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Kyle Becker, Lindsay Norsworthy, Eric Dravland
Eric Dravland, a pediatrician from Lenoir, North Carolina; Lindsay Norsworthy, a small business owner from Linthicum Heights, Maryland; Kyle Becker, a research scientist from Nashville, Tennessee (whose 2-day cash winnings total $30,400).
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Murray tries to unite Dems on budget
The talking point is on the tip of virtually every Republican's tongue in the Capitol: Democrats have failed to pass a budget resolution in the Senate for more than 1,400 days.
Sen. Patty Murray is trying to end that, but it hasn't been easy.
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Heading into a decisive week of private meetings with fellow Democrats, the new Budget Committee chairwoman is trying to thread the needle between red-state senators who want deeper spending cuts and liberals worried about cutting too much into entitlement programs like Medicare. The Washington Democrat also has enlisted a team of aides to defend her plan while attacking the GOP proposal coming from Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).
Murray's plan is still being developed, but it could be split 50-50 between spending cuts and new taxes, with some Democratic senators on the panel pushing for tax increases upward of $1 trillion, according to people familiar with the matter.
It is also widely expected to include fast-track procedures to overhaul the Tax Code despite resistance from the powerful Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), who has privately expressed strong objections to such an approach.
Republican leaders are eager to unload an avalanche of politically toxic amendments to sink the effort, meaning Democrats need to remain largely united if they are to pass the budget out of the chamber later this month.
And if the 113th Congress is to get a handle on the growing national debt that's north of $16 trillion, it could fall on the shoulders of Murray and Ryan, the House Budget Committee chairman, to iron out a compromise between their competing proposals. Such an accord could presumably pave the way for a grand bargain deal that has eluded Capitol Hill for years.
The Ryan budget is expected to call for lower taxes and deeper cuts in Medicare and other domestic programs, while balancing the budget in a decade — a far more aggressive timeline than the Democrats will lay out, leading Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to say it will be challenging to find bipartisan consensus.
"I think it would be extremely difficult," Reid said in an interview when asked about the prospects of an agreement between the House and Senate. "I think [Ryan's] budget is so out of the course of what America needs, for me, it's hardly worth talking about."
Murray — who Reid has increasingly leaned on to resolve tough political issues — is moving quickly to iron out differences between Democrats on the Budget Committee before the panel votes on the measure as soon as next week.
She will hold a series of closed-door meetings with the 11 Democrats on the panel — a diverse group that is representative of the 55-member Democratic Caucus. She'll have to win over the likes of liberal senators, such as Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, and moderates such as Mark Warner of Virginia and Senate newcomers like Angus King of Maine, the independent who has positioned himself as a centrist.
If the panel adopts the proposal on a party-line vote, it could hit the floor as early as the week of March 18, opening up the plan to a nonstop voting session of amendments known in the Capitol as the "vote-a-rama."

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Battle for Gobwin Knob
For a summary of the first book in the ErfWorld series, see TBFGK
|Wars of Stanley the Tool
|Stanley's Historic Battles, The Gobwin Knob Campaign, Destruction of Unaroyal, Assault on Jetstone, Faq's Homeward Blitz, The Magic War
|The Gobwin Knob Campaign
|Destruction of the Milquetoast Clan, The Battle of Warchalking, Battle for Gobwin Knob
|Previous battle: the Battle of Warchalking
|Concurrent battle: None
|Next battle: Second Battle of Warchalking
|Battle for Gobwin Knob
|Conflict: Wars of Stanley the Tool
|Date: 2 AW - 9 AW
|Place: ErfWorld, Gobwin Knob, Faq
|Outcome: Royal Crown Coalition destroyed
Gobwin Knob
Royal Crown Coalition
Royal Crown Coalition
The Battle for Gobwin Knob is the final battle in The Gobwin Knob Campaign fought between Gobwin Knob and the Royal Crown Coalition. The battle was lead by Parson Gotti as Chief Warlord for Gobwin Knob and Prince Ansom, Chief Warlord of Jetstone and leader of the Royal Crown Coalition.
- 1 Proposed Canon
- 1.1 Background
- 1.2 Forces
- 1.3 Initial Stage
- 1.4 Second Stage
- 1.5 Final Stage
- 1.6 Aftermath
- 1.7 See Also
Proposed Canon
Stanley the Plaid was popped as a piker for Gobwin Knob under the reign of King Saline IV. He served well and was promoted to Warlord. As a Warlord, Stanley discovered the Arkenhammer and with its power rose further to become both Chief Warlord and eventually King Saline's Heir Designate. While he was away on a mission, Gobwins broke their alliance with King Saline, croaked him and captured the city of Gobwin Knob. Stanley returned in force and recaptured the city and declared himself Overlord.
Using his status as ruler of Gobwin Knob, Stanley launched a campaign with the intent of discovering and claiming all the Arkentools. The campaign went well, but when Stanley destroyed the Milquetoast Clan, a great many other sides banded together as the Royal Crown Coalition with the intent of destroying Stanley. From this point on, Stanley's campaign went disastrously.
With the death of Lord Manpower the Temporary and the loss of Warchalking at The Battle of Warchalking, Gobwin Knob was reduced to only their capital city and was left without a Chief Warlord.
Gobwin Knob
At the start of the battle, Gobwin Knob had just over 800 troops, including Warlords and Casters. Notable units include a force of Dwagons and Golems as well as a three way caster link allowing Gobwin Knob un-matched surveillance via an Eyemancer Table. Just prior to the battle, Wanda, Chief Croakamancer for Gobwin Knob convinced Stanley to purchase a Summon Perfect Warlord Spell and with it summoned Parson Gotti who would serve as Chief Warlord during the battle.
Royal Crown Coalition
The Royal Crown Coalition began the battle with nearly ten thousand troops from eleven different sides led by Prince Ansom. Notable units include Barbarian Warlord Jillian Zamussels and Archons fighting on behalf of mercenary Charlescomm. However, no casters were released to Ansom by his father, King Slately, and it is unclear if any of the other allied sides provided any either.
Initial Stage
Zamussels's Capture
The Battle for Gobwin Knob begins with a reconnaissance mission led by Barbarian Warlord Jillian Zamussels on behalf of the Royal Crown Coalition and Jetstone Chief Warlord Prince Ansom. Despite being instructed to avoid engagements, Commander Zamussels conducts at least one action against a target of opportunity. Jetstone Warlord Sir Webinar is sent with a force of heavies to provide support to Commander Zamussels. Before Webinar can assist, however, Commander Zamussels encounters a force of Gobwin Knob Dwagons. She is captured and the rest of her force is croaked. Webinar's force, including Jetstone Warlord Dora, encounters and defeats a group of Spidews. During this timeframe, Lady Wanda Firebaugh, Gobwin Knob's Croakamancer, casts the Summon Perfect Warlord Spell, summoning Parson Gotti to serve as Gobwin Knob's Chief Warlord. He is given the title "Lord Hamster."
Zamussels's Release
Main Article: Jillian the Mole
Lady Firebaugh then proceeds to interrogate Zamussels and casts a suggestion spell on the prisoner before Gobwin Knob releases her the following turn, intending to manipulate Prince Ansom into a trap. This fails due to advice given to Ansom by Transylvito Warlord Vinny Doombats, that side's representative in the Royal Crown Coalition. Ansom instead hires three Archons from Charlescomm and sends them to assist Zamussels.
Column Attacks
Main Article: Parson's Siege Raids
The following turn, Lady Firebaugh distractsErf-b1-p048-p5 Stanley the Tool, while Lord Hamster orders a strategic strike on the Royal Crown Coalition column with a force of Dwagons commanded by three of the Uncroaked Warlords. The strike force is targeting the RCC Siege Units in each stack, withdrawing after all siege units in a target stack are destroyed and assaulting another stack. The Royal Crown Coalition loses forty percent of its siege forces, most of which are those closest to the city of Gobwin Knob. The Dwagon strike force withdraws to two positions: a lake hex where all of the wounded dwagons are hiding, as are all three warlords; and a six-hex ring of forest hexes somewhat closer to the column. This fortress formation is designed to make RCC scouts believe that the wounded dwagons are in the center hex of this formation so that RCC forces seeking retaliation are diverted away from the lake.
Forest Skirmish
On the Coalition turn the same day, the RCC proceeds to use Doombats to scout the fortress formation. Believing the implications of this formation, the RCC sends a force of Woodsy Elves and Gumps led by Woodsy Elf Warlord Tarfu, Vinny Doombats, and Prince Ansom to assault the fortress via a weak hex on the far side of the formation from the column. The initial attack, consisting only of Woodsy Elf archer units, fails, but Prince Ansom proceeds to lead the entire force against the three dwagons in the hex. Another Doombat is sent to scout the center hex. Although it reports the center to be empty, Prince Ansom, suspecting that the wounded dwagons are veiled, moves in anyway.
The Hunt
Finding no wounded dwagons in the center hex of the formation, Prince Ansom and Vinny Doombats discuss their options. Neither abandoning their forest units nor ordering Commander Zamussels's air group to reinforce them are palatable options, so Ansom orders the air group instead to engage in a tactic he refers to as the Hunt.Erf-b1-p062-p12 The goal of this tactic is to locate and croak the wounded dwagons. Commander Zamussels orders Sir Webinar and Dora each to take portions of the air group and search specific areas, while she takes the majority of her gwiffons and the three Archons to rescue Ansom, Vinny, and Tarfu and return them to the column. By pure chance, however, their route leads them through the lake hex where the wounded dwagons are actually located.Erf-b1-p065 One of the Archons, Jaclyn, takes it upon herself to inform Zamussels of the suggestion spell on her. With the spell broken, Zamussels willingly attacks the wounded dwagons and Uncroaked Warlords. Warlord Manpower the Temporary attempts to croak Zamussels, but Ansom and Vinny arrive to assist. All of the dwagons and Uncroaked warlords in the hex are destroyed.
Second Stage
Stanley's Departure
More convinced than ever that the battle is lost, Stanley decides to flee Gobwin Knob. He orders all field units to return to the city, then has the linked casters break their link. Maggie, the thinkamancer controlling the spell directs most of the backlash at Misty. She does not survive. Jack also takes damage and becomes a fool. Stanley assembles the Knights in Stanley's Service, Jack, and the rest of the dragons. He, 3 best knights and Jack mount up and flee the city, making for the ruins of Faq where Stanley intends to form a new side.
First Tunnel Skirmish
As Ansom's forces approach the city, he deploys Marbits to scout the tunnels below the city. In his original plan, Ansom would launch an attack through the tunnels as a feint to draw defenders off the walls. However, when Warlord Jillian Zamussels was captured, she told Wanda of these plans. Chief Warlord Parson Gotti uses his knowledge of the enemy plans to lay a trap for Ansom. He deploys his dirtamancer Sizemore Rockwell and a force of Golems to the tunnels with orders to destroy only the Marbit stack that come closest to the city, and to hit them with excessive force.
Convinced that only a main garrison force would hit a scouting stack so hard, and considering the lack of traps and other forces his scouts encountered in the tunnels, Prince Ansom concludes that Parson is betting on a fight on the walls of the city and has left the tunnels relatively un-defended. Prince Ansom decides to adjust his plan so that the attack on the walls becomes the feint and the attack on the tunnels becomes the main attack.
Parson attempts to weaken the coalition against Gobwin Knob by getting Charlescomm to break off alliance with the RCC in exchange for mathamatical calculations on Parson's bracer. Charlie declines, however, citing the damage such a deal would do to his reputation. Parson then contacts Prince Ansom himself and attempts to goad him into acting irrationally. Neither tactic seems effective.
Prince Ansom then assembles Jillian Zamussels and a large force of fliers with orders to make for the Faq Gap. There, they will meet with a force of Charlie's Archons, break off their alliance with Jetstone and ally with Transylvito. This will put Jillian's turn before Stanley's. They will then ambush and destroy Stanley. Prior to setting off on her mission, Jillian takes her group to the Tower of Efdup in Gobwin Knob to confront Wanda Firebaugh over Wanda's earlier use of a Suggestion Spell to attempt to get Jillian to betray Prince Ansom. Wanda isn't the mood and decides to obliterate and uncroak much of Jillian's group by firing off Gobwin Knob's air defenses. Jillian makes for the Faq Gap and ends turn.
Meanwhile, Ansom's main attack force, led by Sir Webinar and Dora enter the tunnels below Gobwin Knob.
Once released of his contract with Jetstone, Charlie makes a deal with Parson. In exchange for 12 Mathamancy calculations, Charlie would make an offer to Transylvito that they could not accept, leaving the ambush with insufficient forces to destroy Stanley. Parson agrees to these terms.
All sides end turn and the next day begins.
Final Stage
The final day in the Battle of Gobwin Knob begins with Charlescomm's turn. Charlie deploys thirty Archons to Gobwin Knob's airspace with the intent to capture Parson and the Mathamancy Bracer, but Parson convinces him to end turn without attacking. Charlie does so, and Gobwin Knob's turn begins.
The Summon Perfect Warlord Spell provides Parson with the last of the items needed to complete the spell and make him the Perfect Warlord: the last piece of Parson's Sword.
Skirmish at Faq Gap
Main Article: Second Battle of Faq
Stanley, his Knights in Stanley's Service and Jack arrive at the Faq Gap and become engaged in battle with Jillian Zamussels and the Transylvito warlords. Even with the Arkenhammer and Rock, Stanley is unable to break through. However, due to Charlie's deal with Parson, Jillian's group doesn't have enough forces to destroy Stanley either. During the battle, Jack recovers from the severing of the caster link and uses his foolamancy to allow Stanley to escape with his remaining forces. They make for Gobwin Knob, but will not arrive till after the battle.
Tunnel Battle
Main Article: Tunnels and Zombies
Parson orders Sizemore to destroy the attacking tunnel forces. Specifically, Sizemore is to use Gobwins to overwhelm weak, unled infantry and Marbits. In the case of Heavies or Warlords, they are to be trapped, tracked, or led into traps or Sizemore's group of Golems. Tunnels are only to be collapsed if doing so would croak a high value target.
Making use of the various traps and collapsing tunnels, Sizemore deals considerable damage to the attacking force. When his reinforcements arrive, Sizemore is able to turn the battle to a rout. The attacking force is completely destroyed, and all entrances to the tunnels are sealed off.
Some 2780 Jetstone units are lost. Wanda uncroaks them and deploys them to the walls. Gobwin Knob ends its turn.
Ansom's Assult
Enraged by the sight of his own deceased troops manning the outer walls of Gobwin Knob, Prince Ansom orders the entire coalition to attack. He then mounts his carpet, flies to the top of the wall and, by himself, creates a weak point in the defense, using the Arkenpliers to destroy a significant number of Uncroaked. Coalition siege arrives and joins the fight.
Parson, worried that Charlescomm will interfere, deploys Wanda and the recently uncroaked air units to intercept and croak Prince Ansom. Ironically, Ansom is struck from his mount by the uncroaked Sir Webinar and falls to the Gobwin Knob Courtyard. Charlescomm breaks his agreement with Parson and, after re-allying with Jetstone, orders his archons to destroy Wanda's group. They do so. Rapidly.
Wanda is incapacitated but Ansom decides to re-join the fight rather than finish her off. Sizemore's golem group rescues her and restores her with a scroll from Wanda's stash. All units are ordered off the walls and to assemble in the courtyard for a fighting retreat.
Assault on the Garrison
Main Article: Thriller Moves
Ansom orders all troops through breaches in the Outer Wall, and Parson retreats to behind the walls of the Courtyard. Parson wants to croak a large number of those troops, so he prepares to create a massacre at the first breach in the wall by stacking as many bonuses as he can, while eliminating bonuses from the enemy troops.
To achieve this, Parson orders Sizemore to attack Leadership targets on the outside of the walls, taking Shockmancy scrolls with him. Wanda prepares to set up a force of Dance-fighting uncroaked behind the first breach in the wall. Parson believes that without Leadership, the enemy Units will be forced to auto-attack with low bonuses, against Wanda's uncroaked which would have her "massive" bonus, Parson's Leadership for being in the same city, and a bonus for Dance Fighting.
Sizemore manages to kill two warlords and a handful of other troops before he is forced to retreat. Wanda's Dance-Fighting uncroaked fight very well, slaughtering the un-led troops pouring through the breach. Instead of ordering the attack to halt, Prince Ansom ascends to Gobwin Knob airspace and, with the aid of Charlie's Archons, leads his own forces in a dance fight (using DDR moves). Although Wanda's group has more bonuses, Prince Ansom has far more forces and manages to gain the upper hand. Parson is forced to order another retreat.
Main Article: Twolling for Warlords
Parson, realising that he needs to eliminate the massive bonuses Prince Ansom is providing to the RCC forces, hatches a plan. Bogroll is to be veiled to appear as Parson and surrender to Ansom. Parson arranges the surrender through Charlie who, despite thinking that it's a trap, relays the information to Ansom anyway. When Ansom arrives at the top of tower to accept the surrender, Bogroll disarms him and tackles him off the tower. Prince Ansom is killed by the fall, while Bogroll levels up twice from killing such a valuable target but is quickly overwhelmed by the enemy forces he's fallen into.
Spurred on by the croaking of their leader, the RCC presses the attack, determined to finish the fight that turn. Even with the loss of Ansom, the RCC still has considerably more troops and warlords than Gobwin Knob. Parson believes that after his latest trick, no-one is going to accept another surrender proposal and has no desire to fight yet another losing battle. He orders Sizemore to collapse the tunnels below the city. Sizemore does so and destroys everything in the city save the dungeon.
Massive damage is inflicted upon the RCC forces, but they still have combat capable troops. Furthermore, the damage to the city has weakened the dungeon defense to the point where the enemy can, quite literally, bust through the walls to walk right in. Parson orders "the last of the last of the last stands" to take place in the Portal Room.
Volcano Uncroaking
Main Article: Volcano Uncroaking
After running the numbers on his Mathamancy Bracer, Parson determines that the battle can't be won. He tells his casters as much and suggests that they flee through the portal to the Magic Kingdom. The three casters all realized that he hadn't ordered them into the Portal. Parson revealed an inner suspicion: he had been planning to put his gamers back on Earth through a game they could not win without cheating, and to ensure that happened, he planned to cheat them if they ever started winning honestly. He suspected this was happening to himself, and so to win, he needed to cheat.
Parson ordered the three casters -- Maggie, Sizemore, and Wanda -- to link and uncroak the volcano. This was done, and they performed the assigned task. Parson, hearing the task had succeeded, ordered the linked Casters through the Portal. With the volcano collapsing around him, Parson leapt into the Portal himself, guessing that this might send him back to his world.
Aside from the Superfluous Elves, Woodsy Elves, and Shady Elves, who had already retreated at the last minute, the volcano destroyed all surviving RCC forces. Gobwin Knob itself lost all but few a uncroaked and Dirtamancy golems. The terrain was permanently altered and a Lava lake was created. During the casting, Sizemore discovered there were still gems in the mountain and had them blasted to the surface during the explosion. The gems made Gobwin Knob one of the richest sides on Erfworld, giving them at least 2.3 million schmuckers.
When Parson entered the Magic Kingdom through the portal, he was neither sent to his own world (as he had hoped) nor disbanded (as should happen to any non-caster.) He was declared to be a Hippiemancer but was sent back through the portal to the ruins of Gobwin Knob along with the rest of his casters. Wanda searched through the ruins, uncovered and attuned to the Arkenpliers. With them she was able to decrypt a great many fallen enemies including Prince Ansom. Maggie linked with Sizemore to rebuild the city to level 5. Various modifiers put the city's defensive value at an effective level 8, the strongest in Erfworld. Reconstruction was complete before Stanley returned.
See Also
- TBFGK: A page by page summary of the first Erfworld Book
- Gobwin Knob (city): The location of the battle.
- Wars of Stanley the Tool


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The Grand South-East Asia Adventure - Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia
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Day 1: Arrive in Bangkok, Thailand
Welcome to Thailand and the start of your Grand Southeast Asian Adventure!
Day 2: Bangkok - Grand Palace, Reclining Buddha, Canal Journey
Visit the Grand Palace and the ancient temple Wat Pho, "Temple of the reclining Buddha". After lunch, we visit the King's Royal Barges and Wat Arun, before boarding our long-tail boats.
Day 3: Fly to Siem Reap, Ancient Temples of Angkor
Early this morning, we transfer to the airport for our flight to Siem Reap. Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument ever built, covering an area of 200 acres with its towers, terraces and causeways. The Khmer Empire reached its zenith of artistic expression and architecture with the building of Angkor Wat. Built in the 12th century and abandoned in 1431, Angkor Wat was swallowed up by the encroaching jungle until the great temple complex was rediscovered in 1860 by French botanist Henri Mouhot.
Day 4: Angkor Wat - (UNESCO)
Today, we continue our exploration of the magnificent temple complex of Angkor. Following breakfast, we will visit the South Gate of Angkor Thom, Bayon Temple, Terrace of the Elephants, Terrace of the Leper King, Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas and, of course, Angkor Wat.
Day 5: Angkor - Banteay Srei, Fly to Phnom Penh
This morning, we visit Banteay Srei, "The Citadel of Women". Tucked away in the countryside, the sandstone carvings are better preserved here than at most temples of Angkor. Banteay Srei may be one of the smaller temples but also one of the more impressive ones. In the afternoon, we will transfer to the airport for our flight to Phnom Penh, where we will be met upon arrival and transferred to our hotel.
Day 6: Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh is situated at the confluence of the Mekong, Bassac and the Tonle Sap Rivers. Once considered the most beautiful of the French-built cities of Indochina, its charm and character is still evident despite its turbulent past. Today's highlights include visits to the stunning Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda. After seeing the most beautiful sites, we also reflect and touch on a sad and dark side of Cambodia's recent past under the Khmer Rouge as we visit the Killing Fields and Toul Sleng. After lunch we visit the National Museum.
Day 7: Boat Journey to Can Tho, Vietnam
This morning we leave Phnom Penh by boat as we travel along the Mekong River for our afternoon arrival into Chau Doc, Vietnam. We continue to Can Tho where we have time to relax before dinner.
Day 8: Mekong Delta Boat Journey, Floating Market, Ho Chi Minh City
After breakfast we will take a leisurely boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong Delta (Bassac River). Deposits of sediment from the Mekong River formed this rich verdant region. We journey to Cai Rang floating markets, which are the liveliest in the region. We have lunch enroute as we make our way to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).
Day 9: Cu Chi Tunnels, Ho Chi Minh City, Fly to Da Nang
Following breakfast, we set out to explore the famous Cu Chi Tunnels. The Vietnamese soldier's underground tunnel system, that at one time stretched as far as the Cambodian border. The network consists of over 130 miles of tunnels in the Cu Chi district alone; parts of which are several stories deep.
Day 10: Hoi An (UNESCO)
This morning, we have a walking tour of Hoi An, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Quaint pastel buildings line the streets, interspersed with colorful temples, small art galleries and meandering canals. We visit the Museum of Trade Ceramics, and an ancient Japanese Bridge. Lunch is at a local restaurant.
Day 11: Hoi An - Life On the River
After breakfast we enjoy a morning boat trip on the river to observe local life. Then we will try our hand at making lanterns, followed by a visit to Tra Que herb and vegetable village. Upon arrival, take a short stroll around the vegetable garden and listen to the history of the village. We will join the gardening activities - preparing the land, fertilizing with seaweed, raking the ground, sowing, watering and picking vegetables.
Day 12: To Hue (UNESCO) via China Beach, Imperial Forbidden City
Today, we drive to Hue. Serving as Vietnam's capital from 1802 - 1945, Hue has traditionally been one of the country's cultural, religious and educational centers. We stop at Da Nang to visit the Cham Museum.
Day 13: Perfume River Boat Trip - Royal Tombs - Fly to Hanoi
Today's adventure begins as we board our boat for a trip on the Perfume River. We will visit the Tien Mu Pagoda and the tombs of the emperors Tu Duc and Khai Dinh. We will enjoy a special lunch arranged by the nuns of Dong Thuyen before we are transferred to the airport for a flight to Hanoi.
Day 14: Hanoi to Halong Bay (UNESCO)
After breakfast we drive to Halong Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world's largest marine limestone 'karts' landscape. Halong Bay has thousands of weathered limestone islands that rise from the warm turquoise waters of the bay. Visually, Halong Bay is just spectacular! On arrival you will board your boat, a wooden junk built modelling the old Vietnamese court vessels. This typical boat, with sails, wide stern and a rectangular superstructure will take you to the World Heritage Area, where you can enjoy some activities if weather permits. All meals will be provided on board.
Day 15: To Hanoi, Water Puppet Performance
Today we continue to explore Halong Bay by boat. For early risers, the sunrise from the upper deck is a lovely way to greet the day from the water. Disembark at noon and journey back to Hanoi for lunch. This afternoon, we will enjoy a performance of the famous Vietnamese traditional water puppet show, followed by dinner at a local restaurant. .
Day 16: Sites of Hanoi, Old Quarter
Today we explore Hanoi with it's tree-lined streets and wide boulevards. We visit One Pillar Pagoda, the Temple of Literature, the Fine Arts Museum and Tran Quoc Pagoda.
Day 17: Fly to Luang Prabang, Waterfall, Hilltribes
This morning we have a flight to Luang Prabang in Northern Laos. Luang Prabang is a city consisting of 58 villages, of which 33 comprise the UNESCO Town Of Luang Prabang World Heritage Site. Upon arrival we will visit the Ethnology Museum and then you will have some time to enjoy the surroundings or perhaps take a short stroll to the shores of the Mekong River.
Day 18: Luang Prabang Walking Tour (UNESCO)
Luang Prabang is known as a Mecca for Theravada Buddhism and has about 80 monasteries with approximately 1200 monks. For those who would like to experience the monks going on a 6 AM alms-round, your tour leader will be more then happy to organize this with offerings of rice for you to give to the monks as they walk by in a straight line.
Day 19: Luang Prabang - Kuang Sy Waterfall, K'hmu Villages
This morning we visit the colorful morning market. We return to the hotel for breakfast. After breakfast we visit a small ethnology museum before heading to Kuang Sy Waterfall. Enroute, we visit a K'hmu ethnic village to learn about their culture. On our return to Luang Prabang, we visit the village of Xang Khong to see traditional Sa paper being made and a small weaving workshop.
Day 20: Mekong River Journey, 'Caves of a Thousand Buddhas'
Early this morning, we embark for our two-day voyage on the Mekong River to Pak Beng. We will make a short stop at a Hilltribe village before our buffet lunch on board. We continue to Pakou village situated at the mouth of the Nam Ou River, where we will visit Tam Ting - "Caves of a Thousand Buddhas". We will also have the opportunity to observe the traditional making of rice alcohol.
Day 21: Mekong River Journey to Thailand
Embrace the sunrise over the Mekong River as we start our day towards Chiang Khong. Our journey continues through remote regions of northern Laos. We will make one stop enroute in a rural village to observe local daily life. After completing the immigration formalities, we cross the Laos/Thailand border and make our way for a relaxing evening in Thailand.
Day 22: Golden Triangle to Chiang Mai
Today, we explore Chiang Saen before driving to Chiang Mai in the afternoon. Chiang Saen is the official center of the "Golden Triangle", where the borders of Burma, Thailand and Laos meet, at the confluence of the Ruak and Mekong Rivers. Historically, the "Golden Triangle" refers to a large geographic area, stretching thousands of square kilometers, within which opium trade is prevalent and vast fortunes were made. We will visit an opium museum and a Golden Triangle view point. Enroute to Chiang Mai, we visit the "White Temple", a new take on traditional Buddhist temples.
Day 23: Wat Doi Suthep & Thai Cooking Lessons
Visit Doi Suthep sitting at an elevation of 1,073m. Built in 1383 during the Lanna Thai period, legend has it that the temples site was selected by an elephant sent to roam the mountain side, where upon reaching a suitable spot, it trumpeted, circled three times, knelt down and promptly died. In the afternoon, visit the local botanical gardens followed by a local market with your Thai cooking instructor to purchase fresh ingredients before preparing your evening meal at a cooking school.
Day 24: Fly to Mandalay
Today we have an early start for our flight to Mandalay (via Bangkok). On arrival in Mandalay we visit some of the most revered religious monuments in Myanmar: the Mahamuni Pagoda, the Golden Palace Monastery, and the Kuthodaw Pagoda (UNESCO Site), as well as the world's largest book, made of marble!
Day 25: Ancient Cities of Mandalay - Amarapura and Innwa
Today we will explore the remains of the ancient cities Amarapura and Innwa, which were former capitals of the Burmese Kingdom. During Burma's long history, capitals were moved many times for various reasons. King Mindon, for example, moved the capital city from Amarapura to newly built Mandalay to fulfil an ancient Buddhist prophecy.
Day 26: Irrawaddy River and Mingun Excursion
After breakfast we drive to the jetty to set sail upstream on the Irrawaddy River to the village of Mingun to visit the beautiful Sin Phyu Me Pagoda and the 90 ton Mingun Bell, which is the largest hanging bell in the world.
Day 27: Bagan, Temple Sites
We spend the day in Bagan exploring the sights. After a stroll through the colorful local market, we continue with visits to the most significant pagodas and temples of Bagan. These are Shwezigon Pagoda, built by King Anawrahta in the early 11th century as a religious shrine; Ku Byanuk Gyi, a temple with superb murals of Jataka scenes; and Ananda Temple, with four standing Buddha images.
Day 28: Ancient Temples of Bagan
This morning, we visit the site Phaya Thone Zu and Nandamanya Temples, noted for the exquisite murals of the 13th century. We also see Kyat Kan Cave Monastery, a famous meditation retreat in Bagan. We take a walk in the Minnathu village and see the rural life of local people there. After lunch, we visit Dhamayarzinka Pagoda and take an ox cart ride to Alotawpyi Pagoda famous for wish fulfilling,
Day 29: Fly to Inle Lake
After an early breakfast we transfer for our flight to Heho and drive to Inle Lake. Enroute, we stop at a parasol and Shan paper-making workshop. After lunch, we will be transferred to our boats to explore the lake.
Day 30: Indein Pagoda, Fly to Yangon
After breakfast board your boat to the western shore of the lake where we visit the Indein Pagoda complex, one of the most amazing historical sites in the area.
Day 31: Yangon Sites
Today, we visit the magnificent Reclining Buddha at Chauk Htat Gyi and the Karaweik Hall - a floating barge on the Kandawgyi Lake, and explore the Bogyoke (Scotts) Market with it's myriad of goods including food, clothing, handicrafts, gems and much more. We also do a walking tour of downtown Yangon.
Day 32: Depart Yangon
We say a fond farewell to Southeast Asia with a transfer to Yangon Airport for our departure flights.
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS (NEW JERSEY BUREAU) — The EuroBasket and FIBA Americas tournaments are in the books, but there's still some basketball to be played before the 12-team field for next year's Olympics is set.
The FIBA Asia championship, which wraps up on Sunday, will determine the ninth team to qualify for the Olympics, as well as the final two teams to qualify for the 12-team, last-chance qualifying tournament that will take place next July in a location to be determined. The top three finishers in that tournament will complete the Olympic field.
So once FIBA Asia is complete, there will be 21 teams with a chance at Olympic gold. We rank them below, taking a guess at Asia's three representatives…
In Olympic field – 2010 World Champion
Having qualified for the Olympics by winning last year's World Championship, the U.S. was happy to take this summer off with a 28-game FIBA winning streak intact. Mike Krzyzewski will be back next summer, leading a new group. And Jerry Colangelo will have the opportunity to select a squad from two groups that have won championships, the 2008 team that won gold in Beijing, and the 2010 team that won in Istanbul.
2. Spain
In Olympic field – 2011 EuroBasket Champion
Spain took the U.S. to the wire in the gold medal game of the last Olympics, and there's no reason to believe they can't be right there with them again in London next year. Without their best player, they finished a disappointing sixth at last year's World Championship, but they were dominant at EuroBasket over the last few weeks. They lost a pool-play game to Turkey (again without their best player), but outscored their opponents by almost 19 points per 100 possessions overall.
3. Argentina
In Olympic field – 2011 FIBA Americas Champion
Argentina's golden core showed some signs of age in Mar del Plata and will be one year older in London. But as long as they're healthy, no group will be more experienced or more cohesive in next year's Olympics.
4. France
In Olympic field – 2011 EuroBasket 2nd place
After finishing 13th at last year's World Championship, France brought a bigger group of NBA players to Lithuania. They took them all the way to the final, where they lost to Spain for the second time. This was an offensive group, but they were able to get to the final with defensive wins over Greece and Russia.
5. Russia
In qualifying tournament field – 2011 EuroBasket third place
Russia gave the U.S. it's toughest challenge in elimination play at last year's World Championship. And at EuroBasket, they were the only team other than Spain to win 10 games, doing it with a stifling defense that only allowed 95 points per 100 possessions. David Blatt's squad doesn't have an offensive star, but they share the ball as well as any team in the world.
6. Lithuania
In qualifying tournament field – 2011 EuroBasket fifth place
A year ago, a young group of Lithuanians surprised everyone by capturing bronze at the World Championship, with their only loss coming to the U.S. in the semifinal. This year, with EuroBasket in their home country, they were a disappointment, losing to Spain, France, and then FYR Macedonia in the quarterfinals.
7. Brazil
In Olympic field – 2011 FIBA Americas 2nd place
In the last five years, no team has come closer to beating the U.S. than Brazil did in pool play at last year's World Championship, coming a contested lay-up away from taking the Americans to overtime. They've also played three great games against Argentina in the last two summers. Brazil could have a full complement of NBA players next year in London, but point guard Marcelo Huertas will still be their engine.
8. Greece
In qualifying tournament field – 2011 EuroBasket sixth place
With Theo Papaloukas and Dimitris Diamantidis retired from the National Team, Greece's strength is now on the interior. They proved at EuroBasket that they're still a strong squad, and they've certainly got a shot to capture one of the last three spots at the Olympics. But they just don't have the firepower to compete with the world's top teams anymore.
9. Dominican Republic
In qualifying tournament field – 2011 FIBA Americas third place
It took several games for John Calipari's squad to find some consistency, but they looked pretty strong in their last few games at Mar del Plata. At next year's qualifying tournament, they'll be playing for their first ever Olympic berth in men's basketball and lacking the international experience of the other contenders for the top three spots.
10. Puerto Rico
In qualifying tournament field – 2011 FIBA Americas fourth place
Puerto Rico was the stronger team for most of the FIBA Americas tournament, but they fell to the Dominican Republic in the bronze medal game. More disappointing was their performance at last year's World Championship, losing to the Ivory Coast in their final pool-play game and failing to qualify for the 16-team knockout round.
11. Australia
In Olympic field – 2011 FIBA Oceania Champion
Australia only had to beat New Zealand in a three-game series to qualify for the Olympics. But that doesn't mean that this isn't a solid squad when healthy. They finished seventh at the '08 Olympics and 10th at last year's World Championship.
12. FYR Macedonia
In qualifying tournament field – 2011 Eurobasket fourth place
Behind a strong defense and the play of Bo McCalebb, FYR Macedonia was the Cinderella story of EuroBasket. They're certainly a candidate for grabbing one of the last three Olympic berths at next year's qualifying tournament, but you have to wonder if they can repeat what they did in Lithuania.
13. Great Britain
In Olympic field – Host
Great Britain lost its first three games at EuroBasket before recovering to beat Portugal and Poland. They should get a lift behind their home crowd next year, but they still might have a tough time making the quarterfinals.
14. Venezuela
In qualifying tournament field – 2011 FIBA Americas fifth place
Venezuela took a step forward with their fifth-place finish in Mar del Plata, but it's hard to imagine them fitting in the top three at next year's qualifying tournament. Eric Musselman's offense was the most efficient (121 points scored per 100 possessions) at the FIBA Americas tournament, but his team's defense was pretty awful.
15. New Zealand
In qualifying tournament field – 2011 FIBA Oceania second place
New Zealand got swept by Australia, but this is a team that won three games at last year's World Championship behind the scoring of Kirk Penney. That included a win over France.
16. Iran
Currently 4-0 at FIBA Asia
Iran won a game at last year's World Championship and is now looking like the early favorite to capture Asia's spot at the Olympics, having won its last two games by a total of 179 points.
17. China
Currently 4-0 at FIBA Asia
No longer is it clear that China is the best team in Asia. Wednesday's game against Japan (also 4-0) will be an interesting test.
18. Tunisia
In Olympic field – 2011 FIBA Africa Champion
With a (relatively) strong defense, Tunisia is the best team in Africa. But this is still a team that went 0-5 at last year's World Championship. That included a 13-point loss to Iran.
19. Angola
In qualifying tournament field – 2011 FIBA Africa second place
Angola won two games (over Jordan and Germany) at last year's World Championship before getting crushed by the U.S. in the round of 16. They lost by 11 to Tunisia in the FIBA Africa final.
20. Nigeria
In qualifying tournament field – 2011 FIBA Africa second place
Nigeria looked pretty strong until losing to Angola in the semifinals.
21. Korea
Currently 4-0 at FIBA Asia
With four easy wins, Korea is looking like the third best team in Asia. They'll play Iran in their final pool-play game on Wednesday.
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It's been a great journey, these last thee years. But – as all journeys do – it has come to an end.
The blog has been petering out for a while now, and I'e decided that the time is right to stop. There are many reasons for this: a change in job and a desire to get some other projects off the ground. But really, the biggest one is a steady waning of enthusiasm for blogging recipes. And if I'm not enjoying it, then what's the point?
While I'm cooking (and eating) just as much as I always have, it's harder and harder to sit down and actually write up the recipes. And so it's time for a change. I'm going to take an extended break from blogging and transform The Grubworm into a more searchable recipe resource. I may add the odd recipe from now on, but only if I really feel like it.
Over the three years and 219 posts I've been inspired by commenters and other bloggers to create all manner of interesting dishes and my cooking as a result has come on in leaps and bounds. The credit for that lies squarely with you, so a big THANKYOU for getting involved. It's been a blast, and I hope you've found some good recipes, the odd useful review and enjoyed reading.
Most importantly for me – and one of the original reasons for starting the blog in the first place – I've met so many intereting food obsessed people and made some wonderful friends with whom I'll stay in touch and continue to head out on culinary adventures with.
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Where am I judging? All I've said in this thread is 1) If someone undertakes a precept to refrain from drinking, I don't understand how they can continue drinking, or re-word the Buddha's precept to allow moderate drinking. 2) I don't understand why drinking is needed at all with all of the delicious non-alcoholic drinks that are available. I had a Horchata about 2 hours ago. Mmm, mmm, tasty!adosa wrote:It's not required, it's craved......like any other attachment. So it's best to have compassion for those that are still attached instead of judgement.
Everyone who claims to undertake the 5th precept and yet continues to drink.adosa wrote:Who is justifying or finding excuses?mettafuture wrote:Of course not. But I don't try to justify or find excuses for them either.
How do you know I haven't? I live by almost 8 precepts now.So why haven't you stopped craving for (and acting on) those things in your life that cause you suffering?
I don't kill, steal, lie, or drink. I'm not a sexual deviant. I eat on a schedule. I don't dance, sing, wear perfumes, watch TV, or go to the movies as often. I do play games on my iPod touch, but I don't absolutely need to. And I sleep on a small air mattress.
Yes, there are things I could improve, and other things I could renounce, but I never claimed everything I was doing was right. But the people who claim to undertake the 5th precept, and yet continue to drink, think what they're doing is fine. They have yet to acknowledge the contradiction in their actions.
"I undertake the precept to refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs which lead to carelessness. Now let's go out and have a beer!"


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Canada's Oct. 1 quarterly Hog Statistics report revealed a swine breeding herd that was larger than one year earlier for the first time since April 2005. Canada's herd of 1.3083 million head was 0.1% larger than last year on Oct.1. When combined with the U.S. Sept.1 herd of 5.806 million head, the Canadian figure puts the U.S.-Canada herd at 7.114 million, 0.5% larger than one year ago.
This is the second quarter this year (the other being the March1-April 1 inventories) that the combined herd has been larger than one year ago. The U.S.-Canada herd had been smaller than one year earlier in every quarter since December 2007-January 2008 (Figure 1).
Is this the end of this round of consolidation/reduction for the U.S.-Canada pork industry? We think it is for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, it appears the reductions have, along with increased exports and relatively strong domestic demand, pushed pork and hog prices high enough to generally cover new cost levels. With U.S. lean hogs futures above $85/cwt., carcass, through next October, producers on both sides of the border are looking at profits. We don't think those profits are large enough to get much expansion but, after over six years of herd reduction, Canadian producers are no doubt happy with some stability. U.S. reductions lasted only four years, but stability is welcome here as well.
The other reason we think consolidation/reduction is probably over for now is that producers that remain are generally very good at what they do and, in many cases, have pretty strong balance sheets. My calculations show that U.S. producers have, on average, replaced about 40% of the equity that was lost in 2007-2009. Canadian producers lost far more than did their U.S. counterparts during their long downturn and likely have not healed as much, but the trend has at last turned. Those who remain are battle tested.
The cutbacks are not without other consequences. Canadian hog slaughter in 2010 was 11.3% lower than at its peak in 2004 (Figure 2). Higher market weights reduced the impact on total pork production to only -1.6% over that same period, but even Canadian pork production has taken a hit in the past two years, dropping by 2.3%.
The same thing has happened in the United States (Figure 3). The cutbacks here have been much more recent but much more dramatic. In just the past two years, slaughter has fallen by 5.3% and pork production has declined by 3.9% from their 2008 peaks. That 2008 peak was, of course, driven in part by the impacts of the 2007 introduction of circovirus vaccines, but the 2009-2010 declines would have been very large even without the unusual 2008 slaughter levels.
U.S. slaughter and production, of course, have been negatively impacted by the situation in Canada. The stronger Canadian dollar and mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) have reduced imports of Canadian hogs from 10 million in 2007 to just 5.75 million in 2010.
We do not expect any reversal of the recent declines, but we do expect them to stop. The Canadian dollar is still strong and COOL is still the law of the land in the United States. Regardless of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) decision on Canada's challenge to COOL, which supposedly will be announced the end of this week, the law will remain in effect unless Congress changes it. The likelihood of that happening in the short run is quite unlikely.
While Canada does enjoy a bit of a feed-cost advantage from time to time, the advantage is small and often fleeting. We just don't see anything that will turn this thing to growth. Like most of you, we would settle for a bit of stability. It appears that time has finally come.
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I've been trying to characterise what regulation in the UK meant for the legal profession, so I want to try out my version of what happened here to see if it makes sense.
The archetypal profession has been a self-regulating entity with state sanction. This was the case of the legal profession. Because of the mess the legal profession, or at least part of it, got itself into, government said something had to be done.
The combined effect of the Clementi review and government's Legal Services Act 2007 was to propose a fundamental shift in regulatory emphasis formulating a new symbolic order. Instead of self-regulation, external regulation would be imposed on an intransigent legal profession. Ineluctable almost.
If we turn to the Heinz-Laumann thesis on the legal profession, they suggest that the profession is divided not by work or specialization but client type. This led to the hemisphere categorization of the profession into individual and corporate hemispheres. All kinds of effects flowed from this--status tensions, lack of autonomy and so on.
Returning to the UK we see that the problematical element of the legal profession was the individual hemisphere not the corporate. However, since the legal profession likes to view itself as a homogeneous unit it is difficult to reregulate segments of it. So, in effect, the whole profession buys into the idea of change.
Apparently so whereas in fact something else happens. As the legislation is being debated intensive lobbying by a newly invigorated corporate sector results in the Smedley review suggesting corporate large law firms need special attention. This is followed up by the Law Society which asks the grand establishment figure of Lord (David) Hunt to review the legal profession. He takes on board Smedley's views and with the cooperation of the corporate firms creates a new risk based ideal called AIR (authorised internal regulation).
This is adopted. The force of it is that risk based entity regulation puts the onus on the firm. Which firms are best suited to assume this risk? The large ones, of course. But not the individual sector. They are too small and too erratic. They are the ones that people complain about--not the big firms.
With a clever stroke a new arrangement comes into play. With AIR the large law firms have recreated self-regulation within the apparent ambit of external regulation. The inability of the small firms to retaliate or counter these moves leaves them exposed to the chilling effect of external regulation augmented by the long stop of the Legal Ombudsman to sanction the malefactors (but not the big firms).
Thus we have external regulation for those firms that need it and self-regulation for those firms that seem not to. It shows the sophistication and power of the corporate law firms and their capability to create new symbolic orders. And in order to reinforce this distinction new institutions come into existence such as CityUK (headed by Clifford Chance's senior partner, Stuart Popham) and the Managing Partners' Forum (headed by newcomer DLA Piper's chairman, Nigel Knowles), both headed by the leaders of the world's biggest law firms.
That's my story.....
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GMP Management was appointed Project Manager to undertake the redevelopment of Royal Pines Resort in 2002. The project comprised the removal of 9 holes of existing golf course and the lowering of the balance of the golf course with provision of 363 residential entitlements in Stage 1 as well as 350 entitlements in Stage 2. Also included was the approval of 3 high rise buildings comprising 214 units adjacent to the existing hotel.The work on site is approved under the Integrated Resort Act which is a State Government approval with an agreement with the Gold Coast City Council.
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The project was successfully completed February 2014, with GMP Management responsible for all Superintendent services, project monitoring and reporting.
Twin Towns Services Club, Tweed Heads
Following the millennium tower extensions to the Club in 2000 for which Ian Pert was responsible, GMP Management was also the Project Manager for the new extension which included convention/auditorium space, 4 cinemas, new bars / restaurants and facilities. Stage 1 of the works comprising new Sports Bar, Atrium entry, Restaurants and Outdoor alfresco gambling is completed with further renovations ongoing.
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Swiss Bel Hotel & Peak Apartments, Brisbane
GMP Management was appointed the Project Manager, Superintendent and Hotel Consultant on this $50m development in Vulture St, South Brisbane. The project comprises a Swiss Bel Hotel together with the luxury residential condominiums above, the "Peak Apartments". The project was successfully completed in December 2016.
Pullman & Ibis Conference Centre, Brisbane Airport
GMP Management was appointed Project Manager and Superintendent on this new hotel development within the Airport Precinct. The development consist of two hotel highrise towers, Pullman Hotel and Ibis Hotel, connected by a ground floor Conference Centre. This project requires various specialised approvals and close coordination with airport authorities. The project was successfully completed in October 2017.


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