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|The Land Before Time Deleted scenes (First film)
|Screenshot of part of the heavily cut Sharptooth scene
|Partially Found
Don Bluth's 1988 animated feature film The Land Before Time was originally to have a running length of 80-82 minutes,[1] but was cut down to 69 minutes, due to the removal of various scenes that were deemed either too frightening or too difficult for children to understand (plus a few other minor cuts that happened for unknown reasons).Against Bluth's wishes, a grand total of 19 fully animated scenes were cut from the film before release, namely scenes in which potentially overwhelming images from the encounter with Sharptooth (the Tyrannosaurus rex) were shown, such as close ups of him attacking out of nowhere, and (though possibly just a rumor) a scene of Sharptooth ripping open the back of Littlefoot's mother (which was altered to show the event only in shadow). The theory that the early release tape contained some cut footage seems to have been proven false.[2]
In addition to these scenes, the ending was also altered. Originally, Littlefoot was to find the Great Valley on his own after parting with his friends, before returning to his friends and helping them defeat Sharptooth, later entering the Valley with his reunited group. Other scenes cut from the film included one in which Ducky is seen taunting Sharptooth by making faces at him, and one that shows the inclusion of Spike into the gang and the decision to lead him using berries. The rumored scene in which the main characters come upon an oasis inhabited by fat "crown-heads" (Pachycephalosaurus) and "gray-noses" (Saurolophus), who refuse to share food and water with one another, giving Cera an epiphany on not judging others based on their species was rumored to be part of the film, but was never actually animated.
Small snippets from some of the deleted scenes can also be found in pieces of promotional material for the movie that came out before its release. It is rumored that an unedited copy of the film was accidentally sent to a Finnish broadcasting company, which they then subsequently aired, although this claim has never been verified.
The original cut of The Land Before Time has never shown up in any form of public release, and it is largely believed that the extra footage has been either lost or destroyed. Despite this, stills from some of the deleted scenes have shown up in the past, some, interestingly enough, in the movie's counterpart storybooks Friends in Need, The Search for the Great Valley, and The Land Before Time: The Illustrated Story. Also, another Don Bluth-directed film, All Dogs Go To Heaven, had cut scenes that were found in 2016, leading fans to believe that the cut scenes for The Land Before Time may show up in the future and are not truly lost.
Attempts are being made to contact people who worked on the film. Some members of the Gang of Five (the biggest Land Before Time forum to date) have asked Mark Pudleiner, Dick Zondag (animation director), and Stu Krieger about information.
New information was discovered on 06/23/2017 from Mark Pudleiner, who asked producer Gary Goldman for information.
I asked the one of the owners and producer Gary Goldman.
This is his reply.
- Mark
"Though it was approved at the storyboard stage. It was at a screening in April or May of 1988 just 6 months before completion of the film at a a 20th Century Fox theater in Soho Square, London, with just Don, John, me, Steven and his first wife and George in one of the small 30 seat theaters. The problem is that when it was edited, cutting 19 scenes out - including audio, by one of Steven's favorite editors at Pinewood Studios in England, it was mainly the T-Rex shots (scenes to me) of full head shots with wide open mouths, attacking into the lens of the camera at the child dinosaurs as they took cover in the briars. However, it was less than a minute lost sections of the T-Rex attack and the kids. Steven and George both felt that those scenes would have triggered an audience of 4 and 5 year olds crying and having their mothers and fathers holding them in their arms in the lobby waiting for a safe time to take their kids back to their seats. Those cuts remained, the tiny short cuts were taped together and rolled and we took them back to Dublin. However, we never saved the prints or the negatives for those scenes, all were animated and cleaned up, many of which were in color.
The additional 10+ minutes of cuts came after we finished the film. Steven and the same editor, who had been fast-tracked to get a green card, to move to Burbank and work with Spielberg there at Amblin on the Universal lot on other projects. Steven continued to edit the film to be sure it would not disturb parents or their children. I believe we delivered an 80 to 82 minute film including all credits. The final edited length was 69 minutes, the same as Bambi (1942).
Gary "
Though it was said that the scenes were not saved, the same was said for the cut scenes of All Dogs Go to Heaven, but the uncut hell scene was found in the summer of 2016.
The Three Main Cuts
When the movie was first screened, it seems it wasn't yet scored, since there are a number of scenes that simply don't fit into the music. Other scenes were removed after it was scored, which is why there are chunks in the music that are missing, like in The Black Cauldron, though normally not to as great of an extent. The second edit is much more major than the other two.
The First Edit (early production; 1986)
- Early in the film, when Littlefoot was still a baby, there was originally going to be a scene where he encounters a Dinilysia (a type of prehistoric snake). The scene was titled "Littlefoot and the Snake". In the scene, it attacks and nearly kills Littlefoot, before his mother arrives and saves him by picking it up in her mouth and flinging it away. This was one of the earliest of all the cuts. Storyboards for this scene are all that survives of it.
- The film was screened to psychologists, and the Old Rooter scene was added to the movie, since the death of the mother was deemed too traumatic. The original version was originally planned to just fade or cut to the fliers playing with the cherries. This addition of Rooter prevented the entire death scene from being cut out. Rooter was added before the cuts in the second edit, as the May 1987 script includes Rooter in it.
The Second Edit (late 1986 to mid 1988)
- Through recently released storyboards by one of The Land Before Time's animators, Mark Pudleiner, on his blog in 2015, a good portion of the first Sharptooth attack has finally been pieced together. These scenes were also fully animated, as shown on the cel from "The Search for the Great Valley" book to the right, but as of now they have not been found in full.
- In order of the storyboards: Cera and Littlefoot notice the ground shaking. The frogs vanish, and Sharptooth is shown walking up to the thorn tree and smashing into it. The kids run out, slip and fall, and his shadow looms over him. They leap away before he can stomp down on them, and run back under the tree. Trying to escape, they climb up the hollow inside but Sharptooth lunges down the top of it, trying to grab them. They fall and run away as he tears up the thorn tree (as seen beside this). The part where Sharptooth rams the tree, where the kids climb the tree, and when he lunges from the top and then completely rips it up is completely missing from the final film.
- Then, Sharptooth leaps as the children enter a thicket of briars. Littlefoot gets caught in thorns and when he breaks free, they fly into Sharptooth's eye blinding it. He then starts to search for the children, before Cera runs out into the open. The injury part was supposed to happen before he started looking for the children; this is why he appears injured already when he is searching for the kids. These two scenes in this paragraph were switched around before the film was scored for unknown reasons.
- Sharptooth then breaks through the brambles in front of Cera and misses biting her, and later Littlefoot. He then bites the dirt as they make it past him. He then turns and misses another bite, before he bursts out of the thorn bushes and leaps, landing in front of them. They try to turn around and run the other way, but he lowers his tail blocking them off. They both run around the opposite sides of his head as he lowers it down. All of the scenes in this paragraph are not in the film, sans footage of him bursting out of the bushes and scratching off, the kids running, and him leaping. This "scratching off" bit is actually reused animation of him trying to scratch Ducky and Petrie before his death near the end of the film. It was likely added in to make this heavily edited scene make more sense, as opposed to him bursting out of the bushes and leaping in a weird way, preparing to jump in a now different position.
- Sharptooth then leaps again as the kids exit the bushes and try to run, before Littlefoot's mother knocks him away with her tail. It seems that in the final film, this second leap is actually the landing of the first leap.
- One of the best known cut scenes, the discovery of Spike, was cut down a lot. Originally, Cera and Littlefoot fought about keeping him, and Ducky figured out how to get him to follow with cherries: in the final, the narrator seems to reference this scene slightly. It seems to have been cut early on, since it's hard to pinpoint how it was cut. After Spike is found, it seems Cera left for a while, since she vanishes right before they find the green food. She's very obviously not there in any scene until she starts claiming she found the food and calling it the Great Valley; she probably came back when Littlefoot and Spike were calling the others. This scene appears in "The Illustrated Story" and "Friends in Need" books.
- Sharptooth's death was a nightmare to re-edit, but it seems the scene went on longer, with Ducky having to lure him into the water again. As shown in the May 1987 script, Petrie originally fought with Sharptooth for a much longer period of time, with Ducky trying to distract him by making faces and him landing in front of her.
- The sinking scene was also longer, and there was a scene with the group reuniting with Petrie when he escaped, which could have had the hugging scene follow it, since it could also fit in there. Then Littlefoot guided them to the Valley, carrying Petrie on his head. This reused animation from earlier, and it's possible the re-cut may have been done to spare audiences another segment of repeated animation in this film. The movie then continued on as normal.
The Third Edit (after the soundtrack was created)
- The extended fight between Sharptooth and Littlefoot's mother. Notably, this scene is only missing 16 seconds of footage (according to soundtrack official and final comparisons) right before the earthquake begins, and plays lower, dramatic music. This explains the sudden appearance of the mother's neck wound.
- Going by the May 1987 script, it features Littlefoot's mother fighting with Sharptooth AFTER she is bitten by him, which has a close-up of her yelling in pain. Meanwhile, Littlefoot and Cera hide in a canyon while the battle takes place. When both combatants near the children, Littlefoot's mother hits Sharptooth with her tail and sends mud flying at him down a small hill. This causes Littlefoot and Cera to slide down and crash into Sharptooth's foot, as seen in the clip below from a trailer. Afterwards, Littlefoot's mother hits Sharptooth again and sends him down a steeper hill while she and the children escape the canyon area. This scene is cut down heavily in the final film, to the point where only the soundtrack was any sort of hint that it existed.
- Small bits of the green food scene are known to be cut, and this was probably just to speed up the pacing a bit. It seems nothing major was cut, but there is some slight continuity problems involving Cera: She backs up to ram the tree again for food, and then is walking away, teasing the group. The music seems to be severely cut up, since it's impossible to line up anymore.
- In the soundtrack, "If We Hold on Together" is listed after the "Whispering Winds" track, and before "Foraging for Food" (which was ultimately cut down), and the credits are separate. In fact, the lyrics suggest there could have been a sequence when this song played, perhaps to do with the group separated. It may have fit in after they find the "Rock That Looks Like A Longneck", where the movie does an awkward fade out, where the characters noticeably freeze in place. This never happens at another point, and it's obvious something was cut. It was likely Cera being a jerk about finding the rock first or something. There's potential Cera left the group and stormed off, only for them to be reunited again shortly after, which could explain why tensions were so high in the following scenes.
- What is now the ending of the film happened considerably earlier, but piecing it together is hard. When they reached the Mountains That Burn, they split up. Originally, it would have continued with Littlefoot wandering past the pond they drown Sharptooth in, asking his mother for help, then discovering the valley (this last bit is still used in the movie). There was a scene with him playing in the waterfalls, then, in an unknown scene, he ends up finding the others at the river of fire (potentially his mother told him to bring them, but nothing is known of this moment).
- It is noticeable that they eventually ended up on the right path from there, and may have been going the right way. In the film, the narrator says that Cera is too proud to admit she went the wrong way: how did she know she was going the wrong way? Something was likely cut out with Littlefoot revealing he had found the Great Valley, but the narration regarding these scenes were not. It's also notable that it looks like it's raining outside when she storms off, not a waterfall, so there might be a large amount of footage missing from that point on. This ending is seen in all three of the book adaptions of the movie.
- There is also additional missing footage of the plan to kill Sharptooth, with Littlefoot likely explaining the reasoning behind doing this: Sharptooth has found the Great Valley, and they must stop him before he enters. Plants are also growing around the area on the right side when they spot him climbing as well, indicating that the Great Valley is close. The whole gang originally knew it was there, and they needed to defeat Sharptooth first, together.
Miscellaneous Stuff
- It's worth noting that near the end, when the spirit of Littlefoot's mother is leading him through the cave tunnel, Littlefoot is smiling as he runs through the cave, though he is supposed to be upset during that scene. So it's obvious to which that part was most likely a scene that was part of the original ending; when Littlefoot found the great valley himself.
- Also, in the wide shot, when the clouds re-shape to form the spirit of his mother, you can actually see both the pond where they defeated Sharptooth and the boulder they used to stop him sitting where it was before it was pushed. Indicating that the scene was indeed swapped around.
- As Grandpa Longneck's (Littlefoot's grandfather's) voice actor was listed in the credits, there may have been a scene where he spoke in either the beginning or the end, but this is unknown at this point. In the film, he only chuckles. However, in the May 1987 script, he does not speak, so it may also have been just a rumor.
- There seems to be some footage missing from Ducky's introduction, since there's a huge continuity gap (the tree star vanishes and reappears a few scenes later), but this may have been simply an animation mistake.
- The film contains music that is not included in the soundtrack. Two scenes, particularly the scene where Sharptooth wakes up, and when he attacks the gang later, both play one theme that is not in the soundtrack.
Main article: The Land Before Time Sequels: Deleted Scenes
|Land Before Time Deleted scenes (Sequels)
- Gabriel Damon as Littlefoot
- Candace Hutson as Cera
- Judith Barsi as Ducky
- Will Ryan as Petrie
- Bill Erwin as Grandpa Longneck (chuckling only, possibly had a more major speaking role before the cuts) and Clifford (crownhead) (unconfirmed)
- Burke Byrnes as Daddy Topps/Mr. Threehorn/Cera's Dad/Topsy
- Helen Shaver as Littlefoot's Mother
- Pat Hingle as Narrator and Rooter
- Frank Welker as Sharptooth, Spike, The Grey-Nose (unconfirmed) and Lizard-heads (unconfirmed)
The full script of the film can be downloaded at this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/194ERbXiImSdBJJRfn96ZVxJS0Txsr04T/view
The original story board drawings for the Sharptooth chase scene, showing just how much it was changed[3] [4][5]
- ↑ Reply to e-mail sent to Mark Pudleiner about cut scenes: http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=16016&view=findpost&p=40015439
- ↑ The rumor of the pre-release McDonalds VHS containing cut scenes debunked. http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=14138&view=findpost&p=22077664
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I absolutely had to blog about this! As you all know, Scott Hanselman was recently published in the OIT Alumni's magazine. This is an outstanding story of Scott's life and career at Corillian Corp and can be read here. I must agree that the photography is quite remarkable! The artist's name is Laszlo Bencze, and his handy work can be look at on his website here.
Scott's thoughts about being an honored OIT alumni is posted here.
But that's not the point of this blog entry. Little did I know that for the last week I've been carrying around in my pocket an invitation to the 3rd Annual OIT Alumni Awards Banquet with guess who as the "Master of Ceremonies," none other than himself in the flesh Scott Hanselman!
Needless to say that when I finally read this last line at the bottom of the invitation, I was litterally blow away, and logged on immediately to get this posted! I may be taking time away from my CST 415 Computer Networking final exam that I owe for Sean Hefty today, but this simply could not wait...
And Sean, if you reading this you can rest assured that all is in good hands with that exam. :)
Such an honor...!
For years and years, my Dad has been a strong advocate of the "Work Hard and Play Hard" ideology, and quite frankly I couldn't agree more with him on the subject. So, for an entire weekend about a week ago while mom was out of town in Palm Springs with her friends, it was just myself and my Dad, John Klump.
Neither he nor his business owns or maintains a website of any kind, which is perfectly okay when you own and operate an Insurance Agency as successful and influencial in Oregon as Anchor Insurance & Surety Inc is. The link I've posted is for a google search of his business name.
It had been what seems alomost over a year since it was just the two of us playing hard at Neskowin Oregon after such a long time of working hard. Here we are with that over-spunked pooch of their's GRETA looking to see what car or person to chase after next:
When you've been working really hard and you need to take a break from it all on a Friday night, it's a fact that pizza just isn't the same without spending it at Nona Emilia's Italian Restaurant consuming mass quantities of peperoni and cheese pizza with Rich Claussen! Check us out...
One of the people that have I've had the honor of taking seminar classes with, and instrumental in helping with the scope of The Puzzler - 3d Style senior project is Rich Claussen!
Rich along with Scott Hanselman, Jay Bockelman, and Sean hefty have all been instrumental in providing me with much needed critique/feed back about the senior project code and ASP.NET web-based UI useability. Without there observations and ideas, I would not have made it as far as I have with this 3D version of Scott's 2D puzzler final project every one gets to do at the end of his C# with .NET class.
Here's a shot of us taking in some much needed instruction at Patrick Cauldwell's Applied Web Services CST407 seminar:
We had some great discussions about photo editing those huge 14 mega pixel photographs that monster of a Kodak/Nikon DCS Pro 14n camera (that I own) has taken including some (some what intensive) discussion about the "Scott Hanselman method of photography."
I will miss Jim Blizzard very much, we had some great times at Portland Nerd Dinner before you got the offer in Tampa Florida.
Apparently he doing quite alright according to his blog. Thanks for the good times Jim! We'll miss you...
One of the finer places in Portland to relax in Portland is most definitely the Portland Chinese Garden. Although we haven't made it a habit of going on a regular basis, but right around this time of year, the garden erupts with music, song, and dance. This year for Chinese New Year's, it is the New Year of the Rooster. The song and festivities most definitely reflected this! In this photo, both Jill and I are taking our time in Tao's Tea House at the Garden with afternoon Emperor's Gold Tea and Tarra Root Moon Cakes.
If the consortium of Nerds in Portland is endorsing a flick, its simply must worth while.
Calling all nerds, Calling all nerds!
You DO NOT have to be a Microsoft Developer to get the best out of being a nerd. Lets drive this caravan to more than 50 of us going to see The Hitchhiker's Guide on April 29th. Rich Claussen has the inside scoop. Don't miss it!
Hitch Hiking can take you many places...
Last Wednesday night, our gang (Jill my wife, Friend Erindale with her daughter Joya), had the distinct pleasure of hanging out with Heather Alexander for the night listening to some great Celtic Fiddle Tunes and Johny McEldoo drum beats at the Luck Labrador in Multnomah Village!
Having to deal with Senior Project on a near full-time basis was the perfect distraction for just a few short hours. Here is our portrait:
A good friend, and the best technical Ally, Scott Hansellman, was graciously generous to help he out of an IIS web app debloyment blowout.
The snag: Having two virtual directories point to the same physical directory on the webserver machine, and then changing the access rights for the aspnet_wp.exe script executer thinking would fix the problem.
The solution: Eliminating the duplicate vdir by checking the process model in mahcine.config, then execute aspnet_regiis.exe -i, and then iisreset.exe.
Extra cudos to Scott for helping to run these steps that resulted in getting The Puzzler - 3D Style back underway without the senior project schedule slipping.
Side comment about blog shares: I sort of like the idea of getting "blog credits" for linking out to places like blog shares to promote the idea of getting people to post more of their public lives online. I haven't gotten a whole lot of credits, but I'm sure that will increast in the coming years.
I ran into a bit of an issue today regarding the MS SQL Sever 2000 NT Service not successfully starting (over and over) after I had change the Administrator account's password. This, of course, became abundantly clear after checking the system event log.
Some how, I don't know why yet without doing further research on msdn, this also changed the logon for the MSSQLSERVER service in the services administration snapin.
Of course this was immediately remedied by changing the service log on back to the local system account instead of the administrator's account. How it got that way, I still have no clue without more research. If any one reading this has any ideas as to what would cause this, please do leave a comment, or email --> email@example.com. Thanks everyone!
This is in my response to the revolution started by Rory's post here. I know this is a little late reaction with senior project in progress, but here goes:
I'd have to say that the best damn book *ever* I've read, the one book that turned my life upside down, the one book that forced me to throw away the chains of emotional survitude to people that did not care, the one book that made me strive to climb to the highest levels of being the "nerdy engineer" I am today is: <<drum roll please>>
"You Can Become a Super Salesman!!" by Paul R Kenian
You guessed it folks, when I was handed this by the multi-level marketing freek show at Quixtar, it made more sense to have choice B) the life of a dedicated engineer, than choice A) their way, or any one else's (no reference to my current employer is being inferred in this post or any other for that matter).
No one at "the phone company" reads my blog of any kind, so I'll leave that blasted disclaimer off.
If any one reading this has a similar story to tell, please do! Blog it, email it, comment on it, but DO NOT keep it caged! Let the animal out every once and a while WITH OUT the disclaimer...
Today I solved a major snag that's bugged me for serveral weeks. Although it was cool being able to finally plug my cell phone to my pc for internet, that nothing compared to not having the correct info to set up rights for remote development.
Well after today, that has all changed. After reading some fairly important msdn articles here, I found the rather important fact that all remote developers must have accounts on the web server in question, and if it is a Windows box, everyone must be added to the VS_Developers local machine users group. If you've ever had a similar experience, would you please send me an email or post a comment? Thanks!
Check it out, more pictures available at this location.
We had a great time on Halloween Night! My wife Jill went as "Arwen" of Rivendell, I went as "Aragon Son of Arathorn" complete with props, and friend Erindal with her young one Joya went as "The Good Fairly" and "The Princess To Be" respectively.
Calling all Hallow's Eve party throwers! If you're throwing a Halloween bash next year PLEASE EMAIL --> firstname.lastname@example.com.
We had a great time at the Hillsboro Community Halloween Party, here's our gang (Art Mcgee was behind the camera at the time):
At this point I am discontinuing my project event logging on this sight for the sake of security. I will definitly continue to post for cool stuff going on like having dressed up like my favorite "Rings" character "Aragon Son of Arathorn," and Jill going as "Arawin Daughter of Elrond." Pics to be posted soon...
For today, I finished rewriting the introduction for Iteration 1 correctly. This explains what I hope to have done by next Tuesday's dead line. It seems as though my to-do list has quadrupled over night...
For those of you running WIN XP SP 2 and you are using FTP for your projects, make sure you follow these steps to keep from near tearing your hair out if you use internet explorer to access your FTP server:
Under the tools->internet options->advanced Tab:
1) Make sure that you have "Enable folder view for FTP sites" enabled/checked !
2) Make sure that you have "Use Passive FTP (for firewall and DSL modem compatibility)" unchecked/disabled !
If this saved you several hours of time and you're running win xp sp2, please comment here! I'd love to hear your comments of what has and has not worked for you with the SP 2.
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Since the module is not included with the default PHP installation, you have to download it from the official repository:
cd mkdir mongo-php-driver cd mongo-php-driver curl https://codeload.github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/zip/master > mongo-php-driver-master.zip
Unzip it
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You need phpize to build the module. You can install it from the remi repository:
wget http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm rpm -Uvh remi-release-6.rpm yum --enablerepo=remi install php-devel
Configure and build
phpize ./configure make all sudo make install
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and verify you see the mongo.so file module.
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4 Powerful Full Moon Meditations in Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini Yoga is very connected with the elements of the Nature, specifically offering practices that help to support, balance, or counterbalance the effects of the cycles of nature. For many people, the full moon has a dramatic effect on various aspects of their lives.
For me, I can never sleep if there is a full moon in the sky – something pulls me to the windows to sit and watch its journey across the sky, no matter how tired I might be. For some people, emotions run raw during the full moon. There is an ebb and flow of energy associated with the various stages of the moon. You can read a great article about it here by Dr. Ramdesh Kaur: Healthy Living with the Phases of the Moon.
Every time the full moon approaches, I think I should be practicing some special meditations. I decided to do a bit of research to uncover some favorites amongst my fellow yogis. Here are some of them with links to instructions on supporting mantras.
1. Antar Naad Meditation for the Full Moon
Mantra: Sa Re Sa Sa
The cycle of the music and mudra is a key to opening the flow of Kundalini. It is practiced to give new awareness in order to make the right choices to conquer the ugliness of life. It is practiced to help you feel peaceful and secure.
You can read the full instructions for this meditation in our Meditation Library by clicking below.
Antar Naad Meditation for the Full Moon
2. Meditation to Experience the Expanded Self
About this Meditation: Concentrate very humbly, because when there is concentration, the glands overwork and over-secrete. Due to this stimulation of the endocrine system, this is a good meditation for practicing on the day of the full moon. It will enhance your inner radiance.
You can read the full instructions for this meditation in our Meditation Library by clicking below.
Meditation to Experience the Expanded Self
3. Dhrib Dhristi Lochina Karma Kriya
Mantra: Sa Ta Na Ma
About this Meditation: When practiced on the eve of the full moon, the kriya is said to influence the subconscious mind most completely. While most meditations require long periods of practice for mastery, it is possible to master this kriya in one or several sittings. Concentrate with total devotion!
You can read the full instructions for this meditation in our Meditation Library by clicking below.
Dhrib Dhristi Lochina Karma Kriya
Healing Ring of Tantra
Mantra: Wahe Guru (Sat Nam)
This meditation is only to be done on the days of the Full Moon, New Moon, and eleventh day of the New Moon, with a minimum of eleven people. This is a beautiful group healing meditation that calls on the powerful energies of the full moon. The healing circle can be used to generate and direct healing energy towards any person whether they are a member of the circle, or someone remotely. Alternatively, someone can lie down in the center of the circle.
You can read the full instructions for this meditation in our Meditation Library by clicking below.
Try one of these on the next full moon and soak up the powerful energy!
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Woof! Woof! Want to do something fun with your dog while visiting Libertyville in Lake County this summer? Then go to the Libertyville Dog Days!
First, the Dog Days allow you to spend the whole day with your dog and your family while shopping.
Dog lovers get to see many unique types of dogs. For example, German Shepherds or Saint Bernards and maybe a Great Dane. If it's a hot day then stop by Starbucks and get a beef flavored snow cone for your pooch. If that doesn't sound appealing to you they also have Dairy Queen. Are you and your pooch a fan of getting your nails done? Then stop at Touche Salon, where they do paw-nail painting and doggy do's.
There are a lot of adoption centers to adopt man's best friend. The adoption centers have all the supplies you need for your dog. The people who work at the adoption centers will help you find a furry friend who's just right for you. Most adoption centers will watch your dog if you have to go on a trip.
The Dogdocks will get your pooch wet. Any kind of dogs can compete in the Dogdocks. Be sure your dog can swim. Dogs will be judged on speed, distance, height and how far your dog can swim. If your dog wins it will go to the local competitions with 9 other non-professional dogs. Your dog will get a trophy, swimsuit and be names Libertyville's Big Air Dog!.
This is a great event to attend with your family and your dog. If you are looking for a dog you should come out also and check out the one for adoption. You can also come out just to watch the dogs compete.


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Hilton Introduces Explore Effective as of Today, September 12, 2018
The primary purpose of staying at a hotel property is to have a reasonably comfortable place to sleep for the night — as well as have facilities available for you to properly take care of your grooming habits during your stay — but you might be curious as to what is available nearby in terms of what to do and where to eat; and you may not be certain as to whom to ask.
Hilton Introduces Explore Effective as of Today, September 12, 2018
That is where Explore comes in.
Explore is a new feature of the mobile software application program of the Hilton Honors frequent guest loyalty program which provides you the opportunity to explore the neighborhood surrounding the hotel property at which you are staying. Suggestions, tips and personal recommendations — with photographs — are curated by employees of the hotel and resort properties who are based in the area, rather than solely on artificial intelligence…
…and Explore is available in 28 markets covering almost 1,000 hotel and resort properties amongst all of the brands of the Hilton portfolio — such as Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Nashville, Los Angeles, London and Rome — and additional markets will be added in the future.
The application program interface known as Places — which is developed by the location technology company known as Foursquare — is the primary source and engine which powers Explore; and it is comprised of the freshest and most trusted venue content in real time for greater than 105 million places globally. The information includes ratings, features, photographs, and hours. You will be able to see recommendations relevant to your current hotel reservation and apply "favorite" status to recommendations provided in advance of your travel to create a customized guide for your upcoming trip — all from the convenience of your mobile device — and you will have the opportunity to experience food, nightlife, shopping and activity destinations which have been hand-selected by team members of Hilton who reside in the area and take pride in knowing and sharing the 'best of' their cities firsthand.
Gastronomic delights to try from local restaurants; the best times to go to places within the area; and specific things to see and do are just some of the helpful detailed information which you will find — whether you are searching for activities and dining options better suited towards families; lone business travelers; or couples on vacation.
Although the concierge at the hotel or resort property is typically a good place to start, you are relying on the recommendations of one or a few people on which to base your decisions. Explore offers information from a larger group of reliable sources to assist in assuring that your decisions are as informed as possible, based on your tastes.
Explore is yet another addition to the suite of digital services which power highly personalized guest experiences via the the mobile software application program of the Hilton Honors frequent guest loyalty program, with convenience and ease of use — such as selecting your room in advance prior to checking into the hotel or resort property; opt to receive a digital key to access your room, and complete your process of checking in to the hotel or resort property — all on your mobile device.
Best of all, Explore — and the aforementioned digital services — are all available free of charge to members of the Hilton Honors frequent guest loyalty program.
Source: Hilton Honors.


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Consolidated Investment Group, a premier investment management company comprising of more than $1 billion in assets with an extraordinary record of success and a reputation for collaboration and partnership is looking for a Real Estate Analyst.
If you want to start the new year with a new job and an opportunity to grow your knowledge in the Real Estate market and to join our Real Estate Investment Acquisition and Development Team, this is your chance!
To complete our passionate and knowledgeable team, we're looking for a hard-working analyst with an affinity for financial analysis, underwriting and working in Excel and Argus, and at least one year of applicable experience. If you also already have some knowledge on real estate terms and markets, an understanding of financial analysis fundamentals, partnership structure, and waterfall distributions, this position might just be the perfect opportunity for you.
At CIG we're good at juggling multiple projects and tight deadlines, we work collaboratively, we are a results-driven organization, and we do this without missing a single detail. When you join our team, you will have a unique opportunity to learn and develop your skills and be a part of a successful multi-faceted company.
What will you be doing as a Real Estate Analyst for CIG? In this position, you will focus primarily on multi-family and industrial acquisitions and development, assisting in sourcing new acquisitions, researching markets, reviewing investments, and maintaining data on markets and opportunities.
Get your hard hat ready, because with 20% travel, you will also spend some time outside the office and get some hands-on, real life experience.
Job Functions
- Research/Market Analysis
- Underwriting
- Due Diligence
Job Sectors
- Residential
- Industrial
1+ to 2 years
This job is no longer active.


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Social Proof : Conversion Rate Optimisation
So you want to tell your audience that you are good at what you do and you can be trusted, but then again what business doesn't want to communicate that? How do you overcome consumer cynicism when little is known about your brand? Get someone else to tell them, using social proof.
Social proof is a psychological concept that describes how we seek (or infer) the opinion of an independent third party in ambiguous situations. When we don't know what the likely outcome of a particular action will be, or how we should behave, the actions of others give us a good clue how we should be behaving too. It's what makes you turn around when you see a queue of cars up ahead starting to turn around one by one, you assume they have more information about the situation up ahead than you do and have decided that turning around is the best option.
So what's this got to do with conversion optimisation? Well much the same principles are at work on your website, albeit on a smaller scale. We've all been consumers in those directionless moments where we know nothing about a supplier or product and are hovering over the 'submit order' button. So what do we do? We follow the crowd, we listen to the t-shirt wearers, and if the social proof is absent, we leave.
Examples of using social proof on your website include;
- Testimonials
- Case Studies
- Live Twitter feeds
- Client logos
- Product reviews (by customers)
- Past actions of others (e.g. 82% bought this product after viewing)
The above all directly involve or reference a third party and are very powerful cues for conversion. It's a key influencer of those who are teetering around the decision of whether to buy/subscribe or not. You can easily employ subtler forms of social proof too, such as;
- Evidence of speaking at conferences
- Professional affiliations
- Team photos & biographies
Whilst these aren't a direct hotline to an independent adjudicator they imply social proof by highlighting your position among peers. They also remind the user that there are real people behind your glossy homepage and sales messages and that you can be trusted.
Adding social proof to your website isn't just a 'nice to have', it can create a very real uplift in conversion rates.
Social proof has all the benefits of;
- Building trust
- Verifying your sales claims
- Increasing credibility
- Reducing ambiguity
- Demonstrating popularity
In short it takes some of the guesswork out of your prospects' evaluation of you, helping you close the deal. Someone else has been there before and has left the message that they had a good experience, so the new user can more confidently expect the same.
Want to know more about Conversion Rate Optimisation?
This is the first in a series of articles about Conversion Rate Optimisation (aka Intelligent Tweaking). Get in touch to find out about our CRO services.


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The Thoothukudi District Cooperative Dept., has invited online applications from eligible and interested candidates for filling 83 vacancies to the post of Assistants through direct recruitment to be posted in the Thoothukudi District Central Cooperative Bank (TDCCB) and in the Cooperative Institutions in Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu. The registration-cum-application process towards has same started on August 07, 2019 and closes on August 30, 2019 by 5:45 pm.
|Name Of The Posts
|Thoothukudi District Central Cooperative Bank (TDCCB)
|Educational Qualification
|Bachelor's Degree
|Freshers can apply
|Job Location
|Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu
|Salary Scale
|In the range of Rs. 5,200 to Rs. 47,500 per month
|Thoothukudi District Bank
|Application Start Date
|August 7, 2019
|Application End Date
|August 30, 2019
Age Criteria And Fees
Candidates interested in applying for Assistants post through Thoothukudi Cooperative Bank Recruitment must have attained 18 years of age as on January 01, 2019 and not be more than 30 years (Gen/OC), 40 years (PWD OC) and 48 years (Ex-SM OC) respectively as detailed in the advertisement. However, there is no upper age limit for SC/SCA/ST/PWD/BC/BCM/MBC/DNC/Windows and Ex-SM candidates.
Candidates must pay a prescribed amount of Rs. 250 (UR/BC/BCM/MBC/DNC) as application processing fee either through online (net-banking/credit/debit, etc, payment gateways) SBI Collect mode or through Challan mode. SC/ST/Women and PWD candidates are exempted from paying the application fee.
Revenue Department Dharwad Recruitment For Village Accountants, Earn Up To Rs. 42,000 Per Month
Educational Criteria And Eligibility
Desirous candidates applying for Assistants post through Thoothukudi Cooperative Bank Recruitment must possess a Bachelor's Degree (any discipline) in 10+2+3 pattern from a recognised University/Institute. For more details, refer to the official advertisements here http://www.tutdrb.in/how_apply_online.php
Selection And Pay Scale
The selection of candidates for Assistants post through Thoothukudi Cooperative Bank Recruitment will be done through a Written Examination scheduled on September 22, 2019 and Viva Voce (Interview).
Candidates selected for Assistants post will be paid emolument in the range of Rs. 5,200 to Rs. 47,500 per month as per the designation.
Madurai Cooperative Bank Recruitment For 79 Assistant And Clerk Posts. Earn Up To Rs. 47,600
How To Apply
Candidates applying for Assistants post through Thoothukudi Cooperative Bank Recruitment must submit their applications through online mode only on the official TUTDRB website at http://www.tutdrb.in/ on or before August 30, 2019 by 5:45 pm.
Read the detailed notification about Thoothukudi Cooperative Bank Recruitment for Assistants post here http://www.tutdrb.in/how_apply_online.php


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Nursery rhymes are so easy to remember even when they barely make any sense. What do our kids know about fetching water from the top of a hill? Or about wrapping up wounds with vinegar and brown paper? Jack and Jill at Bukit Timah Hill by author Gwen Lee puts a spin on well-known nursery rhymes by adding some much-needed local flavour and context to the familiar verses. The original verses are also included at the end of the book (in case you can't remember them).
So instead of Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater, we have Peter Peter Durian Eater and that is perfect for the durian season we are having at the moment. The kids were so amused by the idea of Peter eating a ridiculous amount of durians and gargling salt water from the durian shell. In another nursery rhyme, the good old Kueh Tutu takes the place of Hot Cross Buns.
Other local icons like The Night Safari can be found in this book of Singaporean nursery rhymes and they even have the animals cooking curry! Kids will also be able to relate to the localised version of This Old Man much more than the traditional one. What is a knick knack paddy wack anyway? Give me an old man playing zero point, capteh, goli, hopscotch and five stones any day!
Jack and Jill at Bukit Timah Hill is published by Epigram Books and they are currently having up to 50% off selected titles (until 15 August) so this book costs just S$8.94 (usual price S$14.90). An earlier book of Singapore nursery rhymes by the same author There Was a Peranakan Woman Who Lived in a Shoe is going for the same price too. Grab them both while you can!
Disclaimer: We received the book from Epigram Books for review purposes. All opinions are my own.


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Zenefits fined $7M by California insurance regulator
(Bloomberg) — California's insurance regulator said Zenefits has agreed to pay as much as $7 million over licensing violations. The human resources startup will pay $3.5 million upfront and will be on the hook for the rest if additional violations are found or if it fails a follow-up compliance test in 2018, the insurance department said.
The fine is the largest single penalty assessed against Zenefits, the regulator said. Fines from other states this year totaled about $1 million, Zenefits said. The company said its resolved issues in 17 states.
Zenefits has faced a spate of controversies in the last year after some employees used software to skirt training requirements and sold health insurance without the necessary licenses. The company has slashed head count and agreed to reduce its valuation to $2 billion in exchange for shareholders agreeing not to sue the company. Zenefits has raised more than $580 million from backers including Andreessen Horowitz, Fidelity Investments and TPG Capital.
"We are pleased to reach a settlement with the California Department of Insurance, which recognized our remediation efforts by suspending half the fine," Jessica Hoffman, a spokeswoman for Zenefits, wrote in an e-mail. "We now have a clean bill of health from our lead regulator as well as 16 other states. New management has righted the ship at Zenefits."
About a quarter of the more than 8,000 insurance policies Zenefits sold to Californians from January 2014 to November 2015 were done without the proper licenses, the regulator said. The fine was reported earlier by BuzzFeed.
"Our enforcement action has resulted in Zenefits paying substantial monetary penalties for their licensing violations and ensures Zenefits complies with all of California's insurance laws and regulations or they will face additional automatic penalties and sanctions," Dave Jones, California's insurance commissioner, said in a statement.
About half of the California fine involves the use of unlicensed brokers and the other half is for not following training procedures. Zenefits has said founding Chief Executive Officer Parker Conrad developed a program called "the macro" that allowed some employees to appear to be engaged in training software even when they were away from their desks. The agreement doesn't preclude the regulator from taking action against Conrad directly. Zenefits agreed to cooperate with any potential investigation into its former CEO as part of the settlement.


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The Facebook algorithm is changing yet again, which means that it's time for your content strategy to adapt to new norms of how and how often your content is seen. The algorithm considers all the content available on Facebook and decides how to prioritize it on each individual news feed. In other words, the algorithm decides who sees your content (and who doesn't see it). One of the biggest ... Read the Post
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5 Types of Content to Crush the Social Media Game
Social media is intimidating – that's a fact. But that's the exact reason it's so effective! Namely, it's a constantly evolving medium that allows you to engage your customers in unique and interesting ways. Your social media content should accomplish three broad goals: 1) it should market your company and product; 2) it should inform your audience; and 3) it should engage your audience. If you ... Read the Post
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If you're a marketer for business, chances are you already know that social media should be a part of your strategy. After all, you clicked on this blog post for a reason, right? I know small businesses (and even global companies) cut corners when it comes to social media because it can be hard to quantify the benefits, and because of that, it can be difficult to devote the necessary resources or ... Read the Post


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Firefighters support WorldFlight
Broadspectrum Firefighters in Nowra, New South Wales took part in WorldFlight during November to raise money for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
WorldFlight is an international fundraising event that sees teams from around the world raise money for various charities in their home country.
This year, Broadspectrum Firefighters and employees of Nowra Naval Air Station, teamed up with expert avionics technicians to build a world class A330 simulator to participate in the event. The simulator was based in the garage of Broadspectrum Firefighter, Lynton Barrett.
This year's epic adventure commenced with a flight from Nowra to Brisbane. Another 49 flight legs later, and landing at simulated airfields such as London Heathrow and Austin Texas, the A330 returned from the 'around the world' flight, to land at Sydney's Kingsford Smith airport, some 198 continuous flying hours later. The flights are conducted in real time over a seven day period 24 hours a day.
Teams of three, (Pilot, co-pilot & engineer) operate the cockpit controls just as the pilot of a real airbus would. Guest pilots from HMAS Albatross participated on certain legs of this year's adventure.
During the flight, the pilots need to maintain communications with air traffic controllers around the world that operate real time air traffic centres complete with simulated radar feeds and radio links, all connected via the world wide web to the aircraft.
The Nowra team raised $6000 with the total money raised by all the Australian teams totalling $22,000.


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I think I watched this episode and 'Cry Uncle' about 65 times over the course of one night and one morning – I was a child and staying over at my aunt and uncle's one Saturday and it was Volume 3 of The Real Ghostbusters collection on good ol' Magic Window Video that I had rented and brought with me– so therefore 'The Spirit of Aunt Lois' has a special place in my heart, which is weird as it's not a particularly great episode. Still, I guess it has an old-school, haunted-house charm, which is unsurprising given that it's set in a haunted house. It even (barely) survives a dismal moment where Winston raps, you know?
I'm going to skip to the midway point of this episode for a moment. The act break of this particular tale has Ray's Aunt Lois hiding, terrified and trapped, in a fireplace while lots of ghosts fly around in front of her. Now might be a good time to wonder about what exactly ghosts do to their victims. What would happen to Lois if she stepped out and confronted these spectral shits? Would they kill her? Or would they just scare her a little? What could these actual ghosts do? In some earlier episodes we've had instances of ghosts being responsible for deaths – take opening episode 'Ghosts R Us', where the massive Toy Ghost is happily driving his enormous cycle over all those poor motorists, or 'Knock, Knock' with all those suited skeletons who were clearly living, breathing people a couple of scenes earlier. I mean, do the Ghostbusters trap all these ghosts because they're soul-eating killers, or just because they're a nuisance? It seems the lethality of the ghosts can range from episode to episode, and I get the idea that the ghosts in this particular episode err closer to nuisance. I mean if they really wanted to eat Lois, they could just fly into the fireplace and munch on her soul, just like that! I think these ghosts are just being jerks, and to be fair to Lois, she's not used to this kind of presence, so hiding in the fireplace seems like a sensible bet. Anyway, she pleads help directly to the screen, but since the guys aren't in the room, or even in the building, it's almost like she's asking us for help. What can we do? The music building up to this act break is that goofy tune that usually accompanies Slimer-related shenanigans, or this case, lower-level ghost malarkey. Yet for some reason, this distinctly unthreatening theme sounds quite spooky here, especially since it ends on an odd note – this, coupled with the fade to black (see my review of 'Knock, Knock' for my personal take on the creepiness of fades-to-black in Ghostbusters episodes) makes for an act break that chilled me a little in my younger years.
Anyway, I'm ahead of myself here, so let's go back to the start and the guys have just come back from a job, knackered and burned out. Peter just wants to go to bed. Now I'm partial to a snooze in the day, but the life of a Ghostbuster really doesn't sound that appealing given how many episodes feature scenes of one or more guys wanting to get some rest. Then there's Slimer, the equivalent of someone mucking about with your alarm clock and making it go off ten minutes after you've gone to sleep. The thing is, even when he means well he's a nightmare, like when he hugs Peter's leg as a sign of affection but merely ends up leaving a hunk of ectoplasmic residue all over his clothes. Peter loses his mind for the 3,523rd time this series, and it takes the wise, philosophical attitude of Ray's aunt Lois to cool things down. The guys are clearly very glad to see her as they more or less sprint over to say hi, although Egon's very dry 'hello Aunt Lois' totally belies the energy of his greeting run. It's also nice that all the guys refer to her as Aunt Lois, making them all sound like ten year olds or something.
Now even though Aunt Lois is everyone's favourite faux-relative, she seems to be a bit dozy when it comes to dealing with the supernatural. She has a headache you see, which she thinks is spiritual. I'm assuming she tried some ibuprofen before coming to this extreme conclusion and only after that did she resort to the 'expertise' of one Dr. Bassingame, who is apparently a total fraud and is referred to as 'that TV guy' by Ray, who is incensed that his aunt would call on this jerk, but the others are a lot more level-headed. After all, if he's the real deal, he'll be able to sort out the problem. If he isn't, then he'll look like a complete plonker. Sorted. Following a totally unsurprising off-screen revelation that Slimer has destroyed Peter's bed (great howl of anguish from Peter though), we cut to later that evening, where the nicely suited guys arrived at Lois' home – in one of a few references we'll see in the series to Ray's wealthy past, it turns out that Lois is doing very, very nicely for herself with the swanky family home she's inherited. Later on in the series I swear Ray inherits a castle or something. A castle!
Anyway, at first it looks as though Dr. Bassingame might be the real deal – the first time we see his work we see that he's got a shedload of state-of-the-art equipment to assist him with the evening's entertainment. However, the moment we see him and hear him, it's clear he's a dodgy one. By kids show logic, he's far too short, arch-eyebrowed and weirdly-chinned to be legitimate. And the way he talks is deeply insincere. Just listen to the way he says 'these must be your Ghostbuster friends – how nice' and note the utter lack of empathy. This guy is bad. The thing is, there really is a spectral presence in the house, but as Egon notes, it's dormant, minding its own business, you know. Bassingame reveals his idiot credentials by instantly demanding that Egon's PKE meter be put away – this is his night, after all. Egon protests but even Aunt Lois insists that Egon pack it in. Nice. Everybody sits down at the séance-friendly round table and Egon informs Peter that Bassingame's fancy tech is only going to wind up the ghost rotten – how he knows this is unclear. Maybe he saw the brand name and was all too aware of its uselessness in general. The lights go out (how this is done is unclear as nobody gets up out of their chair) and Bassingame operates a hidden projector under the table using his feet which makes a ghostly visitor appear out of nowhere. Bassingame uses a not-at-all clichéd ghoulish voice to 'beckon' this spirit, which also talks in a ghostly voice – you know, 'Looooooiiisssss', that sort of thing. The clearly hastily recorded-just-before-the-evening voice comes courtesy of an old-school reel-to-reel recorder hidden somewhere in the room. Clearly Bassingame had Lois make lots of cups of tea to keep her out of the room whilst he went about hiding all of this stuff, the sneaky git.
Surprise surprise, the 'ghost' pleads Lois to give some money that it was owed back in the day, but all of this phoniness incurs the wrath of the real ghosts, who cut the sound recording mid-speech, leading to the most embarrassing miming reveal of the 1980's until Milli Vanilli got sussed out a few years later. A total of twelve ghosts show up – none of them look particularly threatening on their own, but put together they prove to be quite a nuisance, and Egon rates them as a Scale 7 on the PKE-meter, which is weird as that puts them only a few levels below the major-league monsters. Ray insists on getting their proton packs, but Lois tells him not to, quite annoyingly. Bassingame can handle it, she says – the thing is, she's not even saying it sarcastically to expose Bassingame as a fraud, she really is against Ray getting the packs. The fraud tries to blag it with talk of exorcism, but Peter calls him a nutter. Lois protests again at Peter's rudeness. Lois' earnestness and insistence on good manners, etiquette and whatnot is really getting on my nerves. I'm actually looking forward to her getting trapped alone with twelve spectres. Bassingame foolishly continues to insist he can deal with it, to the point of demanding that the guys leave the vicinity – they leave, and Peter quite understandably says 'better them than us' in regards to Lois and Bassingame. Ray, predictably I suppose, says that's not funny. It is though, really. Moments later, Bassingame is hurled through the doors and out of the haunted room, resulting in a furious Ray demanding to know what happened. Bassingame whimpers pathetically, pleading not to be hit and swearing that he did his best to save her. Well, more specifically he whimpers something like 'I try!' in the most wimpy, useless voice ever. It's quite a hilarious delivery actually, so much that whenever I've made half-hearted attempts to do something, I usually follow it up with 'I try!' in that same pitiful voice.
The guys attempt to force their way back in the room with a reluctant Bassingame in tow, but they end up hurled out of the whole house. Ray's the last to get flung out, and Bassingame is clearly going to end up being used as a crash-mat for Ray, so he tries to flee, but in old-school cartoon fashion he runs on the spot for five seconds, failing to move out of the way in time as a result. Idiot. So now we have Lois trapped alone, and a proton-pack onslaught isn't going to help as she's bound to get caught in the crossfire. Egon works out that this dirty dozen are actually Russian (so's Ray's family, we discover) immigrant ghosts who were happy to have a quiet life and actually bring harmony to the house until this evening's disturbance. As Egon puts it, 'they took it as a direct insult to everything they stand for'. Cut to the house interior for that act-break I mentioned earlier, though to be honest the ghosts appear less insulted than they do utterly wired, flying around like idiots overdosed on strong coffee. Still, Lois is terrified, hiding there in the fireplace.
Act 2 sees the ghosts in the prime of their caffeine high, setting fire to radios, juggling with crockery and throwing furniture everywhere. How annoying. One of them even eats Bassingame's reel to reel audio tape like it was spaghetti. Unsurprisingly, this greedy ghost has adopted the form of a pig. Lois is panicking badly, but Ray whispers to her to keep calm. Well, actually, he tells her to 'keep smiling', which is a bit much, I reckon. So how do the guys distract the ghosts from Lois? Well, another séance might do the trick, and who better than Bassingame to hold it? He wants nothing to do with it, and tries to scarper, but only succeeds in doing that same running-on-the-spot fail that he did earlier, which means he gets nowhere. All five of them link to form a human circle chain and work their way into the haunted room, after which Bassingame implores the spirits of darkness to hear him. They stop, and listen, and then attack him. He runs away. Pathetic. To be honest, the most these ghosts are likely do to you is leave you with a bruise if you fail to move out of the way of that lamp or candlestick they hurl about on occasion. So, these aren't exceptionally fearsome or intense ghosts. Maybe it'll be like first ever episode 'Ghosts R Us', which had a trio of goofs for the first two thirds before unexpectedly unleashing an absolute monster for the finale. Maybe it won't.
The next bit involves the guys continuing the séance on their own, with each of them chanting their own special chant. As soon as Egon runs it all down with 'and a 1 and a 2 and a …' you know this scene's going to be embarrassing. And it is. Egon's chant involves him reciting the laws of mathematics or something involving hypotenuses. Winston channels James Brown (who hadn't passed away at this point but might have departed earlier than scheduled had he witnessed this 'tribute') with some funk-strut chant. Ray and Peter forsake individuality by both committing to the same chant which turns out to be that 99 bottles of beer on the wall sing-a-long that people like singing but no one likes hearing. Lois uses this as an excuse to flee – rather cowardly, I must say. Never mind, the plan has worked, although the guys still get flung out of the room straight after. The ghosts don't follow them because they are location spirits, specifically bound to that one room. Lois asks after Bassingame – all we hear is a lot of crashing noises and whimpering. Lois says 'that poor man!' and all patience I have for this biddy are well and truly out of the window – even Ray loses it after that act of misdirected compassion. Still, even Peter knows they have to rescue him. If they were to let him die then this would be an entirely different show, and in this instance, a better one. So now it's time for the proton packs, and Lois finally concedes to the truth – that our guys are the only ones for the job.
Suited, booted and gloved (why do the guys wear gloves on random occasions?), the guys open fire (and in classic cheapo animation, the ghosts attack formation is identically animated to the one earlier on when they attacked Bassingame). What follows is a lengthy busting sequence, one that goes on for a few minutes but remains suspense-free thanks to the threat-free presence of the ghosts, and the jaunty music score that accompanies it. Given this bit and the earlier sequence of the ghosts throwing furniture for a while, not to mention that chanting bit – this second act feels a bit overstretched. There is a good bit though when Peter zaps a ghost under a dressing table and zaps it directly into Winston's trap placed directly behind it. Never stood a chance, that one. Nevertheless, this has to be one of the most anti-climactic finales to an episode. The ghosts get trapped, and that's it. Oh, there's an attempt to shake things up by having Ray nearly obliterate Winston by accident, but that's it. Lois is distraught to see that the room has been more or less destroyed, but at least the ghosts are gone. But where's Bassingame? 'Is he…' asks Lois, genuinely thinking he might have been murdered by the ghosts. No, but even more weirdly, he appears to have been hiding inside a sofa chair. How he managed to do that I have no idea. How he also manages to survive when Winston blasts the chair is totally unexplainable. Finally Lois has given up on defending this rat, and she splutters out what might be a rare case of profanity in the show but settles on the old-school 'charlatan' instead. She says she'll never trust another spiritualist as long as she lives. Bad news for spiritualists, who I think have been unfairly tarnished in general all because of one bad man. Amazingly Bassingame tries to do one over on Lois by insisting payment for the evening's services, quoting the small print which also clears him of any damages that might have occurred as a result. Egon compares him to a snake. Winston says that it's tele-spiritualists such as him which makes him glad he hasn't got cable. Still, there's no need to panic, as the guys say they'll release the ghosts in his house if he doesn't pay for all the damages. Busted. As Bassingame leaves, everyone but him notices he has a stray ghost on his back – Lois is about to warn him, but in the first cool thing she's done in the episode, she lets him go. Peter likes her style. Everyone laughs in classic end-of-episode style, while our ghost friend (seriously, he seems friendly – he even waves at the guys and Lois) looks forward to some future haunting.
Oddly, when Bassingame returns later on in the series, he makes no reference to a ghost having hitched a ride on his back and presumably making his life a living hell afterwards.
This is not a great episode, but in a classic era of 70 or so episodes, we're allowed a merely okay one. Unfortunately, the next one's a bit so-so too.


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In today's world there is a greater need for business to be flexible and accessible to their clients. Corporate Travel Insurance can protect your business and staff from situations like overseas health emergencies, travel cancellations and lost/stolen luggage.
Who needs it?
If you or your staff travel for work – be it locally or internationally, Corporate Travel Insurance should be considered.
What does it cover?
Corporate travel policies can offer one off or annual travel policies. These policies cover all levels of staff and in some instances can also extend to spouses and other dependents traveling with the staff member.
- Policies do vary, but can include:
- Overseas medical and evacuation costs;
- Lost luggage and personal effects;
- Flight cancellations and missed connections;
- Rental car excess;
- Personal liability;
- Life and disablement cover.
What is excluded?
As with any policy there are exclusions. Depending on who is travelling and where you are travelling to, it is important to ensure that your Corporate Travel policy correctly reflects your business needs. Check with us to further investigate excesses and limits on cover.


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106th Accra Boys' Brigade's Community Activities Rallying Everyone to Serve (C.A.R.E.S.) event on the 22nd July, 2019 at Alajo, Accra (Presbyterian Church new site)
This is a Teenage Drug-Free Campaign under the theme "promoting personal health and safety to build a bigger, stronger society".
Goal Purpose:
To promote good habits - obedience, reverence, discipline, self-respect, etc.
To support growth in the Church and community i.e. service to God and people
Goal Priorities:
To organise meaningful community service and fun day including -
- Communal clean-up of Alajo Township;
- Health screening exercise; and
- Funfair featuring games and short films on drug addiction.
Goal Programme:
1. Creation of a TV or radio public service announcement against teen alcohol and drug abuse;
2. Meetings with the local government officials and media stations to discuss the charity and its event;
3. Production of campaign slogans and logo items (t-shirts, badges, posters, etc.);
4. Development of website to publish media - writing, drawing, illustration and photography;
5. Contact with experts, institutions and philanthropists to provide resources necessary to undertake various activities;
6. Making donation requests for money and products/services.;
7. Holding a Charity Sale and other fundraising activities.
8. Organisation of main campaign event - C.A.R.E.S.


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5 common business email mistakes that will derail your relationships
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Mineral County, Nevada Bail Bonds (775) 442-BAIL - see if we have a qualified agent to post! (POSTING HERE HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE LATELY)
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- This county wasn't created until 1911 and was formed from Esmeralda County. Its county seat and main city is Hawthorne, NV.
- It was creatively named after the fact that mineral deposits were found in the area.
- About 5,000 NV residents call this county home.


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The Summarize Elevation geoprocessing service tool calculates the elevation, slope, and aspect information for features based on ArcGIS Online elevation data. In some instances, running the tool in ArcMap generates an operating system error, "Error 999998: Unexpected error."
To use this service in ArcGIS for Desktop 10.2.1 and later, log in to the ArcGIS Online organizational account, and in the Catalog window navigate to Ready-To-Use Services > Elevation > Tools > Elevation > SummarizeElevation.
For earlier versions, users with an ArcGIS Online Organization account must create a connection to elevation.arcgis.com/arcgis/services in the GIS Servers folder in the Catalog window.
The issue occurs if the features are spread across a large spatial extent.
In some instances, the use of high resolution digital elevation model(DEM) data also results in the error.
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Rakesh DixitPhD
Biography :
Dr. Dixit conducted extensive graduate and post-graduate training in Toxicology–Biochemistry with both Indian and US Institutions (Case Western Reserve University, Medical College of Ohio, University of Nebraska) and is board certified in Toxicology from the American Board of Toxicology, Inc. since 1992. Rakesh served as a Senior Toxicologist with Midwest Research Institute between 1987 and 1992.
In December 1992, Rakesh joined the Department of Safety Assessment, Merck and Co., Inc, West Point, PA where he served in various management positions. During his about 14 years with Merck, Rakesh contributed to the successful filings of many blockbuster drugs. For about a year, Rakesh was associated with Johnson and Johnson PRD, La Jolla/Alza as Senior Director of Toxicology.
In Aug 2006, Rakesh joined MedImmune, Inc. (an AstraZeneca Biologics company) as Senior Director (R &D) & Global Head of Biologics Safety Assessment, Experimental Pathology, and Laboratory Animal Medicine. In his current position as a Vice President of R &D, Rakesh is responsible for providing guidance on research and development of biological products; including nonclinical toxicology/safety support for all AstraZeneca-MedImmune biologics products, including monoclonal antibodies and vaccines.