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The mythical status that has been afforded the Rolling Stones' landmark 1972 album Exile On Main Street over the years may be the stuff of legend. But it is also one of those strange sort of things that really comes down to a matter of personal taste.
Is it a great album? Without question. As to whether or not it is the Stones' single greatest achievement as a band — well, that is a matter left far more open to debate (my own vote there would probably go to 1969's Let it Bleed).
But whatever your opinion might be, there is little doubt that the recording of Exile is one of those great rock and roll stories that has continued to gather legend throughout the years, much like the proverbial moss said to grow on a Rolling Stone itself.
What has become clear over the years is that it is a miracle that Exile On Main Street even got made at all, given the ensuing chaos surrounding its creation.
Recorded as it was over a summer-long orgy of crazy drugs, decadence, and unprecedented rock and roll debauchery at the Villa Nellcote mansion rented out by British rock and roll tax exiles (hence, the album title) Keith Richards and then-girlfriend Anita Pallenberg, the stories behind the making of Exile have long since gone on to become some of the most legendary tales of rock and roll excess ever recorded.
As a singular document, Robert Greenfield's bookprobably remains the best historical marker — replete as it is with its intricate details of all the sex, drugs and rock and roll that surrounded the making of this landmark album. Eagle Rock's sixty-minute documentary film Stones In Exile is more like a quicker, more sanitized version of these events.
To its credit, Stones In Exile does contain a surprising amount of actual footage from those heady days at Villa Nellcote. But it also leaves out many of those more juicier details that anyone familiar with the story already knows to be fact.
Despite the promise of including scenes from the legendarily lurid Cocksucker Blues film, whatever footage from that account that does show up here, is pretty tame stuff. You wont find any hypodermic needles hanging from Keith's arms here.
That said, the vintage footage from the actual recording sessions captured here is priceless stuff, and does provide an accurate picture of the controlled chaos surrounding all that was involved in what went on to become this classic rock and roll record.
This film puts you right there in that basement at Villa Nellcotte, as the horn players jockeyed for position on the stairs in the midst of all the madness surrounding them from every direction. As much as Stones In Exile may gloss over the more decadent details, it does capture much of the musical spirit in the making of Exile.
As a standalone film, Stones in Exile is also very short. In fact, the extras included on the DVD run longer than the film itself.
These include extended current-day interviews with then-members of the Stones themselves, as well as future members like Ronnie Wood, and the present-day return of Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts to the original scene of the crime. Of the latter, the funniest thing to be said is the way the memories of these original protagonists differ on some of the finer points.
But the most revealing points here include bassist Bill Wyman's recollections of how then new guitarist Mick Taylor seemed rather stiff on stage, and Wyman's own admission of how he had no room to talk ("In thirty years with the Stones, I might have moved three steps"). Wyman also admits that as a musician, Mick Taylor was probably superior to any of the band members at the time.
Speaking of Taylor, in his own interviews here, the most apparent thing is that he has aged terribly (ditto for the rest of the Stones, and especially for one-time rock-fox Anita Pallenberg, who looks more like a haggard old witch here).
Rounding out this DVD are perspectives on the making of Exile from such latter-day fans as modern rockers like Caleb Followill (Kings Of Leon), Sheryl Crow, Jack White, and Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas. Of these, producer Don Was' thoughts are probably the most enlightening.
Released to coincide with the recently expanded and remastered version of Exile, this film is a nicely, if somewhat sanitized counterpart to that classic album.
The thing is, much of Exile's original appeal remains its original dirtiness. As for me, I'm sticking to the vinyl, and to the memories.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has overwhelmingly approved tightening the "visa waiver" program. The existing program allows citizens of 38 countries to be in the U.S. for up to 3 months without a visa. The legislation would require visas for anyone who's been in Iraq or Syria in the previous five years. Exceptions are made for official government visits and military service.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan is disputing a U.N. report that 12,000 Syrian refugees have amassed in a remote desert area on the kingdom's border, waiting to be let in. A government spokesman says "the number is exaggerated." The U.N. refugee agency is appealing to Jordan to allow the refugees to enter, saying lives are at risk. Jordan already hosts some 630,000 refugees.
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man convicted of killing a close friend of his mother's has been executed. Forty-seven-year-old Brian Keith Terrell was put to death by lethal injection shortly after midnight at the state prison in Jackson. He was convicted in the June 1992 killing of 70-year-old John Watson of Covington, east of Atlanta. Watson accused Terrell of stealing some of his personal checks, but asked police not to pursue charges if the money was returned. On the day Terrell was to return the money, he shot Watson several times.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The majority of U.S. renters are now older than 40. A report just released by Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies overturns the assumption that the rental boom is only the result of twenty-somethings flocking to hip urban centers. The center analyzed Census Bureau data that shows nearly 51 percent of renters are older than 40. And single-family houses are a growing share of rentals.
FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Police say a homeless man sleeping inside a garbage bin survived two compaction cycles after the bin was emptied into a trash truck. Police in Fremont, California say the 44-year-old man was sleeping inside a large trash bin behind a restaurant when a trash truck collected it and used the compactor. Police tell the Oakland Tribune the truck then traveled to a fast food restaurant, collected trash from another bin there and again used the compactor. The man crawled out through an opening in the roof the next time the truck stopped at another store.
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Jaya accuses Kerala on Mullaperiyar dam security
Chennai: Accusing Kerala of preventing Tamil Nadu from closing the holes drilled in the Mullaperiyar dam, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday sought the immediate intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to facilitate the work and demanded deployment of CISF at the site.
In a letter to Singh, she warned that if the Kerala government persisted with its "recalcitrant" attitude and if the Centre did not deploy CISF personnel, Tamil Nadu police would be stationed to guard the dam.
She said the vertical holes were drilled as part of the core stability test ordered by Supreme Court appointed Empowered Committee headed by Justice AS Anand to study the safety aspects of the century-old dam, over which Tamil Nadu and Kerala are locked in a dispute.
It was necessary to fill the holes before the onset of the monsoon so as to prevent any damage to the dam, located in Idduki district of Kerala but under the control of Tamil Nadu.
However, the Kerala government had been preventing Tamil Nadu officials from closing these drilled holes, in spite of the clear directions given by the Empowered Committee and the matter was taken up by her government with the neighbouring state but to no avail, she said.
The two states are locked in a dispute over raising water level in the dam, which irrigates five southern districts in Tamil Nadu.
While Kerala has been pressing for a new dam to replace the existing old structure on safety grounds, Tamil Nadu has opposed it and moved the Supreme Court.
Jayalalithaa claimed that the Kerala government`s attempt to prevent closing of the holes appeared to be a ploy intended to ensure that dam`s structural stability was weakened, especially in the light of the Empowered Committee`s conclusion that the dam was safe and water level could be raised to 142 ft.
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DJ Coublon popularly known for good music and countless hits releases new music “Shokoto Yokoto” featuring ace songwriter/singer Ikemefuna Nwamonye Klem popukarly known as “Klem” .
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Since grapes are a heat and light-loving culture, in order to obtain a high level of yield or increase in the volume of fruiting, special care will be needed for the plant. One of these care options is a trellis for grapes, which is a support for any part of the plant; without it, the grape bush is helpless. From this publication you will learn about the types of supports for grapes, how to make and install them yourself.
Trellis for grapes: purpose of the device
In the wild, grapes grow chaotically, relying on trees and other vertical structures or spreading their branches on the ground. But such an arrangement does not at all contribute to high yields and an increase in the taste of the berries. In the third year of life, the grapes will need a reliable support.
Trellis for climbers – the most productive and economical method of organizing the placement of vines, flowers, raspberries, as well as the design ensures excellent conditions for fruiting. Strong and durable frame has all the necessary qualities to ensure the growth and development of a formless vine.
Thanks to the support, the vines are evenly spaced along the trellis and are well lit by the sun. As a result, the leaves produce more organic matter, which provides an increase in yield, while accelerating the ripening of fruits, increasing their quality. The bushes of the plant are better ventilated, as a result of which they are less affected by fungal diseases.
The trellis is an artificially created vertical support that ensures optimal growth and development of the plant. This design must be durable and durable, because the vine creates a significant load during fruiting.
The best option is to create a trellis for grapes with your own hands. To do this, you must first consider the design of the product, make drawings of the trellis for grapes, plan its location in the summer cottage. It is very important to set the trellis at the correct distance. Do not place structures too closely, thereby trying to increase the number of planted plants. The main thing is to provide the vineyard in the country with enough light and excellent air flow.
Before you create a support for the grapes with your own hands, you need to get acquainted with the types of these structures in order to choose the most suitable option for your site.
Helpful advice! Growing grapes in the country is different from the industrial method. In large agricultural farms, the trellis is placed in such a way that there is free access to machinery for the plants. In small vineyards, special mechanization is rarely used, so the choice of supports for grapes is much wider.
According to the material of manufacture, the frame for grapes can be divided into the following categories:
- asbestos cement;
The safest and most eco-friendly option is wood. The disadvantage of a wooden trellis is that it is a very short-lived raw material, and grapes have been growing for more than a dozen years. But if, nevertheless, it was decided to make tapestries for grapes from this material, it is best to give preference to the most durable and durable wood species, for example, oak, ash, acacia or chestnut are recommended. Alder, linden and maple – trees that are absolutely unsuitable for the manufacture of support.
Regardless of the selected material, the workpiece must be carefully processed before starting work. To do this, the pads are first cleaned of bark, and then coated with resin or diesel fuel. You can also soak the workpiece for two weeks in a solution of copper sulphate. Before installing ready-made supports for grapes, it is necessary to pour abundantly 5% solution of Bordeaux liquid on the place of installation.
More modern will look like metal supports. The advantage of using such trellis is the durability of the design. In addition, the preparatory stage for the installation and construction of metal supports will be greatly simplified.
Lanes for metal grapes can be made of iron or galvanized pipes. Before installing the iron structure, it must be painted to prevent rust. Trellis made of asbestos pipes or small plastic poles are quite popular.
What material is preferable to use for the manufacture of tapestries – the choice is completely dependent on the desire of the gardener.
Before you make a trellis with your own hands, it is important to choose the optimal size of the structure. Experts recommend for the grapes to use the trellis, the height of which should not significantly exceed the height of a person. It is best that it is equal to 190 cm, and the optimal distance between two columns should not exceed 250 centimeters.
For maximum illumination during the day and better ventilation of plants, it is recommended to locate structures from north to south. This is due to the direction of the sun during the day. Such a planting scheme plus abundant foliage will allow you to get an excellent grape harvest.
After the installation of the supports between them, a strong metal wire is used or thin pipes are used. The use of such materials will avoid the annual tension of the ropes, which in any case will be torn.
The best material for tensioning is copper wire. It will certainly keep the vine, as well as protect the plant from disease damage. However, copper wire attracts hunters for non-ferrous metals to the site. Therefore, it is better to use galvanized wire, and this material is more affordable.
Usually use a wire thickness of 3-4 mm. The method of fastening this material to the support may be different. For this purpose, ordinary nails, metal staples or wire rings are suitable, and you can also attach by extending through supports. In the case of a metal support for fixing the wire, you need to pre-drill the holes through which it will be drawn.
There are no clear requirements regarding the height of the trellis. In the case of industrial grape growing, pillars are installed with this indicator from 90 to 250 cm, in a household, they can reach heights of up to 350 cm. On average, this value is about 2 m.
On the Internet there are so many master classes with drawings of trellis for grapes do-it-yourself. Also on the construction portals are examples of photo trellis for grapes.
Helpful advice! To grape trellis sneaked more good, the wire between the supports is better to pull in several rows. Their optimum amount is 3-4.
The first stage of any master class that teaches how to make a trellis for grapes begins with the choice of the type of support that is best suited for your garden plot.
By design, there are the following categories of supports for grapes:
- monoplane with and without roof;
- two-plane V- and Y-shaped;
The simplest and most convenient option for efficiently organizing the planting of grape varieties with medium-sized fruits is the use of a single-plane support. The design of such a trellis is very easy to manufacture. For its creation will need about four pillars and crossbeams, as well as wire and cement mortar to strengthen the pillars.
The appearance of a single-plane trellis is a few blocks with crossbars, which are located on the same line at equal intervals. On the supports fixed wire.
This type of trellis has several advantages:
- the ability to perform the planting of other plants between the rows of the trellis;
- grapes are easy to care for;
- plants receive uniform illumination, which means that fruits ripen faster;
- easy to create with your own hands.
It’s very easy to make such a one-plane grape grid for yourself. To do this, you first need to fix the supports in the ground. Then dig or drill holes into which the trellis posts should be placed. To support reliably stood for a long time and withstood the pressure of the vine, the wells must have a depth of about 80 cm, but not less. At the bottom of the pit, a cushion of sand about 20 cm thick is created.
After that, the installed support must be cemented and left for a while until the foundation hardens. Experts do not recommend exceeding the distance between the supports by more than 3 meters.
Then on the top of the structure are mounted crossbar. It is on them that the main load of the weight of the grape branches falls. Between the columns, the wire is tensioned in several rows. The optimal distance between them is 45-50 cm. The bottom row is best located at a height of about 40 cm from the ground level, and the top row is 5 cm below the trellis crossbar.
The most effective is the use of single-plane trellis with a visor. This design provides the most optimal use of plant area, and also contributes to better lighting and ventilation of the grapes. It is very simple to make such a trellis for grapes with your own hands, photos of these designs are easy to find on the net.
The use of a single-plane trellis allows the formation of grape bushes with 2 to 6 sleeves. With an increase in the number of branches, the distance between the bushes increases.
In the case of densely planted in a row of grape bushes, amateur gardeners use cross placement of sleeves. The young vine, which will form the sleeve, is allowed to grow horizontally along the ground in the direction of the neighboring bush. Similarly, come from the next branch of the bush. This planting allows you to accumulate a large stock of old wood, and therefore, makes it possible to increase the crop yield per unit area.
Helpful advice! It is best to use aluminum or copper wire with a diameter of 2 to 4 mm for a trellis. It is undesirable to use a metal product because it is prone to rust, which means it will have to change the wire very often.
Bipolar lanes are best used for large-grape varieties. This design allows you to evenly distribute the aboveground part of the bush on both planes. This type of support eliminates the possibility to plant other plants between rows of grapes. But such a tapestry has many advantages, namely:
- simple care of grapes;
To make the construction unobtrusive, you should buy a wooden trellis in the form of a lattice arch for the garden. Models with an unusual and original design will help focus on climbing plants on the site.
Any amateur gardener can install and create a trellis for grapes with his own hands. The main thing is to follow the tips for treating the materials for the trellis, and also to adhere to the necessary distances between the poles and the wire and not to forget about the reliable ribs of the structure. If you do everything right, then the finished trellis will serve in the vineyard (photo) for many years.

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The 1961 picture reveals a brick exterior and the original marquee. The earlier picture is from circa 1924 and shows among other things the 1/2 balcony where patrons of color were invited to sit. This picture was taken during the silent picture era. Merton Sybert owned the Park after purchasing it as a going concern. He later built the Strand and also bought a pre-existing moviehouse in McMechen named the Midway.


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The opposite phenotypes of diabetes and hyperinsulinism can be caused by different types of mutations within the same genes. For example, rare activating GCK gene mutations cause hyperinsulinism whereas the more common loss-of function mutations result in mild fasting hyperglycaemia in the heterozygous state or recessively inherited permanent neonatal diabetes.
The knowledge that inactivating mutations in the KCNJ11 and ABCC8 genes encoding the beta-cell ATP sensitive potassium (KATP) channel subunits Kir6.2 and SUR1 are the most common cause of congenital hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia led to the identification of gain-of-function mutations as a common cause of neonatal diabetes. Most patients with KATP neonatal diabetes achieve improved glycaemic control and quality of life with sulphonylurea tablets.
Some patients experience both hyperinsulinism and diabetes as a consequence of a single gene mutation, but at different stages of their life. Both dominant KATP channel missense mutations and mutations in the HNF4A transcription factor gene can cause increased birth weight, presumably due to increased insulin secretion in utero, neonatal hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia but with an increased risk of diabetes in later life.

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Cast and Crew Discuss the Film
TimeOut.com attended an early screening of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe…but they aren’t allowed to review the film until early next month. “Although we will say that fans of the book won’t be disappointed,” they wrote. But TimeOut.com has some of the cast and crew’s thoughts on the film. Here’s a clip: “Howard Berger, the man behind the movie’s marvellous creature make-up, declared that bringing Azlan [sic] the lion to the screen was a huge challenge. ’He originally looked like a dinosaur he was so big’ he explained. ’We were worried that he was going to step on one of the kids! But once we scaled him down he looked great and the kids became really attached to him.’” Read the full story here Thanks to ’Brett’ for the link!

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President Obama’s first full day in Washington after his re-election was one of his least visible in memory, even as cries intensified on Capitol Hill for action to deal with the government’s looming fiscal disaster.
After a marathon campaign, Mr. Obama took his time getting back to governing Thursday, with only one event on his schedule — a routine national security briefing in the Oval Office in late morning. Neither the president nor his chief spokesman, Jay Carney, who took the day off from his usual briefing with the White House press corps, appeared in public all day.
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The White House announced late Thursday that Mr. Obama will make a statement in the East Room on Friday afternoon “about the action we need to take to keep our economy growing and reduce our deficit.”
Mr. Obama’s top supporters, Democrats on Capitol Hill, and even some prominent Republicans say the president now has far more leverage to push his agenda of increasing taxes on high earners as a way to address the impending crisis. With a mix of automatic spending cuts and tax increases set to take effect in a little more than seven weeks, House Speaker John A. Boehner has implored the president to take charge of the crisis.
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The president seemed to agree in his victory speech in the early hours Wednesday morning that he has earned a bargaining chip, although he has been careful not to say so directly since then.
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“Voters clearly chose the president’s view of making sure the wealthiest Americans are asked to do a little more in terms of reducing the deficit,” Mr. Plouffe told reporters in a conference call Thursday. “The voters don’t view compromise as a dirty word.”
However, the president has yet to utter the word “mandate” or to lay claim to more political capital than he had before the election, when many analysts viewed his bargaining leverage as weakened by a lackluster economic recovery and predicted a much tighter election battle.
The president’s decision to lay low in the White House immediately after his electoral triumph was the opposite of Republican George W. Bush’s first full day in Washington following his re-election eight years ago. On Nov. 4, 2004, Mr. Bush held a Cabinet meeting and a full press conference in which he laid out the agenda for his second term.
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“I think it would be a mistake for the Republicans to stand in the way of that,” he added.
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Lake Chala |1 Day Trip In Kilimanjaro | East Africa Travel Company
Lake Chala is the deepest inland body of water in Africa and is a unique caldera lake.
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The lake is home to a wide variety of wildlife.
It may be possible to contrast a lush lake shore forest with a stunning volcanic savannah; a river bed carved into ancient rock might be compared to a thick bush or an open ‘mbuga’.
Lake Chala offers a magical experience that will reconnect you with nature.
Groundwater flows from Mount Kilimanjaro feed and drains the lake underground at a rate of about 10 million m3 / year.
There is a 100-meter-high crater rim surrounding it, whose color ranges from deep blue to turquoise and green depending on the time of year.
Chala has a huge variety of amazing trees, grasses, and plants; some are unique to the area. According to the time of year, there are hundreds of species of butterflies and birds, including spectacular birds of prey.
The African Fish Eagle, with its haunting techniques, Verreaux’s Eagle, Augur Buzzards, and many other species of birds can be seen around the crater walls.
Wild mammals do vary including Blue Monkeys, Colobus Monkeys, baboons, dik-dik, kudu, and elephants.
Chala is an untouched part of a truly ancient land and a must-visit place.
Activities at this lake: walking safaris, canoeing, swimming, and fishing.
Moshi – Lake Chala day trip
Non-game viewing travel time: one hour Moshi is 55 km away
Meet our naturalist guide/driver at the lodge. He will deliver a short safari information briefing, then we will drive to Lake Chala.
Choose from nature bush walks, canoeing on the lake, fishing, or swimming in the lake.
The bushwalk should last between 2 and 4 hours, depending on your pace.
By going down a rocky gulley formation, you can reach the water. Kilimanjaro is visible in the background.
If it is clear, we can have lunch at Lake Chala Lodge with a spectacular view of the lake and Kilimanjaro.
Canoeing and fishing are both hour-long activities.
The specific Lake Chala tilapia can be caught, but it must be released since it is an endangered species.
If you are not an experienced swimmer, it is not recommended to swim far from the shore.
If you are not a strong swimmer, it is recommended to stay close to the shore of Lake Chala.
Despite the fact that there are no dangerous aquatic creatures in the lake, the drop-off at the bottom of the lake is a warning.
The driver will take you back to the lodge for your next adventure.
Lake Chala: A Geographical History
Lake Chala lies 30 kilometers southeast of Kilimanjaro (52 kilometers from Moshi) and is 95 meters deep, making it deeper than Lake Victoria.
The caldera is believed to be the result of the first volcanic eruption some three-quarters of a million years ago.
According to recent geological research, a magma chamber under Lake Chala collapsed after nearby volcanoes erupted, which created the crater lake.
The Kilimanjaro massif was formed by the great eruptions that caused the Great Rift, a major fault in the earth’s crust that runs through East Africa.
As molten lava burst through the fractured surface of the land, huge pressures pushed part of the Earth’s crust upward, forming the Shira volcano, one of the oldest volcanoes of Kilimanjaro.
Mawenzi formed after Shira’s extinction after another eruption within Shira’s caldera. Some of Mawenzi’s volcanic shape remains today.
A volcanic eruption 100,000 years later created Kilimanjaro’s characteristic shiny black stone, which poured from Kibo’s crater into Shira’s caldera and created the “Saddle”.
During later eruptions around Chala, a series of distinctive mini-cones, or parasitic craters, run southeast to northwest across the mountain.
Since Lake Chala Entrance Fee is entirely fed by underground streams from Kilimanjaro, its waters are usually clear.
Chala feeds more than 30 kilometers away from Lake Jipe through its underground systems.
Due to a drop in water levels over the last few years, there have been concerns that one of the caves may have collapsed, or that the water from Kilimanjaro is no longer soaking down so deeply due to melting glaciers and reduced rainfall.
Among the first white women to visit eastern and central Africa was May French Sheldon (1847-1936), an explorer and best-selling author.
A circumnavigation of Lake Chala, which lies inside a steep volcanic cone, attracted universal attention during her 1891 explorations.
Legends and Myths 1893, ‘POPULAR SCIENCE’
When Kilimanjaro erupted, the Masai lived in a village on the mountain where the crater lake now gurgles.
Their cattle and poultry were blown into the air, while their spirits are floating in space.
While the wind still blows through the trees, the strange rustling sound caused by the reflection of the cliffs surrounding the lake is caused by their spirits.
This lake has a lot of fish, but the natives won’t eat them.
The people of the same culture believe that their ancestors inhabit the bodies of Colobus monkeys, so they would never harm them.
Lake Chala still moans today.
The wind may stop blowing on the savannah, but it continues to whip around the crater lake, bouncing off its walls like surf crashing onto a reef.
Waves and wind patterns can produce white horses on the lake’s surface.
Although the lake is now accessible, much of the forest has been cleared, and the beliefs above are no longer valid, there is still superstition among the locals, and some refuse to go down to the lake.
SAFARI PACKAGE INCLUDES:
- Lunch at the Lake Chala Safari camp.
- Naturalist guide with experience in English.
- Transfers from and to your lodging.
- Park entry fees and 18% VAT
- EXCLUDED FROM THE PACKAGE:
- Soft drinks and alcohol
- Tip (we recommend $20 per car per day)
- Kayaking 1 hour $5


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Reinventing Jump Starting.
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The time to recharge a Genius Boost Jump Starter will differ based on the discharge level and the power source used. Actual results may vary due to battery conditions.
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The non-profit organization responsible for operating Canada’s dot-ca (.ca) Internet domain is now also going to be running the backend of another distinctly national domain – the New Zealand-focused dot-Kiwi (.kiwi).
With the Sept. 22 announcement, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is also launching its new Fury Registry Platform to the public. Fury is the backend system that CIRA has been developing not only to serve as the platform for its own top level domain (TLD), but as a service it can sell to other TLD operators. With Dot Kiwi Ltd., it has its first customer.
“We want to take the mandate of operating Canada’s domain registry and expand it to making a better online Canada,” says Dave Chiswell, vice-president of product development at CIRA. “It’s all kind of an evolution of our strategy from being a dot-ca operator to providing a broad set of services to Canadians.”
CIRA’s new business opportunity hinges on a new development in the web’s history. The domain space to the right of the last dot in a URL address has opened up beyond country codes and the few institutional codes established in the early days of the web.
The last batch of new TLDs that started being released to the web in 2014 were won in an auction held in 2012. Before that, there were just 22 general TLDs that you could choose to register a website. Now, new TLDs offer options for different addresses that are run by private entities. But running them comes at a cost.
ICANN charged a fee of $185,000 to apply to run a TLD in its last auction. Winners also have to pay $25,000 per year as an annual licence fee to ICANN. But CIRA is anticipating the new auction – possibly coming in 2017 – will see reduced fees for applicants because the anticipated legal fees weren’t as much as expected.
New Zealand brand, Canadian tech
For Angus Richardson, managing director of .kiwi, jumping into the TLD auction at the first opportunity was worth it to create a new domain for New Zealanders, and run what he sees as a good business model.
“We deal with the registrar distributors as our customers,” he says. “It allows for a a very lean operation. You don’t need to have a lot of staff.”
Once he hits a certain number of registrations, he’ll cover his overhead costs for the domain and start making a profit. CIRA’s Fury platform will help him do that by offering an organizational capability unique to a registry platform – a domain tagging system.
“It makes it easy for us to run promotions with different domain registrars or for specific time periods,” Richardson says. “The added functionality that makes running promotions easier is attractive.”
For example, say a new Lord of the Rings movie sequel came out to theatres and it was shot in New Zealand (as was the rest of the trilogy). Suddenly, tourism businesses in the country might want to register domains related to J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy universe – like hobbit.kiwi or gandalf.kiwi – and by tagging those domains for a specific time period, Richardson could offer special pricing on those domains. He could also work with a specific registrar as a partner, giving its customers better pricing.
“Think of it as a way of managing your inventory on the shelf,” Chiswell says. “For the premium inventory, you’re keeping it at a premium price, but keeping the rest of it ready for retail.”
Fury also has an embedded business intelligence engine that can “slice and dice” inventory, he adds. Registry owners can probe analytics that could answer a variety of questions. From how long certain domains have been registered, to understanding average churn rates of domains, or even understanding what prices you could charge for domains.
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But first, it’ll provide them to the kiwis.


We will consider the exact controllability of the distributed system, governed by string equation with memory. It will be proved that this mechanical system can be driven to an equilibrium point in a finite time, the absolute value of the distributed control function being bounded. In this case, the memory kernel is a linear combination of two exponentials.
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Driving around the Savannah in Port of Spain is a unique experience in the West Indies, for preserved are, to a degree, a parade of splendid residences that in many ways reflect the multi-cultural nature of our society. One writer, Patrick lee Fermor, wrote in his book "The Traveller's Tree":
"The buildings around the Savannah at Trinidad are some of the most remarkable buildings in the world. The essential skeleton is the high-garbled, acute-angled gingerbread house of the witch in 'Handles and Gretel'. Bristling with pinnacles and weathercocks, spiked and filled along the coping. Georgian bow windows, roofed like Chinese pagodas. Pillars and porticoes from the Parthenon or Ankor buttresses, the fabric and the mosaic of Byzantium and from the steep roofs grow the spines of Hohenschwangau."
Fermor is almost incomprehensible - the words tumble from him. In comparing the mansions to the witchhouse in 'Hansel and Gretel', using words describing architecture from around the world, he really describes what the magic of these buildings have done to him!
Of these buildings, No. 12 Queen's Park West, the home of the Boissière family for almost 100 years, is of special interest. It is the only residence around the Savannah that is still lived in by the family who built it. John Newel Lewis, architect, remarks that it is a classic, Trinidadian building, not in a Greek or roman sense, but in its own league and norm of excellence. Comparing it with the other houses, Newel Lewis says in his book "Ajoupa":
"This dwelling is not a mansion. It is on a smaller scale and it is a simpler building, heavily embellished."
Commonly called the "Gingerbread House" by Port of Spainers, the house's main element is its steeply pitched roof, covered by green slate. A large dormer gable is most beautifully decorated with fretwork. The gallery projections are incredibly beautiful and include a whole Chinese pavilion. With this house, one feels that the fretwork has reached its ultimate. the wood is heavily undercut and exaggerated, so that there is an impression of lace work, resembling a woman swirling in a lacy dress.
#12 Queen's Park West was built in 1904 by the architect Edward Bowed, a personal friend of the owner Charles Edward Hamilton Boissière. C.E.H. Boissière was the eldest son of Eugene Boissière, a merchant of Port of Spain and a cocoa planter, a descendant of the Boissière family of Champs Elysées. Charles had built this home for his wife Alice, née Elegon, a gift that was presented to her on their return from a visit to England.
The ceilings in the drawing and dining rooms are of gesso work, done by the Italian craftsmen who did the ceilings in the Stollmeyer's house and in the Council Chamber of the Red House. The stained glass windows with their meandering strawberry vines in the little study with its Chinese roof filter the morning sun and cast a soft light into this cheerful room. The floor tiles in the study as well as the gallery were imported from England and the large single slab marble steps at the entrance come from Italy.
The whole effect is magical and nostalgic, with mysterious colours and a melancholy air. This house is an example of Trinidad's visual heritage as its best.
The houses that ring the Savannah are well built and sensibly engineered. They have weathered well, considering that they were built almost a century ago. It is important that these valuable examples of our heritage be maintained, so that our children's children too may marvel at them.


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NOTTINGHAM, MD – Police are investigating two robberies and two burglaries that were reported over the past week.
Sometime between 10 a.m. on Monday, June 17, and 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25, an individual entered a home in the 7900-block of Highpoint Road in Parkville (21234) via an unlocked basement window. Once inside, the suspects stole numerous electronic items and then fled.
At 10:45 p.m. on Monday, June 24, three individuals approached a man while he was at a bus stop in the area of Loch Raven Boulevard and Deanwood Road (21234). One suspect displayed a gun, pointed it at the victim, and demanded the victim’s property. They then fled the scene.
At 11:30 p.m. on Monday, a man was approached by an individual on S. Marlyn Avenue in Essex (21221) and robbed of his cash and a credit card at gunpoint. The suspect then fled on foot.
Sometime between 1:30 and 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25, a “known suspect” broke into a house on Aven Way in Nottingham (21236) and damaged and stole property.


Peregrine Semiconductor is expanding its integrated product portfolio into DC and X-band frequencies. Peregrine has introduced two new integrated products—a True DC switch and an X-band core chip. Built on Peregrine’s UltraCMOS technology, both products integrate RF, digital and analogue components onto a single chip.
While integration has traditionally offered high-volume markets the benefit of lower cost, Peregrine uses intelligent integration to offer performance advantages in high-performance markets such as: configurability, flexibility, reliability, repeatability, ease-of-use, a reduced form factor and enhanced performance.
“From integrated switches to Global 1, Peregrine has introduced a broad range of industry-leading integrated products and technologies over our more than 25-year history,” says Duncan Pilgrim, Peregrine’s vice president of marketing. “Today, we continue that legacy of innovative integration with two new ground-breaking products that include RF, digital and analogue components on a single die. Our UltraCMOS technology enables this level of integration and will enable our customers to maximize their resources, simplify their designs and focus on delivering high-quality and high-performance products to their customers.”
At the lower end of the frequency spectrum, Peregrine has unveiled the industry’s first and only RF integrated switch to achieve true DC capability. With a wide frequency range of 0 Hz to 8000 MHz, the UltraCMOS True DC switch (PE42020) effectively operates in a previously unobtainable portion of the frequency spectrum. This frequency expansion is paramount to markets that rely on accuracy and precision, such as test and measurement. The True DC SPDT switch features high power handling, 30 dBm at 0 Hz and 36 dBm at 8 GHz, and maintains excellent RF performance and linearity from DC through 8000 MHz. Moreover, it can switch DC and AC peak voltages in the range of +10V to -10V at currents of up to 80 mA, a first for this kind of product.
According to Peregrine a unique advantage of the True DC switch is efficient switching time. While low-frequency operation typically requires a slow switching time, the True DC switch uses advanced circuitry to remove this dependence, resulting in a 10 microsecond switching time, and a 15 microsecond settling time which is critical for test-and-measurement applications.
The PE42020 features high-linearity (IIP3) performance of 63 dBm, and high port-to-port isolation of 37 dB @ 6 GHz. It supports standard +1.8V and +3.3V control logic and operates over a temperature range of -40 to +85 degrees centigrade. The True DC switch also supports 1000V HBM ESD tolerance and is supplied in a compact 20-lead 4×4 mm QFN plastic package.
At the higher end of the frequency spectrum, Peregrine has introduced the industry’s first integrated X-band, CMOS core chip to utilize MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) design techniques, enabling highly accurate signal control with minimal power loss. MMIC design techniques, such as Lange couplers, have only been used by III-V technologies. The use of these passive techniques on silicon has always presented a challenge due to silicon’s lossy nature at higher frequencies. Peregrine solves this challenge by using an UltraCMOS sapphire substrate—a near-perfect insulating substrate that naturally lends itself to integration. With this X-band core chip, Peregrine combines standard CMOS design with passive MMIC circuitry for a truly intelligent approach to integration at microwave frequencies.
The X-band segment of the frequency spectrum is used by many modern satellite and radar systems, including synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and phased-array radar. Applications include weather monitoring, air traffic control, defense tracking and earth observation. Peregrine’s integrated chips offer a significantly reduced form factor delivering a distinct advantage within these systems that are tightly packaged within a small physical area. Additionally, Peregrine’s UltraCMOS technology provides the high degree of reliability demanded by these critical applications.


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The C.J. City Council approved a contract with Asbell Excavating and Trucking to construct the site in Memorial Park.
The $35,000 project will include seven flags and seven medallions, along with park benches and landscaping.
A local family donated the land as a memorial more than 70 years ago.
“This is just a fulfillment of that,” explained city administrator Steve Lawver. “It’s taken us years to get here because it’d get put on the back burner and for a long time, we didn’t even have any parks funding, so it’s good to see that it’s moving forward.”
City workers hope to have the memorial complete in time for Veterans’ Day in November.


Technology isolates back-reflections from the workpiece
DAHV A. V. KLINER, JAKE BELL, and LYNN SHEEHAN
Laser processing of highly reflective materials is important in current manufacturing environments. However, many types of laser technology suffer from inherent sensitivity to back-reflected light, which can cause an unstable process, disruptive automatic shutdowns, or even catastrophic failure of the laser. A new generation of fiber lasers addresses these limitations with high-performance components and a novel architecture that enables uninterrupted processing of highly reflective materials (FIGURE 1).
|FIGURE 1. nLIGHT alta industrial fiber lasers feature a rack-mount up to 1kW (left) and a stand-alone chassis to 4kW (right).|
Most multi-kilowatt fiber laser systems employ an architecture based on combining the outputs of multiple, lower-power fiber lasers using a fused-fiber combiner that could result in shortcomings in technical and economic performance. Most importantly, in the context of this article, fiber laser and combiner modules may be susceptible to instability or damage from back-reflections that occur during material processing.
nLIGHT alta fiber lasers employ a novel architecture that solves these problems by housing the pump diodes and drivers in standalone pump modules, and the gain fibers in a configurable gain module that can generate >4kW of output power (FIGURE 2). The gain module incorporates a robust, integrated back-reflection isolator that protects all of the modules from back-reflections generated by the workpiece, enabling stable, uninterrupted processing of highly reflective materials. This component has been life-tested and validated in the field, where users have successfully demonstrated uninterrupted processing of reflective materials including copper, gold, silver, and highly polished metals. In discussions about these results, users state that it is the first time they have been able to process these materials without the laser turning off or experiencing permanent damage.
|FIGURE 2. The nLIGHT alta laser's design incorporates a back-reflection isolator between the laser and delivery fiber .|
Typical back-reflections are only a fraction of the laser power because of workpiece surface irregularities, lack of precise alignment with the surface normal, and the limited collection angle of the process optics. Furthermore, the back-reflection often has a short duration; e.g., in applications such as piercing. Nonetheless, the design of some fiber lasers renders processing of reflective materials difficult or impossible. Damage caused by back-reflections usually results from deposition of optical power into polymer materials, which overheat and burn. The nLIGHT alta fiber laser strips the back-reflected light coupled into the feeding fiber and directs it to a water-cooled beam dump where it is converted to heat without any interaction with polymers, thereby eliminating the primary damage mechanism. The polymer-free isolator is designed to dump >500 W continuously, as demonstrated by a life test (FIGURE 3). We evaluated the performance of the isolation system in the case of piercing, where the highest back-reflection signals occur in laser cutting. The test successfully processed 4000 consecutive pierces of copper with no interruptions or failed pierces. In contrast to the robust, hardware-based protection provided by our back-reflection isolator, some other fiber lasers employ software protection that disables the laser in the case of a back-reflection. This approach may protect the laser, but it precludes successful continuous material processing.
|FIGURE 3. A continuous laser stability stress test with >500W directed back into the laser for thousands of hours showed no indication of unstable operation (a), and a customer test of copper piercing with a 3kW nLIGHT alta fiber laser performed 4000 pierces in rapid succession with no process interruptions or failed pierces (b).|
The back-reflected light that is dumped in the isolator is monitored using a photodiode. The real-time output of this sensor is provided to the user for use in process monitoring, optimization, and control, such as pierce detection, or for tool calibration, including beam position and focus (FIGURE 4).
|FIGURE 4. An example of the signal from laser light back-reflected from the workpiece when piercing stainless steel, aluminum, and copper sheet metal.|
Highly reflective cutting results
Sheet metal cutting is the largest market for kilowatt fiber lasers. Applications in the automotive, aerospace, and electronics industry, such as lightweighting and lithium-ion battery cells, are moving towards the use of highly reflective materials, including stainless steel/mirror stainless steel, aluminum, brass, copper, silver, and gold.
Many of these materials are particularly challenging because of the high back-reflections generated during piercing. However, with the new fiber laser, no cases of instability or failure have been observed. Maximum thicknesses cut to date using the 3kW fiber laser are 12mm for stainless steel, aluminum, and brass, and 10mm for copper. The cutting speed and quality are equal to or better than that achieved with other fiber lasers, and further process optimization is increasing maximum thickness, cutting speed, and edge quality (FIGURE 5).
|FIGURE 5. Cutting samples of aluminum (a), copper (b), brass (c), and stainless steel (d).|
Highly reflective welding results
The nLIGHT alta fiber laser has also been used for welding of mild steel, stainless steel, aluminum, brass, and copper. Welding generally produces higher or more sustained back-reflections than cutting, yet no laser instability or damage has been observed, even while welding at normal incidence. FIGURE 6 shows examples of copper welding, a particularly challenging application that has caused significant damage to other fiber lasers. FIGURE 7 shows cross sections of brass welds performed with the nLIGHT alta fiber laser and with a legacy fiber laser—the superior weld quality achieved with the former is evident.
|FIGURE 6. Welding samples of a 510 series copper weld seam (top left) and its cross-section (top right), as well as the sample part after welding (bottom left) and a pure 101 series copper weld seam (bottom right).|
The next-generation fiber laser architecture offers a revolution in kilowatt laser materials processing, particularly for reflective materials that could not be processed by previous fiber lasers because of innate limitations of their designs or in their solution to the back-reflection issue of shutting the laser off. The nLIGHT alta back-reflection isolator is fully integrated into the laser architecture.
|FIGURE 7. A polished cross-section of brass welds performed with the nLIGHT alta 3kW fiber laser (a) and with a legacy 3kW fiber laser (b), showing the superior weld quality achieved in (a). In (b), weld defects (pores) are visible along the weld seam.|
Other solutions attempt to incorporate protection into the process fiber or in free space optics, or they use a shut-off mechanism that turns the laser off when there is risk to damage. In these approaches, the damage issue itself was not resolved, resulting in reduced uptime of the equipment and limiting the ability to process reflective materials. nLIGHT alta fiber lasers have been deployed in challenging factory environments worldwide and have demonstrated unmatched performance, reliability, and uptime in a variety of applications, including uninterrupted processing of highly reflective materials.
nLIGHT alta is a trademark of nLIGHT.
1 D. A. V. Kliner, "nLIGHT alta: A versatile, next-generation fiber laser platform for kW materials processing," The 84th Laser Materials Processing Conference (Jan. 19-20, 2016).


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Australia, a continent and a giant country land in this world, providing high living standards to its residents. This is what I heard before coming to Australia. Every year, almost one million people visit Australia. Some go back, some stay for a while, while a few others commence their plans to settle down. What is so special about this country? It has been a year since I left my home country to come and live in Australia as a student. Sometimes, I ask myself questions, was my decision wise to come to Australia or should I have considered my other options like Canada or Germany or ….. In this blog post I hope to share my one year experience of life in Australia, to help my readers decide whether it was a sensible decision or not.
First of all, I am basically from northern India, in the State of Punjab. I did my graduation from there and then for further studies, I came to Griffith University in Australia. I first stepped on Australian land on 20 Feb 2015, time I suppose was 7:38PM. A friend came to receive me at the airport. We sat in the car but my eyes were wondering outside the window to see the beauty of the city of Brisbane. We went home, had dinner and called my parents to let them know that I arrived safely. My friends, where I was staying, they told me to get some rest, must be tired from the long flight. But the truth is I was not. I just had too many questions in my mind without knowing whom to ask? At about 2:00 AM, I was still awake perhaps due to jet lag or home sickness. Truly at that time, I was just disappointed about spending between 3 to 4 months of restless visa processing procedures just to get here. A city, which seems the same as Chandigarh, Capital of Punjab except with high rise buildings but that’s a subject for another day.
My first day at Griffith University was the first day of the famous Orientation week commonly known as O’Week. It was the greatest experience of my life. There were very many new students from different countries around the world. Some of the country names, I had never even heard of. For this, I give credit to Griffith University because in one move my view attained global perception.
Fast forward and my first semester was extremely difficult for me as the study criteria was totally different than my previous study environment. One marked difference is in how you address your professors, in India, you address your professors as sir or madam depending on their gender. In my new environment, I found it a bit awkward to say their names at the start of a conversation without any salutation. As time passed by, it became fine for me as well since now I feel more connected to the professors.
Second semester was much better since I had almost completely adjusted to the new academic environment. Going forward, I think I am now much more comfortable as I gain new friends every other day. Prior to commencing my university journey here, I had some concerns in my mind regarding what I had heard in the media about racism. Am happy to say that three semesters on and I have not encountered anything in that realm.
PS: Now I have made up my mind that whenever or if I find any form of racism in Australia, I will ask for the person’s details for my autobiography. Which I or someone else will write someday. 😛 😛 because it will not be completed without mentioning that legends name.
Enough about the studies, let’s explore the places I have visited so far. My first trip was to the Queen Mary falls, an exotic natural place with water fall. After that there was a long list of places such as Brisbane lookout point at Mt Gravatt and Mt Coo-tha, Surfers’ Paradise in Gold Coast, Mt Tamborine and other local locations. I can’t forget to mention long drives to Sydney, Coffs Harbor and Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo.The trip to Stradbroke Island was one of the best life experiences of all the trips.
Oh My! I’ve got so much to write. Describing each of these experiences can end up in different blog posts. Which hopefully I will write soon.
Now comes the big question, has Australia provided me with whatever I expected? Well the experiences so far have made me very confident, back in time I used to be a very shy and scared person. Talking to strangers was always a big deal for me. And now, I can’t stop my jibber-jabber. Studying and learning experience is very awesome at Griffith. But I am sorry to say that besides living in Australia, I don’t have any Aussie friend so far. Well, there are some casual “hello, hi” type of friends but not a close friend. There could be many reasons to explain this and I am still exploring to find out why. Something I find surprising is that this is a common issue with most of the international students I know.
If I look back a year ago, I am a totally different and better person now when it comes to talking to different people or to explore the world from different perspectives. I have learnt about different cultures from most of the countries of the world without going to those countries and I am still exploring. Well, I don’t know whether the decision was right or wrong but life has been very good so far. I am liking it here. Furthermore, it has made me a courageous person as I used to be a very shy and always behind the line type of guy, to write a public blog, so there must be some magic in the Australia.
A special thanks to my friend Moses for suggesting some edits and eliminating few grammatical errors.


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Is DNA that reliable?
*You already know that DNA testing has proved to be a solution for human identification in many situations *
*In Crime Scene Investigation – to link suspects to crime scenes and exonerate the innocent *
In medicine – to test an individual’s predisposition to a disease, disease prognosis and enable precision medicine
In ancestry – to understand your family lineage
In Forensics – to resolve criminal cases by identifying “who” committed the crime even when there was no eye witness
These are sensitive and extremely serious areas. We offer DNA tests to ascertain specific facts; hence the result must be accurate. If you rule out the reliability and accuracy, it’s safe to say there’s no reason to do the test.
Now to the question
Is a DNA Test reliable ?
DNA testing in itself is reliable but samples don’t analyze themselves and so even though the test is reliable, the humans involved in running the test from the collection of sample to the analysis can make mistakes and equipment can malfunction.
Working with LSD&FC, we do not make mistakes, not because we are not humans but because we have standards and quality assurance and quality control processes in place that guards against mistakes, and if mistakes occur the systems in place will detect it and a corrective action will be implemented. Our process starts from the very beginning, when samples are collected and continues to the point when results are issued. There are multiple levels of checks and verifications because we know that a “false positive” or a “false negative” result can have a devastating and life changing effect on a family. That is how much of a big deal DNA testing is to us because we understand that there are grave implications for releasing an inaccurate test result
So Is DNA testing reliable?
*YES, DNA testing is reliable.
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I feel like there is a kind of contradiction in your post that I often see BLs and others make, and that also might be one reason for some BLs preferring VirPed over other places:|
"I don't know how anyone could tell a young BL that he is fucked and all he can expect is a life of loneliness and unfulfillment. I don't have the heart to do that."
The intentions of statements like this are certainly always or almost always meant to make BLs happy and give them hope, and if they indeed have a positive effect on most BLs then that's awesome.
Unfortunately, as far as I can see they also have a quite harmful implication:
Like, what if a BL doesn't find love? The statement above sort of implies that this BL's life is then "fucked, lonely, and unfulfilled."
As an example, I'm in my 20s and I've never had sex or been in a relationship. As a tween and teen reading statements about how you "need" love to be happy (coming both from pedos and others) hurt a lot and caused me to have a lot of fear of the allegedly dismal future waiting for me once I'd be an adult BL, which is why I thought I'd respond to this post in case anyone feels similar like I used to.
Obviously, I can't somehow objectively find out wether my life is "fucked, lonely, and unfulfilled" compared to that of BLs who have at some point or another been in a relationship. I concede as much. But what I do know is that my mental health is now a lot better than in the past, perhaps in part because I don't feel as much social pressure by others/society anymore to find a romantic partner because I stopped caring about people saying things like life would be meaningless without love and stuff like that.
I also know that there're many people in a relationship who are suicidal or otherwise have a worse mental health than I do, so love doesn't always seem to be the abosolute definite cure against sadness and loneliness then that I, and probably many others, sometimes feel like it would be.
Whenever a person says that without love life would be meaningless/unfulfilled, I wonder if they really have nothing else in life that gives them happiness and a sense of purpose, and if I should maybe consider myself rather as the lucky one instead of being the one who is to pity.
Of course, I could be a rare exception, and BLs who have never been in a relationship are so rare that having them in mind when e.g. showing flaws VirPed has isn't that relevant. My assumption though is that probably the majority of, at least exlusive, BLs haven't been in a relationship, and comments that unintentionally contain messages like "If you don't find love your life is meaningless" may encourage some of them to prefer VirPed (at least if VirPed such comments aren't as frequent there). Like, why would you want to be in a place where people tell you, unkowingly, your life is meaningless unless you are lucky enough to find love?
I mean, if I'll find love at some point in the future that'd be great. No matter how short, and how high the risks, I'm sure it's wonderful and nothing to regret regardless of even the most terrible consequences (or at least as long as the person you love doesn't get hurt, or as long as they are still happy of having found love regardless of the consequences as well). But I refuse to see myself (and other BLs) as a victim of society and its oppression if I (we) won't. I don't see BLs of the past, present or future who have never found love as people to pity.
It's okay to never have sex and to never be in a relationship. If you find love, then sure that's fantastic. But don't give society the power over you to make you believe that you must be doomed to depression, sadness, and so on if you don't. That's at least how I see it

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PUBG gamers, there’s good news for you. PUBG for the Xbox One will exit the Xbox Game Preview program on September 4, 2018 to Full Product Release (1.0). The updated experience includes the Xbox One debut of the Sanhok map. Inspired by the islands across Southeast Asia, Sanhok is a 4x4 compact battleground. The map might be smaller than what players are used to, but the battles will be speedier and circle dynamics have been adjusted to bring battles to a dramatic finish more quickly. Sanhok will introduce new weapons and vehicles in addition to the debut of dynamic weather changes for the first time on the Xbox One.
The final game will also feature War Mode on Xbox One, a deathmatch-style battle royale experience where players hunt each other in a static zone. If you are killed, it isn’t game over. Players will respawn back with a parachute and weapons. In deathmatch, teams get points with kills and reviving teammates, and the team that reaches certain points in the game wins the battle.
In case you were wondering, yes, achievements will carry over from Xbox Game Preview to the full product release.
PUBG will also introduce in-game currency to purchase cosmetics, Event Pass: Sanhok, which will allow players to access more missions, more levels, and more.
To celebrate the full product release of PUBG the retail disc version will ship with in-game DLC – the Xbox #1.0/99 Set, featuring an exclusive collection of clothing and accessories inspired by Xbox brand colors. Current owners of the game, and new players who purchase the game digitally can download the exclusive Xbox #1.0 Set beginning September 4 for a limited time from the in-game lobby. The set features a white branded hoodie and sweatpants and a custom Xbox skinned parachute to drop into battle.
If you already own PUBG on Xbox One you will receive a content update with all new content and features detailed above on September 4 in addition to the Xbox #1.0 DLC Set.
A PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Limited Edition Xbox Wireless Controller, has also been announced. The controller is available for pre-order in the US beginning today and starts shipping on Oct. 30. The controller is priced at $69.99.


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NATC-A aviator awarded Purple Heart
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Tech. Sgt. James Juniper, NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan Mi-17 special mission aviator adviser, was awarded the Purple Heart in a ceremony Oct. 10 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.
Juniper, who is stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and from Keota, received the award for his actions during a mission Oct. 8 when he was shot in the neck by enemy fire.
"I'd like to tell my crew thanks for saving my life," said Juniper about the event. "I owe them my life and I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for them."
The Oct. 8 mission was a troop movement mission transporting Afghan National Army commandos from Tarin Khowt Airfield in Uruzgan Province to the district of Gizab. The two-ship formation of Mi-17 helicopters had just completed a successful drop-off and began to ascend out of the mountainous bowl surrounding the lush Gizab Valley to return to Tarin Khowt for fuel and to pick-up the next load of commandos.
During the second approach into the valley, multiple gunshots were heard from the right side of the second aircraft in the formation. Staff Sgt. Mark Cornett, NATC-A Mi-17 SMA advisor stationed at Joint Base Andrews and from Baltimore, Md., and Staff Sgt. Ben Jacobs, NATC-A Mi-17 SMA adviser stationed at Davis-Monthan AFB and from Uniontown, Wash., positively identified the source of the gunfire. Cornett initiated an evasive break away maneuver from the threat, while Jacobs began to engage the enemy with his M4 rifle.
"I heard the first shot, as I called the initial evasive maneuver the volume of the enemy gunfire increased significantly," said Cornett.
Upon hearing shots, Capt. Jeremy Powell, NATC-A Mi-17 pilot adviser stationed at JB Andrews and from Bellevue, Neb., swiftly took control of the aircraft, aggressively turning away from the threat. Simultaneously, Cornett began returning fire when several more shots were heard from a second point of origin, with the apparent sound of three rounds impacting the helicopter. Jacobs, observing additional enemy insurgents from a third location, called a right break maneuver while firing shots at the insurgents' location. It was then that Cornett and Jacobs observed Juniper lying unconscious on the floor of the aircraft's cabin.
"In this trade, you're always prepared to get shot at, but there is still that initial surprise when the first bullet snaps by," said Jacobs. "The sheer volume of fire immediately told me that this was different from a typical enroute 'pop shot' style engagement."
Jacobs scrambled through a crowded cabin to the aid of the fallen gunner. Jacobs identified that he had been shot in the neck and applied direct pressure to the wound.
On the tail of the aircraft, Cornett observed gunfire from a fourth position and began returning fire. As Powell began a left break away from small-arms fire, he spotted an insurgent launch a rocket-propelled grenade and rapidly tightened his turn, narrowly avoiding contact with the projectile.
"In that moment, when you see the smoke from an RPG launch, you max perform the aircraft and pray it's enough," said Powell.
As the formation began to exit the valley, Powell witnessed the plume from a second RPG and directed the aircraft away from the threat. Cornett, Jacobs and Staff Sgt. Chris Rector, NATC-A Mi-17 SMA adviser, began stripping Juniper of body armor and administering medical care.
Juniper was taken to the hospital at Tarin Khowt Airfield where he was stabilized. He was later medically evacuated to the KAF Role 3 hospital by U.S. Army medics where he made a full recovery.
"I still think the job we do is a very important one," said Juniper. "This wound won't deter me from getting back out there and getting the job done."
The Purple Heart is awarded to members of the United States armed forces who are wounded in combat operations by enemy combatants.