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Civilization VI's third expansion, Gathering Storm recently released and has added a handful of new civilizations and leaders. I am hoping to write a strategy for each of them, but I also want to continue to write guides for the civilizations that were already in the game. I put up a poll on my Patreon page for my patrons to vote on which civ(s) they would like to see. The three top vote-getters (from all the three people who voted) were Khmer, Aztec, and Norway. It's been a while since I've done a strategy for a religion-oriented civ, so I thought I'd do a strategy for Jayavarman VII of the Khmer. The Khmer were present as a playable civilization in Civilization IV's Beyond the Sword expansion, but they were not present in Civilization V. They appeared as a DLC civ prior to Rise & Fall's release, but this strategy should work for players of the new Gathering Storm expansion as well.
The city of Angkor, the capital of the Angkor Empire (also called the Khmer Empire), is believed to be the largest pre-industrial urban center in the world, stretching for roughly 400 square miles and housing roughly 0.1% of the entire global population at its zenith. This empire controlled most of mainland southeast Asia from the ninth century CE to the 15th century CE, reaching its zenith between the 11th and 13th centuries. Many impressive ruins still stand in the site of Angkor, and many have been restored by local archaeological organizations and UNESCO, including the impressive Angkor Wat, the largest single religious monument in the world. Satellite imagery has also revealed an intricate network of irrigation channels which were likely used to manage the regions unpredictable monsoons, as well as to support the population.
Around 1150 CE, the kingdom of Angkor was invaded by the neighboring Cham empires, who succeeded at toppling the capital. General Mahaparamasaugata (believed to already be over the age of 60) lead a successful campaign to push the Cham out of the Khmer capital, and he ascended to the throne in order to continue the war and conquer much of the Champa territory. He relocated the capital to Angkor Thom, where large monuments were constructed in his honor, including the temple of Bayon. He went on to re-unify the empire, building a network of roads connecting every major town, complete with rest-houses every 9 miles and hospitals for travelers. He reigned successfully until his death at the impressively-ripe old age 97 or 98, and is regarded as the last great king of Cambodia. He was posthumously re-named Jayavarman VII, after a line of Cambodia's greatest kings.
Civilization VI is still a "living game". Strategies for the game (and for specific leaders and civs) may change as Firaxis applies balance patches, introduces new features, or expands the game through further DLC or expansion packs, or as the Civ community discovers new strategies or exploits. As such, the following strategy guide may change from time to time. I will try to keep it up-to-date, and will make notations whenever changes are made. I'll also post links in the official 2K forums and CivFanatics, where I'll also report any changes made. If possible and practical, I will try to retain the original content of the strategy for posterity.
I welcome any feedback or suggestions that readers wish to offer. Feel free to post on the linked forums, or by posting a comment at the bottom of the page.
This guide is up to date as of the release of the Gathering Storm expansion (ver. 18.104.22.1684) (Antarctic Late Summer Patch, April 2019)
Civilization VI is still a "living game". Strategies for the game (and for specific leaders and civs) may change as Firaxis applies balance patches, introduces new features, or expands the game through further DLC or expansion packs, or as the Civ community discovers new strategies or exploits. As such, the following strategy guide may change from time to time. I will try to keep it up-to-date, and will make notations whenever changes are made. I'll also post links in the official 2K forums and CivFanatics, where I'll also report any changes made. If possible and practical, I will try to retain the original content of the strategy for posterity.
I welcome any feedback or suggestions that readers wish to offer. Feel free to post on the linked forums, or by posting a comment at the bottom of the page.
This guide is up to date as of the release of the Gathering Storm expansion (ver. 126.96.36.1994) (Antarctic Late Summer Patch, April 2019)
Khmer is a strong religious civ who gets extra food from Holy Sites, and extra faith from Aqueducts, as well as other bonuses to food and amenity. It can build and support large populations in its cities, and gets relics from its missionaries and apostles much more frequently, which can contribute to a culture victory.
Tags:Sid Meier's Civilization, Civilization VI, Civilization VI: Gathering Storm, Khmer, Jayavarman VII, Grand Barays, monasteries of the king, domrey, prasat, temple, aqueduct, farm, food, holy site, missionary, apostle, religion, relic, culture, tourism, DLC, Patreon, unique building, unique siege unit
Civilization VI's second expansion, Gathering Storm recently released and has added a handful of new civilizations and leaders. I am hoping to write a strategy for each of them, but I want to start with the civilizations and leaders who are completely new to the franchise.
One of these new civs represents a sort-of "farewell" present to the founder and former lead-host of the PolyCast podcast, Dan Q, who stepped down from the podcast at the end of 2018 in order to spend more time with his new family. However, he'll still be playing Civ, and for the first time in the franchise's history, Dan gets to play as his home and native land of Canada. It's too bad he's not on PolyCast anymore to tell us about how great Wilfrid Laurier of Canada is, eh?
On a more serious note: thank you, Dan for over a decade of faithful service and dedication to the Civilization community. And on a more personal note, thank you for inviting me to join the regular panel on PolyCast. You gave me a voice within this community that I did not think I would ever be able to reach. We'll miss you, Dan, and we hope to talk to you again as a guest host many times in the future. Best wishes to you and your new wife in your new life together. May your lives together be forever in a Golden Age!
This guide is dedicated to you, Dan. Now let's talk about Canada in Civilization VI!
The first European colony in North America is widely accepted to be a Norse encampment in Newfoundland, which was abandoned within a few years of settlement. It wasn't until the 16th century that large-scale colonization began -- mostly by French and British colonists. In 1763, France ceded most of its North American colonies to the British following years of on-again-off-again warfare. The Confederation of Canada was formed over a hundred years later, but remained loyal to the British crown until the Canada Act of 1982. Despite being a formally independent nation, Canada still maintains the British monarch (currently Queen Elizabeth II) as its official head of state. Because many of the founding cities were French colonies, Canada is an officially bilingual country, with both English and French being its official languages, and it is now one of the most multi-cultural nations in the world due to frequent large-scale immigration from other parts of the world. Canadian interactions with indigenous peoples were generally less violent than with neighboring United States' interactions with natives. However, the expansion of Canadian territory still required the forced relocation or assimilation of somewhere between 200,000 and 2 million indigenous peoples, including the Inuit, Métis, the Cree, and several dozen other tribes.
Canada's first French-speaking prime minister was Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier. Laurier was part of Canada's Liberal party, advocating for decentralized federalism and staunchly defending individual personal liberty. Despite wishing for Canada to remain an autonomous nation loyal to the British Empire, he would go on to oppose British conscription of Canadian citizens in World War I, which would become a polarizing issue in the early 20th century. He gained a reputation as a bright and cheerful leader who always followed the "sunny ways", and has become one of the most beloved prime minsters in Canadian history.
Civilization VI is still a "living game". Strategies for the game (and for specific leaders and civs) may change as Firaxis applies balance patches, introduces new features, or expands the game through further DLC or expansion packs, or as the Civ community discovers new strategies or exploits. As such, the following strategy guide may change from time to time. I will try to keep it up-to-date, and will make notations whenever changes are made. I'll also post links in the official 2K forums and CivFanatics, where I'll also report any changes made. If possible and practical, I will try to retain the original content of the strategy for posterity.
I welcome any feedback or suggestions that readers wish to offer. Feel free to post on the linked forums, or by posting a comment at the bottom of the page.
This guide is up to date as of the release of the Gathering Storm expansion (ver. 220.127.116.110)
This guide is up to date as of the release of the Gathering Storm expansion (ver. 126.96.36.1990)
Canda is a prime contender for a turtle strategy, as it cannot surprise declare on other civs, or be surprise declared on. They also specialize in settling in otherwise-inhospitable tundra.
Tags:Sid Meier's Civilization, Civilization VI, Civilization VI: Gathering Storm, Canada, Wilfrid Laurier, four faces of peace, the last best west, tundra, hockey, hockey rink, farm, mountie, national park, tourism, culture, world congress, diplomatic favor, unique improvement, unique mounted unit
Civilization VI's first expansion, Rise & Fall released earlier this year, and it introduced a few leaders and civilizations that are making their first appearance in the franchise. I hope to be able to write strategies for every one of the expansion civs and leaders, but I'm going to start with the ones that are new to the franchise, and the ones that most utilize the expansion's new features (Era Score, governors, loyalty, and so on). This month, I will be tackling the Mapuche, lead by Lautaro.
The peoples known as the Mapuche are a collection of societies indigenous to southern Chile and Argentina who are linked by social, spiritual, economic, and linguistic heritage. Archaeological evidence shows their culture has existed since around 600 or 500 BC, and their textiles have been traded throughout South America for centuries. Though mostly independent, the various tribes would unite together during times of war (such as against the Inca and Spanish) and elect a "toqui" (meaning "axe-bearer") to act as a military and domestic leader.
One such toqui was Lautaro "Swift Hawk". He was elected toqui while still less than 20 years old, after escaping from the personal captivity of the Spanish general Pedro de Valdivia. He lead numerous successful raids (called "Malón") against the Spanish, eventually capturing Fort Tucapel in December and killing his former captor, de Valdivia, during the Spanish counterattack in December 1553. The Mapuche, under Lautaro's command, may have been able to further expel the Spanish if not for a typhus outbreak and famine that prevented further raids. He was killed four years later in a Spanish ambush, but the Mapuche would continue to resist the Spanish for over a century after Lautaro's death. Lautaro is revered by Chileans (Mapuche and non-Mapuche alike) for his courageous leadership against the Spanish who sought to enslave them, and is even depicted as an almost heroic figure in the Spanish epic poem La Araucana.
Lautaro and the Mapuche can be a potent military force in Civilization VI: Rise & Fall, especially against rival civilizations that ascend to golden ages, or who fall into dark ages.
Tags:Sid Meier's Civilization, Civilization VI, Civilization VI: Rise and Fall, Mapuche, Lautaro, Toqui, Swift Hawk, Spirit of Tucapel, Malon Raider, Chemamull, loyalty, golden age, dark age, culture, appeal, tourism, cavalry, light cavalry, pillage, Chile, unique improvement, unique mounted unit
Parklife is perhaps the single Cities: Skylines expansion that I have most looked forward to. That is because the focus of the expansion seems to be pulled almost verbatim from my own "Great Outdoors" wishlist. I'm not going to take credit for having designed this expansion for Colossal Order, because I posted that wishlist in February, and the game is releasing in May, so unless Colossal Order is supernaturally efficient at creating expansions, there simply wasn't enough time for them to design and implement Parklife after reading that wishlist. It seems like someone in Skylines design is thinking along the same wavelength as me. But who knows? Maybe somebody did see my wishlist and incorporate some elements of my ideas into the development in progress? It's certainly one heck of a coincidence!
In any case, it should seem pretty obvious that I'm pleased to see this expansion incorporate so many of my own ideas and suggestions. While Parklife still isn't going to offer the same degree of freedom and creativity that you can get from mods, having these more free-form park-creation and decorative tools should be a welcome addition for anybody who enjoys adding a little more personal flavor to their city. And honestly, is there anyone playing a city-builder who doesn't enjoy making their city look pretty?
One of the strengths of Cities: Skylines has always been the way that the game utilizes its space and the natural environment. The mechanical limitations of the terraforming tools means that you rarely (if ever) have the money and terrain available to make wholesale changes to the geography of the map. Even if you have a billion dollars saved up in your city's coffers, the fact that every cubic meter of dirt that you excavate has to go somewhere, and every cubic meter of dirt that you dump has to come from somewhere, means that you can only do so much to modify the map. Starting out with a limited budget, small pool of unlocked buildings, and a relatively small plot of land means that young cities often have to work around environmental and natural obstacles, which made those obstacles part of the character of your city. Well now you can actually formally use those obstacles.
Parklife allows you to leverage these features of your landscape as part of your city-beautification plans. That mountain that is too big to level, and too steep to realistically build on, can now be turned into a massive park, complete with hiking trails, lookout points, and so forth. If that mountain also happens to have ore or oil resources under it, then now I suddenly have some meaningful choices to make on how to effectively utilize the resources. What used to be a near-obvious matter of "build some mines" actually has some viable alternatives.
Sure, you were always able to place walking paths in places like that, but the game (and the citizens of your city) never really recognized it as a place they can go for leisure and entertainment. If they didn't have to go to work on the other side of that mountain, they simply wouldn't walk those trails. No matter how beautiful you would make it, that mountain-side hiking trail was always little more than useless dead space.
That's no longer the case. Every last square meter of your city can now be turned into useful park space if you feel so inclined...
Tags:Cities: Skylines, Cities: Skylines: Parklife, Colossal Order, Paradox Interactive, city, city planner, city simulation, park, national park, nature reserve, amusement park, zoo, environment, tourism, tour
Some of the suggestions from my first wishlist have actually been implemented in Cities: Skylines. Naming roads, and adding directional traffic overlays were recently added in the Mass Transit expansion, and the previous Snowfall expansion incorporated some of my ideas for seasonal cycles (minus the part where the seasons actually cycle from one to another). There's still a lot of items from that wishlist that haven't been implemented. I also have come up with some new ideas for things I'd like to see in further expansions (or maybe a sequel?).
Even though Cities: Skylines is, by far, my favorite (and probably the objective best) city-building / city-simulation game of the past decade, there are still some features and ideas from the inferior games that I really like. In my first wishlist, I already talked about how much I liked the modular building mechanic of SimCity (2013).
I won't go into too much detail of why I liked that concept (even though the actual implementation was a little weak) because I invite you to read the original post. Suffice it to say, I liked the idea of certain pieces of city infrastructure (such as power plants, schools, universities, police stations, airports, government buildings, etc.) actually growing along with the city. Being able to upgrade an existing building to add additional functionality, additional capacity, or to specialize it in some way, was (in my opinion) a much more interesting and engaging process than simply plopping another copy of the same building every so often, or adjusting a global budget slider, simply to meet increasing demand.
In that first wishlist, I also briefly mentioned the Cities XL series. There isn't much in XL (or XXL) that is done as well (or better) than what is offered in either SimCity (2013) or Cities: Skylines, but I did neglect one idea that I think was probably the most clever, interesting, and fun part of the XL series of games: the ability to "fill" an area with "decoration". Put simply, Cities XL allows the player to fill any unoccupied area of the map (that is at least partially enclosed by roads) with one of several different types of decorative landscaping.
Landscaping options include a grassy park area with trees, an open-air "flea market" with kiosks and street vendors, various plazas / courtyards, and even a makeshift construction site. These decorations aren't functionally different (the flea market doesn't produce any commerce or jobs, for example), but each decorative area applies a very small environmental beautification effect that increases happiness and land value for adjacent homes or businesses.
From a more aesthetic standpoint, Cities XL's decorative areas allow the player to make very efficient use of space, to fill any empty dead space, and to create your own custom parks and plazas that conform to whatever shapes the outlining roads happen to be. Want a park in the middle of a large roundabout? Want a plaza space at the point of a 45-degree (or narrower) intersection? XL allows you to do such things without having to go into an asset-editor to make a custom ploppable.
Despite having muuuuuch better tools for creating curved and angled roads, Skylines doesn't really have any equivalent to these decorative features from XL that allow us to fill-in gaps left by our pretty, rounded or angled roads...
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Gobstopper won't be defending his New Zealand Cup crown tomorrow fortnight.
He is well out of form and a shocker in the Te Awamutu Cup Wednesday convinced trainer Andrew Campbell to pull the pin.
"He's just not going well enough," said Campbell.
"I'll chuck him out in the paddock and possibly bring him back for New Year's."
Gobstopper was quoted at 42s for the cup. He had not won since winning last year's race.
There have been more withdrawals for Cup Week.
Ruby Armani is out of the Coupland's while Mongolian Spirit disappears from the list of 2000 Guineas candidates.

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Breast Feeding Babies
Breastfeeding is an act of feeding babies, infants and young children with breast milk from the female human breasts instead of from a container or a baby bottle. There is a normal sucking reflex that babies have which allow them to suck and swallow milk from the breast of the mother through a process called lactation. Breastfeeding babies from the mother are supposed to be duration of about six months. This period has also been recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and World Health Organisation (WHO). These two organisations have also emphasized the importance of breastfeeding to the mothers as well as for the baby.
The breast milk is the healthiest milk that is needful for a baby. It has been associated with many beneficial effects with few exceptions being on the negative side. Some people have recommended artificial formulas, but these formulas have been shown to be associated with particular set of risks. The healthiest and safest milk to give is the breast milk, which is usually to be given by the mother.
Things to know and do
1. The baby should be at the breast right away after delivery.
The mother and the baby should be left alone for about an hour or one and a half hour. This is because the baby is automatically directed to the mothers breast during this time. They should not be disallowed from having this time together. The mother may complain of tiredness or post labour stress, but this should not be used as an excuse to be with the baby at this time. There have also been reports that skin-to-skin contact between the baby and the mother helps to act as an incubator for the mother.
2. Artificial nipples feeding should be disallowed.
A baby tends to associate more with whatever that gives him or her fast flowing milk or fluid. This means you should not associate your child with artificial nipples, but make sure that he or she becomes familiar with your breast milk. The breast milk is far more safe and healthy than artificial nipples, which may come through formulas gotten from a feeding bottle.
3. Proper latching is crucial.
If you have been told that this is not important, then you might have gotten it all wrong. This is because proper latching is the key to successful breastfeeding. Before you get out of the hospital, make sure you know the regular cycles and patterns that your baby is breastfeeding i.e the open- pause-sucking cycle.
4. Supplements of sugar water, water or formula are rarely required.
Make sure your baby spends more time breastfeeding than getting food from other means. If you have been advised otherwise, then you should see an expert on this. The supplements are rarely needed and more time should be spent on breastfeeding your baby.
Beneficial Effects of Breastfeeding:
1. Prolonged breastfeeding helps protect against childhood leukaemia
Evidences have supported the fact that breastfeeding babies the right duration and period helps protect your baby from the attack of leukaemia rather than breastfeeding for a few months.
2. Higher intelligence
Studies have shown that breastfeeding babies properly and for the expected duration of time is associated with a higher intelligence later on in the life on the individual concerned.
3. Lower incidence of Diabetes
Babies fed properly for the expected duration have been shown to have lesser incidence of developing diabetes mellitus type 1 than those who are fed for a shorter period, or those taking supplements or cow milk early. Breastfeeding babies have also been shown to reduce diabetes mellitus type 2 in some individuals.
4. Less childhood obesity
Breastfeeding babies for the required time helps reduce obesity in children aged between 39 to 42 months. Those taking milk or fluids from bottles have higher tendency of emptying bottles than those being breastfed. This is because those who are breastfed develop a self-regulation of milk intake, while those taking milk from bottles tend to finish their bottles before letting go of it.
5. Lower tendency to develop allergies
Exclusive breastfeeding for about 4 months helps prevent or delay development of allergies in children. This means that the mother should ensure that their baby is properly breasfed for the required time.
6. Breastfeeding babies also promote health and it helps prevent disease.
This is because breast milk contains various anti-infective factors such as immunoglobulin A, lactoferrin and bile salt stimulated lipase.
7. Breastfeeding babies also prevent lymphoma from developing in an individual hat was properly fed.
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After seeing his threadbare side record a thrilling 3-2 win at Gillingham, assisstant manager Leam Richardson spoke to Spireites Player.Sam Clucas and a Leon Legge own goal - also claimed by Tendayi Darikwa - put the Spireites two goals to the good before Cody McDonald and John Egan pulled the Gills level.
However, a Jimmy Ryan strike 20 minutes from time put Chesterfield back in front and this time they held firm to claim a terrific away triumph.
After the game Richardson appreciated the performance from his team and the value of the hard-earned points.
He said: "It was a great result, any points away from home are very precious and thankfully today we got them.
"I thought that the professionalism and application that the lads have shown today was good, this is a tough place to come as they have good players and a good manager, so I'm very thankful today.
With the Spireites squad severely depleted through injury and suspension, Ritchie Humphreys, Romy Boco and Sam Hird were thrust back into the starting 11, all three being asked to play the whole game.
Richardson said that he never felt returning such older heads to the squad was a risk.
He said: "Those lads are very experienced, they've got hundreds of games played between them. They are what you'd call reliable players, as you've seen today.
"We didn't partcularly want them to get through the full 90, especially Sam Hird, but with his knowledge and experience he got through a game like that, and thankfully we got the three points as well."
With top scorer Eoin Doyle sidelined with a hamstring injury, Gary Roberts was pushed into a more advanced attacking position just behind Armand Gnanduillet, with the fledgling partnership showing promising signs throughout the match.
Richardson said: "It's about relationships and playing together, Armand and Robbo did create a lot up there together.
"We came out after half time and they created two or three really good chances where I thought we could finish the other team off, if it had gone 3-0 or 4-0 it would have been a very good day for us.
"Credit to Gillingham, they put some good players on, they made some good changes and thet put us on the backfoot a little bit. We were conscious of that and we didn't want to be on the backfoot.
"Goals change games and our lads have come trough it today and were strong and Jimmy Ryan got us that goal, it was great technique in the end."


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Billie is the brains and organiser behind the dance troupe Hip Op-eration, a group of senior Waiheke Island residents, including several over 90 years of age, and some with walking frames, sticks and wheelchairs. Billie established the world's oldest flash mob which performed in Auckland's CBD and suburbs for a year, before evolving into a hip hop group.
2014 was a stellar year for Billie and Hip Op-eration, with their feature documentary winning three major prizes at the National Film awards. The crew also travelled to Las Vegas as a supporting act, at the World Hip Hop Championships, and to Taiwan for a similar event.
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Alberto Contador Giro Havik Limited Edition Sunglasses
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Giro has released a limited edition Alberto Contador Havik and we've got one of the pictures here.
Only 500 of these are being produced and for someone as big as Giro, that's very limited. The model is to commemorate the achievements of Alberto in the last 14 months, which are astonishing. He has won the Tour De France, Giro D'Italia and La Vuelta España, basically taking the bike world by storm and is the greatest rider in the world now.
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5 Responses to "Alberto Contador Giro Havik Limited Edition Sunglasses"
January 12, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Hey I was wondering if you know what sunglasses Brandon Flowers of the band 'The Killers' are wearing in this photo: http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/client_images/kanyewest/3164_3dea2d15db80d62635b6734ca3795dec.jpg
All I know is that they're Chanel..
If you can help out, thanks in advanced
Sunglasses Guy
January 12, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Hello DC,
I'll look into it. I don't think their Chanel though. How did you find this picture?
January 12, 2009 at 11:48 PM
Thanks! I found the photo here: http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=213244_-1__0_~0_-1_5_2008_0_0&em3161=&em3281=
Somebody just told me they were Chanel, but I was suspicious because I couldnt find this pair on the net..
Sunglasses Guy
January 13, 2009 at 3:43 AM
So far I can't find it. I think it's going to be tough. I found a picture from 2006 with him wearing the same pair, so they are definitely an old style, making them nearly impossible to find.
January 14, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Well thanks for looking anyway lol i guess we'll never know


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Obama hikes subsidy to wealthy electric car buyers
The White House intends to boost government subsidies for wealthy buyers of the Chevy Volt and other new-technology vehicles — to $10,000 per buyer.I'm surprised they're not giving them away free with each substantial contribution to the Obama campaign.
That mammoth subsidy would cost taxpayers $100 million each year if it is approved by Congress, presuming only 10,000 new-technology autos are sold each year.
The extra money for wealthy buyers will be borrowed funds, eventually paid off by future taxpayers in all income brackets.
You know how liberals are always accusing Republicans of only caring for the rich at the expense of the poor? Whatever liberals accuse others of doing, that's what they're doing. Always. -IMAO


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Some pictures of Mussia of Morocco.
Photo credit: Israel Bardugo
More Pictures of the Young Lamplighters
While touring the elephant farm, Rivkah met some tigers.
Mendy by the Yenisei river, on a nice summer day. In the book "Mendy of Siberia", you will see Mendy by the frozen river, in the winter.
After a fun bike ride, where does Moshe park his bike?
Motti leading Kuchittee, the calf, around the village.
Shaina is getting off the fairy that brings people to their work.
Look what Tamar found on Purim day!


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Last year, Scully and I witnessed the incredible pageant of comb jellies- iridescent zeppelins in the water with moving multi-colored light strings down the five longitudinal lines; these are straight out of James Cameron's The Abyss.
Today, at what I hoped was the end of 3 weeks of break-downs and cat-and-mouse games trying to figure out why the boat was marginally overheating, having been towed in 3 times and having to steam in at a dead idle a few other times, at the end of all that, the boat still wouldn't cool normally. This was very much in spite- in vindictive, deliberate, spiteful, gratuitous spite- of the fact that I just spent lots of money having the water pump rebuilt and many, many hours taking the entire cooling system apart piece by piece to try and isolate the problem.
But also today, as I scooped up a bucket of water to wash the rancid bait grease off my hands, the bucket was full of serpentine ladders of gel with a little black dot on the end of each rung. The bait was many weeks past its prime, so I needed to rinse my hands after bagging for the next string of traps.
Since my attention was riveted primarily to the temperature gauge and the radar since it was foggy, it was only because of the very large number of these creatures in the water around Two Bush Ledge that I noticed them at all. I've seen plenty of moon jellies, the big red ones and the aforementioned comb jellies, but nothing like these. They made even moon jellies look sophisticated. These critters were what I'd picture drifting in the primordial seas of early life on earth.
Back to the sorry history of recent mechanical difficulties and human aggravation and discouragement. Pretty much the day the lobsters hit for the season, I had an alternator fail. Close Enough was reassembled and the engine enclosure bolted back on confidently. I noticed the motor seemed a few degrees on the warm side steaming to Spruce Head, a little over labored after passing through some flotillas of rockweed and debris, and sort of noticed but dismissed a little dripping noise at the end of that run.
Coming back a couple of days later in marginal conditions, the temperature alarm started whining and the red light was fully ablaze just past Big Green Island. I slowed down, hoping that would allow me to limp the rest of the way. Then I shut the motor down. Lapping waves and whistling sea breeze lose all their appeal while broken down, being smacked on the head by the side-to rolling while trying to peer into dark recesses to figure out what's wrong and drifting toward unfriendly ledges.
I quickly exhausted my diagnostic expertise and decided to flag down a couple of boats working nearby in hopes of a tow a little ways toward Matinicus where one of my brothers could hopefully drag my sorry ass the rest of the way.
Since these boats were close by, I was a little surprised they hadn't responded to a dead stopped boat from out of town and a bug-eyed guy jumping up and down and waving two safety orange PFDs. I set off a smoke flare which finally brought another vessel along side. Let's just say that the introduction and greetings didn't go all that well...
Bless his obscenely high powered diesel soul, Robert came and got me back to the harbor. It was a slow and humiliating ride, punctuated only by a spectacular parting of the tow line and said line's choice to become wrapped around various underparts of my vessel. Once on the mooring, it was obvious that a coolant hose had let go. I had an inkling that the coolant hose failure was a symptom rather than the underlying illness. My sister and mother and nephew were headed out for a visit and picked me up some hose and coolant. I was able to share important lessons with my nephew, such as never, ever get a boat.
The following Monday, after having been out of commission for the better part of a couple of weeks, it was great to get out for a day and work. That winning streak was a short one.
The engine would not cool normally. It wasn't overheating to the point of damage, but it wasn't cooling off normally either. Megan and I tried the next day and came in after an aborted attempt to haul the few deep water pots I put out this year to the northward.
I recalled Capt. Griff having seaweed get stuck in an intake which put an undue strain on the rubber gear inside the water pump known as the impeller. This seemed logical in light of my recent passage through the debris field. I took off the water line and could see one of the fins on my impeller had come off entirely and gotten lodged in the outflow part of the pump.
Again there was confidence as I grabbed the relatively modest priced impeller from the marine store. Confident feelings continued right up until I test fired the motor with the new impeller and found the outflow to be bone dry. Many, many experiments followed over the following days. Priming, tearing apart the cooling system and blowing into this or that hose or fitting only to discover no resistance or apparent obstruction. The were numerous calls for a replacement gasket and consultation from Art's Marine Service.
I would occasionally remember the peapod during these times. Sweet Pea had no impeller save my arms, no hoses, pumps, rust, filters, or other technology. If I pushed on the oars, it moved.
I finally settled on having the pump rebuilt. There were another 5 days or so of delays and office work to push that chapter into the future. Today, I walked to the harbor without much confidence, but found the newly rebuilt pump was actually moving water through the system and decided to head out and haul a few to use up the wretched old bait and start paying for all my new parts.
After a period of normal operation, the motor once again would not cool down to 160 or 170 degrees where it normally sits. I decided not to ever be a pirate or cowboy or fisherman ever again. Again.
I got the boat beached just as the tide was headed out. The only remaining variable I could come up with was maybe there was something stuck in the intake vent. After taking all those pieces apart and jamming knives and a screwdriver up the works to disinvite whatever was up there, Megan shined a flashlight down from above and it was immediately clear that the water intake was unobstructed.
Now what? I have been through 2 straight weeks of everything I and all the experts could come up with for possible causes and solutions.
On a whim, I decided to check the strainer which in all previous experiments had been virtually empty. This time, though- cue the X-Files theme- it was half full of jelly blobs with little malevolent black nuclei. Hmmm.
I want to believe (that I can haul tomorrow). The truth is in there (meaning the innards of the Cummins 210B) along with some shredded jellies.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
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LOS ANGELES -- Court records show that former "Scandal" actor Columbus Short has tested positive for cocaine and marijuana use and is facing a probation violation in a felony assault case.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Leslie E. Brown received details about the failed drug tests Thursday and ordered the actor to appear at a hearing May 9 to address them. Court officials were unable to provide a copy of Short's probation report on Tuesday.
Short pleaded no contest to felony assault in September and was sentenced to three years of supervised probation, two months of community labor and anger management counseling.
He was charged after he delivered a running punch during a fight at a family gathering in March 2014. The blow knocked a man unconscious, gave him a concussion and fractured his eye socket.
The actor has completed anger management counseling, but has not yet completed the community labor terms of his sentence.
Short's attorney Ludlow B. Creary II said the actor has previously publicly addressed his drug use and no further comment on it was necessary. Short told Access Hollywood in 2014 that his cocaine use and drinking had caused many of the problems that led to his departure from "Scandal."
Creary said he hopes Short will "complete his probation, and get on with career." He added that he believed Short's legal problems are overblown.
"It's our belief that Mr. Short is going to continue to make progress," Creary said.
Short, 33, left "Scandal" after being charged in the assault case and a separate domestic-violence case involving his estranged wife.
The actor was ordered to pay the man he struck, Fenton Hyche III, more than $14,000 in restitution to cover medical bills and lost wages..
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This year, measles cases in Hanoi increased four times compared to last year with 60 cases, Mr. Cam added.
Through monitoring, outbreaks have seen in 139 communes in 29 district of Hanoi; mostly in districts Bac Tu Liem, Nam Tu Liem, Ha Dong, Hoang Mai and Dong Da.
Many of infected children are younger than 5 years old and the group of babies under one has the highest rate. Noticeably, unvaccinated children or not fully vaccinated kids will get the disease.
Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by the measles virus. The cough or sneeze of an infected person is the primary way in which measles is spread. Symptoms usually develop 10–12 days after exposure to an infected person and last 7–10 days.
An infant under 18 months will be high risk if he is not fully vaccinated, said Dr. Cam.
Following the rise of measles infection cases in Hanoi unpredictably, medical experts warned vaccination is still effective measures against the disease; accordingly, parents should take infirmaries for vaccination.


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Finding community at the Black Lives Summit
The event hosted by BSU helps black students, underrepresented on campus, connect with friendly faces
September 11, 2017
Black Student Union hosted its annual Black Lives Summit, dedicated to introducing freshmen and transfer students of color, particularly black students, to resources, peers and mentors.
The BSU executive leadership unveiled the theme for the school year, which is "Power in Numbers," and the summit's theme was "Each one, Teach one." BSU President Chijioke Emeka stressed the importance of seeking out help as needed, especially for new students on campus.
"We want you guys to know throughout the year, you have these friendly faces," she said, gesturing to the executive members of the organization standing next to her, before the 50 or so students in attendance.
Black faculty and staff from Residence Life, the Carson College, the Athletics, African American Student Center, Student Conduct, WSU Global Campus and the Academic Success and Career Center presented on their roles in their respective departments.
Stephan Jean Louis, a staff member of the Office of Student Conduct, explained the educational role the office plays in working with students. He joked with students that he hoped to see them around campus, but hopefully not in his office.
Courtney Benjamin, Graduate and Professional Student Association senator and graduate assistant in the African American Student Center, said the doors to her office and to retention counselor Donna Arnold's office are wide open any time students need help, advice or just want to talk.
For many students, this was a gathering of a handful of black role models at WSU, and an introduction to a small but tight-knit community on campus.
In the fall 2015, about 4 percent of all undergraduate students enrolled were black or African American, according to data collected by Multicultural Student Services.
About 68 percent of those students were eligible for Pell Grants, and 56 percent are first-generation students.
Students broke into workshops aimed at men, women and non-binary individuals, hosted by Black Men Making a Difference (BMMAD), Black Women's Caucus and Queer People of Color and Allies (QPOCA), respectively.
Terlona Knife, member of QPOCA and BSU secretary, facilitated a conversation about navigating intersecting sexual orientations, gender identities, racial/ethnic identities and more.
Through the workshop, they wanted to provide a space for queer, gender non-conforming or non-binary trans individuals to share their thoughts and experiences on living on the margins of already marginalized identities.
Knife shared with the group the difficulties of being a trailblazer and not having a mentor, someone to see themselves in, until the past year. Like many other students deeply involved with BSU, the relationships they forged with the community have supported them throughout their undergraduate career.
About a dozen organizations, including cultural associations, women's advocacy groups and historically black sororities and fraternities, under BSU were present at club fair for new students to get involved.
"We're going to stick up for you all and make sure nothing happens," BMMAD Vice President Orion Welch said to the audience of new students. "The world is not going to help us — we help ourselves."
Freshmen expressed concerns over the university administration's response to the former WSU College Republicans president attending the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville as well as the swastikas and bomb threats found in Stimson Hall, all within the first couple of days of the semester.
"I felt so uncomfortable," said Roda Domach, a freshman studying pre-nursing. "I felt threatened."
She was ready to transfer out of WSU, but changed her mind soon after she found peers and mentors in the AASC and BSU.
"It's my community," she said. "There are people here for me."
Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect that Terlona's last name is Knife and that Knife's preferred pronouns are they/them. They are not the president of QPOCA, but a former board member and current general member.


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With its connection to Dracula, it's iconic Abbey and rumours of local ghosts and witches, Halloween in Whitby is a must for spooky shenanigans.
'Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble'
Be afraid, be oh so afraid for Halloween is approaching! The ghosts, the ghouls, the witches, the vampires they are now awakening.
It's a wonderful night, for getting a fright, but where to celebrate the vampire's bite? I'm struggling now for rhyming prose, so I'll just get straight to what I propose, and that is you go to Whitby!
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Whitby, of course, is a gorgeous fishing town on the North Yorkshire coast with all the charms that you need to have a wonderful traditional seaside holiday.
However, as the sun sets, it is also a town of numerous ghost stories, shipwrecks, legends and home to chapters of the Dracula story! Due to these spooky attributes, Whitby is a town that people flock to from all over the world to celebrate Hallowe'en.
'I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey.'
(Rocky Horror Picture Show)
You may have noticed that there has been three different spellings of Halloween already. This is because Hallowe'en has been and still continues to be spelled three different ways fairly commonly. Why? Well, that's down to Hallo'eens strange history journey.
The name Halloween comes from a Christian festival that is held on the 1st November which is All Hallows Day, but the actual festival itself is of Celtic heritage and known as Samhain.
Samhain was celebrated on the 31st October and symbolised the end of summer and the harvest period.
It was on this night that the Celts believed the boundaries between the world of the living and the dead became open. Bonfires were lit to ward off evil spirits.
In the 8th century, the Catholic church was in the midst of trying to rid England of all other religions and festivals associated with them.
Samhain soon fell under the churches gaze and it was decided that their festival All Hallows Day would be moved to the 1st November from the 13th May. This meant that Samhain would now become All Hallows Even, even meaning eve.
By the 16th century, the name All Hallows Even had been shortened and became either Hallo'een or Hallowe'en. By the 18th century, this changed again, and the apostrophe was dropped leaving Hallowe'en as we know it today!
'It's Halloween, everyone's entitled to one good scare.'
If you choose to spend Halloween in Whitby, there is no doubt that you will find an activity that will give you a spooky thrill or two, and the following is a guide of 13 (it had to be) places to find them.
With ghosts, spooky streets, gothic festivals, paranormal nights and Dracula, Whitby really does have it all!
'Oh look, another glorious morning. Makes me sick!'
(Hocus Pocus)
If you're going to visit Whitby for Halloween, you're going to need a place to stay and wake up on those glorious mornings that may or may not also make you sick.
The best place to do this? Why Bats and Broomsticks guest house of course!
Bats and Broomsticks is the only guest house in Whitby that is completely decorated and dedicated to the gothic and Victorian.
It has been specifically designed to cater to the vast number of goths and Dracula fans that visit Whitby every year.
There are three rooms available to stay in at Bats and Broomsticks; the lunar room, the Dracula room, and the green man room.
Each of these rooms has a four poster bed and a TV with DVD player and a choice of a vast collection of films.
Breakfast is served in a candlelit dining room for those vamps out there that don't like the light!
'I'm a homicidal maniac, they look just like everyone else.'
(The Addams Family)
To take part in any Halloween activity in Whitby, you are going to need a fantastic costume to dress up in.
Fancy dress is a huge part of the experience you will have during Halloween in Whitby and believe me when I say anything goes!
Witches, wizards, vampires, pirates, freak circus, steam punk, gothic Victorian, Edwardian, Georgian; the list is endless and you will see them all and find them all for hire in the town.
However, Halloween is a busy time of year for costume hire shops and by the time you arrive there, you may find all the best ones gone. You can avoid this by hiring costumes before you go.
Molly Limpets is a bespoke theatrical and fancy dress costume maker based in Sheffield but offering a courier service all across the UK and Ireland.
With over 30,000 choices and both a Halloween and Whitby collection they really are the Narnia of fancy dress.
'The moon has awoken with the sleep of the sun, the light has been broken; the spell has begun.'
(Midgard Morningstar)
For several days over Halloween the moon is not the only illumination that falls onto Whitby Abbey where Dracula arrived through the waters below.
There is also a dramatic light set up that bathes the Abbey in vivid colour and makes its gothic looks even more dramatic. This event is known as the Illuminated Abbey.
Suitable for all ages this event also includes costumed characters walking around and telling tales of grave robbing and witch trials.
There is also a live performance of the story Dracula in which Bram Stoker took inspiration from Whitby and its Abbey and wrote his haunting tale.
The story of Dracula, as I'm sure you already know, tells the tale of a vampire, Count Dracula, who falls in love with a visitor to his Transylvanian castle, Jonathan Harker's, girlfriend.
He travels to Whitby to woo her on the Russian ship the Demeter which crashes spectacularly into the rocks beneath Whitby Abbey.
Every member of the crew aboard that ship, except for the Captain, is dead and the only live passenger to disembark alive is a large black dog with red eyes which runs up the 199 Steps and into the blackness of St Mary's Churchyard.
Of course, this is the Count himself!
'Listen to them – the children of the night. What music they make.'
(Dracula, Bram Stoker)
On the last weekend of October, there is an annual gathering of music-loving goths that descend on Whitby and take part in its bi-annual Whitby Goth Weekends.
Started in 1994 by a group of just 40 pen pals who had met through the music magazine NME, this annual gathering is now attended by people from all over the world.
It has also evolved into a festival for anyone and everyone and celebrates all alternative lifestyles.
Over the weekend there are dances, boat trips, picnics, plenty of live music and a market called the Bizarre Bazaar.
Here you will find all manner of stalls selling all manner of things including insect jewellery, rock boots, burlesque and alternative clothing, artwork, and horror art dolls.
For those attending and not attending the festivities of the weekend, it is also a chance to see some of the best fancy dress and costumes that you will ever see.
From steam punk and gothic to fine Victorian dresses, you will see it all!
'Something wicked this way comes…'
(William Shakespeare)
…….And it is the Halloween Train!
Running for the five days up to and including the 31st October the Halloween train is a spooky activity for all the family to enjoy.
It runs from Pickering, just 30 minutes from Whitby and all its Halloween fun to Lewisham and back. It is a non-stop journey with plenty of tricks and treats.
Whilst on the train you will meet Wendy the witch, Vinnie the vegan vampire and the spooky magician who will not only regale you with ghost stories and frightful tales but also entertain you with magic and sing-a-longs.
A packed lunch is also provided for children and adults alike, but sorry grown-ups only the kids get the special gift from the pirate captain for taking this scary ride!
'During the day I don't believe in ghosts. At night, I'm a little more open-minded.'
For a special Halloween in Whitby experience we have to give mention to Rose Ryland, The Whitby Storyteller. Join Rose for private ghost tours around St Mary's church graveyard and the old parts of East Whitby.
There's also a Halloween Ghost Walk in Robin Hood's Bay.
And for those seeking an exclusive Halloween themed evening, there are now tickets on sale at the White Horse and Griffin for ghost stories with dinner in November.
During the day it is hard to believe that Whitby is anything other than a beautiful picturesque seaside town. However, at night that all changes especially if you dare to take the Whitby Ghost Walk!
Led and hosted by Dr. Crank the Whitby Ghost Walk is a 75-minute ghostly experience that informs you of all the murder, mystery and suspense within the town of Whitby.
It includes such delights as the Dutchman's house, a headless horseman, barghest hound, haunted lighthouse, Dracula's bench and the hand of glory.
So as not to spoil the surprises and spooky tales that you will hear when taking this tour I won't go into too much detail other than to say I found the burning girl, the screaming tunnel and the grey lady the scariest and most macabre tales of all!
'I put a spell on you because you're mine.'
(Jay Hawkins)
There is no doubt that the youngsters in the family will be spellbound by this fantastic fun for all the family show; Magic Mikes Halloween Special!
It is to be hoped, however, that he doesn't put a spell on you all and turn you into frogs! 😉
For over twenty years Magic Mike has been entertaining children and adults alike with his funtastic shows that are full of tricks and illusions.
He does this with the help of his loyal friends and puppets, Chuck, Carlos, and Oscar the parrot.
I really can't think of a better way to enjoy Halloween with the kids than by attending this magic show and letting your hair down.
Fancy dress is highly encouraged, and that goes for the adults as well!
'Sometimes the world of the living gets mixed up with the world of the dead.'
(The Others)
Halloween is believed to be one of the times that it is easiest to reach across the breach and communicate with the world beyond.
This makes Halloween the perfect night to grab some candles and blankets and head to the beach to hold a seance!
The art of holding a seance dates back centuries but it wasn't until the Victorian period that they really gained in popularity.
Every household, every parlour and every section of society became obsessed with holding seances in this time.
Parties were held in parlours which employed a visiting medium and every friend and acquaintance was invited to attend.
In early seances, contact was made by the spirit world with a series of raps and knocks in reply to the mediums call for communication.
Later, however, bigger thrills were sought and table tipping, levitation, and even spirit visualisation emerged. These no doubt were faked in the main although who is really to say?
Many people today still believe in the paranormal and that contact can indeed be made with the spirit world.
What better way to discover if this is true than to head down to one of Whitby's beaches and call out to the town's dead?
'Sticky fingers, tired feet; one last house "trick or treat".'
No Halloween list of things to do would be complete without mentioning going to trick or treat! It is the very thing that fantastic Halloweens are made of and should absolutely be encouraged.
However, I am pretty sure that you don't need me to tell you how to trick or treat or where to go, so instead, I'll share some trick or treat knowledge!
Dressing up as witches, goblins, vampires, and demons does not actually come from the festival of Samhain or All Hallows Even, it actually stems from the end of year celebrations held by the Celts.
Again, as with Samhain, they believed that it was a time when the world of the living and the dead overlapped and they feared evil spirits.
To avoid these, they dressed up as demons themselves in the hope that if they came across a real one they would be fooled into thinking they were one and the same.
Fast forward to the Catholics and their shifting of All Hallows Day to November and people began all All Hallows Even not only to dress up as demons but also as angels and saints.
They then went 'guising' which comes from the word disguising to beg for food or money. Both poor children and adults took part in this practice and all dressed up.
After this period not much was heard of 'guising' until the 1920s when it seems to have become popular again. By 1927, however, it was being referred to as the name we know now of trick or treat.
'Being normal is vastly overrated.'
There is no better time in Whitby to not be 'normal' than when the Tomorrows Ghosts Gothic Festival is on over Halloween.
All people from all walks of life flock to Whitby for this and can be seen in all manner of costume.
Truthfully, if you turn up in your normal clothing, you're going to be the one that looks the odd one out!
This celebration of everything gothic, not unlike the Whitby Goth Weekend, is a jam-packed event full of music, film, art and the spoken word.
They also have their own bazaar known as the Dark Days Alternative Market.
Taking full advantage of the host venue, the Whitby Pavilion on the East Cliff, the Tomorrows Ghosts Gothic festival presents not only up and coming gothic bands but also classic horror films in its cinema.
Titles you can expect to see include cult movies like The Lost Boys, The Wickerman, Fright Night, Twins Of Evil and Borley Refectory.
'If a black cat crosses your path, it means it's going somewhere.'
It may even be going to the same place as you which is on a Hallo'een pub crawl around the East side of Whitby.
After all, not everyone wants to do really Halloweeny types of things, but no doubt you will want to see all the sights and spectacles of those all dressed up who are! To do this, a pub crawl is ideal.
The East side of Whitby pub crawl runs along the East side of the river Esk in the heart of Whitby town.
It both starts and finishes at the East side of the swing bridge where you will find The Dolphin which is popular for its outside seating and views overlooking the river.
Continuing from the Dolphin you will find The Green dragon, The Fleece and The Middle Earth Tavern before you turn back on yourselves and return towards the swing bridge.
This time, however, you are going to walk on the opposite side of the road where you will find The Endeavour, The White Horse and Griffin, Black Horse, Board Inn and Duke Of York.
Turning off Church Street now you are going to go down a steep alley where you will find the Whitby Friendship Rowing Club.
This pub has a marvellous view across the harbour and is accessed down a small flight of stairs. Continuing down that same road you will also find the Abbey Wharf before returning to your starting point of The Dolphin.
Click here to view our Whitby Pubs guide
'I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.'
The Dracula Walk is a 4.5-mile circular walk that will take you passed all the landmarks and 'walks by the sea' that Bram Stoker's novel Dracula mentions.
It follows sections of the cliff top path before looping back inland on quiet rural lanes that lead back into the town.
Starting at the Abbey you will walk the cliff top path where the Demeter would have been visible from as it headed for the shore.
The Whitby skyline which Stoker loved and mentioned often in his novel is breathtaking from up here.
Further on you can take a seat on the Dracula memorial bench which was erected in 1980 to commemorate Bram Stoker.
It was from this spot that Mina saw Lucy in the churchyard on the opposite cliff. You will also visit the street on which Lucy's house stood; East Crescent.
Finally, you will climb the 199 Steps to the Churchyard of St Mary following the footsteps or should I say Paw steps of Dracula himself in the shape of the red-eyed hound!
On reaching St Mary's Churchyard you will be able to see Tate Hill Pier which is where the Demeter came to rest.
'Just because I cannot see it, doesn't mean I can't believe it.'
(Nightmare Before Christmas)
Last on our list, unlucky 13, unless you were born on Friday the 13th and then, of course, it's lucky, is a visit to The Dracula Experience on one of their paranormal nights.
These are usually held on the first Saturday of every month but at Halloween, it is the Saturday closest to or on the 31st October.
Whilst they are held at the Dracula Experience situated on Marine Parade, the paranormal nights have nothing to do with the Dracula story itself.
They are all about the building it is situated in and its rich and long history.
Dating back hundreds of years 9 Marine Parade was originally a Captain's reading room that's title deeds showed Sir Isaac Newton to be one of its original owners.
There are no stories of an Isaac Newton ghost to my knowledge, however. There are though reports of strange events, recordings of orbs, and several visions of a girl with ringlets playing there.
During research carried out it was discovered that indeed a young girl had died there in the 1800s of tuberculosis!
Run in partnership with TVs Most Haunted the paranormal nights at The Dracula Experience are performed with high tech equipment, mediums, seances, and other investigations.
There is always a high level of activity recorded making them a must for any Halloween celebrator who wants to be chilled and thrilled!


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MSWCC Field Rep. Lance Middleton, (back, center of tunnel) presents the Soil Tunnel to youth attending the Summer Reading Program at Bay Springs Municipal Library.
The Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission Soil Tunnel, a 16-feet x 16-feet x 10-feet high inflatable
educational aid, can be reserved through Mississippi Soil and Water
Conservation Commission and set up on-site by MSWCC personnel.
Visitors to the Soil
Tunnel have the opportunity to:
* View the world under
the top soil by walking inside of the tunnel;
* See where organisms
such as bacteria and fungi thrive;
* Visit the homes of
earth-dwelling creatures such as worms and moles.
V Visual images on the outside of the tunnel
* Functions of Soil;
* Urban Soil Profile
* Agriculture Soil
* Forest Soil Profile;
* Wetlands Soil Profile,
* Storm Water Pollution
and Prevention.
explained include: soil layers, drainage and function; storm water pollution
prevention; the impact of land use on soil, soil organisms and
To schedule the soil tunnel to visit
your local Soil and Water Conservation District, please call MSWCC Education Coordinator Chelsey Gazaway at 662-647-8857, ext. 103.


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For the past eighteen years, this signature event brings our community together to share food, drink and laughter in the company of great entertainers – and for a great cause – to help prevent and end youth homelessness. We hope you'll join us and more than 500 people dedicated to our mission on Wednesday, October 16th for a memorable evening with Wayne Brady.
Six-time Emmy award-winning and Grammy nominated actor, singer, dancer, improviser, songwriter and television personality Wayne Brady continues to bring powerful performances to the screen and stage. Brady can currently be seen as the host of CBS's "Let's Make A Deal" and his work as a regular on the improvisational comedy television series, "Whose Line Is It Anyway?," both the original ABC and the current CW version, has become synonymous with off-the-cuff brilliance.
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Donald Trump Jr.: My Dad is a Pig Just Like You!by Sarah Taylor at . Updated at .
Donald Trump Jr. is as big a pig as his father ... and he's apparently not afraid to let you know it.
Trump Jr. recently defended his father's comments on women's bodies, and boy, was it terrible.
In a radio interview with KIRO's Dori Monson show, Trump Jr. defended his father's disgusting "locker room" talk, essentially saying that every man is a pig.
"Obviously [my father] is not happy about [the comments coming to light], but I think we probably all know guys who have had conversations with other guys that go a little bit in that direction," he said.
Except no, most men don't talk about sexually assaulting other women and forcing them to do things they don't want to do.
That's called "deviance."
"I think he's able to related to ordinary Americans, because in many cases, he is still very much like that," Trump Jr. continued.
"He does do that."
"He hasn't spent his whole life sitting there, polishing every statement he's ever made; every conversation he's ever had," he explained.
"[Trump] doesn't run a focus group so he can tell you what he's thinking," he continued, apparently taking a jab at Hillary Clinton.
"He speaks from the heart [Edit: From the wang. Donald Trump speaks from the wang]."
"He realizes [that he made a mistake] because he hasn't spent his whole life just trying to be a politician," he boasted.
He continued, blasting the "rigged" election.
"My father has had a life of 40 years in the public eye, and all of a sudden, 20 days against, probably the most corrupt politician in the history of American politics, all of a sudden, all these magical things appeared."
He's talking about Hillary there, in case you thought, perhaps, he was talking about his own father.
"Give me a break," he scoffed.
"That stuff wasn't going to come out when he was doing The Apprentice, and he was on TV on one of the number one shows in the country every week."
"It just shows you how rigged this system is and how disgusting it is," Trump Jr. lamented.
Right, Trumpsy.
So, let's recap: according to Trump Jr., all men are disgusting, sexually-harassing pigs with no concept of boundaries or respect for women.
That's all pretty cut and dry.
Also, we heard a lot of "rigged rigged rigged" among the blah blah blah, so there's that.
But the thing is, not every man is a pig like Donald Trump.
Or apparently, his son.
And further, if that is the truth that Trump's locker room talk is a "fact of life," then how about this: let's change the damn conversation.
Because nobody should be objectified by anybody ... and especially not someone in "power."
That's exploitation in addition to objectivity, and there's no room for the commander in chief to possess any of those disgusting traits.
Get on the bus, Gus.


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Sixteen right-wing activists of a controversial anti-assimilation group were detained in Jerusalem Thursday after holding a march attempting to reach the Temple Mount.
Marking Israel's Independence Day, dozens of activists marched from the capital's central Zion Square toward the Temple Mount, a flashpoint site revered as the holiest place in Judaism but sacred to Muslims as well.
Protesters waved signs demanding Jewish sovereignty over the site, which is administrated by the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf endowment, and where Jewish prayer is prohibited.
Police officials informed the protesters that the procession was unauthorized, and demanded their immediate dispersal.
After ignoring the police instructions, 16 of them — including minors — were detained for questioning.
Among those held was Bentzi Gopshtain, leader of the nationalist, anti-assimilation organization Lehava
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Take A Look At Markethive
It would seem that the world and Markethive continues to move forward. The blockchain and cryptocurrency are, the coming tidal wave. How will you survive, are you onboard? Take a look at Markethive.
The profits and losses that resulted from cryptocurrency speculation in 2017 and 2018 was all made possible by the blockchain. Thank you very much. Much of the uncertainty, not all but, a good amount is settling and poised to mature into a stable and dependable platform for just about "anything". This ladies and gentlemen is very exciting. Blockchain 3.0 will change lives. So, get ready now because 4.0 is just around the corner.
Markethive, is in the right place. It's headquarters are located in Wyoming, USA. The State of Wyoming has stepped forward and, is greatly encouraging the growth of the blockchain.
(Lawmakers Signed Four New Blockchain Bills In Wyoming, Steaming Ahead As The Most Blockchain-Friendly State In The USA )
Don't Misinterpret Signals From The Big Boys
Jamie Dimon CEO of JPMorgan Chase, who has , in the not so distant past, spoke disparagingly of cryptocurrency. Then, in February 2019, Mr. Dimon announced the JPMC. Yes, you got it, the JPMorgan coin on the blockchain, where else. This is big.
So, Bitcoin or any other crypto currency other than JPMorgan Chase are unacceptable. Is this one of those cases where the public is discouraged from getting involved in the blockchain until the big-boys JPMorgan and others are ready to offer their own? Well, don't worry, it's ok because Markethive provides an ecosystem for the investor, marketer and, networker. It provides you communications and control of your personal, social and marketing environment as you build, grow and, profit from the blockchain.
We are now talking about, how do you position yourself to benefit from those inevitable changes? The blockchain is the foundational and creative system that allows for an unlimited number of applications for processing and storing data. Cryptocurrency/Bitcoin is just one, the first application.
Market volatility of cryptocurrency is an important issue to consider but, not the only one. If volatility of cryptocurrency is the sole determining factor for not investing your time or money in the blockchain, then it is possible to miss out on the greatest marketing, and financial opportunity since the start of the internet.
Times Change and Technology Changes in Time
(The above image: From futurethinkers.org)
What is The Blockchain?
The blockchain is a distributed ledger technology that underlies cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and platforms like Ethereum. It provides a way to record and transfer data that is transparent, safe, auditable, and resistant to outages. This technology has the ability to make the organizations that use it transparent, democratic, decentralized, efficient, and secure. It will likely to disrupt many industries in the coming 5 to 10 years. These are some of the industries it's already disrupting.
1. Banking and Payments
Some say that the blockchain will do to banking what the internet did to media. It can be used to give access to financial services to billions of people around the world, including those in third world countries who don't have access to traditional banking. Bitcoin allows anyone to send money across borders almost instantly and with relatively low fees. Abra is one startup that is working on a bitcoin-based remittance service.
Many banks like Barclays are also working on adopting blockchain technology to make their business operations faster, more efficient and secure. Banks are also increasingly investing in blockchain startups and projects. IBM predicts that 15% of banks will be using the blockchain by the end of 2017.
2. Cyber Security
Although the blockchain ledger is public, the data is verified and encrypted using advanced cryptography. This way the data is less prone to being hacked or changed without authorization.
That said, the applications build on the blockchain are still young and there have been several hacks in recent months. This is something future applications will need to grow up to.
3. Supply Chain Management
With blockchain technology, transactions can be documented in a permanent decentralized record, and monitored securely and transparently. This can greatly reduce time delays and human mistakes. It can also be used to monitor costs, labour, and even waste and emissions at every point of the supply chain. This has serious implications for understanding and controlling the real environmental impact of products. The distributed ledger can also be used to verify the authenticity or fair trade status of products by tracking them from their origin. Some blockchain companies working in this sector are Provenance, Fluent, SKUChain, and Blockverify.
4. Forecasting
The blockchain is set to change the entire approach to research, consulting, analysis and forecasting. Online platforms like Augur are looking to create global decentralized prediction markets. These technologies can be used to place and monitor bets on anything from sports to stocks to elections in a decentralized way.
5. Networking and the Internet of Things
Samsung and IBM are using blockchain technology for a new concept called ADEPT, which will create a decentralized network of IoT devices. Operating like a public ledger for a large number of devices, it would eliminate the need for a central location to handle communications between them. The devices would be able to communicate to each other directly to update software, manage bugs, and monitor energy usage.
6. Insurance
The global insurance market is based on trust management. The blockchain is a new way of managing trust and can be used to verify many types of data in insurance contracts, such as the insured person's identity. So-called oracles can be used to integrate real-world data with blockchain smart contracts. This technology is very useful for any type of insurance that relies on real-world data, for example crop insurance. Aeternity is one blockchain project that is building tools that are useful in the insurance industry.
7. Private Transport and Ride Sharing
The blockchain can be used to create decentralized versions of peer-to-peer ridesharing apps, allowing both car owners and users to arrange terms and conditions in a secure way without third party providers. Startups working in this area include Arcade City and La'Zooz.
The use of built-in e-wallets can allow car owners to automatically pay for parking, highway tolls, and electricity top-ups for their vehicle. UBS, ZF and Innogy are some of the companies developing blockchain based e-wallets.
8. Cloud Storage
Data on a centralized server is inherently vulnerable to hacking, data loss, or human error. Using blockchain technology allows cloud storage to be more secure and robust against attacks. Storj is one example of a cloud storage network using the technology.
9. Charity
Common complaints in the charity space include inefficiency and corruption, which prevent money from reaching those that are meant to have it. Using blockchain technology to track donations can let you be sure your money is going to end up in the right hands. Bitcoin-based charities like the BitGive Foundation use blockchain's secure and transparent distributed ledger to let donors see that the intended party has received the funds.
10. Voting
Probably one of the most important areas of society that the blockchain will disrupt is voting. The 2016 US election is not the first time certain parties were accused of rigging election results. Blockchain technology can be used for voter registration and identity verification, and electronic vote counting to ensure that only legitimate votes are counted, and no votes are changed or removed. Creating an immutable, publicly-viewable ledger of recorded votes would be a massive step toward making elections more fair and democratic. Democracy Earth and Follow My Vote are two startups aiming to disrupt democracy itself through creating blockchain-based online voting systems for governments.
11. Government
Government systems are often slow, opaque, and prone to corruption. Implementing blockchain-based systems can significantly reduce bureaucracy and increase security, efficiency, and transparency of government operations. Dubai, for example, is aiming to put all its government documents on the blockchain by 2020.
12. Public Benefits
The public benefits system is another sector that suffers from slowness and bureaucracy. Blockchain technology can help assess, verify, and distribute welfare or unemployment benefits in a much more streamlined and secure way. GovCoin is a UK-based company that is helping the government to distribute public benefits using blockchain technology. The blockchain is also a good contender for implementing a basic income. Circles is a project working on developing a blockchain-based technology for implementing a universal basic income.
13. Healthcare
Another industry that relies on many legacy systems and is ripe for disruption is healthcare. One of the challenges hospitals face is the lack of a secure platform to store and share data, and they are often victims of hacking because of outdated infrastructure. Blockchain technology can allow hospitals to safely store data like medical records and share it with authorized professionals or patients. This can improve data security and can even help with accuracy and speed of diagnosis. Gem and Tierion are two companies that are working on disrupting the current healthcare data space.
14. Energy Management
Energy management has been a highly centralized industry for a long time. Energy producers and users cannot buy it directly from each other and have to go through the public grid or a trusted private intermediary. TransactiveGrid is a startup using Ethereum that allows customers to buy and sell energy from each other in a peer-to-peer way.
15. Online Music
Several startups are coming up with ways for musicians to get paid directly from their fans, without giving up large percentages of sales to platforms or record companies. Smart contracts can also be used to automatically solve licensing issues, and better catalog songs with their respective creators. Mycelia and Ujo Music are two startups creating blockchain-based solutions in the music industry.
16. Retail
When you shop, your trust of the retail system is tied to the trust of the store or marketplace. Decentralized blockchain-based retail utilities work differently: they connect buyers and sellers without a middleman and associated fees. In these cases, trust comes from smart contract systems, the security of exchanges, and built-in reputation management systems. One startup disrupting the retail space is OpenBazaar.
17. Real Estate
Some of the issues in buying and selling real estate are bureaucracy, lack of transparency, fraud, and mistakes in public records. Using blockchain technology can speed up transactions by reducing the need for paper-based record keeping. It can also help with tracking, verifying ownership, ensuring accuracy of documents, and transferring property deeds. Ubitquity, is a blockchain-secured platform for real estate record-keeping that is an alternative for legacy paper based systems.
18. Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding has become a popular method of fundraising for new startups and projects in recent years. Crowdfunding platforms exist to create trust between project creators and supporters, but they also charge high fees. In blockchain-based crowdfunding, trust is instead created through smart contracts and online reputation systems, which removes the need for a middle-man. New projects can raise funds by releasing their own tokens that represent value and can later be exchanged for products, services, or cash. Many blockchain startups have now raised millions of dollars through such token sales. Although it's still early days and the regulatory future or blockchain-based crowdfunding is uncertain, it's an area that holds a lot of promise.
19. Your Industry
If your industry deals with data or transactions of any kind, it is a field than can likely be disrupted by blockchain technology. The space is wide open and the opportunities are many.
( The above list, from an article on freethinkers.org )
Now For Today's Work At Home Investor
In order to get the greatest benefit or profit from the blockchain it is important to learn what the business has to offer. Does it have the system, tools or products and does it have a community, the right technology and liquidity, that will make it work for it's owners, members, or clients. Is it highly likely that it can deliver what it promises.
"… I look to the business, to determine whether I made a good investment…. when only looking at the price of something, you are not investing…" paraphrasing, Warren Buffett.
When it comes to the blockchain and cryptocurrency, I can agree with Warren Buffett regarding the crypto environment. It is the business on the blockchain that an investor must evaluate, not just the digital coin.
Focus On The Business
It is not that the blockchain will change the world, the fact is, the world is already changing because of the blockchain. Then, it would follow that, if so, how long will it take before the blockchain become the standard for recording contracts and logistics, medical record filing and retrieval, registering land and many other forms of physical property, intellectual and digital assests?
What Follows Is The Uniqueness of Markethive
Markethive did not just arrive on the social, marketing and advertising scene. It's history is long and always moving forward with a primary focus of providing it's members, investors, customers and clients with 20 plus years of experience and success. Markethive is where your privacy and security is foundational and yours to control. There is no debate or maybe regarding this important factor.
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In fact, when the crash first happened, in September 2008, the head of the Federal Reserve was a man by the name of Frank Paulson, who also used to be the CEO of Goldman Sachs – a firm long known for its revolving door between top firm officials and top government posts. At the same time, Tim Geithner was head of The New York Federal Reserve.
To further add to this mix, Goldman Sachs not only was the largest campaign donor of any Wall Street firm to Obama's campaign (a fact he never revealed before voting for the fiscal bailout of the banks, which is a blatant conflict of interest), but Goldman Sachs, of all the banks, was the only Wall Street Firm who escaped unscathed from the crisis – receiving 100% recoupment of their losses.
Later details would reveal not only why (fraud on the part of Goldman Sachs in betting the market would fail, leading to current considerations on the part of the American, British and German Government's to now sue the firm for literally fraud), but also that Mr. Geithner told AIG, the insurer the government also bailed out, to deliberately withhold key details from the public about overpayments the Fed made to all of the Wall Street banks, most notably Goldman Sachs.
The fact that the American government however, is considering a lawsuit of fraud against the firm is a particularly cynical piece of theatre when one examines several key points. The first is that the revolving door hasn't stopped; it's just operating under the radar in the administration. Top financial executives, from particularly Goldman Sachs, now occupy top positions at Treasury and throughout the administration. This isn't a new trend. It's one that has been going on since the rise of the Wall Street banks.
There's always been a strong and ongoing revolving door between the top echelons of financial management and government economic advisors and officials. And then of course there's Congress and top Agency Officials to consider too. As this humorous video segment illustrates extremely well, clearly, albeit humorously, (Stewart, 2010) the incestuous nature of the relationships between Congress and Wall Street too (from receiving campaign donations to the revolving door to the next gig when the stint as an elected official is over) often makes real reform hard.
And is another factor contributing to white collar crime, not to mention a culture within both the industry itself and the government that is supposed to regulate it, that encourages such behavior and abuse. Added to this is the unbelievably slow pace of any kind of financial reform of the banks themselves, including still any debate in Congress on whether or not to regulate derivatives, not to mention the fact that the banks don't even seem to fear Washington, let alone Mr.
Obama, to the point that the CEO's of the big TARP recipients on Wall Street, didn't bother to show up in DC to attend a mandatory speech by the President due to "weather" in late April 2010. The chart below shows not only the key players in the meltdown and where they came from, stretching in Greenspan's case all the way back to Reagan, but most of the key players were actually in government during the Clinton Administration, took advantage of their connections to do a very profitable stint on Wall Street, and are now back, like the revenge of Frankenstein. Does anyone really believe that reform can happen in this kind of scenario?
To quote the much cliched but certainly applicable saw in this case, it's like allowing the proverbial fox to guard the henhouse. It was enabled by the revolving door between the political elite and corporate America, in particular Wall Street, that has always existed, was rampant at certain times in our nation's history (as in the Roaring Twenties for example, but also at other times of massive expansion and growth in the economy) but has grown increasingly fluid, as wealth, power, and corporations themselves, from Wall Street to other kinds of verticals have also increased in size, over the past thirty years.
And a massive transfer of wealth from the middle class to an ever smaller elite, creating today, the largest disparity between rich and poor since the beginning of the last century. Figure 7: Income Disparity in the U. S. That too, however, is not accidental. And part of a deliberate political strategy that is driven today by the same motivations as it was a century ago. Namely Imperialism.
Access to large amounts of capital for America's largest multinational corporations and allowing the growth of financial powerhouses on Wall Street to create such access, has become a way to cement America's hold on global dominance. And has been since America first had a Navy. It was certainly the strategy of North America as it ventured into the Southern Hemisphere, with varying degrees of success, particularly during the Cold War.
And certainly since the fall of Communism, this has been a critical part of America's foreign policy strategy of global domination. A policy that has led to increased "privatizations" in countries and regions that never would have tried it. That said there has been a retrenchment from such a straightforward march since the crash, although the UK is apparently still looking to privatize both water and utility rights (a disaster if there ever was one, and again, a perfect place for corporate white collar criminals to flourish, just as they did in the U. S. A. )
Both Enron (which blackmailed the state of California over outrageously raising utility rates) and now Pom Wonderful (who is going to court to protect it's backdoor privatization of public water rights in the most important publically held reservoir in water starved Los Angeles) should at least shine a flashing red light to STOP, to the British Government. Particularly with Goldman Sachs announcing that "water is the next oil," and both utilities and water rights apparently selling at a discount because credit is so hard to come by.