**** New ESET Offline update 12636 (20151127) available: **** ESET Offline Update will find your %SystemDrive% then create a folder, put the latest updated virus def's and module's in it (delete any previous files if present) then patch the server details in registry... so all you have to do is click "update" in your ESET product. ESET Offline update 126xx is portable so no install required, just run from USB key, DVD, ETC.
Thanks a lot. After the closure of Wordpress blog. I searched a lot and found this webpage. Hope you will update this blog as you did previously.
Dear what about cracked software???????????
Don't put pressure on him guys. You can find cracked software elsewhere but ESET Offline updater no where else, except here.
Thank you and good to have you back :) Don't give up to them!
All hail Whi5t1er for the return of our beloved updates !!!
The lightest, Fastest and yet most essentially efficient security center on the planet. Perfect updating process.
Thx for this site & keeeeep with this quality !
without you,i will not use nod32.
thanks man. it is nice to have you back and giving us updates on eset. God bless.. peace..
U're The Lord of my cyberspace..!
Thanks 4 the new update 6739..
welcome back bro, its relief to see u here again, keep a low profile and low ranking to save spanking, BTW, merry Christmas, and keep the good work going.
Thanks for this update , why did the Wordpress blog close down?
Thanks a lot. after U disappeared from whi5t1er.wordpress.com, i searched U a lot from google. finally hanging up with this site.
Thanks Den for the 6756 (20111230) update..
THANX alot, u r the best..
hi sir I forget to back up precracked NOD32 Smart Security that i DL b4 in wordpress when i formated my PC today...Do U have available to DL? Thanks in advance.
Thanks 4 NOD32 Offline Update 6817 (20120122)..
U're still my cyber GOD..
i cannot download the file from fileserve hosts.
its nice using this product. thanx.
"Virus Signature database could not be updated"
its never happen before... any idea? now the ESET icon goes ORANGE..
Thank's for Eset Update !!!
Next when Wh!5t1eR post new update again, download and use it. I'm sure it still works b'cause a few weeks ago I have experienced the same thing with you.
Awww, what happened with the mediafire link ?
Not able to download the updates from singapore for the past 2 weeks. Earlier i was able to download only from mediafire but this option is also closed now. Can you share on any other site? Thanks for your good work bro.
You'll get the 4shared link there..
thanks sir whiz... more power!
Gr8 job, Whi5t1eR.. I'll send u a love letter if u're a girl.. U're the best..!!
No need to reply this message, i understand.. I know u're kinda busy man..
Thanks for the regular updates!
Muy buen trabajo el tuyo.
Sir, I am heartily grateful to you and I have been using your updates for a year or more. But presently I have been facing a problem. After three or four days of updating the offline update the ESET icon beside the clock goes red and not update is possible thereafter. Only I ahve to reinstall the ESET installer again and then update again and then again I have to face the same problem after three or four days. My ESET installer version 4.2.40.0. Can you please help me out?
Hi CHHOTON, download ESET Smart Security v4.2.71.2 Business Edition from the site, and install. The bug has been fixed in this version. Wh!.
Your offline updates makes life easier.
Will it work with ESS v.5 Den?
Sir, recently I have been facing a problem. After install ESET Smart Security 5.2.9.1[x32/x64] and updating the offline update, the ESET showing Virus Signature database update failed (Virus Signature database update ended with an error). I have to reinstall the ESET installer again with version 5.0.9.5 then update again and everything will become fine. Can you please help me out?
I got the same issue with steven. But anyway its working fine for online update OR if you installed the lower version.
More power to you whistler! looking forward supporting the v5 and v6?
Lov to hear your comments... thanks.
thank you so much. you did a good job.
Best NOD offline site thanks.
Any new updates coming as I download new offline updates quite often.
The new update shows 20120815 but is still 20120812.
asteg!..buhay na buhay hanggang ngayon!..
Thank for ScreenHunter app. I wanted the screenshot like yours to use on my site.
Thank you very much for helping, please keep this gems..
thanx man, but endpoint security doesnt want to install the offline update,when it's in 98% to finish up installing, it show s me an error massage, can u please help?
You seem to have been under hight presure these last times. But no matter how far they may push this, we ARE YOUR community and supporting you.
And thanks for yet another offline update.
wat happened to ur updates?
Dear Wh!5t|eR, I am waiting eagerly for your latest upload. Now the signature database is 8704. I heard you were ill. But I hope now you have recovered. Miss you and your valuable uploads. Thanks.
Great to have you back. Now we hope we will get the updates regularly. Thanks.
Hi im using version 4.2.35.0 antivirus, i can run the offline update on my pc without any problem, but when i check the version of virus signature database after updating it still shows 7748 (20121130), any help please?
I also experience the same this as the previous commenter.
After successfully updated the virus definition, it still says the virus definition of 7748 (20121130).
But what the heck, it ain't no problem for me. I still believe more in the inner capabilities than just the cover/look.
Hey wh15tler.. thank you for all these years of sharing copyright-infringement :) please don't get caught and keep sharing.
I'm successfully update the virus definition 8307 (20130507) good job!
whi5tler also upload crack software..
I love you, thank you my love!
Thanks YOU so much, much, much, MUCH!
Thanks for taking the time to post... it's nice to know you like.
I'm really happy to have you back! Thank you with all my respect.
but the link of mediare doesnt exist ??..
Tank you. You're the best!
Virus def 9713 has this been released ?
We need the newest update :) Please help!
Respect sir whiz, thanks you.


In this study, the effects of selenium nanoparticles on sperm quality and reproductive performance of fish were investigated. Today, given the growing world population, providing healthy and adequate food is one of the critical issues in many countries in the world, especially in developing countries. Aquatic animals can play a vital role in providing the nutrients needed by the community. Fish reproduction control is a key issue in aquaculture. Fish quality is one of the factors limiting the reproductive success. In addition, the quality of gamet fish can be very variable and affected by a large number of external factors. The presence of minerals in the diet is essential, even minor changes in levels of these substances have significant effects on reproductive health and reproductive performance. Selenium is a negligible mineral that, as a component of enzymes such as glutathione peroxidases, as well as selenoproteins, plays an important role in various biological processes including antioxidant defense, male and female fertility, thyroid metabolism, immune function, endotracheal function, and muscle development and function Also acts as a catalytic center in the active site of the antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase. Fish, and in particular free fish, may have relatively high levels of antioxidant properties in selenium to protect themselves from high levels of highly unsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) that are susceptible to peroxidation. Selenium and selenoproteins, therefore, guarantee the survival of spermatozoa and protect against reactive oxygen species (ROS), and reproductive performance may also be increased through selenium.


Lebensgefährlich Beinah Crash: Lamborghini rechts überholt, ab in den Gegenverkehr Schutzengel - eingenässt.
Please watch this video till the end guys..This is my BIGGEST Mistage ever.. I didnt see the corner and im so fast for that.. This time is too close and i know all of my mistakes but i wanna share with u because i can do really important mistakes too.. So Please always stay calm and try to save it guys..


ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A drifter previously convicted of killing and beheading hikers in Florida and Georgia will serve four additional life sentences for murdering a North Carolina couple in a national forest.
Gary Michael Hilton was sentenced Thursday in Asheville for kidnapping and killing John and Irene Bryant in 2007. Hilton camped out for victims before he ambushed the elderly Hendersonville couple as they hiked in the Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County.
Hilton pleaded guilty to the crimes in March 2012. He also pleaded guilty to robbery and firearms offenses.
Hilton was on Florida's death row for killing 46-year-old Cheryl Dunlap, who was found dead in the Apalachicola National Forest where Hilton had camped. He faces a fifth life sentence for murdering 24-year-old hiker Meredith Emerson in northern Georgia in 2008.


Ubisoft Forums > Assassin's Creed > Assassin's Creed - General Discussions > PC Question ACU, AC Syndicate or AC Rogue?
View Full Version : PC Question ACU, AC Syndicate or AC Rogue?
i'm interested in those games, but can afford only one, what should I buy?
If you play Ac games. you can buy Rogue after AC:U and last AC:S.
If you interest this games, you can buy AC:U.
Devs fix it well and game is really good now.
Of those (for $20) I'd be playing the Syndicate base game.


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Where better to greet the Lunar New Year than in the casinos of Macau?
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Gondolas cruise down the Grand Canal – under blue skies – and in the distance, opera singers belt out Verdi. Just another summer's day in Venice? Not quite.
The cruise in question is at the Venetian resort in Macau. The skies are fake, the Grand Canal is indoors and the gondolas are powered by electric motors. The whole site is the size of an airport, and houses the world's largest casino. It is the day after China's Lunar New Year and milling around the Venetian's version of the Piazza San Marco are crowds of mainland Chinese tourists. In fact, it would be no exaggeration to say there were probably more tourists in Macau's Venetian over Chinese New Year than in the city of Venice itself.
Chinese New Year – a week-long holiday that this year occurred in the last week of January – is the highest of high seasons for Macau. The weather may stink, but no matter. There are gambling tables galore where punters can see if their luck is any better this year than last. The Venetian has a dizzying 550,000 square feet of casino floorspace – that's about the size of 10 football pitches – and even at 9am almost every table is surrounded by Chinese gamblers, and the sweet stench of tobacco.
The Chinese smoke 1.7 trillion cigarettes per year and after a couple of days in Macau it is easy to see how. Indeed, in what is a rare scene in this day and age – where smokers can barely even light-up in a bar – your correspondent shared an elevator for 31 floors with someone nursing a lit cigarette.
Full visitor statistics are not yet available, but the Macau Daily estimated around 200,000 tourists were arriving (and leaving) Macauper day during the peak of the Lunar New Year holiday.
It may sound like boomtime, but the truth is that Macau is experiencing relatively tough times. Visitor arrivals dropped in December for the first time in 66 months. Gaming revenues at the casinos have fallen in four out of five months. In fact, it is thought that January could see a 17% drop from a year earlier, with a mere 8.57 billion patacas ($1.08 billion) punted, according to the news agency, Lusa.
The culprit? About eight months ago the Chinese government instigated travel restrictions – in order to curtail the movements of some of its baccarat-addicted citizens. Prior to June they could lose their shirts in Macau twice a month, but under the new rules, they can only visit once a quarter. Adding to the casinos' misery, there has been a major decline in the number of 'High-rollers' coming through the doors. Although less numerous, these mega-gamblers are the most profitable segment of the market. There are many reasons for their declining numbers, the current financial crisis being prominent among them.
But in the days immediately after Chinese New Year, the financial crisis seemed temporarily forgotten. The Venetian's 3,000 suites were full and its 1.6 million square feet of shops were crowded. It even took 35 minutes of queuing to buy a bowl of congee in the resort's food court. Then again, maybe the congee queue suggest the high-rollers are counting their pennies too?
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All of us have been at that place where life throws curved-balls at us and all we can do is stand there shocked and ask "Why me?" A sudden, unexpected, break up is one such event. It can feel very difficult, almost impossible at times, to manage our convoluted thoughts and hurt feelings when we experience a heavy rejection or heart break from someone we thought was our "forever" person.
In today's post, I will share with you three perspectives that have brought me strength in my own tough times and that have helped my clients go through theirs. I hope they can bring you some peace and clarity if you are currently struggling with a situation where you don't have all the answers for why something happened to you.
A lot of painful whys. The truth is we cannot ever know with certainity the answer to 'why' when a second person is involved in the equation.
We can drive ourselves mad to the dozen asking why someone did something to us or why someone is acting a certain way and yet after spending 72 hours desperately calculating all the different probabilities of different possible answers, we cannot be sure of the answer we will arrive at. Moreover, any answer we may come up with, will be colored by our own life experiences and how we see things and perceive them. We, human beings, are such magnificently complex creatures. We exist in multiple layers of emotions, motivations, drivers, triggers, conscious mind, sub-conscious mind, our past, our present, our cultures, our religion, our family beliefs, our life experiences – to just name a few!
Given that complexity, how can we ever figure out the 'exact' permutation and combination of what among these zillion influences inspired a man to do what he did to us? It is therefore worthy to consider if finding the answer to that 'why' is really worth all that anxiety and those sleepless nights that you are bringing to yourself? What serves us more then is to let go of the urge to figure out why when another person is involved. The only decent option one has here is to ask the man directly instead of doing all the torturous guess-work in one´s head. However, if you know my work on feminine energy, doing any relationship talk with a man generally goes against us. Letting go of the why is our best bet.
This brings me to a second, inter-connected concept of radical acceptance.
This is a term from author Tara Brach, and I find it revolutionary. I use this when a client has gone through something that has totally taken away the ground beneath her feet, like a sudden break up. It could include emotionally vulnerable situations like the husband saying, "I am not feeling it for you anymore" or instances of a partner just walking out on the other or even something as extreme as losing a loved one.
I encourage my clients to 'radically accept' what has happened. Radically meaning completely, fully, totally, without any hesitation and doubts, no questions asked – just accept that it has happened because it has happened.
Easier said than done, I know but so much of our pain can be resolved when we can accept things for what they truly are rather than live in denial of them and struggle against them. One generally experiences a release of emotion (for instance, through crying) when one can accept what has happened and from there on, one can begin to quit the struggle with denial and start focusing on re-building life again.
I call it a 'crazy' focus on you because I strongly believe in the power of self-awareness and I've seen it do wonders to my life and the lives of my clients.
While we can never know with surety 'why' in the context of another person, we can certainly get to know ourselves with increasing clarity. In fact, asking why when it comes to US is a very evolved thing to do. We can channel all that anxiety-ridden energy into getting curious, really curious about ourselves and our experiences and what message a given situation or experience in life wants to give us.
For instance, we can identify what our trained patterns are that have not been serving us in our relationships or if we are attracted to toxic men or if we have the wrong ideas about how a woman is supposed to be in a relationship. Our limiting beliefs like, "I am not good enough," " I am not worthy of love," "I cannot help liking jerks," are often our contribution to a failed relationship – if one can be brave and honest about it. In fact, spending time, money, energy on self-awareness and consequently self-growth is one the best possible investments one can do for oneself in order to build a newer, more-aware, more vibrant future. Everything changed for me in my personal life, including in my career, when I got in touch with who I truly was, what truly inspired me and where my own limiting beliefs about love and life were coming in my way.
I hope that looking at your situation through these three perspectives will support you no matter what you´re going through right now and that you can return to them when the going gets tough.
And check out my Diva In Life, Diva In Love affirmations audio – it's a great help with healing!
I would love to hear from you. Are you struggling through a break up currently? What has been your main challenge? How did you help yourself getting out of a painful break up?
Content modified from the author's article originally published on Women's Web.


A temporary barrier has been installed at Knaresborough train station after a car crashed into a platform on Friday morning.
The driver of the Peugeot 207 was travelling down Kirkgate at around 11am when he skidded on the ice and lost control of his car.
In order to avoid carrying on straight through the crossing gates, the driver steered right before crashing into the north-bound platform at the station.
The car, which had become wedged between two walls, was recovered by police an hour later.
Platform 1 was closed whilst work was carried out to stabilse the wall before Network Rail engineers installed a temporary barrier.
The crash did not affect the running of the trains and the temporary barrier will remain in place until the wall can be permanently repaired.
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The Future Will Be Carpeted: An Analysis of 'Deep Space Nine (S3E10)'
"Commander, you throw one hell of a party."
-- Quark
Critical consensus is the way we judge entertainment from the past at a glance. We all know Casablanca is a great movie without ever having seen it, because everyone says it is, and we know The Day the Clown Cried is terrible for the same reason. The internet has changed things (as usual) by giving everyone a voice, so that the old metrics of professional criticism and box-office returns are no longer the sole methods. You can't go for a week without a thinkpiece about how Ang Lee's Hulk is a misunderstood masterpiece or GoodFellas is overrated crap. Any jerk can just post whatever opinion about anything. I mean, who the hell do I think I am?
Occasionally, you get a situation where no consensus develops. The audience collectively throws its hands in the air and wanders off to binge Kimmy Schmidt. It's generally accepted that the best episodes of DS9 are "Trials and Tribble-ations," "In the Pale Moonlight," and "The Visitor," while the worst are "Meridian," "Profit and Lace," and "Let He Who Is Without Sin." But, this week's episode, "Fascination," no one quite knows what to make of it. It's an oddball, to be sure. A broad farce set in the middle of Trek's gloomiest property, but before it gets condemned for that, comic relief is a vital part of even the darkest stories. Shakespeare wrote that whole "knock knock" scene in MacBeth to make the audience laugh, and it was actually funny back then. Probably because Tina Fey hadn't been invented yet.
The Bajoran Gratitude Festival has come to Deep Space Nine! This basically looks like one of those Venetian parties from Assassin's Creed 2, complete with Cirque du Soleil street performer types. To their credit, it actually looks like fun. The point of the festival seems to be letting go of the worries of the past by writing them on little scrolls, then throwing them into fires. While the hard SF fan rebels at open flame on a space station (YOU'RE BURNING YOUR OXYGEN, MANIACS!), the soft SF fan sees a nice detail added to the rich tapestry of Bajoran culture. Of all the regulars and semi-reoccurring characters, silent barfly Morn (a lumpy presence in the background since the pilot) has the most to burn. Dax is politely shocked by his extensive list. The funny part, when we finally get the Morn-centric episode, this makes perfect sense.
It's also a romantic episode. As I mentioned in "Meridian," DS9 handles those better than most due to the serialized format. Here, they wisely stick to the pairings they've established. Jake is depressed over his break-up with Mardah the dabo girl, while Major Kira and Chief O'Brien are getting welcome visits from their significant others. Bareil, fresh from his promotion as one of Kai Winn's top advisors, is spending the festival with the Major. Keiko and Molly are returning from a two-month absence on her Bajoran expedition. The real problem starts when Lwaxana Troi returns the station to harass Odo and starts giving everyone headaches. Literal ones this time. Not just because Lwaxana Troi does that when she talks.
She turns out to have some Betazoid sickness that makes latent attractions manifest in uncontrollable desire. So now, Jake relentlessly pursues Kira, Bareil is obsessed with Dax, Dax wants Sisko, Quark loves Keiko, and Bashir and Kira can't stop making out with each other. It's all played for laughs, and other than some minor creepiness from Bareil and Lwaxana, it mostly works. You can tell the cast is having fun playing out of character too, and no one comes off more charming than Terry Farrell. She absolutely lights up in her seduction scenes with Avery Brooks, and her fending off Bareil with a disgruntled Sisko sets up the best moment in the episode. An addled Bareil attacks Sisko, which as you should know by now is the absolute dumbest thing you can do, and Sisko hilariously treats it like an annoyance. Then, Dax rolls Bareil up like . . . well, like he's a pacifistic monk, and she's an Amazon.
Nothing is better in the episode, though, than the relationship between Keiko and Miles O'Brien. We live in an age where romantic love is held up to unrealistic standards, and these standards are drilled into the culture at an extremely young age. True love is supposed to instantly silence all debate and stop all arguments. As anyone who has been in an adult relationship will tell you, this is simply not true. Real disagreements will crop up between people, no matter how much they love one another. It's how they're solved that matters.
The disagreement between Miles and Keiko is perfect because it's real, and they both have excellent points. Miles is predictably upset because he doesn't get to see his family for months at a time, and she's going to be gone much longer than he thought she would be. Keiko is finally able to pursue her love -- botany -- which she is doing with her husband's blessing, and now he's trying to alter the terms of the deal. I like that the show allows them both to be a bit pigheaded here, and also allows them both to forgive. Sure, the Chief is still without his wife, but they've reaffirmed the bond between them and are certain it is strong enough to withstand this. They love each other, and it's an adult love, stripped of the illusions of youth but stronger for it. They know how much they have to sacrifice for the other, and they will do it because it matters.
This episode also cements the friendship between O'Brien and Bashir. Remember when they hated each other as only opposites can? Well, now their racquetball games are how O'Brien is staying sane while Keiko's gone. Eventually, their hobbies will veer into the ridiculous (although perfectly in keeping with the genre), but the important thing is they're pals now.
Total side note here, but Molly's toy, "Piggy," is a stuffed targ. Now, I desperately want one, too. Sadly, this was before nearly everything was merchandised, so my dreams of snuggly Klingon monsters will go unfulfilled.
Generally speaking, I line up with the critical consensus on DS9 episodes, though I am perhaps more generous than most. So, where do I stand on this one? I don't really know. As much as I like Sisko and Dax in this one, not much else really does it for me. It's not really funny enough to qualify as comic relief, and there's no real sense of danger to the proceedings to be anything else. In the end, "Fascination" is just a trifle, to be forgotten as soon as the next episode starts.
Next up: 20 minutes into the future
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The Future Will Be Carpeted: An Analysis of 'Deep Space Nine (S3E9)'


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Sensei's Writings A New AHAN Project Begins in Italy; My Style of Appreciation (The Three Italians)
My first visit to Italy this April 2004 was hosted by Samuel Onofri Sensei and his wife Aurora of Nettuno. Through the narrow streets of Rome they guided us, steering us skillfully through throngs of lost tourists and busy natives. It was a testimonial to their native prowess, they were very good ! Using both hands to gesture in typical Italian fashion, they patiently explained about the local architecture, history, foods, and all of the nuances of the local population. Explaining about the many ruins in and about Rome, Samuel explained that they were "very, very, very old". Most descriptions had at least three "very's" in front of them, and rightly so! We stood in awe at ruins that had histories that began before the time of Christ. They were indeed "very, very, very old"! In one part of Rome, I stood admiring a particular ruin. "This one is new" Samuel commented. "It is only 500 years old"!
Samuel Onofri Sensei at his favorite ice cream shop in Rome. Center: Samuel Sensei, right: Rick Thompson
Aurora and Emily, AHAN President.
During this visit we stayed about one hour southwest of Rome in the port town of Anzio. Anzio is home to ruins of its own as the place that the infamous Emperor Nero had one of his summer palaces. A destination for Roman natives' more than foreign tourists, Anzio exudes a quaint charm. Even over the busy Easter holiday, visitors strolled slowly arm and arm down walkways by the sea. Older couples lingered over cappuccinos at local restaurants engrossed in discussion, Italian style. Anzio was a sleepy seaside town with a charming pace. The local innkeepers were very kind to us, once they figured out that although quite illiterate in Italian we were quite harmless. The local restaurants, we soon discovered did not open for dinner until 8:00 pm. Venturing out for a meal without our hosts at times, we were greeted warmly and ushered to our table with grand gestures of welcome. The guests around us dined on local fresh sea foods and garden vegetables flavored simply with olive oil, vinegar and garlic. We learned that an Italian dinner begins with a course of antipasto (appetizers) followed by courses of pasta or pizza and main courses of fish or meat dishes. All of the courses were accompanied by wonderful Italian wines which flowed freely. I really think that the people of Italy must have an extra stomach to have for room for all of this plus a variety of exotic deserts and coffees! As I looked around however, I did not really see anyone who looked like they needed to go on a diet. It made me question the validity of the most popular new low carb diet craze in the United States. Here in Italy I was impressed by how everyone enjoyed their mealtimes, enjoying well balanced, natural foods accompanied by ample amounts of joy and comradery. I decided to follow the old saying, "When in Rome… and joined right in!
At the invitation of Samuel Onofri Sensei of Kihon dojo in Nettuno, we came to Italy to conduct this fundraising seminar for the Naturalment Centro-Sociale O.N.L.U.S. This center is a non-profit organization that provides day care, activities, meals and therapy for children and young adults with mental disabilities such as autism and turret syndrome. This first visit to Italy was very successful, and we laid much groundwork and completed research for future AHAN (Nippon Kan's Aikido Humanitarian Active Network) fundraising projects in Italy for 2005. Approximately forty Aikidoka from the Nettuno area gathered for this groundbreaking seminar, and everyone practiced very diligently at a high technical level.
In the 1960's Hiroshi Tada Shihan (currently Aikikai Hombu 9th Dan) was sent by Aikikai Hombu headquarters in Japan to Italy. Through his efforts over these many decades, Aikido is practiced widely in Italy, and the students that attended this seminar reflected his level of expertise. I highly respect what Tada Shihan has accomplished in Italy.
All seminar fees collected were donated to the Naturalmente Centro-Sociale center. To keep seminar costs minimal my travel and lodging expenses and the expenses of accompanying Nippon Kan staff were covered by AHAN and not by seminar proceeds. All instructional fees were also waived and donated back to the project.
At this seminar, raising money was not the only target or purpose. In our communities there are many individuals and organizations that do good work for others but remain out of the spotlight. This seminar was an opportunity to shine a small light on this center, bringing its goals and purpose to a forefront. So the purpose of the seminar then was not only to raise funds, but to raise awareness as well. This kind of community awareness is just as important as the funds raised for the future of the center.
AHAN supports humanitarian projects in many parts of the world and the projects that are selected are almost always projects that do not receive a lot of attention from government or corporate sponsors. There is always an organization that can be found that does not have the power or resources to mount massive fundraising or support campaigns. We relied on the judgment of Samuel Sensei and his wife, and they found a project of great merit in need of our help. Through this seminar we were able to practice Aikido for our enjoyment and also were able to help others at the same time. This project of support for the Naturalmente Centro-Sociale began this year with Kihon dojo, and with Kihon dojo at the helm we hope to expand the project next year!
Homma Kancho (right) gives donation to Mr. Mauro, President of the Center (left).
In front of Center.
Inside the Center with staff and residents.
The late Tony Graziano Sensei.
This visit to Italy also had another special meaning for me. In the almost three decades that I have lived in the United States, there have been three Italian Americans who have had a major effect on my life…
The late Tony Graziano Sensei was a respected police officer, leader of the Brevard County Sheriffs SWAT team and dojo cho of Melbourne Aikikai in Melbourne, Florida. I met Tony back in the early days of my career teaching Aikido in the United States. Back in those days, Nippon Kan was quite small, and there were many times I was not sure if there would be any food to put on the table that day. It was Tony Graziano Sensei who opened the door for me, and invited me to teach a seminar at his dojo in Florida, not once, but for seven consecutive years! As our relationship grew, Tony also visited Denver on occasion to attend our Nippon Kan seminars, accompanied at times by the late Dr. Tom Walker Sensei of Sand Drift Aikido. His spirit and loyalty were as sturdy as stone, and his friendship was invaluable to me. In 1994, Tony Graziano Sensei fell ill with esophageal cancer and endured many surgeries and other cancer treatments. Five days after his first major surgery (while the three foot incision in his back was still held together with metal staples), I visited Tony in his hospital room. He greeted me formally, sitting up straight and tall in bed, clad in a Japanese yukata (Japanese summer kimono). He used his bokken to hold himself still, and bowed graciously with a smile. You could see his determination not to falter, but his smile could not hide the pain in his eyes. The following year, Tony Graziano Sensei passed away on May 2, 1995. He will be remembered not only by me, but by all of the people that he touched.
Charles Deiro Sensei.
Charles Deiro was one of my original students when I first began teaching in Denver. When I think back to those days, I remember that whenever I looked behind me, Charles was there. He is a little older than I, and on numerous occasions I asked for his advice and counsel. His answer to my queries was always the same, "You're the boss, Sensei, I am just here to support you. Whatever you think is best".
Charles too, like Tony is characterized by his loyalty and trustworthiness. In those days, as I have mentioned, I was not making a very decent living teaching Aikido, and it was Charles that gave me a job as a night janitor cleaning buildings so that I might survive. For many years, Charles was the Children's Class Instructor at Nippon Kan. In the early 1990's Charles and his family moved to Milwaukee to pursue new business opportunities where he still lives today. Charles's dojo in Milwaukee is the only other dojo in the United States that holds Nippon Kan's name. His son Edward now oversees dojo operations at Nippon Kan Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
Don Perotta
Don Perotta now age 46, played a important role in Nippon Kan's history in Denver. Don is still legendary for his positive attitude and caring disposition; everyone likes Don! It was about nine years ago that Nippon Kan moved from our old location on Cherokee street to our current facility. It was a daunting task, that took almost two years to complete, and Don was there almost every day. The project began by tearing down reusable décor in the old dojo to be cataloged and packed for transport to the new facility. When the work began, Don pitched in, commenting nonchalantly "What the heck, I am not working right now anyway, I have a lot of time and would like to help". I am not sure Don, or any of us for that matter knew the number of days we would be working from sunrise until the wee hours of the next morning without much of a break. Even though the work continued for over a year, Don never complained, nor did I ever see him wear the look of exasperation that adorned my face on a regular basis. He worked steadily, and constantly, and always with a smile. Except for being fed, Don worked completely as a volunteer and was never paid for all of the hours, weeks and months of work he put into the project.
The last part of the project was the completion of Nippon Kan's restaurant "Domo". The morning the restaurant was scheduled to open, Don took off the tool belt that he had worn daily for so many months and exchanged it for a manager's uniform. With Don's previous experience as a restaurant manager, we were able to open and begin operation of the restaurant successfully. During such a period of growth, and the trials that such growth brings, I grew to greatly admire and respect Don's kindness, patience and sense of teamwork.
All three of these special people, never asked me for anything. Their loyalty, helpfulness and sincerity did not come with a price tag. Some day I always thought, I would be able to repay them, and this trip to Italy became part of a first step. Going to Italy, I wanted to see if I could discover what the secret was in their home country that made these three Italians such special people.
I went to Italy in one sense to show my appreciation for those from that country who had shown such kindness to me. I was lucky enough to meet Samuel Sensei and his wife Aurora and the other young Aikidoists in Italy in their steed who also held these special qualities. Through Samuel Sensei and Aurora, AHAN has found a new project that supports and helps children in their community, in their homeland of Italy. I was able to share my appreciation with them, completing a circle of appreciation that started decades ago. This way of the circle, like many things in my life, has been my style of appreciation.
I am now almost in my mid fifties. Looking back on my life, I have met so many different kinds of people. There have been people that stood out, and people that directly changed the direction of my life. These are the people I can't forget. Thinking about it, I think everyone has people like this along their own paths in their own lives.
The fact that I have been practicing Aikido for forty years and have lived in the United States for 28 years is an accomplishment, but is an accomplishment that I could not have achieved alone. There have been so many that have helped me to survive. Looking back, not all of memories I have are positive, but even those people who affected me in a negative way, stimulated me and caused growth in my life. They were an inspiration too and helped me to learn through difficulties. To these people I also owe a debt of gratitude.
There are many kinds of demonstrations of appreciation. There is a direct show of appreciation as in the gift of a card, or a meal or a glass of sake. This kind of demonstration used to be possible for me when Nippon Kan was the size that I could know everyone by name. Now that Nippon Kan has grown, it is difficult to be able to show appreciation to everyone directly.
In Denver, there have been over 17,000 students that have taken the beginning Aikido courses at Nippon Kan. Over 17,000 students that have stood before me as I stood before them as their instructor standing day after day in front of the Founder's photo on the Nippon Kan shrine. With so many that have passed before my eyes, it has been the students that have become instructors, staff members, senior club members and friends that have made it possible. Today Nippon Kan is staffed by about 35 volunteer instructors and office assistants. I did not bring them with me when I first arrived in the United States; it has taken a long time to build what Nippon Kan has become today.
A few years ago, I founded AHAN (the Aikido Humanitarian Active Network), the international humanitarian division of Nippon Kan operations. This small corner of Nippon Kan is dedicated to community volunteer services around the world. If you read the AHAN sections on the website, you can gain a better understanding of the work that AHAN is involved with. I began AHAN, as my way of giving back, as my style of appreciation to all of those who have helped me along the way.
It came to me as a realization that what I could give back was to build an organization whose activities would make someone proud to be a member. What I could give back would be Nippon Kan's reputation and standing in our community. What began as a realization has become Nippon Kan and AHAN, and in only a few short years, hundreds of people have been involved in AHAN activities around the world. AHAN encourages people from all styles and affiliations to participate in AHAN activities of their own, and we now have many requests to visit dojos in countries all over the world. While I am still young enough and in good health, I have chosen the dojos who have contacted us from farthest away to visit first. This is one of the reasons why I have spent a great deal of time these past few years in countries like Mongolia, Brazil, Mexico, Czech Republic and now Italy.
The three Italian friends I have introduced to you in this article are special people among a vast number of special people I have known. I guess you could say, this article is the Italian edition of my article column! The sketch you see here is from the first book I published in the United States in 1988; Aikido for Life. This sketch expresses the feelings I have of appreciation; my style of appreciation. From the time this book was first published, (over sixteen years ago) until today, I believe that Nippon Kan has grown because it is based on a foundation of appreciation and the repayment of such kindness. This belief is the inspiration that still motivates me today. This is what I do and will continue to do…it is my style of appreciation.
Gaku Homma


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Poe-Faced: The Raven
4th July 2013 / 8:00PM
You can't make a point and click adventure game for less than $3 million, you know. Hell, you can't even make it for $3 million, apparently. So presumably King Art Games, they of The Book Of Unwritten Tales, have some serious venture capital behind them for their noirish crime adventure The Raven. The first of its three episodes are out on Steam on July 23rd, but they have a stylishly monochrome 'interactive graphic novel' preview to play for no-pence right now.
Don't ask me to be an expert about adventure games, obviously (John's on holiday, otherwise you'd be spared such protestations), but I dig the concept of The Raven offering both sides of the story – the titular master criminal, and the dedicated copper out to catch him. It's like The Wire, but with French guys and dialogue trees! Probably less Omar, too.
Here's what it looks like:
That's some pretty solid voice-acting, actually. Obviously in a cartoon style, but I must admit I've become accustomed to hearing the worst in modern adventure games. There's an air of Broken Sword to proceedings too.
Oh, here's that 'interactive graphic novel', which is a limited, browser-based pointer-clicker with a rather nice visual style. Wish the full game was like that, tbh.
http://raven-game.com/ign-en/
Episode 1 of The Raven will be out on Steam on Jul 23. It's also coming out on Mac and Linux.
Oh look, I didn't use insulting gags for Mac and Linux for once. I'm full of surprises, me.
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Students Sue Indiana University Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
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Eight IU students oppose a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, citing the 14th Amendment.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita says the university can require the vaccine.
Indiana University is confident it will defeat the lawsuit.
Indiana University's rule requiring all students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before the start of the fall semester ran into a roadblock on June 22 when eight students filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the requirement violates their rights under the 14th Amendment. They also believe the mandate violates a state law that prohibits public entities from asking for proof of vaccination.
"IU's mandate violates the liberty protected by the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which includes rights of personal autonomy and bodily integrity, and the right to reject medical treatment," the lawsuit states.
"IU's mandate also violates Indiana's new Vaccine Passport Law which prohibits state and local units … from requiring or issuing vaccine 'passports' that indicate an individual's COVID immunization status," the lawsuit continues.
The university is requiring all students, faculty, and staff to be fully vaccinated or get an exemption for religious or medical reasons before fall classes start. This means IU community members must be fully vaccinated by Aug. 15 or when they return to campus after Aug. 1, whichever is earlier.
The eight plaintiffs include two incoming first-year undergraduates, two incoming sophomores, a senior, an incoming first-year law student, a student pursuing a master's degree, and a doctoral candidate. Six of the students have received exemptions based on religious beliefs but the other two don't qualify for exemptions, according to the suit.
Indiana Lawmakers Seek Review of IU Mandate
The lawsuit comes after a group of Republican lawmakers wrote a letter on May 27 to Indiana University President Michael McRobbie urging him to reconsider the rule.
"We find ourselves on the cusp of victory over an enemy we have come to know as the novel coronavirus. Between the loss of life, livelihoods, and liberties once taken for granted, COVID-19 — as well as federal and state government reaction to it — has impacted all Hoosiers and all Americans," the letter reads.
"We have grave concerns regarding your latest decision to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for all students, staff, and faculty at all Indiana University campuses — a vaccine that has only an emergency-use authorization, rather than full FDA approval. This heavy-handed mandate goes against many of the liberties on which our founders built our democratic republic," the letter continues.
Indiana Attorney General Says Mandate Is OK
Meanwhile, in response to a request from two Indiana state lawmakers, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita issued a nonbinding opinion on May 26 that concluded public universities are "arms of the state" and must abide by the state's law prohibiting vaccine passports. But he explained that the law "only prohibits public universities from requiring proof of the COVID-19 vaccine; it does not prohibit them from requiring the vaccination itself."
Following Rokita's ruling, Indiana University changed its policy from asking students to upload documentation of their vaccine status to having them fill out an online form on the school's website.
University spokesperson Chuck Carney said in a statement to the IU student newspaper that the mandate stands and that the institution is confident it will prevail in the case. Carney explained that the COVID-19 vaccine is the only way to return to in-person classes and events.
"His (the attorney general's) opinion questions specifically the manner in which we gathered proof of vaccination," Carney wrote. "Although we disagree with that portion of his opinion, we will further consider our process for verifying the requirement."
Indiana University is not alone in its stance. More than 400 colleges across the country are requiring or encouraging students to get vaccinated against COVID-19. This is causing some complications for international students who don't have access to the required vaccines.
IU students are not the only students in the nation opposed to COVID-19 vaccine requirements. Hundreds of students at Rutgers University held a rally on May 21 in opposition to mandatory vaccines.
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Court Upholds Indiana University's Vaccine Mandate
by Anne Dennon
Supreme Court Lets Indiana University Vaccine Mandate Stand
Grinnell Drops COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate After Iowa Law Bans Them
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2020 will go down in history as a year in which the world was turned upside down. We have been quarantined, told we don't need a mask, told that we do need a mask, and told to avoid crowds. Businesses have closed, some temporarily and some permanently. People have been laid off or told to work from home. And all the while, racism has been bubbling to the surface.
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Post by Ironsmith » Nov 19, 2022 10:27 am
Hraithre wrote: ↑Nov 18, 2022 2:57 pm [Sam's Cabin]
Alto's been jumping at shadows the whole Spooktober season. For someone who hadn't even seen their own reflection a while back, people dressing up as various ghouls and goblins was a bit much. Some of them being actual ghouls or goblins didn't help matters.
"Shhh! It might hear you", a frightened voice whimpers from under the bed, two orange eyes looking at Miranda. "C-can't tell if it's looking. It might. It might not. But if it hears you, it will look. It can look anywhere. That's why I hide."
[Sam's Cabin]
Miranda gives Alto a little nod and sits down next to the poor kid. "Okay. We'll keep quiet." She reassures him, giving him a gentle pat on the side. "...Here. We're not going to be able to hide very well here. And Sam and Danny are going to need to be able to get some sleep. Why don't we head up to my cabin and talk about it there? I've put some extra insulation in the walls, nothing's going to look in on us there. Okay?"
She has no idea if the extra materials she's added to her cabin's interior will foil any ghosts. But it's something, and convincing Alto to talk about this with some sense of safety is important.
[Treasure Hunting]
"Now we have one extra person to help us. A kitten, but a person." Tuskfang nods vigorously. "Let's see who else is around and then we can go find that treasure."
Post by Rebonack » Nov 19, 2022 3:03 pm
Oh hey cat headbutts.
Khannie is pretty familiar with this behavior thanks to Gilda. The two of them have a pretty well known ongoing contest of Gilda trying to pounce on Khannie and Khannie using her tricks to try to fool her into pouncing on nothing. She doesn't lean down and headbutt the kitten, too, but she DOES pat her on the head. Hopefully she gets the idea.
"Cool. We can just pop into the daycare really quick and see if anyone else is gunna join us."
And so that's what Khannie shall do! Any other babs hanging around in the daycare center? There's gotta be a few.
Hopefully Manja doesn't get spotted by any of the teachers since she sneaked out again. That might get her captured and returned to inside! If she's stuck inside how will she be able to go around smelling things and rubbing her face on things?
Post by Thursday Violist » Nov 19, 2022 6:13 pm
Manja is glad that the two of them (Tuskfang and Khannie) have graciously accepted to become her retainers and assistants in finding this treasure. After all, the two of them do seem pretty big and so that'll make it easier for them to carry her treasure around.
Manja, of course, doesn't mind if she gets spotted by the daycare workers.
She proudly follows after the two of them back to the daycare.
Obviously she doesn't need to worry about the daycare teachers trying to bring her and imprison her back in the daycare. She's sure just one look at her retainers will remind them who's actually in charge. Tuskfang, of course, could easily fight off any number of them. And, if need be, Khannie would just have to flash her credentials and maybe even convince the daycare workers to also submit!
So that's why Manja doesn't bother hiding as she follows Tuskfang and Khannie back to the daycare.
Post by Hraithre » Nov 20, 2022 11:28 am
Alto whimpers. "N-no. Must not move over open ground. It will catch you. Inside is safer." Pause. "Not safe safe. But safer." Another pause. "Maybe you should hide too."
"Maybe he has a point, Miss. Don't some ghosts need to be invited to get inside?", Danny comments as he climbs back to his own bed. Not that lack of an invitation stopped Alto, but then, Alto is not a ghost. Maybe.
Post by Ironsmith » Nov 20, 2022 5:55 pm
"All right. Then we'll stay here." Miranda gives Alto a patient smile. "What does this ghost look like? What was it doing when you came in here?"
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Post by Gullara » Nov 20, 2022 9:43 pm
In the daycare they might notice Lucy kneeling on a chair at a table. Her flowery head is leaning over a small pile of coins. She sorts through them with frankly filthy hands, stopping to look at each one individually. The daycare can be pretty active, with people coming and going, so she doesn't immediately pay attention to the arriving trio.
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Post by Rebonack » Nov 20, 2022 11:02 pm
Ah HAH!
There's one of Sakura's absolutely giant swarm of kids now! And her hands are all dirty, exactly what a good treasure hunter needs.
"Hey Lucy!" Khannie calls out as she approaches the girl. "I see you've got some cool treasures there already. We've got a treasure map and we're going to find the treasure at the end of it! The LAST box we found had that handprinter maker in it so who knows what kinda treasure this one will have. You wanna come with Tuskfang and Manja and me and see what we can find?"
And then, with a flourish, Khannie conjures up a trio of little yellow mining helmets with lights on them.
"I've even got official TREASURE HUNTER HELMETS!"
They look very official.
"I-it rose out of the lake. It h-had a long nose and walked on long, thin legs. Pale legs. Heavy horns on its head. And evil eyes", Alto recounts.
"That sounds like a moose. Maybe he saw an elk", Danny mumbles drowsily. "Wait, are there any mooses here? Maybe it was a ghost after all."
At this point, Sam returns to the cabin. Upon seeing Alto is still under his bed, or rather, that his bed is still on Alto's back, he sighs wearily. "Is this going to take long, Miss Cortez? I can sleep on the floor if I have to."
Post by Ironsmith » Nov 21, 2022 9:16 am
"That sounds like a good idea." Miranda nods to Sam, taking a moment to pull the comforter, sheets, and pillow off the bed on Alto's back and handing them to Sam. "So you saw this ghost and it didn't see you? Has it looked at anyone else since it arrived?" She prompts Alto, returning her undivided attention to the poor ape-man. "And has it done anything here other than look around?"
Reinholdt
Post by Reinholdt » Nov 21, 2022 10:44 am
[Daddy at Daycare]
Reinholdt silently assures Harley it's ok, she needn't say anything if she didn't want to. Somehow? There's a lot of silent mom-dad looks that are hard to quantify.
Ahhh! Oh no, Rein's hand is trapped. Darn it, it's always a trap. Fortunately Rein may have a disarming technique of putting his fingers down on her fur and rubbing/tickling Manja. Probably the worst idea when his hand is at her mercy, but he cannot help himself as dad.
Unfortunately her answer very much suggests that she hasn't actually made friends yet. Unless she was just friends with everyone, but it seemed more likely that she was friends with no one. Or Manja would have mentioned some names at home by now. "Ah well, that's ok. I'm sure you'll meet someone who is a lot of super extra fun some day." No need to rush it yet, right? She's still interacting with the kids somewhat or she wouldn't have said they were fun. That's enough to alleviate Rein's fatherly concerns about her social development.
"Anything we wanted to ask the adults here or should we be on our way? Maybe pick up some sushi on the way home, or ice cream hmmm?" Reinholdt asks Harley jusssst loud enough for Manja to hear too.
Nyahahaha~
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Lord Magtok wrote: Gods, Reinholdt was right, a hundred percent right.
Supagoof wrote: Tale as old as thread
And you find yourself dead
Reinholdt was the Beast
Philistine wrote: Reinholdt had already told the truth once in that post, and therefore was over his annual quota.
Post by Morty » Nov 21, 2022 12:08 pm
"Yeah! Want to come treasure hunt with us?" Few things get Tuskfang as bouncy and excited as treasure-hunting. "But where'd you get those coins?"
Hornclaw, who has been sticking close to Manja curiously, now hops over to Lucy.
Sam takes the bedclothes from Miranda and goes to make a little nest next to Danny's bed.
"I-it did see me. Looked right at me", Alto whispers. "I feared it would take my eyes. So I ran here. To hide. If I'm really still and quiet, m-maybe it will grow bored and g-go away. I-I don't know... k-know if it is l-looking for anyone else. But you don't want it to look for you. It might take your eyes instead."
"Why were you afraid it'd take your eyes?" Miranda asks, edging in next to Alto. "Did you see it take someone else's? Did it threaten you?"
This is, after all, important information to have. If there was an invisible, eye-stealing creature in the camp that only Alto could track reliably, Miranda would want to know immediately. At the same time, Alto doesn't exactly have a spotless record when it comes to threat assessment. Miranda still vividly recalls that one time she had to convince him his own reflection wasn't out to get him. For all she knows, there's a perfectly benign, if frightening, ghost floating around the lake somewhere.
Alto hesitates. "N-no... it looked at me very badly. Then I ran. I didn't s-see a-anything else... I'm sorry..."
Location: Brinstar
Post by Keeper » Nov 22, 2022 6:14 pm
Main Cabin
"It's just not a color I want to BE." Kol insists.
"...but thanks. To both of you."
"...Okay." Miranda puts a hand on Alto's arm. "Here's what we're going to do. I'm going to walk you over to my cabin, where it won't be able to see you. There's a way there that can't be seen from the lake at any time, so we can go without it seeing you. From there, you can look at it without it looking at you, and you'll know the minute it's gone and you don't have to hide under Sam's bed anymore." She gives him a little smile. "Okay? Can you do that?"
Lucy's coins?
Not that important, Manja thinks.
Especially compared to the treasure that'll be at the end of the treasure map.
Plus! Khannie even talks about the TREASURE HUNTER HELMETS.
That definitely cool!
She's not really sure what they are, but they really sound cool. She wants them.
Manja crouches down and stares at Khannie, and her hats. Her tail sticks up, and she starts slowly creeping towards Khannie. She's going to get one of those TREASURE HUNTER HELMETS no matter what. No way it's going to get away.
Harley is able to understand Reinholdt's silent looks. She replies that she's thanking him for being here.
Manja, proud that she's successfully trapped his hand and that everything went according to plan, is shocked when he already has the perfect counter to her trap. She came up with that trap all on her own! And yet he already figured out its one weakness. She'll have to put a lot of thought into her next trap, for sure!
While Harley is trying to decide if there was anything else they should ask any of the workers here, Manja suddenly says "Yes!" She definitely wants sushi or ice cream. "Pleeeeease?" Manja tries her best to do puppy dog eyes, which is hard since she's, y'know, not a dog.
Even though Harley doesn't like sushi, she can withstand Manja's pleas just as well as Reinholdt can.
Which is to say, she concedes, "Sure. Ice cream or sushi?" she asks Rein back.
Fortunately, though, Manja decides she can answer for her father: "Both!" That's obviously what he was going to say, right?
Post by Reinholdt » Nov 23, 2022 7:28 am
Puppy dog eyes are less effective than kitty cat eyes and everyone knows it, but Manja will have to learn the hard way.
"Both? Hmm... I don't know. They don't go very well together and your stomach's going to get full. We'd better just choose one. Which one do you want more?" Reinholdt asks Manja, not giving in to her demands quite yet and taking back his voice from the kitty that speaks for him. He sure is making it hard for her to think about an answer though, with how his fingers wiggle about.
Lucy turns toward the group, and her eyes go wide as the activity at hand is explained. "Wow a real treasure map? Yeah I wanna come!" She scoops the pile of coins into her hand and gets off her seat. "I found these by the lake. Some of them are kinda funny looking."
But her treasure isn't the treasure at hand! She dumps the coins into a pocket in her overalls and reaches out for a helmet. "I don't think this fits me." She giggles and demonstrates by balancing the helmet on her flowers.
Khannie bends down and places the smallest of Official Treasure Hunter Helmets atop Manja's head and secures the little strap under her chin. There! Manja captured it! It's a good thing her retainer was able to understand what her intent was. A helmet will likewise be passed off to Tuskfang and Lucy in turn but-!
They have a problem!
"Oh," Khannie hums as she eyes the helmet perched atop Lucy's head like a bird sitting in a tree. "I wasn't sure if your head branches worked like regular hair or not. You know all bendy and stuff."
She makes a bendy gesture with her hands by way of demonstration.
Hmm. Maybe...
"I could maybe make it bigger? But it would have to be SUPER big you've got a lotta flowers. Or small and just a really long strap for the bottom," Khannie muses as she heads toward the door. This sort of display really isn't at all unusual. Khannie has regularly used her illusions to augment play when she's entertaining the kids.
Well, they'll definitely be able to figure it out as they go probably.
"Okay we've got a pretty good treasure hunting team so now-"
She grips the golden scroll and with a dramatic flourish she unfurls it! There's a faint, barely perceptible fanfare, the sort of music one would expect for announcing a band of heroes setting out on a grand adventure!
"-we check the map!"
The map's surface is polished smooth, almost like looking into a mirror. Except one of those funny carnival mirrors since it flexes and distorts as Khannie adjusts the map. It's weird, though. And maybe a little disappointing. There's nothing written inside! What good is a blank map?
Alto ponders this. "... okay", it finally says dejectedly and crawls out from under the bed. Or rather, shakes the bed off its back so that it falls back on the floor. The noise this makes wakes Danny up with a start - the kid had just dozed off.
"Aah! Ghost elk monster coming to eat my eyes!", he shouts before realizing what's happening. "Oh wait. It's just you still. Nevermind." He wraps himself back in his blankets and falls asleep again.
...Well. That's alarming. Miranda's not sure how much of that is Danny actually seeing something in his sleep and how much is just the power of suggestion, but this being a camp that she already knows is haunted in some way, both are distinct possibilities.
Well, he went right back to sleep. Presumably, he's not worried about an actual monster. That's a good sign.
Miranda gives the kid a little smile and leads Alto out, flicking off the lights behind her. That will be followed with her starting back toward her cabin... though as promised, they'll be taking a longer trail around so as to avoid a clear view of the lake. She'll be holding Alto's hand the entire time, gently coaxing him forward.
There, see, Alto? She's got you. Nothing bad's going to happen here.
[From Sam's cabin to Miranda's]
Alto has to crouch and sidle to get through the cabin door. The builder didn't expect someone as big as Alto would be using it. The pale creature follows warily behind Miranda, staying as low as it can. Miranda might surmise that if she didn't hold its hand, it would opt to fall flat and crawl on the ground.
The trip is entirely uneventful. Alto peers fearfully at every shadow, but apparently doesn't see anything unusual.
At the prospect of examining a treasure map, all other concerns fade away in Tuskfang's eyes. Some things are obviously more important.
"This must be a puzzle map," he declares after looking at it. "We gotta figure out how it works. Maybe we need to use it like a mirror."
Post by Thursday Violist » Nov 27, 2022 5:35 am
I'm sure, eventually, Manja will learn that she should avoid puppy dog eyes.
And eventually Harley will learn that if the choice is ever "sushi or ____" then she should try to encourage the other option rather than just letting Manja make the decision.
Since,
Manja is being quite distracted by the wiggling fingers. So she can't think too hard about it. Especially because the wiggling fingers makes her think of fish.
"Sushi!"
It's the only real option.
The kitten Manja waits as Khannie gives her the helmet.
She doesn't particularly care about Lucy's helmet problem, to be honest. Couldn't they just give her, like, a scarf or something? That would be so much better. She looks at Lucy's neck, imagining what it would look like.
Never mind that, though.
Manja really needs to see what she looks like. She starts looking around for water or glass or something to look at.
Luckily! It seems Khannie reads Manja's mind and brings out the mirror.
She walks up to the blank map and looks into it, trying to see what her distorted reflection (and her helmet) look like in it.
Hraithre wrote: ↑Nov 24, 2022 9:22 am [From Sam's cabin to Miranda's]
[Miranda's Cabin]
Possibly exacerbating this is the fact that Miranda's cabin is borderline pristine. There's no food in the fridge, the furniture has been meticulously cleaned and polished, and aside from the upright and open sleeping pod in the bedroom and the jacket-less picture of Miranda attached to the full-length mirror, there's no evidence to suggest anybody even lives here. If Alto had the basis for comparison, he might think of this place as resembling the display model of the cabin, something to show off for prospective renters to convince them that this is a good place to live.
Alto might also note that there does, indeed, seem to be something... off about the walls. They have a certain sort of opacity to them; despite the cleanliness of the cabin, the whole place seems to have less ambient light in it than is typical, giving it a moody sort of look all throughout. Alto might even be able to tell that more than the usual suite of visible light waves are being blocked out; there's no looking into this cabin without its owner's consent.
"...Feeling any better?" Miranda inquires, tugging out a seat for him before quickly changing her mind and pushing it back in.
Post by Gullara » Nov 27, 2022 11:28 pm
"You can't make it big, or it'll crush my flowers!" Lucy informs, though she doesn't seem too concerned about the whole problem.
Outside she leans in eagerly to see the map. "Huh?" She wrinkles her nose. "That's not a map? How're we gonna find anything with that?"
"The last one was kind of tricky, too," Khannie recounts as she leads the gaggle of children outside. Lucy will get a pretty great view of her own face in the map, cast in gold. Because of the way it flexes and bends it makes her face look very silly and distorted. Manja will have a similar experience. "Okay, let's try Tuskfang's idea first."
A mirror!
Khannie turns toward the cabin, pointing the face of the map out over the campsite grounds, reflecting the familiar sights in fun-house vision. Hmm... It doesn't seem to be doing anything... But as she slowly pans the map to the side something appears in the reflection that ISN'T seen otherwise!
A dark, black, dotted line leading away from our treasure hunters and toward the little shack down by the lake that holds the paddle-boats!
It's a trail!
Like a trail on a map that leads to the X!
It is, after all, the best option. Manja just has good taste.
"Sushi it is." One of Rein's fingers finds its way to gently boop Manja's soft kitty nose as he turns to walk out, carrying the kitten. "Ah, we can pick something else up for you on the way if you'd like," Reinholdt tells Harley. She's already looking green in the gills!


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Category: Ha-Joon Chang
Economics Awareness Vital For Democracy.
On May 18, 2015 September 1, 2015 By Jerry AlataloIn Commentary, Earth Matters, Economics / Trade, Education, Ha-Joon Chang, Videos
"Settle the economic question and you settle all other questions. It is the Aaron's rod which swallows up the rest."
– WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) English writer, artist
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rofessor of Economics at the University of Cambridge in London Ha-Joon Chang is the kind of teacher everyone who's taken an economics course wish they had. The one economics course this writer took in university was an introduction and focused only on the ideas of so-called free-market guru Milton Friedman. This reflected the economics theory preferred by the professor, but Ha-Joon Chang's book "Economics: The User's Guide" (2014) would have been much more informative and valuable.
So, it wasn't until years later, after getting a computer and exploring the internet, that the idea there were many schools of economic thought and theory came into awareness. Had that introductory course been based on a text/study of a range of theories like "Economics: The User's Guide", instead of the narrow view of one man Mr. Friedman, the intervening years would have been fuller with respect to understanding world events and how economic decisions factored into them. So, in that one sense Professor Ha-Joon Chang in writing the book deserves a lot of credit. His intention is to increase men and women's awareness of economics and understanding of how it matters in the real world.
If one were to sum up his book effort in a single statement, it could go something like: "Economics can be easily understood by everyone, is not the domain of "gurus" or "high priests", and when more people become knowledgeable about the subject, the stronger democracy becomes". Before Professor Chang took part in a six-part series on the Real News Network recently, his name and economic perceptions were limited to seeing him speak on a documentary about alternative economics. In that small amount of association with Mr. Chang over the internet, he comes across as a straight-speaking, likable man who has obviously travelled down many economic theory highways.
Spending time on an economics focused blog "Real World Economics Review" a number of comments on articles there have pointed out what some see as a problem in university economics departments: the range of theories covered/taught are very limited. Professor Chang is keenly aware of this problem in teaching college economics, and, once again, deserves a lot of credit for exerting himself intellectually and addressing it. It seems he has reached the point where he's disturbed by the unnecessary situation where the world's citizens are allowing a so-called economic "guru priesthood" to take advantage of their naïve, unfounded belief that economics is best left to the "experts". His efforts continue while citizens could – with an easily obtained understanding of economic theory – become informed and involved in discussions/debates, and make a real difference in determining their particular government's eventual policies.
Not having purchased and read "Economics: The User's Guide" as yet, there was one sentiment expressed by a reviewer of the book at amazon.com that stood out: "What impressed me the most was his genuine concern for the well-being of humanity. He covered the problems faced by people from the richest and poorest countries". That reviewer's comment just about says it all for people wondering if Professor Chang's book is worth reading. Ha-Joon Chang is saying that university economics curricula suffer from lack of intellectual diversity, and that if department heads took action to make them more pluralistic, a "cross-fertilization" of ideas would result in greater understanding by students.
He sees increasing average citizens' knowledge of economics as an important project for raising democracy around the world to a higher, stronger and more relevant, effective level. His vision is one where economists are no longer "impervious to outside scrutiny" – where there is little to no public debate on their proposals and decisions. Ha-Joon Chang's vision is one where citizens are very well-informed about economics, regularly take part in discussions on important economic issues, then positively influence the futures of their nations. The futures of their fellow citizens.
Professor Ha-Joon Chang's book "Economics: The User's Guide" on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Economics-Users-Guide-Ha-Joon-Chang
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Recently Pakistan staked claim on Basmati rice for Geographic Index. India rubbished the claim, stating that Basmati belongs to the soil of India. Incidentally, in his book 'In the Lap of the Himalayas: Holy Wanderings', Swami Akhandananda, one of the direct disciples of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, records an observation of his. "At village Tapovanam, near Rishikesh, the rice variety cultivated has an aroma and so is known as Basmati. The locals say that a saint, pleased with the hospitality of the villagers, blessed that the rice grown in the place would be aromatic". Recently, Mexicans carried Basmati seed to their land and cultivated it there. The rice they got was a look alike of Basmati, but the aroma was absent. (Based on a report in VIJAYABHARATAM, January 22, 2016).
In a kind gesture, an NRI couple from the US, D Jyothi Reddy and Sammi Reddy, has arranged the marriage of an orphan girl with hearing and speaking impairment in Warangal (Telengana, Bharat) on December 6, 2015. The couple, performed the 'Kanyadanam' of the girl, Saraswati, at the marriage that took place at Mallikamba Manovikasa Kendram, Warangal. A police officer, V Kiran Kumar found the girl abandoned at Hanamkonda bus stand in 2004 and handed over her to the Kendram. Since then the orphanage is looking after the girl, who hails from Srikakulam district. A private company employee, Ch Narender, who is also deaf and mute, came forward to marry the girl. Learning this, Jyothi Reddy volunteered to organise the marriage bearing all expenses. The marriage ceremony was held in a grand manner as per Hindu tradition. Warangal (West) MLA D Vinay Bhasker and others blessed the newlywed couple. The parents of Narender, Ch Upender and Sushila, Kendram Founder B Ramaleela and others were present. (From THE HANS INDIA, December 7, 2015).
Samuel Evan Stokes, 21, an American, came to India with the intention of working at a home for lepers in the Simla hills. He faced a lot of opposition from his family because he was heir to the family's prosperous business of elevators. Incidentally, Stokes and Parish Elevator Company later merged with Otis Elevators. But young Stokes was determined and his family relented to let him follow his heart and Samuel landed in Bombay on February 26, 1904. Thanedar, a little hamlet 15 KMs from Narkanda, a Himalayan town (Himachal Pradesh, Bharat). 6 KMs from Thanedar at Kotgarh stands an old church. Stokes was sent here to recuperate from the heat of the Indian plains. With time on his hands he set about exploring the surrounding hills and Thanedar worked her charms on him and he found himself completely in love with the place. In a drastic step he decided that he wanted to spend the rest of his life here. Stokes planted in 1916 a few apple saplings in his Barobagh orchard in Thanedar. When they bore fruit, the apples were an instant hit. During his rest and recuperation days at the Kotgarh church, young Samuel came in contact with a lot of Sadhus on the Hindustan-Tibet road making their way to Kailash Mansarovar. While the priest of the church was finely robed and had three meals a day, the simplicity of those Sadhus perturbed him and set him thinking about the Hindu religion. Later on in his life he also studied the Bhagvad Gita in English and then in an endeavour to understand it, learned Sanskrit and studied it again in that language. In 1932, he became an Arya Samaji and changed his name to Satyanand Stokes. Paramjyoti Mandir, the temple he built in 1937 was to be his legacy to Thanedar. On its walls are verses from the Gita and the Upanishads. Satyanand Stokes died on May 14, 1946. (Based on a report by Shri Sanjeev Awasthi in HILL POST, March, 19, 2006. http://hillpost.in/2006/03)
Even while passing 13 months in jail, Gurgaon-based engineer Amit Kumar Mishra (31) created a piece of software that is making Indian prisons go high-tech. Mishra was sent to prison in a false dowry death case in 2013 when he was in his late 20s. While in prison, Mishra made the most of his time by putting his skills to use and created a piece of software, Phoenix, which increases the efficiency of the prison management system and makes the lives of inmates and officials easier and more productive. In a letter dated September 17, 2015, addressed to all states and union territories, the Ministry of Home Affairs had recommended incorporation of prison management software, and Phoenix was mentioned in a list of suitable options along with three other pieces of software. His wife committed suicide by taking poison within two years of their marriage. Even before he could recover from the tragedy of losing someone he doted on, his in-laws slapped sections 304 B (dowry death), 498 A (dowry) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on him. Once in, Mishra realised there were several other inmates who barely knew about the current status of their cases. With the help of Phoenix, kiosks that display the case records of an inmate from his thumb impression have been set up. Now, an inmate, with his thumb impression, can buy any product from the canteen and the money will be debited directly from his account. Mishra was acquitted of all charges in July 2014. By February 2015, he had set up his company Invader Technologies. His software has proved to be path-breaking for prison management and has been installed in all jails in Haryana. (Based on a report by Smt Sneha Agrawal in DAILY MAIL, December 17, 2015 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-3364815). Idea: Shri. N.Sadagopan
Shri Siddhi Nath Singh is RSS Kshetriya Sanghchalak or the regional head for Bihar and Jharkhand and the chairperson of RSS' social development wing, Rashtriya Seva Bharti. Singh, a resident of Jharkhand's electricity hub Patratu in Ramgarh district, has been imparting free skill training and creating livelihoods for the youth of hundreds of villages across the country at his firm Kalpataru. But what makes the engineer-turned-entrepreneur different from others is the devotion with which he remains involved in changing the lives of every youth in Hafua (Jharkhand, Bharat), with a population of approximately 1,000 people, around 70 km north of capital Ranchi. Some two decades back, a mere mention of Hafua used to alert the police and intelligence agencies. Majority of those involved in bank robberies and snatching incidents in Ramgarh and Ranchi were traced to this village. Children did not go to school and elders never worked in the fields even though most of them had vast tracts of land in their names. It was during one of his sojourns to the village, while researching on storage of rain water, that 68-year-old Singh came across a few parents who were worried about the future of their teenage children. Over the last 15 years, Singh has provided skill training to no less than 150 Hafua men, who are now working across India and in the Gulf, earning handsome salaries. Their children now go to schools and the living standard of their families has also improved. And in return they have nothing else, but, praise for Singh. "Hafua residents do not have any criminal case for the last 10 years. We are now earning with dignity and living with pride," said Zubair Ahmad, who has been working with the RSS leader's firm for the last 12 years. Lal Mohammad Ansari, a landlord and whose five sons have been Singh's students, said that he stands as an epitome of religious harmony at a time when some feel that the country has grown intolerant. (Based on a report by Shri Vijay Murty (Patratu, Jharkhand) in HINDUSTAN TIMES, January 8, 2016).
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