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[COMPLETE] We Will Stand Tall [Smoke]
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It had amused her to have been suggested as an option for Captain, and pleased her that Mirage had remembered the conditions around her departure from the Foothills and her joining on the Qian and the Edge. Pleased her enough that she had accepted the suggestion that she instead help test those who were truly interested in advancing amongst the warriors.
So it was that she had been chosen to test the one known as Destrier first, and even now went to meet him for his battle. She only vaguely recollected having glimpsed the dark stallion, remembering that first glimpse mostly for the start it had given her, thinking that Indy was here amongst the trees of the Edge. There was certainly a similarity between the two stallions in appearances, but a moment of watching had set aside that thought. He'd moved differently, with a warrior's grace and quiet danger.
Stepping from the trees and into the clearing, she saw the stallion already present, and smiled to herself. She had to admit that she was eager for a spar, for some action instead of wandering around the forest, waiting for someone injured to cross her path or a stranger to be found. It was with enthusiasm that she crossed toward the center of the clearing, pausing several feet shy of her opponent. Her head bent in return of his silent greeting, dark eyes watchful as she lifted her head again to await his first move.
As she expected, he attacked first. An ear twitched for the irony of predictable stallions. He was bigger, heavier, and so leapt straight for her. She shifted her weight back on her haunches as his powerful strides brought him closer, path meant to sweep next to her. Ah, at least he was original enough to not try to barrel into her immediately! But she had no inclination to give him half a chance to think to know what to expect.
Instead of dancing aside, she lunged forward in an explosive burst, snapping at his near side even as he did the same. Their combined momentum, in opposite directions, did not give his teeth time to find purchase on her hide, and they glanced off. She didn't expect to have any better success with her own bite, but the tilt of her head as she bit at him gave her a glimpse of his slightly curving trajectory, and she smiled to see that he'd expected her to move aside.
Another stride was taken as they swept past each other like jouster's steeds, and then she slammed on the breaks. Her hooves slid on the flat ground a little, much better than getting caught in a gopher hole or on a tree root, and then she spun around. A dragon's cry resounded above the clearing, wide wings casting a shadow that circled in silent threat as Zaffre finally showed up. Amused exasperation shot from the mare to the dragon, responded to with merriment. It was a heartbeat's exchange, and then the grulla leapt after Destrier, cheerfully heedless of his superior size and weight. She knew she was more agile, built for sudden turns and bursts of speed, and she surged forward with a surge of satisfied confidence. She meant to run into him, drive her left shoulder into his right, teeth prepared to snap at his neck. Absently she wondered if he would turn and face her, or try to push back. Or perhaps something different? Would this become a battle of wits or would she be more than he was expecting? She doubted the last, for only a fool would fail to notice her battle scars when initiating a fight. She'd noticed his.
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Leaps forward and past Destrier as he closes the last distance, biting at his side. His bite glances off due to their mutual speed. Stops and turns around, then goes after him with the intention of slamming her left shoulder into his right shoulder, and bites at his neck. ))
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As expected, her teeth merely glanced off his side, catching only slicked down hair and only for a moment. An appropriate enough opening sally, two opponents making passing attacks while getting a sense for the other. But it was pleasantly surprising to discover that he'd wheeled about as well, just as eager to meet and clash again.
It was her turn to leap forward, and he in turn responded with the unusual. He was quick, turning about to present his hindquarters. Suitable response, but not fast enough to meet her agility. With only a few strides to spare, made more as she shortened them, she veered to her right as his head went down and his heels lashed out. His right hind clipped her left shoulder, scraping away skin and hair and raising a line of pain and blood in its wake. The first she dismissed for now as a small distraction to be tended after, too small to hinder her movements. The latter stained her slate shoulder black beneath the open sore.
Even as her mind registered the sting of pain and dismissed it, she drew upon her magic. Blue skies, green trees, and brown dirt all disappeared from sight as a cloud of smoke arose from naught but empty air to surround them. Their bodies were obscured from each other's views, but she knew exactly where he was.
Halting beside Destrier's right side she twisted and reared, lashing out at his barrel and shoulder with her front hooves. It was a short gesture, just quick and high enough that her hooves should hit their mark and not pass over his back. So it was she was quick to drop down again, teeth snapping at where she expected his topline would be even as she pushed off from her hind hooves. It was a technique she'd used quite successfully on Paladin, to obscure her opponent's vision and come in quick and hard with rapid attacks, all with the hope that she'd be too quick for them to move away.
As her hooves touched ground, without regard to whether or not her teeth met any purchase on neck or withers or back, she sprung forward with a quick, short buck at Destrier's hindquarters before surging away from the already dissipating cloud of her namesake. A few short strides, and she wheeled again to see what he would do next. A grin crossed her features, matching her high spirits. It had been a while since she'd had a good match, and this was the first in a long while that she could say she was honestly enjoying. It was nice to be pitted against one who was not aware of her reputation. Who would truly expect a healer, no matter how scarred, to be a seasoned warrior? Especially one who'd so recently been nursing her latest foal? It was, quite honestly, exhilarating.
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Slows and veers to right as Destrier brings his hindquarters around, is clipped on left shoulder and receives minor scrape which she then ignores. Summons a cloud of smoke as she stops and rears to kick at his barrel and shoulder, aims a bite at his topline as she drops back down. Jumps forward a step and bucks at his hindquarters before racing out of the cloud of smoke to turn and watch him. ))
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Lips curved in a smirk as the sound of coughing filled her ears. The smoke burned her own lungs, but it was her smoke, earned quite literately by fire all those years ago, and she was quite accustomed to its effects. So she didn't cough, and barely needed to squint against the pervasiveness of the tendrils that wreathed their bodies.
Her hooves beat against his flesh, once, twice, and she sensed his swerve away from the shifting of the air and the movement of the smoke upon it. But she was already dropping, teeth meeting nothing but air as her forehooves touched the ground and pulled her body forward. His haunches surged against hers even as she moved away, the back of his legs shoving against her left hind. It threw off her stride, having that leg pushed into her and up, straining muscles that protested sharply at the unusual movement. Her white-edged ears swept back sharply in irritation, knowing how very close she'd come to pulling a muscle and putting herself at a disadvantage. But it was tremendously satisfying to feel her hoof make contact, however brief, upon the stallion's side.
Moments later they stood across from one another, the air clearing around Destrier with only a few lurking tendrils of smoke to show for the flurry of movement it had previously hidden. Wary, distrustful, she watched him as his features became concentrated. And then the air began to heat, rapidly rising from the comfortable temperatures of the Edge and reaching, perhaps surpassing, the dry heat of the Throat. Surprised, Smoke grunted as the hot air scorched and dried her throat, making breathing quickly very uncomfortable.
It distracted her from Destrier's approach, lending him the opportunity to race toward her with greedy enthusiasm for the opportunity to strike back at her. Vaguely it crossed her mind that it appeared she had a knack for riling up stallions in battle.
The stallion's slowing was his first mistake. Her gaze narrowed as she became aware that his approach was not going to end in a driving shove. Fool to not use his size to advantage while I'm distracted. Before he came to a full halt and before his body could climb toward the sky with the intent to use her as a meaty ladder, she flung herself into a roll-back to the right. Each breath was a screaming torture, echoed by muscles in her left hind that rose in protest again at the sudden use after their abuse just moments later.
It was a pretty manuever that quite effectively spun her out of reach of the cocky revenge aimed at her with flashing forehooves. But she wasn't going to leave Destrier without a surprise gift, oh no. A thought prompted a shriek from above. In an equally pretty manuever Zaffre performed a wing-over that flashed sapphire in the air before dropping at the black stallion's head. Jaws of pale white-blue and dark midnight-blue parted as the sleek dragon flared his wings after the steep plummet. Broad leathery sails grabbed the super-heated thermals provided by the stallion, and dragon-fire rained down on him instead.
Easy trotting steps, interspersed by dry hacking coughs against the hot air that so rudely invaded her system, carried Smoke in an arc away from Destrier. None of his strikes would land upon her flesh this time, for his foolish forgetfulness of her greater agility had left him standing and lashing empty air while Zaffre struck from above. And her steps carried her away well before he planned to drop and mimic her buck-and-retreat. The grulla was disgusted by his amatuer tactics. For a stallion so liberally scarred and so near her own age, she had expected more. "Is that -cough- all you have?" She mocked him, mind reaching out in wordless welcome to the blue dragon that had swept over to her and now danced on the slowly cooling air above her head.
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Is satisfied to feel her hooves hit flesh during rear, only mildly affected by the smoke clouds (is what happens when you have your magic for five years), shoved by Destrier's buck, strains muscles in left hind. Affected and irritated by hot air, distracted until Destrier slows in his approach. Performs roll-back to the right and gets out of the way of his rear. Zaffre dives at Destrier's head, makes use of heated air to catch himself from his dive just before breathing fire over Destrier's rearing body. Smoke trots out of reach of the last buck, still dealing with the hot air, and mocks Destrier while Zaffre flies over to her.))
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Amusement washed warm within her as an image flashed through the bond. Destrier, looking quite surprised when her little bit of fancy foot-work left him striking nothing but air. And then there was a rush of satisfaction when he did his best to replicate her manuever during his attempt to dodge the flame that obscured the dagon's-eye view of the inky stallion. That satisfaction was heightened when a pained squeal reached her ears. Hard lessons learned the hard way, I would think.
He faced her again, echoing the positions they had begun in mere moments earlier. Her ears twitched as she noted the fire in his eyes. At last, he was taking things entirely seriously. This was what she'd wanted to test in him, how he would react when pushed to the edge, how he would handle those who worked in tangent with a companion. Though, it did have a little bit to do with the fact that she enjoyed riling stallions up out of an analytical consideration of what to do next. And he behaved much as she expected him to do.
He surged into motion, barreling toward her for a third time. So predictable. Not that I've given him much choice. She didn't wait for him this time. Didn't launch herself at him. Instead she flung herself aside immediately, powerful haunches driving her forward even as her forelegs pushed her to the right. It was a short gap he had to cover to reach her, but she had greater acceleration than the taller, burlier stallion, and she intended to put that to use, make him work harder to chase her down.
But it seemed he'd expected her to not close, and employed the magic that came with his position within the herd. There was no warning, for he used it mid-stride, before the ground shook. It startled her, the unexpectedness of having heretofore steady ground rumble underhoof, and she staggered a couple steps. It was all he needed, evidently, for with a lesser rumble of hooves he bore down on her the way she'd expected him to do before this. Like a runaway freight train he barreled into her, slamming into her haunches. Pain bloomed with the massive bruises that sprung into being across her left hip and haunch. Her unsteady footing from his war stomp and her stagger because of it, left her incapable of doing anything to prevent him sweeping her hind legs out from under her.
With a grunt and an alarmed snort she scrambled desperately with her forehooves while her hindquarters swung around, driven before Destrier's momentum and unable to get purchase on the hard, flat ground. He swept past her as she half fell, weight falling on her already bruised haunches and garnering another pained grunt. But she was up again a heartbeat later, ears laid flat back against her nape as she got her right hind underneath her and only slightly favored her left. Angered by the humiliation of being knocked off her feet, however briefly, she spun to her right, wary of putting too much strain on her already sore left hind. A moment was spared for assessing her injuries, weight shifting to rest evenly on all four hooves, before she determined she would not lame herself through one more attack. Then she flung herself after Destrier, keen to chase him down before he could realize that his last attack had not been quite as effective as he'd planned.
Determination and anger lent her energy and speed as she swept up on his left side, teeth snapping at his shoulder as she swung into him. It was her only concession to her injury, to put it as far away from him as she could. Another burst of speed, a snap at his neck, and she swerved away from him, slowing down with an irrate swish of her tail. Only then did she let herself feel the pain of her injuries fully, limping slightly as she came to a stop, resting her left hind.
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Does meditation come easy? No, not for everyone. If you're like me your mind is too busy to quiet down long enough to meditate. Frankly, I find this a pain in the tush.
So many times I've just wanted to quiet my thoughts and convince myself to let my mind go blank, or convince myself to relax into a deep sleep. I've also discovered that not being able to do this is causes more problems especially since I have fibromyalgia.
The inability to relax into a meditative state when I need to doesn't allow my body to clean out the pain. On those rare occasions when I can meditate and convince my tensed up muscles to relax I feel much better for several hours.
I find it particularly difficult to meditate when I'm stressed over finances (like now), have too much of a load at work (when I have a job), if I've lost a job (like I did in September, 2011), or just overdo with volunteering and things at home. Sounds like I have a difficult time most of the time doesn't it. Well friends, I'm definitely not alone with this problem. There are many people out there that have the same difficulty so let's see if we can come up with some ideas on how to make meditation easier so we don't have to ask the question, does meditation come easy?
There are many ways of meditating so maybe one of these suggestions will help make meditation easier for us.
First of all, get comfortable. If that means lying in the sun, setting in an easy chair, lying on a bed that's fine as long as you are comfortable enough to relax into it. The pose (don't know what it's called and really don't care) where you set cross legged with your fingers in a circle is something my body can't, and I do mean can't, do so don't feel bad if you can't either. Does meditation come easy? It certainly has a better chance if you're comfortable.
After you are comfy you can decide on how you want to meditate. You can breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth and count the breaths as you go. If you do this, set a goal of how many breaths you want to take or maybe set an alarm to go off in a certain amount of time. As you breathe, concentrate on the breath and try to eliminate everything else from your mind.
When you start meditating start small. Don't set yourself up for failure by saying to yourself, "I'm doing 100 breaths, no more, and certainly no less" or, " I'm meditating for 15 minutes today and not stopping until the alarm goes off". This kind of over expectation can turn you/me off in a New York minute. I know it did me. Does meditation come easy? Definitely if you don't force it.
Put on some Zen music. You know, the kind they use when you get a massage. Just let your mind drift away on the quiet, sultry notes and bingo, you're meditating. This doesn't always work for me but don't let that stop YOU.
Many people recite a mantra. Something like a Zen word "Oohhmm" could be used. Others recite something religions like, "I love Jesus" or "God is With Me". Still others use the word "relax" or some other prompt to take them to that mind emptying place they need to go. Does meditation come easy? If you find a mantra that works for you then yes.
My best way of meditating is to concentrate on my body. I usually pull the shades, leave the bedroom quiet, close the door, and lay on the bed covered up. For some reason covering up, even on a hot day, makes me feel like I'm in a cozy cocoon where nothing can interfere with me.
After I get all snuggled in bed I close my eyes and take some deep breaths through my nose and out of my mouth. I don't count the breaths, I just breath like that until I can convince my mind it needs to slow down. This takes a few seconds to several minutes depending on how tumultuous my thoughts are. After I get my mind prepared I start relaxing every muscle in my body. I start at my feet and work my way all the way up my body to the top of my head. If I have an area that hurts more because of the fibromyalgia I stop there and convince that area to relax until it feels like Jello inside me. This process takes anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes depending on the severity of my pain.
If I'm lucky I fall asleep for a while about half way through the process. When I wake up I feel 90% better than I did when I laid down.
Does meditation come easy? Well, it's getting easier with practice and I've been practicing a lot. Two months ago I couldn't sit or lay still for more than three or four minutes. Now I can do at least 15 minutes before my mind gets restless and I have to get moving. At night when I go to bed I can do up to 45 minutes of just letting go. On mornings after those nights I wake up feeling like a new woman.
Meditation can be used for many things. It can help you/me deal with our pain, it can help reorganize your thoughts, it can help you get a better night's sleep and on the list goes. It has been discovered that meditation has many health benefits like helping to lower blood pressure.
So, does meditation come easy? After deciding how you are comfortable and trying the many methods of meditation until you find the one that works for you it can. It takes practice and patience (not my strong point) but eventually you will get the hang of it.
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Writing a Definition Essay: Step by Step
What is a Definition Essay?
In this kind of assignment, you will gather evidence about different views people hold on a topic and analyze those differences.
6 Easy Steps
1. Choose a word.
2. Look up your word in the dictionary.
3. Ask other people what they think your word means.
4. Look for uses of your word in movies, commercials, magazines, literature or social media.
5. Analyze the different ways people define this word.
6. Use my instructions below to organize and write your essay.
What is Friendship?
Topic Ideas
Good Self Image
Ideal Body Weight
Politically Correct
Ideal Job
Best Friend
Perfect Day
A Problem
Enough Money
American Dream
Good Movie
Definition Topic Questions
You will need to take your topic idea and turn it into a question. Often, you can just ask "What is...?" Sometimes, you might want to narrow the topic further. Here are some ideas:
- What is real friendship?
- How do you define procrastination?
- How does nature make you feel?
- What is a "safe place"?
- What is abuse?
- What makes a person happy?
- What makes a good life?
- What is a mother's job?
- When is schoolwork just busy work rather than being meaningful?
- What kind of cheating should be reported?
- What does it mean when teenagers say they are "talking"?
- What is social media?
- What is an online personality?
- What is Instagram?
- What does moving really mean for a teenager?
- Who is really homeless?
- What does it mean to be socially awkward?
- What is love that lasts forever?
- What are panic attacks?
- When does negative talk become a "hate crime"?
Step by Step Instructions
- Detailed instructions are below, but here is an outline of what you will do:
- Choose a topic idea (see the table and pictures for topic ideas).
- Look at several dictionary definitions of your topic and write them out.
- Look online to see if there are any articles, websites or videos which define and describe your topic.
- Prepare interview questions on your topic.
- Interview a variety of types of people, looking especially for people who would define this topic differently. Think about people of different ages, social backgrounds and experiences.
- Post questions about your topic on social media (optional).
- After you have gathered all of your sources, you will read them all through and analyze them. You will look for similarities and group the answers into categories for writing your essay.
What is Beauty?
How to Analyze Your Sources
For a writing a definition essay you will need to take all of your source data from interviews and dictionaries and analyze it for patterns.You will be looking for some contrasts and/or similarities in the definitions you have gathered that you can use to organize your data into an interesting essay.You will use this contrast or pattern in order to form a thesis for your essay about the information in your interviews.Start your analysis by doing the following (save all your analysis to be turned in with your essay):
1. Prepare for your essay by analyzing your data. Begin by reading the first interview and writing a number for each meaning the person gives. Then read the second interview and if they repeat a meaning, give it the same number you gave it in the first interview.If that person gives new meanings, then give these new numbers. Continue doing this through all of your interviews.
2. Make a numbered list (or a chart) of all the meanings you got from your interviews and write the names of the people who gave you each meaning.
3. Analyze your list of meanings.Write down your observations. Some things to look for:
- Which meaning was given by the most people?
- Which meanings are favorable?
- Which meanings are unfavorable?
- How are some meanings related to others?
- How are the meanings different?
- Can you trace a pattern or relationship between the meanings?
- How do the interview meanings compare to the dictionary definition?
- Is there a pattern in the responses of different groups you interviewed? Older vs. Younger people? Men vs. women?
Sources to Use
Dictionary definitions
Personal interviews
Social media questionaire
YouTube videos
What is American?
What is your least favorite part of essay writing?
What is Friendship?
4 Easy Ways to Organize
Type of Organization
Introduction Ideas
Body Organization
Conclusion Ideas
Good and Bad
Tell what people first think of when they hear that word
Good meanings vs. Bad meanings
Explain what the best and worst meanings have in common
Dictionary Definition vs. Common Use
Use dictionary definitions
Dictionary definition vs. what most people think it means
Suggest why most people define the word differently than the dictionary
Changing Meaning through Time
Tell how meaning of word has changed through time. You might want to consult the OED for this.
Trace the different definitions you've gotten from your sources and talk about how culture, age, race or gender affected the way people defined the word.
Tell why knowing the history of a word, or the variety of definitions can help us understand the word better.
Two Contrasting Definitions
Give two contrasting examples of how people defined the word very differently
Analyze the two different types of definitions and then talk about any definitions which don't fit those two groups.
Explain why you think the groups defined the word that way.
The Basics
Peer Editing Questions
You can use the following questions to edit your own work; however, it is often better to get someone else to edit it also.
1. Definition: Analyze how well the definitions are presented. Do you understand which was the most common? Are the other meanings presented clearly? Is the relationship between the different definitions clear?
2. Organization: Is the thesis clear? Do the topic sentences present the argument clearly? Are they in the right order? Are there good transitions?
3. Use of Sources: Does the paper use the interviews and dictionary definition appropriately? Is the source material integrated into the paper well? Are the quotations well chosen? Are there places the student needs to add more from the sources?
4. Evidence and Argument in Body of Paper: Are the evidence and argument convincing? Do you see points where it is weak? Where did the author need to add more information or argument?Points where the argument is confusing? Does the author move from the least to most convincing evidence/argument? Is the paper written climatically?
5. Title, Beginning and End: Does the title fit the paper? Does the beginning interest the reader? Does the conclusion make a final point rather than just repeating?
6. Sum up: What is best about this essay? What most needs improvement?
What is Control?
Revising Your Paper
Take all of the suggestions you got in the peer editing and carefully go through your paper, using these suggestions to re-write. For your final edit, print out a hard copy and read it aloud to yourself. That is an excellent way to catch small errors, especially in spelling and missed words. You will also notice sentences that don't quite sound right or are hard to read. If you stumble over reading a sentence, it probably means you should re-word it to make it read more smoothly. Watch out for:
- Not starting sentences in a paragraph with the same word.
- Using a variety of sentence lengths and types.
- Adding in transition words at the start of sentences.
Writing a definition essay can be a challenge, especially if you've not written using a lot of sources before, but if you follow these tips you should have a solid paper you can be proud of!


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An object of pleasure, an old timepiece can be an investment that is valued in the long term. Provided you respect certain rules.
On May 6, in the felted lounges of the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues, on the shores of Lake Geneva in Geneva, crowded curious and collectors, all passionate about old watches. The highlight of the sale: a pocket watch from the early 19th century, signed Breguet et Fils. An extraordinary object, paid 4500 francs in 1817, or ten years' salary of a worker of the time. It belonged, in particular, to General Moreau (1763-1813), who was the first buyer in 1800, and to Charles-Louis Havas (1783-1858), founder of the agency Havas, future Agence France-Presse.
Illustrious owners, gold case, many complications, this watch brings together all the elements capable of triggering panic among the greatest amateurs. At the fall of the hammer, it is awarded $3 million (excluding fees). Beyond the amount, which remains exceptional, this result proves that the market of the collector's watch enjoys a beautiful dynamic, unlike the strong recession felt on the nine.
Beware, however, not to be mistaken target: "From 1930 to the 90s, we talk about vintage watches and collection, those likely to see their value rise over time.
Not to be confused with the occasion. Apart from very complex versions, produced in small series, a watch will be considered as a used model for a good ten years and we cannot hope to sell it more expensive than its purchase price. "
A Complex Market: the Help of an Expert is Imperative
Collectible watches are real investments that have the advantage of combining two facets: the purchase coup de coeur for the pleasure of acquiring a beautiful object and the rational logic of a sustainable investment over time. But, to be hopeful to see it develop, it is necessary to seriously approach this sector by respecting some rules.
First, it is imperative to go through specialized experts, independent or attached to major auction houses. The reason: the complexity of the market. There is, in fact, no official listing and the choice, with innumerable variations of the same model, is so vast that a neophyte is quickly lost.
The Royal Oak, emblematic of the Swiss manufacture Audemars Piguet, has been produced since 1972 in dozens of versions over the years. And news continues to arrive. A small simple model for women in steel can be negotiated around $2k when, at the other end of the chain, a Royal Oak with limited edition complication can be exchanged at more than $150.000. Between the two, various complications and more or less luxurious materials, whose chances of appreciation are very variable.
Using a professional is also a way to escape the problem of counterfeiting that affects both old and new watches. An example: it is estimated that today there are in circulation more copies of the Rolex Daytona than it has been made. Only an expert can separate the wheat from the chaff and provide a guarantee of total authenticity.
Auction Rooms, the Safest Place
Even though the competition can make prices soar, auctions are still the easiest and safest places to buy a collector's watch, especially for the top-rated models. "We have fourteen specialists from around the world," says Thomas Perazzi, head of Christie's watches department in Geneva, where every watch to be cataloged undergoes extensive study and is dismantled by watchmakers to examine its state of being. conservation and verify that it has not been transformed over time and we also work closely with the factories to certify the origin and authenticate it."
Second imperative: find the right models to bet on. The investment will be profitable if you target the safe stocks, in other words the big traditional houses, Swiss for the majority. We can mention Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger-Lecoultre, Piaget, Blancpain, Zenith, A. Lange & Söhne… The list is long, but all the experts in the sector agree, nevertheless, to recognize two essential references for those who wish invest: Rolex and Patek Philippe.
The supply is plethoric at Rolex, both in number of models and versions. With such an abundance, the valuation differences are marked, some references offering beautiful capital gains. One thing is certain, a certified Rolex and in good condition will always be worth something. You will not lose money, if you do not get a miraculous surplus value! Count a few thousand dollars to acquire a model of the brand at the Crown. The entry ticket for a Patek Philippe is, however, much higher: between 8.000 and 12.000 USD for a watch with a simple movement.
The Rarer a Piece is, the More it Will Enhance Itself
In addition to the brand, other criteria are scrutinized to find the rare pearl. Like the quality of conservation, the history of more or less famous owners, the complexity of the movements and, especially, the scarcity, the latter being decisive for raising the value in the long term. For example, the production figures are not official, but estimates for Rolex are 800,000 to 1 million watches a year, while Patek Philippe has made about 1 million since its creation in 1839.
Some more recent manufacturers, such as FP Journe or Richard Mille, taking advantage of the explosion of the market in the years 1990-2000, have even specialized in exclusive products, with limited quantities and tariffs often prohibitive to several tens or even hundreds thousands of USD. They are naturally found in the collection market, but it is difficult to predict the future value.
Bet on Alternative Watchmakers?
If you want to take bets on alternative watchmakers, it is better to follow the recommendations of the experts. For Marie Sanna-Legrand, Artcurial's Director of the Collectible Watchmaking Department, "Roger Dubuis is a brand to follow, founded in 1995. It is the subject of a growing demand from collectors. would place it as an outsider in this market, as well as Franck Muller, one of the few remaining independent companies, such as Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet or Rolex."


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The OPM has sent out notifications to those impacted by the breach announced in June. As of late July, the OPM website indicates that the agency has not yet sent out notifications for those affected by the July announcement. The notices will contain information about identity theft monitoring and restoration services in which you will automatically be enrolled and instructions for enrolling in other services.
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• The United States accounted for 46.7% of worldwide cable-modem subscribers in 2003.
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"The push is on and operators are aggressively marketing broadband services to both residential and business customers," said Amy Harris, manager of IDC's broadband markets and technologies service, in a prepared statement.
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It's time for another experiment. It's all about changing the ways we view things by forcibly abruptly modifying a video in different ways imaginable and listing both positive and negative findings. Remember all those BD/DVD, TV, Blu-ray comparisons pics online? Well, this is nothing like that.
The video aspect ratio is the ratio a video keeps when it is normally played. It can manually change to different ratios though this however seldom happens as the original video mostly does the job. But why would you change them in the first place? Why wouldn't you if the predetermined ratio isn't of your liking? Everyone has their preferences. Me, I'm all for a full screen picture, no window borders, or volume controls visible. I only want to see picture. I want to see the video without being distracted from the story.
This experiment is going to keep me distracted.
But before I get distracted, these experiment are missing something. A brief explanation or description for every experiment should be in order so we know what we're up to. Makes sense? Good.
You like chocolate? I like chocolate. Everyone lies chocolate. I don't like chocolate.
Not that much anyway.
Experiment Messing With The Aspect Ratio
Subject: Koichoco
What episode is this? First Episode.
Am I following this show? Negative.
Am I fan of chocolate? Double negative. This is not a grammar mistake.
Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate, or Koichoco for the layman, is probably one of those shows many skipped before even picking it up. I am not following it but hey, I was going to do an experiment and Koichoco was there and I was also there. The next thing I knew I was messing around with the aspect ratio. The next thing I knew I was holding nothing in my left hand but I was mysteriously holding a snickers bar in my right hand. It was a good day. It was a good day to do an experiment. It was a good day to not be allergic to peanuts.
What's there to like? What's there to love about Koichoco? I don't know the answer to either of those questions and I don't pretend to know the answer to them so soon. All I know that is that a show with such title can only be about chocolate, how to make chocolate and/or the adoration of chocolate. Koichoco is just so ready and eager to prove that point. And there's a good reason why chocolate is part of the English international wordlist everyone is familiar with much like taxi, television, and vanilla, but only not as useful.
* 4:3 ratio looks like anime subbed by [SSP-Corp] anime straight from the early 90's era. I've never been a big fan of this aspect ratio. It is seems so.. so unnatural like they couldn't get the whole picture to fit the screen so they left these two black bars to the sides because something has to be there.
Koichoco starts exactly like 90% school anime do. A guy sleeping in on a school day, a childhood friend regularly committing trespassing so early in the morning, a long walk to school. It is becoming clearer and clearer Koichoco's story will become your average school anime faster than you can say slice-of-life. It isn't starting to look that good unless you're into school, harem shows, or chocolate. Chocolate.
I know this right now: Koichoco will be featuring after school antics. That's right, we're moving into school anime territory where there are laid-back teachers, sempais with glasses, and where credit courses are synonyms for after school clubs.
* 16:9 is basically the same ratio that your average ratio is. Full screen, no black lines anywhere, the same it was meant to be watched. Quite boring for this experiment but necessary to prove the point that while some ratio are plain out there there are also normal ones. Normal ratios for normal vision. Normal vision for normal ratios.
Story-wise Koichoco is what one would expect of the genre. Much like the anime viewers had realized that all underwear shots are covered by a ray of lights and if you have a problem with that then take it to mother nature. I don't know why anime revolving around clubs are such big hits, but I take it that the majority of anime fans like them therefore the industry keeps animating them.
Koichoco could be about anything really (chocolate being kept in mind) as long as it is about guys and girls with unbalanced sex ratios inside of a crowded room and a questionable teacher running it. All I know is that these are truths apply for similar shows. Unlike when Anime had me erroneously believing that in all clubs the ratio of boys and girls is 1:6 in all situations. As for me, the content is king, and if you're making an after school club anime, make the effort of making it memorable. Make me remember it years from now either because it was so good or because it was so bad it keeps coming back when least expected. Give me something here.
16:9 doesn't alter in any noticeable way the viewing experience so that's that. On the other hand, Koichoco is daring enough to take a quick shot at itself while openly presenting the possibility of having less anime in the next seasons.
* With 2:21:1 it feels like we're watching the DVD release of this episode instead of a TV version. Black lines both on top and bottom look so much better than they did in 4:3. Black lines to the sides just look wrong. The lesson learned is that whenever you don't feel like waiting for the HQ releases of a show just change the ratios to 2:21:1 or the like.They will not look as proportionate or as high quality as those of DVD would by it may do the job if you're into this type of ratio. And btw, those are really 1 on the pic above and not sevens. Please, don't make fun of my fonts. We all know how I feel about fonts.
We know fictional Japan is spending too much money when we have clubs dedicated to chocolate. Not that I'm looking down on what cacao has given the world such as coffee, kit-kat bars and some type of fancy M&Ms at the supermarket. No, cacao is good for many other things. Yet, my mind is still thinking, are you kidding me with this club? I know we've made school anime about anything before but we're pushing the limits here. I sure hope there is something more to Koichoco than simply chocolate.
Same as I can't help but give it to Koichoco for originality for not being a literature, astronomy or music club anime, one thing Koichoco does right is in making me interested in knowing why the protagonist is seeing things others can't. What's his secret? What's the reason behind? How does this play in the story? Is it a side effect of consuming large amounts of cacao? Who really knows. Like other MCs before him, Protagonist-kun have some kind of superpower to "see things others can't". 2:21:1 or not Koichoco is still the school show where school antics occur, childhood friends are there, and newly not-yet-introduced characters abruptly trip over and fall onto the protagonist the moment they meet him. It's like an unknown force.
They saw him but they could not stop. It is a force beyond their control.
*Deep voice* A force beyond control
* 2:39:1 looks so much better than 2:21:1. Like an anime with a 6 rating, the ratio on the former was ok but far from great. They look similar but the former puts more emphasis on the main picture while the latter put more emphasis on having both the picture and black lines keeping a proportional a ratio. It's a hard call between the two that it could go either way depending on taste. One is slightly wider, the other one isn't. Which do you like better, which one is your thing.
Koichoco hasn't realized its true potential and that's where it exactly gets interesting, that there is a powerful contrast between a girl not well-off economically who goes to a factory to work after school and a school having a dispensable chocolate club. Koichoco is onto something here. My biggest concern is that Koichoco has such fervor for chocolate to the point of being too serious about it, same as the student council and their meetings was. Everyone in Koicho is –
They are taking this too seriously.
Koichoco's seriousness is misplaced like a Xmas tree on Halloween or quality in a Syfy original movie. This conjecture is not based on the plot. It is based on Koichoco being entirely different than how it originally introduces itself to the audience. By this point we're guessing that it is really your regular school club show but with attempts at a much darker plot.
5:4 is the narrowest ratio in the list in VLC. 5:4 is too narrow. We mean it is completely noticeable, even narrower than 4:3. In this ratio it was possible to still watch the video but far from an attractive choice. If 2:39:1 and the like provide a different experience 5:4 is plain awkwardly distributed like it is missing a third of the original picture. This is not the screen ratio you want. Go for 16:9, go for 4:3 or any other that doesn't look like the video ratio is completely messed up. This I recommend.
Where did the initial plot about an attempted murder go and why is it being replaced about idle disputes about saving a chocolate club? A perfect and understandable question that only Koichoco can answer. Is there something vital we're missing? Our thoughts only lead us to believe that Koichoco is part parody part slice-of-life, and the abysmal difference between the rich and the disenfranchised where the latter go to work and the former spend their indulging in the greatness of chocolate. I don't know. There's something really off about that.
Above of all it, Koichoco is a story about regular situations, a regular story (but with chocolate), and characters with a passionate, though their teeth may disagree, love for chocolate. Aspect ratio or not, that about sums it up.
Experiment Results
A video can be modified for personal viewing. The optimal way to watch a video is up to the viewer, there are however optimal ways the eyes are most comfortable in. Narrow aspect ratio as it so implies compresses the screen creating unnecessary unnatural lines around the video. These lines aren't supposed to be there in the first place, which it is apparent as they are awkwardly there in the screen sticking out like the sorest thumb. So is the case for 4:3 and so is the case for 5:4. Alternative options are ratios like 2:21:1
After this experiment you learn to appreciate the standard aspect ratio all videos come in. I'm still not a fan of 4:3 and of vertical black lines and the like for I prefer the standard full screen video ratio where I can see all whole picture with no black lines and the subtitles properly. Keep your aspect ratio at its default setting. It's best viewed that way.
No, really. Just do it.


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First, Apply a Hemorrhoid Cream or Take Suppository Pack on the Area Affected
Creams usually give the feeling of comfort and briefly ease the pain because they act as topical ointment numbing broker which means that the patient suffering from hemorrhoids will not feel the pain caused by the particular ruptured tissues. Another important thing to do is to drink eight to nine glasses a day so as to provide support to the digestive system. Keep in mind that hemorrhoids occur because of poor digestive system that evolves constipation and diarrhea. Another measure to give hemorrhoids relief is to apply ice packs on the swelling area. This could help to reduce the size of the lump.
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- When sitting at a prolonged period, you are putting pressure on the hemorrhoid part.
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However, even though these analgesics can surely ease the pain at the beginning of your intake, there are probable chances that your body may be immune to it and may not respond correctly once you take these as a routine. You should also be careful if you are allergic to pain killers because this might just cause you additional troubles.
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Vegetable bedding for laboratory animals.
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Vegetable bedding entirely made of corncob.
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The G8 version granulometry is 2.5-3.5 mm and density is 500 g/l.
Its peculiar characteristics make it extremely suitable for the management of laboratory animals:
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After winning the Jury Prize for Best Film at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, finally the trailer of Rajkummar Rao's upcoming Bollywood film 'Newton' is out.
It is a political black-comedy that revolves around a clerk placed on election duty in a conflict-ridden area of Chhattisgarh.
As soon as the trailer was released, the 'trapped' star took to his Twitter account and wrote, "Presenting the official trailer of #Newton"
Presenting the official trailer of #Newton https://t.co/Y6gTFWvAVF— Rajkummar Rao (@RajkummarRao) August 29, 2017
The trailer depicts, Newton Kumar, a rookie government clerk's journey on election duty to a Naxal-controlled town in the conflict-ridden jungles of Chhattisgarh.
Faced with the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks, the 32-year-old tries his best to conduct free and fair voting, despite the odds stacked against him, with the strong dialogue, "Till the time we don't initiate a change, nothing will change" (Jab tak kuch nahi badloge na dost, Kuch nahi Badalega)
The movie is Amit Masurkar's second film after 'Sulemani Keeda' in 2014.
The film had its world premiere at Berlinale, won the Art Cinema award for the Forum section there and also went to 16th Annual Tribeca Film Festival.
The movie, also starring Anjali Patel, is set to hit the theatres on 22 September.


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Tuesday, July 14, 2015
A Few Days Away
Tim is taking a certification course for septic inspections(doesn't that sound fun?), and I am along because he wanted my company! Yay, me!
Two nights away in a nice hotel? Time to myself?
Win - Win.
It's the perfect recharge that I need. We'll be starting school in a few weeks, Nate and Kayleigh get married in 8 weeks, Tim is making changes with work (more on that later). After these few days, I'll be good to go. At least that's my plan.
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Yay, you, indeed!!ReplyDelete
May you have a delightful time of refreshment and recharging. May the Lord speak to you in the quiet. Rejoicing with you as He has supplied this gift. Hugs...
We own a plumbing shop so I'm glad he's taking the course. We need decent inspectors...Hope he does well!ReplyDelete
Enjoy your time of just doing Nothing!
when my husband traveled for business i ♥'d tagging along, staying in fancy hotels, and spending the day reading, people watching, writing, and resting. enjoy your time - i know you will. :)ReplyDelete
Enjoy your re-charging time. We all need that from time to time.ReplyDelete
God bless your time away! It sounds like a God plan.ReplyDelete
Enjoy your time away! It sounds good!ReplyDelete
Oh, good for you! (The little getaway I had anticipated this week at the National Convention of our denomination dissolved when a gentleman from our church died and funeral is scheduled for Friday.) One of the blessings of being a pastoral couple is being able to stand with our beloved church family in times of sorrow.ReplyDelete
ENJOY!! ENJOY!! ENJOY! you have a busy schedule ahead! Thanks for your sweet words of encouragement!.ReplyDelete
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The Black Book - 1949
The Black Book - Released October 15, 1949. Directed by Anthony Mann
Also known as The Reign of Terror, this 89 minute film is a taunt action-historical drama about the intrigue around French Revolution leader Robespierre, and especially about a 'black book' in which he keeps lists of the names of people who he counts as "for" the revolution and "against" the revolution, and being 'against' is a one way ticket to the guillotine. Incidentally, Robespierre seems confused about whether he himself is the personification of the Revolution or an actual human being, as anyone with the slightest opposition to him is immediately branded a traitor "to the revolution."
Director Anthony Mann populates Paris with shadows and boxed-in rooms where people move in the darkness trying to survive the collapse of political and popular sanity, or to just come out on top amid the political maneuvering. Clever camera work and a tight script make this film a demi-noir/historical film of the first calibre.
The cast is very good. Robert Cummings plays indignation well (and has plenty of opportunities to show it as events unfold). Arlene Dahl as a seemingly two-faced woman playing both sides against the middle is actually about as pure a hero as we can get in this tale. Richard Basehart presents Robespierre as nuts, though it is presented as cooly and seriously as possible (in a scene where a woman is pleading for the life of her husband and appeals to God, Robespierre jealously responds "the Revolution abolished God, now there is only the will of the people!" And based on how Mann presents the Comintern of France, the will of the people is to murder as many people as possible).
The best thing of all in the cast of The Black Book is probably Arnold Moss as the frequently-smiling, humor-tinged, but deadly-as-a-snake chief of secret police, Fouche, who, besides carrying out his duties as co-executioner with Robespierre, is seriously concerned his name might be the in the "Black Book" too.
Unfortunately, it appears at present only beaten-up copies of the film print are in circulation, including an edited and chopped up version which circulates as a free download around the internet.
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NGO Connect Feature: Personal Attention
Saleforce's NGO Connect (formerly named roundCause) is the cornerstone in Salesforce's comprehensive CRM offering – Salesforce1 for Nonprofits. NGO Connect has leapfrogged both the Nonprofit Starter Pack (NPSP) and traditional fundraising applications to become the long-awaited "next generation" solution that eliminates data silos, provides the much-desired "360-degree view" of constituents, and drives increased engagement and fundraising.Read More
Best Practices in Change Management
The real challenges to implementing CRM are defining your overall strategy and managing the organizational change necessary to make it happen. Over the past few weeks, we've discussed our top insights into change management we've gleaned from our work with nonprofits of all sizes and types. Today, we've gathered them into one post for your convenience. Still have questions? Check out our white papers on CRM and change management.Read More
Top 5 Favorite Features of NGO Connect and Salesforce
These are some of the top features that customers report that their user bases find very useful (even fun!) and make the switch to Salesforce.com and NGO Connect even more worthwhile.
These features are great examples of the difference that the Salesforce platform can make
for your organization. In the past, traditional donor databases just didn't have the computing power or architectural flexibility to offer functionality like this. Now, in the current era of powerful cloud-based applications like Salesforce, and with a stronger value placed on collaboration and constituent-centered focus, a new landscape of possibility has been opened up to fund raisers and other professionals who concentrate on cultivating relationships with constituents.
Fundraising with NGO Connect: The Connected Nonprofit – Webinar Recap
If you missed Heller Consulting's Fundraising with NGO Connect webinar last month, fear not. Here's a brief overview of what happened. Watch the full presentation over at Heller Consulting's site, and check out the slides below..
Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) was one of the first organizations to be up and running with NGO Connect, the newest member of the Salesforce1 for Nonprofits family. While there are always benefits to being first, there is also a level of risk involved when leading a fleet into uncharted territory. Fortunately ASE was able to work closely with a team of consultants and developers who have the most experience implementing NGO Connect, and are now working with a powerful system that addresses much more than just their fundraising needs.Read More
NGO Connect Feature: Salesforce Case Management
Heller Consulting put together a list of the top 5 NGO Connect features in their paper, NGO Connect – Maximizing its Potential for You. So far, we have gone over Ease of Access and Viewing, Giving Summaries, Badges and Chatter. Today we will be going over Salesforce Case Management.Read More


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The Center for Changing Landscapes was directed by the Minnesota State Legislature to create a long-range framework for an integrated statewide parks and trails system that provides information on the natural resource-based recreational opportunities available throughout the state. The detailed framework must include an inventory of existing regionally and statewide significant parks and trails, respond to recreational trends and demographic changes, and identify underserved areas, overused facilities, and gaps in the current parks and trails system (Minn. Gen. Laws 64.8 § 6).
Native trout require clean, cold water that usually originates from springs, but the springs feeding the 173 designated trout streams in southeastern Minnesota are under increasing pressure from current and expected changes in land use. This joint effort by the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is working to identify and map the springs and the areas that feed water to these springs and to learn how these waters might be affected by development and water use.


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Shipping Wing Under Movement is providing logistic support of fertilizers imported on Government account. At present Urea is the only fertilizer imported on Government account. Shipping wing is entrusted with the following work:-
Shipping Wing is also monitoring arrivals of various fertilizers at India ports like DAP, MOP, MAP, TSP and various grades of NPK fertilizers. These fertilizers are imported on private account under OGL.


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Speaking at the REinnovate conference, a tech-enriched conference for agents held at Sydney's The Star in early April, The New Inventors' James O'Loghlin emphasised that innovation is not always the result of a stroke of genius – it is a process that everyone can implement to improve their business. Here, he provides a series of steps and strategies for how to master that process.
Speaking to a roomful of real estate agents at REinnovate 2016, Mr O'Loghlin noted that in light of the rapid development of technology, it is foreseeable that in the not-too-distant future, vendors may have the option to sell homes without agents.
In response to this very real possibility, he said to agents: "Rather than assuming 'they're always going to need me' – when they actually don't need me – how am I going to make them want me anyway?"
"How am I going to demonstrate that I'm still valuable even when they have another option?"
This is where innovation comes in.
But how to be innovative?
"Being innovative isn't a skill you're born with; it's a set of steps you can go through," he says.
Set time aside to think
Despite the increasing digitisation of the real estate industry, Mr O'Loghlin emphasises that "innovation doesn't begin with the computer – it begins with someone having an idea".
The first step of the innovation process, he says, is to set time aside to think of ways to take advantage of opportunities or to solve problems.
He emphasises that it's important to integrate this thinking time into the work day.
"If you spend 100 per cent of your time doing today's work and none of it thinking about how you can be ready for 2020, you might be over-prioritising today at the expense of tomorrow," Mr O'Loghlin says, suggesting that opportunities for innovation can be found by identifying things that can be improved.
"Every time an interaction doesn't go perfectly, it's an opportunity for you to step back and think, 'what did I do wrong there? how can I do better next time?'
"As you go through your normal day, make a list of everything you identify as not being perfect – a list of opportunities for innovation.
"Then take some time each day – just five or 10 minutes – pick one, and think about how to do it better."
Break out of habitual thinking
Mr O'Loghlin also highlights that habitual thinking is "the enemy" of innovation and encourages agents to implement strategies to step back and find opportunities to make their businesses better.
One strategy he recommends is to "question everything in your business".
"What assumptions are you making, and are some of them outdated? Try and identify them all, go through them and think whether some could do with a bit of tweaking," he says.
Reframe the question
Mr O'Loghlin also notes that at times you may find it difficult to find a solution to a problem in your business.
If this is the case, he recommends taking a step back to consider 'What's the next best thing?' and offers the example of attempting to generate more leads through your website.
"Maybe the next best thing is just to get more people on your website and encourage them to hang around for a bit longer. Now that's a lot easier," he says.
"You can put interesting content in there – content that's relevant for buyers and sellers of houses. Get good content that will get people to spend a bit more time on your website. And the longer they spend, the more likely it might be that eventually they get in touch.
"Look for ways where you start to pull the question down to something less ambitious," he says.
Think like a customer
Finally, according to Mr O'Loghlin, part of identifying and taking advantage of opportunities for innovation is to "think like a customer".
"Make sure you do it regularly," he says. "Make sure you really go through the process of being a customer, interacting with your website, with your own business as a customer and find out what things aren't great and where the little pinch points that you can improve on are."
Thinking like a customer helps to identify opportunities to improve their experience, he says.
Click below to hear more about how to "put yourself in your customers' shoes" in a real estate transaction:
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Research Promotion
By: Deanna Adkison
Welcome to the 2019-2020 research promotion campaign! Our chapter goal for this year is $27,300. This will help our region meet their goal of $212,000 by June 30th 2020. Your funds can be contributed towards a variety of programs of your choosing. Please note, the honor role donation has changed this year to a minimum of $150.
As of October 8, 2019, we have raised $2150. We would like to thank the following donors:
Mr Eric M Edman
Mr Allan E Ames
Mr Gregory W Shenstone, PE
Mr Robert J Persechini
Mr Robert G Andrews, Jr, PE
Mr James E Armstrong
Mr John A Iacopucci
Mr Jeffrey Zajac
See below for how you can support your ASHRAE Boston Chapter. As always, please contact me should you have any questions, email@example.com.
1. Visit the website - https://xp20.ashrae.org/secure/researchpromotion/rp.html
2. Fill the donation form by entering a donation amount in either ASHRAE Research, Endowed Research via ASHRAE Foundation, ASHRAE Scholarship or all three.
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The third shift of today's IBPS Clerk Prelims exam is over now. We are here with the detailed exam analysis of 3rd shift of IBPS Clerk Prelims exam 2018. You can check section-wise difficulty level, topic-wise question distribution and questions asked from different topics in this IBPS Clerk Prelims exam analysis 2018.
Also check :
- IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis: 15th December (Slot 1)
- IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis: 15th December (Slot 2)
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2018: Difficulty Level
As per the level of the exam conducted in the third shift today, below is the section wise difficulty level for the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam 2018.
Section Name
Difficulty Level
Numerical Ability
English Language
Reasoning Ability
Overall Exam
Analysis of IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2018 (23rd June - 3rd Shift)
Here is the section wise exam analysis of IBPS Clerk Prelims exam for the 3rd shift.
Analysis of Numerical Ability for IBPS Clerk Prelims
No. of questions - 35
Level of the exam – Moderate
(i) Number Series – 5 Questions
It was of the moderate level. Basic understanding of pattern was needed. 3 questions were easily doable. Wrong number series questions were asked.
(ii) Simplification/Approximation – 10-12 Questions
They were of an easy level. BODMAS operations need to be applied carefully.
(iii) Data Interpretation (1 Set) – 5 Questions
It was calculative. Line Graph was asked. No direct question was asked.
(iv) Quadratic Equation: 5 Questions
2 Quantities were given. You had to find the relation between two quantities.
(v) Miscellaneous Questions – 10 Questions
The level varies from easy to moderate. The Miscellaneous questions include – Percentage, Age, Profit Loss, Average, Boats & Stream, Compound/Simple Interest, Time & Work etc.
Analysis of Reasoning Ability for IBPS Clerk Prelims
No. of questions - 35
Level of the exam –Easy to Moderate
(i) Syllogism – 5 Questions
They were of easy level. Simple old pattern syllogism questions were asked.
One question was of either/or.
(ii) Puzzles – 10 Questions
- Month Based Puzzle - 5 Questions (Moderate)
- Circular arrangement: 8 persons (All facing inside)
- Linear Puzzle - 5 Questions (Single row with persons facing in both direction)
(iii) Alphanumeric Series - 5 Questions
The level of the questions was easy.
(iv) Direction Sense: 4-5 Questions
The simple understanding of these topics was required to solve the question. They were easy to solve
(vi) Order and Ranking : 3 Questions
In this, students were required to arrange the persons in order as per their ages.
(iv) Rest Miscellaneous Questions – 5 Questions
They were of the easy level. Topics asked were: Alphabet Coding, number coding etc. Word 'Visualization' was asked.
One question from 'Odd one out' was asked. In this pair of letters were given.
No Inequality was asked in this slot.
Analysis of English Language for IBPS Clerk Prelims
No. of questions - 30
Level of the exam – Easy
(i) Reading Comprehension – 7 Questions
- It was of moderate level. Only 1 question was from vocab. The RC was based on the topic of Children's education.
- 3 questions from synonyms antonyms were asked.
- There was one question related to title of the passage.
(ii) Sentence Correction : 6 Questions
Multiple sentences were given. The student was required to find the correct one.
(iii) Misspelt words– 5 Questions
Level of the questions was easy to moderate. 4 sentences were given. Students had to rearrange the 4 sentences and mark the answer as per given options.
(iv) Cloze Test- 6 Questions
Single fillers were asked. They were easily doable. The topic was related to 'wildlife animals'.
(v) Sentence Rearrangement - 5 Questions
A single Sentences was given. The student had to identify the correct sequence of this sentence.
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2018: Number of Good attempts
As per the level of the exam conducted in the third shift today, below is the section-wise and overall good attempts for the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam 2018.
Section Name
Number of Good Attempts
Numerical Ability
24-28 Questions
English Language
23-27 Questions
Reasoning Ability
24-28 Questions
Overall Exam
74+ Questions
So, we end up with the third shift analysis of IBPS Clerk Pre exam 2018. We will be uploading the analysis of fourth shift as well as an overall exam analysis with expected cutoff. Stay Connected.
Note: If you remember any question from the exam, feel free to share it in the comments section!
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Cars are something that people simply can't get enough of and there is often so much that they look to do with it. When considering a vehicle that has been modified you must to look at different aspects of it before you can go for a good insurance policy on it. If you spend some time understanding how the insurance company will evaluate your car and what parameters may end up having you pay a little more than usual, you can get a pretty good quote on your insurance. When you have a car that has been designed for an auto show, it's not going to look as risky as one that seems to zip past everyone else in the traffic and makes a lot of show and noise.
No insurance company will look at a car that is too fast for its own good and consider offering a good deal. When the car you have modified is to just present at some good auto shows, the risks are reduced from others which have a lot of power. Generally the show car would be having very low mileage and would be used to just exhibit at venues and events around the country now and then. You stand a much better chance of negotiating reasonable insurance rates on this vehicle.
When you consider a modified car that is for racing or built for speed, its meant to be showy. It will also be bound to be rather noisy grabbing a lot of attention from the right and wrong folks. You will end up seeing more often than not that people who own these cars drive them like they have been let loose from the cage and don't really bother about others on the road much. Seeing a car to be a very likely menace to other drivers and a potentially risky driver with a vehicle that definitely can be a problem will make it difficult for insurance companies to offer a competitive pricing.
This is not to say that insurance for modified cars are a difficult thing to negotiate on. Until recently this may have been the case, but today more and more companies are willing to come forward and offer pretty good deals on them. You may want to check out through online reviews which companies have a top rating for providing good service in modified car insurance and negotiate the terms that will be most suited to you. Taking the time to research some will definitely save you the costs in the long run of things.


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We are a serious group of players who usually play Weekday Evenings and Weekends UTC. Our average age is 31. Headsets/ Mics are strongly preferred. If that sounds like you, join us!
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King's Fall
The King is dead! Long live the king!
Join a raid! To complete Oryx you should be upper 290 (you want multiple 300+'s). To GET to Oryx, much lower light levels are doable, but 290+ is still recommended to ensure reasonable progress.
We encourage everyone to join a raid, regardless of how confident you are. If you are unsure about light level or gear, just ask.
For hard mode, you should be light 305 to join and have completed normal mode a few times. If you intend to complete Oryx, the fireteam should be composed of mostly 311+ people. One or two lower-light might work. Anticipate at least a couple of hours _just_ for oryx on hard mode if there are new Oryx Hard-players in the fireteam.
Since it's (almost) impossible to get to light 311 without hard mode, you obviously might have to join a few runs that don't complete to get there.
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