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This a significant strategic shift by the Trump Administration has potentially serious geo-economic consequences for the region and has the potential to bring about a turnaround in Afghanistan's economy.
With the U.S. Administrations deciding to secure Afghanistan from rogue elements, some of which have the tacit backing of the Pakistani state, the U.S. Air Force is likely to intensify its sorties in the region as well as expand the training of the Afghan air force, said General David Goldfein, the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.
However, he went on to add that he was still examining the matter and that the U.S. military's top brass has only just begun the process of translating Trump's war strategy into action.
"It's actually too early to tell what this will mean in terms of plus-ups and reductions," said Goldfein while adding that the U.S. Air Force was "absolutely" examining the possibility of increasing air power, including the support for U.S. ground forces, following Trump's decision to step up the campaign against Taliban insurgents.
The U.S. will also expand its training to Afghan pilots.
While he noted that the Afghan military has made some strides, thanks to U.S. training and equipment, however "I think there is a long way to go there, very honestly."
The Trump Administration has stated that there will be an increase in U.S. ground troops, but has chosen to not divulge numbers, as yet.
On Tuesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he would set troop levels following the review by military chiefs.
In the previous Administration, U.S. military officials had privately vented their frustration at not being able to strike as many Taliban targets, including training camps, as they see fit, unless they are a direct threat to U.S. forces or have a major impact on the Afghan state.
According to Wilson, Trump's approach gives the military more flexibility to strike insurgents.
"Obviously the Joint Chiefs will work through their plans and make proposals, but I think the guidance was pretty clear from the president last night, and we're going to go on the offensive and destroy these terrorist networks," said Wilson.
"I thought that came out very loud and clear in the speech that that's his priority," said Goldfein.
This development is potentially a milestone since it represents a "strategic correction" in the war against terror especially with a significant shift in U.S. policy towards Pakistan, said Wilson.
This was made clear in Trump's speech where he rebuked and warned Islamabad very clearly that if it were to continue its strategy of allowing safe havens to exists in its lawless areas bordering Afghanistan it had "much to lose".
Just like it had denied sheltering Osama Bin Ladden until he was killed in Pakistan by U.S. Special Forces, Pakistan has denied that it harbors militants fighting U.S. and Afghan government forces in Afghanistan.
Successive U.S. administrations have struggled to cope with a nuclear-armed Pakistan, with the U.S. military dependent on the country for flight paths and land routes to resupply its troops in landlocked Afghanistan.
Towards this end, Wilson did not rule out a future U.S. military role against militants in Pakistan should Islamabad fail to act.
"My assumption is that there will be some intense diplomatic pressure," she said.
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As the Cricket New South Wales chief executive Andrew Jones put it, the state team and the SCG Trust have "been here for more than 100 years and we'll both be here for another 100 years". If that's the case, this was not their finest hour.
The farcical abandonment of the Sheffield Shield match between NSW and Victoria has cost the home side six points and done rather more damage to the reputation of the SCG, its custodians at the Trust and its NSW Blues tenants.
Coming the week after New Zealand's tour match in Blacktown was also abandoned due to a poor surface, albeit pitch rather than outfield, the events at the SCG should have serious ramifications. The Trust itself remains stubborn in the belief that the ground was playable, and on Monday issued a terse statement to that effect.
"The Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust notes the decision to relocate this weekend's Sheffield Shield match from the SCG," a spokesman said. "The SCG remains ready to host cricket at the highest level. The Trust will work closely with Cricket NSW and Cricket Australia to ensure that the next Sheffield Shield match, set down to start on 27 November, takes place as normal at the SCG."
However, the loss of a Shield match to Bankstown Oval will hurt, and as the Cricket Australia operations manager Sean Cary pointed out, the number of times Victorian fielders slipped over in the cover, backward point and gully regions was not acceptable to the umpires or the match referee Steve Bernard, who announced the final decision to call off the fixture.
"When you've got quite significant bare areas where the grass hasn't taken in the high traffic fielding areas 15-20 metres from the stumps, they're the areas that were of greatest concern," Cary said. "We had up to 11 incidences where players slipped over and when that happens the umpires need to look very closely at what will happen into the future, and they have the greatest concern for player safety, and that's why they took the tough decision."
Despite the Trust's statement, Jones revealed that the offending areas were expected to be re-turfed as soon as possible, opening up the possibility of the ground being in a more fit state in time for the Shield match set to be played in the last week of November.
"I think the SCG [Trust] is planning to re-turf it, which can improve it reasonably quickly, but the proof will be in the pudding," Jones said. "The informal advice is they're planning to do that as soon as possible.
"We are hirers of the ground and we hire it on the understanding it will be in first-class condition when the first-class matches are schedule. We scheduled it mindful of the ground keeping schedule, so this came as a bit of a surprise.
"It's not a good look for cricket and it's not a good look for anyone involved, so we've got to take it on the chin. Bearing in mind we're hirers of the ground as we are at Blacktown, so to some extent we have influence but not control. But we like to be excellent at Cricket NSW and this clearly isn't excellent."
One of the reasons the events of Sunday have stuck in the craw of many is the divergence of views from numerous cricketers and officials who all looked at and walked upon the same patches of turf. The curator Tom Parker, who had been off sick for several weeks before the game, was adamant that the in-field was fine to play on, and in better condition when the game was called off than it had been at the start of play.
The Bushrangers who had fielded on it were united in the view that the surface was poor and not up to standard. The NSW players were less troubled by it though they had not yet experienced its vagaries, and it is believed that the Blues captain Moises Henriques offered to declare on the score of 1 for 88 to put NSW in the field and also open the possibility of a result.
But the inconvenient truth for all concerned is that the issues raised by this abandonment are not particularly new - they have only been brought to the surface by the extra rain that fell on Sydney before and during the fixture. Each November the SCG turf is a motley sight, with patchy grass growth in the middle and sandy top dressing in the outfield.
Tour matches played by South Africa in 2012 and England the following year showed a ground a long way short of its best at the outset of the cricket season, and it has become customary for those working at the venue to talk about the goal of "getting it right for the Test" even though the cricket season is half over by the time it comes around - Cricket NSW and the Trust have squabbled in recent summers over the use of pitches well removed from the centre of the square for BBL matches, and practice facilities have also been a source of debate.
After Melbourne and Adelaide submitted to drop-in pitches, Sydney and Brisbane are the only two grounds in Australia subject to large amounts of winter football use while retaining their original wicket blocks. The SCG Trust has long remained determined to ensure that a drop-in is never part of their plans, an admirable ideal in times of increasing financial pressure to do otherwise.
But the bottom line of this week is that the cricket ground needs to find a way to bounce back more quickly from winter to summer. To do that, the rich coffers of government or CA may need some raiding.


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July 6, 2018
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIREv.ROBERT NORMAN
Argued: May 15, 2018
Hillsborough-northern judicial district
J. MacDonald, attorney general (Katherine A. Triffon,
attorney, on the brief and orally), for the State.
Barnard, senior assistant appellate defender, of Concord, on
the brief and orally, for the defendant.
defendant, Robert Norman, appeals his convictions on seven
counts of possession of child sexual abuse images following a
bench trial on stipulated facts in Superior Court
(Brown, J.). See RSA 649-A:3, I(a) (2016).
On appeal, he argues that the superior court erred by denying
his motion to suppress in which he argued that the affidavit
submitted in support of the search warrant application failed
to establish probable cause that his electronic devices would
contain child sexual abuse images. He also argues that the
evidence was insufficient to prove, beyond a reasonable
doubt, that the images associated with the seven indictments
depict sexually explicit conduct. See RSA 649-A:2,
III (2016), :3, I(a). He further challenges three of the
indictments on the ground that the images associated with
them do not depict a child. See RSA 649-A:2, I
(2016), :3, I(a). We reverse and remand.
Motion to Suppress
following facts are drawn from the affidavit submitted in
support of the search warrant application. In February 2016,
members of the Hillsborough County Street Crimes Task Force
were conducting surveillance in the Wal-Mart parking lot in
Amherst. The officers observed a man, later identified as the
defendant, who appeared to be passed out in the driver's
seat of his pick-up truck. Concerned that he might have
overdosed, they approached the vehicle.
reaching the vehicle, the officers knocked on the window, and
the defendant sat up. They noticed that his pants were pulled
down to his ankles and that his genitals were exposed. They
further observed a cell phone, and a laptop computer
displaying a partially nude adult female in a provocative
some discussion with the defendant, he consented to a search
of his laptop, cell phone, and vehicle. On the laptop, the
police found "numerous folders . . . which contained
images of women in various stages of undress and
positions." Interspersed among those images were images
of children whom the officers estimated were "between
the ages of 6 and 15." "The younger of the children
were in sundresses," and "[t]he teenage females
were in cheerleader outfits." When questioned about the
images, the defendant stated that he did not have any nieces
or nephews and that there were no photographs of family
members on his computer. The defendant also "admitted
that he was inclined to have images of younger females if
they were wearing pantyhose or tights."
defendant was subsequently arrested for indecent exposure and
lewdness. See RSA 645:1 (2016). The police seized
his cell phone, his laptop, and an external hard drive that
they found in the vehicle. At the police station, the
defendant was questioned further about the images observed on
his computer. He told the police that "there were some
folders on his laptop which contained pornography" and
"estimated that there were approximately 500
images." He denied that his cell phone contained
pornography. The defendant also stated that he used the
external hard drive found in his vehicle "to back up his
computer," and that he "used the public access wifi
service at the Nashua Library to access the Torrent website
to download movies and television shows . . . so that the
downloads would not be traced back to him." The
defendant told the police that he does not use "the
Torrent network for pornography"; instead, he "uses
Google and Yahoo!" to search for pornography.
asked specifically about the images of the children, [the
defendant] stated that the images sometimes appear when he
searches for his fetishes[:] pantyhose, legs, and/or
feet." The defendant told the police that, to his
knowledge, none of the images were "of someone who is
pre-teen." He "added that he likes 'cheesecake
pictures, '" which are "images that are meant
to be a tease, not nude, but suggestive." The
officer-affiant who later applied for the search warrant
averred that "[t]his description matches that of what
officers observed mixed within the adult pornography
observed," and that "[t]hese types of images are
referred to as child erotica, which is typically a prelude to
sexually explicit images of children."
defendant was also questioned about his conduct in the
pick-up truck. He initially told the police that "his
pants were down as a result of preparing to change his
underwear when his girlfriend called," but later
"admitted that his laptop was open with one of his
images to 'stimulate' himself."
the interview, the police questioned the defendant about
"a similar situation" that had occurred in Salem.
The defendant claimed that he was arrested by the Salem
police for disorderly conduct after giving someone the middle
finger. The interviewing detectives contacted the Salem
police who reported that the defendant had actually been
arrested for indecent exposure and lewdness as well as
disorderly conduct in August 2014, after he was found in a
parked vehicle in a similar state of undress, viewing adult
pornography on his laptop. Although this information
established that the defendant had not been fully forthcoming
in his description of his Salem arrest, it provided no
evidence that he had been found in possession of child
the end of the February 2016 interview, the defendant refused
a request by the police to provide the password to his
laptop, stating that "there were banking records on his
computer." The police thereafter applied for a warrant
to search the defendant's laptop, external hard drive,
and cell phone for evidence of the crime of possession of
child sexual abuse images.
addition to the information recounted above, the affidavit
supporting the search warrant application contained
information based on the training and experience of the
officer-affiant. He averred that, "[b]ased on [his]
previous investigative experience related to child
pornography investigations, [his] training, and the
experience of other law enforcement officers with whom [he
has] had discussions, [he] know[s] there are certain
characteristics common to individuals who . . . possess . . .
child pornography." He averred that such individuals:
(1) "may receive sexual gratification, stimulation, and
satisfaction from . . . fantasies they may have [when]
viewing children engaged in sexual activity or in sexually
suggestive poses, . . . in person, in photographs, or other
visual media, or from literature describing such
activity"; (2) "may collect sexually explicit or
suggestive materials" and "often use these
materials for their own sexual arousal and
gratification"; (3) "almost always possess and
maintain their 'hard copies' of child pornographic
material . . . in the privacy and security of their
home" and "typically retain pictures, films,
photographs, . . . child erotica, and videotapes for many
years"; (4) "often maintain their child pornography
images in a digital or electronic format in a safe, secure
and private environment, such as a computer"; (5)
"may correspond with and/or meet others to share
information and materials" related to child pornography;
(6) "generally have knowledge about how to access hidden
and secretive cloud based locations involved with child
pornography"; and (7) "typically prefer not to be
without their child pornography for a prolonged time
Circuit Court (Ryan, J.) granted the search warrant
application based upon the submitted affidavit. A forensic
examination of the defendant's laptop and external hard
drive revealed the images that later served as the basis for
the charges of possession of child sexual abuse images. Each
charge was based upon a separate digital image found on the
defendant's electronic devices. Before trial, the
defendant moved to suppress the images, arguing that the
affidavit supporting the search warrant application failed to
establish probable cause. The superior court denied the
motion, after determining that the affidavit established
"a fair probability that evidence of child pornography
would be found on [the] defendant's computer and hard
defendant argues that the search warrant was not supported by
probable cause, in violation of the State and Federal
Constitutions. See N.H. CONST. pt. I, art. 19; U.S.
CONST. amends. IV, XIV. We first address the defendant's
claim under the State Constitution and rely upon ...
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(a) I tend to agree with Tim's view about a 'military' or 'camp ' language , w r to the language of the Orcs. As you might probably know, Urdu- our Pakistani national language – was born in the medieval times, during the early Muslim conquests of India by several invading tribes from the North and North West eg the Turks, Afghans, Mongols/Muguls etc. These invaders used to garrison their mercenary armies of mixed Central Asia/Afghan types (with a small number of local Hindi mercenaries too) in special camps, usually outside the main cities like Delhi and Lahore; and since all sorts of commodities etc were to be provided to these warriors, by local merchants and farmers etc, a sort of mixed patois developed, which included a Hindi base with Turkish and Persian and Pushto/Afghan words, later on also a smattering of Arabic. This developed into a proper camp language or 'lingua franca' and was designated as 'Urdu' in fact a Turkish word meaning 'camp'. Compared to Hindi and its associate languages and dialects, it was a somewhat harsh-sounding language, with more gutturals (which become flattened out in Hindi) and resembled, in its early manifestation, languages such as Gaelic or German. Over time, as the Hindi influence grew , the language became softer and more refined (as we note in the 18th-19th centuries with the growth of Urdu poetry in Delhi and Lucknow) — but the essential and basic 'rough and ready' character still remains in the common Urdu (Urdu i Aaama or the Ordinary Camp) vis a vis the later high/refined Urdu (Urdu i Mualla, or the Exalted Camp). I always imagine Orcish to be somewhat like the early rough Urdu. A hodge-podge language of all the tribes between the Indus and the Aral Sea.
(b) the comments about Shelob and the bottled starlight/Elvish light brings to mind an old folk tale here in this region, of 'Nikka Pai" a younger son/brother of a farmer, who has to go down to the Underworld/Hades to rescue his elder brother from the demons who have taken him , in order to fulfill a promise to their parents. As he is a good-hearted and pure-spirited lad, and loyal to his elder brother and devoted/obedient to his parents, of course, Divine Help comes his way; he meets a saint or mystic 'Baba' (elder/old man) who gives him a mystic phial, of 'Heavenly light' . This has the power to bring positive force/energy to the owner/user– in the Underworld, we are told, all positive energy/force is sucked away, and people become dull and even lose their colour, they become 'grey' like the dead ones; but the Heavenly light phial can bring back this positive energy and drive away those demons and negative forces that thrive in the darkness. Strange echoes of both this Tolkien incident/scene and of the Dementors, in the Harry Potter books by JK Rowling — in fact, my youngest son, Hissam, reminded me of this, as he was reading Harry Potter and had of course listened to this story in his childhood.


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School Wins Prestigious TES Community Initiative Award
Thursday, 08 February 2018
London, 8 February 2018: Bolton School has won the 'Whole school community initiative of the year' award at the prestigious Tes Independent School Awards 2018.
Local council cutbacks have been an unavoidable fact of life in this age of austerity, with many non-statutory services among the first to suffer.
But one school with a sterling record of community work teamed up with key partners to ensure that local primary schools would still have sporting opportunities that can mean so much for their pupils.
Bolton School helped to form the Bolton Sports Alliance in 2015, and since then the school has played a vital role in its continuing success.
The school's football coach, Keith Branagan, has the job of finding a solution for local schools' PE or sporting needs, whether it be coordinating their entire PE programme or finding short-term expertise for a specific sport. The school hosts an annual football festival, enjoyed by more than 10,000 7-11-year-olds. And its pupils help to run an annual sports festival, as well as town cross-country and swimming championships.
A testimonial from Gaskell Primary, an inner-city school in an area of high deprivation, spoke of how support from Bolton School had been "very positive" in its efforts to use sport as part of its inclusion programme for newly arrived international pupils.
The judges said: "There is an extraordinary amount of work being done for an awful lot of people, with a very wide range of opportunities being provided by Bolton School.
"They have been absolute leaders in the sector in community work. It is a really strong project that has had a very significant impact on its area. A shining city on the hill."
Winners attended a black-tie event at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, hosted by author, broadcaster, actor and entertainer Gyles Brandreth, where more than 400 attendees celebrated all that is outstanding in independent schools.
Headmaster Philip Britton and Headmistress Sue Hincks said: "We were absolutely delighted to receive the award and proud to do so for all sorts of reasons - as thanks to all those who have given their time to the community, for those who have spent time making partnerships work, for the whole community of Bolton who can take pride in their working together for the common good being recognised nationally as an example for all."
You can read the TES category entry in full here.
This year's categories and winners are as follows (full details of the winners can be viewed here):
- Independent school of the year: Latymer Upper School
- Senior leadership team of the year: Wolverhampton Grammar School
- Marketing campaign of the year: Loughborough Grammar School
- International school of the year: Prince of Wales Island International School - Penang, Malaysia
- Boarding school of the year: Wellington College
- Best use of technology award: Caterham School
- Special services to independent education award: Peter Bellenger, Brighton College
- Pre-prep/prep school of the year: Clifton School and Nursery
- Senior school of the year: Latymer Upper School
- Whole-school community initiative of the year: Bolton School
- Independent-state school partnership award: Latymer Upper School
- Special needs initiative of the year: Wilds Lodge School
- Wellbeing initiative of the year: The Holmewood School
- Creativity award: Surbiton High School
- Strategic education initiative of the year: St Faith's
- Financial/fundraising initiative of the year: King Edward VI High School for Girls
For more coverage of the awards, profiles of the winners and photographs from the evening, please visit isawards.co.uk.
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B is for Budgets
Budgeting can be the most exciting time of the year when you are planning for next year's programs OR the most stressful!! Let's see if we can help you cut down on the stress level for getting your budget into the Financial Edge, so you can focus on the exciting programs part. Asking and answering some key questions ahead of time is a great place to start.
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Do you have Advanced Budget Management?
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Another important consideration is the time frame for your budget.
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Kubard (クバード) is a major character from The Heroic Legend of Arslan and a playable character in Arslan: The Warriors of Legend.
Famed as the "three-headed dragon" for the scar over his left eye, he is a warrior who disowns his liege due to his conduct at Atropatene Plains. He acts on Saam's recommendation to serve Hilmes. After a hectic turn of events, he meets Arslan's forces and shifts his allegiances to them.
Kubard is a leader who protects his men. He remembers the names of every person who serves in his unit and seeks to personally judge the risks any movement imposes on them. To him, anyone who forgets their ties to his fellow man isn't someone worthy of his loyalty. Despite his reputation as a powerful and sharp veteran of impeccable service, formalities and praise makes him gag. He personally prides "Kubard the Braggart" as his epithet. Combined with his cheery wit and sarcasm, his presence is popular and liked within every branch of the military.
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- R1 (Unique Skill): Kubard does two energy slashes, one diagonally upward, then downward, easily piercing shields of officers.
- : Kubard grabs an enemy. If he connects, he throws them up and catches them with his sword during a horizontal slash. His cut will carve into the ground in front of him and erupt to hit surrounding enemies. If he fails to grab an enemy, he'll still swing his sword but it will deal less damage.
- Power Weapon Art
- : Stabs the ground, stunning enemies around him. If the player holds the charge to its maximum limit, Kubard will let go of his sword to crack his knuckles. This gestures grants him a temporary power boost that is signified by the dark aura surrounding him. The aura will either disappear on its own or leave once he is hit.
- , : Lunging sword hilt bash that launches opponents. If the player holds the charge, the range of the attack will increase.
- , , , (): Overhead chop followed by two spinning slashes. The player can only hold one of the charges; holding either one increases Kubard's attack power and adds bigger whirlwinds to the spinning slashes.
- , , , , (): Plunges his sword into the ground and follows with an overhead chop. The player can only hold one of the charges; holding either one increases Kubard's attack power and range.
- , , , , : Upward sword stab that launches foes. Hold the charge to increase Kubard's attack power and to generate a whirlwind effect.
- , , , , , , (): Two spinning whirlwind slashes followed by a diagonal cut. The player can only hold one of the charges. Hold either one to increase the range of his whirlwinds and the aura effect on the last slash.
- , , , , , : Three horizontal slashes while he steps forward. He places his sword over him and shoulder rams forward. He follows with a horizontal swing and ends by slamming his sword on the ground for splash damage.
- , : A quick two-handed slice that makes him hover slightly and stops the angle of his descent.
- , : Twirls in the air before slamming his sword on the ground.
- Dashing : Lunging diagonal slash.
- Charge Shift: Three horizontal slashes followed by an overhead chop. Final attack will have a whirlwind and Fire element accompanying it.
- Fire Weapon Art
- , , , , , (): Plunges his sword into the ground and follows with a rising diagonal slash. The player can only hold one of the charges; holding either one increases Kubard's attack power and the launching effect of his sword plunge, and adds a whirlwind to the last slash.
- , , , , , : One crouching spinning slash that launches and another spinning slash to knock foes away. Hold the charge to increase Kubard's attack power and to add a damaging aura around both cuts.
- Wind Weapon Art
- , , , : Rams through enemies while holding sword. He ends his charge by thrusting his sword upwards. Hold the charge to add a blue aura around Kubard for his charge.
- Fusion Weapon Art
- Water. Fire, and Miasma Elements
- , , : Kubard grabs an opponent and headbutts them, stunning them. Hold the charge to spread the Miasma element to more enemies nearby. Should he miss, Kubard will need a few moments to stand upright again.
- Water Weapon Art
- : Backwards vault to fire three arrows in front of him.
- , : Uppercut bash with his bow hand. Leaves him aerial. If there are no opponents nearby, he shoots three arrows while he is in the air.
- , , : Rolls and leaps high into the air to shoot arrows that stun foes below him.
- , , , , (): Spins as he fires three arrows. Stands upright to fire a single shot. Mash to rapidly fire a string of arrows. Alter his aim by moving the analog stick. He fires a final powerful arrow at the end of the sequence.
- , , , , : Hops into the air to fire three arrows downward. Mash to rapidly fire more arrows. Alter his aim by moving the analog stick. He fires three powerful arrows at the end of the sequence.
- , , , , , : Hops into the air and aims downward. Move the analog stick to alter his aim. He fires a powerful spread of arrows below him.
- , , , , , : Hunched over as he fires three arrows. Hops to fire three more. Rolls to his feet and fires three more arrows from a crouching position. Stands and swings his bow two times, firing three arrows with each swing. He ends by twirling and swishing his arms a final time, firing three arrows as he turns.
- , : Three arrows quickly fired beneath him. Can be repeated multiple times before his landing.
- , : Flips and shoots three arrows directly below him.
- Dashing : Spins into a crouching stop, firing three arrows as he turns.
- Charge Shift: Quickly performs his normal attack chain. The final spinning shot will have him fire more arrows than his normal chain. The last attack is Fire elemental and is accompanied by a whirlwind.
- Fire Weapon Art
- , , , : Crouches as he unleashes five arrows in front of him. This attack is tipped with the Fire element.
- , , , , , (): Sprints forward and hops for a sliding kick that knocks opponents upwards. He follows with three vertically aimed arrows. Mash to rapidly fire more arrows. Alter his aim by moving the analog stick. His last set of arrows will trigger a rain of arrows to spill down afterwards.
- Miasma Weapon Art
- , , , (): Leaps into the air and fires a powerful arrow. When he lands, he crouches to keep shooting an arrow in front of him. Mash to rapidly fire more arrows. Alter his aim by moving the analog stick. On his final charge attack, Kubard will fire three arrows in front of him.
- , , , , , , (): Kubard crouches to string a single arrow in his bow. He pauses for a moment before he fires it. The arrow will travel forward with a wide energy beam accompanying it that knocks foes upwards. The appending charge has him follow up with another powerful shot to knock enemies further back. Alter his aim throughout the sequence by moving the analog stick.
- Mounted Moveset
- Same as Sword moveset.
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HONEY SINGH LOVE: Raahgiri Day at Dwarka, supported by Times of India, saw the usual enthusiasm and fun energy this Sunday as well.
The day's activities started with a performance by Parindey, a citybased band that made Raahgirs groove to Bollywood numbers, including an acoustic version of Honey Singh's Love Dose. Deepak Puri, the lead vocalist of the band said, "Dwarka Raahgiri has a young and peppy crowd, so it's fun to perform here. People sing along and dance and it's an experience in itself."
Some more dancing followed the thumkas at the zumba workout by the Beats & Fusion Studio. Aditi, a 16-year-old from Sector 10, said, "Dancing and working out is the best way to start my Sunday morning. I love zumba and I am so happy that this session was organized." Em cee Madhukar also called a few people on stage to dance with the troupe. Following this, Sumit Rawal, a student, acted out the monologue from Charlie Chaplin's The Dic tator. Ruchi*, a resident of Dwarka Mod, said, "This is my first Raahgiri. It's cool, but my parents generally don't allow me to step out and come here on Sundays with out them. Today, since I was staying over at a friend's place, I managed to come."
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Love to laugh? So do we. Unfortunately, 2016 has been fairly light on great comedies. There have been a lot of comedic films released this year, but the majority of those titles barely had enough laughs to be considered funny at all. The exception to that trend is Bad Moms, a unique movie that allowed for six of the funniest women in entertainment today to shine as no other motion picture has made possible in years. Here's an except from the review we ran when the film opened over the Summer:
"Not every movie has to reinvent the wheel in order to be a success. Bad Moms follows a blueprint for comedic storytelling that has been used a hundred times or more throughout the history of cinema, but thanks to terrific performances and a heart of gold the film finds a way to make the familiar feel new once again. It's not a movie I expect to find the kind of diehard following that embraced similar all-female stories like Bridesmaids, but it is one heck of a good time while it lasts."
This week, we are running a contest to give three Substream readers a copy of Bad Moms on Blu-ray. All you have to do to enter is fill out the form below:
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Bad Moms is available now wherever movies are sold or rented. If you're unfamiliar with this hilarious feature, check out the official trailer below:
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"Amy (Mila Kunis) has a great husband, overachieving children, beautiful home and successful career. Unfortunately, she's also overworked, exhausted and ready to snap. Fed up, she joins forces with two other stressed-out mothers (Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn) to get away from daily life and conventional responsibilities. As the gals go wild with their newfound freedom, they set themselves up for the ultimate showdown with PTA queen bee Gwendolyn and her clique of seemingly perfect moms."


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'That's Me Ringing In The New Year' was broadcast on 31 December 1972.
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Various stops in the Westerville/Delaware County region to discuss workforce development, the Regionally Aligned Priorities in Delivering Skills (RAPIDS) program, College Credit Plus, Aspire education, student veterans, and textbook affordability, in conjunction with Governor John R. Kasich's State of the State address.
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Why bookmarks?
Because our Advent plans include a ton of reading and I loved the St. Joseph novena bookmarks that my friend Karen brought to a St. Joseph playdate that we enjoyed together. Plus, bookmarks are longer than prayer cards and can include more rebus pictures?
Why rebus pictures?
Because as I viewed the many beautiful St. Andrew Christmas Prayer printables that already exist online, I realized that none of them would work for my children this year. My pre-reader prefers multiple picture cues when following along with repetitive prayers. My developing reader also benefits from picture cues and does best with large, simple fonts. My other reader appreciates when Mom takes the time to make something especially for him and his siblings. Thus, to meet my children's needs and wants - as well as my own desire to introduce our family to the St. Andrew Christmas Novena this year - rebus pictures it became.
What Is the St. Andrew Christmas Novena?
The St. Andrew Christmas Novena is an Advent tradition that, unlike most novenas which are prayed for nine days, has many folks praying from St. Andrew's Feast Day on November 30 all the way through Christmas.
Despite its name, the prayer is not addressed as an intercessory prayer to St. Andrew. Rather, it is prayed directly to God Himself, asking Him to grant a specific request in honor of the birth of His Son at Christmas. Because many begin the prayer on St. Andrew's feast day, it is often called the St. Andrew Novena. Others, however, pray it as a literal novena, beginning it nine days prior to Christmas and calling it a Christmas Novena or Christmas Anticipation Prayer.
No matter what you call the prayer or how long you pray it for, it is a beautiful prayer tradition worth beginning.
Resource Roundup of Other St. Andrew Christmas Novena Printables, Reflections, Etc.
Many folks have shared their ideas, hard work and creativity online in order to inspire others (like my children and me!) to begin a St. Andrew Christmas Novena prayer tradition. Perhaps you'll find the perfect tool or idea for helping you and yours among these helpful posts:
- Little Ways teaches how to make sacrifice beads (which we used for he ops of our bookmarks.)
- JOY{filled}family offers step-by-step instructions for making a Christmas Novena Chaplet with beads, ribbon and a beautiful printable prayer card.
- Family in Feast and Feria shares a different look at how a prayer card and beads might turn out, as well as a link to Sacrifice Bead instructions.
- Raising (& Teaching) Little Saints offers a simple, cute one-page printable that would be fabulous for posting near a bedside or putting in a notebook or lapbook.
- The Loveliest Hour offers a one-page printable of the prayer with a lovely image of Mary, Baby Jesus and a lamb on it.
- Michele Quigley offers a simple printable with the prayer that can be posted all over your house to remind you to pray.
- Amongst Lovely Things offers thoughts worth reading about the novena.
- EWTN offers nine days of reflections for those who wish to pray the novena as a literal novena prior to Christmas.
- Young and Catholic offers a beautiful testimony to how powerful the prayer can be.
I'd love to hear about your favorite St. Andrew Christmas Prayer testimonies, tools and reflections. Please share them in a comment!


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Engel & Völkers Southern Africa is celebrating its continued growth in to the Western Cape with the recently signed Bellville licence. The signing of yet another licence, moving into the Bellville area supports the companies aim to satisfy the growing demand for a premium real estate service, the new signature shop will open its doors later this year.
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Heinrich von Loggenburg and Jimmiette von Loggenburg acquired the licence after being introduced to the brand through the Natoinal Guide publication in Umhlanga by a friend of theirs. "The brand immediately caught our attention as we believe in a strong brand identity and the systems and procedures which comes with such an established brand" said Heinrich.
Both Heinrich and Jimmiette come from very diverse back grounds, yet the service industry runs through their veins, and that together with their strong believe in teamwork, makes this the ideal path for them. Excited and ready to take on the challenge, they are in the process of relocating from Richards Bay to start the new chapter in their lives.
Looking forward to the real estate industry's challenges and individual characteristics they are planning on turning their investment into a family business. "Even though this is new for both of us, we believe that hard work is key to the success of any business" said Jimmiette.
"We would like to wish them a warm E&V welcome and wish the all the best with the re-location process, with great excitement of things to come" concluded Craig Hutchison.
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A student from Stornoway has developed an engine concept for supersonic jets with the help of the Innovation Centre at Lews Castle College UHI and had his ideas published in a prestigious scientific journal.
Matthew Murray carried out the research into scramjet engines – which could potentially power an ordinary fixed-wing aircraft into space or shorten journey times between Britain and Australia to two hours – during the final year of his BEng in Mechanical and Energy Engineering.
His project was about how to control complex air flow through the engine and his ideas have been so well received that his paper was published in The Journal of the British Interplanetary Society.
Dr Chris Macleod, founder of the Innovation Centre, said it was "very unusual" for a paper by an undergraduate to be published in a peer-reviewed journal – but added that Matthew had been "an exceptionally good student".
The Innovation Centre, which was set up with a £20,000 investment from community wind farm charity Point and Sandwick Trust, offers high-tech research facilities and support to people with entrepreneurial ideas and to students and schoolchildren working on STEM projects. Its purpose is to provide training, advice and development facilities for people who would like to start their own businesses and / or learn more about technology.
Matthew used the facilities, including a 3D printer, to develop his concept and produce a prototype of an external nose cone, which would control air flow through the engine.
His engine concept is called ASPIRE (Air-breathing Supersonic Pellet Injection Rotary Engine) and the purpose of the paper, as Matthew said, was "to present further proof-of-concept results to show the idea is worth pursuing to the experimental verification stage".
Scramjet engine are more powerful and much faster than commercial engines but work differently because they don't use turbines. Instead, the shape of the inlet is used to create shockwaves which compress the air, which becomes very hot and pressurised. Fuel pellets are then injected and mix with the compressed air, creating a thrust on the exit of the engine.
Matthew's research project was about finding a way to slow down the passage of air through the engine, allowing more time for it to mix properly with the fuel. His solution was to create a cone which rotates, shutting off and opening up as it does so and pulsing the air through the engine, thereby regulating the flow.
The idea for the research was devised in collaboration with Dr Chris Macleod and Matthew began working on it in the summer of 2017 and finished it in May 2018. It was published a year later in The Journal of the British Interplanetary Society – the oldest continuously published astronautical journal in the world, first published in 1934.
Dr Macleod said this journal, founded by the early pioneers of British space-science including Arthur C Clarke and Patrick Moore, was "one of the most respected journals in the field" and was "the first place of publication for many of the fundamental ideas in spaceflight".
Matthew, who went on to do a Masters in Advanced Mechanical with Aerospace Engineering at Strathclyde University this year, said he was "very happy and very surprised at the same time" to have had his paper published in this journal.
He added: "It was a year of work and when I first started it was quite daunting. I thought I did a good job so I'm happy about that."
Matthew said a lot of credit was due to Dr Macleod and the way the college structures its courses, to provide extensive one-to-one support to students. Combined with his experience at Strathclyde, he now has a broad range of engineering knowledge, from aerospace to mechanical and energy.
Matthew left school "without appropriate qualifications" and began his academic journey with an access course to the NC in Mechanical Engineering.
"At first I just wanted a basic degree to get a job offshore but that changed with things like the gas industry laying off people. My thoughts changed. I thought, 'right, I need to open my horizons', so to speak, and that's when I got into the more research and development side of engineering."
"It's been a bit of a turnaround, the past few years… It's probably quite an unconventional journey for engineering. Most of the people I talk to went straight from school to their degrees. It's interesting because I never would have seen myself here, especially when I left school. I had no interest in maths or physics in The Nicolson."
The Innovation Centre is supporting research and development in a range of areas, from Matthew's supersonic jet engines to disability aids, hydroponics, cosmetics and other products.
It provides a range of sophisticated testing equipment to help people turn concepts into prototypes – just as Matthew has done – and sponsors Point and Sandwick Trust are delighted to see it being put to such good use.
Andrew Mackenzie is a Point and Sandwick Trust board member, a lecturer in engineering at Lews Castle College UHI and Honorary Secretary for the Institution of Engineering and Technology's Scotland North Local Network.
He welcomed the publication of Matthew's undergraduate paper and said: "This shows that anything is possible with motivating college staff, the endeavour of bright students and the resources of The Innovation Centre.
"I am proud that Point and Sandwick Trust has the vision and forward thinking to support the future of engineering in the Western Isles by sponsoring the Innovation Centre at Lews Castle College – and that it will continue to do so in following years. The future is bright!"


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Driven by growth in software and IT services revenue, IT spending in India is forecast to reach $72.4 billion in 2017, up 6.9 percent from 2016 estimated spending of $67.7 billion, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc.
Gartner analysts said the key vertical segments driving IT spending growth include the communications, media and services, banking and securities, manufacturing and utilities markets.
"'Make in India' is set to boost the manufacturing sector, as well as make it easier to attract investment, and 'Digital India' is focused on creating digital infrastructure, digital delivery of services and increased digital literacy," said Partha Iyengar, Gartner Fellow and head of research at Gartner India.
"Software and IT services spending is projected to have the highest growth rates as companies work towards creating digital applications on which enterprise organizations' digital business models are being built. Some leading edge organizations are already starting to extend that journey to the beginnings of algorithmic business."
Software spending is projected to grow 7.3 percent in 2016, and it will grow another 12.8 percent in 2017 to total $5 billion (see Table 1). IT services spending is on pace to grow 8.3 percent in 2016 to reach $11 billion, and increase 13.5 percent in 2017 to reach $12.5 billion.
CIOs will participate in the building of a new digital platform with intelligence at the center. That platform will enable ecosystems, connecting businesses and collapsing industries. Gartner analysts said it will change society itself, and the way people live.
The new digital platform consists of five domains: traditional IT systems, customer experience, The Internet of Things (IoT), an ecosystem foundation and the intelligence platform that ties all the domains together.
"Each of these domains are interconnected and interdependent. All have a role, and all are required," said Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president and global head of Research. "Your new digital platform will allow you to participate in the evolving world of business, government, and consumer ecosystems. Because ecosystems are the next evolution for digital. It's how you compete at scale."


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