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The Town of Weaverville proposes to construct a new Community Center building on the former Community Center site, located at 62 Lakeshore Drive above Lake Louise Park. A conceptual plan has been developed for a 6,600 SF building with 1,200 SF of covered porches (see attached drawing). The Town intends to use town funds for the construction of this building. The Town is now seeking professional architectural services for the design, permitting, bidding, construction inspection and contract administration for this project. The Town would like to complete the project by mid-2020.
The Town is requesting qualification packages from interested architectural firms, and each package will be reviewed and rated on a 100 point scale based on a variety of criteria including the following:
Firm experience on similar public projects (40 points)
Available personnel by name, title, longevity, and public project experience (10 points)
Client references, at least 3 with contact information (10 points)
Familiarity with Weaverville and surrounding area (10 points)
Description of the firm's typical design, permitting, bidding, administration and inspection process, including public involvement (30 points)
Proposals shall be limited to 20 pages (not including front or back covers, table of contents, and cover letter). Proposals shall be clearly marked to indicate the project title.
Interested firms should submit three (3) copies of their Statement of Qualifications, in hard copy, by 12:00 pm on Monday, October 1, 2018 to the attention of:
Selena Coffey, Town Manager
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Information concerning the project or the proposal package should be requested by email to Town Manager Selena Coffey at [email protected] or Public Works Director Dale Pennell at [email protected] .
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On April 12, 2017, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued an opinion in Peterson v. City of Minneapolis, 2017 Minn. LEXIS 195 (Apr. 12, 2017), that may extend the statute of limitations for some employment claims brought under the Minnesota Human Rights Act. Scott Peterson was a Minneapolis Police Officer for several years. In 2011, he was transferred to a new police unit, and he complained that the transfer was because of age discrimination. Rather than file a charge of discrimination, Officer Peterson filed a complaint through the City's internal investigative wing. Over a year later, the City concluded that Officer Peterson had not been discriminated against.
Officer Peterson then sued the City. The City responded by arguing that it was too late to sue—there is a one-year statute of limitations for claims under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, and Peterson was more than a year after his transfer. But, as the Minnesota Supreme Court recognized, that one-year statute of limitations is "tolled" or suspended during the time that the parties are engaged in their own dispute resolution process. So for Officer Peterson, the time that the City was investigating his discrimination claim did not count against his statute of limitations. That meant that even though Officer Peterson sued more than a year after his transfer, his claim was still timely.
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Animated Short Films by T.O. & GTA Artists
Friday, April 28th – 7:00PM
The Royal Cinema – 608 College St.
TICKETS – $7 Regular / $5 TAIS Members
The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) is excited to present a programme of animated short films by artists from T.O. & the GTA!
With 16 narrative and experimental animated short films made in a variety of animation styles and techniques, the focus of this event is to celebrate independent animation produced by artists in Toronto and the surrounding communities in the GTA.
Including films created as long ago as 1993, and new films produced as recently as this year, Local Exposure highlights the wide range of works that Toronto's independent animation community generates.
The evening will begin at 7:15pm and run for just over one hour, followed by Q&A with the artists, moderated by Eli Schwanz. Reception to follow at The Monarch Tavern – 12 Clinton St.
Featuring works by:
Isaac King
Kirsten Johnson
Sonia Beckwith-Cole
Patrick Jenkins
Janice Schulman
Cheryl Aiken
Milad Monavvarian
Amanda Low
Maria Bui and David Missio
Lee D'Angelo
Dylan Glynn
Carla Veldman
Chris Jack
William Allinson
Stephanie Duran Castillo
Total run time: 63 minutes
Artist Q&A at Local Exposure, April 28, 2017
Full film programme listed below
2012, 7:35
Drawn digital and stop-motion
This film is about two neighbours whose lifestyles are diametrically opposed. On one side, all is fast, loud, and disposable. On the other, all is calm, quiet, and doddering. The title, "Second Hand", refers to both the clock and the art of re-using objects. The omnipresent ticking clock propels one man's excessive, aggressive, stress-filled routine. On the other hand, the relaxed, resourceful, low-impact couple have no impetus to throw anything away. Ultimately this film is about balance, as well as efficiency, disposability, clutter, environmental awareness… and getting along with our neighbours.
Beautiful Psychological States of an Ugly Butterfly
Exploring the inner world and varying states of mind, this short uses humour and metaphor to present complex and difficult ideas.
Drawn digital and mixed media
An animated music video for the Toronto band Bernice and their song St. Lucia. Created over two years by first-time animator, artist Sonia Beckwith-Cole, the film captures the pinks and blues and varied textures of St.Lucia, as well as water, water, and more water. Evoking femininity, identity, and the value of "living it up because we need it" the song describes the feeling of being connected to a lineage of women that are a part of you and contribute to who you are. Channelling these themes, the film follows a woman floating in a reflective state, surrounded by dark, obscured imagery. Slowly bursts of colour appear and envelope her as she seeks, and finds, release.
Phantom City
Paint on glass
A woman with a mysterious suitcase and a man in pursuit… just one of the tales in the Phantom City. A magic realist detective story.
Vehicle Emotions Test
2D digital, live action
In a post-apocalyptic world, a car has a bad day.
Bark… In Your Face
Sound by Mark Hill
Scratch on film
Made by scratching directly into 16 mm film, Bark… In Your Face is inspired by an old party trick. You tell the person to close their eyes and begin rapidly tapping them on both sides of their head and say "You're running through a forest." Suddenly, you smack the person on their forehead and surprise them with "You hit a tree!" The person usually falls backwards.
Feeling Blue is a narrative about a couple facing the difficulties of one partner's depression. Addressing stigmas that prevail about depression and mental illness, the film evokes sadness and isolation as well as empathy for the characters as they face struggles while trying to go about their day.
Limitless Reality
3D, computer generated
Depicting digital culture and the technological systems that surround us, this film is the result of experimentation in digital animation with constructed sound objects and synth. Monavvarian is interested in how new technologies replace old technologies, and the potential effects on human consciousness. Using experiments with organic and digital sound textures, he uses glitch to engage the aesthetics of signal failure, chromatic noise, technological disruption, and the physical degradation of analogue and digital materials. Each of these experiments generates new and unexpected behaviours.
Pascale the Horse
Pascale the horse runs into a long lost lover.
Fake Palms – YTMATLDPH
Editing by Niall Fynes
Drawn and stop-motion
The film tells the story of a happenstance relationship, which begins and ends with loneliness. Made with a makeshift multi-plane setup and filmed with an iPhone 6, this music video was created for Toronto fuzz rock band Fake Palms.
Elapses
Camera/ videography by Julia Dickens
Cycles of nature and the mystical processes of time.
Lost Daughter
Drawn digital
Lost Daughter is about a girl who is kidnapped and sold into prostitution. After she escapes she undergoes a healing ritual. This film is a meditation on trauma, healing, and grace, and suggests that we are the Lost Daughter—born innocent and from nature, intuitively interconnected.
Great Tante Aaf
When I Was Young, I Used To Pick My Nose.
Extinction (LIVE)
A music video produced for the psychedelic/garage/acid-punk/space metal pop band Owl Farm, the track was recorded live in 2012 on Hallowe'en night in Kingston, Ontario. Shrouded in darkness and rollicking good times, this wild animation-apalooza is a molotov cocktail of references – from comic books, B-movies, Spielberg, Disney, and the animated "Yellow Submarine" (1968). A musical romp that opens in a graveyard in the middle of nowhere, the result is a call to the souls of the damned.
Dad Fight
Two boys waiting for their rides after school get into a classic debate: whose father would win in a fight.
Stephanie Durán Castillo
Drawn, digital, and stop-motion
The Prophets will come
from the wind, from the forest, from the water.
As time is One and not all.
Those who travel in time will sit at the Table of Kings
to speak about blind ages and immemorial times.
TAIS 2016-17 Programming is presented with the support of the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts


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Next generation CFO - what's changed?
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In recent years the CFO's role has gone through a metamorphosis. Change is constant however the current change represents not just a shift, but a rift from what the role was just five years ago. One can attribute this change to some very poignant issues; the changing environment, global economic boom, socio/political changes, activist investors and dramatic technological advancement, however, the convergence of these complex issues has conspired to make the unprepared CFO's life an exceedingly risky and difficult one.
The role of the CFO has always required technical expertise. Primary was to excel at closing the books, manage assets and to report on the historical performance for the company. The CFO as the fiduciary had a mindset that was focused on the back-office on risk mitigation – firmly rooted in 'value preservation'. That's what they were rewarded to do so that's what they excelled at. Organisations reacted and it was soon evident that as business started moving at light-speed, the CFO needed to keep-up but it became apparent they were actually getting left far behind. What they tried to do was to augment the skills that they had but in reality, a whole new type of CFO had to be created.
For current-day CFOs, technical skills are now a necessity. The ability to understand accounting practices and the peculiarities of what GAAP and tax related issues would be the most advantageous for the companies they work for is still important, however the business environment they have inherited stipulates that those prior skills were just table-stakes. What was needed was to move from what was value preservation, to the value creation end of the spectrum. This demand manifested itself into the requirements that what the CFO had to do, had to be something different.
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True value creation is being unleashed at all levels of the organisation. The process and the technologies had become democratised and the results, a big release of innovation and creativity.
In the second half of this series, I will discuss the 5 crucial skills for the next generation CFO to deliver on that shift from value preservation to value creation and to become a trusted partner to the business.
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Die 1,72 m große Margot van Geffen vom HC 's-Hertogenbosch debütierte 2011 in der Nationalmannschaft. Die Verteidigerin bestritt 240 Länderspiele, in denen sie 17 Tore erzielte.(Stand 17. Dezember 2022)

Ihren ersten internationalen Titel gewann sie bei der Europameisterschaft 2011, als die Niederländerinnen im Finale die deutsche Mannschaft mit 3:0 besiegten. Bei den Olympischen Spielen 2012 in London siegten die Niederländerinnen in ihrer Vorrundengruppe vor den Britinnen. Nach einem Halbfinalsieg im Shootout nach Verlängerung gegen die neuseeländische Mannschaft bezwangen die Niederländerinnen im Finale die Argentinierinnen mit 2:0. Nach einer Bronzemedaille bei der Europameisterschaft 2013 in Boom waren die Niederlande gastgebende Nation bei der Weltmeisterschaft 2014 in Den Haag. Die Niederländerinnen gewannen ihre Vorrundengruppe vor dem australischen Team, im direkten Vergleich gewannen die Niederländerinnen mit 2:0. Nach einem 4:0 im Halbfinale gegen Argentinien trafen die Niederländerinnen im Finale erneut auf die Australierinnen und siegten wieder mit 2:0. Bei der Europameisterschaft 2015 in London belegten die Niederländerinnen den zweiten Platz hinter den Engländerinnen.

2016 bei den Olympischen Spielen in Rio de Janeiro gewannen die Niederländerinnen ihre Vorrundengruppe vor den Neuseeländerinnen. Nach einem 3:2 gegen die argentinische Mannschaft im Viertelfinale und einem Halbfinalsieg nach Penaltyschießen gegen die deutschen Damen trafen die Niederländerinnen im Finale auf die britische Mannschaft und unterlagen im Penaltyschießen. Margot van Geffen, die im Halbfinale verwandelt hatte, verpasste ihren Versuch im Finale wie alle anderen Niederländerinnen. 2017 siegten die Niederländerinnen bei der Europameisterschaft in Amstelveen, wobei sie im Finale die Belgierinnen besiegten. Im Jahr darauf fand die Weltmeisterschaft in London statt. Die Niederländerinnen gewannen ihre Vorrundengruppe und bezwangen im Viertelfinale die englischen Gastgeberinnen. Nach einem Halbfinalsieg im Siebenmeterschießen gegen Australien trafen die Niederländerinnen im Finale auf die irische Mannschaft. Die Niederländerinnen gewannen das Finale mit 6:0. 2019 verteidigten die Niederländerinnen ihren Europameistertitel bei der Europameisterschaft in Antwerpen mit einem Finalsieg gegen die deutsche Mannschaft. Auch bei der Europameisterschaft 2021 in Amstelveen siegten die Niederländerinnen im Finale gegen die deutsche Mannschaft. Bei den Olympischen Spielen in Tokio gewannen die Niederländerinnen alle acht Spiele, im Finale bezwangen sie die Argentinierinnen mit 3:1.

Ein Jahr später bei der Weltmeisterschaft 2022 war van Geffen in allen sechs Spielen dabei. Im Halbfinale gewann die Mannschaft mit 1:0 gegen die Australierinnen. Im Finale siegten die Niederländerinnen mit 3:1 gegen Argentinien.

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Natural doesn't mean that it is in any way without risks or side effects. Here are 25 plants, fruits, seeds and nuts that can be a health risk to you.
Kale is sort of the holy grail of natural, healthy foods. However, eating too much of it (and let's be honest, kale chips are delicious) can harm your thyroid or cause even more damage to those who already have a thyroid imbalance. Click here.
Bilberry is a fruit sort of like a blueberry, the dried extract of which is used as a all natural remedy for poor circulation and skin problems. However, it can also increase the risk of bleeding similar to warfarin use. Read more.
St. John's Wort, Hypericum perforatum, is a flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae. St. John's Wort is a well known all natural supplement used to treat depression, but it can also cause a whole host of other symptoms like panic attacks, amnesia, vomiting, or dizziness. Source link.
Caffeine may be one of the most popular ways to wake up worldwide, but it also has some pretty upsetting side effects such as an increase in anxiety, blood pressure, worse menopausal symptoms in women, and too much can even kill you. Some people have a sensitivity to caffeine and having any can mean instant migraine. Click here.
Comfrey is a well known herb that helps heal small injuries, such as cuts and burns and helps greatly with inflammation, but taken internally as tea, which some do, it can cause serious liver and sometimes lung damage. Visit here to know more.
Licorice root is a herbal remedy sometimes used to treat bronchitis and viral infections, but it can also raise blood pressure and dangerously deplete potassium, both very bad things for people with high or borderline high blood pressure. Click here.
Never eat potatoes that have turned green as this means they now contain solaine, which is very toxic and can cause everything from an upset stomach to hallucinations and slowed breathing. Know more.
Brazil nuts contain a large amount of selenium, and eating them frequently or in large quantities can lead to selenium poisoning, which can make your nails brittle and your hair fall out. Read more.
Kava Kava is a plant found on the pacific islands, and sometimes it's used as a natural treatment for anxiety. However, kava kava usage can cause liver damage and even death. More detail.
Belladonna, also known as deadly nightshade, is an herb that is sometimes used in homeopathic remedies for a whole host of different symptoms. While homeopathic practitioners claim that belladonna is perfectly safe, it still remains a highly poisonous plant that should not be ingested, particularly by children. Click here.
Ephedra sinica is a bright green plant with small red berries, which was commonly used in drugs to help with weight loss. However, ephedra can also have side effects, such as stroke, heart attack, and sudden death, which is why drugs containing ephedra have been banned in the us since 2004. Just click here.
Bacteria is completely natural and vital to life. Certain kinds of bacteria actually keep us alive, but other strains – like salmonella, e.Coli, and listeria – could seriously harm and possibly kill children or adults quite easily. Source link.
While smoking tobacco is well known to lead to lung or throat cancer, the leaves also contain nicotine which is highly addictive and could kill you in a large enough dose. Read.
Arsenic is an element that occurs naturally and was also a favorite poison of victorian murderesses. Click here.
Agave nectar has become very popular as a white sugar substitute or a vegan alternative to honey, but it has a significantly higher fructose content than even regular sugar, which increases the risk for eventual insulin resistance. Read more.
Soy can disrupt hormone production in several ways, primarily estrogen production and thyroid hormones. The prominent use of soy in nearly everything we consume (nearly all dairy and livestock are fed soybeans) has been linked to a host of medical problems, not the least of which being breast cancer. Click here.
Hemlock is a plant with pretty, small white flowers. Every part of this plant is highly poisonous. Supposedly, hemlock was the poison used to kill socrates. Human exposure is still quite common. Visit here.
Asbestos is technically natural, as it's one of six naturally occurring minerals that are fibrous. The fibers are microscopic and easily inhaled, and when inhaled, stick in the respiratory system and cause a host of issues, not the least of which being cancer. Read more.
Water intoxication is a real thing, and it happens when you drink too much water too quickly, or without replenishing any of your body's electrolytes. This can lead to death. Marathon runners are particularly susceptible to this. Click here.
Castor beans are the beans we get castor oil from. Castor oil is used mainly in beauty products, and the oil itself is completely safe. However, the beans, which you can buy online or grow yourself, contain ricin which is one of the most potent naturally occurring poisons. It's possible that one bean can kill a child. Read more.
Wormwood goes by several names and is most commonly known as an ingredient in absinthe, though some people use it as a treatment for worms. It's been deemed unsafe by the fda because it can also cause vivid hallucinations and kidney failure. Click here.
Mushrooms are all natural, and a lot of them are darn tasty. However, some of them can give you vivid hallucinations, and some of them can kill you in horrible, prolonged ways. Do not eat wild mushrooms unless they've been deemed okay by an expert! To know more.
Formaldehyde is a naturally occurring compound, and it's present in everything from preserved corpses to nail polish. It's also a known carcinogen, which means it can cause cancer. Read more.
Black cohosh is a plant that is often made into a supplement to help women with the symptoms of menopause. It can also damage your liver or cause miscarriage in pregnant women. Click here.
Salt is all natural, and too much of it can cause dehydration and raise your blood pressure dangerously. Read more.
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Greenville, S.C. (April 17, 2014) — Renewable Water Resources (ReWa) was presented the South Carolina Chamber Safety Awards earlier this month to honor their efforts in making workplace safety a priority.
"The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce is proud to have conscientious companies operating in our state. These companies deserve credit for their ongoing commitment to keeping their employees and their workplaces safe," said Otis Rawl, president and chief executive officer of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.
The following ReWa departments received safety awards: Instrumentation, Laboratory, Maintenance Shop, Industrial Pretreatment, Administrative and Engineering Services, as well as seven ReWa water resource recovery facilities.
The Safety Awards are presented annually based on companies achieving a commendable lost workday case rate during the previous calendar year. The SC Chamber of Commerce honors those companies who make workplace safety a priority with an annual luncheon.


Information technology solutions remain a top priority for businesses in 2015, and the purchasing department is no exception. Finance, operations, and sales have long been the domain of efficiency-enhancing software tools and technologies, but purchasing is quickly becoming an area where such solutions can make a difference as well. Industry proponents argue that e-procurement tools that focus on how a company spends its money can go a long way toward increasing the value and raising the profile of the purchasing department, as well as streamlining processes and costs throughout the supply channel.
Indeed, in a 2014 survey of more than 750 executives at multinational companies—more than half of which were purchasing leaders—Ivalua found that eProcurement tools play an increasingly important role in the supply channel by centralizing a company's supplier data and ensuring its reliability. This not only leads to better cost control, but to better decision-making, Noel argues. The use of such tools also helps raise the profile of the purchasing function, he says, and puts them on the road to becoming more of a partner in the overall business. This is especially helpful in organizations looking to outsource more of their manufacturing operations around the world.
Managing the coordination of materials and supplies to new and distant locations not only raises the complexity of the job, but also raises the stakes on issues such as quality and logistics.
"This … puts a lot of the onus on procurement to understand what's going on all over the world," Noel explains.
The advent of cloud computing has helped spur the development of eProcurement tools and spend management systems as well, Noel adds.
Despite the rise in software tools dedicated to the purchasing function, many companies remain unaware of their benefits. Spreadsheets and other home-grown solutions, e-mail, and enterprise-wide programs remain common ways to manage the purchasing function, Noel and others agree. And even for those who have implemented spend-management programs—replacing an Excel spreadsheet with a sourcing tool for example—widespread adoption often leads to larger questions about how to integrate the solutions throughout the organization.
These are good problems for companies like Ivalua, who say they can answer those questions and provide solutions that help reduce costs and create greater visibility into a company's supply channel. As business complexity rises, there's no doubt companies of all sizes will continue to search for ways to simplify their processes as a route to better decision-making. And as the comfort level with accelerating technology improves, those companies are more likely to find a welcome reception to those tools at all levels of the organization.
Global Purchasing Editor Victoria Kickham covers electronics distribution and supply chain issues. She can be reached at [email protected].


Yes, it's true. Raghuram Rajan is very Un-Indian on multiple counts.
First, like Dr. Manmohan Singh before him and unlike every other Governor of the Reserve Bank, Rajan became governor at the "tender", almost youthful age -by Indian metrics- of just fifty years. This is a tribute to his compelling competitiveness for the position. But more importantly, this means he is likely to have a long professional after-life, once he stops being Governor, just like Dr. Singh.
But unlike Dr. Singh, Rajan is keeping his professional options open in case his term is not extended in September 2016. Of course, Rajan is not the first RBI Governor to contemplate an after- life out of public office. I. G. Patel, who also became the fourteenth Governor of the RBI at a relatively young age, went on to head the IIM Ahmedabad and then the London School of Economics. He is also reputed to have declined the offer to become Finance Minister in 1991. But such instances of daring to dream beyond everlasting public office are rare.
Second, Rajan, unlike all his predecessors, did not come to the Governor's office via the serpentine pathways of the extended public sector. Instead, like millions of upwardly mobile, middle class Indians of his generation, he earned his spurs in the US, in academia and then in the International Monetary Fund – where merit means having the capacity to challenge the established status quo with evidenced, sensible and better policy options.
Perturbing the status quo is not a quality held in high regard in the backward looking Delhi Durbar. Here, precedent and incremental change- often mistakenly equated with policy predictability – command a premium. Rajan stands out for his impatience with an India, known perpetually for its potential but with an unendingly, shoddy present. Worse, he speaks out against a financial system, which has traditionally encouraged crony capitalism; been cavalier with the rights of the poor and constrained, rather than freed, India's abundant animal spirits.
Third, Rajan's single minded pursuit of macro-economic stability – read low inflation- in an increasingly uncertain world, marks him out as an outlier. The dominant, albeit convenient, consensus in India, is that we can simply spend our way out of an economic downturn, without feeling the pain of the structural reforms, which underpin sustainable and equitable growth. This is understandable, because inflation doesn't really bother Imperial Delhi, Mercantile Mumbai or Harit Hapur- the triumvirate which moves India.
After all, babu pay and pension is 100% indexed to inflation, so why worry? Inflation doesn't bother corporate India either. It pushes real interest rates into negative territory; reduces the cost of servicing debt and makes fresh borrowing cheap. Nor does inflation bother big farmers. The cereals or sugarcane they produce are sold on a cost plus price fixed by government. Never mind, that inflation is a silent killer – of daily wagers in the unorganised rural and urban sector, who have to eat one roti less, to make do and the lower middle class and the aged, who see their savings go up in smoke.
Fourth, by making available private bank licenses on-tap for eligible entities, Rajan displays completely Un-Indian haste in throwing away executive discretion in favour of transparency. By disciplining banks and forcing them to clean up their balance sheets, Rajan is exceedingly Un-Indian. He hits at the roots of the cozy relationship between politics and corporate money, which dates back to the Freedom Movement.
Lastly, Rajan's ultimate betrayal of Bharatiyata is that he holds a Green Card, which entitles him to permanent residence in the US. Even worse, he wants to hang onto that privilege, if he gets a second term as Governor, post September 2016. Should he not have reciprocated his everlasting gratitude to the nation, on being appointed Governor, by tearing up his Green Card? Certainly, it would have been a grand gesture of his long term commitment to India, had he done so. But in a democracy, contractual obligations are determined by the law, not sentiment.
But most galling is that by hanging onto his Green Card, Rajan displays a very Un-Indian desire to seek a second term, not as an abject supplicant but as a professional, on terms, which are mutually acceptable between him and his employer – the Government of India. Of course this is never-before-seen arrogance, by the standards of the public sector, where applicants must wait cap in hand, for the chance to serve.
The upside, in this otherwise grim tale, is that Rajan's approach is the only way we will ever have a professional, merit based bureaucracy, working in public, rather than narrow political interest. The internationally recognized system of contractual, senior public service appointments, has never found salience in India because politicians fear losing control over a pliant bureaucracy. Contractually appointed professionals, like Rajan, can say no, because they have market based options, outside the public sector.
But, consider also, that the hordes of expatriate Indians who throng Prime Minister Modi's meetings overseas, are similarly Un-Indian, like Rajan, because they value competition and choice above embedded entitlements.
Guess what, 97% of the workforce in the Indian private sector are also Un-Indian, like Rajan, because they have no secure, life-time tenures. They face the test of competitiveness, on a daily basis.
Photo credit: Business standard.com: Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley very much in tune with the future.
In fact, even Finance Minister Arun Jaitley might also be Un-Indian, under his very Indian clothes. After all, he does seem to be quite comfortable with Rajan and birds of a feather flock together. But, then again, perhaps not. After all, Jaitley's Hindi is impeccable, whilst no one has ever heard Rajan speak in Hindi. Field Marshall K. M. Cariappa, India's first commander-in- chief of the army, couldn't speak in Hindi either. When berated by the entho nationalists of his time, he riposted, that he made up for not knowing Hindi by having a dil (heart) which was "ek dum Hindustani". Surely, so is Rajan's and that should be good enough.


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Q: objective-c UINavigationController +UITabbarcontroller This Pickture is black out screen but build success...
My application have UINavigationCOntroller and UITabbarController.
However,secondViewController is black on the display!
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {

 self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
//2 UIViewControllerの生成
FirstViewController *firstViewController = [[FirstViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
SecondViewController *secondViewController = [[SecondViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
NoteFunction *noteFunction = [[NoteFunction alloc]initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];

//3 UINavigationControllerの生成
navigationController1 = [[UINavigationController alloc]initWithRootViewController:firstViewController];
navigationController3 = [[UINavigationController alloc]initWithRootViewController:noteFunction];

//4 NavigationControllerを配列にしてまとめる
navi = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:navigationController1,navigationController3,nil];
//5 tabbarcontrollerの生成
tabBarController = [[UITabBarController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
[tabBarController setViewControllers:navi animated:NO];

self.window.rootViewController = tabBarController;

noteFunction.title = @"ノート";

[window addSubview:tabBarController.view];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;

A: For your requirement,I will give sample coding.This is the exact solution
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
   // Override point for customization after application launch.

   FirstViewController *firstVC = [[FirstViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"FirstViewController" bundle:nil];
   UINavigationController *firstNavVC = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController: firstVC];

   SecondViewController *secondVC = [[SecondViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"SecondViewController" bundle:nil];
   UINavigationController *secondNavVC = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController: secondVC];

   ThirdViewController *thirdVC = [[ThirdViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"ThirdViewController" bundle:nil];
   UINavigationController *thirdNavVC = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController: thirdVC];

   NSMutableArray *tabViewControllers = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
   [tabViewControllers addObject:firstNavVC];
   [tabViewControllers addObject:secondNavVC];
   [tabViewControllers addObject:thirdNavVC];

   firstNavVC.tabBarItem =
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   self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
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   [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
   return YES;

}

A: I have solved this program!
I write this code in "Note Function.h"
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{
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  [self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:NO animated:YES];
  [self.navigationController setToolbarHidden:YES animated:YES];
  self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
  // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from    a nib.}
}

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European pork trade 'unsettled' by Coronavirus outbreak
By Alistair Driver on	 March 19, 2020 Business, News
Coronavirus is unsettling the market for slaughter pigs across Europe due to the closure of borders, a big drop off in food service demand and the cancellation of events.
Citing a report by AMI, an agricultural market information company in Germany, AHDB analyst Duncan Wyatt said: "Many borders are closed, as are restaurants, and major events are cancelled.
"Across Europe, companies slaughtering pigs are therefore extremely cautious. Farmers are trying to market their existing slaughter pigs as quickly as possible, resulting in pressure on prices."
In Italy, in particular, where coronavirus has hit hardest, slaughter companies and meat processors have significantly reduced their production.
"Farmers are finding it hard to market remaining pigs and transportation is sometimes difficult. Price falls are expected. However, the industry is still operating," Mr Wyatt said.
According to Italian farming union, Coldiretti, from a legal point of view, goods are supposed to move normally. There are border checks that can slow down trade, but they are not stopping the free movement of goods, only people.
Another issue Italy is experiencing is with labour. As with many European countries, Italy relies on labour from other countries, meaning the restriction on the movement of people is causing shortages.
"Although the restrictions introduced do not prohibit travel for work reasons, movements allowed into the country have to be accompanied by a self-declaration form. However, there is apparently a strong risk of a labour shortage as increasingly people are refusing to work due to fear of possible infection from other people," Mr Wyatt said.
"Some hauliers are also understandably concerned about the health of their drivers, and the likelihood that they might be quarantined, which can also restrict trade."
Although there are some difficulties, at the moment feed companies are ensuring necessary supplies to farmers to safeguard the health and welfare of their animals, and to maintain the production level on farms.
However, signs of difficulty in the handling of goods, both raw materials and finished products, are beginning to appear, Mr Wyatt added.
A general fund of 25 billion euros has been outlined in Italy for the upcoming months, but there are not sector specific details. At the moment, the only measures seem to be the suspension of deadlines for compliance, payment of taxes and social security, and welfare contributions.
Alistair Driver


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Grocery workers and union members protest outside a North Long Beach Food 4 Less for increased safety measures and hazard pay. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
Dec 16 2020 8:04 am
Council moves toward mandating $4 an hour 'hero pay' boost for grocery workers
Jason Ruiz
Long Beach grocery workers could soon be in line for a raise after the City Council voted Tuesday night to draft an emergency ordinance reinstitution hazard pay that could result in $4 per hour increases.
As the pandemic begin to hit the region in late March many grocery retailers began giving so-called "hero pay" with employees receiving $2 extra or more per hour because of their increased risk of exposure to the coronavirus, but many phased out this practice as the number of COVID-19 cases began to subside in the summer.
With coronavirus cases once again surging, Councilwoman Mary Zendejas requested that the city step in and draft an ordinance mandating the increased pay.
"This is something that I firmly believe in and—as a matter of equity and fairness—it's a way as a City Council that we can do a lot of good on behalf of our residents," Zendejas said.
If the council adopts the ordinance after it's drafted in the coming weeks, the new rule would cover all hourly workers at grocery stores and could last for at least 120 days. At that point, the ordinance could come back to the council for a possible extension.
An amendment requested by Vice Mayor Rex Richardson limited the impact of the ordinance to larger companies with more than 300 employees nationally.
"I think our intent here is to treat the large publicly traded larger chain grocers differently than the small businesses that are having a difficult time just keeping up with PPE [personal protective equipment] and things like that," Richardson said.
When large corporations don't step up to provide hazard pay for grocery workers, we will step in and protect these heroes. Thank you to the Long Beach City Council for adopting the emergency $4 hazard pay for grocery workers. I'm going to sign the law as soon as it hits my desk.
— Robert Garcia (@RobertGarcia) December 16, 2020
Mayor Robert Garcia has already expressed his intent to sign the ordinance into law if the council passes it.
"Our grocery workers are on the front line. They're working hard and it's been a honor and a pleasure to know many of them, watching them work nonstop to make sure that folks across our city continue to have access to food," Garcia said. "I was happy when they were receiving hero pay earlier in the pandemic and they should be receiving it now as well."
The ordinance would go into effect immediately once it gets final approval, but it's unclear when exactly that could be. Tuesday's meeting was the last scheduled City Council meeting until Jan. 5.
Several grocery workers also voiced their support for the ordinance during the meeting Tuesday, and they alleged their employers have put them at risk during the pandemic. They said proper protections have not been installed at their job and that workers have been forced to stay home unpaid when exhibiting symptoms of being sick.
Elizabeth Leon, a Long Beach resident who said she has worked for five years in the grocery business, was moved to tears while trying to share her account of being a frontline worker during the pandemic.
"I am stressed out, physically and mentally drained, and I go to work every day with the question in mind, 'Is today the day?'" Leon said. "Is today the day that I get infected with COVID? Is today the day that I give it to my kids?"
No council member or public speaker voiced any opposition to the ordinance Tuesday night.
The limited time window for the hero pay means it could be phased out as essential workers get the new coronavirus vaccine—something health experts are hopeful may happen by the spring.
The shots have begun to arrive in the Los Angeles area, and Long Beach is expected to receive several thousand by the end of the month.
Although health care workers and vulnerable populations like those living at long-term care facilities are ahead of other essential workers in line to get the vaccine, grocery workers could come soon—along with groups like public safety employees, teachers and public transit workers, Garcia said earlier this month.
Zendejas acknowledged the possibility that the vaccine could alleviate the threat that faces grocery workers but did not eliminate the possibility that this ordinance could be extended past the stated window of 120 days.
Jason Ruiz has been covering City Hall for the Post for nearly a decade. A Long Beach resident, Ruiz graduated from Cal State Long Beach with a degree in journalism. He and his wife Kristina and, most importantly, their dog Mango, live in Long Beach. He is a particularly avid fan of the Dallas Cowboys and the UCLA Bruins, which is why he sometimes comes to work after the weekend in a grumpy mood.


Imagine a Pakistan Super League match taking place in the picture-perfect confines of the Swat valley. Nobody could have even thought about it in the not too distant past when army tanks were shelling at enemy shelters from the various open spaces in Swat including sports grounds. But ask Javed Afridi, one of the most dynamic figures in the PSL, and he will tell you that having PSL matches in places like Swat and Swabi are very much a possibility.
"Prime Minister Imran Khan has recently announced that in 2020 the entire PSL will be held in Pakistan. Pakistan doesn't mean just Karachi and Lahore. It means each and every city in our country. Personally, it's my dream to have matches in places like Swat, too, so the world can also see the majestic beauty of Pakistan," Javed told me in an interview, just hours before his team – Peshawar Zalmi – was supposed to meet defending champions Islamabad United in the final Eliminator of PSL 4 at Karachi's iconic National Stadium last Friday night.
Since joining the PSL four years ago as owner of Peshawar Zalmi, Javed has initiated several projects with the primary aim of projecting Pakistan's positive image abroad. He instantly developed great rapport with his team's foreign players something which was evident back in 2017 when Peshawar was the only team whose foreign players had no qualms about visiting Pakistan for the final even as overseas stars from other teams refused to do so.
Two years later, Javed is at the forefront of a campaign aimed at staging the entire edition of PSL on Pakistani soil.
The inaugural edition of the PSL, held in 2016, took place in the UAE from start to finish. In 2017, the event's organisers managed to hold the final in Lahore. Unfortunately, most of the stars of Quetta Gladiators refused to travel to Lahore and the outcome was a one-sided win for Peshawar in the final. Last year, there were a few games in Pakistan including the final in Karachi. There was a better participation of foreign players. Both the number of games and overseas participation grew this year with Karachi hosting the final phase of the season including Sunday night's grand finale.
If the entire edition of PSL 2020 does take place in Pakistan then it will be a major milestone for the league that has evolved into a major brand during the last four years.
Not everybody thinks like that. The previous owners of Multan Sultans closed shop after just one edition. A few other franchise owners are always complaining about the financial losses they have incurred. But Javed has a different viewpoint.
Javed and other ardent PSL supporters believe that the league's true potential will be materialised once it comes to Pakistan fully and permanently.
In India, IPL matches are held in every nook and corner of the country attracting packed crowds for almost every game. Unfortunately, that hasn't happened as far as the best part of the four PSL editions is concerned. Most of the PSL matches have been played in front of an empty Dubai Stadium. In the UAE, only the games in Sharjah attracted decent crowds. The ongoing edition of PSL really came to life once it moved home for the final phase of the season.
I've talked to many other PSL stakeholders and some of them believe that even if all the matches of the league are held in Pakistan, it might not be possible for the organisers to fill the stadiums for all the games. Some fear that not many fans would come to see matches on weekdays.
Another stumbling block in the way of a successful PSL season in Pakistan could come in the form of low turnout of foreign stars. Overseas players were the primary reason why the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was forced to initiate the league in the UAE.
Will they be willing to spend five weeks in Pakistan for a full PSL season?
Javed believes that it is certainly possible if they are made an offer they can't refuse.
"If I ask my (foreign) players today for their commitment to play a full season in Pakistan next year, they will not hesitate in doing that. I remember asking Darren (Sammy) back in 2017 about travelling to Pakistan and he said yes. Not just that, he helped us in roping in other players as well.


Date : 8th June 2015.
GOLD EDGING CLOSER TO A SUPPORT.
Ever since the US dollar started move strongly higher last year most analysts have predicted Gold would considerably lower in USD terms. This however has not taken place and the price of Gold has been moving sideways since November last year. This has been a clear sign of relative strength and suggests that there have been underlying demand factors supporting this market. However, price action in Gold since the US Dollar index (DXY) started topping has not supported the Relative Strength idea. A market that has true relative strength bounces sharply higher when factors constraining its move higher are removed. As soon DXY started to move lower the price of Gold should have rallied strongly and moved beyond the resistances at 1250 and 1300. Instead Gold rallied only 7.3% from March low to May high and is currently trading only 2.17% above the March low. The more dovish stance taken by the Fed Chief Yellen has not been to move the price of Gold higher and suggests that market participants still believe the Fed is not too far from starting tightening on its interest rate policy. Historically the price of Gold not performed brilliantly during the seasons of DXY strength. Another important reason for investors being careful with this market is that the huge rally between 2001 and 2011 that multiplied the value of yellow metal by a factor of 7.5 and sent it to extreme levels that weren't sustainable. It is common that a market that experiences an extreme rally will correct strongly and be out of favour for a period of time. This has for instance happened with tech stocks (Nasdaq) and Hong Kong listed Chinese stocks (Hang Seng ).
Gold is now trading between a daily resistance at 1179.90 and 1168.40 after penetrating the support on intraday basis on Friday. The 23.6% Fibonacci level coincides with the 1179.90 resistance. This suggests further weakness before price can turn around and is in line with the current down trend that has been in force since the May high. I look Gold to consolidate and turn between Friday's low of 1162.60 and March low of 1141.70.
The short term picture (daily and 4h) is suggesting that price not far from levels it could stage a rally from. However, there are resistance levels above current price which should lead to a down move that would take the price of Gold to levels below Friday's low. I am expecting it to attract buyers above 1141.70 and attempt a turn around.


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The Afghan cricket team toured Kenya from 2–11 October 2010. The tour consisted of one Intercontinental Cup Match and three One Day Internationals (ODIs).

Intercontinental Cup Match

ODI series

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2010 in Afghan cricket
2010 in Kenyan cricket
Afghan cricket tours of Kenya
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Breton National Wildlife Refuge
Breton National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is the second oldest reserve in the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Refuge was established in 1904, in southeastern Louisiana on the Breton Islands and Chandeleur Islands. Because the Refuge is located in the Gulf of Mexico, it is only accessible by boat.
During the early 1900s, President Theodore Roosevelt learned that birds and their eggs on Breton and Chandeleur Islands were being destroyed and over-harvested. This information led Roosevelt to create the Breton Island Reservation to protect these birds and other species and give them a safe home and breeding grounds. In 1915, Roosevelt visited the islands after his presidency had ended, and it was the only refuge he ever went to. In 1938, the name of the reserve was changed to the Breton National Wildlife Refuge.
Breton and Chandeleur Islands have been home to many things over the years, such as a lighthouse station (destroyed during Hurricane Katrina), a small fishing village, a quarantine station, and an oil production facility. In 1915, a settlement consisting of a school and several families was located on the island. The settlement was evacuated prior to a hurricane that year and was subsequently destroyed, never being rebuilt. All the manmade structures were eventually destroyed by nature, and the islands are only home to the birds now. The Breton Wildlife Refuge is a favorite place of birdwatchers, artists, and fisherman.
Breton Island is part of the Plaquemines Parish, and the Chandeleur Islands are part of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. Remnants of the former St. Bernard Delta, which was active about 2,000 years ago, make up the barrier islands of the Refuge. The islands are constantly changing shape and size due to the wind, tides, and tropical storms. The elevations of the NWR range from sea level to 19 ft above mean sea level. Early literature says that the Breton and Chandeleur Islands had lots of trees and even higher elevation than what exists today.
On January 3, 1975, all of the federally owned lands in Breton NWR, with the exception of North Breton Island, became part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. North Breton Island was excluded from the system due to the fact that an oil facility was located there. According to the Clean Air Act, the Breton Wilderness Refuge is listed as a Class I Prevention of Significant Deterioration Area.
The Refuge is home to colonies of wading birds, seabirds, wintering shorebirds, and waterfowl. There are 23 species of seabirds and shorebirds that frequently visit the Refuge, and another 13 species nesting on various islands. You can expect to find nesting birds such as laughing gulls, Sandwich terns, and brown pelicans, among others.
During June 2005, Tropical Storm Arlene moved through the Gulf of Mexico and washed over the islands. Many of the juvenile pelicans were unable to escape the storm, and many eggs were left in their nests. An oil spill also washed directly into the nesting areas, and many of the pelicans became covered in oil. While some of the pelicans were rescued, nursed back to health, and later returned to the island, there were many more that did not survive.
Now, the wildlife seems to be recovering, with more than 2,000 brown pelican nests being reported on the Refuge in 2007.
Learn More about the Chandeleur Islands


I've gone and proven myself a slacker with the last update.
So an interesting and outdated piece of news, ACR v1.87 was released back in July!
And in more-recent news, ACR v1.88 is officially released!
This update is primarily fixes, with attention given to many modules that have historically been thorns in our sides-- turn undead, combat expertise, trade scrolls, and invisibility have all gotten a little bit less painful to deal with, while (Greater) Magic Weapon is a little bit friendlier to archers and unarmed combatants. We've also added a few more spells, including Dimensional Anchor, to provide the most-available canonical way to prevent spells like Teleport or Dimension Door.
We've also seen ALFA's combat AI finally into a usable state-- though it hasn't yet entirely conquered the previous system, modules can now opt in with specific creatures to allow them to use the new combat logic, and we officially have monsters-- the zSpawn shadows-- who use it by default.
Today, we're rolling out the latest version of the ALFA Core Rules. This set of changes is pretty significant, so players can expect a sizable download the first time they log into an updated server. We have the full change log in our technical documentation, as always, here.
Major thanks to the tech team for helping us get this together: Basilica, Paazin, FoamBats, and Ronan.
Automated Crafting -- Players who have the Scribe Scroll, Brew Potion, and Craft Wand will be able to craft items according to the rules set down by ALFA's DM team. Similarly, players with other crafting feats will be able to run crafting projects for permanent items with DM oversight (but only with DM oversight).
Swimming -- Players who enter water will find that some of them-- specified by builders-- will require the players to swim. It comes with animations and responds appropriately to the swim skill, and includes drowning: be careful, and don't swim until you've put your tower shield away and given your lunch a chance to settle.
Player Report -- DMs who open the player list (by pressing P) will notice that the old player-facing report has been replaced with something much more useful to DMs. On the report is easy access to the server's wealth, a rough glance at players' alignments, faiths, and character classes, and an idea of who is partied with who. The reports are fairly powerful, and DMs who wish to get the most out of them should read the release notes for details.
Today, we release the latest version of the ALFA Core Rules. This update includes the medley of updates and fixes we typically include in a rollout, and headlines significant improvements to our ability to have servers communicate with each other and for players to communicate across server and medium boundaries.
The ALFA IRC Bot (which maintains a presence in #alfa-players) now responds to a !page command, which allows one-way messages to be sent to players in game-- just in case you need to get a hold of someone who typically plays in full screen. It's limited to 256 characters, and not meant to hold any significant information, but can get a person's attention. The Bot now also responds to !seen, and will respond with the last time that a given player was logged in, and which server the player was on.
In addition, it is now possible to send tells to players on other ALFA servers. Players will notice a revised chat select GUI window, which now divides itself into two panes (one for DMs and one for players), which can expand to four panes (local players, local DMs, remote players, remote DMs) on demand. The expected interaction is the same as before: clicking on the person you wish to send a tell to will stage your chat entry box with the needed text, or you can type #t "Character Name" at the beginning of a message to send a tell to that character.
Thanks and accolades go to Basilica for building the structure that these systems use, and for getting our new ALFA IRC Bot more than up to snuff-- bringing in functionality that we've simply never seen before.
One with eyes on the horizon would note the coming implementation of automated pen-and-paper style consumable crafting, currently expected to be in ACR v1.86.
Recently, we've seen more activity and larger numbers on our servers, enough so that it has been the cause of speculation as to why, how, or how severe it all is. Fortunately, ALFA has always kept solid data on its activity, though it has until recently been relatively disorganized in its appearance. Roughly a year ago, Hialmar produced scripts that would read our database to determine overall player and DM activity, track application numbers, and try to keep up with ALFA's overall health.
Most recently, those scripts have been bent toward looking at ALFA's history, to see how active we've been in the past, and how things in our history have affected our progress and growth, and it has produced some interesting statistics: namely, ALFA today is more active than ALFA has ever been. There are simply more people logged on more often than before: even in those first bustling days of ALFA2.
And so I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who contributes effort and creativity to our shared project and makes it a more appealing place to play.
Hello and welcome to hopefully the first of many ALFA Monthly Updates! In these updates over the next few months hopefully we'll offer a short insight a month in ALFA, with a small window in game, as well as a server, DM or member spotlight!
If there is anything you'd like to see in these, as they are very much a work in progress, please do give me a yell in chat or shoot me a PM over the forums.
The Moonwood of the Silver Marches was a dangerous place in the best of times; but with a resurgence in Malarite activity the trio of adventurers knew that great risk lie ahead of them. At first the trek was uneventful, wild animals their only accompaniment. As they ventured deeper into the Moonwood however, the air became thick, the shadows long, and even the cries of birds seemed to fade into a troubling silence. One of the elves lifted his hand, then raised four fingers to indicate he had spotted trouble; the other elf and the gnome made ready for a fight. Spells flew and blades flashed against a vicious assault of claws and teeth as the trio fought against lycanthropes and their allies, the sounds of battle disrupting the silence of the forest. The group fought hard, straining themselves as they faced even more resistance the further into the Moonwood they went, squaring off with a dozen foes at once from bugbears to massive wyverns, until finally there was silence again. The trio stood there amidst the carnage, bloody and battered but alive. And slowly the normal sounds of the forest returned, this darkness having been expunged if only temporarily.
The DMs of Alfa have been working very hard across all our servers but we would like to spotlight just one this month, and that DM is Cloud_Dancing. She is a DM on the Moonshaes server and has been working very hard these past few months.
Cloud has been DMing for Alfa for some time now but in the last few months she has ran a very in depth campaign on the Moonshaes that many players characters traveled across servers to be a part of. Cloud is known to be a very intensive story telling DM, of course she includes dungeon crawls and adventure (this is DnD after all), but she believes that a story should always be associated with what the PCs are doing and that there is room for roleplay in anything the DM sets up. One part of the campaign involved a doppelganger posing as people these PCs had contact with causing them to do things they would not normally do or be asked to do. This caused a lot of questioning and struggle for the PCs to find out who they were dealing with, exactly who was doing what, and why. This is only a small part of the campaign but one that surely shows the in depth story Cloud is willing and able to set up for her players.
She is known for not only her DM story telling but also helping her players tell their PC's individual stories. Talking to her players involved in these quests really helped in understanding just how much work Cloud puts into her DMing. Along with the great story intense DMing Cloud is a wonderful builder and has added a lot of new content to the Moonshaes.
We are lucky to have her on our DM staff and honored to spotlight her this month for her great work. If you have not had the great chance to be DMed by Cloud_Dancing please head on over to the Moonshaes sever as soon as possible.
Today ALFA moved to it's long-anticipated 1.81 haks, fixing many old bugs, and adding exciting new content.
Kemo's Chair system is IN - This has been long requested by players and builders alike. May be a bit before we see full implementation on the servers, but the infrastructure is now in place for fully sittable objects of all sorts, for all races.
ALFA's adaption of the DMFI Languages: Scripted language speech can now be performed using the main chatbar, allowing mych longer phrases and less need to juggle the cursor between windows. The old DMFI method still works, but the new method is accessed by prefacing lines with @dwa for dwarven, for example, or by setitng a "default" language via new button over by the Whisper Party / Shout / DM speak buttons (look for the "@"). This should make use of the scripted language system far easier than before for players and DMs alike.
DM creature customizer: A tremendously powerful new GUI-based tool that allows DMs to create, customize, and level up NPCs on the fly while in-game with the DM client. This should add great flexibility to adhoc DMing, and help facilitate the use of NPCs that are both more memorable and distinctive, and better tuned challenge-wise. This was the culmination of a great deal of work, primarily by Zelknolf.
Infrastructure Improvements: Thanks to some clever coding and work by Ronan and Basilica, we have improved on the ways in which the servers handle sending information to the central persistency server, especially during combat. This should result in noticeable less stalling during battle, particularly at the moment of a creature death, while partied with other PCs.
Panther Wildshape: Now available to druids for use in ALFA.
Barkskin: no longer changes the appearance of your PC, in line with the nature of the spell (skin becomes as strong as bark, you don't actually turn your skin into bark).
Glass Doppleganger: removed due to major bugs- any PCs who have it already get a free scroll of equal level to replace it.
Again, tremendous thanks are due to all three members of the Tech Team. To Zelknolf, for turning out both the Language and DM Customizer systems in the space of a single update; extremely impressive work. To Ronan, who started us on our NWN2 course, and wrote a lot of the core code we've used all through the NWN2-ALFA phase; it's been great to have him back and reengaged in Tech work, as well as DMing and Playing. Finally, a big thanks to Basilica, who has made unprecedented contributions for a new(ish) member, and rapidly become an indispensible part of our ALFA family; most recently stepping up and hosting TSM on extremely short notice.
This update makes me very excited about the future of ALFA, technically speaking. Excellent work, everyone!


Here there is a sneak peak of what is going to be my first full article for Scrapbook Inspirations, my favorite UK scrapbooking magazine for a very long time. I am really excited about it.
The title makes reference of the admiration that I feel for so many people. A person I admire (Anam) does this sneak peaks, I know that she is not the only one, many more do this. But it is her that has inspired me to do this today. Also another one who thats this quite often is Jane . And from here I started thinking on how sometimes I admire people in aspects of their lifes.
Let me explain. There are a few (all right, maybe not that few) people that I admire completely. My sister for one. I admire almost everything she does or she says. She is intelligent, with a great caracter, an sweet innocence and a charming personality. I alwyas think that whe I grow up I want to be like her. Or her.
But then, I admire people I barely know, and because I barely know them I can only admire one side of them, the one I know. People I have work with, people I have shared laughs and tears, people I have had coffee with, people whose skills I have seen on the internet.
The world is full of people who deserve admiration.


How the Wizard Came to Oz Donald Abbott (Books of Wonder 0-929605-15-2, 1991 [May '92], $9.95, 109pp, tp, cover by Donald Abbott) [Oz] Children's fantasy novel, a prequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with illustrations by the author in the style of W.W. Denslow. A signed, numbered, 350-copy limited hardcover edition (-16-0, $29.95) was announced but not seen. This is a 1991 book not seen until now. Available from Books of Wonder, 132 7th Ave., New York NY 10011, 800-835-43415.
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Edwin A. Abbott (Dover 0-486-27263-X, Oct '92 [Nov '92], $1.00, 83pp, tp, cover by Paul E. Kennedy) [Flatland] Reprint (Seeley & Co. 1884 as by A Square) classic mathematical science fantasy short novel with an introduction by Banesh Hoffmann. A Dover Thrift edition.
Flatland Edwin Abbott Abbott (Princeton University Press 0-691-02525-8, Apr '91 [Apr '92], $7.95, 103pp, tp, cover by Brad Gianulis) [Flatland] Reprint (Seeley & Co. 1884 as Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by A Square) classic mathematical science fantasy novel with a new introduction by Thomas Banchoff. Available from Princeton University Press, 3175 Princeton Pike, Lawrenceville NJ 08648.
Deepcore 2: Boomer Down James B. Adair (Berkley 0-425-13180-7, Feb '92 [Jan '92], $4.50, 247pp, pb) [Deepcore] Sf technothriller of an undersea weapons facility out to stop a Third World dictator from getting his hands on a crippled British sub, second book of a series.
Mostly Harmless Douglas Adams (Crown 0-517-57740-2, Nov '92, $20.00, 277pp, hc, cover by Peter Cross) [Hitchhiker] Humorous sf novel, the fifth volume of the "Hitchhiker Trilogy". First American edition (Heinemann 1992).
Ghost Brother C. S. Adler (Avon Camelot 0-380-71386-1, Sep '92 [Aug '92], $3.50, 135pp, tp) Reprint (Clarion 1990) young-adult fantasy novel about a boy haunted by the ghost of his brother.
Suisan Phyllis Carol Agins (Baen 0-671-72112-7, Mar '92 [Feb '92], $4.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Fairy tale fantasy, a retelling of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves". A first novel.
The Survivalist #23: Call To Battle Jerry Ahern (Zebra 0-8217-3698-1, Mar '92 [Feb '92], $3.50, 253pp, pb) [Survivalist] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel in the ongoing series.
The Survivalist #24: Blood Assassins Jerry Ahern (Zebra 0-8217-3909-3, Sep '92, $3.50, 384pp, pb) [Survivalist] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel in the ongoing series.
A Foot in the Grave Joan Aiken & Jan Pienkowski (Viking 0-670-84169-2, Feb '92 [Mar '92], $15.95, 128pp, hc, cover by Jan Pienkowski) Collection of eight stories by Aiken written around fantastic paintings by Pienkowski. First American edition (Cape 1989).
Ordeal of the Seventh Carrier Peter Albano (Zebra 0-8217-3932-8, Oct '92 [Sep '92], $3.99, 384pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Sf/military adventure novel, fifth book of a future war series featuring a WWII Japanese supercarrier thawed out of Arctic ice.
Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist Kathleen J. Alcalá (Calyx Books 0-934971-25-0, May '92, $9.95, 170pp, tp, cover by Alfredo Arreguin) Collection of 14 fantasy/magic realism stories, six apparently original, with a preface by the author.
Dracula Unbound Brian Aldiss (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-109946-5, May '92 [Apr '92], $4.50, 275pp, pb, cover by Herman Estevez) [Dracula] Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) time-travel sf novel. An inventor joins Bram Stoker on a quest to prevent a future Earth from being overrun by vampires.
Helliconia Spring Brian Aldiss (Macmillan Collier Nucleus 0-02-016090-9, Aug '92 [Jul '92], $12.00, 361pp, tp, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Helliconia] Reprint (Atheneum; Cape 1982) sf novel, first book of the "Helliconia" series.
Helliconia Summer Brian Aldiss (Macmillan/Collier Nucleus 0-02-016091-7, Nov '92 [Oct '92], $10.00, 398pp, tp, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Helliconia] Reprint (Cape; Atheneum 1983) sf novel, second book of the "Helliconia" trilogy.
The Emancipator, Book II: The Emperor of Everything Ray Aldridge (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29491-1, Feb '92 [Jan '92], $4.50, 278pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Emancipator] Sf novel, second book of a series set on a planet used by an interstellar corporation as a breeding ground for slave labor.
The Emancipator, Book III: The Orpheus Machine Ray Aldridge (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29119-X, Sep '92 [Aug '92], $4.99, 335pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Emancipator] Sf novel, third book of a series set on a planet used by an interstellar corporation as a breeding ground for slave labor.
The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man Lloyd Alexander (Dell Yearling 0-440-40580-7, Feb '92 [Jan '92], $3.50, 107pp, tp) Reprint (Dutton 1973) young-adult fantasy novel of a magician's cat's adventures in human form.
The Philadelphia Adventure Lloyd Alexander (Dell Yearling 0-440-40605-6, Apr '92 [Mar '92], $3.50, 150pp, tp, cover by Michael Conway) [Vesper Holly] Reprint (Dutton 1990) young-adult alternate-world Victorian adventure novel, fifth book of the "Vesper Holly" series.
Souls Katina Alexis (Pocket 0-671-67626-1, Feb '92 [Jan '92], $4.99, 300pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) Horror novel of a woman menaced by someone determined to steal her soul.
The Modular Man Roger MacBride Allen (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29559-4, Jun '92 [May '92], $4.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Sf novel exploring the possibilities of machine intelligence, fourth book of "The Next Wave", a series of unrelated hard sf novels, with an essay by Isaac Asimov. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
The Modular Man Roger MacBride Allen (SFBC #02278, Oct '92, $7.98, 306pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novel exploring the possibilities of machine intelligence, fourth book of "The Next Wave", a series of unrelated hard sf novels, with an essay by Isaac Asimov. Similar to the Bantam Spectra paperback edition except it is hardbound, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back. First hardcover edition.
The Reluctant Ghost Sheila Rosalynd Allen (Diamond 1-55773-803-3, Oct '92 [Nov '92], $3.99, 193pp, pb) [Lovers of Steadford Abbey] Reprint (Walker 1989) Regency romance with a real ghost, first book of the "Lovers of Steadford Abbey" series.
Time's Arrow Martin Amis (BOMC/QPBC, Aug '92, $9.95, 160pp, tp, cover by Chip Kidd) Reprint (Cape 1991) literary fantasy novel. Similar to the 1991 Crown Harmony edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the jacket printed as the soft cover.
Time's Arrow Martin Amis (Random House/Vintage 0-679-73572-0, Nov '92 [Oct '92], $10.00, 165pp, tp, cover by Drew Roth) Reprint (Cape 1991) literary fantasy novel.
Buried Screams C. Dean Andersson (Zebra 0-8217-3723-6, Apr '92 [Mar '92], $4.50, 318pp, pb) Horror novel of a town where a shaft to hell opens in the cemetery.
The Armies of Elfland Poul Anderson (Tor 0-812-51919-1, May '92 [Apr '92], $3.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Dieter Rottermund) Collection of eight fantasy stories, one co-written with Karen Anderson. With a foreword by the author.
Flandry Poul Anderson (Baen 0-671-72149-6, Jan '93 [Dec '92], $4.99, 392pp, pb, cover by Larry Schwinger) [Dominic Flandry] Omnibus edition of two Flandry novels, A Circus of Hells (Signet 1970) and The Rebel Worlds (Signet 1969).
Maurai & Kith Poul Anderson (Tor 0-812-51397-5, Sep '92 [Aug '92], $3.99, 239pp, pb, cover by Dieter Rottermund) Reissue (Tor 1982) collection of five sf stories; second printing.
Midnight Whispers V. C. Andrews™ (Pocket 0-671-69516-9, Nov '92 [Oct '92], $5.99, 440pp, pb, cover by Myles Sprinzen) [Cutler Family] Fourth gothic horror thriller in the "Cutler Family" series. Dawn's daughter, Christie Longchamp, discovers the truth of her family legacy. A hardcover edition (-69517-7, $22.00) is also available. This was actually written by Andrew Neiderman, whose name appears nowhere on the book.
Twilight's Child V. C. Andrews™ (Pocket 0-671-69514-2, Feb '92 [Jan '92], $5.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Richard Newton) [Cutler Family] Non-fantasy horror novel, third book of the "Cutler" series. This book includes an apologia from Andrews' family, explaining that the book was not written by her, and authorship is now attributed to V.C. Andrews(TM) (in England it's The New Virginia Andrews(TM)). Andrew Neiderman's name still does not appear anywhere.
Bewitching Love Stories ed. Anon. (Avon 0-380-76832-1, Sep '92 [Aug '92], $4.99, 420pp, pb) Original anthology of four romance novellas of relationships between witches and mortals.
DragonLance: The Cataclysm ed. Anon. (TSR 1-56076-430-9, Jul '92, $4.95, 343pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance] Original anthology of 11 fantasy novelizations based on the "DragonLance" role-playing game, second book of the "Tales II" trilogy. Introduction by Weis & Hickman.
DragonLance: The Reign of Istar ed. Anon. (TSR 1-56076-326-4, Apr '92 [Mar '92], $4.95, 342pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance] Original anthology of seven stories and six poems based on the "DragonLance" role-playing game, with an introduction by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. First book of the "Tales II" trilogy.
DragonLance: The War of the Lance ed. Anon. (TSR 1-56076-431-7, Nov '92, $4.95, 353pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance] Original anthology of ten short fantasy novelizations and one poem based on the "DragonLance" game, third book of the "Tales II" trilogy.
Frankenstein/Dracula/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ed. Anon. (Penguin/Signet 0-451-52363-6, Oct '92, $5.95, 211/381/70pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1978) omnibus of three classic horror novels with an introduction by Stephen King; ninth printing.
Full-Moon Magic ed. Anon. (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17457-7, Sep '92 [Aug '92], $4.99, 365pp, pb) Original anthology of five romance novellas with supernatural elements.
Kill Shot/Cuttings Robert Zasuly & Pamela J. Jessen (Roadkill Press, Apr '92 [May '92], $5.00, 25/11pp, ph, cover by Melissa Sherman) Anthology of two horror stories printed back to back a la the Ace Doubles. Illustrations by Melissa Sherman. Available through Roadkill Press, Little Bookshop of Horrors, 10380 Ralston Rd., Arvada CO 80004. Include $1.00 for postage.
The Magic of Christmas ed. Anon. (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45190-2, Nov '92 [Oct '92], $4.99, 221pp, pb) Anthology of seven holiday fantasy stories, five original and two reprint. The anonymous editors are John Silbersack and Christopher Schelling.
The 1992 Rhysling Anthology ed. Anon. (Science Fiction Poetry Association/Figment Press, Aug '92, 45pp+, pg) Anthology of sf poems nominated for the 1992 Rhysling Awards.
Silhouette Shadows ed. Anon. (Silhouette 0-373-48246-9, Oct '92 [Sep '92], $4.99, 380pp, pb) Original anthology of three gothic/witchcraft/romantic suspense novellas.
The Undesired Princess & The Enchanted Bunny ed. Anon. (Baen 0-671-69875-3, Jul '92, $4.99, 263pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reissue (Baen 1990) fantasy anthology of novellas be L. Sprague de Camp and David Drake; second printing.
Alien Plot Piers Anthony (Tor 0-312-85394-7, Oct '92 [Sep '92], $18.95, 255pp, hc, cover by Erin McKee) Collection of 18 stories.
123 · Imp to Nymph · ss Southern Fantasy, ed. Ron & Val Lakey Lindahn, Nashville World Fantasy Convention, 1987; first English publication, originally published as "Vom Kobold zur Nymphe" in Goldmann Fantasy Foliant I, 1983.


Here at Hotel Kilmore we are delighted to offer our guests an option to upgrage to one of our Superior Suites. We can offer our Prema Suite which boasts a Stunning Four Poster Bed, 32 inch flat screen TV, Jacuzzi Bath and power shower. Alternatively we have 2 Victorian style Suites which also feature 32 inch flat screen Tv's, ensuite with bath and power shower. We also have 2 modern Superior Suites which are large modern rooms featuring extra spacuious ensuites, as seen in our gallery. All Superior Suites are bright and extra spacious ensuring your stay is a relaxed and peaceful one. Whether your stay is for pleasure or business we trust you will enjoy your break with us. All superior suites have complimentary bottled water and complimentary newspapers are available on request. We also offer a 24 hour room service option to add to your comfort.
All our guests can avail of our complimentary private car park within the Hotel grounds.


Hi loves! Its end of October and that means, its time to share my monthly favorites with you all. The items mentioned in the video are listed down below with links to the review, if there is.
I actually haven't tried any of the products before, but I have heard a few good things about them in the past.
Thanks for sharing! I hadn't heard of all of these products so appreciate the introduction!


Chapman's rhododendron has a very limited distribution. It is endemic to Florida and is vouchered only in the flatwoods of Clay County in the central panhandle and in Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Calhoun, Gulf and Franklin Counties in the northern panhandle (Wunderlin, 2011). It is listed as endangered in the state and in the US.