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Gaming News Roundup – July 24: BlazBlue Battle at EVO, Dragon Ball Fighter Z Beta, StarFire in Injustice 2
Gaming News Roundup – July 24
ArcSystem Announces "BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle" At EVO
ArcSystem is coming with another one of their fantastic fighting games. This one is apparently going to be a crossover game starring the cast of BlazBlue, Persona 4 Arena, RWBY, and Under Night In-Birth, which is super exciting. It's also going to be a tag team 2-on-2 fighter, which you probably could've guessed from the title, but I'm telling you here to clarify. It's scheduled to release in 2018, I'm assuming it'll release in the latter half since Dragon Ball Fighter Z is releasing early 2018. You can see the teaser for this anime fighter here
More Details On The Mysterious Ataribox
A couple of weeks ago, Atari announced that they were working on a brand new console, and I even made a video about it. They have recently given us more details about the system. They've stated that they will be bringing classics to the console as well as current titles, which is cool, I really want to see how they'll handle that. The console will have two designs for sale, one with the wood panel which is reminiscent of the classic Atari 2600, and another which is a red and black style. Both versions of the console look kind of weird with all of the lines across the top, but still pretty sleek looking.
No word on when it'll be released or what price it'll be at, but there is talk that it may be a crowdfunded venture, which is iffy to say the least. To say the most – you better not.
Dragon Ball Fighter Z Beta Info And New Characters
For those eager to get their hands on the new Dragon Ball fighter, you may be able to get in on the closed beta for it, sign ups start on July 26th for PS4 and Xbox One. Also, they've recently revealed that Trunks will be in the game (duh), you can see the trailer for him here. Note how accurate the animations are, they're doing an amazing job with capturing the essence of Dragon Ball with this. New screenshots of previously unconfirmed characters, Piccolo and Krillin (did you really expect them to not be in the game?), have surfaced and they look stunning as well.
The producer of the game, Tomoko Hiroki, stated that there will be nine characters in the beta, so we'll likely be able to play Krillin and Piccolo, along with the rest of the cast. Let's hope it plays as well as it looks.
Telltale Reveals New Seasons Of Fan Favorites
Huge fans of Telltale's storytelling will be excited to hear that they've recently confirmed continuances of a few of their favorites series'. The most forthcoming one will be season 2 of the Telltale Batman story, with the first episode set to be released on August 8th and will be titled Batman: Enemy Within. The first season was critically acclaimed and hopefully this one is no different.
Also, they've confirmed a second season of their other critically acclaimed title Wolf Among Us, which is my favorite of their games and will be coming in 2018. Sadly, they've stated they won't be explaining the cliffhanger that ended the first season, which is a bit rude, but nonetheless I'm still very excited to see what the next season turns out to be. They also confirmed the next season of their long-running Walking Dead adaptation, which will be the finale of Clementine's tale. Season 3 was disappointing to quite a few of the fans that have followed the series, so hopefully they finish Clementine's story with a bang. It will also be released in 2018. Man, 2018 is going to be an amazing year for gaming.
Legendary Pokémon Are Coming To Pokémon Go
To the 13 people that still play Pokémon Go, you may be delighted to hear that legendary Pokémon are coming to the mobile game. While they probably should have been there in the first place, this is pretty exciting, but will it bring back the players its lost in the last year? Only time will tell. The update is live, so maybe redownload the game and go try to catch you a Zapdos.
Starfire Joins Injustice 2
As previously announced, Starfire is going to be the 3rd DLC character to come to NetherRealm's new superhero fighter, and we've recently gotten a trailer for her that you can watch here. She looks awesome (especially with her hair perpetually on fire), a lot of people were expecting she'd play more like Doctor Fate, but I definitely prefer the more close up or mid playstyle that's showcased in the trailer. Also something you may have seen in the trailer is a very Bizarro-looking Superman. His suit is tattered and the logo is backwards, which some may attribute to some kind of gear you can collect, but his skin is also zombified. You can also see that his frost breath has turned to fire breath and his heat vision has turned to ice vision. Hopefully NetherRealm sheds light on that soon.
Doomfist Officially Joins The Overwatch Roster This Week
Those on the PTR have had plenty of time to test out Doomfist and see how he'll fit into the meta, but on Thursday, the 27th, Doomfist will officially hit consoles and servers. While a bit weaker than he originally came to the PTR as, he's still a load of fun to play. Be ready to either punch people against walls or be snuck up on and punched against a wall. He's honestly terrifying. The Overwatch team also released a video about his conception and development that you can watch here.
That's the news for this week, some exciting stuff. What are you most excited about? Can't wait for Doomfist to finally come out? Really anticipating season 2 of Telltale's Batman series? Let us know below! If you missed last week's roundup and need to catch up, you can click here.


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2019 Kia K900: Ultimate Luxury Family Vehicle
We attended as a guest of Kia
One of the most significant announcements that were made at the recent New York Auto Show was the debut of the 2019 Kia K900. The luxurious full-size sedan has been completely redesigned offering families the ultimate luxury vehicle.
Before the unveiling of the new vehicle, Peter Schreyer, President and Chief Design Officer for Kia Motors Corporation, took the stage at the New York Auto Show. Schreyer is the most talented and well-known automobile designer in the industry, and it was an honor to be in his presence at the auto show. Before the curtain was taken off to unveil the 2019 Kia K900, Schreyer talked about some of the new changes that have been made to the automobile.
The all-new 2019 Kia K900 is the most refined, most advanced, and best driving luxury car ever designed. The vehicle comes equipped with the Kia Stinger's 3.3-liter twin turbo V6 engine. The wheelbase allowed them to create classic elegance with balanced proportions. The team that designed the K900 was inspired by a concept that they call 'The Gravity of Prestige,' and the idea leads to a design that is a grand gesture.
Because drivers spend a significant amount of time in their cars, Kia crafted a harmonious interior. The interior is simple, contemporary, and above all comfortable. There is a minimalism to the look and feel with just the right amount of tasteful excellence. They also collaborated with the Pantone Color Institute to develop a unique ambient lighting system with seven settings to produce a distinct state of mind and mood for the driver.
The interior features natural woods, Nappa leather seats, and a Maurice Lacroix clock in the dash. There is a 20-way power driving seat, 16-way power front passenger seat, and 14-way adjustable seats in the back. Children will experience ultimate comfort in the back of the vehicle with independent climate controls, and teens will delight when seeing the wireless phone charging.
On the road, it looks agile and well balanced. "We have worked our Kia Stinger Magic into the K900 experience," said Schreyer. The finely crafted vehicle brings a new definition of luxury to the automotive industry.
A perfect balance comes with perfect comfort. The K900 is available with an electronically controlled suspension, and when it comes to responsiveness, the vehicle has a new rack-mounted variable ratio steering gear. Having a vehicle with the best stopping capability is vital to families, and it comes with quad piston front brake calipers and features brake fade compensation. In fact, the brakes will even dry themselves when too much water is detected.
One of the biggest things that makes Kia stand out from the rest is their technology. The K900 features a huge 10-inch heads-up display, and a 12.3 high definition touchscreen. It comes available with a premium navigation system accessible via UVO telematics system with maps and trip information, climate controls, Apple CarPlay, and Android Auto. My favorite interior feature is the Harmon/Kardon Lexicon 900 watt premium sound system with 17 speakers.
Kia is making an even bigger statement with the second generation of this luxury vehicle; it is ready to go head to head against the best and expected to outperform Audi and BMW. The 2019 K900 is an excellent example of where Kia Motors Corporation is today and where it is going in the future. Learn more about the 2019 Kia K900 online at Kia.com.

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In my search for new (to me) authors and series, I've come across Doug Selby novels by Erle Stanley Gardner.
Doug Selby is a fictional creation of Erle Stanley Gardner. He appears in nine books, most originally serialized in magazines. He was portrayed by Jim Hutton in a 1971 television movie, They Call It Murder, loosely based on The D.A. Draws a Circle—the only film adaptation of the series.
Doug Selby started his literary life as the newly elected District Attorney (D.A.) in the fictional Madison County, California (based on Ventura County, California, where Gardner lived and worked for a time). The city and county were politically corrupt, though Doug and the newly elected Sheriff Rex Brandon ran on a reform ticket and won the offices of District Attorney and Sheriff.
Life as a rural county D.A. was not easy for Selby. In his first case (The D.A. Calls It Murder), the opposition newspaper The Blade steadfastly opposed him, and called for his resignation over his first case. Was it murder? Even Sylvia Martin, the reporter for the Clarion (the friendly newspaper that supported his campaign, and was loyal to him afterwards) gave him only 24 hours to solve the crime — and prove himself worthy of the office. The Blade was totally ruthless in their attacks against Selby. It was eventually revealed they were part of a political machine that ran the county, though in the final book the new owner was just out for profit via political persecution. Selby, as the D.A., encountered several additional cases. His next, documented in The D.A. Holds a Candle, pitted him against a wealthy family of the area. A daughter of the family, Inez Stapleton, was Doug's love interest before he ran for district attorney. Doug eventually showed her brother was part of a criminal conspiracy, which ruined the family's social standing, though Inez seemed to love Doug all the more and was determined to make him respect her. She decided to become a lawyer herself and stand against him in that quest.
Doug's greatest opponent was the great criminal defense attorney Alphonse Baker Carr, who claimed to be seeking a peaceful rural community in which to retire from his Los Angeles practice. In The D.A. Draws a Circle A.B.C. figured out a criminal case through which he could blackmail his way into local influence. He was able to escape prosecution, but remained the arch-enemy of Selby through the rest of the series.
A.B. Carr was portrayed as a kind of Bizarro World opposite of Perry Mason – unscrupulous, amoral and cynical; and Doug Selby as the opposite of Hamilton Burger, being concerned solely with justice and equity, not caring a fig about his batting average as a prosecutor; or about his image in the press.
Inez Stapleton returned to Madison City sometime after that, having earned her law degree and license, having passed the bar exam. She was his opponent in a case during The D.A. Goes to Trial, though Selby dropped the charges against her client after finding the proof he needed to arrest and convict the guilty party.
Doug Selby resigned as the D.A. of Madison County sometime prior to The D.A. Breaks a Seal. He had enlisted in the military as an intelligence officer, but returned to Madison City while on leave. In the process, he helps many of his old friends. He helps his former partner, Rex Brandon, to arrest a killer; his old flame and good friend, Inez Stapleton, to win a will contest lawsuit (which involved a very clever case of perjury) against A.B.C.; and provides his reporter friend, Sylvia Martin, with the story behind a murder and an attempted murder.
Doug Selby returned to Madison County, and was again the D.A. for the final two stories. Talk from The D.A. Takes a Chance shows that Selby, after returning from his service in World War II, was popular enough to regain the D.A. job. He again fought for justice, and dealt some crippling blows against his old nemesis in that book. Selby finally got needed proof to charge A.B.C. with criminal conspiracy; however, it was negated by a brilliant piece of legal strategy by the lawyer. Selby returned for a final book, The D.A. Breaks an Egg, which explores some of the ramifications of the strategy used in the previous book, and leads up to a final showdown between Selby, Sheriff Brandon and A.B. Carr. The end of the book is shown as a work in progress. Although Gardner had decided to end the series at that point, he left enough uncertainty in the resolution to make it possible that old A.B.C. would slip out of it yet again, giving Gardner the option of writing more "D.A." stories with his established villain.
The Doug Selby books often point out what is right and wrong about American justice systems. While Selby and Brandon were a partnership geared towards the ideals of justice, Madison City police chief Otto Larkin was portrayed as a political hack, who arrested suspects and would just blame the D.A. if there wasn't a conviction. Similarly, in The D.A. Breaks a Seal Brandon tells Selby that the new D.A. would blame him for not getting the evidence needed to convict. (Source: Wikipedia)
Bibliography: The D.A. Calls it Murder (1937); The D.A. Holds a Candle (1938); The D.A. Draws a Circle (1939); The D.A. Goes to Trial (1940); The D.A. Cooks a Goose (1942); The D.A. Calls a Turn (1944); The D.A. Breaks a Seal (1946); The D.A. Takes a Chance (1948); and The D.A. Breaks an Egg (1949).
I've managed to get hold of all nine books in the series and I'm looking forward to reading them in due course. Stay tuned.
About the Author: Erle Stanley Gardner, (born July 17, 1889, Malden, Mass., U.S.—died March 11, 1970, Temecula, Calif.), American author and lawyer who wrote nearly 100 detective and mystery novels that sold more than 1,000,000 copies each, making him easily the best-selling American writer of his time. His best-known works centre on the lawyer-detective Perry Mason.
The son of a mining engineer, Gardner traveled extensively with his family throughout childhood. He dropped out of Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind., after a brief time and settled in California, where he worked as a typist in a law firm. After three years he was admitted to the California bar (1911) and began defending poor Chinese and Mexicans as well as other clients. His interest in the friendless and unjustly accused was lifelong and led to his founding of The Court of Last Resort in the 1940s, an organization dedicated to helping men imprisoned unjustly.
While practicing trial law in Ventura, Calif., he began writing for the pulp magazines popular at that time, creating accurate courtroom scenes and brilliant legal maneuvers resembling his own legal tactics. By 1932 he was writing more than 200,000 words a month while still working two days a week in his law practice. With the successful publication of the first Perry Mason detective stories, The Case of the Velvet Claws (1933) and The Case of the Sulky Girl (1933), however, he gave up the law. Eighty Perry Mason novels followed. Gardner later supervised the adaptation of the Perry Mason stories for radio, television, and motion pictures.
A second series of books, built around Doug Selby, a virtuous crusading district attorney, all had titles beginning "The D.A. . . .": The D.A. Calls It Murder (1937) and The D.A. Goes to Trial (1940). A third series, written under the pseudonym A.A. Fair, dealt with the adventures of the fat, middle-aged, greedy private detective Bertha Cool and the knowledgeable legalist Donald Lam. (Source: Britannica)
Read more about Erle Stanley Gardner at gadetection and at Erle Stanley Gardner – by Michael E. Grost.
Facsimile Dust Jacket The D. A. Calls It Murder by Erle Stanley Gardner. Morrow Mystery (USA) (1937)
Facsimile Dust Jacket The D. A. Holds a Candle by Erle Stanley Gardner. Morrow Mystery (USA) (1938)
Facsimile Dust Jacket The D. A. Draws a Circle by Erle Stanley Gardner. Morrow Mystery (USA) (1939)
Facsimile Dust Jacket The D. A. Goes to Trial by Erle Stanley Gardner. Morrow Mystery (USA) (1940)
Facsimile Dust Jacket The D. A. Cooks a Goose by Erle Stanley Gardner. Morrow Mystery (USA) (1942)
Facsimile Dust Jacket The D. A. Calls a Turn by Erle Stanley Gardner. Morrow Mystery (USA) (1944)
Facsimile Dust Jacket The D. A. Breaks an Egg by Erle Stanley Gardner. Morrow Mystery (USA) (1949)


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We offer two avenues for leadership development, designed to meet the diverse needs of today's church planter.
Church Planting Residency
Our Church Planting Residency is a full-time, 12-month immersion experience at Hope Church in Las Vegas, NV. Over the course of our program, the Hope Church Leadership Team will share what we've learned about planting a healthy, Kingdom-minded, multiplying church. We will seek to provide insight on a wide array of topics through multiple avenues of development.
Primary Avenues of Development
Each Resident will be required to participate in the following training:
Residency Labs
Each Residency Lab will provide a comprehensive learning environment with a ministry leader who has direct oversight in one of the specified areas below. In total, each church planter will participate in twelve labs during the program:
- Executive Leadership
- Small Groups
- Family Ministries
- Hope Creative
- Cross-Cultural Mobilization
- Ministry Services
- Stewardship
- Leadership Development
- Preaching
- Assimilation
- Team Leadership Structure
- Partnership Development
Residency Assignments
Each Resident will receive ongoing assignments. Those responsibilities include:
- Start and lead a small group
- Serve with our staff to accomplish ongoing tasks and/or projects
- Participate in at least one Go Time Opportunity*
- Participate in the following team meetings: Strategic Team, Stewardship Team, Ministry Team, Teaching Team**
- Complete our six-week Leadership Training Course called Shepherd Training
- Participate in our annual Strategic Planning Process
- Schedule visits to learn from and observe other church plants in the West
Church Planting Cohort
The Church Planting Cohort is an opportunity for church planters to gain a modified "residency" experience by participating in a 9-month collaborative training group. Cohort participants will travel to Las Vegas, NV for two separate church planting workshop weekends. During these workshops, planters receive an accelerated version of the same Residency Labs provided during the Church Planting Residency. When not engaged in a workshop weekend, church planting cohorts connect through a series of monthly leadership coaching calls and other development training remotely from their home cities.
* Go Time is a strategy of Hope Church that represents time spent (approximately 7 days) annually going on mission locally and globally.
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Well, in a perfect world there would be a fabulous, rockin' party here at Bookshelf Battle HQ but instead, I'm passing out candy and watching that 1988 classic, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark. For those who weren't around in the 1980's, she was pretty much the funniest part of Halloween. Sadly, no one has ever picked up her torch to become the next generation's Halloween celebrity. That's ok – perhaps she is just one of a kind and irreplaceable.
What the heck is Elvira anyway? Does anyone have the definite answer? I'm pretty sure she is a witch. I've heard theories that she was a vampire but she never really did anything vampire-y.
Her schtick? She would poke fun at the worst monster movies of all time – you know, back in the days when you needed your network to run a movie to watch it and you just didn't have the ability to get on your computer and literally watch any movie you wanted.
I just checked out her You Tube Channel (she's still going strong after all these years) and learned that she has had a new series on Hulu this whole Halloween season. Wish I knew about it sooner – maybe I'll check it out or maybe I'll wait until next year.
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Herve Nifenecker of the Université interages du Dauphine, in Grenoble, France and honorary chairman of "Sauvons Le Climat" and colleagues in Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, France, India, Singapore, and the USA, explain how solutions to the problem of climate change developed in the wake of requirements established by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) make various assumptions we might not be able to address. One scenario involves attempting to capture and store carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels, coal, natural gas, and oil, in power stations and vehicles. However, the quantities involved amount to a massive geological-scale engineering effort even at today's emission rates based on rising energy requirements.
The team also points out that if we renounce nuclear power as an option, then aside from the storage needs of carbon dioxide emissions, the international demand for electricity will fall short by about 40% over the period 2020 to 2100. It is unlikely that such a scenario will be accepted by developed and developing nations alike. Several large, highly populated nations, such as China and India are forecast to need more and more power over the coming years. The uptake of sustainable, non-carbon alternatives power sources such as wind, solar, tidal and other technologies seem not to be adopted at the requisite rates to keep up with needs and are limited by physical factors such as their random production, despite the best efforts of environmental lobbyists.
"An accelerated development of nuclear electricity production, starting as soon as 2020, would significantly alleviate the constraints required to stabilise global temperatures before 2100," the team reports. "The carbon dioxide volume to be stored would be divided by at least a factor of 2.5 and might even prove unnecessary. The constraints on the development of expansive and intermittent renewable electricity techniques might also be lessened," the team adds.
Their research suggests that it should be physically and economically plausible to multiply by a factor of fifty the production of nuclear energy by 2100, leading to a complete elimination of fossil fuels wherein 60% of electricity demand is met through nuclear and the remainder through sustainable technology. Despite tabloid hyperbole surrounding nuclear accidents at Chernobyl and Fukushima, the long-term health effects of these accidents are negligible compared with the chronic pollution of coal-fired power stations. It might even be said that nuclear energy is the most benign way of producing electricity in terms of environmental health and biodiversity. "Nuclear power could both answer the climate challenge and give a perennial solution to humanity's energy needs for thousands of years," the team concludes.
Berger, A., Blees, T., Bréon, F-M., Brook, B.W., Hansen, P., Grover, R.B., Guet, C., Liu, W., Livet, F., Nifenecker, H., Petit, M., Pierre, G., Prévot, H., Richet, S., Safa, H., Salvatores, M., Schneeberger, M. and Zhou, S. (2017) 'How much can nuclear energy do about global warming?' Int. J. Global Energy Issues, Vol. 40, Nos. 1/2, pp.43-78
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It looks like a big AEW television announcement will indeed be taking place this coming week.
As noted, Tony Maglio (@TonyMaglio) published a story on TheWrap.com this past Thursday, breaking the news that All Elite Wrestling is expected to announce a television deal with the Turner Network at the WarnerMedia Upfronts in New York City this coming Wednesday, May 15th, at 10am EST.
If AEW's deal is in fact with the Turner Network, the belief is their television deal would be with TNT.
Dave Meltzer (@DaveMeltzerWON) followed up with more details on the story on Sunday morning's new episode of Wrestling Observer Radio at F4WOnline.com.
According to the longtime editor of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the story on The Wrap is accurate and a deal will likely be announced on Wednesday.
If the deal is true it is believed that a push from Bleacher Report, the streaming service associated with the Turner Network since being bought out by them in 2012, will be in store for AEW.
In terms of their upcoming Double Or Nothing pay-per-view on May 25th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Meltzer noted that Dish Network is now advertising the show and will be offering it via PPV on 5/25. With Dish on board, AEW's 5/25 show now has PPV clearance with Dish Network, In Demand and DirecTV, making their event available to fans in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
This could be the reason why FITE.tv will be carrying AEW's PPVs everywhere except in the U.K., where ITV has the rights, or in the U.S., where a network to be determined (Turner Network) will have the rights.
In another update, longtime pro wrestling and mixed martial arts writer "Front Row Brian" (@FightOracle) noted that the weekly AEW television deal is expected to premiere the same week that WWE SmackDown Live will be moving from the USA Network to FOX.
WWE SmackDown Live, which will be moving from Tuesday nights to Friday nights when the move from USA Network to FOX is made, is scheduled to premiere on FOX on Friday, October 4th. If the report from "Front Row Brian" is true, AEW's television show, which is expected to air every week on Tuesday nights, will be debuting on TNT on Tuesday, October 1st.
We will keep you posted as more information regarding AEW's TV deal surfaces.
-BREAKING- @WarnerMediaGrp aka Turner Sports (TNT, TBS) will present @AEWrestling at their upfronts to advertisers next month. WarnerMedia/Turner upfronts are currently scheduled for May 15th. This is how Networks announce their content lineup for the fall season to advertisers.
— The Fight Oracle (@fightoracle) April 10, 2019
Further explanation of what an "upfront" is in tv advertising pic.twitter.com/b2oWowGL8p
— The Fight Oracle (@fightoracle) April 10, 2019
Word is @AEWrestling will debut the same week as WWE Smackdown moving to Fox. AEW will be on Tuesdays.
— The Fight Oracle (@fightoracle) April 11, 2019
AEW-Turner TV Partnership to Be Announced Ahead of WarnerMedia Upfront (Exclusive)#AEW #WarnerMediaUpfront https://t.co/XaFnoLUTlc pic.twitter.com/LPK4ZMhBOZ
— TheWrap (@TheWrap) May 9, 2019
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Sacks are a piece of scenery found all over Gielinor. They are brown and oblong in appearance, with exaggerated pointed corners.
Searchable Sacks[edit | edit source]
Most sacks can only be examined but some may be searched for quest related items:
- Ah Za Roon sacks can be searched for a Crumpled Scroll- part of the Shilo Village quest
- Doing so will produce the following messages:
- You find a tattatered[sic], very ornate scroll.
- Which you place carefully in your inventory.
- Doing so will produce the following messages:
- Digsite sacks can be searched for a Specimen jar- part of the Digsite quest
- Observatory dungeon jail west most sacks can be searched to find a Lens mould- part of the Observatory quest
- Sinclair Mansion The sacks in the garden shack may be investigated to find Flypaper- part of the Murder Mystery quest
Prodable Sacks[edit | edit source]
During The Holy Grail quest the player must prod the sacks in the west most building in the Goblin Village to free Sir Percival.
Non-Searchable Sacks[edit | edit source]
There are many locations where Sacks that cannot be searched are found in RuneScape Classic's scenery- here is a partial list:
- Taverley Dungeon in the southern cavern outside of the Black Knights' Base
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Searching the east most sacks in the small cave from the Digsite dungeon makes the player say: "There is nothing under the sack!".


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Dr. Bustamante was recently honored as one of 19 college presidents in the nation to receive the prestigious Phi Theta Kappa Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction at Phi Theta Kappa's 99th Annual Convention held in Nashville, TN.
This award was named in honor of Phi Theta Kappa's longest serving Board of Directors Chair. College presidents and campus chief executive officers, nominated by their Phi Theta Kappa chapters, were carefully selected for this award based on their outstanding support of the Phi Theta Kappa organization.
To learn more about the Alpha Theta Omicron Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Rio Salado, please visit riosalado.edu/ptk.


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MCCC antiques expo marks 10 years
Monroe County Community College will host the 10th annual Antiques in April Show and Sale April 2-3.
Antiques in April will take place in the Gerald Welch Health Education Building on the Monroe campus, which is located at 1555 South Raisinville Rd.
Show hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 2 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 3. Parking is free and admission is $3. Tickets are available at the cashier's office in the Warrick Student Services/Administration Building or the day of the event. The cashier's office can be reached by calling 384-4272.
According to Tom Ryder, campus and community events coordinator for MCCC, the show is fast becoming one of the best antique shows in the Midwest and features an unprecedented display of high-quality antiques and collectibles from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
Typically, about 60 vendors from across the United States exhibit at the show, he said.
John Meeker, a specialist in antiques and furniture conservation, will exhibit at the show. Mr. Meeker has held many jobs and apprenticeships in the furniture conservation and restoration industry, including house rehabilitation, repairing antique collections and apprenticing under skilled French polishers with exclusive clientele. Mr. Meeker has taken many classes in his 30 years as a conservator to both advance his workmanship and gain specialized skills like wood carving and leather conservation. He owns a small studio where he continues his work.
Antiques in April is sponsored by MCCC and Sauer Furniture and Antiques. For more information, contact Mr. Ryder at 384-4201.


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Ultimaker 2 Bowden mount for direct drive
For direct drive converted Ultimaker 2-series machines with the original spool holder.3D printer parts and enhancements
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I designed this bowden mount to be able to fix the bowden tube in a suitable position when using my direct drive.
Fits the original 6.35 mm bowden tube.
Designed for being mounted on the right side of the printer, mirror it if you want it on the left side.
Materials and methods
Re-use collets, collet locks and the chassi screw.
Any material should work, I used 100% infill but less is probably okay.
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Apple Teams with Deloitte to Help Companies Transform Businesses on iOS
Apple and Deloitte have announced a new 'Apple Practice' solution, which offers a dedicated team of over 5,000 'strategic advisors' to help businesses "change the way they work across their entire enterprise, from customer-facing functions such as retail, field services and recruiting, to R&D, inventory management and back-office systems."
The first of its kind collaborative solution will debut a new service from Deloitte Consulting called EnterpriseNext, aimed at helping clients maximize iOS deployment in the workplace, through custom solutions via rapid prototyping.
"As the leader in digital transformation strategy, Deloitte is an ideal partner that brings a team of Apple-dedicated strategic advisors to help clients truly revolutionize how they work using iOS, iPhone and iPad," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, adding "iPhone and iPad are transforming how people everywhere get work done. And through this partnership, we're able to help even more businesses tap into the incredible capabilities that only the Apple ecosystem can deliver."
Punit Renjen, CEO of Deloitte Global, says their workforce already uses over 100,000 iOS devices, running 75 custom apps, saying "iOS is the best mobile platform for business".
EnterpriseNext from Deloitte Consulting offer businesses with expertise from over 20 industries, including offering Value Maps for iOS; Workshops for iOS; and iOS architects, designers and engineers to help create and deploy high-quality native apps to tie into existing business platforms.


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For director Ang Lee, "Life of Pi" was only the beginning in pushing cinematic boundaries.
The two-time Oscar-winning director ("Life of Pi" and "Brokeback Mountain") is back four years later with the harrowing drama about war and remembrance: "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," which assaults the viewer with immersive, hyper-real battle footage unlike anything ever depicted on screen, shot by two-time Oscar winner John Toll ("Braveheart," "Legends of the Fall") for the first time at 4K 3D 120 fps.
"Billy Lynn's" will debut October 14th at the New York Film Festival in all its visual glory at the AMC Lincoln Square. They will have to convert a screen in order to show it at 120 in 3D. Christie provided a full sneak peek at NAB with its dual projector laser system, but it's unconfirmed if they will perform the same upgrade for New York.
READ MORE: NYFF 2016 Adds Ang Lee's 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk,' His Ambitious 4K Fast Frame Narrative Feature
It's also unclear what kind of similar, full-blown, special engagement Sony plans for the November 11th commercial release, but one suspects at least one LA engagement to wow Academy voters with this Oscar contender.
However, there are more than 10,000 screens worldwide that are currently equipped with 4K laser projection that can show 120 2D (three-dimensionality without glasses) or 60 3D (which also delivers Toll's super-sharp imagery).
Lee chose this specific format for its flexibility: the best option from which to create the multiple formats that will be shown in commercial release.
Based on the Ben Fountain novel, "Billy Lynn's" concerns an Iraq war hero (Joe Alwyn) plagued by flashbacks of battle while being honored with his squad at a Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving half-time show.
And it's the intensity of battle vs. the war between reality and perception back home that Lee and Toll juxtapose at the higher frame rates, going beyond the 48 fps half-measure that Peter Jackson had available for "The Hobbit" trilogy.
What is it like getting shot at or to shoot at others? And why can't these soldiers leave the war behind? "Billy Lynn's," therefore, becomes a meta-experience that's more like perceiving reality, and all the more visceral without eye strain, motion sickness, motion blur or other distracting artifacts.
But will viewers and the Academy find Lee's graphic hyper-reality too disturbing?
READ MORE: 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' Trailer: Ang Lee Heads to War in Ambitious Awards Contender
"When I left this incredible experience at NAB, I was trembling and terrified, as though I was actually in that experience," said VFX legend Doug Trumbull ("2001: A Space Odyssey"), a long-time proponent of higher frame rates. "We saw the future, and I am enormously grateful that Ang Lee made this happen for us all."
Indeed, imagine what visual eye candy James Cameron can now deliver at these higher frame rates with his upcoming "Avatar" sequels.
For under $40 million (split between Sony and its partners), it's worth gambling on the audacious Lee, and to get viewers into theaters for original storytelling and big screen spectacle.
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I have been watching a wonderful woman struggle with the decision of whether or not to divorce. She's made it very clear that whatever happens— if her marriage stays together or if it ends— she is determined to change.
I'm humbled and awed as I watch her give birth to her new self.
Giving birth is painful. The pain often feels like it will never end and we will not be able to bear it. It is also messy, an emotional roller coaster. Once it's over, a new life is created for which there is no manual.
The most powerful thing we can do to protect this new life of ours is to speak our truth.
I do know amazing women who can't even imagine not speaking their truth.
For those of us who have learned to be silent at an early age and for those who have been intimidated into silence, speaking our truth can be terrifying. If we say how we feel or what we want, someone will abandon us, humiliate us, rage at us or worse.
We become accomplished actors, smiling, laughing, staying busy with our lives, fooling others and ourselves into believing all is well.
When there is a crisis and we are pushed to go deep inside our hearts, we recognize that by not speaking our truth, our spirit has withered. What a tremendous loss. We understand that being silent is no longer an option. To protect the precious life we have birthed, we need to wrap it, swaddle it, in a blanket of truth, honesty, love, compassion and light.


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Breaks and Sprains
There are many different types of injuries that can occur to the muscular skeletal structure of the cat. The most common injuries affect, the limbs, back and tail. It is important to recognize what type of injury has occurred and where the injury is to properly stabilize the injury while you seek veterinarian care.
Determining the Injury
First determine which leg is affected. The cat may limp noticeably, drag or not bear weight at all on the limb, or it may take shorter more hesitant steps, the head may "bob" as the weight comes down on the injured limb. Carefully feel along the leg from the toes up and try to locate an area of tenderness or pain by gentile pressure. If there is a fracture it is presented by severe pain, generally the inability to bear weight on that limb and deformity. IF you suspect a fracture DO NOT proceed with the following rather seek Veterinarian Care. Next flex and extend all the joints and watch for tensing up, resistance or response to pain (crying out, growling, or attempting to flee). Spinal Cord injuries cause weakness or paralysis in one or more limbs, but causes no pain in the affected limbs. Pelvic fractures may be confused visually with spinal cord injuries, however there is pain involved in the pelvic or hip region.
A sprain is an injury to the joint that is caused by sudden stretching or tearing of the ligaments. This can occur in any of the joints along hind and fore limbs.
Symptoms: Pain in the injured joint, swelling and limping. The cat may refuse to bear weight on the injured limb.
Treatment: Ice packing the area of injury will help reduce the swelling and pain. Apply the ice packs for approx. 30 minutes every hour for the next 3-5 hours. It is best to use crushed ice in a ziplock baggie as it molds to the injured site with the least amount of contact pain or use a first aide type ice pack. Confine or restrict mobility of the cat so that it can rest the injured limb. If the cat will not bear weight on the injured limb, see a veterinarian to rule out fracture, dislocation or ruptured tendons. IF the injury does not improve within 3 days seek veterinarian attention.
Muscle Strains/Contusions
These are injuries to the muscles by blunt force (bruising), overexertion, sudden stretching and prolonged use (tearing).
Symptoms: Lameness, bruising, tenderness in injured area, knotted or tight muscles.
Treatment: Ice Packs and rest as in sprains.
Pulled and Torn Tendons
Tendons can become over stretched, ripped or entirely severed (ruptured). Most often this occurs in the front and hind paws. These injuries occur when there is a sudden wrenching or twisting motion to the paws. Irritated or inflamed tendons are called tendonitis.
Symptoms: In tendonitis, there is temporary lameness, pain on bending or straightening the joint, tenderness and swelling over the tendon area. In ruptured tendons usually the hind legs or Achilles tendon, the cat will walk on the heel rather than the paw. The cat may not be able to bear weight at all on a forelimb or drag it.
Treatment: In the case of stretched tendons or tendonitis, treat as in sprains. If the tendon is ruptured, veterinarian assistance is required.
There are basically four kinds of fractures, Greenstick (usually in young animals and presents as a crack on x-ray), Oblique or Closed fracture (the bone is in at least two pieces on x-ray), Open or Compound Fracture (the bone has penetrated the skin and is visible) and Joint fracture (pieces of the joint or bone end breaks off in the joint area on x-ray). Bones or joints may also be crushed or shattered into many pieces (usually in the area that have many small bones such as the paws).
First treat for shock if the signs are present. (see previous article Treating Skin Wounds—Shock) In the case of compound fractures, blood loss, infection and shock are high. Once shock and bleeding are controlled the break should be splinted or immobilized prior to travel to the vets, to prevent further injury.
The most effective splints are ones that will cross the joint above and below the injury.
Magazines, cardboard, flat pieces of wood, can be used for splints however the first two are preferable and least painful to the cat. If using flat wood wrap or pad the area of the break first with cotton or several gauze pads.
When fractures are below the knee or elbow, fold a magazine in half (or roll tube of newspaper) and then wrap this around the limb securing with tape, cloth or string. You can also cut a piece of thick cardboard and fold it around the limb and secure in the same manner. To prevent slippage you can apply tape to the splint and then to the cats fur above the splint. Vet wrap works well to keep the splint secure and in place.
When the fracture is above the knee or elbow you can immobilize by binding the leg to the body. Vet wrap, cloth or roll gauze works well for this.
Do not attempt to set the displaced bones yourself, you may cause further damage and the pain is more than any animal can bear without anesthesia.
Remember when treating your cat these breaks are quiet painful, no matter how docile your cat might be under normal circumstances, there is a high risk of being bitten or scratched. (See previous article on restraining techniques)
The most common joints dislocated in the cat are the hip and kneecap.
Symptoms: Pain with movement, the inability to bear weight on the limb, observable "shortening" when compared to unaffected side.
Treatment: A veterinarian exam will be required, to ensure there are no fractures or ruptured tendons and to reset the joint back into its socket. Do not attempt to reduce the dislocation yourself, the muscle spasms and tension associated with dislocation require sedation in order to reduce or correct the dislocation.
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Jelastic, the advanced PaaS that simplifies complex cloud deployments and in use by more than 55 hosting providers worldwide, today announced an enhanced module for WHMCS billing integration available in the WHMCS and ModulesGarden Marketplaces for free download.
This extension allows service providers easily get Jelastic PaaS with full integration to WHMCS billing system. The already existing customers of WHMCS can initiate the installation right from the WHMCS admin panel. For newcomers this package is available for ordering at the marketplace.With Jelastic, hosting service providers have an opportunity to grow their business by offering their users a new product that will meet their DevOps needs: managed PaaS with support of Java, PHP, Node.JS, Ruby, Python and .NET and Docker-based applications; automatic creation, scaling, clustering and security updates of microservices or monoliths; rich interface for managing cloud deployments, in addition to CLI and SSH access; auto-scalable Elastic VPS; installation of 100+ applications in one click; and many other solutions.
The integration of WHMCS billing system to the cloud platform is performed with a help of add-on module which is responsible for:
- Сonnection between Jelastic and WHMCS via CEBI (Custom External Billing Interface) REST API
- Execution of callbacks to Jelastic about success orders and invoice payments
- Storing the information about the compatibility of the payment methods with a particular user. This lets refill the user's balance automatically via Jelastic dashboard
- Providing management UI in WHMCS client area
Feel free to review the video how your end users can manage their environments right from the WHMCS panel.
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Silverware Bracelet
This gorgeous bracelet was made from the handles of two antique pieces of silver plated flatware.
The vintage pattern is from 1936 and called "Coronation". It boasts an intricate bouquet of florets adorning the handles.
Like a cherry on top of a sundae, I finished the look of this piece with a beautiful soft off white glass bead made by local glass artist Francesca DeCaire.
What an easy way to dress up any outfit!
I added a lobster clasp at the end for a secure fit. There is also extra chain so the size can be adjusted. These bracelets are one-size-fits-most.
This piece is ready to ship and mails out next business day!


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Alcohol was probably the first mind-altering drug people came to rely on for a regular high, but exactly how it produces its buzz isn't clear yet. Now a new study finds that the feel-good effects of spirits may be tied to the brain's natural painkillers—the endogenous opioids.
The study was the first to image the brains of human drinkers and examine how and where alcohol affects endogenous opioid release. Researchers scanned the brains of 25 people they recruited from Craig's List, 13 of whom were heavy social drinkers who imbibed between 10-20 drinks a week (10-16 for women, 14-20 for men). The rest drank fewer than seven alcoholic beverages weekly.
The authors found that in both groups, alcohol increased levels of endogenous opioids in the brain's "pleasure center," the nucleus accumbens. It also increased opioid activity in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), a higher brain region involved with reward, impulse control and with evaluating how desirable an experience, person or object is.
Compared to the light drinkers, however, the heavy drinkers reported feeling more intoxicated and a greater high— and the scientists figured out why. The heavy drinkers showed more opioid release in the OFC than the lighter drinkers.
MORE: Do People Really Drink More When the Economy Tanks?
The study "provides the first direct evidence of how alcohol makes people feel good," lead author Jennifer Mitchell, assistant professor of neurology at UCSF, said in a statement. Not surprisingly, the better alcohol made people feel, the more likely they were to drink heavily in the feedback loop that is typical of some addictive behavior.
The research also offers insight into how naltrexone—one of only three drugs approved to treat alcoholism in the U.S.— may help alcoholics. Naltrexone (reVia, Depade or in long-acting injectable form, Vivitrol) prevents endogenous opioids from linking up with their receptors, essentially blocking alcohol's ability to activate the reward centers of the brain and generate the alcohol high. Previous research has found that the drug is particularly helpful for people who have a mutation in an opioid receptor gene that results in greater activity in the pleasure center of the brain and is linked with increased risk for alcoholism.
Because the study did not include people with alcoholism, however, it does not address differences between drinkers who can control their consumption and those who cannot. Addiction tends to involve greater craving but less "high" from each drink or drug, so those who are addicted to alcohol may simply need more and more alcohol to become buzzed, since they may have become tolerant to the high that alcohol triggers, or their opioid system may be wired differently, such that they don't feel the reward of drinking as intensely as others do. Mitchell's study is a promising first step toward understanding alcohol abuse better — and hopefully finding more effective treatments.
The study was published in Science Translational Medicine.
MORE: How to Cut Crime, Alcoholism and Addiction? It's Not Elementary, But Preschool
Maia Szalavitz is a health writer at TIME.com. Find her on Twitter at @maiasz. You can also continue the discussion on TIME Healthland's Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIMEHealthland.


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Tungiasis is caused by female Tunga penetrans that embeds in the hosts, epidermis. The disease causes morbidity and social stigmatization among the children. It is also a health burden among children and elderly in the endemic areas. It may have negative effects on the economic activities of the infested adults and hence indirectly influence school attendance among children in the affected areas. The study focused on the relationship between the disease and school attendance and a possible cause of high drop-out rates among children of peasant families in Murang'a County in Kenya, East Africa. Cross-sectional survey involving randomly selected 720 pupils from six schools was used. The questionnaires captured data on disease infestation and school attendance among children. Of the participants 3.8.0% were infested while 96.2% had no infestation. Absenteeism and school dropout due to Tungiasis was found to have negative impact on children participation in educational activities.


text: Maj. Charles Ransom, 31, VMI alumnus, died April 27, 2011 while on duty in Afghanistan. He was a trainer assisting the Afghan National Security Forces. Charles leaves to cherish his memory, father, Willie D. Ransom; mother, Marysue Ransom; brother, Stephen (Vanessa); the love of his life, Naquita Bassfield; five uncles, seven aunts, and a large extended family and countless friends.


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MCM9(redirected from FLJ20170)
MCM9A gene on chromosome 6q22.31 that encodes a mini-chromosome maintenance (MCM) family protein required for initiating eukaryotic genome replication. Binding of MCM9 to chromatin is a prerequisite for recruiting the MCM2–7 helicase to DNA replication origins; it also binds and upregulates chromatin licensing and DNA replication factor 1 (CDT1).
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It's nothing new to say that sometimes Hillary Clinton is her own worst enemy. I've been a Bernie supporter, but I really want to enthusiastically support Hillary because (a) she likely will be the Democratic nominee, and (b) all things being equal (or even close to equal), I certainly would prefer to have a woman candidate, and then president.
It's interesting how Hillary has been involved in so many "cover-ups" beginning with Whitewater in Arkansas, and then Gennifer Flowers (yes, with a 'G'), an alleged Bill femme fatale in days past. Her modus operandi seems to be to disclose considerable information, but not enough to put people's concerns to rest. But interestingly enough, none of the alleged scandals, or wrong-doings that have come to light over the past twenty-five years have turned out to be anything close to what the accusers say they are. I imagine that the F.B.I. investigation of her personal mail server, which she used while serving as Secretary of State, will again determine that while her judgments were less than optimal, overall the situation is much ado about nothing.
The transcripts of her three speeches before Goldman-Sachs and other Wall Street firms may not be as insignificant as she would like us to believe. As of now, we know little about them. Politico has reported that during one of the Goldman speeches, "Clinton offered a message that the collected plutocrats found reassuring, according to accounts offered by several attendees, declaring that the banker-bashing so popular within both political parties was unproductive and indeed foolish."
This tidbit is far from being either conclusive or damning. But as mystery shrouds the contents of her speeches, they are a breeding ground for rumors, and there is little doubt that Donald Trump will use fact or fiction without distinction to try to bring her down.
Like so many, I am very curious about what she said in those speeches. If it's left up to Hillary, it's close to a certainty that I will never find out. But The Hill is now reporting that "GOP operatives on the prowl for secret Clinton transcripts." This is what we call opposition research. I have always disliked such action because it seems to be the engine that drives negativity in politics. But when there is something in the dark that needs to be sanitized by sunlight, then I will grudgingly accept it.
Ian Prior, the communications director for the well-funded Republican group American Crossroads, said information about the Goldman Sachs speeches could prove cataclysmic for the Democratic Party.
Finding and releasing the transcripts "would be a heck of a way to outflank Hillary on her left [in a general election] and stop Bernie's supporters from voting for her," he said.
American Crossroads is one of those Karl Rove-founded Super-Pacs that excels in raising money (hundreds of millions in the 2012 presidential cycle), and in losing big (a success rate in the single digits). But that doesn't mean that it can't hire sleuths to investigate real or imagined transgressions by opponents. The truth doesn't matter; what counts is arriving at a conclusion that could be embarrassing in the cross-hairs. Consider it to be the 2010s version on the 1970s "plumbers" established by Richard Nixon.
What I'd like American Crossroads to find would be the truth; i.e. an actual transcript of what Hillary Clinton said in those speeches. In a sense, it would be a relief to Hillary Clinton; she would no longer have to stonewall this issue. It's also quite possible that she wisely hedged her bets when she spoke on Wall Street and said very little to the moguls that would inflame Democrats. If she said more, she could explain it to many by saying that she had to throw out some red meat to the crowd because she was being paid $225,000 a pop for these speeches. Americans could understand that as they accept Trump's fixation with being wealthy.
But perhaps most importantly, Hillary Clinton could do what so many would like her to do … say that that was then and this is now. In the past, she felt that she had to kowtow to Wall Street go gain their good graces and their political donations. If she becomes the Democratic nominee, that will no longer be necessary, she can try to emulate Bernie Sanders' small donations strategy once she eschews the big bucks coming from a concentrated and very powerful segment of the American population.
It's not just a question of changing her ways in order to win the election. With Trump as the likely Republican nominee, she will be the odds-on favorite to win the presidency. But governing with questions unanswered that should be answered will plague her throughout her presidency. In a former life, Clinton was on the staff of the Senate Watergate Committee; she needs now to review her notes from that period. It's been extremely difficult for Barack Obama to govern without a scintilla of a scandal or cover-up. If Clinton wins the presidency, it well may be nothing but trouble if she even has the appearance of withholding what the public deserves to know. That's why in this one rare case, I'm rooting for American Crossroads to do Hillary a favor and to find the transcripts.


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These Mini Autumn Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting will ease you into the cooler months!
We're nearing the end of my fall wedding dessert list.
These mini autumn spice cupcakes took a few tries to perfect. It's incredible what a difference small adjustments in spices can make. Mini cupcakes can also be tricky because the window between under baking, perfection, and over baking is so small.
I also attempted to leave some of the cupcakes unfrosted, but dusted with powdered sugar. Every time I dusted them with sugar it just melted into the cupcakes. Is this because they were too moist? It looked terrible and I ended up wishing I had just frosted them all.
These are the perfect addition to any fall spread and they're the perfect little bite if you want to try more than one dessert!
- 2 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter,, softened
- 1 ¼ cups firmly packed light brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cups milk
- 8 ounces cream cheese, , softened
- ½ cup unsalted butter, , softened
- Pinch of salt
- 2 cups powdered sugar, , sifted
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- To make the cupcakes, preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line 48 mini muffin cups with paper liners.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, spices, and salt.
- In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter until pale and creamy, about a minute. Add the sugar and continue to beat for 3-4 minutes, until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape down the bowl as needed.
- Stir the vanilla into the milk. Add about one third of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix on low until just combined. Add about half the milk, mixing on low until just combined. Add another third of the flour, the rest of the milk, and the last of the flour, mixing each addition just until combined.
- Divide the batter between the prepared tins and bake for 10-12 minutes or until the tops are just set. Cool completely before frosting.
- To prepare the frosting, place cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on low about one minute, ensuring that it is soft and pliable. Stop the mixer and scrape down the bowl. Add the butter and beat on medium speed for one minute, until thoroughly combined.
- Turn the mixer on low and add the salt and powdered sugar, followed by the vanilla extract. Beat until almost incorporated.
- Stop the mixer and scrape down the bowl and beater. Beat on medium speed until the frosting is velvety soft.
- Use immediately or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to seven days. Bring to room temperature before spreading or piping on cupcakes.


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BCKR'S CV workshops are designed to help lawyers to create CVs which illustrate the breadth of the lawyer's skills, demonstrate their practical experience and give an insight into their personality and interests. A list of deals and job titles will never achieve this.
These workshops are conducted for only a small number of participants at a time so that there will be plenty of opportunity to discuss how your own experiences can be adapted to reflect your own skills and aspirations.
Why do this at all? It could well improve your career!
What will this particular course offer?
We will spend a short time reminding participants of the obstacles lawyers (in fact anyone) can face in moving into the non-executive and trustee arena, explaining how to overcome them. You have to know your enemy!
More positively, we will briefly run through how to start your own non-executive journey. This will touch on:
We will then spend most time focusing on how to present yourself on a CV. This CV will highlight your skills and competencies, rather than your specific legal experience and will follow a format that has been successfully tested with headhunters.
We will review several job adverts or application forms to work out what they are looking for, the common themes that run through them and the similarities between what lawyers can bring to an organisation and what the charities and NGOs claim to want of their non-executives. The demands of corporates are no different. We will also consider how to apply your own experiences inside and outside work to this framework. A suggested format for your CV will be discussed.
This will allow you to determine:
What should you do after the course?
If you are inspired to take on an external role, or simply need to refresh your CV to broaden your legal success, the course should leave you with a plan of action to take things forward. The process will require dedication, commitment and a little bit of soul searching (this is not something that can be delegated to your PA!), but it will leave you with a genuine understanding of what you are able to offer and a calling card to permit others to understand you more too.
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ONE SUNNY STARLET. Mentari De Marelle's sunny disposition belies the kind of acting chops that goes beyond her years. This is her debut story as told to DA MAN
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Most of the time, Mentari De Marelle comes off like a typical 18-year old girl. There's the bubbly personality, the laidback attitude and the air of self-assurance that comes with the inexperience of youth. Except in this case, the self-assurance is actually more than warranted. Despite her tender age, the Belgian-born model-slash-actress is a definite cut above the rest.
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One of De Marelle's first big breaks came when she became a finalist in an Indonesian preeminent teen beauty pageant in 2011, which has a long history as the proofing grounds for many soon-to-be stars. This particular starlet, however, was destined for the big screen.
"If you just roll with it and you just do good, you don't have to worry about your looks or anything"
De Marelle's first major role was in "Yasmine," a Brunei-produced coming-of-age movie in the same vein as "Karate Kid"—the 1984 original, that is. "There were other girls who were already well-known trying out as well," she reminisces. "But the action director liked me better because my body was more flexible, and my face contrasted nicely with the Brunei actors." The latter was a plus point as De Marelle played the lead antagonist, but the former proved even more useful as the role required her to take a crash course in pencak silat. Yes, much like the aforementioned "Karate Kid," "Yasmine" centered as much on the martial art as it does on teen romance. More importantly, however, "Yasmine" showed the industry that Mentari De Marelle had a knack for taking on challenging roles. That brings us to her latest movie project: "Blusukan Jakarta" (which translates roughly to "Entering the Slums of Jakarta").
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As the title suggests, "Blusukan Jakarta" deals with the realities of life in the city's notorious slums. And it was filmed in an actual slum, which, naturally, presented its own set of challenging conditions. "It's basically a fishing village," De Marelle recalls. "The ground is littered with shells, while our sandals were too thin, and we had to do a lot of running." More importantly, however, was how she managed to tackle a fairly demanding role as the voice of reason in a community that's resigned itself to a fate of poverty. It takes quite a bit of talent and skill to pull off a "determinator" character like this in a way that's believable … and by the looks of it, she did just that.
Outfit by Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci
Still, while she takes on teen action-romance flicks and social commentary-heavy works with equal gusto, her heart lies in drama. Quite fittingly, her biggest hit so far was in "LDR," which debuted earlier this year along with its sequel, "Where is My Romeo." It was, as the young actress put it, her real breakout role. "People started to recognize me," she discloses. "And even people you don't expect to know you, know you."
When asked how she deals with the pressure that comes with recognition, De Marelle simply answers, "Actually, I just roll with it." That's not to say that her career has been a cakewalk. "The pressure is real, since there's a lot of competition. A lot!" she points out. "And there are these trends going on. For instance, mixed kids are 'in' right now, and suddenly all of the top actresses are of mixed heritage. That can be quite a handful as we're all vying for the same character types." But then she adds: "Basically, if you just roll with it and you just do good, you don't have to worry about your looks or anything."
"People started to recognize Me. And even people You don't expect to know You, know You"
She also has her modeling experience to help with her acting although, interestingly, she found it to be a two-way street. "Even when you're modeling, you're acting, even if it's only for several seconds," she explains. "From modeling to film, you learn your angles; you know how to look good on camera. And from acting to modeling … when you're acting, you're always using a lot of feeling, right? If you can pour out that feeling into your photos, the result will be good."
Dress by Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci
Besides, this is just the beginning of De Marelle's career. Yes, she did hit the ground running and started off her career in remarkable fashion, but there's plenty of time for her to worry about pressure and competition later on. Or to branch out to other fields. "Actually, I'm planning on studying filmmaking," she says. Luckily—if you can call it that—she postponed going to college to focus on her career, which, in hindsight, might have been a fortuitous decision. "My plan is to apply to IKJ (the Jakarta Institute of Arts)," she elaborates. "And if I can take it further, I will be going back to Belgium, probably while studying there as well."
For the moment, there's nothing big in the works just yet for our newest DA MAN Darling, even though she's still in the loop for the premiere of "Blusukan Jakarta," and it doesn't look like she'll run out of interview and photo shoot requests anytime soon. So, what will Mentari De Marelle's next big hit? More dramas? A psychological thriller (something that's she's hinted as one of her aspirations) perhaps? One thing's for sure, though: No more action flicks. "I'm not that durable," she giggles.
Photography Nurulita
Styling Peter Zewet
Styling Assistants Triska Putri and Jay Robert Davies
Make Up and Hairdo Ami Becks
Location Ra Residence (Jl. Intan No. 25, Cilandak, Jakarta; +62 21 2765 3080; raresidence.com)


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If you were a developer for a day, what changes would you make?
SenatorAcadia Member Posts: 72
I'd make the perks that people complain about the most, killer and survivor, and make them take up two perk spots.0
but lockers hide auras0
HatCreature Member Posts: 3,298
Exactly ;) if Legion's FF could see Auras then everyone would hide in lockers to avoid being seen, Iron Maiden enters the scene.1
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Ghostface Buff
After being revealed by a survivor your power instead last for 8 seconds instead of being instantly taken out. That way you have a fighting chance to fully stock.0
sheilacaelia Member Posts: 2
i would put dedicated servers...0
Pirscher Member Posts: 573
On the end game scoreboard, display the following:
- The Killer's score box highlighted in RED
- A Solo-survivor's score box highlighted in GREEN
- SWF Group 1 score boxes highlighted in DARK-PURPLE
- SWF Group 2 score boxes highlighted in LIGHT-PURPLE0
thesuicidefox Member Posts: 8,227
I would add a "do not connect" list of recent players to avoid playing against them again. The list would be short, at max 3 and resets every 72 hours. This will let you avoid certain players you played recently if you had a bad game, but doesn't prevent them from being match in the future.2
Orion Member Posts: 21,675
Have killers and survivors accelerate proportionately to their top speeds so that they reach said top speeds simultaneously.1
Freudentrauma Member Posts: 1,050
Make a certain amount of pallets and vaults unlockable for survivors, instead of ready to use at the start of the trial. That should make the early game easier for killers, while stalling the game by introducing a new incentive, but also makes sure that survivor ressources won't get wasted by one bad survivor at the start of the trial.0
Glory Member Posts: 241
2 traps baseline for trapper, with a base carrying cap of 3.
We're gonna live forever back to 50% per stack.
Myers' tier 3 applies exposed only to survivors that he's stalked for 5 seconds or more (no 99ing off one person then blowing up a different survivor you hadn't seen all game).
Wraith gets bloodhound & brutal strength baseline while cloaked, and they stack with the actual perks (blood would glow like a light source, pallets/gens explode on impact lol).
"We'll make it" combined with "No one left behind".
"Slippery meat" combined with "Small game".
Nurse has 105% movement speed, 1 blink baseline, fatigue time rescaled to 1.5 seconds per blink and blink-attack.
Relentless reduces complete missed attack cool down by 50%, reduces object-impact swings by 25% (swinging and hitting a wall/pallet).
Billy chainsaw no longer puts survivors into the dying state, instead applies mangled, broken, hemorrhaged, and a 5% hindered for 60 seconds.
Prayer beads instead increases terror radius by 20 meters (since phasing has no sound prompt while inside terror radius, this allows much of the same gameplay, just with a faint warning).
Legion vault speed increased by 10%, movement speed in frenzy increased by 10%. Missed frenzy attacks instead cost 25% of frenzy duration.
Remove "Hope" duration.
Survivors receive a debuff notification while in "Whispers" area of effect (displayed in the same manner as overwhelming presence, unnerving, etc).
Fix the display error for leader, where it shows a grey healing speed bar while being healed by someone else affected by your aura, or a red bar when being healed while affected by sloppy butcher.
Rework vigil: if another survivor is under the effect of vigil for 15 seconds, remove all debuffs from them (including indefinite duration debuffs, like the exposed status effect from NOED).
That would be more than enough work for a day lol0
DrVeloxcity Member Posts: 300
I like your killer suggestions, and Flip Flop, Resilience, and NOLB.0
BlueFang Member Posts: 1,379
I don't trust myself to make balancing decisions so I'd just focus development on fixing bugs, improving optimization, fixing the killer FOV which has been broken for years and then make Shadowborn a default stat on every killer but Nurse and Spirit.
Also improve animations especially for Survivors their faces look so bloody weird0
Richter_Cade Member Posts: 91
I think I'd focus on fixing Legion. I'm not sure how, either second attacks add certain effects and reduce the deep wound timer or cancelling manually adds a much shorter stun so that you can use it to chase properly.
I really think deep wound is too weak now, just being in terror radius shouldn't be enough to stop it, maybe it should only stop it going below 15%.0
Weederick Member Posts: 1,074
I would add an extra phase to DbD, where generators are blocked and sacrifice times are paused. The survivors only have to hide it out, while the killer has time to do as much damage as possible.
Survivors have to do less gens, but the new phase will periodically activate for 60s, then turn off for 60s etc. You cant genrush, but you also cant camp during that time. Increasing the average game time regardless of skill level.0
TheLegion5738 Member Posts: 37
Cross-platform gameplay (devs pls do this)0
Guertena Member Posts: 391
revert legion rework0
TheBean Member Posts: 2,320
I would implement a policy of business attire at the office everyday. No casual Fridays.
Then I would remove the coffee machine from the cafeteria, and double the price on the vending machines.0
AshleyWB Member Posts: 4,062
Create a load of funny bugs just to mess around with them.0
ArrowTheGreat11 Member Posts: 306
I like this! If we can't see the killer, they shouldn't see the survivor0
savevatznick Member Posts: 651
I'd use my one day to make minor map changes that the devs still haven't made for ??? reason.
I'd do stuff like closing the Ironworks window, closing the Rancid Abbatoir god window, removing the Wretched Shop double window infinite, making sure that jungle-gym heavy maps don't spawn a billion T-L walls facing each other.
Small stuff that would greatly improve the game. I only have a day.1
Minibeasty Member Posts: 52
I would introduce a random mode. Where everything is... well, random.
You'd enter the game, chosing to play as either survivor or killer. But you wouldn't know which killer or survivor you get to play until you've loaded in to the game. Your appearence/cosmetics would be random, along with your perks, offerings, items and add-ons. The map would also be chosen at random.0
mnpqraven Member Posts: 12
Pull the killswitch0
WaffleFalafel Member Posts: 383
Add a variety of emotes for solo players to communicate with.0
Dragonredking Member Posts: 874
Code a system similar to GTA 5 online that will match serial dcer only with other serial dcer until they start behaving0
ClogWench Member Posts: 2,583
Get rid of Moris entirely. Or just rework them into being a mechanic on death hook.0
FluorescentLemon Member Posts: 257
I'd erase Adrenaline and insta-heals0


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Even among those who are not political junkies, discussing a woman's right to have an abortion elicits a strong response.
I recently penned an article discussing the Republican hypocrisy regarding keeping government out of people's private lives. In the article I talked about the threats from the Tennessee's Republican-led legislature toward Volkswagen employees considering unionizing, the Republican push to use the power of government to ban same sex couples from the benefits of marriage, as well as the insistence by many Republicans to include creationism in public school science classes even though there is no science in this belief.
There was certainly more than enough red meat for conservatives to chew on, but the line that received the biggest response -- by far -- was the line where I suggested that women, not Republican lawmakers, should be allowed to decide what collection of cells to remove from their body. My colleague, blogging pioneer and fellow patriot Jason Vines said this "was perhaps the vilest thing that has ever appeared on this site."
Luckily, unlike Jason's thoughts on the topic, a women's right to an abortion is not subjective -- it is constitutionally protected.
Hyperbole aside, the dividing line when it comes to abortion is your view of the zygote, embryo, and fetus. We all start as a collection of cells which divide repeatedly to form skin, limbs, organs and a brain.
The question then becomes, when does this collection of cells obtain rights?
The pro-life camp tends to believe life begins at conception. So every abortion is murder.
The pro-choice camp tends to think personhood isn't achieved till much later so an abortion is a medical procedure to remove unwanted cells. Neither side is willing to back down from their stance, but the highest court in the land has thus far sided with those in the pro-choice camp.
There are, of course, many people who fall somewhere in between. Some are against abortion but OK in the case or rape or incest. Some feel an abortion is justified if the life of the mother is in danger. Others believe an abortion is justified if the fetus has defects that would affect its quality of life.
Then there are also those that feel that the legality of an abortion corresponds to a certain time frame -- once there's a heartbeat, once there are brain waves, or no later than 20 weeks. If you take all of these variations into account, only 20 percent of the population believes an abortion is murder starting at conception. It should also be noted that if 20 weeks is an acceptable cut off only 1 percent of all abortions occur after 20 weeks.
Liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat, no one wants more abortions to occur each year. President Bill Clinton set the standard of "safe, legal, and rare." That's reasonable.
Unfortunately, the methods each side supports for how to achieve that goal are dramatically different. Pro-life organizations have worked diligently to make getting an abortion more and more difficult, hoping to eventually make all abortions illegal. Given the results of government crackdowns in other areas, such as Prohibition and the War on Drugs, it seems unlikely that making abortion illegal will actually reduce the number of abortions per year. Instead, it will just make abortions more dangerous and turn otherwise law-abiding citizens into criminals.
Pro-choice groups would prefer to use the power of information to reduce the number of abortions. Instead of attempting and failing to rewire the brains of teenagers with abstinence-only education, pro-choice groups would prefer to explain what happens during sex, how to prevent pregnancy, and give people all the information necessary to help them make better choices.
To many people, the effectiveness of the methods isn't important. If having sex results in a pregnancy, then you must see that pregnancy through. Purposely removing those cells is murder even though the law says otherwise.
Of course, if all human life was as sacrosanct to conservatives as a zygote, an embryo, and a fetus, you might expect them to act differently in other situations.
For instance Republicans are twice as likely as a Democrat to support the death penalty. About as far from "pro life" as it gets.
Over 30,000 Americans die every year from guns, yet Republicans overwhelmingly opposerestricting or reducing gun rights. Not very compassionate.
Republicans support drone strikes at significantly greater levels than Democrats, even though these drone kill hundreds of civilians each year. The taking of innocent lives is a feature, and not a bug, of drone attacks.
Republican legislators oppose many of the efforts of the EPA aimed at reducing air pollution even though some 200,000 Americans die every year from poor air quality. Including a lot of babies.
Heart disease kills some 600,000 Americans per year, yet attempts to curb the availability of foods that lead to heart disease are often rebuffed as government overreach.
Just like abortion statistics, these numbers don't prove one side right or the other side wrong.
What they do show is that one person's "murder" is another person's "choice." So the opinion of my colleague Jason Vines on the matter is irrelevant. In the end, these decisions rest solely with nine black-robed judges in Washington, D.C.
But don't let that reality get in the way of a good takedown piece.


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December 2016
Große-Puppendahl, S., Karaki, K., Bilal, S. 2016. Investment promotion for sustainable development: The roles of DFIs and export credit agencies. (Discussion Paper 208). Maastricht: ECDPM.
In recent years and in the aftermath of the world financial crisis, economic slowdown in Europe has encouraged European governments and the European Union (EU) to set up support programmes and instruments that can stimulate national economies and help create the jobs needed to tackle both (youth) unemployment and crumbling growth rates. By providing access to (trade) finance and mitigating risk, the ambition is to help enterprises to expand and grow internationally, as "foreign exposure by these companies can increase enterprise competitiveness, provide access to foreign markets and resources, create new opportunities for exports, and generate profits" (UNCTAD, 2015).
Promoting trade and investment along sustainable principles is one of the means to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To this end, what are the potential synergies between development finance institutions (DFIs) and export promotion agencies (ECAs) in promoting sustainable and responsible investments?
DFIs and ECAs follow different institutional mandates and objectives to promote investments and exports. But they tend to engage with similar clients and in similar markets. Besides, the sustainability principles required by DFIs and those of ECAs do tend to converge. Potential for synergy and cooperation thus seems obvious.
Yet, DFI-ECA collaboration until now has been rather limited, due to various challenges that need to be overcome, relating to issues such as differing policies, approaches, operating procedures, credit and pricing parameters, tenor and currency preferences, and transaction eligibility criteria. There is a need for a better understanding of the
respective business practices and priorities of DFIs and ECAs.
More systematic efforts are therefore needed to enhance the cooperation and synergy between DFIs and ECAs. This must also be steered by policymakers, so as to foster a more conducive institutional and policy environment and provide the right incentives for each institution to cooperate, building on their respective comparative advantages, towards enhanced sustainability.
Photo: A bakery funded by the microcredit project of ADB. Credits: Asian Development Bank, via Flickr.


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Rampant interest in mobile payments is expected by 2015, along with a significant increase in mobile commerce. Due to this, Gartner, Inc. predicts that by 2017, U.S. customers' mobile engagement behavior will drive mobile commerce revenue in the U.S. to 50 percent of U.S. digital commerce revenue. A recent Gartner survey found that mobile commerce currently generates 22 percent of digital commerce revenue.
"Some sectors will migrate more quickly than others to accepting mobile payments and promoting mobile commerce," said Jennifer Polk, research director at Gartner. "For example, big-box retailers may not need to move as quickly as other industries because the in-store experience is still a critical part of their value proposition and the customer experience, making digital and mobile commerce a smaller portion of their overall revenue. However, new credit card standards will cause a shift in liability for fraudulent transactions in 2015, requiring retailers to update their point-of-sale systems for safer credit card transactions. This opens the door for point-of-updates to also accept mobile payment."
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Gartner made additional predictions about trends in digital marketing:
By year-end 2016, more than $2 billion in online shopping will be performed exclusively by mobile digital assistants.
Mobile digital assistant technologies, such as Google Now, Siri and Cortana, are already connecting pieces of need/want assessment, information gathering and evaluation — all elements along a buying process sans autonomous purchasing.
By year-end 2015, mobile digital assistants will have taken on mundane tactical processes such as filling out name, address and credit card information. Fixed events such as grocery replenishment will be common and will build trust for these types of assistants to take on more. By year-end 2016, slightly more complex purchase decisions, such as buying back-to-school backpacks and chained events — such as scheduling a highly rated, date-type movie along with dinner and car pickup on an anniversary — will be easily achievable. By this time, autonomous mobile assistant purchasing will reach $2 billion annually, representing about 2.5 percent of mobile users trusting assistants with $50 per year.
By 2017, 50 percent of consumer product investments will be redirected to customer experience innovations.
Gartner predicts that by 2016, 89 percent of companies believe that customer experience will be their primary basis for competition.
"In many industries, hypercompetition has eroded traditional product and service advantages, making customer experience the new competitive battlefield," said Jake Sorofman, research director at Gartner. "This is no truer than in durable consumer products markets, which face disproportionate commodity pressure as consumer access to pricing and product information via search and social channels undermine brand loyalty. The reality is that focusing innovation on new products — and even new business models — is subject to shrinking periods of competitive advantage. Competitors and alternatives abound. To meet this challenge, nearly three-quarters of companies expect to increase technology spending on customer experience in 2015."
More detailed analysis is available in the Gartner report "Predicts 2015: Digital Marketers Will Monetize Disruptive Forces." The report is available on Gartner's website at http://www.gartner.com/document/2897117.
More information on customer relationships and marketing will be discussed at the Gartner Digital Marketing Conference 2015 taking place May 5-7 in San Diego, California. The inaugural Gartner Digital Marketing Conference will provide senior marketing leaders with unbiased, unrivaled perspectives and advice on digital trends and advice fueling marketing strategies as an engine for growth. For complete event details, please visit the Digital Marketing Conference website at https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/marketing-symposium-us. Members of the media can register for the event by contacting Christy Pettey at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Information from the Conference will be shared on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Gartner_inc and https://twitter.com/GartnerDigital using #GartnerDMC.


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