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There are many things in life that cannot be explained. Some people attempt to defend this by noting that as a human race, we have a lot left to learn. Developing all the time, there are many, many things which we cannot explain. The ability to be psychic; the ability to connect to a higher level that no mere mortal on earth can yet explain, either with words or with scientific terminology. For many, this psychic ability is both a gift and a curse.
If you are a clairvoyant, you know the gift in being a psychic as well as the price. Psychics are gifted people and Psychic vision should be viewed as a gift of love you offer that can reroute a person's life into a positive direction, put them on the path of their destiny and guide them towards solutions to life's problems. Most often you offer your impressions not to feel powerful but to empower others to see their options more clearly, to comfort them through the storms and to elevate their confidence. But at times there will be credence in the adage, "no good deed goes unpunished", especially when you confront fear in others or scorn for aligning with such devilish ideas. But the truth is that your psychic gift is the mark of your spiritual evolution. And you have likely come a long way as a soul to be ready to serve others in this unique and powerful way.
Whether you are a professional psychic or a "closet psychic", someone who uses your psychic vision from time to time to help your friends, you have probably confronted some of the dilemmas common to all psychics.
The number one most dreaded psychic impression arising in a reading or from a psychic's dream is one of death. Whether it is of the person you are reading or a person close to them, seeing death can mean other things besides a literal transition from this plane to the next. In most cases, even the angels in heaven don't know exactly when someone will cross over. Therefore, the best advice is to say nothing and to pray for them and their loved ones instead. Put down the burden. If it happens, seeing it didn't cause it.
As a psychic you constantly have to make judgment calls about what to reveal, what not to disclose and how to bring up issues that you know will cause pain and need more than your advice to heal. You may be unearthing the roots of a person's emotional history and repressed memories. You may not have the time or expertise to be of real help. The best psychics offer the tools along with their general impressions and defer the digging to the person seeking advice.
Some psychics have a "if they don't ask then I won't tell" policy. But the gift in an unsolicited reading is that in most instances the person is extremely grateful you were bold enough to tell them something valuable about their life or about their future. Most unsolicited readings are welcomed. So, give your gift freely (even in supermarket lines) and expect only grateful accolades.
A gifted psychic can save a person's life. To disclose or not to disclose if you see an illness brewing shouldn't weigh too much on your mind. Not saying something can delay treatment and result in a more serious condition. The only question is how to disclose information about someone's health without scaring the person to death. For instance, if you get an impression of something abnormal in a woman's breast, it may not be enough to tell them that you sense she needs a checkup, because her doctor may not schedule a mammogram if she had one that year. And it is definitely too much to say you think she has cancer, even if you believe it true. Let a doctor make the diagnosis. Tell her to tell her doctor she wants another mammogram because a psychic saw something unusual in her breast. In this way, if something is diagnosed both your friend and the doctor will learn something about the value of a good psychic.
One of the biggest curses of being psychic is that you absorb too much, taking on the discordant energies of others. Psychic absorption can result in variety of symptoms from tiredness, a sick tummy, and muscles and bones that ache. The problem will resolve if you can learn to raise your light vibration to a higher frequency. The generator of this frequency is your heart chakra.
Many psychics not only complain that they feel the physical or emotional pain of those they advise, but that at times they over identify with the person's problems or their situation. It can be difficult to be confronted day after day with people just like you and there is usually a reason why you attract so many painful reminders. You need to heal a similar issue. Remembering that each individual is unique and not necessarily an identical mirror reflection of you will keep the boundary lines clearer. In this way, your reading will be less colored and more objective.
A psychic friend complained to me how she just doesn't feel appreciated by those she has helped over the years. Few call her to say "thank you" or even acknowledge that what they were told made a difference in their life. Just before the economic crisis, at the end of 2007, she told her good friend to get her money (a substantial sum) out of the stock market immediately and invest in gold. Her friend followed the advice and not only did it prevent a personal financial disaster, it almost doubled her worth. But she never said, "thank you" and only talked about her wise investment. Sometimes psychic work is thankless, but no more thankless than being any kind of special friend.
Just about every psychic confronts judgment, being thought of as evil, witchy, too powerful, or a charlatan. Your psychic gift can be misunderstood, even by those closest to you. But thank goodness the Inquisition and witch burnings are a buried history. If taken to heart, one incident of verbal brutalization by a judgmental person can cause a psychic to put away his or her crystal ball and join the ranks of the non-seeing populous. Many years ago, I gave a reading to a woman who insinuated I was a fraud. In fact, she refused to pay me saying my prediction of a new career in technology wasn't remotely possible. She stormed out the door in a huff and I was naturally embarrassed. But after a month of strides in regaining confidence, I shook off the experience as a freak occurrence. Three months later, I received an apologetic letter from the woman with a check in an amount double my fee. She wrote that everything I predicted in the reading came true.
More often than not a psychic will learn to roll with the punches and to live with the curse side of the psychic coin. Each difficult and challenging situation strengthens a psychic's counseling abilities, confidence and character. Over time a psychic will acknowledge that psychic vision is more a gift than a curse.
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AIrfield Area Development Plan & Infrastructure Capacity Analysis
Fort Carson, CO
In March 2011, Army leaders announced the decision to beddown a new Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) at Fort Carson. In order to house this CAB, other Aviation warfighter missions, and end-state Airfield operations, Fort Carson would need to construct and renovate a number of facilities in the vicinity of Butts Army Airfield (BAAF) in an extremely short timeframe. The BAAF Area Development Plan (ADP) and Infrastructure Capacity Analysis (ICA) are targeted at providing the facilities and other improvements necessary to house the CAB. HB&A's chief role was to manage the ADP process, aiming to identify military construction requirements and programmatic cost estimates for supporting facilities and infrastructure needed to support current airfield operations, a notional Combat Aviation Brigade, other Aviation warfighter missions, and end-state Airfield operations. HB&A supported Mason & Hanger in their preparation of the Infrastructure Capacity Analysis (ICA) by coordinating future infrastructure with the future facilities plan and helping to geo-locate underground features using GPS survey techniques.
The final product was focused on an analysis of the facility requirements for a typical CAB, a detailed analysis of the existing site facilities, features, and constraints, development of a spatial layout of the facilities, and detailed cost estimates and phasing plan for all necessary facilities. The key element of this facility planning effort was the detailed requirements analysis prepared by HB&A. The requirements analysis calculated the facility requirements of all future CAB users, and compared that square footage with the extant facilities at the airfield. Because Fort Carson had previously developed DD Forms 1391 for many of the CAB projects, HB&A provided detailed guidance on proposed DD 1391 revisions that would bring them in line with the plan's requirements analysis and cost estimates. In addition, Mason & Hanger prepared an ICA that analyzed the existing infrastructure improvements. Ultimately, the document operates as a clearinghouse for information about both the final plan for the CAB as well as the rational thought process that went into the development of the plan.
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Chronique 152 - Septentrional, Septent de toujours.
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:14 am
by Serge
Chronique musicale 152 - Orchestre Septentrional
The passing of Maestro Hulric Pierre-Louis on September 2, 2009 may have left a gaping physical hole in the legendary Orchestre Septentrional and on the Haitian musical scene in general, but his spirit and rich legacy remain as vibrant as ever, if we are to judge by the band's first release since this fateful date . The CD is entitled "Pi Douvan". And folks, I dare say that the Maestro would have been pleased with this product.
There is no doubt that many must have been wondering, perhaps with some apprehension, how the band would sound in the absence of the Maestro of the "Boule de feu" - Ball of fire - of the North. I believe this CD should largely reassure them on all counts. Producers François Nikol Lévi and Jocelyn Alcé merit a lot of credit. Not only did they faithfully preserved the Orchestre Septentrional's sound, but they modernized it in such a way that the transition was seamless, anchored by a series of nice harmonic lines and excellent arrangements. Between the two of them, they wrote or arranged 9 of them, while the others were written by the other members of the band.
The title song "Pi douvan" opens this CD dedicated to the Maestro Hulric Pierre-Louis. Composed by his heir, the Maestro bass player and producer Jocelyn Alcé, the song is a fitting tribute to the one who, for so many years, led the band with a firm and steady hand. Right from the first note, you feel right at home with Orchestre Septentrional: a booming brass section, a beautiful melody and thoughtful lyrics which extol the virtues of a man who worked hard, with a sense of purpose and left an inspiring legacy "....you made our music very successful.......You opened the door for those aspiring to greater heights.......Maestro, you are a hero .....when you arrive up there, you will find a lot of gifts ..." The Maestro must have been smiling with appreciation. And what about the nice arrangements by Nikol Lévi, a veteran of Haitian music? Listen to the nice saxophone interlude in the song, a great personnal tribute to the Maestro. The brass section is tight, the rythm section does not miss a bit and Maestro Alce's bass lines are right on the money. Another interesting aspect on the CD is the generational bridge symbolized by the participation of such excellent guest artists like Jocel Almeus, Jean Max Valcourt, Makarios Césaire (one of my favorite guitarists) and many more. They probably were either young men or not yet born when Maestro Pierre-Louis formed Orchestre Septentrional. Yet, they blend seamlessly into the music.
I find that the more you listen to the CD, the more subtleties you discover in Lévi's and Alce's arrangements. They are not flashy, but every phase of the song falls right into place. While I enjoyed each one of the songs on the album, there are some remarkable ones which deserve a special mention for my own personal taste. Tune No. 4, "Sonje" composed by Jocelyn Alce is quite entertaining. I love the way he plays his instrument. The voices are so well harmonized! The conga player does a fantastic job of supporting the rythm section. This is one of those songs whose melody lingers in your head and you find yourself continuously humming the refrain. You should also pay attention to the lyrics in Alce's compositions. They are as carefully written as his music. In that regard, I should also underline that one the most satisfying aspects of this CD for me is the importance paid to the lyrics. There is nothing more frustrating than to listen to a nice melody with empty lyrics. In that respect, this CD is a model of how to write meaningful lyrics that offer a message, tell a story and make sense. This does not happen often enough with other Haitian bands. Tune No. 7, "Mizè Fanm" is another beauty. I am assuming that Alce composed this song as a tribute to the Haitian mother, spouse , worker, martyr, but this vibrant and poignant tribute reaches way beyond Haiti's border. As you listen to the lyrics, take note of the nice bass pattern played by Alce. This is entertainment coupled with seriousness.
Nikol Lévi's style as a composer offers a very nice contrast on the CD, as tune No. 6 "Fou de toi" illustrates. I just love the brass arrangements and the different movements throughout. On keyboard and guitar, respectively, Jocel Almeus and Makarios Césaire are the right mix and provide excellent support.
Tune No. 9 "La Capoise" is a real gem! Lévi shows his lyrical and romantic side. Even though the song is instrumental, you do not miss the lyrics.. Lévi's sense of harmonic arrangement allows him to make us feel the melody, not just listen. This is a love declaration, a light stroll by the sea, a nostalgic meringue through Jocel Almeus' nostalgic solo piano; a romantic conversation through Makarios Césaire's solo on his guitar, while Mc Antoine Fleury is beautifully expressive with his muted trumpet, caressing each note on his instrument. This is a real masterpiece!
I could go on and on about the music on this CD, but nothing could be better than you rushing to your CD supplier to buy your own and then enjoy the good sound. To Septen's fans who might have been apprehensive about a possible let down after the passing of Maestro Hulric Pierre-Louis, I say: relax. From my own perspective, I think this CD should allay all fears. As I said earlier, this CD is a most fitting tribute to the Maestro. The music is right in Septen's sound and tradition while it is modern; the mixing is very good; the lyrics are excellent; it is highly entertaining. Even though I highlighted some of the nicest songs on the CD as a matter of personal choice, I can tell you everyone will enjoy every song, just like I did.
Help stop Haitian CD piracy; this is bad for everyone
Sispann vann kopi Cd ayisyen yo! Achte orijinal la pito pou nou ka ede mizisyen yo!
Serge Bellegarde for Windows on Haiti - October 29, 2011


It's a framework, it's a library, it's Javalin!
Javalin, a very lightweight web framework for Kotlin and Java, has just reached a very important milestone: 2.0.0 stable is out. This release brings a lot of improvements and major changes. Let's have a look!
We first laid eyes on Javalin last year, when it reached v1.0.0 stable. The first Javalin version was released in May 2017 so they are moving pretty fast!
All of these web frameworks are inspired by the modern micro web framework grandfather: Sinatra, so if you're coming from Ruby then Javalin shouldn't feel too unfamiliar.
If you want to read more about its features or see how it works, read this article.
All JSON and Template functionality has been modularized so you can easily plug in your own mappers/rendering engines.
But that's not all. The list of quality of life improvements is pretty impressive and includes the following: functions returning List instead of Array, returning empty collections instead of null, better default values and package structure, fixing visibility from Java, etc.
If you'd like to migrate from Javalin 1.x to 2.0, you'll need this guide.
Last but not least, if you want to contribute to the project, head on over to GitHub.
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Victim's father on Kate's Law passing: Trump is keeping his promises
By Ryan Girdusky | June 30, 2017 | Comments
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President Trump made good on a campaign promise on Thursday after the House of Representatives passed two bills, including Kate's Law, which punishes undocumented immigrants who commit violent crimes and the sanctuary cities that protect them.
Kate's Law was inspired by Kate Steinle, a 33-year-old woman who was murdered in cold blood on the streets of San Francisco by Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, an undocumented immigrant who had several prior arrests. During the campaign, Trump promised to avenge her death and fight to prevent any other Americans from suffering a similar fate.
"During my campaign, I met many grieving families who all had the same plea: lawmakers must put the safety of American families first. Today, I applaud the House for passing two crucial measures to save and protect American lives. These were bills I campaigned on and that are vital to our public safety and national security," President Trump said in a statement. "The implementation of these policies will make our communities safer. Opposing these bills, and allowing dangerous criminals back into our communities, our schools, and the neighborhoods where our children play, puts all of us at risk."
Steve Ronnebeck, whose son Grant was murdered by an undocumented immigrant, said that Kate's law was important legislation to "protect our children."
"(Trump's) been incredible," Ronnebeck told Red Alert Politics. "He's still trying to keep his promises. I have no complaints, he made promises and he intends to keep them."
All Republicans, with the exception of Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), voted in favor of Kate's Law as well as 24 Democrats. The bill to condemn sanctuary cities faced opposition from seven Republicans and support from three Democrats.
In addition to these laws, Immigration and Custom's Enforcement has increased their interior operations and as of April 29, they arrested more than 41,000 people, a 38 percent increase from the previous year.
The bill now advances to the Senate where it may face uniform opposition from most Democrats and some Republicans. If Trump can push the legislation through it will be one of his biggest accomplishments as President and may save a few lives along the way.
Trump is officially more pro-LGBT than Angela Merkel
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ZERO-CARBON PATHWAYS BY 2040
Global energy demand to peak during 2020-2025: WEC
Global primary energy demand momentum remains in line with the 2016 scenario modelling, with per capita energy demand projected to peak between 2020 and 2025, said the World Energy Council (WEC) in a new report.
Launched today (September 10) during the 24th World Energy Congress in Abu Dhabi, UAE the World Energy Scenarios 2019 report provides an update of the Council's global energy scenarios, presenting plausible pathways to 2040 with a focus on the broad and fast shifting landscape of innovation.
The three musically-named scenarios are: Modern Jazz, which represents a 'digitally disrupted,' and market-driven innovative world; Unfinished Symphony, a future in which more 'intelligent' and circular economic growth models drive clean, affordable and sustainable energy transition; and, Hard Rock, which explores the consequences of inward-looking policies and weaker and unsustainable economic growth, in a more fragmented world.
Launched in collaboration with Accenture Strategy and the Paul Scherrer Institute, the updated World Energy Scenarios provide new insights into the broader and fast-shifting landscape of innovation, which is emerging from within and beyond the energy system and includes not only new energy technologies but also policy, business model and social innovations.
The scenarios highlight how different combinations of innovation accelerators – "the Constellations of Disruptions "– might trigger and scale to enable alternative energy pathways and disrupt existing value chains.
The report includes new story lines to 2040, supporting systems maps, comparative analysis on energy implications, six regional perspectives, as well as illustrative quantification, on an aggregated global and regional basis.
Key highlights and the energy system implications:
• Global primary energy demand momentum remains in line with the 2016 scenario modelling, with per capita energy demand projected to peak in the 2020s.
• Electrification extends to more uses and users, driving decarbonisation rates; however, the question of hard-to-abate sectors and non-electrified uses remains open.
• A new mobility revolution, which is dependent on infrastructure, is gathering momentum with the potential to disrupt the entire energy landscape in the longer term.
• Energy efficiency gains are critical to manage energy demand from industrial, residential and commercial sectors and to avoid reducing climate change momentum.
• New opportunities are emerging to provide energy-plus services in an increasingly consumer-centric energy system.
• Infrastructure innovation and investment, and proactive policies are necessary to secure affordable decarbonisation and socially just energy transitions.
• New net-zero carbon pathways, including hydrogen, and carbon abatement mechanisms emerge and start to scale by 2040.
• Achieving Paris Agreement targets remains elusive, with none of the 2019 scenarios meeting the 2C target agreed to in the UNFCC Paris Agreement.
Dr Angela Wilkinson, senior director, Scenarios and Business Insights, World Energy Council said: "Signals of all the three world energy scenarios – Modern Jazz, Unfinished Symphony and Hard Rock – have been detected in all regions. By using these tools, energy leaders can realize the drive to thrive in an era of disruption and design energy pathways for prosperity, people and planet."
"Disruptive innovation is driving change in the energy system at an unprecedented scale and pace," said Muqsit Ashraf, senior managing director, Accenture Strategy, Energy.
"Our new Energy Scenarios highlight the impact of technology, policy, social and business model changes on the demand and supply side. Our report suggests that under plausible scenarios, the climate targets are elusive. To achieve competitive agility and manage the economic, environmental and social objectives of the new energy system, industry leaders will have to double down on their response to challenges from peak demand and value, managing emissions, investing in infrastructure, and unleashing digital system wide."
Dr Tom Kober, head of the Energy Economic Group of the Paul Scherrer Institute said: "The transformation of the energy economy is a systemic challenge where interdependencies between technologies, actors, markets and the environment play a decisive role on how new energy structures emerge and how successful future energy and climate goals will be achieved."
Ged Davis, executive chair Scenarios, World Energy Council, concluded: "Technological innovation, climate change and more tense geopolitics are disrupting the world of energy. These world energy scenarios provide the perfect tool for assessing these macro-uncertainties and crafting a strategic response for your enterprise." – TradeArabia News Service


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The Centre Cannot Hold
January 19, 1920 — Construction of the permanent Cenotaph in London begins
By Loki 222 Content, Culture, Politics, Rock n Roll History of the World, The Rock'n'Roll History of the World
Edwin Lutyens was one of the greatest British architects, possibly the greatest of his era. His design for the Cenotaph was originally intended to be a temporary structure, but became so beloved of the British people that it was replaced with a permanent version made of white stone. Its design has often been copied elsewhere in Britain and in other Commonwealth nations, and it is the centre of Remembrance Day events each November 11.
Like all cenotaphs, its design is that of an empty tomb, a memorial to 'the Unknown Soldier' – to all those who lost not merely their lives but their identities, but also to all those who served. It is sometimes referred to as "The Glorious Dead."
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Now that I am older I am starting to see the beautiful things not only about the cities I am visiting but also about the people who live there, simple beauties, things that I am sure no one else finds to be beautiful but as a photographer, I am desperate to capture life. Though these things are very simplistic in their beauty, they are beautiful never-the-less.
I see simple things like sitting for lunch is a little Greek family-owned restaurant, watching a child debating with his parents about something he wants while his grandfather jumps into the debate, because in a Greek family there is no privacy. Or seeing local shop owners in a small Greek town preparing for the tourist season by painting windows shutters, airing out awnings, trying to make his shop brighter than his neighbor's, trying to attract attention of the crowd to promote his business. Or walking through a small flea market watching kiosk owners sitting in front of their kiosks in a central location, covered by the canopy to ward away the rain, smoking and playing backgammon awaiting the arrival of curious tourists and local regulars. The overwhelming sense of community that reverberates from the simple beauties is what drives my passion to capture life and culture.
After leaving Greece I entered the world I am more accustomed to, Italy! However, the transition between cultural and atmosphere was very apparent, going from very laid back to the hustle and bustle of a booming city like Roma.
Roma though has its own set of unique beauties. Beauties that have been built thousands of years ago and have been further built upon over the centuries. The city is layers upon layers of history starting in the early years BC to now, literally thousands of years, concentrated in a single city.
A tour guide said it best when walking around the Roman Forum, he said 'you have no idea who walked on these same stones you are walking on now, some of the greatest names in history walked these same streets you are today' for me that is such a reality check. It is true you have no idea who has walked on the same streets I was walking on but you can feel the weight of the history all around you in a city like Rome. The significance of that city, not only as a historical landmark for future generations but also the Religious significance of that city. In ancient times "all road lead to Roma" because of the Vatican, St. Peter's Basilica and the Pope. It wasn't only because of the vast leaders and rules of the time all resided in Rome it was because the Vatican and the Pope are historical symbols of hope to the people.
Though many things have changed since the last time I came to visit the Eternal City it seems as if nothing and yet everything has changed. Last I came to visit the security was much less then what it was this trip, more "big brother" eyes watching every street and every corner and to me, I think that those changes completely change the atmosphere of the city. There is not as much joy and carefree in the air as there once was many years ago.
Taking the train to Florence, the city of art and beauty. This city has been a huge historical landmark for thousands of years because of the artist and the dynamic style that flourished from the city. Any artist who wanted to be anyone came through Florence to study and to make a name for themselves, all of those great artists left their signatures all across this beautiful city.
Most people who to go Florence only see the huge landmarks like the Duomo and the statue of David by Michelangelo but there is so much more of the city to see then just these certain landmarks. There are fruit markets that are owned by the elderly couple who argue over what sales are happening with the customer standing there very lost and confused or the priest on his mobile phone preparing to walk into service, the simple train station for a business man from one city to the next going through small cities and towns along the way just trying to get home in time for dinner. These little things and the simple observations are things that so many people miss out on because they are too distracted by what electronic device that is in front of them rather than the world that is right in front of their faces that they are missing.
Things of this nature I see all the time, no one see the simply romantic moments in the world. I am thankful that God shows me these little moments else I am afraid that I also would miss them life everyone else I see. I have always said that it is also my job as a photographer to capture these little moments and these beauties to share them with the world so that they can finally take notice of what has been in front of them this whole time.


For "Rembrandt-Year" 2019, I decided to dive in to a field that has fascinated me for a long time, the Dutch Golden Age and the musical heritage of the Low Countries. After being awarded the prestigious Opus Klassik for our debut album Telemandolin, Concerto Foscari and I would now like to invite our listeners to a journey even earlier in time, to visit Rembrandt van Rijn and his era in all its colors and facets.
The debut album of PRISMA follows the four winds and the different characters which they bring in to the music: Zefiro the sweet wind of spring, Boreas the winter's cold, Notos the heat and tempest of summertime, and Euros the thunderstorms of autumn. PRISMA explores those traits of the four winds in Italian music of the 17th century with its virtuoso sonatas by Uccellini, Fontana or Turini, as well as the Renaissance standards like the Canario, Tarantella, or the Ciaccona from which the group has collected and put together the best variations by different composers, as well as their own versions.
The year 2017 is celebrated worldwide as a "Telemann year", marking 250 years to the master's passing. For this album, I adapted the Crème de la Crème out of almost every possible instrumental genre which Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) had a go at: a French Suite, an Italian Concerto, a Chamber Partita and some Solo Fantasies.
The album also includes selected works by C.P.E. Bach (Hamburger Sonata) & J.F. Fasch (Lute Concerto) among others. The cover pays tribute to Telmann's great love to flowers and gardens!
That was the key to programming his birthday concert on July 1st 2016, which is now brought live on this album: A spot light on the French music of Leibniz's days, including works by J.B. Lully, M. A. Charpentier and J. F. Rebel.
Yehezkel Braun is one of Israel's most beloved and appreciated composers of all times. He was a dear friend and in several occasions I had the privilege of playing for him, especially his sonata for mandolin and guitar, which has become an integral part of my Repertoire.
Three of the four works on this CD are recorded here for the very first time. We hope that this music, now published by the Israeli Music Institute, will be more reachable and find it place it deserves in the core repertoire for plucked instruments.
In 2016 we would like to celebrate 200 years for the death of one of the most popular composers of his time, Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816). Just a couple of centuries ago, so many of his contemporaries were hunted by one of his greatest hits - the duet "Nel cor piu non mi sento".
This album presents works for mandolin/guitar by Hummel and Beethoven, decorated by original variations over Paisiello's aria by Wanhal, Giuliani, Bortolazzi and more.
A crossover project which began as a dream of the Canadian luthier Brian Dean, and was brought to life in a Brooklyn studio in summer 2012.
Due to growing interest, Paladino Music has also published all the arrangements in a separate notebook, which can now be ordered alongside the album.
All the way from Inventions by Bach to Duets by Bartok. An album which we dedicated to our former mandolin teachers in Israel, who in a slightly bizzare way, none of them were actually mandolin players.
The mandolin is very much recognized with Antonio Vivaldi and the reason for that are the wonderful concerti that he composed for the instrument.


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Judith Rodin (nascida Judith Seitz, 9 de setembro de 1944) é uma filantropa com uma longa história no ensino superior dos EUA. Ela foi presidente da Fundação Rockefeller de 2005 a 2017. De 1994 a 2004, Rodin foi a 7ª presidente permanente da Universidade da Pensilvânia e a primeira mulher presidente permanente de uma universidade da Ivy League.

Infância e educação
Rodin nasceu judia na Filadélfia, Pensilvânia. Ela era a mais nova de duas filhas de Morris e Sally Seitz. Ela se formou com honras na Philadelphia High School for Girls e ganhou uma bolsa de estudos para a Universidade da Pensilvânia (Penn). Na Penn, Rodin se formou em psicologia e se formou em bacharelado na University's College for Women, em 1966. Ela foi presidente do Governo Estudantil Feminino da Penn e liderou as bases para a fusão com o Governo Estudantil Masculino, que finalmente formou o Comitê Estudantil de Educação de Graduação (SCUE) em 1965, que levou à co-educação do Colégio de Artes e Ciências. Ela recebeu um Ph.D. da Universidade de Columbia em 1970. Rodin também completou algumas pesquisas de pós-doutorado na Universidade da Califórnia em Irvine em 1971.

Carreira acadêmica
Depois de lecionar brevemente na Universidade de Nova York, Rodin tornou-se professora associada da Universidade de Yale, onde seria conhecida pelos estudantes por ser uma palestrante popular. Ela ocupou vários cargos de professora e outros cargos em Yale, entre 1972 e 1994, incluindo o de Reitora da Escola de Pós-Graduação em Artes e Ciências, presidente do Departamento de Psicologia e Reitora.

Em 1994, Rodin foi nomeada presidente da Universidade da Pensilvânia (Penn), tornando-se a primeira mulher presidente permanente de uma instituição da Ivy League e a primeira graduada da universidade a assumir seu mais alto papel de liderança. Sua antecessora imediata foi a Dra. Claire M. Fagin, que serviu em 1994 como Presidente Interina. Como presidente, Rodin guiou a universidade por um período de crescimento e desenvolvimento sem precedentes que transformou o núcleo acadêmico da Penn e melhorou drasticamente a qualidade de vida no campus e na comunidade ao seu redor. Ela encorajou a revitalização da Cidade Universitária e do Oeste da Filadélfia por meio de segurança pública; do estabelecimento de alianças da Wharton School para pequenas empresas; do desenvolvimento de edifícios e paisagens urbanas voltados para a comunidade; e do estabelecimento de uma escola de parceria liderada por universidades, a Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander University of Pennsylvania Partnership School.

Sob a liderança de Rodin, a Penn revigorou seus recursos, dobrando seu financiamento de pesquisa e triplicando sua arrecadação anual e o tamanho de sua doação. Rodin também criou a Penn Medicine, a organização unificada que compreende a faculdade de medicina e o hospital da universidade; atraiu um número recorde de candidatos de graduação, criando as aulas mais seletivas de todos os tempos da Penn; e subiu no ranking do US News & World Report das principais universidades nacionais de pesquisa de 16º em 1994 para 4º em 2002.

A Fundação Rockefeller
Rodin tornou-se presidente da Fundação Rockefeller em março de 2005. Após a devastação do furacão Sandy em 2012, Rodin foi nomeada pelo governador de Nova York, Andrew Cuomo, para co-presidente do NYS 2100, uma comissão encarregada de encontrar maneiras de melhorar a resiliência e a força da infraestrutura do estado diante de desastres naturais e outras emergências.

Outros trabalhos profissionais
Rodin faz parte do Conselho de Administração da Trilogy Education Services, Citigroup e Comcast Corporation, onde atuou como diretora-presidente até 2006. Rodin também atuou nos conselhos de várias corporações, incluindo Aetna, Electronic Data Systems (EDS) e BlackRock. Ela continua atuando como administradora da Brookings Institution.

Vida pessoal
Rodin é casada com Paul R. Verkuil, ex-presidente do College of William and Mary, ex-reitor da Tulane University Law School e ex-CEO da American Automobile Association. Verkuil é professor da Faculdade de Direito Benjamin N. Cardozo, onde atuou anteriormente como reitor. Rodin já foi casada duas outras vezes, com Bruce Rodin e Nicholas Neijelow, com quem tem um filho.

Prêmios e honras
Rodin foi eleita para a Academia Americana de Artes e Ciências em 1990. Em 1994, Rodin recebeu o Golden Plate Award da American Academy of Achievement. Ela foi eleita para a American Philosophical Society em 1995.

Em 2003, Rodin foi nomeada para a lista do PoliticsPA das "Mulheres Politicamente Mais Poderosas da Pensilvânia". Nesse mesmo ano, Rodin recebeu o Prêmio Filadélfia, concedido aos "cidadãos da região que mais atuaram na promoção do melhor e maior interesse da comunidade".

Rodin foi nomeada uma das 50 mulheres mais poderosas de Crain em Nova York por três anos consecutivos. Rodin também foi reconhecida como uma das 100 mulheres mais poderosas do mundo pela revista Forbes, e pela National Association of Corporate Directors' (NACD's) 2011 Directorship 100, em reconhecimento ao seu trabalho promovendo os mais altos padrões de governança corporativa.

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Hayley's Paper Garden: All About the LOVE!!!
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Love them both! That bloom looks like it is popping off the page - so realistic looking!!
Who knew a red and pink tree could look so spectacular!! Brilliant card and I'm so happy you could join us at TIME OUT. Come back again soon!!!
Wonderful cards, Hayley!!! Love that tree, so romantic. Thank you for playing along with Time out challenge!
Such sweet cards! That flower is beautiful, and I just love the texture and colors. Thanks for playing along at The Paper Players!
Love both your cards!!! Great take on the challenge, thanks for joining us this week at Just Us Girls!
The cards are beautiful, but I think the PP one is probably one of the prettiest I've seen you make! Thanks for sharing this with us at the Paper Players!
Gorgeous cards Hayley! I love the new SU set...I used it this week as well. That flower on your second card...WOW! Nicely done. I am thrilled you joined us at Just Us Girls...I love your work!
Beautiful cards Hayley! Love that wonderful tree! Thank so much for joining us at Stampin' Celebration!
Great cards! Love the tree with the pink and red leaves. I don't have that stamp set (yet) but the more I see people use it the closer it gets to my shopping cart ;0). Thanks for playing along with the Stampin' Celebration inspiration challenge!
Gorgeous cards! I love the color choices for your tree and the way you interpreted the sketch. Thank you for linking up with the Stampin' Celebration challenge.
Both of your projects are gorgeous, but that flower is just stunning! I love the fact that you left the centre uncoloured to make it pop. Beautiful! Thanks for playing along at Sunday Stamps!
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Thanks so much for joining Stampin' Celebration!! I hope you check back by Monday for our NEW Challenge, I know you will love it!!!!!
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Mexico; the home of tequila, tacos, nachos, Coronas and those little annoying yappy bitey dogs, but also the home of some of the best holiday destinations this earth has to provide.
It may not come up as your first choice when it comes to choosing a relaxing holiday destination, as travelling to Mexico can sometimes come with risks. In recent months there have been a number of Australian tourists go missing in central and southern American countries, Zika virus being a health risk, and drug-related violence and crime however if you are aware and cautious in terms of where you go and what you do, then there shouldn't be any problems. Crime rates are higher near borders and inland areas, but in the tourist hot spots, there are many great cities on the safe travel list that include places like Cancun, Cozumel, Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Miguel de Allende, and Yucatan.
If you're looking to stay close to the safe travel cities, but want to see some things that are a little off the beaten track, unadvertised on the standard holiday flyers then the below places are where you need to be visiting.
Known for its beautiful white sand beaches, calm crystal clear turquoise waters and the friendliest locals in the Mexican Caribbean, Isla's diversity, from the fisherman, artists and musicians to divers, chefs and ex-pats, make up a community unlike any other. With the beauty of the Caribbean, the heritage of the Mayans, and the easy going charm of the people, Isla Mujeres has become a haven for people from all over the world.
During the summer months (June – September) hundreds of Whale Sharks gather just north of Isla Mujeres in a seven mile radius to take advantage of the plankton rich waters created by the joining of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. A quick, but breathtakingly beautiful, one hour boat ride from the docks on Isla Mujeres will put you right within the territory where you can search out and swim within an arm's reach of the Whale Sharks.
You're going to love Playa del Carmen… everyone does. It's a beautiful, quiet vacation paradise 45 minutes up the coast from the crowded and overgrown Cancun Mexico.
Playa Del Carmen is known mainly for white sand beaches, turquoise waters and a laid back vibe. Not too long ago it was a small fishing village, but it has now become the #1 destination in Mexico. There are plenty of tourists here, but there's a load of off the beaten track adventures to be had in the surrounding areas.
In one of these adventures, you get to drive your own dune buggy through the streets of Playa del Carmen towards the entrance, and into the paths of the Mayan Jungle. Delve into the Mexican country-side, surrounded by lush jungle and Mayan villages, stop for a swim in a gorgeous fresh water private cenote and explore a part of an underground river. You will also visit a typical village where you will be able to see what life is like for many Mayan families.
The area is also famous for snorkelling and scuba diving, where you can also swim with whale sharks, sea turtles, manta rays and tropical fish. Cenotes, natural caves and sinkholes are one of the wonders of the Riviera Maya. A closed cenote will allow you to marvel at the stalactite and stalagmite rock formations, snorkel and swim in the waters. The open cenotes crystal clear waters are ideal for swimming, lounging and relaxing in the inner tubes. There is also one dry cenote to explore.
Yes…that's right, snowboard in Mexico. You might not think it possible to snow in a country located on the equator, but about 90 minutes from the city of Monterrey(in Mexico's Coahuila state), lays a small ski resort that has good conditions with natural snow falling regularly in the middle of winter (December and January).
It is a modest destination by world standards, however, the onsite cabins and the amazing views of the surrounding Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains, known for their scenic pine and oak forests make Monterreal a good option for people seeking a mountain adventure that isn't limited to skiing.
The Naica Mine of the Mexican state of Chihuahua is a working lead, zinc and silver mine but is best known for its extraordinary selenite crystals. Caverns discovered during mining operations contain crystals of selenite (gypsum) as large as 1.2 m in diameter and 15 m long.
Naica lies on an ancient fault and there is an underground magma chamber below the cave. The magma heated the ground water and it became saturated with minerals, including large quantities of gypsum. The hollow space of the cave was filled with this mineral-rich hot water and remained filled for about 500,000 years. This perfectly stable space created these monsters of beauty, and if you want to visit them, you can only book through local tour guides. It's almost impossible to find tours online to visit the mines. March and April are great months for a trip to the crystal caves.
No matter who you are, or where you come from, visiting the Mayan Ruins in Mexico will take your breath away.
There are hundreds of Mayan ruins throughout Mexico, Belize, Honduras and Guatemala, but the Yucatan Peninsula (where Tulum, Playa del Carmen and Cancun are) have some of the most impressive ruins you will ever witness.
If you are staying in the Tulum area, visiting the Tulum ruins will be easily done by taxi or even by bicycle. If you do want to combine the Tulum ruins with other activities and make a day of it, you do have a few choices. The Tulum ruins are the only ones built by the sea, so wear your swimsuit and head down to the beach afterwards.
Coba is about a 30 minute ride north-west of Tulum and about 1.5 hours from Playa del Carmen and well worth the visit. Unlike most archaeological sites on the Yucatan Peninsula, Coba is in the middle of the jungle and a totally different experience, and you can climb the main pyramid, Nohoch Mul, the highest pyramid in the Yucatan Peninsula.
Chichen Itza is best known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. The round trip is about 6 hours from Playa Del Carmen but well worth it for this incredible site.
A lesser known (but equally breathtaking) site of ruins not far from Chichen Itza is a temple that you can climb called Ek Balam. The wall paintings in the Acropolis building are phenomenal. Only the centre of this site has been excavated so far, so new discoveries are still being made.
Coco Bongo is not really a well-kept secret, but as far as entertainment goes, we just couldn't leave this place out, because, well, it's an adventure in itself. It is more than just your average nightclub – it is a Las Vegas style show in a disco-like environment. It showcases ultimate aspects of audio and visual elements, that incorporates giant screens, the latest music as well as the favourites from the 60's, 70's and more.
The club is centrally located in Playa del Carmen and has capacity of 1800 party goers. In this experience, you will encounter flying acrobats, congo dancers, Beetlejuice, Spiderman and acts including music from The Beatles, Beyonce, Madonna, Guns N Roses, Phantom of the Opera and more. Confetti bubbles and balloons also add to the incredible ambiance. You really have to see it to believe it. Oh, and it's owned by Jim Carey.


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Listening to a yet-discovered Sam Cooke belt out jingles for street vendors selling watermelon in their Chicago neighborhood.
And, yes, a marriage proposal from Bob Dylan.
It just so happens the gospel/R&B icon will be delivering those and other soulfully seasoned tales from a stage in Columbia during Roots �N Blues �N BBQ, the downtown music and food festival that is reaching new heights entering its fifth incarnation, which arrives Sept. 9 and 10.
On Tuesday evening, fest co-organizer Richard King of The Blue Note confirmed that Staples � along with Toubab Krewe and Railroad Earth � would be joining the likes of the already-announced Fitz & The Tantrums, Taj Mahal, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Dr. Ralph Stanley, The Flatlanders, Sam Bush, Robert Cray and Ana Popovic at R �N B �N BBQ, cementing this year�s lineup as by far the best in the fest�s history.
Now 71, Staples is of course best known for her work with her family act, The Staple Singers, who churned out a number of hits in the early to mid-�70s � �I�ll Take You There,� �If You�re Ready (Come Go With Me),� �Let�s Do It Again,� etc. � after spicing up their gospel sound with more secular-leaning lyrics.
More recently, Staples� career has received a shot in the arm with her move to the ANTI- label.
Her release last year on ANTI-, �You Are Not Alone� � produced by Wilco�s Jeff Tweedy � took home the Grammy for Best Americana Album.
A limited number of discounted presale tickets for the fest go on sale at rootsnbluesnbbq.com this Sunday. During the presale, tickets for Friday and Saturday are $20 each and two-day passes are $35.
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Mark Zuckerberg Reveals Cambridge Analytica Acquired His Personal Data
By Nash Jenkins
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a Congressional committee on Wednesday that his own personal information was among the large sum of data wrongfully obtained by political analysis firm Cambridge Analytica.
Zuckerberg is on Capitol Hill for the third consecutive day, testifying Wednesday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee about Facebook's failures to protect users from outside political interference and data misuse ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Wednesday's conversation, as with Zuckerberg's testimony before a joint Senate committee the prior afternoon, centered largely on Cambridge Analytica, which acquired the data of approximately 87 million Facebook users from a researcher who created a personality quiz on the site.
In a tense exchange between Zuckerberg and Rep. Anna Eshoo, a California Democrat, the 33-year-old Zuckerberg admitted that his data was among the information acquired by Cambridge Analytica.
"Was your data included in the data sold to the malicious third parties?" Eshoo asked.
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"Yes," Zuckerberg responded.
Her follow-up: "Are you willing to change your business model in the interest of protecting individual privacy?"
Zuckerberg's answer was more equivocal. "Congresswoman, I'm not sure what that means," he said.
The House is often more fiery than the Senate, and Wednesday's hearing in a crowded meeting room of the Rayburn House Office Building was decidedly more heated than the occasionally tedious Senate hearing sixteen hours earlier. At one point, Rep. Bobby Rush, an Illinois Democrat, compared Facebook to COINTELPRO, the covert F.B.I. surveillance program that targeted activist groups in the mid-twentieth century, and asked Zuckerberg if a parallel between him and notorious former F.B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover was warranted.
The heat was, in any event, an effective strategy on the House's part. Zuckerberg's testimony revealed more than Tuesday's meandering conversation. For instance, Zuckerberg said that user interaction on Facebook has not dropped in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. He also suggested that legal regulation of Facebook and similar social media platforms was an inevitable outcome of the current scandal.
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Jo Ellen O'Hara (n. 1940) es una horticultora, y botánica estadounidense, que realizó investigaciones en patología de plantas en el Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal del USDA

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FDA issues warning about common pain injections. What you need to know.
One of the most popular treatments for neck, back, and joint pains —steroid injections—can be dangerous, and in rare cases can cause paralysis and death according to a warning issued by the FDA in April, 2014. Considering that approximately 4 in 10, or 75 million, Americans live with chronic pain (back pain, arthritis, joint pain, tendonitis, shoulder pain, nerve pain, overuse injuries etc) this warning should be big news, but few people know about the risks of these treatments.
The FDA is late to the game when it comes to concern about the safety of the shots when they're injected into the spine. In other parts of the world tougher restrictions on the use of corticosteroids in the neck and back are already on labels. Patient advocates and researchers who have identified safety concerns with the injections have been pushing the FDA for years to take action.
As early as 2007, a survey of doctors in the journal Spine uncovered 78 cases of patients who received steroid injections in the neck suffering serious injuries, including 13 deaths. In other cases, the injections have been linked to loss of vision or paralysis in patients. The agency said in late 2011 that it was studying safety issues related to the shots and yesterday indicated it first became concerned in 2009. Yet it took five years to issue the 322-word warning.
Sandy Walsh, an FDA spokeswoman, said that the warning is the result of an ongoing effort to understand the causes of "serious neurologic events" with the injections and identify ways to minimize them. Dennis Capolongo, a patient advocate who has been pushing for more aggressive restrictions on the steroids, said while the warning from the FDA is appreciated, it is too mild and comes too late. Doctors in the U.S. administer about 9 million epidural injections a year. "Many people have been harmed in the interim," he said of the years the FDA has been studying the issue. Capolongo said organizations representing patients who have suffered serious side effects from the shots are pushing the FDA to require labels on the steroids indicating they should not be used at all for epidural injections. The agency is also convening an advisory committee of experts to determine if further action is needed.
The FDA action also highlights a harsh reality. Conventional treatments for back, neck, and joint pains remain an imperfect science. Steroid injections and prescription medications provide mostly temporary benefits, and bring risks. Surgeries, like spinal fusion, are more invasive, and don't always work.
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Ballet classes range from pre-ballet through pre-professional and adult; in addition, classes are offered in jazz, tap, hip hop, modern and yoga.
The school's curriculum meets the needs of the casual dancer as well as the dancer on track for a professional career.
WDA's professional ballet faculty teach the Vaganova method of classical ballet - the method used in the former Soviet Union that produced ballet greats including Nureyev, Makarova, and Baryshnikov. The Vaganova method emphasizes physical strength, flexibility, body placement, and artistic expression.
Joffrey Ballet, Carolina Ballet, Donetsk Ballet, Alvin Ailey II, Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Ballet Hispanico, Leja Dance Theater, Ballet Met, Boston Ballet II, Martha Graham and on Broadway in " Lion King" "Wicked" and "Cinderella"
Intermediate and advanced students have studied in Donetsk, Ukraine on three occasions and studied at the National Ballet of Cuba in 2013.


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Combat as War vs. Combat as Sport
February 5, 2012 April 25, 2018 Greyhawk GrognardUncategorizedCombat, RPG9 Comments on Combat as War vs. Combat as Sport
I've got to say, this post over at ENWorld is quite insightful. The upshot of it is that there are two distinct schools of thought as to what constitutes combat as it should be in D&D. It's long, but well worth reading the whole original post and the ensuing thread. Here's the idea in a nutshell:
The "Combat as War" faction (which would include most of the OSR) revels in unbalanced combats. They want to eke out every possible advantage, even to the point of so subverting and sabotaging the enemy that they don't even get to the point that combat even happens. They're toast before swords get drawn.
The "Combat as Sport" faction (which would include most 4E fans) loves evenly balanced, long drawn-out fights. Even to the point where one side or the other will fight sub-optimally ("Here, you dropped your sword!") in order to even things up and make it "sporting".
Personally, I vastly prefer the combat-as-war approach, but every once in a while things turn out fairly evenly matched even when each side is trying to stack the deck in their own favor. THOSE are the epic fights that everyone remembers. Not the ones that are completely mismatched because the goblins fell into the camouflaged pit traps, not the ones that were mathematically preordained to be 50-50 chances because the rules required it, but the ones that were unexpectedly close, where despite everything the whole affair hinged on a single roll or a decision to fire the lightning bolt to the right or the left, not because the rules dictated it, but because it just worked out that way.
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9 thoughts on "Combat as War vs. Combat as Sport"
JasonZavoda says:
After reading the article it seems to me that this is really about roleplaying combat versus wargaming combat.
Roleplaying is the art of the game. It is the hardest thing to accomplish and the downfall of RPGs versus things like video games and online games. This would be the combat as war.
Wargaming is easy to set-up but as complex as the ability of the players to think tactically within the confines of the rule system. It is much more of a skill than an art and roleplaying can be minimized. This would be the combat as sport.
It seems like the author is saying that 1e and 2e are open to more roleplaying, while 4e is more like a wargame.
My feeling is that regardless of the rulesystem it is the DMs and players who adjust the game to their comfort level of roleplaying versus wargaming during combat.
Justin Alexander says:
"Not the ones that are completely mismatched because the goblins fell into the camouflaged pit traps…"
Mostly true, but not necessarily so.
I've had some pretty epic battles in my current campaign, but the one the PCs remember most? When they managed to dispatch a group of cultists and kill the two that were trying to warn the rest of the complex. Which resulted in them being able to sneak into the lower temple, open a door, and find the priestess (who had been making their lives hell for several sessions) sitting on the floor sorting through various artifacts.
She said: "I said I was not to be disturbed!"
And the party's rogue put an arrow through the back of her skull.
That's just one example. But I've generally found that the simple victories — particularly the simple victories that are earned through hard work or daring — are often the most memorable.
Stainless says:
I agree with this analysis. I also feel it echoes (or is the cause of) the divide between "simulationist" and "gamist" approaches. With all the fantasy, non-real-life aspects of RPGs taken as read, the OSR tends towards rules that simulate reality (a heroic fantastical one) while the latter systems tend towards game design for the sake of the rules as an end to themselves (symmetry, balance, consistency, etc.), the things that real life most definitely isn't.
Roger the GS says:
This conflict between unfair war and fair game is actually as old as wargaming itself. Many historical encounters were rather one-sided (think Hitler invading Poland, or the Carthaginian rout of the Romans at Lake Trasimene). The question then became whether to just avoid those kinds of scenarios in gaming, or to have some kind of points system to reward doing better or worse relatively speaking.
Mjolnir says:
Yoi know, when I read the title I thought this was going to be about tournements vs campaigns, but that just shows you how hard wired my brain is for Pendragon. Serioisly, though, who even goes into a fight (we're talking RL here) saying "I'm a lot better than him. Maybe I should tone it down a bit"?
Besides, any system that makes a fight with a non-magical bear take most of a night, because it's "balanced" is going a little too far IMHO.
Dan of Earth says:
There are some good insights in there but to me it is a post hoc analysis that goes backwards. What I mean is, it's looking at the consequences of a wider design philosophy but presenting it as if it is the initial cause.
Old-school D&D is concerned with "game balance" in a looser way than 3e and 4e. That extends from classes and spells all the way to monsters and the way encounters are rolled up. In terms of encounters there is much more left to chance. How many creatures of what HD will you encounter? It varies all the time, as do monsters' max hp. You can't have strict balance in that system. As a player you have to be able and willing to improvise because you just never know what an encounter will bring. In addition, the DM should play creatures to their full potential, sometimes having them set up tricks or traps, and that can change everything. Whereas in later editions you don't have to think about those things because each encounter is supposed to be "balanced" in a way that a straight up fight can be carried out with reasonable chance of the players winning.
So I guess part of what I'm saying is that it is a bigger issue than just combat, because it is tied into a bigger paradigm that differs between the game styles with players who have very different expectations about how the game is played, starting all the way back at character creation.
Gene Sollows says:
I read the post and about four pages of the responses; I think the danger comes when players of one stripe play in a game of the other stripe. A CaW player in a CaS game will be bored or frustrated by a lack of options. A CaS player in a CaW game is in real danger of an early death, believing that his 'encounter' is 'balanced.'
When you add this to the Sandbox vs. Adventure Path debate, you end up with I think a pretty complete picture of the current divide in PnP gaming. You have CaW/Sandbox old schoolers on one hand and CaS/Adventure Pathers on the other. They are really entirely different GAMES at that point, not merely different playstyles.
Personally, I am open to either method, but I find myself a bit bored by CaS/Adventure Path. I very much like the "Oregon Trail D&D" espoused by the EnWorld OP.
Daztur (guy who wrote the ENWorld post) = me
There's some really good commentary on the thread a few more pages in, it's just that a lot of it gets swamped with standard edition warring.
JasonZavoda:
"After reading the article it seems to me that this is really about roleplaying combat versus wargaming combat."
Sort of, there's some kinds of roleplaying that I think that 4ed caters to better, it's just that TSR-D&D does a better job of connecting to the kind of stories that I like (old school S&S, Black Company, etc.).
For me, one of the big problems with 4ed is that it's not really set up well for MacGyvering (see my explanation about the Succubus here: http://www.enworld.org/forum/new-horizons-upcoming-edition-d-d/317715-very-long-combat-sport-vs-combat-war-key-difference-d-d-play-styles-3.html#post5805524 (the process vs. effect bit) Basically 4ed makes it harder for players to be MacGyver.
"That's just one example. But I've generally found that the simple victories — particularly the simple victories that are earned through hard work or daring — are often the most memorable."
I'd agree. In an adventure I ran a while back (ripped off of The Merchant of Venice), a PC had seduced Portia and had been challenged to a duel by the (higher level) Antonio. The PC managed to finagle it so that Antonio would choose the weapon (pistols) but the PC would choose the location (tight rope), once failed Balance check and it was all over, the PC loved that fight.
"I also feel it echoes (or is the cause of) the divide between "simulationist" and "gamist" approaches."
Kind of. The problem with GNS is that S is mostly a dumping ground of a whole bunch of stuff that Edwards didn't know what to do with. 4ed does a better job of Simulating certain sub-genres of fantasy than TSR-D&D, does that make it more Simulationist? But then, there's more nods to actual reality in TSR-D&D and it does a better job of Simulating other sub-genres of fantasy.
Dan of Earth
"So I guess part of what I'm saying is that it is a bigger issue than just combat, because it is tied into a bigger paradigm that differs between the game styles with players who have very different expectations about how the game is played, starting all the way back at character creation."
I think you're basically right here, I was trying to focus in on one specific difference that emerges from different design styles, but get to the root of different design styles.
My main goal was try to explain why I don't want to play 4ed in a diplomatic enough way to make 4ed-fans agree with me (something that is often maddeningly difficult), the number of 4ed fans who actually agreed with my analysis (all except Tony Vargas on the ENWorld thread pretty much) made me very happy.
Gene Sollows
"You have CaW/Sandbox old schoolers on one hand and CaS/Adventure Pathers on the other. They are really entirely different GAMES at that point, not merely different playstyles."
Yup, as you note I make the point later on that CaW and sanboxes go together.
I think a good Rorschach test for this is the DM of the Rings webcomic. Their game sucked. Is it because of bad DMing or bad players? I think it does a great job of showing that even if you have the best story arc in the world (The Lord of the Rings), it's not much fun if the game is about your story instead of the players.
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
Sun Tzu, definitely Old School 😀


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Zimbabwe restricts importation of secondhand vehicles older than 10 years
HARARE – Zimbabwe has moved to restrict the importation of second-hand vehicles older than 10 years, finance minister Mthuli Ncube said in a bid to control the high import bill and promote the local motor industry.
Announcing the 2021 national budget on Thursday, Ncube said commercial vehicles such as tractors, haulage trucks, earth-moving equipment and other specialised vehicles used in mining and construction will be exempt from the requirement.
"About US$1.3 billion was spent on imported buses, light commercial and passenger motor vehicles from 2015 to September 2020. This is despite the existence of capacity by the local motor industry to assemble the above-mentioned range of motor vehicles," Ncube said.
"In line with the National Development Strategy 1, which underscores value addition, I propose to remove second hand motor vehicles aged 10 years and above, from the date of manufacture at the time of importation, from the Open General Import Licence."
Individuals and companies intending to import second hand vehicles older than 10 years will now require a special permit from the ministry of trade – but the process can be long and frustrating.
Zimbabweans import thousands of second-hand vehicles every year, mainly shipped from Japan and the United Kingdom.
Zimbabwe does not have a motor industry to talk about, although Quest Motors has been assembling Chery, Foton, Foton Daimler JMC and Zhongtong Bus at its plant in Mutare. Ironically, Ncube has not authorised local purchases of vehicles for ministers and Members of Parliament.
"The government will prioritise procurement of locally manufactured buses, hence I propose to terminate the Suspension of Duty on Public Service Buses with effect from December 31, 2021," Ncube said.
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's Ridiculous, Amazing Idea for a Game of Thrones Spinoff
Please, someone make this happen.
By Nicole Silverberg
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The sixth season of Game of Thrones has just ended, and with only thirteen episodes left in the whole series, we're starting to feel the ominous threat of a final farewell. This season saw a lot of action, but, as Jaime Lannister actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau told The New York Times, "there was a sense of the whole thing getting close to the end."
What hope is there for we Game of Thrones fans who want to keep seeing our favorite characters for years to come? Well, Coster-Waldau has a spinoff idea that we'd be truly foolish to ignore.
There's something with his relationship with Brienne of Tarth that deserves some more screen time, so the interviewer suggests they get an apartment together. "That's the one," Coster-Waldau said. "What would you call that? 'Roommates'?" He eventually lands on "The Heartslayer," which is truly a dope name a show.
"It has to be a sitcom, though, and it has to have a laugh track. Then I would do it in a heartbeat."
Can you imagine? Two of the most duty-bound characters on the show just trying to make a life in a tiny apartment? It's incredible. "When [Jaime and Brienne] spent that long journey together back to King's Landing and learned to trust each other, I think that was the first time Jaime ever spent time with a grown woman other than his sister," Coster-Waldau said. "She represents the best parts of me and clearly there's a love and an attraction, but it's an impossible scenario. They're both dedicated to other people's needs. And I don't think they'll ever be able to put themselves first."
A good point, but let's see them try… in a little apartment in a big city. Can you imagine? The low-key will-they-won't-they tension. The very aggressive passive-aggression about who's doing the dishes and cleaning the bathroom. Is Davos, the only person who can match Jaime and Brienne in duty-bound nature, their landlord? We could have an episode in which Jaime and Brienne fight over who gets to kill the rats in the apartment. Jaime is late on the rent and it makes Brienne completely crazy. Brienne has to confront Jaime about having Cersei over. The ceilings are too low and Brienne keeps hitting her head. Gold hand shenanigans. Oh my god, someone make this immediately.
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Enphase Energy avoids tariffs by shifting production of solar microinverters to Mexico
Enphase Energy, Inc., a global energy technology company that supplies solar microinverters, announced that it has expanded its manufacturing agreement with multi-sector contractor Flex to include the company's facilities in Mexico.
Starting the second quarter of 2019, Flex will begin delivering Enphase products manufactured in Mexico to the U.S. market as part of a mitigation plan for the impending USTR Section 301 tariff in the U.S.
"Flex has been a great manufacturing partner and has helped Enphase add an additional manufacturing line in Mexico," said in a statement Badri Kothandaraman, CEO at Enphase Energy. "Flex provides a cost-neutral path to scale our current products and bring up new products faster. This increased agility will help Enphase better serve our customers globally by cutting down cycle times, streamlining inventory and mitigating tariffs."
"Flex supports the most innovative companies in the world - those that push the envelope in technology and align with our ambition to help build a smarter, more sustainable world with connected energy solutions," said Scott Graybeal, senior vice president of Energy Solutions at Flex.
"Enphase is a leader in this area with a product philosophy founded on semiconductor innovation and dedication to the highest levels of product quality and reliability. Expanding our collaboration to Mexico will support this growing market with a responsive, regional manufacturing approach."
Flex has nearly a dozen production facilities in Mexico located in Tijuana, San Luis Rio Colorado, Ciudad Juarez, Reynosa, Guadalajara and Aguascalientes. Those plants manufacture a wide range of products for different companies, from Nike shoes to smart TVs, as well as photovoltaic cells and trackers.
The California-based company did not offer any details regarding which facility will build the microinverters for Enphase.
With over 200 patents, Enphase Energy delivers smart, easy-to-use solutions that connect solar generation, storage and management on one intelligent platform. The Company revolutionized solar with its microinverter technology and produces the world's only truly integrated solar plus storage solution. Enphase has shipped over 17 million microinverters, and more than 790,000 Enphase systems have been deployed in over 120 countries.
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Legendary in name because so many Dartmoor Rescue call-outs were co-ordinated from out this way, but to me Nun's Cross Farm was exactly that, just a name that Bookhound would shout out as he flew out of the door. Interestingly we have been wondering how the whole moorland search and rescue effort might have changed since those seemingly primitive pre-mobile phone and GPS days. Apart from plenty of places where there is no phone signal, navigation may certainly have changed for many.
Us, still on good old-fashioned map and compass.
So when December 1st dawned glorious (yes, still catching up on 2014) and it looked set to stay that way, Nun's Cross was top of my list for a High Dartmoor walk.
Not only that but I had carted yet another hefty tome back from the library, Wild Goose and Riddon - The Dartmoor Photographs of Chris Chapman.
We know Chris Chapman's pictures well because we spend far more time than can be good for us drinking coffee (or in my case pots of hot chocolate) or having lunch in the Bedford Hotel, and the walls are adorned with these atmospheric black and white shots of Dartmoor, both the landscape and the people. We have been known to sit 'neath that dead pig and tuck into sausages There are even people we know in the photographs, which must mean we have lived here a long time too, but one of the pictures in the book is of Syward's Cross and with a lovely story attached.
Bookhound and I talked about how much we missed being able to get up onto the Moors in snow now that we don't have four-wheel drive. We decided that this winter we must just hi-jack the Gamekeeper's Land Rover and get out there. I can only begin to imagine how beautiful this bit must have looked because even on our non-snowy visit there is nothing disappointing at all about this bleak moorland with its views down to Plymouth Sound ..
Look carefully and you can see that figure walking over the brow of the hill, and yes, all attempts at sticking the snow back on the cross failed...what you see is what there was.
Earliest references to the existence of the cross, as Crucem Siwardi, date back to 1240, astonishing.
How about this for a Des Res??
The site was spotted back in 1870 by one John Hooper who saw the potential for a moorland small-holding, leased the land from the Duchy and proceeded to build a house for his wife. Mrs Hooper moved in in 1871 and helped build all the walls for the newtakes (moorland that is 'newly taken' for fields).
Perilously close to deriliction when the late Eric Hemery wrote about Nun's Cross Farm in the 1980s, he would be pleased to see it now, renovated, sound of roof, sleeps thirty-six, a bunk-house well-used by outdoor adventure groups who probably relish the unchanged lack of electricity or running water bar that from the nearby leat.


These are interesting times for the publishing industry. Newspapers are shuddering after watching their classified ad revenue disappear, their subscribers die off, and their readers migrate to news content that is more current than the morning edition. Editors complain bitterly about the public's apparent preference for unverified crowdsourcing and (even worse) blogs over professional journalism.
In September, Adobe Systems, Inc. shook up more than one marketplace when it announced its acquisition of web analytics vendor Omniture, Inc.
I'm constantly fascinated by how the world of online content and social media allows organizations of all types to communicate effectively. It doesn't matter what industry you're in-B2B information, consumer ecommerce, music, nonprofit, or government-we can all learn from the smart marketing happening all around us.
The EContent 100 judging team is a busy crew. Read their bios and you'll see that this is a group of people with some very demanding day jobs. For them to devote so much of their valuable time to compiling the list is remarkable. Certainly, it is their diversity and their deep day-to-day connection with the digital content industry that makes them qualified to undertake this task. Yet it does make the process even more challenging-as if trying to evaluate the merits of hundreds of companies weren't difficult enough.
I have good news and bad news about the information industry, both in the same statement: For decades, industry growth has been stable and steady. It's typically a 5% growth rate per year, and it always has been. It varies slightly, but overall, the industry is predictable and, like a grandfather's sweater, comfortable. Unfortunately, this sweater is showing some wear.
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At the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), we maintain a constant dialogue with our members to ensure that we address their needs. To help us plan our activities and events in 2010, we conducted a web-based poll of members and nonmembers to determine the critical issues industry executives want us to focus on.
In Gilbane's 20-plus years of covering content technologies, we have consistently found that global companies succeed when they treat content management as a business practice-not as a technology, but as a formalized, institutionalized business practice tied to strategic business goals and objectives. Leading practitioners recognize the value of content as an enterprise asset, and they proactively manage their content as the asset it is. Their content management practices are designed to drive costs out of value creation while delivering scalability that's critical to the ability to capitalize on business opportunity.
After reaching a high of 872 deals valued at $104.4 billion in 2007, M&A for the media and information industry dropped significantly in 2008 to 758 deals valued at $33.3 billion, marking a 70% year-over-year decline in overall deal value.
After a whirlwind of economic adjustments in 2009, publishers and content technology companies are hoping that the belt-tightening that they have undertaken this year will set the stage for renewed health in 2010. While there are polls and forecasts that seem to bear out these expectations, there are many unknowns that may lead to unpleasant surprises and challenging environments next year.


ALL roads have led to rail and recruitment for Jacob Seward, a long-serving member of the TXM Recruit team.
And Jacob is almost entirely unique due to the fact he now preaches what he once practised.
Prior to joining TXM Recruit, he worked as an engineer in rolling stock. There are few recruiters who are able to boast advanced qualifications in an industry they now resource on behalf of.
Initially, Jacob played a key role in TXM Recruit's defence division but when an opportunity to return to the rail sector appeared, he took it with both hands.
"I have been working as part of the TXM team for more than five years now and I wouldn't change it for the world," he said.
"It has been a weird and wonderful experience for me. I began my working life, thanks to TXM Recruit, in rail.
"And I am delighted to say I am back working within the industry.
"I have a passion for blue-collar recruitment and rail is what I know best.
"I have really developed as an individual here and am very much looking forward to what the future holds for myself and, of course, the business.