, super chibi knight, Windows
Author:daikaijuz
Billie Wrex is a big sci-fi nerd that shows his love of games through criticism. Besides The Indie Mine, his writing can also be read at his personal games blog, http://grissomspacesuit.wordpress.com. He can be followed on Twitter at @DAIKAIJUZ
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As the company said: "What's better than one Draahk Rider? Two Draahks pulling a Dark Elves chariot led by two charioteers, full of attitude and ready to kill."
Raging Miniatures has released their new Varanith, Captain of the Draahk Riders figurine.


I'm back from Denmark. For now. I brought my camera, but didn't get to take any photos because it rained for 14 days straight. Seriously. According to official stats, there were 3 hours of sunshine the entire time I was there.
I can't believe Thanksgiving is next week! It feels like everything is swirling around me and I'm just struggling to hang on so I don't get swept away by all of it. Must stay grounded. I was supposed to have next week off from work, but my Monday has already been claimed, so let's hope I can salvage the remaining 4 days.
There's not much magic happening in the kitchen these days. As I write this, I'm eating raisin bran and soymilk for dinner. But I did want to share this quick recipe, which is one I often turn to when I'm short on time.
This veggie sandwich was inspired by the grinders (or subs, depending on where you're from) that I used to order from pizza places before I discovered how easy it is to make them at home.
Slice the bread in half and sprinkle each half with the vinegar, then the oil. Sprinkle with oregano, salt and pepper. Place a slice of provolone on the bottom half and stack it with all of the veggies, except the lettuce. Put that half in a toaster oven or under the broiler until the cheese begins to melt, then top it with the lettuce and another slice of cheese. Put it, and the top half of the bread back in the oven and bake/broil until the cheese melts.