"Tell me again why we left a perfectly good army back at the camp?" Piran Rowse grumbled as the small group followed their guide on a rocky trail to the foothills behind Quillarth Castle.
Blaine knew that Piran's real complaint was being out in the open without cover from the soldiers. It had taken half a candlemark's argument to point out that stealth with a contingent of twenty soldiers was impossible. Their goal was to find where the Knights of Esthrane had left magical items for safekeeping, items that might help the mages begin to reverse the damage of the Great Fire. And bringing a large force was sure to tip their hand and complicate matters.
"It's here somewhere," Dillon, their guide, muttered as he moved inch by inch down what appeared to be the solid rock face of the cliff. The wind ruffled Dillon's short-cropped, dark hair. To Blaine's eye, Dillon looked like he belonged in a counting house, and before the Cataclysm, that was exactly where he had been. It made him an unlikely adventurer. Dillon's hands played over the rough stone, lightly skimming the surface.
"It's a big cliff, mate. I hope you remember where the door is," Piran said.
He pressed his fingers against the rock with his hands held in an unnatural position, and what had appeared a moment earlier to be solid stone shifted enough to allow careful passage inside.
"When was the last time you went in there?" Blaine asked. At a few inches over six feet tall, Blaine stood taller than both Dillon and Piran. Blaine's dark chestnut hair was tied back, revealing intelligent, sea-blue eyes. He was tall and rangy, but years of hard labor had built both muscle and resolve, and months of nearly constant skirmishing had further honed his swordsmanship. Piranwas shorter and stockier, and he kept his bald head shaved clean, even in the icy cold. What he lacked in height he made up for in muscle, and in the fighting skills that came with years of soldiering.
"Let's see what Alrik thought was so important," Piran said. He stepped in front of Blaine. "Sorry, mate. I go first. Thick skull, tough skin," he said with a grin that made it clear he relished courting trouble.
"And I've got your back," Kestel Falke said with a jaunty grin. She had a dagger in each hand, better than swords for fighting in the close quarters of the crypt and its tunnels.
"You'll need me somewhere near the front, since I'm the one with the directions," Dillon remarked.
"We need to go in and get out as quickly as possible. The dreams were clear about the danger, and it grows the longer we stay." Zaryae's voice was quiet, meant to avoid attracting the attention of the two university mages in the back of the group. Blaine nodded to acknowledge her warning.
"Just make sure your light shines enough to show the way. I've got no desire to bang into the rocks." Xaffert's curt tone managed to convey both displeasure and impatience.
"Stop fussing. I've got a lantern. And keep your voice down." Dagur brought up the rear, holding his partially shuttered lantern aloft.
"Shut up, or by the gods, I'll put one of these blades in your throat." Kestel turned so that Xaffert could see the glint of her knives and the intensity of her glare. Xaffert looked as if he wanted to say more, then thought better of it. Dagur was barely hiding a snicker.
The group that was heading into the crypt was small but hardly defenseless. Piran was a soldier, and a damn good one before his court-martial. Prison and exile had honed his skills far beyond what the king's army had taught him. Blaine McFadden, the disgraced lord of Glenreith, had learned a thing or two about combat fighting to survive in the brutal Velant prison colony where he, Piran, and Kestel had been exiled for their crimes. Kestel Falke had earned her exile as a spy and assassin, though her looks and wit made her best remembered as one of the most popular courtesans at court. She, Blaine, and Piran had forged their friendship watching each other's backs long before they returned to their ruined homeland, and it was an old habit that still served them well.
Zaryae, a seer, had been part of a traveling troupe that had joined in Blaine's quest. Dillon was the assistant to the king's exchequer, back when such things as kings, kingdoms, and exchequers still existed. In the ruins of what remained, those days seemed a distant memory, or perhaps a half-forgotten dream. Xaffert and Dagur had been mages at the University before the Great Fire and before the kingdom fell, when the magic worked as it should. As a group, they were a most unusual delegation to be heading into the tombs of the ancient kings to steal back the keys to the future.
Now, in darkness, they moved toward what Blaine hoped might help them rebuild the kingdom. They had restored the magic that was broken in the war or at least made it possible for the power to be harnessed once more. The Cataclysm that had leveled the castle and killed the rulers had left the kingdom in chaos and anarchy. Blaine believed it would be much easier to rebuild if they could bend the power of artifacts made before the Cataclysm to their will.
"By my reckoning, we're moving back toward the castle. Given the steep angle, we could end up underneath it before too long," Blaine murmured. They had each brought lanterns, making it possible for them to move through the dark and winding passageway.
"We're the only living things down here," Zaryae said, breaking her silence.
"But the voices—" Piran protested.
Zaryae shook her head. "Not alive. But very strong." Zaryae's black hair was plaited into a long braid, framing angular features and large, dark eyes. Her dusky skin and faint accent hinted that her homeland had been the Lesser Kingdoms.
Blaine fingered the two amulets that hung on a leather strap around his neck. One was the inscribed obsidian disk that had helped him return magic to the control of men. The other was a passage token given to him by a long-dead soldier, one of the talishte Knights of Esthrane. For those with power, they were validation of Blaine's identity, and safe passage among powerful friends.
The passageway ended in a solid wall of rock. Piran swore under his breath, and began to feel his way along the stone surface as Dillon had done outside. Suddenly, a section of the rock swung away, opening into darkness.
Blaine could feel the tingle of magic all around them. Before the Cataclysm, his own slight magic enhanced his dexterity in a fight, giving him better-than-mortal speed, but nothing nearly as quick as the talishte. His magic had come back, though the restored magic was unpredictable. Now he wished for all the advantages he could get. Old magic flowed around them here, and another power he could not name.
He stepped out into an ornate tomb. The lantern's flickering light revealed walls covered in an elaborate mural that told the story of the rise and fall of the mage-warrior Knights of Esthrane. One wall was blank, leaving the end of the story incomplete.
In the center of the tomb was a catafalque. Blaine held his lantern aloft and stepped closer for a better look. It was the bier of a warrior, clad in battle armor. The pediment and bier were austere, bearing only the carved figure, and a name: Torsten Almstedt.
Piran gave Xaffert a shove to move him forward out of the passageway. Dagur followed cautiously, gesturing to Kestel and Zaryae that it was safe to step out. Kestel began to walk slowly around the room, taking in the story of the murals. On the other side of the room was a door, and beyond that, Blaine guessed, lay passageways that led farther down beneath the castle.
"Where did you put them?" Piran asked, looking around the room, which was bare except for the catafalque.
"There's a library, down the hall that's outside that door," Dillon said nervously, and pointed to the closed door on the other side of the tomb.
The room grew suddenly cold. Outside the door, Blaine heard the low rumble of voices and the clatter of boot steps. He reached for his sword, sure they were about to be attacked.
A fine mist appeared from nothing, coalescing between the catafalque and the door to the hallway into the translucent image of a man dressed like the figure atop the bier. The ghost was a man in his middle years with the bearing and stance of a warrior. Almstedt's form may have appeared insubstantial, but here in the crypts, in his place of power, Blaine was certain the ghost could be dangerous. He was just as sure that the sword in Almstedt's hand would be as deadly as any blade in the world of the living.
"We've come to reclaim the items Sir Alrik left here for safekeeping," Blaine said, stepping forward.
Almstedt's sword swung through the air, narrowly missing Blaine. The blade barred Blaine from moving closer to the door. Almstedt's gaze swept over Blaine. His gaze lingered on the two amulets at Blaine's throat, the disk and the passage token.
Almstedt listened without showing emotion. He died long before King Merrill's ancestor betrayed the Knights. In his time, the Knights were the left hand of the king. They had no need of sanctuary, Blaine thought. If he exists as a ghost, does he know what's happened in the world he left behind?
"Tell him why you've come," Zaryae urged.
"I fail to see what's causing the delay," Xaffert fussed. He was a sallow-looking man with thinning brown hair and a monocle, and right now he was indignant. "Alrik was the rightful owner of the pieces, and we're acting in his stead." He moved as if to go around Almstedt's sword, but the ghost shifted once more to block his path.
"I think it would be best to wait until our host wants us to proceed," Dagur cautioned. "And from the sound of it, the corridor's not a healthy place to be right now." Shouts and footsteps echoed from the rock, as well as the clang of swords.
"Now you tell us this?" Piran said, eyes wide.
By the sound of it, the spectral battle beyond the door was drawing to a close, and in a few moments, the tomb was silent. Almstedt lifted his ghostly sword and gestured toward the entranceway, gliding effortlessly through the door.
"I guess he's going with us," Blaine commented.
They moved into the cool, dark passageway. Despite the sounds of pitched battle they had heard just moments ago, nothing in the corridor suggested that anyone had passed this way for quite a while. Almstedt's ghost stood in a passageway to their left.
Wide passageways carved into rock led in several directions, and it seemed to Blaine he had entered an underground city. As they passed the entrances to other chambers, Blaine glimpsed rooms filled with catafalques, and other, larger areas where it looked as if rooms from the castle above, and even whole sections of the city of Castle Reach, had been re-created.
"The library's just ahead," Dillon interrupted.
"In here," Dillon indicated, using a key from his satchel and opening the door to a room not far from Almstedt's crypt. A warren of corridors led off into darkness. Blaine looked at the flickering light in his lantern and shuddered at the thought of being lost in those dark passageways among warring and treacherous ghosts.
"Let us handle this," Xaffert said as they walked into the room. Xaffert was dressed in clothing that had seen better days. The richly woven brocade of his tunic was badly worn and snagged, stained in places, and his trews were mended awkwardly. Whether the clothing was what remained of his scholarly belongings or, more likely, something he had looted from a deserted villa, Blaine did not know. Xaffert wore his motley outfit with strained dignity, as if the loss of his status and the University itself was almost too much to bear.
Their lanterns illuminated a relatively large room with shelves lining the walls and a worktable with a few chairs. From the way the books and the odd collection of items were stacked on the tables and around the room, it was clear someone had already mined the library for information and then used every surface for the magical items gathered above. On one table lay four cloth sacks filled to the brim.
Blaine could guess. Lanyon Penhallow was a talishte, an immortal vampire who had existed for centuries. Bevin Connor, once the assistant to Lord Garnoc before the Cataclysm, had become Penhallow's mortal servant. Both Connor and Penhallow had tracked down several of the obsidian disks that played an important role in helping Blaine restore the magic at Valshoa and bind it once more to the will of men. If Penhallow had gone to the trouble of gathering and safeguarding other artifacts, Blaine was willing to believe they were valuable enough to be worth the risk to retrieve them.
"Let's see what we have," Xaffert said, pushing past Blaine toward a cloth bundle on the nearest table.
"These crypts are full of old power," Dagur said. "Maybe, since the magic remains rather brittle, we might be safest handling the items as little as possible." Balding and thin, perhaps in his fourth decade, Dagur looked more like a tavern master than a scholar, clad as we was in a serviceable woolen jacket, homespun trews, and sturdy boots.
Blaine was not so sure that Dagur agreed with the older mage. Dagur remained a pace back from the table, and seemed happy to allow Xaffert to take the items out of the sacks as he surveyed the other items in the room.
Xaffert examined the items from one of the sacks. Blaine stayed back a bit, as did the others, but from what he could see, the magical artifacts did not appear unusual. Half a dozen pieces now lay on the table: a silver chalice, a flat piece of burnished wood carved with sigils, a white-handled boline knife with a curved blade, a dark scrying mirror, a lavishly engraved bell, and a stone censer with carvings. By the lantern light, they looked quite ordinary.
Dagur carefully gathered up the few small items that had spilled from the sacks. Even with the small amount of magic Blaine possessed, he could feel the jangle of power from the items in the room. Yet to him, the magic felt…out of kilter, like a painting hung askew. Piran, with no magic at all, kept his knife and sword at the ready, watching the door to the hallway.
It seemed to Blaine that the shadows crowded more closely around them as they retreated to the corridor. Several times, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of motion, only to find nothing when he looked again. Blaine was on edge, and he wondered if the rest of his companions felt the same worrisome tingle in the air, which had grown icy cold.
"What in Raka is that?" Piran growled. Blue-green orbs of light bounced and bobbed, hurtling down the corridor toward the central rotunda, where several corridors led into a larger, open area. The sound of running footsteps echoed from the rock walls. Almstedt moved to stand in the doorway, and beckoned them to come.
The orbs stretched into thin tendrils of light that swirled and shifted, taking on the forms of men, until two spectral armies faced off against each other in the wide chamber. Battle cries rang out as the ghostly soldiers hurtled toward each other, swords and axes raised, colliding with the muffled clang of armor. The combatants might be long dead, but the battle that played out in front of them was as fierce as any waged by living men.
Almstedt's ghost stopped, barring them from approaching the fight. His raised sword made it clear that Almstedt intended to stand his ground. Going back the way they came was not an option.
"Dillon—Any chance the entrance you and Alrik used to bring the items here is still open?" Blaine asked.
"Let's see what we can find, and worry about the rest later," Blaine said. "Gather up the sacks and whatever items Zaryae and Dagur thought worthy—let's get moving." Xaffert, Dagur, Dillon, and Zaryae gingerly loaded the artifacts into the satchels they had brought, leaving the others free to wield their swords if necessary.
Eager to move away from the spectral battle, Blaine and Piran headed in the opposite direction, back toward the vaults closer to the castle. Their lanterns barely lit their way in the gloom. Doorways opened on either side of the corridor, only to lead into crypts like Almstedt's.
Merrill had been the king since before Blaine was born, and it was he who exiled them. But Merrill had probably never imagined that he would be the last king of Donderath, or that in his reign, the kingdom would burn, its magic would fail, and the people of an entire Continent would be reduced to desperate subsistence.
"We've got company," Piran said in a low voice.
Geddy's ghost moved so quickly they were forced to run to keep him in sight. The ghost was tall and angular, with lank dark hair, all slender arms and legs, and although Blaine searched his memories, he could not recall having seen the young man at the castle. He hoped that they had read the ghost's intentions correctly, and that he meant to get them to safety.
Geddy led them through the maze of corridors with confidence, while Blaine struggled to remember their course. The ground was rising under their feet, and they were moving in the right direction to be inside the castle, or at least the bailey walls.
The clang of metal against rock clattered through the empty corridors. Xaffert stood swearing over a jumble of artifacts that had spilled from his satchel. "Pick those things up and be quiet about it!" Blaine snapped.
"You're loud enough to wake the dead, and down here, that's a bad thing," Piran muttered.
"Well, don't just stand there—lend a hand!" Xaffert waved a hand at Dagur, whose expression made it clear he had no desire to handle the artifacts before their power was known. Reluctantly, Dagur withdrew a pair of gloves from his belt and gingerly helped place the objects once more into Xaffert's satchel. Geddy's ghost stood a little farther down the corridor, gesturing for them to hurry.
"Move faster, gents. Our guide's a mite frantic for us to get going," Piran urged. After a few more moments and another crash as Xaffert turned too quickly and his satchel hit the wall, Zaryae strode up to Xaffert. She pulled his bag away from him roughly enough to send his hat flying.
"By Torven's horns! Just give it to me," she demanded. "You're a disaster." Xaffert's protests were muted enough for Blaine to decide that the mage was quite happy having someone else carry the burden.
They had barely gone a dozen steps before Geddy's ghost stopped beside a catafalque. He pointed toward the raised marble tomb, pantomiming moving its heavy carved lid aside.
"What's he want us to do, climb in?" Piran's skepticism was clear in his voice.
Blaine, Piran, and Dillon set their shoulders to the heavy marble, and Blaine was surprised when it moved easily. He lifted his lantern and peered inside, expecting to see dry bones and rotted finery. Instead, he found stairs descending into darkness.
"In we go," he said, stepping aside to allow Kestel and Zaryae to enter first.
"You expect me to climb into a crypt?" Xaffert huffed.
Muttering, Xaffert followed the others. Piran waved Blaine on ahead of him.
Blaine paused in front of Geddy's spirit. Up close, he could see the dark stains on the young man's clothing where a sword had dealt a deathblow. "Thank you," he said. Geddy inclined his head, then gestured toward the catafalque. Blaine climbed inside with Piran right behind him.
Behind them, Blaine heard the thud of boots on the stone floor and the clash of swords. A blue-white light flared, blindingly bright in the gloom of the crypt.
"Help me close this before the ghosts catch up." Blaine nodded toward the handles carved in the bottom of the heavy lid. Together, he and Piran wrested the lid shut, sealing their spectral pursuers behind them.
The catafalque steps led down to a narrow passage. A little maneuvering allowed Piran and Blaine to go first, with the mages taking up the rear.
They ran along the passageway, stumbling on the uneven floor. The bulky satchels of artifacts were an encumbrance, but too many lives had been lost protecting the items for Blaine to be willing to leave them behind. He ran, expecting any moment to feel a ghostly sword in his back. But the noise of battle receded as they got farther from the crypts, replaced by the sound of their labored breathing.
After a few hundred steps, the passage came to an abrupt end, facing a stone wall with jutting stones offering a ladder upward. "Do you know where we'll come out?" Blaine asked.
"Yeah, but there's no telling whether it's this hidden passage," Piran said.
"Or whether we're coming up under a portion of the castle that's collapsed," Blaine added.
A dark landing at the top of the ladder ended in a blank wooden wall. Dillon edged to the front, and he began to run his hands over the wood. A quiet snick of a latch opening brought a smile of triumph. "Got it," he said, and pushed on the door.
It stuck, barely a hand's width open. "It's blocked," Dillon said. Blaine and Piran squeezed forward and put their shoulders against the door. The first shove won an additional inch as the sound of wood grating on rock made it clear what was barring their progress. On the next push, Dagur and Dillon added their weight, shoving the door open far enough that Kestel could slip through.
"It looks like a butler's closet," she said, sheathing her knife and holding aloft the lantern Blaine passed to her. "There's no one here—and it looks like no one's been here for quite a while." She pushed against the wooden crate that blocked the door, and managed to dislodge it, letting the door open to nearly its full span.
"Come on in," she said with a grin as the others stepped out.
Blaine glanced around the room at the shelves that had once held neat stacks of linens for the castle housekeepers. The closet was now a ransacked mess.
"If we straighten up the things that fell, we should have room to move a lot of rock out of the way," Kestel said. She placed the lantern on one of the shelves and then bent to pick up a stack of linens, which she thrust against Xaffert's chest.
Dillon and Zaryae moved to help get the closet's contents back onto the shelves and out of the way. Blaine, Piran, and Dagur created a human chain, handing one stone after another into the room to be stacked against the far wall. After several candlemarks, they had cleared an opening large enough for each of them to hand out the satchels of artifacts and then wiggle through to the other side. It was nearly morning by the time they made their way back to camp.
Kestel seemed to take it all in stride and dusted herself off matter-of-factly, while Zaryae murmured a prayer to the gods. Dagur looked pale and flustered by the ordeal. Xaffert was still sulking. Piran was regaling Dillon with jokes, each one bawdier than the last. Blaine breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Xaffert and Dagur.
"How many times do I have to tell you that, for a mage of power, these items simply pose no danger, even with the new magic?" Xaffert said, exasperation edging his voice. He snatched one of the bags from Dillon and thrust his hand inside, coming up with the dark scrying mirror.
"I really don't think—" Dagur began.
"That won't be necessary," Xaffert replied. He held the dark mirror in front of him in both hands, and his lips moved silently. Blaine felt the tingle of power grow to a roar and it coalesced around the mage, but the magic felt brittle and wild. The air crackled and sparked around Xaffert, who laughed. As the mirror's images changed, his laughter grew fraught with tension until it became heaving breaths.
The mirror's surface glowed, illuminating Xaffert's face caught in an expression of absolute horror. Blood streamed from his nose, mouth, and ears and his laughter changed to a shriek of pain. Before anyone had a chance to intervene, Xaffert fell to the ground, the mirror still clutched in his hand.
Dagur and Zaryae rushed toward Xaffert, while Piran used a stick to knock the mirror from Xaffert's fingers. "Is he dead?" Blaine asked. He felt disoriented and light-headed as his head pounded. He swayed on his feet before steadying himself against the wall, while trying to keep a worried eye on the mirror, which now lay dim and inert beside the mage.


RaboDirect Melbourne Rebels winger, Lachlan Mitchell, has been cited for lifting British & Irish Lions winger Simon Zebo in the seventh match of the DHL Australia 2013 Lions Tour.
Mitchell has been cited under Law 10.4 (j) Lifting a player from the ground and dropping that player into the ground whilst that player's feet are still off the ground, such that the player's upper body comes into contact with the ground.
The incident occurred in 52nd minute of the match at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
Mitchell will appear at a judicial hearing at the Melbourne Rebels Headquarters today Wednesday, 26 June, at 12:00pm.


WASHINGTON - Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today was joined by Congressman Michael Honda, Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Congressman Keith Ellison and other Representatives in sending a letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, asking the Secretary to implement a strong "Gainful Employment" rule, to provide oversight on the "for-profit" education industry.
In 2009, proprietary institutions received $24 billion in Title IV federal loan dollars and federal Pell Grant funds, accounting for nearly 90 percent of the revenue of some schools. Students at for-profit schools represented only 10 percent of the higher education sector last year but, the industry received 25 percent of total federal loan dollars.
"I strongly support the gainful employment rules which will protect students from fraud that adversely impacts the low income and minority population," said Rep. Honda. "Low income and minority students are increasingly concentrated in for-profit institutions and one in five students who attend for-profit schools default on their loans within three years, far in excess of the national average. In 2008 - 2009, the federal government invested over $4 billion in grant aid to students at for-profit institutions. With this level of public investment, the department has a fiduciary responsibility to make sure its investment is being administered properly and the proposed gainful employment rule will accomplish just that."
The loan default rate among students at for-profit institutions is nearly double that of students attending public and private non-profit schools, and graduation rates are much lower at for-profit schools compared to those at public and private non-profit schools.
Students at public and private non-profit schools on average borrow less often, and borrow in smaller amounts, than students at for-profit institutions.
The letter also points out that the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights wrote to the Department of Education to emphasize that the proposed Gainful Employment rule stands to benefit students of color, low-income students, female students, and armed service members and veterans. Each of these groups is heavily enrolled in for-profit schools.


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After winning hearts, Modi ends historic Nepal visit
Kathmandu: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ended a historic two-day Nepal visit on a positive note, urging political leaders to work together for a new constitution and stressing the need for greater economic and strategic cooperation between the two neighbouring nations that have strong civilizational ties.
The first Indian premier to make a bilateral visit to Nepal in 17 years, Modi won millions of hearts with his speech in Nepal's parliament that was evident Monday as thousands poured out of their homes spontaneously to bid farewell to the visiting leader as he drove to the airport.
"Mission accomplished, PM India heads home," tweeted external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin. "Looks like the whole of Kathmandu (is) out to bid (him) farewell."
President Ram Baran Yadav and political leaders of all hues hailed Modi for speaking his heart out while outlining his vision of India-Nepal relations.
"You have won our hearts with your speech in parliament yesterday," the president told Modi during a 15-minute meeting Monday, echoing an opinion widely reflected in the Nepalese media too.
India and Nepal Monday agreed to "review, adjust and update" their 1950 Treaty of Peace and Friendship and other bilateral agreements, and not to let "unscrupulous elements" misuse their open border.
A joint statement issued at the end of Modi's visit said Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala would visit India.
The four-page statement said talks between Modi and Koirala and their delegations "were held in an atmosphere of utmost warmth and cordiality and were marked by deep friendship and understanding".
The two prime ministers "expressed satisfaction over the excellent state of Nepal-India relations (and) underlined the need to further explore ways to enhance sub-regional cooperation".
On the political front, Modi asked political parties to work together for a new inclusive constitution that satisfies all sections of Nepal.
He also emphasized the need for greater economic cooperation between the two countries that share a common culture, history and civilization.
"The PM (told) leaders to work for the betterment of the nation, not for their parties," Akbaruddin said shortly before Modi departed in his Indian Air Force plane at the head of a 75-strong delegation.
At the macro level, the visit focused on four Cs: cooperation, connectivity, culture and constitution.
Modi announced a $1 billion soft loan to Nepal for infrastructure and vowed to expedite the finalization of two energy cooperation related pacts -- a Power Trade Agreement and a Project Development Agreement -- within 45 days.
It was decided to construct bridges over Mahakali river to better link farwest Nepal with Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Leaders of the ruling Nepali Congress and Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist as well as the opposition United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist besides Madhesis all expressed satisfaction after meeting Modi.
"My meeting with Modi was historic," said Maoist supremo Puspa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda, once known for his anti-India views. "A new chapter has begun in Nepal-India ties."
Another Maoist leader and former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai echoed the statement, adding Modi had promised to implement soon several India funded projects in Nepal.
Modi promised Indian help for infrastructure development and energy projects.
Earlier Monday, Modi prayed at the famed Pashupatinath temple on a river bank here and gifted it 2,500 kg of sandalwood.
India promised to build a dharamshala at the temple and restore the old monuments in the complex that is visited by millions of Hindus.
India offered assistance to develop Janakpur, Baraha Chhetra and Lumbini, including linking Lumbini -- the birthplace of Lord Buddha -- with the Buddhist circuit of India.
India announced more slots for for Nepalese students and experts to study in Indian institutions.
India and Nepal also agreed to finalize the texts of an extradition treaty and a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) at an early date.
Nepal expressed its desire to resolve all outstanding boundary issues.
India has decided to take up building a petroleum pipeline from Raxaul in Bihar to Kathmandu.

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Q: Javascript - Condition always returns 0 on Android I just experienced the weirdest thing. I'm developing my app with sencha, when the app loads (body onload="doStuff()") I do a test to detect the device's orientation, where I do this :
var bodyWidth = document.body.clientWidth;
var bodyHeight = document.body.clientHeight;
var orientation = bodyHeight > bodyWidth;

alert(orientation) :

*

*On desktop : it shows true

*On Android : it shows 0 which means false, and that always happens regardless of the device's orientation

Can somebody please explain ?!
EDIT: bodyHeight and bodyWidth both have correct values. Even alert(bodyHeight > bodyWidth) shows true

A: In controls, catch the orientation change event like below:
viewport: {
   //capture the orientation change event
   orientationchange: 'onOrientationchange'
 }

onOrientationchange: function(viewport, orientation) {
    dostuff() // based on orientation
}

Apart from this, what you were trying, you should have tried window.innerHeight and window.innerWidth
A practical JavaScript solution (covering all browsers):
var w = window.innerWidth
|| document.documentElement.clientWidth
|| document.body.clientWidth;

var h = window.innerHeight
|| document.documentElement.clientHeight
|| document.body.clientHeight;

A: Finally found what the problem was : orientation is a keyword in Android Browsers. Changing the variable name solved the problem.

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Spain is building the next generation of wind power plants
They look a bit like modern street lamps or even oversized fountain pens that someone has stuck in the ground - but are supposed to produce energy: The Spanish company Vortex Bladeless wants to generate wind power by swinging instead of turning.
Conventional wind turbines are not conceivable in the middle of residential areas: they generate a background noise, cast shadows on surrounding houses, and - at least according to a frequently applied criticism - do not look very nice. However, the solution from the Spanish company Vortex Bladeless is supposed to do everything differently because it does not require any rotor blades or turbines at all.
Vortex wind turbines are elongated, lantern- or antenna-like structures designed to generate energy through vibration. Aeroelastic resonance is the name of the principle that engineer and co-founder David Yáñez was made aware of by a catastrophe of all things. David Yáñez saw footage of the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940 when the bridge was vibrating so severely due to the wind that it finally collapsed.
The Spanish company's solution works according to a very similar principle. A generator converted the resulting vibrations into electricity when the wind swayed back and forth. According to the manufacturer, the wind power posts should be very environmentally friendly, produce no noise, require no lubricants, and pose no danger to birds or other animals.
The Vortex Bladeless company has been working on the technology for years. In 2015, the Spaniards wanted to offer the system in two different sizes: the smaller, twelve-meter high version should generate four kilowatts of power, a larger version even one megawatt. However, these values are still a long way off: With the help of subsidies, including from EU subsidy programs, the company has built a pilot plant that is only 2.75 meters high.
Initially, the Vortex Bladeless company wanted to focus on the consumer market and launch a working mini version of the system as part of a beta test campaign. The Vortex Bladeless Nano is said to be just 85 centimeters high and generate enough power to charge a USB device "like a wind-powered power bank." End customers can also participate as part of these tests, feedback accepted, and the system optimized.
It remains questionable whether the system in its final version, several meters high, can compete with traditional wind turbines in terms of price or generation capacity. However, the solution is also intended for places where no typical wind turbine could be put in place - for example, along motorways to generate electricity from the headwind.
Especially for opponents of wind power, wind turbines and their effects on nature, species protection, and quality of life are a constant stumbling block. Then, again, there is talk of infrasound and its harmful effects on the human organism. So, is a low-frequency sound truly dangerous?
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Determination of Anterior Pelvic Index (API) to Predict a Narrow Pelvis in Adolescent Girls
Marco Guerrero; Juan Ocampo; Marcia Zapata & Eduardo Yépez
ephalopelvic disproportion in the pelvic inlet is a maternal risk factor in childbirth. A high number of dystocias are attended as emergencies and end in cesarean sections because there is no way to diagnose a narrow pelvis early on, a determination which would be easy to perform and at no cost to the patient. The aim of this study was to determine the Anterior Pelvic Index (API) as a predictive estimator of the obstetric conjugate diameter to differentiate narrow and normal pelvises. The study was conducted with 200 adolescent girls aged 14 to 19 years, from Quito, Ecuador; the parents signed the informed consent and the girls agreed to take part. The interspinous distance, height and obstetric conjugate diameter were measured by ultrasonography. Then the API was calculated and the predictive value of the obstetric conjugate diameter was obtained by simple linear regression. The average API value was 14.8 (CI 95 % 14.75 to 14.86) with a minimum value of 13.99 and a maximum value of 19.92. The association between the API and the obstetric conjugate diameter measured by ultrasonography produced a Pearson's correlation value of 0.543 (p=0.000). The simple linear regression test between the API and the obstetric conjugate diameter measured by ultrasonography was statistically significant. Therefore, it was determined that the prediction of the obstetric conjugate diameter, having the API as a predictor, can be calculated with the following formula: y=4.38+0.45*x and thus a possible narrow pelvis can be anticipated.
KEY WORDS: Pelvis; Pelvimetry; Narrow pelvis; Obstetric conjugate diameter.
GUERRERO, M.; OCAMPO, J.; ZAPATA, M. & YÉPEZ, E. Determination of anterior pelvic index (API) to predict a narrow pelvis in adolescent girls. Int. J. Morphol., 34(3):1158-1163, 2016.
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The Brewster Memorial garden is a place of peace and tranquility where people can come, contemplate and remember their loved ones, with beautfiful open views across the countryside.
Within the garden are trees and shrubs that are planted in memorium.
The superb memorial stone crafted by Carole Kirsopp for the garden depicts the past, present and future of Swanwick village, and the garden was provided for and by the local community.
The Brewster Memorial Garden was opened by David Coleman, chief constable of Derbyshire on Saturday 21st April 2007.
The garden is dedicated to the memory of Stan Brewster, a civil engineer and long standing, respected resident of Swanwick who tragically, was a victim of the bombings in London on Thursday 7th July 2005.
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Contributor Michael Frisina takes a closer look at the GoRuck GR0 and GR1 packs in this video review …
The GoRuck GR1 holds 26 liters of gear and is the original rucksack created by GoRuck. Manufactured using 1000 Denier CORDURA, the pack's stress points are strength tested at over 400 pounds. It holds up to a 17″ MacBook Pro, measures 12″ W x 20″ H x 6.75″ D, and weighs 3.2 pounds. The GR1 is currently available in Black, Java, or Ranger Green and retails for $295.
The GoRuck GR0 holds 21 liters and is made from the same material as the GR1. It is slightly smaller at 11.5″ W x 17.5″ H x 5.5″ D and will hold up to a 15″ MacBook Pro. Currently Available in Black, Black with Red, or Java, the GR0 weighs 2.9 pounds and retails for $275.
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Michael is a true GearJunkie at heart. Growing up across the United States, he has experienced a wide birth of outdoor environments and climates. His passion for all things gear and the outdoors began at an early age in Boy Scouts, which continued with an enlistment in the U.S. Army after high school. Moving into the civilian world, Michael's career as a Quality Control Specialist has helped him develop a keen sense of detail that has translated into a driving passion for the highest quality equipment and the yearning to push it to its limits. Utilizing social media and both web and mobile technologies to build digital communities, Michael is the founder of the Facebook groups TADjunkies and GearJunkies. You can also find his his reviews on firearms, knives, and various outdoor gear on his YouTube Channel (SouthCarolinaMike). When not involved on the interwebs or stress testing new kit, you can find him working on his FJ Cruiser build, savoring a fine cigar, or engaged in enthralling conversation with fellow enthusiasts.
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Unlike his predecessor, the oft prickly Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who gave the hagiographers little to go on, he cut a fine figure for fandom.
It's common practice to chunter on about how good people were before they died (all rubbish, of course); but there is no way that anyone mixed up with the corrupt United Nations can be dressed up as a saint.
A fine statesman, but like most of our finest. Made into toothless tigers by the Men in suits, who pull the strings of powerful leaders to get commercial outcomes?
I thought he like Malcolm was genuine and cared. seen nothing to change that opinion.
Thank God for social media, which has lessened the power of men in suits to force an outcome that serves only the profit graph, and individualistic harmful greed!
And were I Malcolm Turnbull staring down the same brand of individualistic nihilistic cronyism and nepotism? I would today be driving to the governor's mansion, to call for a pre-Christmas election!
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How much is DJ Augustin worth?
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D.J. Augustin is a professional American basketball player with an estimated net worth of $16 million.
On July 7, 2016, Augustin signed a four-year, $29 million contract with the Orlando Magic. On January 29, 2017, he scored a season-high 21 points against the Toronto Raptors. On March 14, 2018, Augustin scored a season-high 32 points against the Milwaukee Bucks.
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These days, Augustin's shoe choice also is uncommon. He wore Jordan brand shoes the first 10 years of his career, but now he's the only player in the NBA to wear Fila brand shoes.
LeBron, who currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers, has a signature shoe line with Nike, with it currently being on the LeBron 17. In addition to the in-game signature shoe, LeBron is also releasing retro models of his past releases such as the Air Zoom Generation (his first shoe) and more recently, the LeBron 3.
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Whether it was on cuts or using his dribble, Augustin is very good at creating space for his 3-point shot. This is still his biggest value to the team overall. But Augustin is also a solid pick and roll player.
The rankings Taking the crown at #1 is the Nike Kobe 4 Protro, an updated version of the extremely popular Kobe 4, first released in 2008. The shoe is worn by everyone from scoring guards like Norman Powell and Devin Booker to bigs like Anthony Davis and Domantas Sabonis.
His latest sneaker, the LeBron 18 is designed to maximize speed and power. Nike's designer Jason Petrie "got surgical" designing every detail and feature of the LeBron 18 shoe. Equipped with a lightweight KnitPosite 2.0 upper for a secure fit and a full-length Nike Zoom Air unit to maximize energy return.
Do NBA players get new shoes every game? The simple answer to this is yes, if they want them. Most NBA players will wear a pair of shoes between 4 and 20 games. With a few claiming to wear them until they break down.
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Augustin, 30, has been fortunate enough to carve out a 10-year NBA career as a back-up point guard and he is in the second of a four-year contract with the Magic.
No NBA player has to pay for any gear whatsoever, it's all provided by the team and/or companies directly. But basically, even the undrafted end of bench guy who maybe will play in some garbage minutes a few times a year will get free merchandise. The higher exposure players get paid as well in order to wear the shoes.
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All together, there are 37 different female creators set to work on 25 different books at Marvel this December, a gain of 6 women and 6 books from November. It's also Marvel's highest month for female creators since we starting keeping track a few years back, breaking a record they set earlier in the year. Looking back, 2016 has been a year of solid growth for women at Marvel. Back in February, there were only 18 different female creators working on Marvel books, and now that number has more than doubled.
A slew of new books made this record setting December possible. Margaret Stohl is writing The Mighty Captain Marvel, Mariko Tamaki is writing Hulk (which actually stars She-Hulk), Kelly Thompson is writing Hawkeye (the rad lady one), and Nicole Perlman is writing Gamora. It's great to see such fantastic writers penning such awesome female characters, though it'd be fun to have some female artists in the mix, and I'd love to see Marvel let female creators work on more than just female-led books. Nonetheless, all of these new titles sound great.
Plus we're getting a Gwenpool holiday special that's got lots of women involved and should be a lot of fun. It also brings some new names to Marvel, including Chynna Clugston-Flores, Myisha Haynes, and Karla Pacheco; Clugston-Flores might have done a cover or something at some point a while back maybe? It's hard to remember everyone. Either way, those three women are either new to Marvel or haven't been around in a while.
Overall, Marvel is set to end the year on a high note. It's nice to see that both major superhero publishers are going to close out 2016 with their best numbers yet; that's a very encouraging sign for 2017. Hopefully Marvel can sustain these new highs for whatever the year brings, including their next inevitable round of relaunches. But for now, December looks to be a very strong showing for women at Marvel, both real and fictional, and the publisher has definitely progressed considerably over the past year.
All together, there are 31 different female creators scheduled to work on 19 different comic books at Marvel in November, 2 fewer women than in October and 5 fewer books. The drop in the overall number isn't a particularly big deal; these things fluctuate, and Marvel's been solidly in the low-30s for four straight months. The drop in the number of books, however, is a bit troubling.
Back in August, Marvel had women working on 28 different books, and that number has dwindled since then down to 19 in November, a drop of a third. Meanwhile, the number of women at Marvel has stayed roughly the same. Instead of having female creators spread throughout the line, they're grouped together, typically on a book with a female lead, limiting their broader impact on Marvel's output. It's an odd sort of pigeonholing; Marvel's employing more women than they ever have, but they're keeping them all together in a small little corner of their line.
Now, there are books where this makes sense. The new Black Panther: World of Wakanda focuses on Wakandan women, and it's got several women of colour writing and drawing the stories therein. It's a smart idea to bring their perspective to this title. But broadly speaking, female creators are capable of writing and drawing more than just women, and lumping them all together in a limited number of titles is a poor way to go about improving representation at the publisher. Moving women from a tiny minority to a small minority is a step in the right direction, yes, but Marvel needs to a) keep hiring MORE women, and b) start employing them throughout their line.
It should also be pointed out that this problem is not unique to Marvel; DC does this a lot as well. But it's been more pronounced at Marvel as of late, and the consistent drop in titles while the number of women has remained about the same is a bizarre trend that demanded comment.
In terms of female characters, Marvel's got a whole pile of new books set to premiere in November as their new Marvel NOW! line continues to roll out, most of which have male leads. Black Panther: World of Wakanda is an exception, as is the new Invincible Iron Man with Riri Williams in a lead role. Most of the rest have men at the forefront, with a few women here and there on new team books; Ultimates 2 looks to have several women in the mix, at least.
Overall, Marvel's been doing a lot of good things as of late. Consistent numbers for female creators that are very high relative to their past performances is a great thing. But there's still a long way to go. There's lots of room for these numbers to grow, and female creators don't just have to work on books with a female lead. Progress on all of these fronts is slow, of course. We've been monitoring these numbers for years and are just starting to see hints of almost decent representation now, so this will take some time. Hopefully Marvel can continue with the progress they've made and push things even further in the months ahead.
All together, there are 33 different female creators scheduled to work on 24 different books at Marvel this October, the same number of women as in September and one more book. Marvel's been impressively steady as of late; the last three months have had 34, 33, and 33 women in the mix. This is the highest sustained run we've seen from Marvel or DC since we started keeping track of these numbers a few years back. It will be interesting to see how these numbers change as the new round of post-Civil War II books unfolds over the next few months, but the initial wave set for October hasn't affected things much here, for good or ill.
We've got a couple of new names in October, including Nilah Magruder writing a story in A Year of Marvels: The Unbeatable #1. I've seen Leila Del Duca and Meghan Hetrick elsewhere, most recently at Image and DC respectively, but I think this month may mark some of their first Marvel work. And we've got some returning favourites too: Robin Furth is back for another round of The Dark Tower, Siya Oum is breaking out of her recent spate of variant covers with some interior art, and I think it's been a long while since Janet Lee's done something at Marvel.
For female characters, there's not a lot going on in October's new titles. Most of the Marvel NOW! titles debuting in October star dudes, though there are a couple of team books with ladies involved. Both Champions and Great Lake Avengers looks to have a lady or two in the mix, though each team has more male members than females. That's just how team books seem to be going at the Big Two, which is ridiculous. It's either a token lady or two or ALL women. Someone needs to make a team with like four women and two guys, just to mix things up.
Overall, October's looking like another solid month for women at Marvel. As always, there remains lots of room for these numbers to grow, but these are very strong totals relative to Marvel's past performances. Hopefully Marvel can keep this going in the months to come, and cement a new standard for women making comics at a major publisher.
All together, there are 34 different female creators set to work on 28 different comic books in August, big jumps from July's 25 and 18, respectively, and the highest totals we've seen at Marvel since this project began. Heck, when we started this project a few years back, there were months with only FIVE women at Marvel. So this is an excellent change of pace. While female creators are still a significant minority at Marvel, things have definitely changed.
Now, there are a bunch of variant covers in the mix this month, with at least 11 of the women listed above working on one. Marvel seems to have brought in a lot of female artists for their special "Tsums Tsums" variant cover promotion. Variant covers are an enjoyable gig and all, but they are the least stable of positions so chances are that a lot of these women won't be back next month. We've seen variant cover gigs eventually turn into steady, interior gigs later on though, so while in the immediate future we might lose some names, they could be back down the road.
There are some new creators in the mix for August, which is always fun. I think that August might mark the first gigs at Marvel for Irene Strychalski and Rosi Kampe, and they've both landed interior art jobs, which is impressive. It's also nice to see some returning favourites, like Ming Doyle and Tula Lotay, as well as Faith Erin Hicks, who's done the occasional variant cover for Marvel lately but here is doing a short story in the All-New, All-Different Avengers Annual #1 which should be great.
There's not a lot of new news for female characters, what with Marvel in the midst of Civil War II and pretty focused on that. Marvel did announce a new publishing initiative for the fall called Marvel Now (again) that seems set to bring another dang round of relaunches. That's always worrisome, because neither DC or Marvel are particularly good at featuring female creators when they do a big relaunch initiative; the numbers ALWAYS go down. Hopefully Marvel's learned to do better. We'll see in a couple of months.
As for right now, Marvel's doing very well with female creators and they're putting out some fantastic books. It's great to have women making comics, but it's extra fun to see all of my favourite Marvel books listed up there. More ladies are making comics at Marvel than ever before, and they're making some of the publisher's very best books too. Keep it up, Marvel!


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1000 Islands Tower: A Unique View In Ontario
The 1000 Islands Tower in Lansdowne is one of the options for a spectacular view of the Thousand Islands region. For those who can't go Skydiving or take a helicopter tour, you can climb this tower and take in the view with your feet on the ground.
Things to know before your visit to 1000 Islands Tower
Is it necessary to make a reservation?
Can you visit on a rainy day?
How to get to the top of 1000 Islands Tower?
Are pets allowed?
Where is the 1000 Islands Tower?
The tower was built in 1965 and has since become a popular tourist attraction for those who want to experience the beauty of the area. It is a 400 feet high observation tower. It is 620 meters from the border with the American state of NY on the Canadian side.
The tower offers visitors stunning panoramic views of the 1000 Islands and the St. Lawrence River. The tower is also home to a unique glass floor that allows visitors to look directly down to the ground below.
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The 1000 Islands Tower was officially opened to the public on June 26, 1965. Since then, it has welcomed millions of visitors from around the world who have come to take in the sweeping views of the river and islands.
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In 2012, the tower underwent a major renovation that included the installation of a new elevator and the expansion of the observation deck. Today, the 1000 Islands Tower remains one of Gananoque's most popular tourist attractions.
We have compiled the information you may need during your visit to the tower.
There is an elevator to the top of the tower. At the top of the tower, there is a 360-degree view of the 1000 Islands.
The tower is open from May to October. So before you visit the 1000 Islands Tower, make sure to check if it is open or not.
The tower has 3 observation floors. The first observation floor is accessible by elevator and is surrounded by glass. To go higher up and to the open space you have to take the stairs.
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It is not necessary to make a reservation, but it is possible. You can make a reservation no earlier than 14 days and no later than 1 hour before your planned visit date. Arrive about 10 minutes before the reservation time.
As long as there are no severe storms, as long as there are no weather conditions that could jeopardize your safety, you can go to the tower even in rainy weather.
An elevator is used to get to the top of the tower. The steps around the tower are not allowed to be used for security reasons.
They are used as an emergency exit point to evacuate visitors at the top of the tower in case of an emergency, when the elevator should not work. This may change later, of course. Be sure to ask if you have such a request.
Animals other than service animals are not allowed for the safety of the animals.
The 1000 Islands Tower is located on an island in the St Lawrence River, just south of Gananoque, Ontario. The best way to reach the tower is by boat.
There are several companies that organize boat tours in the area, and many of them stop at the tower and let you explore the area. If you're feeling adventurous, you can rent your own boat and explore on your own.
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Simply Indulgent, a new beauty therapy business opened recently in Taradale, my local shopping paradise. I was super excited when I was contacted by Fiona, Simply Indulgent's owner with the offer of a complementary 'Signature Facelift' treatment so I could go and experience what she had to offer. Needless to say I was "off like Mum's undies", or so the saying goes.
Before I get down to business, here's a bit of an assurance – as well as a bit of a spoiler: I was so happy with the treatment that I've booked in for a follow-up that I'm happily paying for myself. I felt it was important to get that out of the way before you think about to wax lyrical about a complementary treatment because, well, I would like to receive more of them. I'd never do that. If I like something, I'll yell from the rooftops. If I don't, if it just didn't work for me, well, you'll hear about that too in the form of something like this blog post.
So, with those assurances out of the way, here's a whistle-stop tour of what I had done and what I rated about it!
Simply Indulgent's express 'Signature Facelift' is valued at $137* and is carried out using Image Skincare products. This treatment can be considered a "lunch time" peel because it only takes half an hour (although I wouldn't want to get it done at lunchtime as you can't wear makeup for the rest of the day, ha ha). Their brochure calls it "A wonderfully brightening treatment that aims to restore the health of the skin". It's essentially a four layer 'facelift' that uses uses products containing fruit enzymes and a 30% concentration of vitamin C. While it's not quite a board certified, traditional facelift, it does have its benefits. However, it's not going to quite get you the facial rejuvination of a normal plastic surgery procedure. How it works is that the vitamin C brightens and lightens the skin while the AHA's (alpha hydroxy acid) in the fruit enzymes work their magic by exfoliating the skin. The beauty of this treatment is that the products work at a cellular level and claim to increase cell turnover by bringing new skin cells to the surface faster. Sounds promising, right? This particular treatment is an entry-level treatment to deeper peels that can serve to reduce lines and wrinkles (YES PLEASE), lighten pigmentation (DITTO: I've got a lot leftover from my pregnancy eight years ago). Now you know why I booked a follow up treatment- see ya later pigmentation and fine lines (fingers crossed). Oh, the treatment is also ideal for acne or rosacea.
Box of post treatment goodies – this will see me through 48 hours of skincare for the next three treatments.
So what were the results of the treatment? Firstly, during the treatment I felt quite a bit of skin tingling, but nothing uncomfortable. Afterwards, I noticed an immediate improvement in my overall skin condition. My skin felt and looked plumper, more toned, hydrated, yet not oily, which is the main criticism of every other facial I've had: I've walked out looking like I've rubbed my face in butter. Fast forward to now (two weeks later) my skin is brighter, less oily and my pores are less clogged.
In terms of Image Skincare, I had never heard of this range before however, I've since done my research and have only found raving reviews! It's an American clinical-based skincare company that's 'baddies free": There's no testing on animals and all products are free of petrochemicals, parabens and chemical preservatives. After my facial Fiona gave me a nifty little box of skincare goodies to use post treatment (for 48 hours). WOW, I loved it! So much so, I went back a week later and purchased the Ageless Total Facial Cleanser (this contains glycolic acid which will help with drying out my skin a little: I've learnt it's overproducing oil for some reason). As I've also been on the hunt for a super-duper anti-wrinkle cream, so I settled on 'The Max' eye cream. I'll review these after I've given them a really good crack, but so far: I'm REALLY enjoying both products.
Visiting Simply Indulgent and having a treatment was something quite new for me. Up till now I've just had what Fiona refers to as a "fluffy facial" and the results of these just haven't wowed me (maybe I haven't been going to the right place… Who knows). Because of these experiences, I probably wouldn't have booked in for a facial peel like the one Fiona offered me, because I was a skeptic about whether it would actually do any good. Besides, since I discovered skincare guru Caroline Hirons' advice my skin is looking the best it has in years. In short: I thought there was no need to have anything done! Hmmm…. Can you hear the 'but…' coming?! However, having listened to Fiona's passionate step-by-step explanation of the treatment, the benefits derived by the products she uses, and the results I've seen so far – I'm going back! Also, in terms of skincare, as you have probably guessed by now, I spend a bit of coin experimenting with different skincare… I've made a conscious decision to cease with that for a while and, instead, embark on Fiona's recommendations. I reckon between Caroline Hirons and Fiona – I'm onto a winner.
Overall, this was a great experience, right from booking the appointment (through Facebook, talk about easy). Fiona is a delightful and super-knowledgeable lady and, with a Diploma in CIDESCO (the highest level of qualification in Beauty Therapy in the world), I reckon we are lucky to have her in Hawke's Bay… And she's set up shop within walking distance from my home! Awesome.
I'm heading back to Simply Indulgent in a couple of weeks for a follow up treatment: I'll keep you posted with how I get on!
* The treatment I had, at the time of writing, was $137. After that it's $89 for an express lift – depending on whether you need to get the Post Treatment kit. Check out the Simply Indulgent website for current pricing!


Life without football is hard. But with only a couple of full months left before the start of a new NFL season, the excitement among us football fans is rapidly building up. With that said, let's take a quick look at the three teams with the shortest odds to win the Super Bowl LI next year.
The Patriots didn't have a first-round pick in the recent NFL Draft. But did you actually think that Bill Belichick wouldn't find a way to scoop up some nice new pieces over the offseason? Perhaps the Pats' biggest acquisition yet was tight end Martellus Bennet, whose addition to the team brought back memories of New England's dangerous two-tight-end setup of Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski. Bennet had 14 receiving touchdowns and 2,114 receiving yards on 208 catches in his three seasons in Bears uniform. As of now, the Patriots have odds of +700 to win the franchise's fifth Super Bowl title.
Yes the Seahawks lost left tackle Russell Okung and right guard J.R. Sweezy, and linebacker Bruce Irvin. On top of those key losses, they also saw Marshawn Lynch call it quits. Despite all these departures, the Seahawks are given +900 odds to take home their second Super Bowl. Seattle's swag and confidence remain intact largely because they retained some of their other important pieces like Jermain Kearse, Jeremy Lane, and Doug Baldwin. Plus they still have Legion of Boom anchor in Richard Sherman. As for the replacements for Sweezy and Okung, Seattle signed veterans Bradley Sowell and J'Marcus Webb, who'll be working under offensive line coach Tom Cable. The Seahawks should be able to contend against any team next season.
It's sad for Steelers fans to see Heath Miller retire but hey, at least Pittsburgh (+900) managed to upgrade the tight end position by signing Ladarius Green. In four seasons playing for the Chargers, Green caught seven touchdowns and 1,087 receiving yards on 77 receptions. He should have better numbers now that he's outside the shadows of Antonio Gates. Green will be a nice new toy for Ben Roethlisberger, who already has a talented bunch of receivers that includes Antonio Brown. The Steelers also addressed some of their defensive issues last season by spending their first three draft picks on defensive pieces.


A modern style Rioja, despite the 36 months it spends in American oak. A deeply coloured blend of Tempranillo with 7% Mazuelo and 3% Graciano. It's a youthful, concentrated red with plenty of backbone and structure, fresh acidity and layers of ripe plum and blueberry fruit.
An alluring, ethereal, aromatic nose of sandalwood and spice make this a suave and easygoing wine that has an oriental touch. The smoky, bacony oak dominates, but the tannins are perfectly formed. Drink 2017-2025. 92/100.


I know I've been bad with posts lately, things have been picking up at work and I but I promise to get back on track this weekend!
Get ready for reviews of Studio Lagree, Pure Ride, Classpass, 1Rebel Reshape and more!
I can happily say that Goodman is one of my favourite steak restaurants in London. It's usually reserved for the odd occasional indulgence – good steak comes with a (hefty) price tag. However, one Wednesday night Mike and I were at a loose end for dinner near Bank and didn't fancy hiking it to Shoreditch or Soho. Faced with limited options, we had to go to Goodman.
Goodman is not a great place to take your veggie friends (although the truffle chips and the creamed spinach is some of the best I've ever tasted). Mike and I looked at the menu but we both knew (or at least I did!) that we wanted the USDA Angus beef 150 day corn fed chateaubriand from the specials board. Negotiations commenced on (i) the size of the chateaubriand, (ii) how it was going to be cooked, and (iii) the sides.
On serving of bread later, we'd decided on 650g between two (quite light for us) priced at £84.50, rare, with truffle chips and creamed Gruyere spinach. I was happy to ditch my usual request for 5 sides because, unknown to Mike, I'd already pre-dinnered on curly friends at the nearby Flight Club. Mike had a beer (again I have no idea which one) and I had a very tasty glass of Australian GSM (Henschke, 2013 Henry Seven's). Goodman's wine list is impressive, extensive and expensive.
Steak arrived and it was delicious. Perfectly cooked, smooth and buttery, grilled texture on the outside but juicy and ripe in the middle. Sides were again a perfect complement, the chips were thoroughly infused with truffle and the creamed spinach was rich whilst retaining texture. Two very happy diners.
Service was good, food was great and we thought the price was reasonable. The only minor niggle (if I had to find one) was that the restaurant is usually busy and so can be a little bit noisy. If this is going to detract from your dining experience, you can try requesting one of the tables at the front of the restaurant near the bar although you won't be able to see the kitchen action.
Goodman is definitely a treat destination rather than an everyday dinner choice but if you're a steak lover, I would highly recommend it.
Upon stepping into this beautifully decorated space, you will be greeted by Masterchef winner Tim Anderson's Japanese fusion creation, Nanban. According to the website, "Nanban means 'Southern Barbarian', a term the Japanese once used to describe Europeans, since they first arrived in Japan via the South China Seas, and they were, of course, barbaric." Nanban is located a short walk from Brixton tube station.
There's nothing barbaric about Anderson's food, carefully presented in pretty ceramic dishes and thoughtfully balanced on the palette. We went on a Thursday night, me displaying classic "hangry" behaviour having come straight from a BOOM cycle class (review to come!). Thankfully our excellent waiter swiftly took our order. A tangy Salmon Kake-ae (vinegar-cured salmon with daikon, carrot, and cucumber in a miso-sesame dressing) and fluffy Ackee & Saltfish Korokke (potato, ackee, and saltfish croquettes with katsu sauce) were summoned to placate my hunger. The tartness of the vinegar-cured salmon was well balanced by the richness of the miso-sesame dressing. The korokke was unexpectedly spicy but worked well with the saltfish and the katsu sauce. Our waiter accidently ordered an extra Eringi with Ponzu Butter (the King of Mushrooms, sauteed in ponzu butter, garnished with crushed garlic chips) which we were allowed to keep at no extra cost, a nice touch. The texture of the eringi was firm but I felt the flavour element fell short, leaving the dish a little bland.
Appetisers were followed by a hearty bowl of Kumamoto Ramen (thin noodles in nose-to-tail pork broth with garlic chips, burnt garlic oil, pork belly, tea-pickled egg, and pickled mustard greens) for me and a Sasebo Burger (two 100g burger patties with burnt garlic mayo, gochujang burger sauce, pork belly, American cheese, pickled red onion, lettuce, and tomato) for Mike. Serving sizes were generous. I thought the ramen was tasty although I wasn't entirely convinced about the tea-pickled egg. Ramen purists may turn their noses up at Anderson's offering but they should remember that Nanban is a fusion restaurant and seeks to try new combinations. The burger was yummy with ample amounts of sauce. Who can say no to two patties and pork belly in one burger?
The drinks menu also offered interesting choices. I went for the perfectly delectable plum wine whilst Mike opted for a Hitachino Nest Japanese Classic Cedar-Aged Ale (don't ask me anything about that – beer n00b). If we had more time/were feeling boozy we would have loved to try all the sochus and sakes on offer (okay, well maybe not all…). Bonus brownie points go to Nanban for stocking the much acclaimed Nyetimber Classic Cuvée, good for those wanting something a bit more special with their meal.
All in all, a solid Japanese-fusion option in Brixton with good sized dishes made with fresh ingredients.