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Threatened South to North, IDF Seeks Calm While Steeling for Worst: Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel, Nov. 14, 2017— With tensions rising in the south amid fears that the Islamic Jihad terror group will attempt to avenge a tunnel demolition two weeks ago…
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft: What It Brings to the IAF: Yaakov Lappin, BESA, Oct. 29, 2017— The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet is poised to become a key tool to help Israel stop Iran and its proxies from creating a threatening military outpost in Syria.
How Technology Is Revolutionizing War: Jeremy Rabkin & John Yoo, National Review, Nov. 14, 2017— In his 2017 inaugural address, President Trump protested that for decades the American people "subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military…
Canadian Forces Pull off a Rare Feat: a Procurement Triumph: Editorial, National Post, Nov. 3, 2017— The Canadian Forces may have recently pulled off a rare feat: a military procurement triumph.
'Israel Not Prepared for Drone Threat': Yona Schnitzer, Breaking Israel News, Nov. 16, 2017
Don't Return Bodies For Nothing: Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, Israel Hayom, Nov. 6, 2017
Canada's Peacekeeping Incoherence: Richard Shimooka & Don Macnamara, Globe & Mail, Nov. 14, 2017
North Korea and the Threat of Chemical Warfare: Theo Emery, New York Times, Oct. 27, 2017
Judah Ari Gross
Times of Israel, Nov. 14, 2017
With tensions rising in the south amid fears that the Islamic Jihad terror group will attempt to avenge a tunnel demolition two weeks ago, the Israeli military is finding that striking a delicate balance between keeping terror groups from preparing for a future war and keeping the region relatively calm is easier said than done. While neither side may be gunning for a fight, a miscalculation by the IDF runs the risk of triggering a bloody tit-for-tat fight that can lead to all-out war.
For the past two weeks, the military has been trying to prevent such an escalation as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group has vowed revenge for the army's demolition of its attack tunnel that crossed into Israeli territory from Gaza. Israel Defense Forces troops in southern Israel have been on alert following last month's tunnel razing. In the army's most recent measure, on Monday it deployed its Iron Dome missile defense system in central Israel — including at least one battery in the greater Tel Aviv region — out of concerns the group may retaliate with a barrage of rockets.
In addition to preparing for attack, the Israeli military has also been trying to prevent one, repeatedly warning against a retaliation in direct addresses to both the Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Strip's rulers, Hamas. The army blew up the tunnel, which originated in the Gazan city of Khan Younis and crossed into Israeli territory, near Kibbutz Kissufim, on October 30. In total, 14 terrorists were killed, two of them from Hamas and the rest from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, including two senior commanders. The bodies of five of the Islamic Jihad terrorists, who were working on the tunnel inside Israeli territory, were recovered by the IDF a few days later.
But according to the army, this high body count was not intentional. The goal for the operation, per the IDF, was the destruction of the tunnel, not assassination. In comments after the blast, IDF officials also noted that many of the terrorists died not in the explosion, but in botched rescue attempts. But the military stressed it does not regret the deaths of terrorists, after facing backlash from politicians who interpreted the officers' comments as apologetic. In light of the body count, the military determined that the group "will have a hard time holding back."
Incidentally, Tuesday also marks five years since the IDF killed then-Hamas military commander Ahmed Jabari in an airstrike, which sparked the week-long Operation Pillar of Defense campaign in Gaza. Palestinian terror groups have been known to carry out attacks to coincide with significant anniversaries. Former Military Intelligence chief Amos Yadlin praised the military on Monday for preparing to counter the threats from Gaza, but warned it not to forget that "the northern front is Israel's main focus — Assad, Hezbollah, and Iran will seek to challenge the IDF."
On Saturday, Israel shot down a drone from Syria with a Patriot missile in the third such incident this year, which military officials say is an indication of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's increasing brazenness in light of his successes in the country's civil war. The army's top brass and Israeli government officials are also currently locked in intense discussion with their American and Russian counterparts concerning a ceasefire agreement for southern Syria, especially the distance from Israel's borders that Iran-backed militias will be allowed to operate. While Iranian entrenchment along the Golan border presents a far greater strategic threat to Israel's security in the long term, the more pressing concern seems to be the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which could attack at any time.
When the IDF uncovered two Hamas attack tunnels that also crossed into Israeli territory last year, there was also concern of a potential retaliation, but this faded fairly rapidly. In those cases, however, there were no terrorist casualties, as in last month's demolition. Late Saturday night, Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, Israel's military liaison to the Palestinians, published a video message in Arabic directed to the Islamic Jihad leaders in Damascus, telling them that the IDF is aware of the group's terror plots and that they are "playing with fire." "We are aware of the plot that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad is planning against Israel," Mordechai said. "Let it be clear: Any attack by the Islamic Jihad will be met with a powerful and determined Israeli response, not only against the Jihad, but also against Hamas," warned the general.
The group responded a day later, saying the Israeli threats against its leaders constituted "an act of war," and vowing to continue to try to carry out a revenge attack against Israel. "We reaffirm our right to respond to any aggression, including our right to respond to the crime of aggression on the resistance tunnel," Islamic Jihad said.
In the eyes of the military, its strike on the tunnel was entirely justified, legally and morally, as it entered Israeli territory and threatened Israeli civilians. As such, the army feels, while it may smart, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad needs to just count its losses and move on. "They violated Israeli sovereignty. They were conducting an act of hostility against Israel. We were able to thwart that, and that is the end of the sentence," said army spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus in an extended interview with the Israel Project's podcast on Monday. "And if they will try to aggress again, that will be met with significant resolve and power," Conricus added.
On Monday, Israeli forces arrested a top commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the West Bank, in what seems to be a non-verbal deterrent message to the terrorist group. The Shin Bet security service confirmed that Tariq Qa'adan, a senior officer in the Gaza-based terror group's West Bank wing, was picked up by the IDF in Arrabeh, southwest of Jenin, in the northern West Bank. A Shin Bet official said Qa'adan was arrested "for being a member of a terrorist group."
According to Yadlin, who now runs the esteemed Institute for National Security Studies think tank, the messages put out by Mordechai and the army's spokesperson's office are important tools to prevent escalation and also show a significant change in tack by the military since the 2014 Gaza war, known in Israel as Operation Protective Edge. "The messages and warnings that Israel has been sending to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) over the last couple of days are not incidental, but actually indicate concrete intel according to which PIJ plans to respond to the destruction of his terror tunnel into Israel," Yadlin wrote on Twitter. "It seems Israel learned the lessons of Operation Protective Edge, and this time it will focus on hitting the heads of the organizations (with a particular focus on the chiefs of their military/terror branches) and their operational infrastructure," he said.
Yaakov Lappin
BESA, Oct. 29, 2017
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet is poised to become a key tool to help Israel stop Iran and its proxies from creating a threatening military outpost in Syria. It will also play a leading role vis-à-vis Hezbollah's heavily armed fortress in Lebanon. The Lockheed Martin-produced aircraft, which is due to become fully operational in December of this year, brings with it a number of new capabilities that ideally suit Israel's requirements in terms of monitoring and, when necessary, striking Iranian-Hezbollah-Syrian military targets in Syria and Lebanon. The aircraft is well suited for the mission of selectively targeting the ongoing Iranian-Hezbollah weapons trafficking program.
The F-35 is an intelligence-gathering machine in a league of its own. It is able to deploy a range of sensors to gather detailed information on events on the ground. It can fuse unprecedented quantities of intelligence automatically, then share it with other aircraft and with the Israel Air Force's (IAF) ground control stations.
This intelligence can then be sent to Israel's Military Intelligence Directorate for further analysis and for the creation of a large databank of targets. This will provide Israel with a significantly enhanced picture of the activities of Iran, Hezbollah, and the Assad regime throughout the northern arena. It will also give Israel a strong starting position in the event of an escalation of the security situation, since these targets can be struck in the future.
In mid-October, an Assad regime SA-5 surface-to-air missile battery detected and fired upon Israeli jets, which were reportedly on an intelligence-gathering mission over Lebanon. That incident is an indication of a growing Iranian-Assad-Hezbollah determination to harass Israel's intelligence operations. But the F-35, with its stealth capabilities, should be able to evade enemy radar detection, making such crucial missions smoother. Israeli F-35s could be sent to gather intelligence in contested air space filled with hostile radar systems and avoid detection.
IAF officials say they are also working on getting the F-35 to communicate effectively with the older, fourth-generation F-16s and F-15s. In combat situations, the F-35s would be able to spearhead operations, moving first into contested battle zones, striking enemy targets before being detected, and sending back valuable data to the fourth-generation aircraft. Such capabilities will be critical going forward, as both Syria and Lebanon have become filled with a variety of surface-to-air missile systems. Several different types of missile batteries are in the possession of Hezbollah and the Assad regime. In recent years, Russia has also stationed its advanced S-300 and S-400 batteries in Syria.
The F-35's value in this increasingly complex and challenging environment is clear. It becomes even more pronounced when examining Israel's need to improve its long-range strike capabilities in the event of a conflict with Iran. The F-35 has unique long-range capabilities. By 2024, Israel will have two full squadrons of F-35 A jets – a total of 50 aircraft. The last 17 of these jets were purchased by Israel in August of this year. The Planning and Organization Department within the IAF is in the midst of intensive preparations aimed at integrating the F-35 into daily operations.
The IAF expects the new aircraft to affect the way the rest of the air force operates and to boost Israeli capabilities across the board. The IDF's ground forces, too, could experience its benefits. The F-35's data could be relayed quickly to units on the ground, improving their lethality and battle space awareness. For now, the IAF is continuing to gather vast quantities of intelligence and engage in low-profile action against the radical Shi'ite axis to the north – but it is also planning for the possibility of open conflict. If such conflict unfolds, the IAF will unleash waves of heavy firepower never before seen in the region's military history. The F-35's unique awareness of its combat environment will let it take a leading role in such operations.
Jeremy Rabkin & John Yoo
National Review, Nov. 14, 2017
In his 2017 inaugural address, President Trump protested that for decades the American people "subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military . . . spent trillions of dollars overseas while America's infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay." No longer would the United States waste its blood and treasure fighting abroad for the interests of others. "From this moment on," Trump declared, "it's going to be America first." During the campaign, Trump had launched even sharper critiques of U.S. foreign policy. Paying attention to the interests of foreigners had led the United States into disastrous wars, most lamentably in Iraq. "We shouldn't have been there, we shouldn't have destroyed the country, and Saddam Hussein was a bad guy but he was good at one thing: killing terrorists," Trump said during the campaign.
Despite such rhetoric, the administration did not pursue a foreign policy of isolationism or even non-interventionism. In the Middle East, the United States has not only continued fighting foes from its recent wars but gone beyond them. In April 2017, the Trump administration set aside the passivity of its predecessor and launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles against a Syrian air base in response to the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons. It expanded the American deployment of ground troops in the Syrian civil war, provided arms to Kurdish militias, and lent air and tactical support for Iraqi forces fighting the Islamic State terrorist group. U.S. troops continued to fight in Afghanistan against a resurgent Taliban, even going so far as to use a massive ordnance bomb against insurgent tunnels. Promising to "bomb the hell out of ISIS" during the campaign, Trump has authorized a significant increase in drone strikes and special operations by both the CIA and the U.S. armed forces.
In Asia, the Trump administration did not send U.S. forces into direct combat, but it resorted to the threat of force to support its foreign policy. To pressure the North Korean regime to halt its nuclear-weapons program, Trump dispatched the USS Vinson aircraft-carrier strike group and a nuclear submarine to the area. "There is a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with North Korea," he said. "Absolutely." His administration proposed a more aggressive response to China's building of artificial islands in the South China Sea. "Building islands and then putting military assets on those islands is akin to Russia's taking of Crimea. It's taking of territory that others lay claim to," Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in his confirmation hearing. "We're going to have to send China a clear signal that, first, the island-building stops, and second, your access to those islands also is not going to be allowed." To enforce such demands would require more frequent freedom-of-navigation patrols and could even call for naval blockades.
For all that, President Trump shows little sign of reversing the Obama administration's caution on risking American lives. He continues to criticize the U.S. interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan as "costly" — by which he seems to mean costly in American lives but also in budget allocations. The Trump administration faces a quandary. Restoring a muscular American foreign policy will demand a higher rate of operations and deployments, increasing costs and risking greater casualties. Though the administration has proposed increases in military spending, it remains cautious about costly foreign commitments.
Technology can help resolve this looming impasse. Robotics, the Internet, and space-based communications have increased productivity across the economy. These same advances may have a comparably transformative impact on military affairs. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) allow pilots to strike targets more precisely at reduced cost, with less harm to bystanders and less threat to themselves. Cyber weapons permit nations to impose disruptions on an adversary in more precisely targeted attacks and without physical destruction. Space-based networks enable militaries to locate their forces exactly, lead their troops more effectively, and target their enemies more precisely.
These new advances are turning military development away from the 20th century's reliance on draft armies equipped with simple, yet lethal, mass-produced weapons. As nations use force that becomes more precise and discrete, they can consider changing rules developed in the era of mass armies and attrition warfare. The laws of war need not fuss over the line between targetable military and immune civilian assets when nations can rely on UAVs to deliver precision-guided munitions on particular targets.
As it is, reluctance to use force has led western nations to rely on economic sanctions, which punish entire populations. Drones and cyber attacks might achieve comparable results to economic sanctions by inflicting harm on the target state's economy, but in a more precise manner. Such an approach may avoid unintended effects of sanctions and operate much more quickly and reliably, leaving adversaries less time to adapt to (or circumvent) sanctions. To make the most of those new capacities, we should rethink current legal formulas purporting to regulate when "military force" is lawful, and against what targets.
New weapons technologies could help the United States and its allies protect international stability. WMD proliferation, international terrorism, human-rights catastrophes, and rising regional powers are threatening the liberal international order constructed by the U.S. and its allies after World War II. Nations will be discouraged from confronting these problems with conventional force. But if new technology reduces the costs of war while improving its effectiveness, nations may turn to force more often to promote desirable ends. Promoting international stability remains a global public good, in that peace benefits all nations regardless of who pays for it. This gives nations a strong incentive to free-ride off the efforts of others to maintain international peace and security. If using force becomes less expensive and more effective, nations may turn to force more readily when the times require it. New weapons may be particularly helpful in situations where a large-scale military response would seem excessive but mere words seem insufficient.
In fact, new weapons technologies may produce the welcome benefit of reducing the harms of individual disputes. While the United States, among others, is rapidly developing new means of fighting, these innovations may limit war. Robotics can reduce harm to combatants and civilians by making attacks more precise and deadly. Cyber can more effectively target enemy military and civilian resources without risking direct injury to human beings or the destruction of physical structures. Space satellites will provide the sensors and communications that make possible the rapid, real-time marriage of intelligence and force, and future orbital weapons may create a viable defense to nuclear missiles.
National Post, Nov. 3, 2017
The Canadian Forces may have recently pulled off a rare feat: a military procurement triumph. We are reluctant to even write these words, lest the cosmos note this aberration from the natural order of things and immediately smite the project. Barring otherworldly intervention, though, the recent conversion of MV Asterix is the kind of smart, efficient military procurement we see so rarely. Asterix is a large ship, originally intended to serve as a commercial vessel, which was rapidly refitted by Quebec's Davie Shipyard to serve as a logistical support ship for the Royal Canadian Navy. She is completing sea trials now and will be ready for active service imminently, perhaps as early as this month.
A modern navy is only as effective as its logistics ships, floating warehouses that sail with the warships and provide stores of food, fuel, ammunition, spare parts and advanced medical care facilities for fleets on the move. In recent years, Canada had lost both of its support ships to a combination of old age, bad luck and political mismanagement. Old age: the ships were well into their fifth decade when retired, and well behind the technological curve. Bad luck: both ships were suddenly retired after unforeseen crises — an onboard fire and a collision at sea, respectively. Political mismanagement: even though the fire and collision were unforeseeable, the need to replace the ships wasn't, but both Liberal and Conservative governments had failed to invest the funds necessary to replace the vessels.
Without them, the Navy is essentially limited to being a coastal patrol force. New ships have been ordered, at an estimated cost of billions, but aren't due until the early 2020s. Enter the Asterix. She will return a vital capability to the Navy, and the total cost of the project is less than $700 million — a comparative bargain. So much so that we question the need to wait for the new ships at all. The government should at least explore the possibility of repeating the process with another vessel, so that we can put one on both the east and west coasts. But at least the Navy can begin functioning as a proper fighting force again. We hope the success of this project, and its real economic and military advantages, are not overlooked by a government (and Navy) that needs all the good news it can get.
'Israel Not Prepared for Drone Threat': Yona Schnitzer, Breaking Israel News, Nov. 16, 2017—he IDF has yet to develop a suitable response to the threat of cross border drone attacks, State Comptroller Joseph Shapira said in a special report issued Wednesday that also looked at regulation of domestic drone use.
Don't Return Bodies For Nothing: Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, Israel Hayom, Nov. 6, 2017—The Israel Defense Forces has racked up three recent achievements on the southern front: locating an attack tunnel leading into Israel and blowing it up; striking over a dozen terrorists, including senior Islamic Jihad operatives; and according to an IDF report on Sunday, holding on to bodies of the terrorists who were in the tunnel at the time of the strike.
Canada's Peacekeeping Incoherence: Richard Shimooka & Don Macnamara, Globe & Mail, Nov. 14, 2017—Over the past few weeks there has been a renewed impetus toward Canada undertaking a new peacekeeping mission. While some of the motivations behind such an intervention are laudable, they present a number of challenges and considerations that should be fully understood before a commitment is made.
North Korea and the Threat of Chemical Warfare: Theo Emery, New York Times, Oct. 27, 2017—The war of words between President Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over Pyongyang's nuclear program has rattled nerves around the world. But the trial of two women in Malaysia for using the nerve agent VX to kill Mr. Kim's half brother is a reminder that North Korea's lethal arsenal isn't limited to nuclear weapons. The North's chemical weapons pose a grave risk to South Korea and to regional stability.


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Each Settlement pays it's conqueror in Sapphires, or in one of the three main types of Resources (Gold, Iron, and Food). There are three types of Settlements: large, medium, and small. The amount of Resources recovered from the Settlement per hour and the total amount of the Tribute available depends on its size. The larger the Settlement, the more Resources it can collect per hour, and the greater its total worth. When all the Tribute at a Settlement has been collected (or its time limit expires) it will disappear from the Map. The time remaining until a Settlement disappears is displayed on the pop-up Map menu and at your Command buildings (Keep and Eagle's Nest). Every new Settlement starts off vacant and unguarded, so be the first to find the new ones! Any player can view the amount of Resources stored in the Settlement by placing their cursor over it.
The maximum travel time to any Settlement on the Map is 1 hour for all players.
To spy on a Settlement, build the House of Lords and the Hall of Shadows, select the number of Silent Ones you want to send for the mission and click "Send". Successful Spying missions allow you to detect all Units defending a Settlement - including its owner's Units and other players' Reinforcements. Recruit and station as many Silent Ones as you can to protect your Settlement from being spied on.
Building House of Lords allows you to conquer 1 Settlement. Select the "Settlements" tab, then choose the type and number of Units you want to send on the mission and click "Send". If you succeed, your force will conquer the Settlement and you'll be able to view its info under the "Settlements" tab at the Keep. Once you've captured the Settlement , it starts collecting resources. You can claim Resources from Settlements once an hour. If you don't collect Resources for more than 12 hours, they cease collecting. If a Town is conquered from another player, the new owner doesn't get any of its previous owner's collected or claimed Resources. The Settlement starts collecting Resources again, but the total amount of Resources in the Settlement continues to deplete regardless of how many times it changes hands. Be sure to maintain a large garrison of Defensive Units at your conquered Settlements to keep them under your control. You can also Dispatch Spies to and attack your Allies' Settlements ... but do so at your own risk. Sometimes short-term profit isn't worth losing a valuable Alliance over. If your Settlement is captured by an Enemy force, all surviving defenders and Reinforcements will return to their respective owners.
To send and receive Reinforcements, you need to discover 'Art of War' and build the Keep. Select the number and type of Units you want, and then dispatch them as Reinforcements to your or your Allies' Settlements . Sending Reinforcements to other Settlements does not allow you to collect Resources from that Settlement, but if you help your Friends control their Settlements they might return the favor or pay you a percentage for protection. If you recall all of your Units from one of your Settlements , all Reinforcements belonging to other players will automatically be returned to their respective Castles. If all your Units at a Settlements are destroyed, all surviving Reinforcements automatically return to their owners. To control your Reinforcements in other Settlements , go to the Keep, open the "Garrisons" tab and choose the "Settlement" filter.
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You will receive information on battles for you and your Allies' Settlements in your Grand Marshal's reports.
Your Lord Steward will send you the information about Resource delivered.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States has won convictions in 89 percent of cases involving terrorism charges brought since the September 11, 2001 attacks, a study by New York University's Center on Law and Security found on Wednesday.
With the self-professed September 11 mastermind and four accused accomplices due to be tried in New York, the report found the federal courts provided a "a strong and effective system of justice for alleged crimes of terrorism."
The Center on Law and Security reviewed 828 prosecutions that made up 337 cases against 804 people for its "Terrorist Trial Report Card: September 11, 2001 - September 11, 2009."
"While we can only assess the cases that have been brought, federal prosecution has demonstrably become a powerful tool in many hundreds of cases, not only for incapacitating terrorists but also for intelligence gathering," wrote the Center's Executive Director Karen Greenberg.
The report found the Department of Justice had moved away from an initial practice of making high-profile arrests, but prosecuting few terrorism charges, to focusing more on building a case to pursue terrorism and other serious charges.
In the first year following the September 11, 2001 attacks, fewer than one in 10 announced terrorism arrests were tested in court, with prosecutors seeking lesser or unrelated charges. This rose the following year to fewer than two in five.
"The emphasis has shifted to trying accused terrorists as terrorists," Greenberg said. "More and more, the allegations made in public have eventually been charged and proven in court."
In 2001/02, just 8 percent of defendants labeled as "terrorists" in the media faced terrorism charges with 38 percent of those convicted, the center's report found, while in 2006/07 47 percent of those called "terrorists" faced terrorism charges and 84 percent were convicted.
"The Justice Department has adopted a more disciplined approach, promising less in its public pronouncements and delivering more in the courtroom," Greenberg said.
The study found the number of terrorism cases has fallen to an annual average of less than 30 from 127 cases indicted in the year following September 11, 2001.
Of the defendants whose citizenship could be identified, the report found the largest group was from the United States.
It said an accused affiliation with an extremist group was identified for less than half of the defendants, with the most common affiliation being with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), while links to al Qaeda came in second, accounting for 11 percent of defendants.
In nearly two thirds of cases, no specific target for an attack was identified, the study said, while in cases that did involve a specific target, two thirds were aimed overseas and 16 percent focused on military bases, equipment or personnel.
The Center on Law and Security found the Justice Department had also developed a successful strategy for convincing defendants to cooperate, leading to more arrests and greater intelligence.
"Much of the government's knowledge of terrorist groups has come from testimony and evidence produced in grand jury investigations, including information provided by cooperators, and in the resulting trials," Greenberg said.
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I hope that whilst I've been away my deputy Cllr Robert Askey has attended to all of your needs?! I would like to thanks him and the executive for all of the support that they have given me whilst I was away in New Zealand.
Our next function will be informal as I think a catch up is required over a few drinks!
Location: The Hogshead, Croydon
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I do hope that you can attend and please bring your friends as well.
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Jannti was the language of the genies, including the djinn, efreet, marid, dao, and jann. Whether Jannti was a single tongue with several dialects or four different elemental tongues was a matter of some debate, though it was effectively a single language.[1]
Jannti was one of the roots of the Midani language.[2]
Jannti dictionaryEdit
A list of words in the jannti:
- iram
- jewel[3]
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- ↑ Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Adventurer's Guide to Zakhara). (TSR, Inc), p. 124. ISBN 978-1560763291.
- ↑ Thomas M. Costa (1999). "Speaking in Tongues". In Dave Gross ed. Dragon Annual #4 (TSR, Inc), p. 29.
- ↑ Steve Kurtz (January 1994). "The City of Lofty Pillars". In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #201 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 10–14.
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text: Hmmm... You mean you took it upon yourself to decide it was off-topic in the biology forum. You mean you actually moderated as you saw fit within the scope of the rules.. You mean, you decided which direction the discussions should go.. My.. how novel. You did not tell him he could have posted it in S & S, did you? You just deleted and red-carded. Again.. the glass houses analogy... You had your detractors when you moderated Sam and I have mine for how I moderate. Hell, here you are, my detractor. And frankly, this discussion is going around in circles. You disagree with how I acted and find me unethical. Then report me to Plazma or even other moderators that you trust on this forum and have them take it to Plazma. That is an option you have. Use it if you feel so offended with how I moderate.


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Monday, April 26, 2010
Other Sources of Inspiration
To be honest, I had mixed feelings about doing so...since I'm in the midst of final projects right now with two weeks left of this semester to go. I have a TON of work to get done, and not much time left in which to do it. Every minute is valuable right now. But my husband and I bought tickets ages ago, so I went.
To my surprise, it was actually a benefit to my work that I took time away from my Mac. I've been stuck for ideas on one of my projects for the past week. Sitting there in the dark letting the music flow around me (and not thinking about anything) somehow loosened up my brain. By the time we left, I had a few new ideas for layouts.
Music has always been an inspiration to me, but so has diving into all kinds of books and reading. What I'd like to know is what types of non-visual arts inspire your artwork? Obviously as artists we are inspired by other illustrators and painters, but there is so much else out there in the world to move you. I'd like to hear what gets the creative juices of other artists flowing. Please share! (o:
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This is an interesting topic, Nicole. I'm glad to hear that you allowed for that time to fill the void. I believe we all need to do that from time to time. For some of my personal work, dreams have been a powerful source of inspiration.ReplyDelete
I like to take a walk and mull over ideas. Sometimes an image just pops into my mind's eye and I know exactly what to draw. I must confess I like to doodle during a meeting or at church while I'm listening to someone talk, I often go back to those scribbles and find some gems there.ReplyDelete
Some people claim they get ideas in the shower - but for me its while walking the dog. Its peaceful and quiet and I just let my mind wander, and out of nowhere, ideas and plans come!ReplyDelete
I am one of those people who gets ideas in the shower. It is one of the few times when no one is asking me for anything and the water noise and only having the stall and water to look at leaves my mind free to roam.ReplyDelete
I get them from the kids. They crack me up! They pull wonderfully expressive faces that I can't help but use them when drawing.ReplyDelete
Love all of these! (o:ReplyDelete
I think I should start carrying my sketchbook around more often. I find that I'll be struck with an idea at an odd time and have nowhere to write it down.


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South Dakota is the latest state to find themselves in an oil boom. Such news brings with it tremendous wealth in the form of increased employment and local business revenue.
The state isn't poised to compete with North Dakota — which is expected to soon become the second-biggest oil-producing state behind Texas — but experts say that crude-carrying areas should prepare to see some of the same prosperity and problems.
The flip side of the coin is increased traffic, housing shortages and higher rents.
A recent town hall meeting called "Coming Down the Pipe" highlighted these concerns. The standing room only event featured experts from the oil industry, infrastructure and economics talking and answering questions about the frenzy in North Dakota's oil patch and how they might relate to South Dakota's future.
"We want people to understand the effect of development and the stress it puts on the community," said Lynn Hammerstrom, former president of First Interstate Bank who lives in Belle Fourche, a town in northwestern South Dakota with about 5,700 residents.
"Make sure you focus. It's all about planning," said Gene Veeder, a panel speaker and executive director of McKenzie County Job Development Authority who said constructing single-family units and affordable housing should be a priority.
"If you need 1,000 workers, you need to figure it out," he said.
The panelists also said South Dakotans should embrace the possibilities. Truck drivers bring business, and communities will need parking, restaurants, truck stops and highway expansion — all of which will translate to more jobs, they said.
Shawn Wenko, a panelist and assistant director of the Economic Development Office in Williston, N.D., said the boom has brought jobs in all skill levels. Though oil is the No. 1 industry, agriculture and retail contribute to the economy, he said. Other job openings are in emergency services, medicine, education and dentistry.
"We're seeing a boom of population while for generations or decades we saw a decline," Wenko said. "The younger generation is now moving back. In northwest North Dakota, your graduates from there left in the 1990s because there were no opportunities. Now, they're fighting to get back."


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This course is now over but we have a new webinar coming up on October 12th & 13th.
Come learn how to teach, coach, and facilitate guided math!
Guided math is a great instructional strategy. Everybody wants to do it, but how? In this engaging, educational and resource-filled institute, participants will learn how to do it! Send one or more staff members, or a team to learn how to support and facilitate professional development about guided math at the school site or the district level. They will see how to create standards-based (teks aligned) small group lessons that rock, workshop management strategies that work, and assessment tools that inform instruction! Dr. Nicki will teach about managing flexible groups, matching activities to students, incorporating the 4 must have workstations and using technology throughout the workshop. Each participant receives the book Guided Math in Action, access to the conference digital files & videos and a dice-in-action kit!
***PreConference Webinar will be held in early February. Post Conference Webinar will be held in May.
Join us to find out how to unlock the power of guided math today!
Guided Math in Action: Train the Trainer
Monday, Feb. 29th, 8:30am to Tuesday, March 1st, 3:30pm
SpringHill Suites Houston Hobby Airport, 7922 Mosley Road, Houston Tx
Top Reasons to Attend this Seminar:
Train your teachers to:
· Discover how to plan for and implement guided math
· Explore tools, tasks, time schedules, and transitions
· Learn innovative, hands-on games and activities to use in lessons
· Understand how to fit it all in with the current curriculum
· Create toolkits that teach
· Make a plan to effectively organize materials within your classroom space
· Develop routines and procedures for effectively doing guided math
· Monitor Noise Levels (low tech & high tech ideas)
· Integrate 21st century technologies throughout the workshop
· Assess activities
· Manage student accountability
· Discuss proven workstation working arrangements (alone, partner, small group)
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
Seminar At-a-Glance
Day 1 - Guided Math
8:30 – 10:00 am
Introduction to Guided Math
10:00 – 10:15 am
Morning Break & Gigglenook Book & Dice Fair
10:15 - 11:45 am
The Five Essential Elements of Guided Math
11:45 – 1:00 pm
Catered Lunch
Gigglenook Book & Dice Fair
1:00 - 2:15 pm
The FIve Types of Guided Math Lessons
2:15 – 2:30 pm
Afternoon Break & Gigglenook Book & Dice Fair
2:30 – 3:15 pm
The Five Types of Guided Math Lessons cont.
3:15 – 3:30pm
Day 2 - A Focus on Specific Topics of Study
7:30 - 8:30 am
Registration and Complimentary Coffee and Tea
8:30 – 10:00 am
Building Fluency in the Guided Math Group and Math Workstations
10:00 - 10:15 am
Morning Break & Gigglenook Book & Dice Fair
10:15 – 11:45 am
Building Word Problem Power with Guided Math Lessons and Math Workstations
11:45am – 1:00 pm
Catered Lunch
Gigglenook Book & Dice Fair
1:00 - 2:15 pm
Building Writing Skills in Math with Guided Math lessons and Math Workstations
2:15 – 2:30 pm
Afternoon Break & Gigglenook Book & Dice Fair
2:30 - 3:15 pm
Integrating Technology into Guided Math Lessons and Math Workstations
3:15 – 3:30 pm
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Who: Specifically Designed for Math Coaches, Instructional Coaches, Teacher Leaders, Professional Development Trainers, Math Specialists, Classroom Teachers, Title I Staff, Curriculum Directors and Administrators serving grades k-5
SpringHill Suites Houston Hobby Airport
7922 Mosley Road
Houston, Tx 77061
When: 2 DAY EVENT: February 29 - March 1st, 2016
Special Group Discounts!
One Person $749 (includes book, digital files & dice kit)
Team of 3 + $729 (each person)
Group of 5 or more $ 700 (each person)
Must Call for Group Discounts!
*We take PO's but you must email or fax it in.
Substitutions may be made at any time. All cancellations received 15 days before the seminar will be 100% refunded. Cancellations after that will receive a full credit for a future program.
***A certificate of attendance will be given to all the participants who attend the entire conference.
****Limited Enrollment. No Walk-ins. Sign up today!!!! We are going to have so much fun and learning!!!!
*****The registration fee includes your tuition for the event, continental breakfast, lunch, and materials.
Dr. Nicki Newton
Dr. Nicki Newton has been an educator for more than 25 years, working in inner-city schools on both the East and West Coasts, with student populations ranging from pre-kindergarteners through doctoral students. Having spent the first part of her career as a literacy and social studies bilingual specialist, she built on those frameworks to inform her math work. She has worked on developing Math Workshop and Guided Math Institutes around the country and internationally. Dr. Nicki works with teachers, coaches, and administrators to make math come alive by considering the powerful impact of an academically rigorous, standards-based, hands-on, minds-on approach to their math curriculum. She is the author of Guided Math in Action (2013), Math Workshop in Action (2015) and Math Running Records in Action (2015). She is currently writing Math Workstations in Action (2016). She has also written a series entitled Problem Solving with Math Models for grades K-5. Dr. Nicki is an avid blogger (www .guidemath .wordpress .com) and Pinterest pinner (drnicki7).
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This institute is designed to help you build capacity in your school or district! You will be immersed in a guided math experience and be given the tools to then turnkey that knowledge. All participants will receive my book Guided Math in Action, access to digital training resources, and a dice kit. I will share with you a very specific plan for rolling out guided math in your school or district. I look forward to working with you all this winter.


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timespace coordinates: "near future" (2050's ?) commercial flight to the Moon > the ship Cepheus, bound for Mars > Norwegian biomedical research space station > underground SpaceCom base on Mars > the Lima Project (Neptune's rings)Ad Astra is a 2019 American science fiction adventure film produced, co-written, and directed by James Gray. Starring Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland, it follows an astronaut who goes into space in search of his lost father, whose experiment threatens the Solar System. + scored by Max Richter. +
Reviews out of the Venice Film Festival compared it to well-worn sci-fi touchstones "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Solaris," and "Apocalypse Now," in part due to its probing adventure narrative. Gray says he went straight to the urtext that inspired them, Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey." (cnn)
The title means "to the stars" in Latin. It is often used as a shorthand for "Per Aspera Ad Astra" (Through the hardships to the Stars).


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During a Harley-Davidson media ride in Antequera, Spain, recently to which paultan.org was invited, on the riding menu were a dozen custom Sportsters built by Sykes Harley-Davidson in the UK. The 12 Sportsters were actual customer bikes, road registered and built to specification.
Styling for the Sykes custom Sportsters covered a range of styles, from the, compared to the other bikes, somewhat "normal" bobber to dragster style, ape hanger and flat-tracker. Each Sykes Sportster was unique, some having intricate paint jobs, others finished in bare metal.
Others sported a variety of handlebars styles, from the aforementioned "ape hanger" to flat bars and everything else in between. Engines were similarly dissimilar, with the V-twin configuration adorned with cut-off exhausts, shorties, open pipes and the like.
What was common amongst all the Sportsters that were ridden by the assembled media to dinner was all exuded that Harley sound. After two days of riding stock standard Harley-Davidson Softtails and another totally silent machine in the mountains around Antequera, was something of a welcome change.
With the admonition that the bikes we were riding belonged to someone else and would have to be returned in the condition in which we received them, the ride progressed through the old part of the town of Antequera. Replete with cobblestones, steep inclines, pedestrian traffic and slippery manhole covers, the gaggle of journalists had a whale of a time cruising the streets.
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Michael Crichton, best-selilng author of such novels as Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain and the TV show ER, died unexpectedly this morning at his home in Los Angeles. Crichton started on he path a career as a medical doctor, but turned to writing his science-fiction novels while he was in medical school in 1969. He […]
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July 2, 2013 - 10:28 am. Posted by Yoanna Savova
Zurich, Switzerland – July 2, 2013 – CloudSigma, a customer-centric, pure-cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider, today announced that it is participating alongside other cloud computing leaders, such as Host Europe and Equinix, as a member of the Early Adopter program in the first-ever, vendor-neutral marketplace platform for IaaS cloud computing products. The Early Adopter program is spearheaded by Deutsche Börse, one of the world's leading financial exchange organizations, and the cloud marketplace will be developed and operated by Deutsche Börse Cloud Exchange AG, founded in May 2013.
The cloud marketplace is a compute trading platform that aims to drive more efficiency in purchasing and computing utilization by creating a liquid market of different supply and demand side participants. CloudSigma's existing utility approach to computing for public cloud made it an ideal company to participate as an early adopter.
Publically announced today, the Deutsche Börse Cloud Exchange allows compute and storage to be traded on an exchange the same way that other commodities, such as oil or gas, are. By creating a liquid market for computing and storage, participants can easily buy capacity for ad-hoc needs, while suppliers can sell down. In addition to purchasing capacity directly, suppliers can also trade among themselves. For example, if a customer of another cloud provider wanted capacity in a location not serviced by that provider, such as Zurich, the company could easily purchase it from CloudSigma via the trading platform and vice versa.
"Participating in Deutsche Börse's vendor-neutral platform for IaaS cloud computing products was a no-brainer," said Robert Jenkins, CEO of CloudSigma. "CloudSigma was founded on the idea that computing power should become ubiquitous, convenient and shaped by user requirements. Trading compute on one of the leading financial exchanges is really a great market validation of what we've already been working toward and will help to further drive innovation in computing."
"We are happy to have CloudSigma on board," said Michael Osterloh, member of the executive board of Deutsche Börse Cloud Exchange AG. "As one of the advanced and quite visionary cloud providers, they have been contributing very constructively as an early adopter."
Deutsche Börse Group is one of the world's leading service providers for the financial industry with a product and service offering for issuers, investors, intermediaries and data vendors. The Group covers the entire process chain from trading through clearing to settlement and securities custody. Furthermore, Deutsche Börse offers market data, indices and analyses and is a service provider for the development and operation of IT systems. The key markets within the Group are the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, one of Europe's largest stock exchanges, and Eurex Exchange, one of the largest derivatives exchanges in the world.
Deutsche Börse Group includes Deutsche Börse AG, a DAX company, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries Clearstream International S.A. and Eurex Zürich AG. Eurex's portfolio of markets includes International Securities Exchange (ISE), a leading U.S. options exchange, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) as well as the ECNs Eurex Repo and Eurex Bonds, which round out Eurex's offering for repo and bond trading. Cash market activities and the market data business are run as business areas of Deutsche Börse AG.
CloudSigma is a pure-cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider that offers highly-available, flexible, enterprise-class hybrid cloud servers and cloud hosting solutions, both in Europe and the U.S. CloudSigma is the most customizable cloud provider on the market, giving customers full control over their cloud and eliminating restrictions on how users deploy their computing resources. With CloudSigma, customers can provision processing, storage, networks and other fundamental computing resources as they please, as well as extend private networks out of existing infrastructure and elastically into CloudSigma's IaaS cloud to create easy to manage and transparent hybrid cloud solutions. For more information, please visit www.CloudSigma.com or find the company on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+.
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Greg Lawrence, Director and Chair of Riverina Regional Tourism to present at the Australian Regional Development Conference being held at the Commercial Club Albury on the 26– 27 August 2015.
Speaker Introduction: Greg has over 40 years experience in the tourism industry, working in the Cruise industry with companies like P&O, Cunard & Sitmar, as well as the Golf, wine. Greg and his wife Fiona also owned a country pub in North-east Victoria and Greg has now joined local government in the tourism & economic development. Greg also believes in giving back and has been a Board member of destination Albury Wodonga as deputy chair, president of Australian Institute of Travel & Tourism, was treasurer of the Deniliquin chamber of commerce and on the executive of the Griffith Business Chamber. Greg is passionate about tourism, customer service and development.
Presentation Title: The Riverina – More than just Food and Wine
Overview: The Riverina region of NSW is a largely untapped tourism destination. Covering a huge area of approximately 60,000 km2, the region's main industry is agriculture. Tourism is not high on the political agenda, and funding from government and industry for tourism promotion is limited.
About the Conference: The Australian Regional Development Conference is an initiative of the Association for Sustainability in Business Inc., a non-Government 'not-for-profit' organisation.
Themed Redefining the Future of Regional Australia, the Conference will explore the issues and opportunities facing Regional Australia today and into the future.
Concurrent session topics:
- Sustainability / Renewables
- Population Movements
- Community Development
- Government Policy
- Innovation
- Infrastructure
- Cultural Tourism / Regional Tourism Development
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We are looking for an associate to join our growing Equine Sports Medicine Practice. We are an equine only practice providing primary care, sports medicine and rehabilitation services in the Raleigh, NC region.
We have fully equipped vehicles with power float dentistry, digital xray and ultrasound, lameness locator & thermal imaging as well as upper and lower airway endoscopy. In addition we offer PRP/IRAP, prostride, laser, functional electric stimulation.
Our ideal candidate would have an interest in primary care as well as all aspects related to sports medicine lameness and rehabilitation. In addition we want a team player that has excellent communication skills and a strong interest in adding new skills to our group. We have access to a surgical referral hospital nearby and handle our own daily emergencies. Emergency duties will be shared.
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When these gals appeared in the sophomore season of MTV's hit show 16 and Pregnant, fans immediately took a liking to Kailyn Lowry, Jenelle Evans, Leah Messer, and Chelsea Houska. The teen moms shocked us with their honest stories and their complicated struggles as high school students who unexpectedly got pregnant. But in the several years they've spent in the spotlight, these young ladies have grown into mature 20-somethings right before our eyes.
Their transformations have been major and played out on center stage in front of all their adoring (and not-so-adoring) fans. Whether they've welcomed more children, pursued their dream careers, gone through difficult breakups and divorces, or even just grown their social media followings to staggering new heights, these four ladies have gone through quite the variety of serious life changes.
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Their road to adulthood certainly hasn't been easy. It seems people are always waiting for the next controversy, to criticize their parenting skills, or to shame them for their life choices. But, through it all, these ladies have defied the odds and held their heads up high as they navigate the highs and lows of life on Teen Mom 2. Take a look at how much Chelsea, Jenelle, Kailyn, and Leah have changed since their first appearances on 16 and Pregnant.
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The South Dakota native was a self-described "Daddy's Girl." The avid softball player and her dad did everything together and seemed to agree on most things ... except on her boyfriend (and baby daddy), Adam. And quickly after giving birth, we saw exactly how unreliable the teen dad really was.
Now: Chelsea Houska2
Now, the no-longer-teen-mom has a preschool graduate! She's no longer with daughter Aubree's father (Adam), and has a hunky new man, Cole DeBoer.
Then: Jenelle Evans3
When we first met Jenelle, the Oak Island, North Carolina teen was dating her then-baby daddy Andrew. She fought with her mom, Barbara, about her partying ways, and quickly found out that Andrew was not intersted in being a dad to Jace.
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Now: Jenelle Evans4
Jenelle is now mom to 5-year-old Jace and 10-month-old Kaiser (with ex-boyfriend Nathan Griffith). She's come a long way in her relationship with her mom, Barbara, who she recently praised in a sweet Mother's Day post, and continues to pursue a medical assistant degree.
Then: Kailyn Lowry5
The Nazareth, Pennsylvania teen was struggling in her relationship with her mother, and lived at then-boyfriend Jo's house with his family as they parepared for the arrival of their son, Jace.
Now: Kailyn Lowry6
Now, she's a best selling author, and a mom to two little boys, including her younger son, Lincoln, with now-husband Javi Marroquin.
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When Leah first appeared on 16 and Pregnant, she was expecting twins with Corey Simms. The two had a one night stand and unexpectedly conceived, but were willing to give their relationship a shot.
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She's mom to twins Aliannah Hope and Aleeah Grace, and welcomed third daughter Adalynn Faith with second husband Jeremy Calvert.
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Coming off the second season of the smash hit, the ladies came together to film Teen Mom 2, and each faced their own set of struggles.
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Allu Arjun and Trivikram's "Ala Vaikunthapurramloo" is creating rampage at the USA box-office. The film has grossed more than half a million dollars on Sunday taking its total gross to nearly $1.37 million.
The film has now come close to the gross of Mahesh Babu's "Sarileru Neekevvaru" which was released a day earlier.
The interesting point is that "Ala Vaikunthapurramloo" has achieved a bigger number with less number of screens. The film will be heading towards posting a bigger number in its lifetime gross.
With this film, Allu Arjun is all set to join the club of $2 million for the first time. Trivikram's brand name, the great buzz around the film, overall good content, and the music have made the film such a huge success. Ultimately, well-packaged content always finds its audience.
On the other hand, "Sarileru Neekevvaru" has slowed down on Sunday. It has collected about 290k dollars on Sunday taking its total gross to $1.59 million.
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In the run up to the New Year, YO! Sushi have added new options to their already extensive line of vegan and vegetarian food on offer in their restaurants and of the dishes will be priced at £2.80.
The new plant based options include the Green Gyoza – a spinach dumpling filled with vegetables and Agedashi Tofu, a hot tofu dish with daikon, ginger, spring onion and topped with Ponzu sauce.
Other dishes already served by the Japanese food chain include Vegetable Yakisoba and a Tofu Katsu Curry. Spicy Cauliflower marinated in a light spice and garnished with red chilli and spring onions will also be added to the vegan and vegetarian options.
The new products come in light of the New Year that is soon to be upon us and the New Year's resolutions that follow after indulging in good food over the Christmas period. The price also appeals to the post-Christmas penny-pinching whilst being able to dine out on a budget.
YO! Sushi joins Lebanese chain Comptoir Libanais on the launch of new vegan menus, motivating people to keep up their New Year's resolutions. This brings their vegetarian and vegan menu to a total of 47 dishes, with plenty of choice for those opting for meat-free meals or looking to lower their meat intake. The £2.80 dishes are exclusive throughout January and available at select restaurants.


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Download Kik Messenger for PC with the Official PC installer available here. Just download this in your PC and then open it to do the rest of the things. It will allow you to run the messenger in your Computer. Now, you will ask, why to use it on PC at the first place when there is a good mobile version that needs no modification. We;ll, let me tell you this. There are many great things that an app can do but it gets limited due to the less-capable system of mobile phones. Kik messenger for PC download works far better than you think, especially kiK for Windows 8. It allows you to check your messages at full speed and with great transitions. Just go ahead and download it from here in order to get the basic idea about the entire thing and it will let you know about the basics of it.
So, here is the thing. I will teach you step-by-step how to do that and you need to follow the points. Many people are searching about the same keyword you had searched to get here. The reason is that the people really want a PC version of it. A PC version has lot of advantages which I will tell you here. Let me clear this first. Computers will always stay powerful than smartphones. Because of having bigger processors and stronger hardware background, there are many great possibilities with a Computer. Meanwhile smartphones have a very limited world and they cannot handle all the things. This messenger also have let us know about the basics of the issues and also about other messengers. Because of its unique design and customization features, it can be considered one of the best messenger. What you need to do is to spread awareness about it, just share the thing and let the world know about it. Go ahead and share this article now for that.
I have seen many articles over the web about the same topic, but none of them were actually able to give out the proper information. I realized that in that way, they are making the web a worst place. So, her is my Contribution to make it better by giving this quality article. I will add and mention each of the key features of this app in order to give you the basic idea about the entire concept of it. In that way,m you won't need to have any sort of manual to operate it.
Features of Download Kik Messenger for PC
There are many great functionalities and features that one can get after downloading this thing. I will tell step-by-step so that everything stays on your mind. In case you have any sort of issue, feel free to tell that in the comments bellow and i will answer that as soon as possible. These features will let you know more about the app without even downloading it
- You can easily download Kik messenger for PC after reading this article.
- It allows you to send messages and receive them as well from anywhere in the world
- After downloading Kik messenger for Windows 8, you will be allowed to explore the true caliber of it.
- There are many ways you can get the true power of this application
So, that's all about the features, I hope you liked them. If you did, the surely go ahead and download the ,main thing itself in order to get the complete experience. You will be amazed by the quality performance it gives after getting into Computer
Download & Install Kik Messenger For PC/laptop Windows 8.1/8/7
As I said at the beginning, there are many great advantages of the PC version of Kik for PC over the phone one. Because of having much power ful hardware structure, the PC version handles tasks in a much better way and also gives brilliant performance. You need to focus on the points that I have mentioned here. They have all the key data about the app
Here it is. There are many emulators that can do the task for you. If you are following me from a my previous articles, you must have a basic idea about the emulators to use for Kik messenger for Windows 7. They are basically programs that allows you to run different platform's things into yours. Just make sure to download and android emulator and there rest of the things will be done easily.
- Download andy
- Install it
- Open and search for and download it too
So, that was all about Install Kik Messenger For PC/laptop Windows 8.1/8/7.If you liked this, then make sure to share this with your friends and do let me know what else would you like to know about the app. Also, share this site and tell me if you face any sorts of issues while installing this app on PC. You can also email me with your doubts and suggestions related to the topic of this site. Make sure to follow all the steps before complaining about the problems and I will reply back to you within 48 hours or as soon as possible.


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The latest NZ political poll was released by Roy Morgan on Friday, February 19. The poll shows an increase in support for the Green party of 2% points and drop in support for the New Zealand First party of 1.5% points relative to the latest Roy Morgan Research poll released two weeks ago. For the other parties the changes are not statistically significant.
As usual, the two graphs below summarise the polling averages for the party vote after the new poll. The horizontal axes represent the date, starting 60 days before the 2005 NZ General Election, and finishing 60 days from the present. The solid lines with grey error bands show the moving averages of the party vote for each party, and circles show individual polls with the vertical lines representing the total errors.
As always, please check the Graphs page for further simulation results.


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Popular and appetizing light brekkie consisting of a warm bagel, sauteed mushrooms and fluffy scrambled eggs.
Signature Breakfast Items
BM Breakfast Items
Our breakfast menu is available from 7am to 11am (weekdays) and 8am to 12nn (weekends & PHs), only in Alocassia flagship branch:
Ham & Cheese Crisp Toast
Taking the super comfort food a notch higher, we make our Ham & Cheese Toast extra crispy! Imagine sinking your teeth into these crispy goodness with warm fillings. Served with French Fries on the side.
Daebak Platter
What does a fluffy scrambled eggs, grilled sausage, ham, fried goguma cubes, sauteed mushrooms and golden-brown toasts served on a plate sound like? Delectably DAEBAK!!
Named after a popular area in Seoul, this breakfast dish consists of a warm bagel, ham, sunny side up and cheese melt sauce. Served with Side Salad.
Ohayou Platter
For a balanced and healthier meal, we have gathered our fluffy scrambled eggs, grilled sausage, golden-brown toasts and side salad together to start your wonderful morning.
(Hamago/ HamTuna)
Crispy and warm croissant with ham and a choice of egg mayo or tuna mayo is the perfect option for those who are looking for a quick but scrumptious breakfast!
Waffle Tower
(Tori/ Sakana)
Interesting combination of waffles, BM signature chicken patty or fish fillet, sunny side up and cheese melt sauce. Also available as all-day dining on weekends and public holidays only.
Dekku Toast
(Tori/ Sakana)
One of our signature BM dish, the Dekku Toast is our signature chicken patty or fish fillet decked on a warm toast. To top it off, the Dekku Toast is crowned with fluffy scrambled eggs and drizzled with ketchup and mayonnaise. Good news is that it is available as all-day dining daily.
Kyopo Waffle Tower
Have both sweet and savoury in one plating: fluffy scrambled eggs, hams, waffles and strawberries together is indeed a decadent marriage.
Think of warm and comforting grilled cheese and tuna sandwich topped with a sunny side up and melted cheese sauce. French fries is served on the side too.
Mushroom Wrap
A meatless option. Wheat wrap with sauteed mushrooms, stir-fried onions, mayonnaise and lettuce.
French Toast
Toasts soaked in BM's french toast batter and then pan-fried to golden perfection: warm, fluffy and chewy. Served with caramelized bananas on the side.


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When folks are moving to an area they want to know:
What are my housing options as far as location and cost?
What is the area like?
What are the schools like?
What are my transportation options?
What are good sources of information for area services?
Relocation Resources for the Virginia Suburburban Counties of:
Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Fauquier, and Stafford Counties
Home Finder for Northern Virginia (automated and live search. Requires sign up but no one will bother you. Check it out. Data is current within hours)
Northern Virginia Real Estate Blog an informal look at real estate happenings and resources
Northern Virginia County, City, and School Web Sites.
Alexandria City Alexandria City Schools
Arlington County Arlington County Schools
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Vienna, Town of Fairfax County Schools serve Vienna
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💡 Learn more : Azure storage account overview.
Azure Storage is described as a service that provides storages that is available, secure, durable, scalable, and redundant. Azure Storage consists of 1) Blob storage, 2) File Storage, and 3) Queue storage. In this post, we'll take a look at creating an Azure Storage Blob container with C#. Yesterday, I described how to do it through the Azure Portal.
Go ahead and open the Azure Portal and navigate to the Azure Storage account that we worked with yesterday.
Look under Settings, then Access Keys and copy the connection string.
Create a C# Console Application, and use NuGet to pull in references to :
Inside of your Console app, you will see App.config, now add the following section:
<add key="StorageConnection" value="YOUR-CONNECTION-STRING-COPIED-FROM-EARLIER"/>
Copy the following code into your Main method:
static void Main(string[] args)
var storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting("StorageConnection"));
var myClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient();
var container = myClient.GetContainerReference("images-backup");
This code will get our connection string from the App.config, create our client and a container named images-backup if it doesn't exist. We can go back inside of the portal to see if executed correctly.


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If you travel around seven and a half miles north of the city of Šiauliai in northern Lithuania, you will come upon a rather peculiar hill – one adorned in over 200,000 crosses and crucifixes.
The decorated mound is known as the Hill of Crosses and has been a site of pilgrimage for Lithuanian Catholics for almost two hundred years. Following the Uprising of 1831, when families could not locate the bodies of perished rebels, they would place a cross on the former Jurgaičiai hill fort. Over the generations, the practice continued and would come to include statues of the Virgin Mary, tiny effigies, and rosaries.
Following the fall of the political structure of Eastern Europe during World War I, Lithuania again declared its independence. During the Lithuanian Wars of Independence, also known as the Freedom Struggles, the Hill of Crosses was used as a place of pilgrimage for Lithuanians to pray for peace, their country, and for loved ones lost during the wars.
During Soviet Occupation of Lithuania from 1944 to 1990, the site took on an even more special significance. People flocked to the hill to continue to leave their tributes, demonstrating allegiance to their national identity, religion, culture, and heritage. The Soviet Union thrice attempted to thwart the peaceful resistance, bulldozing the hill over. Despite Soviet attempts, each time the Hill of Crosses was replenished by faithful Lithuanians.
Ancient legends and mysterious folktales abound the Hill of Crosses, says one local:
"The hill has many secrets. According to folklore, there was once a church where the hill now stands. During a terrible storm, lightning struck the church and the tempest buried it under sand and rock with everyone still inside. Locals say that you can glimpse a ghost procession of monks at the foot of the hill at sunrise. Throughout the ages, magical appearances, visions of saints and sightings of ghosts have been a part of the hill's history."
One renowned story of the hill's creation is the tale of a desperate father whose daughter had suddenly fallen ill. As the girl lay on her deathbed, the father had a vision of a woman who told him his daughter would recover only if he were to make a wooden cross and place it on a nearby hill. In the morning, he carved a wooden cross and rushed to the hill. Upon his return home, his daughter greeted him perfectly well again at the doorway. Since then, people have left their own crosses in hopes their prayers would be answered.
On September 7, 1993, Pope Saint John Paul II visited the Hill of Crosses and declared it a place for hope, peace, love, and sacrifice. Today the hill remains under nobody's jurisdiction and people are free to build crosses as they see fit.


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Alexa smiled more than ever before
As she completed the first grade, Alexa was confined to a hospital room while her classmates enjoyed field trips and science experiments. Due to a medulloblastoma diagnosis, Alexa spent almost an entire year in the hospital. Most of that time was spent watching her favorite shows on the Disney Channel while teams of medical professionals worked to cure her aggressive brain tumor. From time to time she would see an advertisement for Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, while watching her favorite Disney shows. The commercials for Aulani were completely captivating, and Alexa dreamt of one day visiting the place that combined two of her most favorite things: Disney and the beach!
Alexa used the thought of Aulani to bring her hope and strength during prolonged treatments and hard days. As Alexa approached the second grade, she found herself in remission from medulloblastoma and able to attend school again. Not long after, Alexa met with volunteers from Make-A-Wish®, and she proudly told them all about Disney Aulani® and how she couldn't wait to visit. This past fall, Alexa and her family were on their way to the resort where they experienced endless joy and made life-long memories, free from painful tests or doctor's appointments.
"I can't believe I actually danced the hula with Mickey and Minnie in Hawaii," said Alexa in sheer excitement when sharing about her wish experience.
Alexa's family said Alexa was smiling more than they had ever seen her smile and that she was much more relaxed, more like she was before her diagnosis as a result of her wish come true. The relaxation of the beach and the excitement expressed by Alexa renewed her family's strength to continue through the recovery process.
Through the hope and excitement of her wish coming true, Alexa's family received relief in the midst of hardship while Alexa received the trip of a lifetime and hope for her future.
I can't believe I actually danced the hula with Mickey and Minnie in Hawaii!
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Page Object Model- pagefactory initelements() C# – Issue
-> I have created a Refresh() method which includes pagefactory initelements() in super page class and am inheriting this class to child page classee
-> I' am declaring the page elements in child page classes by using findsby
-> Issue is while am calling refresh method using object of the child page class, if any declared page element is not available in that page am getting element could not found exception at refresh() method. my doubt is the pagefactory initelements() will initialize the page elements or it will check whether the page element is available or not
Note: The issue happening after updated the webdriver to 2.46 version, am not getting this issue in 2.44 version , am using C# webdriver dll's
please advice me
Can you please show us some code? That way it will be more helpful


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Meridian Township Winter Farmers' Market to open Dec. 7
Published: Dec. 2, 2019 at 10:56 PM EST
Even though the cold weather is here, you still have a chance to get out and browse a local farmer's market.
The Meridian Township Winter Farmers' Market will be opening on Saturday, Dec. 7. in the JC Penny corridor.
Those who come to the market will have the opportunity to browse various locally home grown and homemade goods, according to a news release.
The market will be open every first and third Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. between the months of December 2019 and April 2020.
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Abby is a photographer too (you can check out some of her work here), so I was so flattered when she asked me to take some pictures of her and her boyfriend, Tyler. She knew exactly where she wanted to take them and showed me around one of her favorite spots to shoot. Don't you love
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Sam and I met Melissa and Andy because they are in our small group at church. Since then, we have become neighbors, started doing ministry alongside them, and become great friends! We have really enjoyed doing life with them. I loved taking some pictures of them because their love for each other and joy in
Will is my younger brother, and Hannah is his long-time girlfriend. When they came to visit us around New Year's, I took them to a park I wanted to check out as a photography spot and took some pictures of them. We had lots of fun laughing and having little kids talk to us. I


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Ascent: 1 h to the start of the meadows. Descent: 30´ Elevation: 270 mts.
About 100 meters before the Parador ,next to the chapel of Pineta , a path starts that runs through a beautiful forest of beech.
After 40′ you cross a forest trail and climbing for a bit you find the beautiful meadows and plains of LaLarri , with excellent views over the Pineta Valley and Monte Perdido. You can walk to the end of the soft meadows in 20 ' where there is a beautiful waterfall.


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As most of you know, I have been teaching for 6 years now and have loved every minute of it. In my first days at Seacoast Charter as a kindergarten teacher, I remember fearing how I would fill the day up or how I would learn to manage 18 sets of eyeballs just wanting to play. Walking in the hallway was an adventure and bathroom time became way too much information. I remember the faces of children that just weren't ready to read and then seeing them blossom throughout the year. It was so much more than teaching though. These kindergarteners were leaving their moms for the first time in their lives, and they needed a caretaker while away from them. Not only that, but the parents were clinging to the hope that I would be there to bandage the scraped knees, consult them through the tears of a snatched pencil, or discipline them when they hit another person for taking their ball at recess. I realized that teaching kindergarten awakened me to a taste of the stages of children, but I was not ready to be a mom myself.
Getting married and moving to Atlanta made me shift gears into teaching 2nd grade. I become part of a Dunwoody community at Austin that truly opened their arms to me (after checking me out of course, ha!). I was a teacher from another state with a new counseling degree in hand. Other than that, no one knew anything beyond my resume. For three years I have used that counseling degree to mediate between the recess game unfairness, the crisis of gel pens being taken without permission and the popularity contests. It was an entirely different world, but it has brought so much laughter. These children have made me enjoy coming to work everyday. They have inspired me with their inquisitive questions and have pushed me to the full creativity when making lessons that would impact them. I loved watching them flourish by taking their learning into their own hands. From the classroom, they would go home and have their parents read to them related books for fun and do science experiments (because they wanted to). I have never seen the amount of self motivation that these children have had because of the support they are constantly getting at home. They continue to reach beyond their potential because the adults around them hold them to that standard.
For the first time in 6 years, I realized that I have invested my life into so many children and parents. I have built relationships with teachers, principals, parents and students. My grade team and familiar faces at work have been a family to me. I could not begin to describe the feeling of people praying constantly for me and working beside me. When I went into teaching I knew without a shadow of a doubt that God would open doors to these people. Within that time, they shared life with me. They saw me get engaged, take the leap of getting my Masters in School Counseling, get married, move, have Jordan start his program, and now have a little one on the way. After all of this, I realized that God had laid the foundation for me taking on one of life's greatest adventures… being a parent.
I have reached that stage of not being able to sleep, the back aches, the heartburn and huffing it up the stairs like I ran a marathon. All of this is preparing for our little coming into the world. It is absolutely amazing to have felt the first butterfly wing of a flutter inside me to the point where she kicks me with every turn of the night. I told Jordan that she moves the most when he is around. No one can question that God is behind such a phenomenon. Now that the school year is coming to a close (today is the last day..yay!), I am in the "nesting" mindset. I have gone from an organization nut at work to a heating pad loving mama. I have exchanged my pencil skirts and high heels for leggings under the "shirts" (that used to be dresses).
I know that teaching has been a blessing to me, but now it is time to take the leap and stay home. Jordan and I always wanted this to be a possibility, but God moved enough to make this happen for us. God opened the door of PA school, and now Jordan will be taking care of us. I am so thankful for all the sacrifices he makes to let me have this chance to stay home. In fact, I have spoken with so many women that did this for 8-10 years and had to go back to work for retirement. When I asked them if they regretted staying home, they said "not for a second." It definitely means taking a leap of faith.
My side business of doing art can be in full swing. For a year now, I have been managing teaching and doing my art on the side. Now, I can truly enjoy doing it on my own time. Anyone who knows me also knows that I have loved doing art since I was a girl, and I can only hope that our little one will enjoy it as much as I do. I am not someone who enjoys advertising or marketing myself, but I also know I love what I can make for others. My products are not something most of us can buy on the fly, but they impact the recipient for years to come. It takes time to craft the details of choosing the wood, cutting down the boards, sanding them down, drawing the picture, burning the picture, staining and then adding the hanging hardware to the back. It isn't thrown together and it isn't lacking in quality.
I say all of this to say that every one of us has made sacrifices for the dreams we have had or are having. It might be the dream of staying home or maybe it was the dream of moving to a new city for a new start. Every dream had to be encouraged and you have all encouraged me to keep wood burning. Any dream requires a leap of faith. I am confident that you will think of my art for the various gifts for others chasing their dreams of graduation, becoming a mom, celebrating an anniversary or saying their vows on the wedding day. The difference now is that I have taught generations of students, but now have the chance to teach my own, while doing my art. Chase your dreams as I am chasing mine. I can't wait to be a part in your greatest adventures!