The next morning, Allyandrah and Kru'Nah set off. The temperature plummeted overnight and they bundled themselves up as tightly as possible to walk. They stuck to the woods, Kru'Nah taking the unfamiliar rear position. For a moment, it struck him as odd that he, the Prince, would be following a slave.
Kru'Nah often checked his vectrometer to ensure they stayed going the right direction. To his continued surprise, Allyandrah walked true and straight, never veering from northeast despite their incessant weaving through the thinning trees. Mile after mile, they walked steadily, silently. Kru'Nah had a vague idea of where he wanted to go, but his plan wasn't fully formed.
Finally, after many hours and as the sun began to dip low in the sky, Allyandrah stopped among what appeared to be the last of the trees.
"We should make camp," she said, looking around.
Kru'Nah bristled at her giving him directions, but he reframed his mind again, pushing out the idea of her having been a slave and him a prince. He was surprised by how deeply ingrained his training really was. When he thought and fantasized about being with Allyandrah, he was never troubled by her station, but now that it was reality, he had to continually check himself.
Allyandrah had no more than spoken before she began to collect Hornothol branches for a fire. She worked quietly for a few moments, keeping one eye on Kru'Nah, who stood regally in the snow watching her work. Her love and excitement at being with him was tempered by her weariness. Annoyance grew as she did all the work.
Dumping an armful of branches on the ground near him, Allyandrah looked at him for a moment, pursed her lips, and walked away to collect more.
"What was that look?" Kru'Nah asked with more severity than he'd intended.
Allyandrah felt the jolt of accusation and immediately retreated into her slave mindset, dropping low to the ground in a bow.
"I regret my impertinence. It weren't my place." She recited the apology and braced for the whipping. Her heart hammered in her chest.
Kru'Nah sighed, annoyed at himself. He walked over and gently placed his hands on her shoulders, feeling her start at his touch. He stayed there for a moment, unsure what to say. He was fighting against a lifetime of training.
Slowly, Allyandrah lifted her head and rocked back onto her heels. She gazed up into the penitent face of Kru'Nah.
"That'd be good," Allyrandrah said. Without another word, she walked over to her pile of wood and began arranging it to start a fire. Kru'Nah watched her for a moment. It seemed that she knew exactly how to do everything, whereas his own usefulness out here was limited. He felt strange depending on someone else in such a primal way. Finally, he turned and began to dig under the snow for hidden branches as he'd watched Allyandrah do.
Soon, a large fire was blazing, radiating warmth and the two filled their bellies with food carried by Kru'Nah and hot water, melted from the abundant snow. Kru'Nah and Allyandrah huddled together, one cape wrapped around their backs and the other around their fronts, nestled into a shallow snow dugout. Both shivered despite the large fire.
"It is much warmer back home, certainly." The difference in their speech was startling to him. He realized he hadn't consciously noticed the difference before. A slave's lack of education was apparent in the way they spoke and he'd never given it a second thought until now. He wriggled himself out of their capes and set several more large branches on the fire. As it grew, spitting resin everywhere, he settled back into the capes, feeling much warmer.
As they continued to sit not speaking, Allyandrah's breathing became slow and regular, her body limp against his. His wrestled against his fatigue for as long as he could before also finally drifting off to sleep.
A low swishing slowly roused Kru'Nah from his sleep. A vaguely familiar sound, though he couldn't immediately place it. The fire had long since died down and a chill had crept back into his body. Allyandrah continued to breathe slowly. It was just nearing dawn, the sky beginning to surrender the deepest darkness of night. All his senses returning, he now felt wide awake, turning his head this way and that to locate the sound. He nudged Allyandrah.
"Hmm?" Allyandrah slowly stirred as he continued to nudge her. The sound he now recognized as wilderness soldiers. He'd spent enough time with them to know this sound. They must have been instructed to find him. Should he surrender and bank on his mother's mercy for him or force them to kill him by not surrendering? Allyandrah's purposeful movement shook him out of his contemplation.
"What–?" Allyandrah started to say, but Kru'Nah clamped his hand over her mouth.
"Don't say anything. Just get up and stay silent." The pair clumsily shuffled around trying to get their capes back on. He hadn't anticipated the word getting out so quickly and their tracks were surely fresh and easy to follow in the snow.
"What's going on?" Allyandrah whispered.
"They found us," Kru'Nah whispered back.
Allyandrah finally heard the sound of the shuffling snow. Her eyes widened in terror and she began to tremble. Surely she would not be pardoned a second time. Turning to look at Kru'Nah, his face betrayed his indecision. They hadn't pushed hard enough. They trusted too much in the wilderness. They underestimated the queen. Allyandrah began to back away slowly from Kru'Nah and the sound of the incoming soldiers. Kru'Nah turned toward her.
"Allyandrah," he whispered fiercely, holding out his hand.
Allyandrah slowly shook her head as she stumbled and fell. Pain crushed her chest and closed off her throat as she watched his understanding grow. He knew she was leaving and he knew she was leaving him behind. Tears spilled out of her eyes and she tried to breathe as she eased backward, going beyond the last of the trees. His mouth formed the word "No," and his eyes begged her to stay with him. He reached out more insistently to her and she paused for just a moment before turning and sprinting away, leaving her heart and her love back in that small grove of trees.
Allyandrah's mind whirled as she ran, trying to make sense of her decision. To stay with him would mean certain death of her body but to be away from him was death to her soul. Slaves' lives weren't supposed to be complicated like this! Tears poured from her eyes as she ran, trying to choke down breaths. She quickly turned west, hoping to find more trees in which to conceal her tracks. Bravery was no longer her concern. Survival was.
Kru'Nah watched as Allyandrah back away from him, his heart ripping out of his chest as the distance grew, as though on a tether to her. "Please, no," he whispered. She turned and ran, taking his heart with her, quickly disappearing from sight. Only her footprints gave any indication which direction she went. He stood there, frozen to the ground, his mind spinning.
"You there!" A firm voice broke into his thoughts. He turned and tried to plaster his royal face on over his brokenness, even though his face was mostly concealed by his furs.
"Show yourself!" The voice barked again. Kru'Nah knew for sure now. It was Commander Tra'Khil.
"You would dare speak to me in such an insolent manner?" Kru'Nah's voice grew stronger as he spoke. He hoped that the cracked first syllables wouldn't give him away.
"Sire!" Commander Tra'Khil and all his men immediately dropped to one knee, right arm crossed over their chests, heads bowed.
Kru'Nah tried to think quickly. He turned his back on the bowed men and shuffled through the tracks left by Allyandrah. When he felt he'd gone far enough, Kru'Nah turned around and, making a new set of tracks, walked back to the men still bowed low to the ground.
"You may rise," Kru'Nah said, channeling all his frustration and disdain at the events of the past few minutes on the small group of men in front of him.
Slowly the group of men arose, none daring to look directly at Kru'Nah.
"Why are you you here?" Kru'Nah finally asked, staring down Commander Tra'Khil.
"We have been tasked with finding you," Commander Tra'Khil said.
Commander Tra'Khil continued to stand perfectly still even though Kru'Nah was sure he was sweating in his suit. Mentally, Kru'Nah commended Tra'Khil for his composure.
"Not officially. I'm no idiot, I know there are many unofficial lines of communication. Why are you here?" Kru'Nah tried to clasp his heavily mittened hands behind his back, but they would not grip each other, so he simply held them there.
A slight shift from Tra'Khil. Kru'Nah smiled to himself, but held his outer expression motionless. He had won.
"Sire, it's believed that it has something to do with the slave girl." Tra'Khil tried to keep his voice steady, but the bitterness of the resignation of such information was evident.
"My mother believes a slave girl kidnapped me?" Kru'Nah knew a response was unnecessary with such a ridiculous question and notion. If he was lucky, it would put them off searching any further for Allyandrah. Royalty certainly had its perks at times, even if it meant dealing with his mother. He screwed up his face in annoyance at the thought of her.
"What squall?" Kru'Nah asked with concern, his thoughts turning back to Allyandrah.
Looking up at the brightening sky, Kru'Nah could also read the signs of the incoming weather. He and Allyndrah had been fools to not see them. Holding out his hand in the direction from which the men had come, and away from Allyandra's tracks, he indicated to move. The men obediently turned and walked away. Kru'Nah resisted the impulse to glance behind him one last time, even with all their backs turned to him. He couldn't afford to make the slightest mistake now.
Allyandrah had to stop running. Her lungs burned and she was drenched in sweat. The sun was now high in the sky. She must have been running for hours. The terror she'd felt as she left her dearest Kru'Nah behind had now faded to deep regret and sorrow. She should have trusted him to keep her alive. Slaves, however, were unaccustomed to trust.
As she looked around, a strange wrinkle the smooth snow caught her eye. Glancing behind her, for what reason she didn't quite know, she set out toward the wrinkle. She had nowhere to hide out in the open. Her love was once again lost to her and this time it was her fault. What did she really have to lose?
As she approached, she saw the wrinkle was not a wrinkle at all, but some kind of house, blending in almost perfectly with the surroundings. As she approached, a fur-clothed figure stepped out. Allyandrah spread her arms out wide and knelt down in the snow, bowing her head. She tried to listen for the approaching footsteps.
"Who goes there?" A voice called out instead. It was old and weary.
Allyandrah looked up to see that the figure hadn't moved at all. "A banished slave," she called back.
The figure stood still for several moments, clearly trying to make a decision. "Alright, come in," it finally called back.
Allyandrah couldn't believe her luck. She stood. Her body was growing cold with her lack of movement and she ran to the door. She was completely unprepared for what waited inside.
As she stepped in, she was greeted by a stuffed Hornothol bear. The giant, white bears had claws the length of Allyandrah's hands. She took several steps back and stumbled into the door, and her host burst into laughter.
"It's dead, love." Allyandrah finally recognized her host as an old man. "Come, let's get these clothes off of you before you roast to death." He helped Allyandrah out of her furs and out of her soaked underclothes.
"What are you doing getting yourself so wet! You'd have died out there tonight!" He shook his head incredulously at her.
"I was chased," Allyandrah said noncommittally.
"Well, that would do it." The man's hair had long since turned white and his skin was old, but it was clearly iridescent. Who was he?
"Come, don't stand naked by the front door, you'll die of cold here too. Let's get you some clothes." He shuffled away and Allyandrah followed obediently, unbothered by her naked condition. As a slave, she was used to it.
He found her some thick, warm clothes, which she gratefully pulled on. He then led her into a sitting room and offered her some hot tea and dried meat. Allyandrah ate greedily, even as she tried to restrain herself. There was something about him that gave her permission to be greedy, but what it was she couldn't quite tell.
Allyandrah choked a little on the food in her mouth.
Allyandrah took a deep breath and cleared her throat. She started by telling him that she was a slave of the queen, how she'd met Kru'Nah, the tale of him saving her from the forest fire, how he'd persuaded her to come north, then followed her, and finished by sharing how they'd been tracked and found and her running away.
"I don't know what they did to him." Allyandrah dropped her head into her hands and began to sob uncontrollably. The old man rose and sat next to her, gathering her into his arms. She'd never known such tenderness and she sobbed even harder, an entire lifetime's worth of hurt and pain rolled out of her in the arms of a complete stranger, her tears soaking his shirt.
At long last, her sobs subsided and she simply lay in his arms as he stroked her hair.


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Stourbridge, Staffordshire born inside forward Joe Walters started his football career with Wordsley Athletic in 1901 before joining hometown Birmingham and District League club Stourbridge in 1902, from where he joined First Division Aston Villa in June 1905, making his Football League debut against Blackburn Rovers that December. During his seven seasons at Villa Park he only played more than 25 games in two of them (1906-07 and 1910-11), but he won the League Championship with Villa in 1910, contributing 6 goals to the campaign.
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There are many situations in which several single objects are better considered as components of a multi-component shape (e.g. a shoal of fish), but there are also situations in which a single object is better segmented into natural components and considered as a multi-component shape (e.g. decomposition of cellular materials onto the corresponding cells). Interestingly, not much research has been done on multi-component shapes. Very recently, the orientation and anisotropy problems were considered and some solutions have been offered. Both problems have straightforward applications in different areas of research which are based on a use of image based technologies, from medicine to astrophysics.The object orientation problem is a recurrent problem in image processing and computer vision. It is usually an initial step or a part of data pre-processing, implying that an unsuitable solution could lead to a large cumulative error at the end of the vision system's pipeline. An enormous amount of work has been done to develop different methods for a spectrum of applications. We review the new idea for the orientation of multi-component shapes, and also its relation to some of the methods for determining the orientation of single-component shapes. We also show how the anisotropy measure of multi-component shapes, as a quantity which indicates how consistently the shape components are oriented, can be obtained as a by-product of the approach used.


Northampton | The Cradle of Shoe Civilization | A Continuous Lean.
"Finishing" is the dirtiest word in high-end footwear. As shoe companies have exported their production to China or Bangladesh or any other country where the production practices are as questionable as the quality of the shoes, many English, Italian, and American brands have begun to exploit a convenient loophole when it comes to marking the country of origin. A shoe might be almost entirely produced overseas, but if it is "finished" in England then that company is free to tack on a "Made in England" label.
What exactly is finishing? Well in some cases it means that the shoe is completed in England – pieces are stitched together, the sole is affixed, etc. but in some cases it means that the shoe was finished and little more than the laces were added in England. Of course, countries have now begun to crack down on this, and it's not exactly clear how many companies have taken advantage of these loose guidelines, but it's enough to make savvy shoe-buyers weary. As a result, that "Made in England" tag no longer holds as much weight as it once did. Customers now want greater clarity on the exist origin of their footwear, which has narrowed the scope of "Made in England," down to one area in particular: Northampton.
What Naples is for soft-shouldered sportcoats, Northampton is for leather dress shoes. Located seventy miles north of London, Northampton has been the cradle of brogued wingtips and cap-toed boots since as early as the 1200's when King John supposedly ordered a pair of boots from a local cobbler. Location has always been the key for Northampton – it's situated near the River Nene, surrounded by oak-wood forests which aid in the tanning process and provide easy access to thick timbers which are perfect for those hardy British soles. It was this positioning which helped to build Northampton up as the heart of England's high-end dress shoe industry, but it was also what lead to the town's downfall in the 1980's.
As companies realized that their customers cared less about quality and more about frugality, they began to ship their shoe production overseas and so many of Northampton's once busy factories were put out of business. Those that did weather this rocky period have found success on the other side, as customers from around the world not only value that "Made in England" tag, but have also taken a vested interest in the careful cobbling and high-quality materials that distinguish a Northampton made shoe. Northampton might not have as many shoe manufacturers today as it once did, but those that remain are as busy as ever. Here's seven of Northampton's finest – those that maintain the town's legacy, and carve out its future so that men will never have to settle for shoes that are merely "finished" in England.
The most money I've ever spent on a pair of shoes was a pair of Tricker's brown brogues about 5 years ago. Worth every penny.
No mention of Loakes? Founded in 1881 and transparently splitting their production between India and England.
While "Made in England" may be important to some people, to an American, it's still an imported product.
Funny thing you mention Grenson because I know for a fact that they are doing this since that new guy took over a few years ago. They've probably been the most mentioned british footwear brand on all the menswear blogs and the heritage and authentic what have you crowd and they have no clue what's behind the product.
Don't forget also, that there is a sport shoe manufacturer who also produces their shoes entirely in England, check out Norman Walsh.
Grenson manufactures some of their footwear overseas- their product clearly states it when such is the case.
There is no doubt that Grenson are not made in England. I am not sure where Barkers are made either.
I think there is certainly a pecking order in terms of quality, right at the top is Edward Green, probably the finest you can buy, followed by Crockett and Jones, Trickers make excellent brogues.
The best value for money and probably the most design led and forward thinking are Cheaneys. I think this company will go from strength to strength.
I live 30 miles from these factories and they are a joy to behold. I also think you cannot buy a better loafer than the Alden cordovan, nothing in the UK comes close.
I do think Loake is worth a mention, having been to both the Loake and Grenson factories in North'amps I've seen both in action. Loake are very open about where they make their footwear and are mostly make in UK. They realise Italians generally do the best driving shoes so they get theirs made in Italy. Grenson only produce a very small % of their collection in England (I'd guess 15%), their top line stuff. I'm not knocking either but I feel Loake are probably left behind sometimes as their designs aren't as progressive as Grenson – but for me Loake shoes are by far better quality.
Is it frowned upon to purchase one of the more progressive designs in the G:Two collection from Grenson just because they're finished in India?


A pack of 56 models that allow the user to design complex or simple cellars of any size and corridors that may then be populated by the accessories supplied with the pack, AIs and 'junk'.
Demo of system available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iynBavp3ueM but please be aware that this uses most of the 21 main models supplied in the pack but no accessories. The majority of the main construction models use just the one high quality texture.
Edit - Pack has been added to and now has 56 models as shown above.


Despite being a barista for a good 5 years, I really prefer tea to coffee. I feel that tea brings an elegance to my life, whereas coffee brings a frantic energy. In any case, I made a simple tutorial on how to make a great cup of tea for those of you who enjoy the beverage. This of course is not an exhaustive list, just a few things I've learned through the years. Bottoms up!


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Dawn Cook
Ray Bradbury, Clint Eastwood[2]
kimharrison.net
Kim Harrison is a nom de plume of American author Dawn Cook. Under the name of Harrison, she is best known for her Rachel Morgan urban fantasy series set in an alternate history where a worldwide pandemic caused by genetically modified tomatoes led to the death of a large portion of the world's human population. Under the name of Dawn Cook, she is best known for her Decoy Princess and Truth series, published in the first few years of the 21st century.
In 2008, Harrison was described by Harper Collins Voyager Publishing Director Jane Johnson as the best example of the urban fantasy sub-genre which she described as, "the supernatural erupting into the everyday—sexy, tongue-in-cheek, post-modern."[3]
2 Bibliography as Kim Harrison
2.1 Rachel Morgan / The Hollows series
2.1.1 Novels
2.1.2 Graphic novel
2.1.3 Supplement
2.1.4 Audio books
2.1.5 Omnibus editions
2.1.6 Novellas and short stories
2.2 Madison Avery trilogy
3 Bibliography as Dawn Cook
3.1 Truth series
3.2 Decoy Princess series
3.3 Short story
A self-proclaimed "former tomboy,"[4] Kim Harrison (born and raised in the Midwest) grew up the only girl in a family of boys. She discovered her talent for writing at the age of 15, when she began writing down the stories that she conceived.[5] Despite her love of writing, she took an unorthodox approach to writing, and claims to have avoided English courses beyond the basic requirements in high school and college.[6]
==Career At first, Harrison tried her hand at writing traditional science fiction, but began writing contemporary fantasy after deciding to focus more on character development. She spent the better part of a decade struggling as an aspiring author before meeting her current agent at a writing convention. He then introduced her to Diana Gill, who became Harrison's editor. Together, they produced Dead Witch Walking, and her first book was published in paperback by HarperTorch in 2004. Since then, she has written eight more books in the Hollows series, also called the Rachel Morgan series, (most with titles punning off Clint Eastwood movies) and contributed to multiple anthologies, with prequels to the Hollows books, and one with a young adult story.
After the success of her first novel, Harrison was able to resign from her day job, devoting herself to writing full time. Her favorite author is Ray Bradbury. She references music as one of her strongest writing influences, providing song lists for several of her characters.[7] In her spare time, she communicates with fans via her self-maintained website. She currently splits her time living in South Carolina and Michigan.[8]
Harrison is a member of the Romance Writers of America and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The first two Truth books were originally one book, which was split into two separate books for publishing.[9] That the two are the same, and that Cook was Harrison, was disclosed in a May 2009 Locus magazine article.[10]
"I'm glad it's out in the open, because it is hard to maintain these two separate identities, and remind your friends or family when you go out, 'I'm Kim today, so don't call me Dawn.' The division has served its purpose. I'm still going to be Kim, but now if somebody calls me Dawn I won't have to say 'Shut your mouth!'"[10]
Bibliography as Kim Harrison
Rachel Morgan / The Hollows series
Main article: Hollows (series)
Dead Witch Walking (April 2004, ISBN 0-06-057296-5)
The Good, the Bad, and the Undead (January 2005, ISBN 0-06-057297-3)
Every Which Way But Dead (June 28, 2005, ISBN 0-06-057299-X)
A Fistful of Charms (June 27, 2006, ISBN 0-06-078819-4)
For a Few Demons More (March 20, 2007, ISBN 0-06-078838-0)
The Outlaw Demon Wails (February 26, 2008, ISBN 978-0060788704)
White Witch, Black Curse (February 24, 2009, ISBN 978-0061138010)
Black Magic Sanction (February 23, 2010, ISBN 0061138037)
Pale Demon (February 22, 2011, ISBN 0061138061)
A Perfect Blood (February 21, 2012, ISBN 0061957895)
Kim Harrison is contracted to write twelve or thirteen novels based on her prerogative. Due to future projects, Kim plans to end Rachel's story at twelve books, but she has said, "I do have a floater book, so it might be 13. I'll know for sure come spring [2012]."[11]
Blood Work: An Original Hollows Graphic Novel (July 12, 2011, ISBN 0345521013)
The Hollows Insider: New fiction, facts, maps, murders, and more in the world of Rachel Morgan (October 25, 2011, ISBN 0061974331)
Dead Witch Walking (July 2007, ISBN 9781400104710)—Tantor Media, Read By Marguerite Gavin
The Good, the Bad, and the Undead (November 2007, ISBN 9781400104727)—Tantor Media, Read By Marguerite Gavin
Every Which Way But Dead (January 2008, ISBN 9781400104734)—Tantor Media, Read By Marguerite Gavin
A Fistful of Charms (January 2008, ISBN 9781400104741)—Tantor Media, Read By Marguerite Gavin
For a Few Demons More (May 2007, ISBN 9781400104536)—Tantor Media, Read By Marguerite Gavin
The Outlaw Demon Wails (February 2008, ISBN 9780061452987)—HarperAudio, Read By Gigi Bermingham
White Witch, Black Curse (February 2009, ISBN 9780061714696)—HarperAudio, Read By Marguerite Gavin
Black Magic Sanction (February 2010, ISBN 9780061977473)—HarperAudio, Read By Marguerite Gavin
Pale Demon (February 2011, ISBN 9780061138065)—HarperAudio, Read By Marguerite Gavin
This Witch For Hire (February 2006, ISBN 0-7394-6380-2)—Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition, includes Dead Witch Walking and The Good, the Bad, and the Undead
Dead Witches Tell No Tales (July 2006, ISBN 0739470833)—Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition, includes Every Which Way But Dead and A Fistful of Charms
Undead in the Garden of Good and Evil
A novella prequel centered on the character Ivy Tamwood, in Dates from Hell (April 1, 2006, ISBN 0-06-085409-X)—anthology with Kelley Armstrong, Lynsay Sands, and Lori Handeland.
Two Ghosts for Sister Rachel
A novella prequel centered on the character Rachel Morgan in Holidays Are Hell (October 30, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-123909-0)—anthology with Lynsay Sands, Marjorie M. Liu, and Vicki Pettersson.
Dirty Magic
A short story centered around the banshee Mia in the anthology Hotter Than Hell. (June 24, 2008, ISBN 978-0061161292)—anthology with Lilith Saintcrow, Tanya Huff and others
The Bridges of Eden Park
A short story included in the paperback edition of For a Few Demons More.
The Bespelled
A short story about Ceri and Algaliarept, included in the paperback edition of The Outlaw Demon Wails.
Ley Line Drifter
A short story focused on Hallows characters Jenks and Bis working together to solve a case in Unbound (August 25, 2009, ISBN 0061699934)—anthology with Melissa Marr, Jeaniene Frost, Vicki Pettersson, and Jocelynn Drake.
Madison Avery trilogy
Once Dead, Twice Shy (May 26, 2009, ISBN 978-0061718168)
Early to Death, Early to Rise (May 25, 2010, ISBN 978-0061718175)
Something Deadly This Way Comes (May 24, 2011, ISBN 978-0061718199)
Madison Avery and the Dim Reaper introducing Madison Avery in Prom Nights From Hell. (April 1, 2007, ISBN 0-06-125309-X, ISBN 978-0061253096) a young adult anthology
Bibliography as Dawn Cook
Truth series
First Truth, May 28, 2002, Ace Books, ISBN 044100945X
Hidden Truth, November 26, 2002, Ace Books, ISBN 0441010032
Forgotten Truth, November 25, 2003, Ace Books, ISBN 0441011179
Lost Truth, November 30, 2004, Ace Books, ISBN 0441012280
Decoy Princess series
The Decoy Princess, November 29, 2005, Ace Books, ISBN 0441013554
Princess at Sea, July 25, 2006, Ace Books, ISBN 0441014240
With Friends Like These
A story about a vampire and his roommate, in The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2 (September 22, 2009, ISBN 978-0762437962)—anthology with Jordan Summers, Deborah Cooke, Karen MacInerney, Caitlin Kittredge, Dina James, Camille Bacon-Smith, Rosemary Laurey, Patti O'Shea, Angie Fox, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Jamie Leigh Hansen, Carole Nelson Douglas, Diane Whiteside, Jaye Wells, Stacia Kane, Jennifer Ashley, Justine Musk, Jennifer St. Giles, Nancy Holder, Larissa Ione, Jeanne C. Stein, Tiffany Trent, Ann Aguirre, and Devon Monk.
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^ Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2009. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com.ezproxy.hclib.org/servlet/BioRC
^ "FAQs". Kim Harrison's website. May 27, 2009. http://www.kimharrison.net/FAQs.htm. Retrieved May 31, 2009. "I've always liked the characters that Clint Eastwood has played, especially the westerns where the guy comes in off the plain, able to solve the town's problems with a bully, but not all that eager to, but after some persuasion, he does. Not only does he take care of business, but he does it in a just, not necessarily legal way. I sort of see Rachel like that, if Clint had a pixy instead of a gun, and a convertible instead of a horse." [dead link]
^ Michael J. Vaughn (March 18, 2008). "The Popular Fiction Report, March 18, 2008". Writer's Digest. http://www.writersdigest.com/article/The_Popular_Fiction_Report/.
^ "Kim's Bio". Kim Harrison's website. June 10, 2007. http://kimharrison.net/KimsBio.html. Retrieved May 31, 2009. [dead link]
^ Farrell, Shaun (June 15, 2005). "Shaun Farrell interviews Kim Harrison". Shaun's Quadrant. http://www.farsector.com/quadrant/interview-kimharrison.htm. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
^ McCune, Alisa (March 2005). "A Conversation With Kim Harrison". SF Site. http://www.sfsite.com/04a/kh197.htm. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
^ "The Music". Kim Harrison's website. May 31, 2009. http://www.kimharrison.net/TTO.htm. Retrieved May 31, 2009. [dead link]
^ "Kim Harrison". Kim Harrison's website. April, 11 2011. http://kimharrison.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/a-vacation-from-my-vacation/#comments. Retrieved April, 11 2011.
^ Dark Star (July 19, 2008). "Dawn Cook Interview (english)". fantasy-news.com. http://www.fantasy-news.com/2008/07/19/dawn-cook-interview-english/. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
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^ "Ask Kim a Pale Demon Spoiler Question". Kim Harrison's website. August 11, 2011. http://kimharrison.wordpress.com/a-third-ask-kim-a-pale-demon-spoiler-question/. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
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Kim Harrison — Nom de naissance Dawn Cook Activités Romancière Naissance 1966 États Unis Langue d écriture … Wikipédia en Français
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(XOOT will still be available for download if you want it for whatever reason.
XP not supported properly. This will not be fixed. It has been fixed in the new version of XOOT, Cornea.
Includes ADB and FASTBOOT for all your Android developing needs!
Brick your device if you are ruthless and unplug it during the progress.
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Region xoom to ged xoom? What does that mean?
A region XOOM is one that's not in the US. It may have changes made by Motorola, and get updates slower. This is why UK Xooms have SD card read/write officially.
A GED XOOM is a XOOM that's in the US. It's known as a Google Experience Device, and cannot be modified my Motorola. This is why US Xooms have SD card readonly officially - they are not allowed to add the hacked mod to enable write.
Anyone tried yet? Am contemplating.
Will it work on a Singapore version of Motorola Xoom MZ604 on 3.2?
Be careful with your Hong Kong Xoom. They seem to have different partition set-ups and have been known to lose (misplace) 28 gb of their internal storage when rooted/modded without a particular patch made by solarnz. Have you seen this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1203128 ?
Anybody with a VZW Zoom use this to unlock and root?
Should do. I think mine is a Singapore XOOM because when I first turned it on the language was set to English (Singapore).
HONG KONG XOOM owners STAY AWAY. I have read that solarnz's universal root thing doesn't work wonderfully well on those.


William Hill (LSE: WMH) shares have lost more than 35% of their value so far in 2018, including a 6% slump on Tuesday on the back of the firm's latest update.
In the year so far, to 23 October, the gaming company saw total net revenue rise by 4%, with expansion in the US doing exceptionally well. US revenues from existing operations climbed by 29% — and the firm's gross win margin on new business reached 11.6%.
The company now expects full-year operating profit of between £225m and £245m, which is lower than previously expected, partly due to the clampdown on fixed odds betting in the UK and the closure of a number of accounts in the fight against problem gambling and money laundering.
Even with a 20% drop in EPS forecast for this year, we're still looking at P/E multiples of only around ten. And dividend yields are predicted to exceed 6% by 2019.
I see a market looking at the short term here, and neglecting a long-term opportunity.
I invested in a buy-to-let property many years ago, and I cautioned recently about my own experience and what I see as the kind of year-to-year pitfalls that potential new property investors might overlook.
Right now I'm fine with it, but over the past decade I'd have done a lot better with the cash in shares of our top housebuilders instead.
Over the decade I've had total returns of under 4% per year, but dividends from Barratt Developments (LSE: BDEV) shares would have wiped the floor with that and I'd be looking forward to a forecast 8.4% yield this year (including special dividends).
So why are people not snapping up Barratt shares?
After years of cracking growth, fears are growing of a slowdown in house prices, edged on by the gloom and despondency surrounding Brexit. But I'm just not seeing a market slump coming, not with our chronic housing shortage nowhere near solved.
And even if London prices are cooling while other parts of the country pick up… well, I see that as a good thing. And it's surely not going to stop Barratt Developments raking in the cash.
The budget should help too, extending the government's Help to Buy scheme by another two years.
And while the doomsters might be expecting a crash, the City's analysts aren't, projecting a further 4% EPS growth for Barratt this year to drop the shares to a valuation of less than eight times forecast earnings.
To me, that's pricing in far more downside than I can realistically see, and I still rate Barratt Developments as a top buy.


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Q: Rails 3 - join table not updated when creating new HABTM association I've spent the last three days on this and I can't find any answer anywhere.
I'm trying to learn Rails, and I started with what seemed a pretty easy application.
I have 2 models:
class Album < ActiveRecord::Base

  has_and_belongs_to_many :users

  attr_accessible :title

end

and
class User < ActiveRecord::Base

  has_and_belongs_to_many :albums

  attr_accessible :first_name, :last_name

end

I also created the join table
create_table "albums_users", :id => false
    t.integer "album_id"
    t.integer "user_id"

My users/show.html.erb file contains a form
<%= form_for([@user, @user.albums.build]) do |f| %>

When this form is sent, it calls my album#create controller
  def create
    @user = User.find(params[:user_id])
    @album = @user.albums.cre(params[:album])
    @album.save
  end

This creates a new album but doesn't create the entry in the join table.
When looking at the parameters hash sent when submitting the form, I have
Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "commit"=>"Create Album", "user_id"=>"1", "authenticity_token"=>"XNCPLYWQRzjpuQfjqbR7XuhMjr5iRzjLiqXpqZ4spFo=", "album"=>{"event"=>"title"=>"My Title"}}

And the SQL request doesn't use the user_id value from the parameter hash

SQL (3.4ms)  INSERT INTO "albums" ("title", "user_id") VALUES (?, ?)  [["title", "My Title"],["user_id", nil]]

I tried adding a hidden_field to my form with the user_id but then I get this error
Can't mass-assign protected attributes: user_id

Can someone explain me what is wrong with my models and my association?
Thanks!

A: *

*Use plurals for has_many associations

*Build the album directly within the user's albums
@album = @user.album.create(params[:album])

A: The user_id is not part of the album-subhash of the params hash, so there is not possibility that the user is added when the album gets saved.
A simple solution is this:
def create
    @user = User.find(params[:user_id])
    @album = @user.album.build(params[:album])
    @album.save
end

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New BBC Store lets you buy and keep TV shows; includes Windows 10 app with Cortana support
5 ноември 2015 0 коментара android, centredownload, content, cortana, count, doctor, railway, range, store, windows, windows-store
The BBC's new digital store offers over 7,000 hours of content, allowing viewers to buy new and classic TV shows for streaming or download, and includes a Universal Windows app with Cortana support. Read more…
Apple Removes Some Ad Blockers From App Store for Installing Root Certificates
9 октомври 2015 Jordan Ostreff	0 коментара choice, content, imore, into-the-app, iphone, ipad, ios, apple, king, safari-some, ssl, store
Apple tonight removed some ad blockers, among other apps, from the App Store for installing root certificates that would allow developers to view encrypted traffic from their users, reports iMore. In a statement provided to the publication, Apple said it was working with developers to get the apps back into the App Store.
Apple is deeply committed to protecting customer privacy and security. We've removed a few apps from the App Store that install root certificates which enable the monitoring of customer network data that can in turn be used to compromise SSL/TLS security solutions. We are working closely with these developers to quickly get their apps back on the App Store, while ensuring customer privacy and security is not at risk.
With iOS 9, Apple allowed developers to create content blockers that would block ads on websites in Safari. Some ad blockers were removed because they could use the installed root certificates to view customer data passing through them. However, iMore notes that the ad blockers removed from the App Store are slightly different than the content blockers Apple enabled with iOS 9.
The ad blockers removed from the App Store block ads and other content inside apps by "exposing all your private Internet traffic to the blocker," according to iMore. The apps are set up in a way that allows a user's traffic to flow through the developer's servers to perform the content blocking. One of the apps that has been removed is Been Choice, who notes that they will resubmit their app tomorrow with the necessary changes.
While Apple has enabled developers to create content blockers for Safari, it currently has no systems in place to allow developers to block content within apps.
How to use content blockers in iOS 9 (and whitelist Cult of Mac!)
16 септември 2015 Jordan Ostreff	0 коментара activities, ad blockers, blockers, content, content blockers, general, king, magazine, purify, safari, top-stories, whitelist
iOS 9 includes a new feature that desktop users have had for a while: content blocking. More conventionally known as ad blockers, this software cuts out all the advertisements and other cruft from web pages, allowing faster load times and a more streamlined experience. Of course, most websites you read these days (including Cult of […]
(via Cult of Mac – Tech and culture through an Apple lens)
Fresco News App Receives Major Update With Tools to Let Users Become Paid Photojournalists
8 септември 2015 Jordan Ostreff	0 коментара ceo, content, events, highlights, images, iphone, ipad, ios, apple, king, news, newsroom
Fresco News today launched a major update to its iOS app, introducing a new look and bringing tools to let Fresco News users become paid reporters and photojournalists, uploading photos and videos from newsworthy events around the world.
Any Fresco user can upload photos and videos that can be commissioned by news organizations worldwide. With the Fresco Newsroom Tool Suite, news stations can create location-based assignments as soon as an event happens, which sends an alert to Fresco News users who can go and capture photos and videos. Content is vetted by the Fresco content team, with content owners receiving credit and payment for their work.
"We want to make reporting in the media more transparent, and we think creating a way for viewers to experience news through the eyes of regular, everyday people is the best way to do that," said John Meyer, CEO and founder. "For newsrooms, we've effectively created a way for them to get visual coverage of anything in 30 minutes or less using the incredible smartphone cameras in our pockets."
Using content gathered from Fresco participants, the Fresco News app is able to deliver news through the eyes of ordinary people around the world, providing a raw look at current events that are happening around the globe. A "Highlights" tab within the app offers up a list of the most recent user-reported stories, while the "Stories" tab shows a selection of images from trending global events.
A camera is front and center within the app, so all users can capture photos and videos should they encounter anything newsworthy. An "Assignments" tab houses all of the content requests created by news sites, which is where a Fresco user can go to receive assignments to capture photos and videos at nearby events.
Fresco News also has an accompanying Apple Watch app that lets users get a quick look at breaking news headlines, with Handoff to the iPhone available for reading a story in-depth.
Fresco's aim with the news Fresco News app is to cover a wider range of events happening worldwide. "We can shine a light on every relevant news event that should be read about and heard about," said Fresco News CEO John Meyer.
Fresco News can be downloaded from the App Store for free. [Direct Link]
Apple Live TV Service Not Coming Until 2016
13 август 2015 Jordan Ostreff	0 коментара apparently, apple, average, company, content, from-the-average, new-apple, remote-control, rumored, stalling-the-launch, year
Bloomberg reports that Apple will be unable to deliver their rumored live TV-over-internet streaming service for the Apple TV until 2016. Content negotiations are reportedly stalling the launch of the service, which Apple had hoped to be ready for their rumored September 9th media event.
The company wanted to introduce this year a live TV service delivered via the Internet, but is now aiming for 2016, said people familiar with Apple's plans.
Apparently, pricing of the new TV service is one of the main hurdles in the negotiations. Bloomberg reports that Apple wants to offer "a package of popular channels" for $40/month, a significant discount from the average cable bill.
A new Apple TV set top box, however, is still said to be ready for release. The new Apple TV is rumored to have a touch-based remote control and full app store. Apple is expected to announce the new Apple TV on September 9th.
Microsoft is bringing DVR functionality to the Xbox One, stream to any Windows 10 device
4 август 2015 0 коментара content, convenience, gamescom, gaming, king, microsoft, opens-the-door, over-the-air, read-more-, shows-the-power, windows
Microsoft has announced that they are bringing DVR functionality to the Xbox One and that you will be able to stream the content to any Windows 10 device and it comes at no additional content. Read more…
Keep your kids 'safe' and remove swear words from Apple Music
2 юли 2015 Jordan Ostreff	0 коментара apple, apple-music, content, dr-, general, how-to, internet, iphone, kids, settings, wikipedia
Apple Music is the latest way to stream a ridiculous number of tunes on demand. And with all that variety, you're going to get some cursing in there. It's just how a lot of musicians work. But if you don't…Read more ›
iOS 9 Policy Change Prevents Advertisers From Seeing Installed Apps on User Devices
24 юни 2015 Jordan Ostreff	0 коментара api, apple, blockers, business, content, craig, safari, twitter
Apple is planning to introduce some important new policy changes that will extend its user privacy protections, reports The Information (via Business Insider). With iOS 9, Apple will no longer allow advertisers to access app download data for ad targeting purposes, meaning companies will not be able to see all of the apps that are downloaded on a user's device.
Currently, companies like Twitter and Facebook are able to see which apps you have downloaded on your iPhone or iPad, sometimes using that information to deliver targeted ads. In The Information's example, Facebook and Twitter might use your app data to see that you have a lot of games downloaded, offering up an ad for a game you don't yet have installed.
Advertisers are misusing a communication API in iOS called "canopenURL" to get the app download data, something that will no longer be possible when iOS 9 is released in the fall.
When introducing iOS 9, Apple was careful to point out the lengths it went to in order to protect user privacy in new iOS 9 features. On stage, Craig Federighi repeated a statement that's often come from Apple executives – we don't want to know your personal information. New Siri and Search features are entirely anonymous, not associated with an Apple ID, use a randomized identifier, are not linked to other Apple services, and are not shared with third parties.
Apple also introduced a new VPN extension API and added Content Blockers for Safari Extensions on iOS, opening up a way for extensions to block cookies, images, ads, pop-ups, and more.
iOS 9 and the new privacy features will be available to the public in the fall.
YouTube has confirmed that it will be launching a paid subscription service
9 април 2015 0 коментара confirmation, content, google play, google-, partners, program, techcrunch, terms, that-it-will, views-or-watchtime, youtube
In a letter to YouTube creators, Google has confirmed rumours that it will begin rolling out a paid subscription service in order to complement its free service with an ad-free option Read more…
Google Expands Free Google Play Music Storage to 50,000 Songs [iOS Blog]
25 февруари 2015 Jordan Ostreff	0 коментара android, beats, company, content, drm, iphone, king, manager, match
Google today announced an update to its Google Play Music service, expanding the amount of available storage. Users can now store 50,000 songs in the cloud at no cost, up from 20,000.
Content stored within Google Play Music can be played on computers via Google's Music Manager app, on iPhones and iPads via the recently redesigned Google Play Music app, through a Chrome extension, through Chromecast, and on Android devices.
Google's Google Play Music storage does not require a subscription to Google Play Music to use it, making it free for all users.
Those interested in using Google's free music storage can access it by going to the Google Play Music website, skipping the subscription offer, and going straight to the music interface where there's an option to upload music. Content can be uploaded directly from an iTunes library or from any folder.
Google, of course, hopes users will opt-in to its $9.99 per month subscription music service when signing up for free music storage, which offers on-demand access to millions of songs much like Spotify or Beats Music.
With the boost in free storage space, Google Play Music gains a bit of a competitive advantage over Apple's iTunes Match service. iTunes Match costs $25 per year and allows users to store up to 25,000 songs in iCloud, but it gives users the benefit of accessing 256-Kbps AAC DRM-free quality music for any uploaded song that's also available in the iTunes Store.
For those in the Apple ecosystem, it's arguably easier to access songs on any device through iCloud using iTunes Match, but Google Play Music is a viable alternative as the company now has apps for the Mac, iPhone, and iPad available.
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This hand-painted mural captures my memories of how Singapore used to celebrate National Day in her early years of independence.
I remember Singaporeans from all walks of life gathering to celebrate the big day at the old Queen Elizabeth Walk, which was then a seafront. They went there to watch the fireworks light up the sky above the old Merlion Park, and the 'Sea Dragon' bumboat-floats parading the mouth of the Singapore River. Many peddlers selling favourite local snacks like ice-cream and satay added to the party mood. Children could be spotted climbing the giant rain trees and playing sparkles. The whole place brimmed with joy, togetherness and pride.
On the column, I painted a scene of the heartland. Families would climb to the higher-floor corridors of their new HDB flats to enjoy a panoramic view of the fireworks. Take a peep into the windows and shops and find familiar scenes of everyday lives in our HDB heartland.
I hope this mural gives a glimpse into an older Singapore celebrating her birthday. Happy 53rd National Day!
Mural is at HarbourFront Centre, Level 2 Northlink to Vivocity.


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Why Individualism is not Selfish: Refuting critics of Ayn Rand with the work of Joseph Campbell
Cliffhanger the Overmanwarrior	Budget problems, Conservative politics, Justice, Literature, Policial Science, Political Theroy, Politics, Progressive, Rich Hoffman, Taxes	 April 15, 2015 April 15, 2015 11 Minutes
Watching the below segment of The Daily Show featuring a question intended to be sarcastic regarding Ayn Rand it came to my mind that its time to make a legitimate argument against the general sentiment of today's average political centralist, and Democrat. The segment attacked Ayn Rand's philosophy in favor of self-interest over altruism by placing candidates running for president currently in alignment with the work of the controversial writer as a way to indirectly associate them as representatives of meanness. Politics in 2015 have been moved so far to the political left after over 100 years in argument in favor of altruism and collectivism, that today's centralist would have been considered a radical left-winger in yesterday's world—the world where America produced the Greatest Generation. So it is clearly time to re-evaluate the situation as Ayn Rand's work was created on the heels of the greatest generation as the radical communists and extreme leftists were making themselves known—which today is the new standard. People are so confused as to what the proper behavior is for their society, that they no longer know what is up, down, left or right. They only react to the feelings and temperament of contemporary society shaped by years of chaos and wrecked philosophy.
The biggest attack against Ayn Rand is her philosophy which features a priority on self-interest. For generations of people raised within strict religious leanings featuring altruism as a sign of goodness, and a political system built on wealth-redistribution backing their inner mentality shaped by those same religious motivations the question has failed to be asked or answered as to whether or not we should help the poor and destitute. The comment was simply made that we should because it's good—but good was never properly defined—so a valueless assumption was required to accept the proclamation which then constitutes the typical Democratic voting behavior. There should have been a sought after proven answer framing the cause of what makes people poor to begin with. But there wasn't, only a kind of primitive belief similar to the tribes of yesteryear who believed that a rain dance would bring rain to their dried up crops. What factors make an individual poor? That is a question that deserves an answer such as why won't my car start? Well, for the car, it might be a low battery, a bad starter, the car may be out of gas—those types of things. But in essence it makes logical sense—there is a cause and an effect. However, for the poor person, there is no attempt to designate a cause because the assumption is based on faith that some mythical gods have granted advantages to some while denying opportunity to others. While this was true in Medieval Europe, America was an invention to out-grow those limitations driven by philosophy which challenged the previous vantage point of victim hood.
The rest of the world largely driven by philosophies of collectivism, as they had been for millennia the last several thousand years worshipping kings and gods putting the sanctity of their nationality before their individual rights have set the stage for our current dilemmas in politics. America formed with an emphasis on individuality and rights as opposed to sacrifice. The economical means of this nation was capitalism—driven by individual need and desire. In America money was created not dispatched to the population through a top down hierarchy from kings and a ruling class. The rest of planet earth functioned from classic collectivism whereas America was experimenting with a practice specific to individual value using money as a measurement of productive enterprise. In Europe, Russia, Africa and the rest of Asia the general philosophy of those regions is that things happen to you due to an ancient belief that some god was in charge and that people were just along for the ride through life. In America, even though it was formed by religious men, they sought to run their nation by rational decisions conducted by men for the higher moral purpose of goodness—and that goodness eventually benefited God. The economical means to measure that goodness was money—because it was the only way to guarantee that good products purchased by individual self-interest would bring to the surface the best and brightest of our society. Capitalism couldn't prevent people from wanting to cheat and take short cuts to wealth, but generally, a free society is able to reject the services of an organization they deem unworthy—and could vote with their dollars.
Trickle down economics such as what works best in America takes into account that not all people work hard, or are creative, but those who do and are—create opportunities for everyone. Those who take the most risk and have the most skin in the game generally make the most money as opposed to those most highly connected to the political structure of a ruling class. Over time, Washington D.C. has elected themselves the type of power that the ruling classes of Europe still enjoy—and have always benefited from. But those politicians do not represent the essence of America—or the philosophy which emerged from the rapid benefits which exploded from capitalism's American experiment. That is the reason for the current issues of political corruption and the cries of the people for European style socialism, and communism. Under this corruption, communism has been as attractive to young people as it has been in Europe where peasants have no other means of stepping out of poverty and living equally to the richest of their nation. America has been and continues to be a place where anybody who works hard can brush shoulders with the very rich and powerful. In America classes are not divided as they are in Europe as upper, middle, and lower—they are divided by those who work hard and those who don't—at least traditionally. Slowly over time as the nation has moved so far to the radical left, more European influence has won the day as opposed to the righteousness of the American experiment.
After witnessing all these elements several writers emerged to chronicle the pros and cons of what had occurred during the first two hundred years of American experience. One of course was Ayn Rand who has run up against the classic opposition such as what was seen in the Daily Show episode—where her announcement that self-interest is what actually leads to morality was considered preposterous viewed through the lens of the classic European progressive model. But another writer whom I think is much more important than Ayn Rand did at the same time much broader work which arrived at essentially the same conclusions by comparing all the mythologies and religions of the world and came up with the now popular term, "Follow your bliss."
As Ayn Rand was writing The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, Joseph Campbell was writing The Hero with a Thousand Faces. These books were uniquely American and have turned the literary world upside down challenging thousands and thousands of years of human thought. Campbell unlike Rand is much more inclusive in his comparative studies. He has a reverence for many progressive leaders uttering insight from the early 20th century, like Nietzsche, Jung, Joyce, Mann, Steinbeck and many others whom he read incessantly then compared them to his vast encyclopedia of knowledge of the world's religions. His conclusions were that every individual on the face of planet earth needed to "follow their bliss" meaning their own internal call to living. They had to listen with an individual's ear to the calls of their own life's adventures. This was really revolutionary work done by Campbell as he was conducting it during the Red Decade in the presence of extreme left-winged radicals and open communists. Yet he took a path to scholarship that was unique to him and let the facts come in as he analyzed them—and his report was what is likely the most important book of the previous century and so far of the 21st. The Hero with a Thousand Faces explains why Atlas Shrugged is so powerful to so many people.
The Hero of a Thousand Faces would not have been written by a lettered academic at Oxford or any other major institution. Joseph Campbell led a life of unique individuality and his scholarship is a direct product of a very unusual life remarkably free of social strings conducting his thoughts and conclusions. His life's work essentially became the Star Wars saga which is currently unleashing upon the world brand new updated religions and philosophies. George Lucas himself will declare that he could not have made Star Wars without the influence of Joseph Campbell. In Campbell's work the individual has much more value over the collective—as described in the Navaho legend of the Twin War Gods who were on a quest to meet their father the Sun. They had to leave their village on a grand adventure as their people were being attacked by monsters. Everyone had tried just about everything and nobody had a solution, so the Twin War Gods had to travel in a direction nobody else had yet tried and endured a number of trial and tribulations to bring the boon of their discovery to their people.
There is no politics in Campbell's work. His admires include radical leftists like Jerry Garcia from the Grateful Dead to Bill Moyers from the very left leaning PBS network. Campbell just let the facts speak about the nature of reality, and he was uniquely qualified to surmise the details through stories of this own. It is the clear distinction that Campbell makes through a lifetime of scholarship that it is the individual that moves the world and not the sacrifice of individuals to the collective good. Although sacrifice has been the mode of behavior that has driven most of society, it is the individual following their own unique bliss that brings the boons to society. Society does not bring boons to the individual. It is a fantasy that a collectivist hierarchy can bring joy and wonder to people of differing needs. The best way for people to serve each other is to allow their own lives to live to their own potential for the aims of their individual achievements. By doing that they create things that the rest of the world needs. Joseph Campbell's outlook is uniquely American, just as Ayn Rand was. Both were authors of works that shook the foundations of thought, and their conclusions are here to stay leaving in their wake the destruction of the old modes of operation. Collectivism and religions of sacrifice are a way of the past that is in quick decline. The Daily Show in their presentation against Rand knows it. That much is evident by the type of people running for president in 2016. On one hand you have the collectivist Hillary Clinton representing the socialists and Democrats, then on the other, at least two candidates directly formed by the freedom loving Tea Party—the type of people who openly love the work of Ayn Rand.
As much as many from the old European world would like to see a continuation of their brand of collectivism, it is writers like Ayn Rand and Joseph Campbell who are shaping the world of tomorrow—and that is why their popularity is increasing while the desire for extremists like Karl Marx is declining. The weak and lazy still look to Marx, but there is no "Following your Bliss" in communism. You do what you are told, and that is not the way to lifetime fulfillment—just stifled misery and suffering due to unlived lives encumbered by sacrifice to speculative assumptions. Capitalism allows individuals to "Follow their Bliss" which is a long storied concept that started for Campbell in the radical troubadours of the High Middle Ages, (1100-1350AD ) from France. They were some of the first to challenge the collectivism of arranged marriages and sacrifice of the self to the many. America inherited from them the concept of courtly love and chivalry which eventually found their way into our western mythology. Before the troubadours marriages were all arranged for the benefits of a collective need and the individual was looked upon as something to be despised, and vanquished out of preservation for the many. But it never worked and never will work because whenever the collective is served values are what is sacrificed, because value is an individual assessment—not a collective one. Once values are sacrificed, a society crumbles into nothing to create the four-part cycle of Giambattista Vico–the age of gods, the age of heroes, the age of man and the age of chaos—more expressively described as theocracy, aristocracy, democracy and anarchy. Joseph Campbell and Ayn Rand proposed to Americans the notion that civilization should get off the circular highway going nowhere in between the aristocracy and democracy portions of that cycle and to emerge independent of collective influence toward an unknown horizon. By action out of each and every person's "bliss" individuals would then do the job they were created for in the first place—and this is what gives the old world the anger toward Rand that they have—that management of those individual lives does not come from the church, or the political order—but the very essence of the soul encapsulated within every living thing. To grapple with such a thing means that society at large need to understand what a soul is, and how it functions within them. And to find that out, one cannot be told by a parent, a grandparent, a teacher or a lover what it is—you have to find it out for yourself. For the timid and weak, this is a scary prospect. For the brave and valiant—it is the essence of adventure. For society—it is through adventurers that new things come to sustain all life. It is in the timid that all things decay. The timid should not be cast aside, but should follow in the path of the brave toward a destiny their lack of courage would have never allowed them to behold otherwise. And the brave should allow those in their wake to follow their example without robbing them of the treasures of discovery—taken on an individual basis. Not everyone can slay a dragon, or race a car through danger, but everyone can find discoveries under a common rock and a path paved by their own intentions in their own way.
The answer to what makes wealth is found in the adventurer and the cure to the poor is to spark in them the essence of life—and for them to follow their own bliss instead of becoming dependent off a collective society. Once they find themselves dependent on others, they find themselves either poor, or like the classic European peasant—begging for bread and water by the political elites. And among them, there will always be other weaklings like Hillary Clinton who desires the old way of Europe so that meaning to their meaningless lives can have some measure of fulfillment. The way to make the poor into the rich is to get them to follow their bliss—and that is what Ayn Rand's novels were all about. It is always why collectivists of all sizes and shapes hate her—because they can see within her work the end of their line of thought. But as to the science of why Ayn Rand works, all one need to do is look toward Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Heroes are not collectivists, and they don't sacrifice themselves aimlessly for the needs of the many unless they discover that it is part of their bliss to do so—a bliss arrived at through their own individuality.
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Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) je profesionální šipkařská organizace se sídlem ve Velké Británii, založená v roce 1992, kdy se skupina předních hráčů oddělila od British Darts Organization (BDO), aby vytvořila vlastní organizaci, jejíž název byl nejdříve World Darts Council (WDC). Předsedou PDC je Eddie Hearn.

PDC pořádá řadu celosvětových soutěží, včetně každoročního mistrovství světa v šipkách, World Matchplay, World Grand Prix, UK Open, Premier League Darts, Grand Slam of Darts nebo mistrovství Evropy. Provozuje také světový žebříček profesionálních hráčů šipek PDC Order of Merit.

Historie
V 80. letech minulého století velká část televizí ve Velké Británii přestala šipky vysílat, od roku 1989 byla jedinou soutěží v televizi každoroční Embassy World Championship. Někteří hráči se domnívali, že BDO nepodnikla zásadní kroky potřebné k získání nových sponzorů a neprosadila více šipkařských turnajů ve vysílání. To vyústilo v odtržení 16 profesionálů, včetně všech aktivních mistrů světa, od BDO a založení jejich vlastní organizace World Darts Council (WDC) v lednu roku 1992. Hráče vedli sportovní promotéři Tommy Cox a Dick Allix, kteří rodící se organizaci financovali z vlastních úspor.

V roce 1993 se konalo poslední společné mistrovství světa v šipkách. Již v tomto roce ale hráči z WDC na rukávech nosili odznaky své organizace, později je ale museli na popud BDO odstranit. Ti se proto rozhodli, že za této situace se tohoto turnaje již nechtějí zúčastnit.

BDO se rozhodla zakázat rebelujícím hráčům účast v národních soutěží a zákazem hrozila i hráčům, kteří se účastnili exhibičních turnajů pořádaných WDC.

Tomlin order
Hráči WDC se rozhodli tento spor řešit u soudu. Ten se nakonec protáhl až do roku 1997, kdy 30. července došlo k mimosoudnímu urovnání vztahů.

BDO uznala zřizení WDC a souhlasila s tím, že se všichni hráči mohou svobodně rozhodnout, které turnaje chtějí hrát. WDC ustoupila od požadavku být hlavní světovou šipkařskou organizací a přejmenovala se na Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). PDC dále uznala World Darts Federation (WDF) jako orgán, který bude celosvětově řídit šipkový sport a jako hlavní šipkařskou organizaci ve Velké Británii.

Další podmínkou dohody je, že 16 nejlepších hráčů a všichni domácí sportovci umístění v mistrovství světa organizace BDO do 32 místa nesmí v následujícím roce přestoupit do organizace PDC. Totéž platí pro nejlepších 16 hráčů z mistrovství světa organizace PDC.

Navzdory této podmínce přestoupil Raymond van Barneveld několik týdnů z BDO do PDC poté, co se zúčastnil finále mistrovství světa. O rok později v nové organizaci mistrovství světa vyhrál, přestože dle dohody neměl vůbec hrát. Později se ukázalo, že van Barneveld měl své smlouvě sjednánu klauzuli, díky které získal právo na mistrovství světa PDC hrát.

Dalším kontroverzním momentem byl přestup Jelleho Klaasena, mistra světa z roku 2006, který oznámil přesun do PDC po mistrovství světa v roce 2007, a to navzdory tříleté smlouvě, díky které měl v BDO zůstat minimálně po dobu její platnosti. BDO hrozila, že kvůli tomu podnikne právní kroky, nakonec se tak ale nestalo. Do PDC záhy po mistrovství světa v roce 2007 přešel i semifinalista Mervyn King.

Hlavní turnaje

Mistrovství světa

Mistrovství světa je každoroční turnaj pořádaný na přelomu prosince a ledna. Jedná se o největší turnaj organizace PDC s nejvyššími finančními odměnami. V letech 1994 až 2007 probíhalo v Circus Tavern v Purfleetu, v roce 2008 se šampionát přestěhoval do londýnské Alexandra Palace. Nejúspěšnějším hráčem tohoto turnaje je Phil Taylor, který jej ovládl 14krát.

Vítězové (1994–2023)

UK Open

Nejdříve se v letech 2003–2013 konal v červnu v Reebok Stadium v Boltonu, poté se přestěhoval na březnový termín do Butlins v Minehead (s jednoročním přesunem do Milton Keynes kvůli covidu-19 v roce 2021). Turnaj je třídenní a účastní se ho 168 hráčů. Po každém kole se hráčské dvojice losují, přičemž každý může hrát s každým, nasazení hráči nemají žádné preference. Phil Taylor je s pěti tituly nejúspěšnějším hráčem turnaje.

Vítězové (2003–2022)

World Matchplay

Turnaj se od roku 1994 koná ve Winter Gardens v Blackpoolu. Zápasy se nehrají na sety, ale na legy. Do roku 2012 musel hráč k vítězství ve hře vyhrávat po odehrání předepsaného počtu legů minimálně o dva, jinak hra pokračovala dál. Od roku 2013 došlo k omezení na maximálně 6 legů navíc, pokud do té doby nikdo nevyhraje, následuje rozhodující leg. V prvním kole hraném na 10 vítězných legů je tedy maximální možný stav 13–12. Phil Taylor ovládl turnaj 16krát, ve svých prvních 15 finálových kolech nenalezl ani jednou přemožitele.

Vítězové (1994–2022)

World Grand Prix

Tento turnaj v roce 1998 nahradil World Pairs. Nejdříve se konal v Casino Rooms v Rochesteru, v roce 2000 se přesunul do Rosslare a o rok později do současného místa, kterým je CityWest Hotel v Dublinu. Turnaj je výjimečný tím, že šipkař musí každý leg nejen zakončit na dvojnásobku, ale také zahájit (možné je využít také střed terče). Turnaj ovládl nejčastěji Phil Taylor, a to 11krát.

Vítězové (1998–2022)

Grand Slam of Darts

Turnaj byl představen v roce 2007 a byl prvním turnajem konaným ve Velké Británii, kde se představili hráči z PDC i BDO. Na turnaj byli pozváni hráči, kteří se v uplynulých dvou letech zúčastnili finále některého z hlavních turnajů každé organizace. Soutěž se koná v průběhu listopadu a trvá 9 dní.

Vítězové (2007–2022)

Players Championship Finals

Tento turnaj byl představen v roce 2009 a do roku 2015 se ho každoročně účastnilo 32 nejlepších hráčů organizace. V roce 2016 byl počet účastníků zdvojnásoben.

Vítězové (2009–2022)

Mistrovství Evropy

Mistrovství Evropy je turnaj, který umožňuje nejlepším hráčům z Evropy soutěžit s nejlepšími hráči z PDC. Turnaj se hrál poprvé v roce 2008 a prvních 6 let byl dotován 200 000 liber. Phil Taylor vyhrál první čtyři ročníky.

Vítězové (2008–2022)

Další turnaje

The Masters

Masters se účastní od roku 2021 24 nejlepších hráčů světa dle PDC Order of Merit, do roku 2020 to bylo hráčů 16. První turnaj se konal od 1. do 3. listopadu 2013 Royal Highland Center v Edinburghu ve Skotsku. Od roku 2015 se koná v Marshall Arena v Milton Keynes na přelomu ledna a února.

Vítězové (2013–2023)

Premier League Darts

V roce 2005 společnost Sky Sports zahájila Premier League Darts. Po dobu pěti měsíců soutěží deset největších jmen z okruhu PDC v ligové tabulce a zápasy se konají po celé zemi na různých místech.

Vítězové (2005–2022)

World Series of Darts
Tato série turnajů probíhá na různých kontinentech. Tradičně se jí účastní nejlepších 8 hráčů z PDC a 8 hráčů, kteří projdou národními kvalifikacemi. Od roku 2015 získávají hráči během turnaje body, díky kterým se mohou na konci roku zúčastnit World Series of Darts Finals.

World Cup of Darts

Jeden ze tří nových turnajů z roku 2010, kde hráči ze 24 zemí soutěží o 150 000 liber. Účastníci jsou vybírání na základě PDC Order of Merit. Anglie a Nizozemsko získaly titul čtyřikrát, všechna vítězství pro Anglii získali Phil Taylor a Adrian Lewis, Raymond van Barneveld se podílel na všech čtyřech holandských vítězstvích. V roce 2019 se Skotsko stalo ve finále teprve třetím národem, který získal trofej.

Vítězové (2010, 2012–2022)

Champions League of Darts

Turnaj se poprvé konal v Motorpoint aréně v Cardiffu 24. a 25. září 2016, kdy se ho zúčastnilo 8 nejlepších hráčů dle PDC Order of Merit. Šlo o první turnaj PDC, který naživo vysílala britská BBC.

Vítězové (2016–2019)

PDC World Youth Championship
Druhý z turnajů pořádaných od roku 2010 byl zpřístupněn všem hráčům z BDO i PDC ve věku mezi 18 a 21 lety. Finále bylo nejdříve vysíláno živě před finále mistrovství světa, v pozdějších letech před finále Premier League. Oba finalisté získávají příležitost získat licenci PDC ProTour a sponzory podporující PDC. Zároveň obdrží pozvánku na Grand Slam of Darts. Od roku 2015 se věková hranice změnila, turnaje se nově mohou zúčastnit hráči mladší 23 let.

Dimitri Van den Bergh se v roce 2018 stal prvním hráčem, který dokázal titul obhájit. O další pokus se ale z důvodu věku již nemohl pokusit.

Vítězové (2011–2022)

Women's World Matchplay
Jako součást podpory žen v šipkách založila PDC tento turnaj, kterého se účastní 8 nejlepších žen na základě umístění v žebříčku PDC Women's Series Order of Merit. Turnaj se v roce 2022 hrál ve dne, kdy se konalo finále World Matchplay.

Vítězové (2022–)

PDC Síň slávy
PDC v roce 2005 založila síň slávy, do které patří osobnosti, které se významně zapsaly do světa šipkového sportu.

K roku 2021 do ní patří celkem 17 osobností.

Odkazy

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City of Charlottetown » News » Current News » City Completes Living Shoreline Demonstration
City Completes Living Shoreline Demonstration Site
The City of Charlottetown has completed a living shoreline demonstration site at the shoreline and viewing platform at the intersection of Murchison Lane and the entrance to Sherwood Home.
This installation was one component of an approximately $325,000 initiative funded through Environment and Climate Change Canada's (ECCC) Climate Action and Awareness Fund that represents a partnership between PEI Watershed Alliance, the City of Charlottetown, the Town of Stratford, Creative PEI, and the Mi'kmaq Confederacy of PEI among other technical support partners. The project seeks to promote awareness and execution of living shoreline projects on PEI to encourage community-based climate action.
"The use of living shorelines as a method of shoreline protection is gaining popularity across Canada but has yet to be widely implemented on PEI" said Councillor Mitchel Tweel, chair of the Environment and Sustainability committee. "This climate change adaptation pilot project will serve as an example of an alternative to hard armoring shoreline protection that can be replicated on both public and private properties," said Tweel.
Living shorelines are a relatively low-cost method of slowing coastal erosion that uses natural materials and allows the growth of plants and wildlife habitat, unlike the hard, stone infrastructure often used. This acts to stabilize the shoreline while also preserving coastal ecosystems.
The construction of a living shoreline near the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown involved the removal of the pre-existing gabion baskets, a hard armoring method of shoreline protection, and regrading of the bank slope. This portion of the installation was completed by the Department of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Energy. Following this work, volunteers from numerous organizations, including local watershed groups, students from UPEI, and interns from UPEI's ClimateSense Project, came together to complete the installation.
Moving forward the site will be monitored to determine the efficacy of the project in preventing erosion relative to areas upstream and downstream of the intervention site.
"Protecting our environment is a top priority for the City of Charlottetown," said Mayor Philip Brown. "The living shoreline project is just another example of the City's commitment to ensuring that our community, and our province, continues to serve as a leader in the fight against climate change. It is my hope that this example inspires and educates others as to the proactive steps that can be taken to protect our shores," said Brown.
In addition to the installation of the living shoreline, the project also involved the education of City of Charlottetown staff and other community stakeholders under the Green Shores Training program. This training opportunity informed decision-making throughout this initiative and built capacity within the community to complete living shoreline projects in the future.
Finally, the project also involved a community integrated art component. In Charlottetown, this was reflected in the project 'Shoreline Palimpsest' by Charlottetown artist Doug Dumais. This photographic performance documented minute by minute changes along the shoreline over a three-day period from July 16 – 18, 2021 prior to the beginning of living shoreline construction. Dumais engaged with visitors and provided them with prints of his work, some including original poetry. The performance will be replicated following the completion of the living shoreline to capture and engage with the changes that have been made.
Alongside the work completed in Charlottetown, this project involved the creation of living shorelines and associated integrated community art projects in three other locations across the island. This included Lennox Island, Tea Hill Park, and the Town of Stratford waterfront.


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4 Interesting Facts to Know About Rick Scott's Political Career – 2023 Guide
Martha Wolf
Source: washingtonpost.com
Since these people are on the way to represent a lot of other people who live in a certain area, they have to be successful and people that you can learn a lot from. It is really interesting to look into their career especially if they are businessmen who did a lot of great moves to be in a position where they are at right now. You can learn from them, and use some of their moves to implement in your life so you can see progress in whatever you do. If it worked once, the chances are big that it will be the same way in your cause.
On the other hand, to see if someone is a reliable person to represent you, and be in a position to make laws and changes on the territory where you live, you will have to spend a little bit of time and see what has he done in the past to be respected this much, whether he did something that is not good, or whatever he did to be successful and most importantly reliable so you can be able to trust them and give them your support.
In this article, we will look at some of the things and interesting facts that Rick Scott did in his career.
1. Great investments
Source: moneyconnexion.com
One of the things that he does great is the things he finds interest in and funds them for a cause. He finds the medical sphere on his main and gets into a position to be an owner of hospitals. Because of their success, he buys more hospitals and gets a bigger financial status. Basically, almost every big investment that he did went great and that gave him the freedom to find other things that he can get to become even more successful.
2. Moving in different directions but in the same field
Source: information-age.com
The field that he wants the most is the medical one. He started with owning a couple of hospitals, and then he bought more. Also, he invests in technology, having a system for information to be gathered on the internet.
In addition, he got involved in a program where there was constant emitting of health-related content where people had the chance to learn more about conditions that they have, how to treat them, and make their life better. Then, he got into pharmacology and opened up many pharmacies in the western region of the states as suggested by Scott Jason Cooper.
3. Being the wealthiest senate member
Source: usnews.com
When he set up the candidature for being a member of the senate, his program was right and many people from his party were supporting him. He is one of the reasons why the Republicans won the majority and he is the one that has the biggest financial power among them.
4. Interesting things that he did
Source: orlandosentinel.com
As a political person, he was the one to approve the death penalty in the state that he was chosen. A very interesting program that he did is that he didn't want the financial help from the state to be used in opioid substances so people can get high, and he made sure that he runs tests on everyone who gets that financial help. If they had something in their system, they had the option to choose another person to get the help since they don't qualify.
Political Career
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