Ohio Building Trades Executive Secretary Mike Knisely: “The Building Trades stand behind Tim and his workers first priorities, and we look forward to electing him in November.”
The Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council has endorsed Tim Ryan for U.S. Senate in Ohio, applauding his unwavering commitment to the 100,000+ workers the council represents, and to all Ohio workers.
“Throughout his career, Tim Ryan has been a reliable partner for Ohio’s building and construction workers, and we can count on him to bring that fight and commitment to the U.S. Senate” said Mike Knisely, executive secretary of the Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council. “He has worked tirelessly to bring hundreds of thousands of good-paying, union construction jobs to Ohio through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, championed skills training and apprenticeships, and fought for strong labor and workplace safety protections for the Ohioans who build our country up. The Building Trades stand behind Tim and his workers-first priorities, and we look forward to electing him in November.”
Tim has been a fierce advocate for the trades, championing shop class, apprenticeship programs, and programs like Pathways to the Building Trades and Helmets to Hardhats that aim to create a robust and diverse workforce. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Tim helped pass in the House, is projected to bring hundreds of thousands of new construction jobs to Ohio and includes strong labor protections, like ensuring workers are paid the locally prevailing wages and fringe benefits. Tim has also been a strong proponent of the PRO Act, which would strengthen and protect unions, while making it easier for workers to join one.
“I’m honored to have the endorsement of the Ohio State Building Trades,” said Tim Ryan. “This campaign is about building our state, rebuilding our middle class, and making sure Ohio is ready to go toe-to-toe with countries like China to dominate the industries of the future. None of that is possible without the tradespeople who work hard every day to keep our communities safe and strong. Ohio’s workers are the very best in the world, and I will never stop fighting to put you first. I’m proud to be part of the Building Trades’ slate of endorsed candidates, and look forward to working together on this campaign and in the Senate.”
The OSBCTC Executive Board voted unanimously to endorse Tim this cycle, and he is the only statewide Democratic candidate endorsed by the Council ahead of this year’s election. In addition to today’s endorsement, Tim’s unparalleled record of fighting for Ohio workers earned him the support of more than two dozen labor unions and the Ohio AFL-CIO, representing over a million Ohio workers and retirees.


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Tweed voters 'a bunch of morons'
TWEED'S new deputy mayor Phil Youngblutt has hit out at the shire's voters, describing many of them as “morons” who have no idea how their council operates.
Cr Youngblutt, who won the position of deputy mayor in a lucky-dip draw last week after a tied, three-all vote by councillors, made the frank assessment of voters while revealing he has no intention of standing again at the next council election in 2012.
Cr Youngblutt's own position and that of Mayor Warren Polglase was decided by a chance draw of names from a cardboard recycling box after the tied vote which could again be repeated next September.
But he says voters could not be trusted if the system is changed to allow them to directly choose a mayor at election time every four years.
Earlier this week Cr Barry Longland, who lost in both the draw for the mayoralty and the deputy's job, suggested it might be time to hold a referendum on changing the system to allow for a popularly elected mayor as in Byron, Lismore and the Gold Coast.
“That would be a disaster,” said Cr Youngblutt.
“Generally there's a bunch of morons out there voting most of the time.
“They have no idea of how the council runs and some of them are business people, let alone the dropouts and the greenies.
“They are not really interested.
“When councillors vote it's usually for the best two out of the group. If the people elected the best person for mayor it would be sheer blind chance.”
Cr Youngblutt said had the system for voters directly electing the mayor been in place at the last council election, Greens Party councillor Katie Milne who received the most votes of any councillor, would have been mayor.
Cr Youngblutt, who was until earlier this year president of the Murwillumbah and District Business Chamber, has often been frank with his words.
His outspokenness also has him in hot water with Cr Longland, who says he is considering legal action over a statement Cr Youngblutt made on radio describing him as a “Labor councillor”.
Cr Youngblutt has refused to apologise.
“I had heard he was,” said Cr Youngblutt, who added it would be “bloody stupid” for Cr Longland to talk about legal action.
“If he's not Labor, all he has to say is: 'I'm not Labor'.
“You can be called lots worse than that, although with the current NSW Government it probably is pretty derogatory.”
Cr Longland said he had never been a member of any political party, and although the fourth- listed candidate on his council election ticket Laurie Ganter was an ALP member, the third candidate Cath Lynch was a Liberal Party member.
“He described me as a Labor councillor. My reputation is at stake with a statement like that and I guard that reputation quite strongly,” Cr Longland said.
“It was clearly an attempt to confuse the electorate and a deliberate attempt to impinge on my reputation.”

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- ‘Coolie No 1’: Varun Dhawan welcomes Sahil Vaid as he joins the cast of the film
‘Coolie No 1’, that stars Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan in the lead, has gone on floors in Bangkok. Varun has been sharing hilarious videos and posts ever since to introduce the audience with the other characters of the film.
- Varun Dhawan shares style tips as he launches his personalized Fossil watch!
Varun Dhawan has been stealing hearts with his stellar performances and blockbuster hits. The actor is known for romping around on screen and off screen wearing clothes that are anything casual with different degrees of stylishness. And clearly you can't accuse the Kalank star of vanity - since his personal style is unique and uber cool.
- How Jasprit Bumrah dismantled Windies batting with late away movement
Jasprit Bumrah's incredible spell of 5 for 7 ensured a big win for India in the opening Test in Antigua. All five of Bumrah's wickets came through the outswinger (to the right-hander) and inswinger (to the left-hander). Bumrah has now picked up five-wicket hauls in all the overseas series he has played since making his Test debut in 2018.
- Varun Dhawan takes Akshay Kumar’s Bala challenge, but more than the dance, the actor’s red pants grab attention
After Ayushmann Khurrana, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Ranveer Singh, Varun Dhawan has joined the bandwagon of Bollywood stars who are taking up Akshay Kumar’s Bala challenge. However, more than his dance steps it is his pants that are getting all the attention.
- Slow start to polling in Uttar Pradesh
Voting was yet to pick up in the first two hours of polling in 14 Lok Sabha constituencies of eastern UP where Akhilesh Yadav and Maneka Gandhi are among key contestants. While Basti recorded the highest turnout of 11.40%, enthusiasm among voters was the least in Domariyaganj, where 7.60% of eligible voters cast their ballots till 9 am.

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How To Get The HK-51 Companion In SWTOR
In order to get the HK-51 companion, there are a couple of things you need to know. WARNING: There are some spoilers below.
- You will need two characters to complete the questline. One level 50, and one level 15 (or higher) on the opposite faction. There is one HK-51’s component on each capital world, Coruscant and Drommund Kaas. These parts are bind on Legacy, so you can mail it to your level 50.
- You will need to have access to Section X via subscription or unlock. You can purchase an unlock off the GTN under Cartel Market –> Unlocks
- Several parts of this questline are Heroic, so you will need a friend to help you with this. If you are both working on the quest, you can complete it faster because the credit is shared.
Quest Begins In Section X
A droid in Section X starts the questline, either Go-A1 (Sith) or B6-31 (Republic). They will send you to find an NPC out in the Frozen Lake area in Section X. This is an instanced area on the western part of Section X. This quest ends with a mini-boss fight, so bring a friend.
The questline takes you to an unknown space station called the Theoretica. Here you will have to search for an access card to unlock the engineer bays. (There is also a door that needs a security card which comes later.) You can find the access card on one of the dead bodies. There are additional items to find for a bonus quest as well (datalogs).
Now that you can open the engineer bay doors, go through each door and find the emergency power battery in each one. Again, there are datalogs in here for the bonus quest. Once you’ve got 2 batteries, you can place one of the batteries into the console on the wall. This will allow you access to the crate, and Deck 5.
Once on Deck 5, you will need to find the console to power up with your other battery. Once you do that, you will not be able to get back across the room the same way. You will need to complete a jumping puzzle of sorts to find your way back.
Once you find your way back across, look for a security access badge again. It will be on another dead body. This will give you access to Deck 6.
Go back to Deck 4 and enter the security room from before. There will be another datalog and a little surprise. Don’t worry, it’ll reset after about 5 minutes. There’s a crate in the room that requires a fuse to open. The fuse is on the pile of garbage in the room. Now you can get the datalog and medical bay badge. The Medical bay is on Deck 5.
You will be looking for the final datalog and empty stim injectors inside the medical bay. You can refill the stim injectors with the nylite canisters that are scattered around the room.
First you will need to restore power to the deck using the Research Lab Power Breaker. This will spawn a mini-boss that you may need a friend for. You can use your stim injectors filled with nylite to weaken the boss. Once done, you’re finished with the Theoretika.
There are 7 components required to unlock your HK-51 companion. They are scattered across the galaxy. Remember, you will want to collect all the parts you can on the character you want to unlock HK-51. Only two of the pieces are Legacy bound.
These first two steps are where your alternate faction alts are required.
Component number three is in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Use the Burba Seismic Excavator/Scanner to scan the area for parts. The location is random and moves after it’s found. This component goes into your inventory and it is bound to Legacy so you can mail it if need be.
Component four is on Dromund Kaas around the Dark Temple Approach. Again, random location, and it moves after being discovered. This also goes to your inventory, and is bound to Legacy for mailing purposes.
The first component is in Outlaw’s Den on Tatooine. Look for a Jawa vendor named Collector Kezzit. He sells a Burba Seismic Excavator for 50,000 credits, and a Wrapped HK Transistor for 125,000 credits. The transistor is one of the HK components.
Remember this is a free for all PvP area. Be prepared. You can also use your Legacy perk to travel straight to Outlaw’s Den.
The second component is on Taris. You will be using the Burba Seismic Excavator/Scanner to scan the area for parts. You will probably want to find a spot for it on your hotbar. This will scan the area for 25 meters around you, and let you know if the component is in the area, or close by. Having a friend will really help you cover more ground. If one of you finds the component, anyone else nearby on the quest can click it. Once it disappears, it will respawn somewhere else.
Hoth component number five can be found in the Glacial Fissure area, somewhere around Ambria’s Fury wreck site.
You will need to complete two flashpoints for the final two HK-51 components. Component six is in the False Emperor normal mode flashpoint. HK-47 drops the component when you defeat him.
Component seven is in the Maelstrom Prison/Foundry, but this flashpoint has to be done in hard mode. For Sith players, after you defeat Revan the component will be above the reward chest labeled ‘Loyalty Chip’.
After gathering all 7 components, you will return to an instanced area in Section X to complete the quest. There is another mini-boss fight here that is pretty tough, some of the mobs can heal. You may need a friend to help. After that, you’re finished! HK-51 is yours.
Unlocking HK-51 For Other Characters
Once you’ve unlocked HK-51 on one character, you can unlock it on all your characters through your Legacy. It costs 1,000,000 credits per character to unlock him.

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From 2014 to 2015, TAICOT actively pushed for law amendments in Taiwan in order to enhance domestic organ supply. I was honored to be one of the representatives to visit the national medical associations or its equivalents respectively in Switzerland, France, Britain, Belgium, Japan and other countries as well as the WMA and the European Parliament. Through organizing symposiums on related issues, our team demonstrated Taiwan's active participation in international issues, and we would like to share our results as follows.
Representatives of both parties posed for a photo at the French National Medical Council (CNOM). Dr. Chian-feng Huang, Director of TAICOT, presented Taiwan’s local specialty (pineapple cakes) to Dr. Patrick Bouet (center), President of the CNOM, and Dr. Xavier Deau, the then President of the World Medical Association (WMA) (the second from the left).
In the WMA office in Geneva, Switzerland, the TAICOT delegation (first on the right, Dr. Chian-feng Huang, Director) met with representatives of the WMA—Secretary General Dr. Otmar Kloiber (second from the right) and Advocacy Advisor Ms. Clarisse Delorme (second from the left).
Taiwan on the spotlight
The World Medical Association (WMA) is the largest international medical association. It issued the 2012 WMA Statement on Organ and Tissue Donation in Bangkok, which publicly condemns organ trafficking and use of organs from executed prisoners for transplantation.To further the goal of this Statement, as Director of TAICOT, I brought 5,000 signatures from Taiwanese medical professionals in support of this cause to Europe in 2014, and exchanged views with Dr. Patrick Bouet, President of the French National Medical Council, and Dr. Xavier Deau, the then WMA President.
Although the conference needed translation of four languages (Chinese, English, French, and Spanish), I clearly felt the sincere admiration and support of Dr. Bouet and Dr. Deau for Taiwan’s efforts. Using the classic French story of a mother elephant and its calf, Dr. Deau expressed his empathy and sadness for the victims of organ harvesting, and condemned the inhumane act of extracting organs from living prisoners of conscience within mainland China.
The conference was very successful and laid the foundation for future medical cooperation between TAICOT and the French medical community. After the official discussion, we didn’t forget to share Taiwan's culture and specialty (our pineapple cakes) with our foreign friends!
Dr. Otmar Kloiber, WMA Secretary-General, who has been quite friendly to Taiwan, has long dealt with issues related to medical ethics in WMA. Hence, our next stop was Geneva. The topic of discussion with Dr. Kloiber was on how to raise awareness in the global medical community on the ethical problems of transplant tourism.
During our two-hour in-depth discussion, we highlighted the statistics showing that more than two hundred Taiwan nationals annually and many more from around the world travel to mainland China for the so-called transplant tourism. It is a monstrous supply chain teeming with exploitation and crime. We discussed how the rest of the world would receive the fact that prisoners of conscience (including a large number of Falun Gong practitioners, house church Christians, Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities) have had their organs forcefully harvested for profit. Finally, both parties reached consensus on how the WMA would further improve the global medical ethics of organ transplantation.
Dr. Vincenzo Costigliola (sitting, front), President of the European Medical Association (EMA), was very supportive of TAICOT in organizing the International Symposium at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).
This meeting was both a chance for TAICOT to officially demonstrate our efforts in advocating law amendment in Taiwan and reflect the international support of around 1.5 million people who signed the petition condemning the crimes of organ harvesting led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). We felt the deep concerns of leaders and experts in the medical, legal, and political professions, particularly those from the WMA, toward Taiwan’s current situation. It is especially so as Taiwan was previously ambiguous on the issue of using organs from executed prisoners. Furthermore, neighboring China whose sources of organs are under severe doubt, it is critical for Taiwan to make clear its standpoint on this issue and in which direction she chooses to move forward. With Taiwan having successfully passed the law amendment, we now have a fruitful result to present to the world at the 2016 WMA General Assembly.
TAICOT spreading justice from Taiwan
In 2014, the European Parliament representative of 500 million Europeans passed an emergency resolution and demanded that "the CCP must immediately stop live organ extractions from prisoners of conscience, religious practitioners, and members of minority groups." Under this background, TAICOT co-organized an international symposium with the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and achieved fruitful results.
With much effort, we were glad to see 14 European countries officially signed the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs in Spain in March 2015. Taiwan's amendment to the Human Organ Transplantation Act also marked a milestone to align herself with the global medical ethical standards.


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At Gravel Master, we was presented with the exciting opportunity in the summer of 2017 to supply ITV’s hit show ‘Love Your Garden’ with our products. The show is hosted by horticulturalist Alan Titchmarsh who is seeking out Britain’s wonderful outdoor spaces. We are thrilled to have supplied products from our soil and compost range, building materials range and gravel and cobbles range!
Take a look below at some of the products that we supplied to the episodes.
Black Basalt Pebbles and Black Polished Pebbles are a classic choice to accessorise any outdoor space. The beautiful rounded shape along with the basic colour ‘black’ is what makes these pebbles a popular choice for many of our customers.
Throughout August we supplied to show with products such as Sharp sand, Ballast, Bark and Building Sand. We also supplied the show with our top quality soil! You can browse through our amazing soil and compost range by clicking here. Whether you need a soil to improve the quality of what is already existing, or are in need of a soil that is perfect for seeding and growing, we supply it all!
Our building aggregates were perfect products to supply the show. Sharp Sand and Ballast are both ideal for using with fence posts and paving slabs! They are easy to use and both at an unbeatable price! Also, our Bark mulch is perfect for all landscaping projects. Being both aesthetically pleasing and useful for weed suppression, this product is always a keen favourite with many of our customers throughout the year.
Scottish Cobbles are an extremely popular range that we offer at Gravel Master. This is mainly due to the fact that the pebbles/ cobbles are available in a wide range of sizes from 4mm right up to 300mm. The beautiful brown, cream, pink and grey tones within the cobbles look elegant and modern in any garden area. As you can see from the image provided, Alan decided to place the 80-120mm cobbles in baskets alongside the outdoor dining and seating area; advertising just one of the many creative ways that you can use our products.
We also supplied our ProBlend Beds & Borders soil along with our wonderful Play Area Rubber chippings. The contrast between the paved area, pathway and the flower bed really brought this garden to life! This is a fantastic example of how you can use a range of our top-quality products in your garden or outdoor space. Not only does this garden provide a practical dining and seating area as well as a fun play area for the children, it also looks like a beautiful, calm place to sit and relax in.
Supporting the ITV show by supplying them with many of our products was a lovely experience for all of us at Gravel Master. We thoroughly enjoyed watching the episodes and seeing how our products were being used and delivered.
If you have any questions about the products used, or wish to view our impressive product range, please visit our website or call us today on 0330 058 50 68 and we would be more than happy to help.
We love to see how our customers use our products. Please send photos of your garden projects to our email: email@example.com and we would love to share your ideas on our Social Media sites!

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W - Ramirez (4-6)
SV - Hamilton (2)
36-37, 1.5 GB
Elizardo Ramirez struck out eight batters in six innings, allowing just one run on four hits. He walked one.
The runs batted in came from Esteban German (1/4, 3B) and Joaquin Arias (2/3, BB).
Left fielder Steve Murphy was 2-for-2 with a walk.
Relievers Orlando Hernandez, A.J. Murray, and Clayton Hamilton all threw scoreless innings to preserve the one-run victory.
L - Beavan (0-1)
0-3, 3.0 GB
Blake Beavan struggled in his third Double-A start, giving up nine runs—six earned—in 4.1 innings. He surrendered eight hits while walking two and striking out two.
Pitching in his first Double-A game, Zach Phillips allowed just an unearned run in 4.2 frames. He scattered five hits (four singles), walked three, and fanned two.
Right fielder Mitch Moreland (1/2, 3B, BB) tripled while Manny Pina (1/4, 2B) hit his eighth double.
?Chad Tracy singled twice in four at-bats.
L - Tatusko (1-2)
1-1, 1.0 GB
Ryan Tatusko (1.90 ERA/.212 BAA in June) pitched surrendered three runs on five hits in 6.2 innings, walking one and striking out four.
Through six innings, Tatusko had given up only one run, but he ran out of gas in the seventh. In that frame, the right-hander permitted two doubles, a wild pitch, and a walk.
Centerfielder Engel Beltre (.225/.272/.317) was 2-for-4 with his fourth triple.
Davis Stoneburner had a double and the team's lone RBI.
Glenn Swanson finished it off with 1.1 scoreless innings, striking out two.
W - Nam (7-1)
HR - Morrison (7)
2-0, 0.0 GU
Wilfredo Boscan lowered his ERA back to 2.00 after he gave up just four hits in five scoreless innings. He fanned two without issuing a walk.
Wilmer Font followed by yielding two runs in three innings. He fanned five.
First baseman Erik Morrison was 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, and two walks.
Leury Garcia (2/5, 3B) singled and tripled while Leonel De Los Santos (2/5) singled twice in five at-bats.
Mark Hamburger had four strikeouts in two scoreless innings.
L - Thompson (0-1)
?3-4, 3.0 GB
Matt Thompson's second Northwest League start was a little rougher than the first. The Metroplex native allowed four runs on seven hits in three innings, walking one and striking out three.
Hard-throwing righty Justin King punched out five in three shutout innings.
Cody Podraza (1/4, 2B), Clark Murphy (2/4, 2B) and Emmanuel Solis (1/4, 2B) all doubled.
Right fielder Santo De Jesus recorded an outfield assist at home plate.
W - De Los Santos (1-0)
SV - Miller (2)
4-1, 0.0 GU
Starter Edwin Escobar allowed one run in three innings, walking one and striking out four.
First baseman Taylor Vail was 1-for-3 with a triple, a walk, and two runs batted in.
Justin Jamison (1 IP), Ovispo De Los Santos (2 IP) and Justin Miller (1 IP) closed out the victory with scoreless, hitless ball.
L - Garces (0-1)
4-18, 13.0 GB
Starter Pedro Tirado began the game with three hitless innings, giving up no runs. He walked two and struck out tow.
Miguel Montes De Oca (1/3) and Junior Payano (1/4) had the team's only two hits.
Dominican righty Carlos Ramirez pitched 4.1 scoreless frames, giving up three hits, walking one, and striking out four.
17-5, 4.5 GU
The DSL Rangers2 were off on Friday.
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Soccer Laduma writer David Kappel asks whether Ghana’s Black Stars have got the capacity to dismantle the German machine and win at the 2014 World Cup clash between the two sides in the Group G clash.
Date: 21 June
Time: 21:00 (Ghana time)
Stadium: Estadio Castelao
Ghana and Germany also met in the group stage of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, with the Europeans winning a tight match 1-0 through Mesut Ozil’s cracker.
Despite Ghana’s loss, the two sides qualified for the knockout stages. Ghana were eliminated by Uruguay in the quarter-final and Germany finished third.
Both sides have only ever met twice apart from this game. In 1993 Germany beat Ghana 6-1 and in 1971 West Germany and Ghana draw 1-1.
The game will also be the duel of two brothers, with Kevin-Prince Boateng playing for Ghana and Jerome Boateng playing for Germany.
The West Africans had an impressive World Cup qualification campaign, finishing their group on top with 15 out of a possible 18 points – the most of any African team.
In their qualification playoff they thrashed Egypt 6-1 in the first leg and could even afford to lose 2-1 in the return game.
Germany, meanwhile, also had an impressive qualification campaign, winning nine out of their ten games and drawing one.
In 2010, Ghana’s physical style of play frustrated the Germans and their players will have matured since four years ago.
It will be the side’s second game in Group G and with Portugal as well as the USA also fighting for progress, neither Germany nor Ghana can effort to give points away.
Make sure to mark this game in your calendar and let’s see if our West African brothers can upset one of the tournament’s favoured teams.
Do you think Ghana can be a stumbling stone for Germany? Have your say in the comment section below.
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Highly Commended Story - The Missing Happiness
“The Missing Happiness” by Kayley Yip, International Christian School, Hong Kong, China, is the Highly Commended story in the junior category of the second biannual Short Story Contest 2019.
"Born in Hong Kong, China, Kayley recently turned 12 years old. An obdedient student by day, an avid dreamer by night, Kayley is imaginative yet realistic. She is curious about everything but remains focused at all times. She believes nothing can be unattainable with enough effort, intellect, and thought. Kayley typically applies a sense of perfectionism to all her work. She makes the most of her independent style of thinking, hoping to achieve every goal she applies herself to.”
The Missing Happiness
Macey always had whatever she wanted. No cost was too much for her parents to pay. If she wanted a new phone, her parents would buy her the latest model. If she wanted a pony, her parents would buy her the most majestic horse in the world. Every day was spent in her grand home from the marble floors to glass chandeliers, accompanied by her doting parents and huge staff. Anybody who laid eyes on her would succumb to the charm of her darling personality and fawn over her adorable looks. From her wide doe eyes to the button nose, porcelain skin, and cinnamon curls. She thought she could never be more content until one fateful day. Macey was simply lying on her large bed when she felt as if there was one thing missing from her life, something millions of dollars couldn’t buy: Happiness. What was absent from her life was that jolt of joy, a surge of glee, and pride that flooded her soul. Macey bolted upright and hurried downstairs, never more eager for her quest for Happiness.
She first arrived at the emerald gardens where the sweet fragrance of roses and tulips greeted her and the grass tickled her feet. The gardener- a scary and intimidating man- lurked, slowly getting rid of weeds. His overgrown black hair shadowing his face and huge built blocking her view. Macey decided to try and asked him. “Do you know where I can find Happiness?” The gardener was taken by surprise, never expecting a little girl to ask this. After a while, he growled a response in a deep, raspy voice. “I feel happy when I am with my family and friends. To me, nothing is more important than them; just seeing their faces brings me joy.” Macey was thankful for the gardener’s reply, but she felt as if there was something missing from it. She thanked the gardener and continued her quest for Happiness.
In the living room, Macey admired the famous paintings adorning the walls, she gazed wistfully at all the happy people in them. Too deep in her thoughts, Macey crashed into her bustling butler. He immediately adjusted his mustache and fixed his hair to perfection. After much consideration, Macey asked him curiously. “Do you know where to find Happiness?” The butler wasted no time to answer in his thick French accent, “I feel happy when work is done. To me, I am engulfed with cheer when everything’s in order and flawless.” Macey was grateful for the butler’s response, but she still felt unsatisfied. She thanked the butler and ran along to find Happiness.
Macey wandered into the kitchen where people rushed from here to there checking on the various food, shouts and yells filled the air. A delicious smell of the food overcame her senses and Macey inhaled deeply. She soon found the head chef hunched over a pot of boiling stew, mumbling incoherent words under his breath. Macey interrupted his chain of thought and questioned him. “Do you know where to find Happiness?” The chef looked up at Macey and replied enthusiastically, “I am happy when people enjoy my food. I want to share my creations with the entire world. To me, nothing lifts my spirits more.” Macey appreciated the chef’s answer, but it still was not enough. She thanked the chef and continued on her quest for Happiness.
Macey explored the whole house, every nook, and cranny, asking all the workers where to find Happiness. She received all sorts of answers, from sweet ones to logical ones. Finally, Macey crept slowly to her room and found her mother waiting for her inside. After all of her failed attempts at discovering Happiness, Macey was on the verge of giving up. She asked her mother tiredly, “Do you know where to find Happiness?” Her voice barely above a whisper, Macey’s mother took the time to register her daughter’s words in her brain. When she answered, she said wisely and gracefully, “everybody has their own version of Happiness and their own ways of finding it. Some people might feel happy when they are with their loved ones, and some people might feel happy when they have completed all their work. So, Macey, the real person you should ask is yourself, what makes you happy?” Macey felt a stab of hope at the thought of uncovering the secret for finding Happiness. Energy bubbled in Macey as she pondered for a moment.
“I feel happy when others are happy.” Her voice small and raw, rimmed with vulnerability.
At last, satisfaction settled into Macey’s soul when she uttered those words. Delight tiptoed in her heart and relief resonated through her entire being. Macey’s mother beamed with pride at the answer. With a quick goodbye, she took off.
Macey flopped on her bed, exhausted from her quest for Happiness. She decided that tomorrow she would help others on their journey for Happiness. With that thought in mind, Macey fell asleep, happily.

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Accession Number : AD0874018
Title : Geoelectric Reconnaissance of the Laguna Joyuda Area at Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.
Descriptive Note : Technical rept.,
Corporate Author : ARMY ELECTRONICS COMMAND FORT MONMOUTH NJ
Personal Author(s) : Walker, John W. ; Pearce, Douglas C. ; Hulse, W. H. ; Zanella, A. H.
Report Date : JUL 1970
Pagination or Media Count : 43
Abstract : A program of both field and laboratory measurement of the electrical properties of the upper 3 meters of soil of a site near Laguna Joyuda, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, were undertaken to determine the potential utility of the site as a test area. Continuous samples were collected for laboratory measurement and computation of the frequency dependence of the electromagnetic parameters in the 50 to 500 MHz range. Comparative measurements by both conventional Wenner array and an electromagnetic induction method produced compatible results, but lacked the detail required. The results of the study indicate the soil lies in thinly developed layers which are believed to parallel the residual development. It is inferred that crop fertilization has superimposed an effect on the electrical properties of the soil and are particularly noticeable in the shallow depressions and on the less well-drained slopes. Conductivities in the range of 1 to 15 mmhos/meter were encountered. Attenuation values range from approximately 1 to 11 db/meter. Although the site is considered to be somewhat a typical of the general range of electromagnetic parameters encountered in Puerto Rico, the computed values indicate suitable utility of the site as an electromagnetic test area. (Author)
Descriptors : (*SOILS, ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES), ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES, ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE, ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY, TERRAIN, DRAINAGE, SITE SELECTION, PUERTO RICO, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, TEST FACILITIES, VERY HIGH FREQUENCY, ULTRAHIGH FREQUENCY, CLIMATE, DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES.
Subject Categories : Soil Mechanics
Electricity and Magnetism
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Pushing pellets through by hand from the breech end of the barrel,September 10 2017 at 8:59 AM
|James Perotti (Login jpsaxnc)|
Response to Bore lapping & polishing
can give a good idea if the barrel can benefit from lapping. If you feel tight and loose spots as the pellet is being pushed through, lapping "just the tight spots", could improve accuracy. If the bore feels uniform, with no tight or loose spots, but the pellet feels undersized or loose going through the bore, look at the rifling marks on the pellet, in a good bore, the individual rifling marks will be bright, with grey spaces between them, if there's brightness showing between the rifling marks, the bore is rough, and is sizing the pellets down as they pass through the bore, a light lapping can cure that. hth.


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Design and Branding
Unloc is a great not-for-profit organisation aimed at empowering and upskilling young people. It is based in Portsmouth and set up by Hayden Taylor and Ben Dowling when they were just 19 years old. They have gone on to create some amazing opportunities for schools and college students in Portsmouth but also expanding as far as Cambridge, London, and Essex.
Unloc asked morph to help them develop fresh new branding for their organisation, a new website and marketing collateral. We worked with Unloc to develop a solid understanding of their organisation, objectives and markets. Out of this, we were able to agree criteria around the brand development and then progress to the creative development.
We developed a new colorful brand for Unloc and a new website that was aimed at showcasing their work with schools and colleges and setting out their services in a compelling way. As well as delivering a fresh brand and website, we also developed a brochure aimed at the Further Education sector. We also created a sub-brand and marketing collateral for a nationwide competition carried out in partnership with Verizon. We loved working on these projects with Unloc and found them to be an inspiring organisation that we think will continue to grow and thrive whilst developing leadership skills and creating fantastic opportunities for young people across the world.


Winter will be messy
[ By Mark Reaman ]
While the expectation is to finish the major Gunnison-Crested Butte airport terminal upgrade on time next summer, it won’t be a smooth road to completion.
Gunnison County facilities and grounds director John Cattles told the Rural Transportation Authority (RTA) board on Friday that there have been a lot of “speed bumps” with the construction and he indicated this winter will essentially be a work zone for passengers using GUC for the next six or seven months.
“Doing this sort of upgrade by itself is a very, very, very difficult project,” he said. “Things like supply chain issues, inventory shortages and staff shortages make it worse. As one example there are not many CDL licensed drivers in the valley, so we are bringing them in from as far away as Grand Junction.”
Cattles said the baggage claim space is being moved inside the terminal this week and will be operational next week pending delivery of some final pieces of equipment. The new security checkpoint space will be ready for use on November 30. Also, on November 30 a portion of the ssecond floor hold room will be ready for use. “We will continue to make incremental improvements like opening up more space and improving baggage handling through the winter season,” said Cattles.
“It will be a hard winter with lots of interrupted flow for the ski season, so we are asking everyone to be please patient,” he said. “We know it sucks. The end date for the project is still June and that’s when we hope we will be 100 percent done so we can have everything finished by July.” The new building will be totally electric and have no gas lines servicing it.
In the meantime, the installation of escalators will be taking place right in the middle of the new terminal so there will be temporary hallways through March. That will come with limited restroom facilities and a construction site feel for the winter. “We will be able to serve people but there will be a lot of compromises,” he said.
GUC airport manager Rick Lamport said he would be discussing with Alpine Express the best way to manage bus traffic flow and pick-ups this winter.


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Often considered the sister series to The Slayers, Lost Universe is Hajime Kanzaka's take on the Sci-Fi genre. Following Kane Blueriver, Millie Feria Noturne and Canal Vorfeed, the anime (and novels) explore the trio's job ? Trouble Contractors, who anyone can hire to solve their problems. These problems range from getting a witness to a trial on time (and alive) to tracking down stolen tea sets. As the series progresses, the Nightmare Syndicate comes to light; this organization is out to conquer the universe, and Kane and Canal seem to have a personal problem with them...can Millie and Kane unravel the mystery of the Lost Ships and the Syndicate before it's too late?
The series is very much a Kanzaka series; it's 60% humor and 40% Serious Business. It pokes fun at the genre and has various shout outs throughout. The anime's 26-episode run was supposed to have been followed by a 2nd series that would have given it a more conclusive ending, but the funding didn't appear.
There's a widely-held Fanon belief that this series is set in the same universe as Slayers. To pull from the other Wiki:
"In Slayers, it was mentioned that the main characters of that series live on a world that is one of the four created by the mother of all creation, called The Lord of Nightmares or simply LoN. This world was known as the Red World. Lost Universe, however, takes place in a different world, known as the Black World. Whereas the demi-gods of the various worlds such as Ruby-Eye Shabranigdo and Dark Star Dugradigdo had physical presence in that world, they appear in the Black World as "Lost Ships," or space ships that have mystical or somewhat magical powers.?
Word of God (as you can read here) has explicitly stated that this is not true; the series are set in two totally different universes. He just liked the names, and reused them. Whether you feel this is an improvement or not varies among the community.
- Awesome McCoolname - Millennium Feria Nocturne or Stargazer, Kane Blueriver.
- Clothing Damage - Kane shreds and/or loses his cape quite regularly; good thing he has a closet full of them...
- Completely Missing the Point: Students at a school for nurses plant bombs in their test area in an attempt to remove their rivals for top of the class, proving that they completely failed to grasp the concept of medical ethics.
- Cool Old Lady: Kain's grandmother was definitely this.
- Cut Short: The Light Novel series only lasted for four books, and the ending was abrupt (see Kill'Em All below).
- Everything's Better with Chickens: The cast once ends up on a flight that gets hijacked by religious fanatics in chicken suits. No, really.
- Expy: Millie looks like she could be Amelia's Elseworld counterpart, and Kane is more or less a male version of Lina. Darkstar in human form is basically an evil looking Gourry, or his evil twin. See his picture here
- Follow the Chaos - It's how you know dinner's ready.
- Fridge Logic - They talk about years, days, hours, etc... That sure makes sense on planet Earth yet, when we go to space, we cannot work with those units as those depends on the relation between the Sun and planet Earth.
- There's no reason they can't have a standard day as a universal time reference for space travellers. Otherwise nobody could schedule anything.
- Also when they go to a planet it always seems bright as day. Then comes to wonder... "Where's the star that lights all that?!?!"
- Genki Girl - Canal.
- Hey, It's That Voice! - Megumi Hayashibara as Canal; Soichiro Hoshi as Kane; Akira Ishida plays a recurring government agent. Yasunori Matsumoto, better known as the voice of Gourry Gabriev, is surprisingly cast as The Dragon.
- Informed Ability - Millie gets completely wrapped up in bandages by a group of medical students who are allegedly ready for their final exam because she sneezed - once.
- Karma Houdini - Despite the demonstrated lack of competence and professional ethics in the medical students mentioned in the Completely Missing the Point and Informed Ability examples, all that happens to them is that they voluntarily end up having to retake their last year of classes instead of the expulsion and/or criminal charges that should have resulted.
- Kill'Em All: The climax of the novels.
- Laser Blade - Kane's primary weapon.
- Lethal Chef - Subverted: Millie is actually a very good chef...she just blows up the kitchen every time she uses it. Once by literal application of Oven Logic.
- Light Novels - It began as a light novel series, four volumes in total.
- Limited Wardrobe - Kane's closet is nothing but the exact same cloak.
- Lost Technology - The Lost Ships.
- Magic From Technology - The Ships again, whose Energy Weapons look a heck of a lot like magic. The commands used on Dark Star at the end that disrupts him is part of the Giga Slave...
- Megumi Hayashibara
- Names to Run Away From Really Fast - Yami o Makumono (lit. He Who Spreads Darkness; "Dark Seeder" in the ADV Translation)
- No Budget: Unintentional; it was being made during a financial recession, so it got a meager budget to begin with. To twist the knife even further, the masters for the first few episodes were damaged from a studio fire, so their quality also went down.
- The Mole - Rail.
- Off-Model - Episode 4, "Yashigani Hofuru", had so many animation errors that yashigani became a Fan Nickname for bad animation.
- Recycled in Space - Lost Universe is Slayers, in...well, you know.
- Soichiro Hoshi
- Spaceship Girl - Canal, who is also a Cool Ship.
- Shoot the Shaggy Dog: Only several villains are alive at the end of the novel series; all of the protagonists are dead without any real justification.
- Shout-Out - Kane's Laser Blade.
- Stun Guns - Millie often uses plastic rounds, which are played more like a less permanent Instant Death Bullet than a painful blow.
- To Be a Master - Millie wants to be the best in the universe - at everything.
- Tsundere - Millie.

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AMSTERDAM - Fourways Air just opened its doors and is ready for the future. Fourways Air is a newly founded Dutch airliner that focusses on the European and International market. Director SirMark explains "In times where flying becomes a bigger part of the public transport, it clearly was time for a fresh airliner that makes sure their customers have both fair prices and maximum comfort."
Fourways Air starts with two DC-9 aircraft in a stunning livery and maximum comfort, connecting Amsterdam to six other European airports. The four pillars on which the customers of Fourways Air can rely are speed, liablity, environment and comfort.


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SCUGOG: Three local residents sat before council on Monday, March 3, to raise the latest grievance with proposed changes to Scugog Township's new zoning by-law, regarding the definition of a communal dwelling - which they want stricken from the books.
Martha Casson, Vice Chair of the Scugog Seniors Advisory Committee and John Lucyk, owner of Lucyk Renovations Limited, argued to council that this new definition raises obstacles for seniors attempting to purchase and share an affordable home together and avoid moving into commercial retirement facilities. In an effort to gain clout, the group of concerned residents sought representation by professional land-usage consultant Valerie Cranmer.
The issue stems from Scugog's recently released new zoning by-laws, which drew ire when they sought to classify shared-ownership homes with more than six rooms, and with more than one bedroom connecting with an en suite bathroom, as a form of retirement home or rooming house. Scugog Township created this new classification, previously unheard of in the township, in an effort to circumvent property tax scams, issues with fire code, and boarding houses being erected on its historical streets.
"The regulations regarding so-called communal housing are an attempt to control the relationship of people, with respect to joint ownership of a property," said Ms. Cranmer. "The terminology is incorrect, the proper term for referring to multiple ownership of a building is 'tenants in common.' The whole thing would be nearly impossible to enforce, without by-law officers performing head counts on occupants."
The deputation group stated that many Scugog residences would be classified as "illegal non-conforming dwellings" if they meet the criteria and are jointly-owned by a citizen and a spouse, relative, or friend.
The final major point of discussion between Scugog Township Councillors and the deputation dealt with the providing of services such as housekeeping, lawn care, and medical care. According to Ms. Cranmer, Director of Community Services Don Gordon stated that "when a home becomes a place where services are provided, it becomes a different type of use, such as a small retirement facility," at a Public Meeting in October 2013.
Ms. Cranmer quoted Mr. Gordon in her presentation, and explained that as people age, they will require certain services until a time when they are forced to move into a commercial retirement facility.
"It would appear that, if I were to become incapacitated or were caring for a senior family member and require yard-work or medical service, my joint-ownership dwelling would automatically become a commercial retirement facility."
Council thanked the group for contributing their thoughts on this complex issue, and Mayor Chuck Mercier stated that "we should wait until all of the work is done, as there are many adjustments and concerns from many people. We need to discuss these criteria with the proponents and ensure that all of our bases are covered."
Meetings have been set-up between Mr. Gordon and the proponents to come to a satisfactory solution. More information, including fire code regulations, is expected to be brought to the March 17 council meeting.
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You might have already heard that eating meat can be unhealthy for you. The World Health Organization made headlines in 2015 when the organization referred to processed meat as a “carcinogen.” According to the WHO, processed meat can greatly increase a person’s risk of acquiring colon or rectum cancer by a staggering 18 percent. However, science has already proven that eating all kinds of animals can be detrimental to a person’s health. It is said that even “white meat” can be bad for you.
Most people have this misconception that consuming a little organic meat is safe. Well, not so much. While reducing the amount of meat that you eat is a great way of starting a healthy lifestyle, the fact remains that consuming any type of meat can have an adverse effect on your body in the long run. Knowing exactly the health risks of consuming too much meat can help you make an informed decision about the way you consume meat as part of your diet.
Here are the eight reasons why eating meat is not good for your health.
1. It Can Increase the Risk of Cancer
Many of us have seen the story last 2015 when the World Health Organization deemed processed meat as a “carcinogen.” According to WHO, processed meat can increase a person’s risk of acquiring colon or rectum cancer. A multitude of studies conducted by top independent researchers and universities revealed that consuming excessive amounts of chicken, cow or any other animal meat can promote different types of cancer. Studies conducted in England and Germany showed that people who are on a vegetarian diet are 40 percent less likely susceptible to cancer compared to meat-eaters. According to a Harvard Study in 2014, a serving of red meat a day during adolescent years can result in a 22 percent higher risk of acquiring pre-menopausal breast cancer. The same can also be said to adults who eat red meat are 13 percent more likely to get breast cancer.
A few hypotheses have explained with meat consumption can result in cancer. First, meats do not come with fibers and others nutrients that help protect you against cancer. Meat also comes with saturated fat and animal protein. In some cases, carcinogenic compounds like heterocyclic amines or HCA and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or PAH can also be found in many types of meat. These compounds are formed during the processing or cooking of the meat.
2. It can Cause Diabetes and Heart Disease
Bill Clinton went vegan for this very reason. Dairy products, eggs, and meat are rich in cholesterol and saturated fat. These foods can cause diabetes, heart attack, strokes, and different types of cancer. These diseases have been the major culprits for many deaths in the US. According to decades of research by scientific institutions, it shows nearly 2,200 Americans die every day due to cardiovascular diseases from dietary cholesterol. Saturated fat can be found in all types of meat and fish. Even with the skin removed, chicken and turkey are still rich in saturated fat.
Moreover, the American Diabetes Association also published a study looking at the correlation of eating meat to diabetes. According to their findings, people who consume large amounts of animal protein are 22 percent more likely to acquire diabetes. Aside from dreaded diabetes, eating meat can also cause mental disorders like Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. The steady cognitive decline among adults can be attributed to the consumption of saturated fat. There are also other plant-based protein sources that do not trigger your cholesterol levels since they are low in saturated fat.
3. Excessive Meat Consumption Can Lead to Weight Problems
Of course, “a healthy body weight” is something that is best defined by the person’s perspective on his weight. However, it does not necessarily mean you need to live a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle just to attain your ideal weight. Getting a lower BMI is something you cannot achieve if you are living on a meat diet. According to some studies, people who rely on a meat-laden diet are more likely to be obese than vegetarians and vegans. On average, adult meat-eaters are 10 to 29 pounds heavier than those on a vegan diet. On the other hand, vegetarians have a 16 percent faster metabolic rate than meat-eaters.
4. Meat is Associated with Foodborne Diseases
A report published by the US Department of Agriculture or USDA shows that almost 70 percent of food poisoning cases in the country is caused by contaminated animal meat. Some of the most common foodborne diseases include Campylobacter, E. Coli, and Salmonella. These 3 foodborne diseases account for 76 million illnesses and 325,000 hospitalizations each year. More than 5,000 people, however, succumbed to these diseases.
Eating animal meat can put you at risk of acquiring food poisoning since animal products are usually contaminated with fecal matter during slaughter or processing, especially among chickens. As revealed by a Consumer Reports study, 97 percent of the raw chicken sold in the US market is tainted with bacteria. Eliminating meat from your daily diet will reduce your risk of being exposed to these harmful bacteria.
5. Meat Consumption Can Lead to Erectile Dysfunction
Animal products like dairy, eggs, and meat can hinder the natural blood flow to all your organs. Originally, anxiety was considered the primary culprit in many cases of impotence. However, that is not always the case as the Erectile Dysfunction Institute states that 90 percent of cases of impotence are not psychological related, but physical. This means that diabetes, high cholesterol level, obesity and prostate cancer can also lead to impotence. All of these physical conditions can be triggered by eating meat.
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition also published a study that suggests men who couple healthy flavonoid-rich diet with regular exercise can lower the risk of having impotence problems by over 20 percent. Flavonoid is something that can be found in fruits such as apples, blueberries, and strawberries. Many nutritionists and physicians also believe that the best way of preventing erectile dysfunction is to eat a diet rich in fiber. Adding fruits, whole grains, and vegetables to your diet can do wonders to your health.
6. Most Meats Are Rich in Hormones
It has been a common practice among breeders in the cattle industry to feed their cows with hormone pellets. While some foods contain low levels of hormones, many scientists are alarmed by the fact that hormone injection has become a norm in the cattle industry. These hormones can pose a serious threat among meat-eaters. Consuming organic meat also does not help since you can still ingest the hormones naturally produced by the animals when they were slaughtered. Without a hormone injection, an animal can still have their natural sex hormones estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. You are still eating a type of hormone which can affect your health in the long run.
7. Eating Meat Makes Your Body Resist Antibiotics
Supergerms is an antibiotic-resistance bacteria found in many factory farms. It has become a norm among breeders in America to use antibiotics in growing animals. The antibiotics previously meant for humans now help farm animals to survive in harsh living conditions that would otherwise kill them. As a result, there are new strains of antibiotic-resistance bacteria developed in the past years.
Approximately 70 percent of antibiotics used in the US are injected to poultry animals which are soon to be sold as meat to consumers. Vancomycin is the most common drug used in many animals due to its strong defense against staphylococcus bacteria and other deadly blood infections. Ingesting this can make yourself antibiotic-resistant.
8. Eating Meat Can Result to Death
Due to the reasons stated above, meat-eaters do not live as long as vegans and vegetarians. According to the journal published by JAMA Internal Medicine, a study of over 70,000 revealed that those who are on a vegetarian diet are 12 percent less likely to have died on a span of six years compared to their meat-eating peers. Vegetarian men have an average lifespan of 83.3 years while their meat-eating counterparts only live to an average of 73.8 years. The same can also be said to vegetarian women as they can live as long as 85.7 years, which is 6.1 years longer than women who are fond of eating meat. If you are looking to live longer, cutting out meat from your diet is the best way to go.
The bottom-line is that you either reduce your meat consumption or cut it out altogether. Shifting to a non-meat diet can help you curb the destruction of the environment and conserve animal life.


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CON29DW Updates – Conveyancers’ Briefing Note
To support conveyancing professionals, DWSN have developed a briefing note explaining the reasons for the changes to the Law Society’s CON29DW.
Working in consultation with The Law Society, The Drainage and Water Searches Network(DWSN) agreed changes to the CON29DW to ensure that the Enquiry provides conveyancers with the most up-to-date information available when advising their clients on the impact of water and waste water networks in relation to property purchases.
In summary the key changes are:
- Inclusion of details on private pumping stations
- Impact of sustainable drainage systems (SUDs) on newly adopted sewerage networks
- Removal of water quality information as this is not property specific; however this information will still be available on individual water companies’ websites
- Provision of water hardness information.

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Is it impossible or too difficult for you to discover the hiking node network? We do it for you and film each month a section of the extensive network. We have bundled the films in a playlist.
To know exactly where the route was filmed, you can surf to the Hiking Route Planner of East Belgium or look at the map that you can buy at the Bütgenbach Tourist Info Office. We wish you a lot of fun watching the films and of course we hope to meet you in real, because walking in real is also enjoying the smells, the sounds, the wind on your skin!
You can import the route by scanning the QR code via the GO Eastbelgium application.You can import the route by scanning the QR code via the GO Eastbelgium application.


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The Ancient City of Susa (shoosh)
The very first civilization which has ever lived in Iran was The Shoosh Civilization.
8000 years ago, there was a civilization which lived in today's Khoozestan, their name was "Shoosh Civilization," or in English "Susa Civilization." So far this has been reported as the oldest civilization which have ever existed on Earth. By civilization, we mean civilized city government or city state or Empire or Kingdom or any type of local civilized system. The ancient city of Susa is mentioned in Old Testament as the place where prophet Daniel lived. The city name is derived from Shashana, a member of water lily family of flowers, believed to grow in lakes and swamps outside this biblical city in ancient times.
Susa was the capital of a ancient kingdom know is Elam. A kingdom built and ruled by Dravidian people who ruled it from second millennium BCE until late mid-first millennium BCE. Elamite kingdom was destroyed by attacks from Babylonians. Elamite influence spread throughout the southern regions of Iran by their cuneiform writing system, and rock inscriptions. After that Cyrus the Great founded his empire and gained control over Susa. Susa was declared as one of the three capitals of the empire covering the southern regions. When Darius established his rule over the empire, he set out to built the palace of Persepolis in his home state, and later an equally magnificent palace in his favorite city of Susa. It is said that the carving style and shapes of the columns in Susa are similar to Persepolis buildings. The fluted shaped column with flowers at pillars are truly an Achaemenian style in ancient palace buildings. Today we can visit the ruins of this palace built on a hilltop overlooking the modern city of Susa. This style was later used in ancient palaces as far as northern India all the way to Ionian Greece.
Till the beginning of the control by the moslems, Shoosh continued to thrive. In the year 1898 AD, the famous castle of Shoosh was constructed by "Morgan" on the northern part of the Acropol hill. The ancient name of Shoosh was 'Soos' or 'Dasht-e-Soosiana', and later on was changed to Shoosh. The tomb of Profet Daniel is also located in Shooshtar and it can be seen on the western side of the palace hill.
One of the most beuatiful castles in Shooshtar is the Acropol or Shoosh castle which was constructed by a group of French archeologists in the year 1897 AD in the highest region of the city. The design is very similar to the Bastille in France. This castle has been constructed by Dezful artists and by means of bricks obtained from Darius (Dariush) castle and some engraved bricks in the Kific script from Choqazanbil. Valuable and important relics such as the famous statue of Queen Napirasustoon, Hamurabi Code and famed buff earthenware glass of Shoosh with a wild goat drawing have been discovered from the Acropol Hill. It took a period of 15 years to build this structure which stood as a defense fort against the attack of local clans and tribes.
Map of the location of Susa:
Achamenid's Art Remains in Susa:
Chogha Zanbil Cidal in Shoosh(susa): ( I will elaburate more on this site in the near feuture)
Profet Danial's Tomb:
City Of Shooshtar:


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Many women feel they are protecting themselves against breast cancer when they have their annual mammogram. However, the truth is that, while mammograms can be useful in detecting breast cancer, they have no value in preventing it or in curing it; and even the value of early detection is less impressive than many people think. An analysis published in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that only about 3 percent to 13 percent of women who detected their breast cancer by mammogram were actually helped by early detection.1 The breast cancers that are found on mammograms can be seen as falling into four categories.
The first category includes cancers that are overdiagnosed; that is, they would never have become dangerous and there was no need for any treatment. For example, I had a tiny tubular cancer in my breast that would likely never have required any treatment. However, because of their mammograms, women are sometimes treated unnecessarily and harmed by side effects from surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, hormones, and the late effects of treatment, such as new cancers, scarring, and/or heart damage. The National Cancer Institute reports estimates of between 20% and 54% for cancers that were detected by mammogram but that never would have caused the woman’s premature death or even any symptoms during her lifetime.2
An example of overdiagnosis is DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ), in which abnormal cells are found in the lining of breast ducts. DCIS is Stage 0, meaning it has not spread outside the duct into the surrounding breast tissue, and it’s commonly called a precancer. DCIS has a 10-year survival rate of more than 98%, but because a few cases do progress into breast cancer, and because doctors cannot distinguish which cases of DCIS will progress and which will not, they have been recommending treatment for all of them. Currently, approximately 35 percent are treated with lumpectomy, about 25 percent with mastectomy, 3 to 5 percent with active surveillance only, and the remainder with lumpectomy plus radiation or hormone treatment or both.3 However, new research reported in JAMA Oncology looked at more than 100,000 women with DCIS and found that aggressive treatments do not reduce breast cancer mortality rates.4 This implies that the best course of action would be watching and waiting instead of undergoing treatment with all its risks. Of course, this finding reminds me of the statistics showing that my axillary dissection did not likely improve my chances of recurrence or survival. I hope that doctors will provide their DCIS patients with better information and recommendations than I received, so that patients will feel comfortable if they opt to refuse unnecessary treatment.
Another stage 0 “cancer” (which is not really cancer even though it has carcinoma in its name), is LCIS (lobular carcinoma in situ), which means there are abnormal cells in the lobules. It is not usually even considered a precancer, but rather a risk factor. It is not normally treated with surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy, but because most cases of LCIS are ER+, it is sometimes treated with anti-estrogen hormones. Annual mammograms and breast exams are also recommended.
The second category of cancers detected by mammogram includes slow-growing cancers that would have been equally treatable much later, when the symptoms would have shown up on a clinical exam. There was no advantage from early detection. The third category includes very aggressive cancers that would have killed the patient no matter when they were diagnosed. Only in the fourth category, which consists of deadly cancers that are found at a treatable stage, do mammograms make a difference.
This still makes mammograms worthwhile, but the optimal amount of screening is controversial. In 2009, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended beginning mammograms at age 50 instead of 40, and testing every other year rather than annually, until age 74. A woman who began screening every two years beginning at 50 would undergo only 13 mammograms in her lifetime, as opposed to the 35 that a woman who had annual mammograms beginning at age 40 would. Fewer mammograms would mean less risk of radiation exposure (radiation is a carcinogen) as well as less risk of harm from overdiagnosis. There was a huge outcry from the public, who viewed these changes as an attempt to save money at the risk of their health. Agencies with a financial interest, such as the American College of Radiology and the Society of Breast Imaging, piled on, issuing a joint statement saying that following the recommendations would result in lethal consequences for thousands of women each year. Everyone went back to the drawing board, and in 2015 the American Cancer Society (ACS) issued new recommendations. They now recommend that women with an average risk of breast cancer begin annual screenings at age 45 instead of their previous recommendation of age 40. However, women aged 40 to 44 should be able to opt for annual screening if they wish. Women 55 years and older should be screened every other year, but they should have the opportunity to continue annual screening if they wish. Elderly women should continue screening mammography as long as they are healthy and expect to live at least 10 more years. The USPSTF stuck with essentially the same recommendation it had made in 2009.
Many people believe that screening is overemphasized. Dr. Susan Love, author of Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book, has said that she would like to see less emphasis on screening and more focus on cancer prevention as well as on treatment for the most deadly cancers, particularly those that affect younger women. “There are still 40,000 women dying every year,” Dr. Love said. “Even with screening, the bad cancers are still bad.”5
Another problem with mammography is its frequent false-negative results. This means that the mammograms appear normal even though the patient has breast cancer. Screening mammograms miss about 20 percent of breast cancers that are present at the time of screening, mostly because of high breast density.6 Breasts are composed of two types of tissue. Fatty tissue is nondense, while glandular and connective tissue is considered dense. While all women have both types of tissue, some women have denser breasts than others. Breast density can be inherited, but is also seen more frequently in women who (like me) have never given birth, women whose first pregnancy occurs late in life, and post-menopausal women who (also like me) used hormone replacement therapy (HRT). As a woman ages, her breasts usually become more fatty, but about 25% of post-menopausal women still have dense breasts, as compared to about 67% of pre-menopausal women. Dense breast tissue looks like a solid white area on a mammogram, while nondense tissue looks black. Tumors are dense and therefore appear white on mammograms, which means they are often not visible against dense breast tissue, which also appears white. Dr. Thomas Kolb, a radiologist specializing in breast cancer detection based in New York, says, “In women with grade 4 dense breasts — the most dense — mammograms miss 59 percent of breast cancers.”7
In some states, doctors are not required to inform patients of their breast density grade, so women would not know. I never knew my grade, and I was never referred for routine screening MRI tests. I had been told that I had “extremely dense” breasts, but nobody ever explained to me what that meant or indicated that breast density had any importance.
Nancy M. Cappello, Ph.D. was diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer in 2004. Because she had dense breast tissue, her cancer was not found by mammogram even though she had yearly “normal” mammograms since she was 40. Because of her own experience, Dr. Cappello founded Are You Dense, Inc., a charitable organization dedicated to informing the public about dense breast tissue and its significance for the early detection of breast cancer. The following information can be found at the website AreYouDense.org and is used with the permission of Are You Dense, Inc. Five facts about dense breast tissue:8
- 40% of women have dense breast tissue.
- Breast density is one of the strongest predictors of the failure of mammography to detect cancer.
- Mammography misses every other cancer in dense breasts.
- Breast density is a well-established predictor of breast cancer risk.
- High breast density is a greater risk factor than having two first degree relatives with breast cancer.
- The vast majority of women are unaware of the density of their breasts.
- 95% of women do not know their breast density.
Less than one in 10 women learn about their dense breast tissue from their doctors.
According to Dr. Cappello, 90% of women do not know that density increases the risk of developing breast cancer. The website offers an online brochure with advice on how women can find out if they have dense breasts and what to do about it.
Because of these efforts and the leadership of Dr. Cappello, 27 states have density notification laws and several states have either introduced, or are in the process of drafting, breast density disclosure laws. Additionally, The Breast Density and Mammography Reporting Act of 2015 has been re-introduced in both the U.S. House and the Senate. This federal legislation will standardize density reporting across the country and give women access to critical breast health information as they discuss their personal breast cancer screening surveillance with health-care providers. Updated information about legislative efforts across the country can be found at AreYouDenseAdvocacy.org.
The 2015 feature length documentary, Happygram is about the consequences of withholding medical information about breast density. Here is a plot summary:
Happygram explores the deadly impact of withholding material medical information from 40 million women each year who obtain screening mammograms for the early detection of cancer. For the 40% of these women who have dense breast tissue (15 million women), mammograms are an ineffective screening tool, missing up to 75% of cancers in dense tissue. Each year, thousands of these women die as a result of the missed cancer. Despite the evidence of mammographic ineffectiveness in these women, if no cancer is detected on the mammogram, most women were informed that their results were ‘normal,’ or ‘negative.’ The information is communicated in a letter that is mailed to each woman, sometimes on pink paper. This letter has come to be known as the ‘Happygram.’9
So far, medical organizations have not provided any guidelines about how women who have dense breasts but no other unusual risk factors should be screened. One option is digital breast tomosynthesis, a type of 3-D mammography which seems to be replacing regular mammography in many imaging centers. It appears to pick up more cancers (and have more false positives), but it’s too early to tell whether it improves survival rates. For women with very dense breasts, ultrasound is sometimes recommended in addition to mammography, and some doctors recommend MRI for women with a breast-cancer risk that is 20 percent higher than average.10 This would include those who have had breast cancer, pre-cancerous conditions, or a family history of breast cancer. There is a new method currently being tested that looks promising as a way of detecting breast cancer in high risk women with dense breasts. Molecular breast imaging (MBI), also called Miraluma, sestamibi, scintimammography, and specific gamma imaging, uses a radioactive tracer injected into the body through a vein in the arm. Breast cancer cells take up more of the tracer than normal cells do, making tumors easier to spot than they are on mammograms. A study comparing mammography to MBI for women with dense breasts found that MBI detected two to three times more tumors, similar to the results with MRI. Unfortunately, MBI exposes patients to a much greater dose of radiation than mammograms do.11Patients need to weigh for themselves the advantage of early diagnosis against the harm from excess radiation.
1. Welch, H. Gilbert, and B. A. Frankel. “Likelihood That a Woman With Screen-Detected Breast Cancer Has Had Her “Life Saved” by That Screening.” Arch Intern Med Archives of Internal Medicine 171, no. 22 (December 12, 2011): 2043. (Go back)
2. “Breast Cancer Screening.” National Cancer Institute. January 8, 2016. Accessed February 08, 2016. http://www.cancer.gov/types/breast/hp/breast-screening-pdq. (Go back)
3. “Mammograms.” National Cancer Institute. March 25, 2014. Accessed February 08, 2016. http://www.cancer.gov/types/breast/mammograms-fact-sheet. (Go back)
4. Esserman, Laura, and Christina Yau. “Rethinking the Standard for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Treatment.” JAMA Oncology JAMA Oncol 1, no. 7 (October 2015): 881-83. (Go back)
5. Parker-pope, Tara. “Mammogran’s Role as Savior Is Tested.” The New York times, October 25, 2011. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E6D9173AF936A157 53C1A9679D8B63. (Go back)
6. “Mammograms.” National Cancer Institute. March 25, 2014. Accessed February 08, 2016. http://www.cancer.gov/types/breast/mammograms-fact-sheet. (Go back)
7. Sy, Stephanie, and Cara Lemieux. “The Cancer Risk Factor You’ve Probably Never Heard of.” ABC News. October 5, 2011. Accessed February 08, 2016. http://abcnews.go.com/ Health/dense-breasts-breast-cancer-doctor-telling/story?id=14673580#.UB7m4k38t8G. (Go back)
8. Ravn, Karen. “Breast Density Linked to Cancer Risk.” Los Angeles times, June 21, 2010. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/21/health/la-he-breast-density-20100621. (Go back)
9. “Happygram Plot Summary.” IMDb. Accessed February 08, 2016. http://www.imdb. com/title/tt4810228/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl. (Go back)
10. “Tissue Density May Influence Risk for Breast Cancer,” UCLA Health, Vital Signs, Winter, 2016, p. 11. (Go back)
11. O’Connor, Michael K., PhD, Deborah Rhodes, MD, and Carrie Hruska, PhD. “Molecular Breast Imaging.” Expert Rev. Anticancer Ther. 9, no 8 (August, 2009): 1073-1080. doi: 10.1.1586/era.09.75. (Go back)


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Those on the left seem to love the government and think it can do no wrong, but when the state uses its power to execute someone, they get all up in arms and lose their collective minds.
Those on the right are skeptical of the government (in general), think it rarely does the right thing, and hardly does anything well, but when the state decides to execute someone, they are (mostly) fine with it.
I don’t have any problems with the death penalty per se, but I do think that the state should have to meet a higher burden of proof than in regular cases when seeking it.
I don’t know much about the Troy Davis case; I’m inclined to trust the jury, since that’s what they’re for.
I just found it interesting that in pretty much this sole case, the positions of the parties vis a vis their respect for the government is reversed.


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Helen Evans is a poet, tutor and editor. Her poems have appeared in places such as Obsessed with Pipework, The North, Clear Poetry, and The Rialto, and she was a prizewinner in the 2010 Manchester Cathedral Prize.
Helen’s debut pamphlet Only by Flying was published by HappenStance in 2015.
Hi Helen. Thanks for taking the time to chat. Congratulations on the publication of your debut pamphlet Only by Flying with HappenStance last year. For the uninitiated, can you give us a bit of background on the collection?
Thank you. As you can guess from the title, flying – specifically, flying without an engine – is a key theme of the pamphlet. Many of the poems draw upon my 25 years as a glider pilot. I’m very conscious of how lucky I’ve been: life on Earth has existed for four billion years or so; Homo sapiens for a couple of million; poetry for perhaps a few thousand; and heavier-than-air flight for a century. So to live in this era, and in a country where women have the freedom to fly, is an extraordinary blessing.
For a poet, of course, flight has a metaphorical richness, too. That’s a gift and a trap. I have to remember that soaring, which for pilots is a metaphor and an activity, is for most people solely a metaphor. It might signify freedom, or love, or the triumph of the human spirit, or… you name it. And that metaphor’s been around for thousands of years. “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles,” said the prophet Isaiah, long before Cayley, Lilienthal or the Wright brothers.
A metaphor that’s been used for millennia risks becoming a cliché. So for me, privileged to have flown like an eagle, the challenge is to avoid that risk, to make the poems both metaphorical and real. I hope Only by Flying shares the literal pleasures of flight with poetry readers and the nuanced pleasures of poetry with glider pilots.
You gave a special reading at the Scottish Gliding Centre at Portmoak earlier this summer, which was the place that originally inspired many of your glider poems. I’m curious how you felt the poems resonated with the audience who will have been familiar with the subject matter though not necessarily contemporary poetry?
That’s an interesting question, especially for anyone concerned with bringing poetry to a wider public. This reading turned out to be one of the most enjoyable I’ve done, partly because it was in support of an excellent charity, partly because I felt at home among pilots, but mostly because the audience was so appreciative.
Like you, I had wondered how contemporary poetry would be received. Indeed, I’d wondered if anyone would come to the event. It alarmed me just beforehand when one pilot sidled up apologetically and explained he intended to sit next to the door because he might need to leave early to go flying. I was afraid he was planning to bale out if he was bored.
But it was apparent as soon as I began that people were listening deeply. Attentive silences. Nods of recognition. Eye contact. Many of those present came up afterwards to talk about the poems; the comments were some of the most perceptive I’ve had at readings.
I sold out of pamphlets, although since the reading was in aid of a charity, Walking on Air, which enables people with disabilities to go gliding, there was a goodwill element, as well. The pilot who had earlier parked himself by the door – and who did stay till the end – bought a pamphlet and shared an insight into one of my favourite poems, ‘Vantage Point’, which nobody else (including me) had noticed, and which rang true. Most glider pilots value the beauty and subtleties of flight. That’s why many of them do it. I should have had more faith in them from the start.
My publisher, Nell Nelson, commented afterwards that even she, who knows the work so well, experienced it differently when she was in an audience of pilots. She heard the metaphors as facts first, which of course the pilots did. When I shared poems about glimpsing a solar glory, or about sea breezes killing convection, or about chasing your glider’s shadow across the snowline, they knew what I was talking about, literally, and that opened up the figurative meanings.
What I took away from the experience is that if you want non-poetry-readers to warm to poetry then it helps to meet them where they are, in words that resonate with their own experience, and it helps to be present in person so they can engage with you one-to-one. If the words come from an authentic place in the poet, I believe people will listen.
A number of your poems also feature birds (‘The Dipper at Rooksmoor Mills’, ‘Fledging’, ‘Leave-taking’, ‘Edgeworth’, ‘Carduelis carduelis’). When did your interest in birds begin and do you think it is inextricably linked to your fascination with flying?
The two developed separately but clearly complement each other. I absorbed the love of birds from my father, a keen birdwatcher, very early on. I remember him driving the family deep into mid-Wales to see a distant dot above a distant mountain, which he assured us was a red kite, when they were almost extinct in the UK. I’ll be volunteering as a commentator on some of the RSPB’s Exe Estuary Avocet Cruises this winter if any bird-loving poets fancy coming along for the ride…
One thing birdwatching and flying have in common is the feeling of grace that I sometimes experience while I’m doing them. During a difficult time a decade ago, watching birds was one of the few things that took me out of myself. ‘The Dipper at Rooksmoor Mills’ comes from that experience. And in the other poems you mention, describing the bird in the moment is what reveals another layer of meaning. For me it all comes down to what Mary Oliver says in her poem ‘Praying’:
pay attention, then patch
a few words together…
Many contemporary British poets write about birds, and I wonder why. Maybe that paying of attention, which for me is so central to writing poems, has something to do with it. Birds offer so much to the observer. And not just poems, either!
I understand you started taking your poetry writing seriously around ten years ago when you attended evening classes led by Greta Stoddart. I’m curious how big a part of your life poetry and poetry writing was prior to then?
I wrote a lot as a child and teenager, and because I had the kind of mind that retains quotations the poetry I studied at school – Blake, Eliot, Keats – stayed with me. But I didn’t have confidence in my work and spent 20 years as what Julia Cameron, in The Artist’s Way, calls a ‘shadow artist’ pursuing a ‘shadow career’ – training and working as a journalist.
I ended up in what was then my dream job, editor of the national gliding magazine. But being a workaholic who, in nearly nine years, edited something like two million words, I had no headspace at all for writing poetry and precious little for reading it.
I finally noticed that when I did take holidays I was writing haiku, very bad villanelles and free verse that was even worse. In the dark times, too, I was stumbling across classic poems that resonated. I realised I had to change my life. Returning to poetry was one strand of that change.
Greta’s evening classes offered me a way in and, on her recommendation, a Master’s degree in Creative Writing at the University of St Andrews was the next step. It was one of the best years of my life. Five years after that, Only by Flying was published. I can’t thank Greta and Nell enough for their belief in and support of my work.
Were there any dates in the poetry diary you especially enjoyed this year?
The awards ceremony at the National Library of Scotland in May, after HappenStance Press was shortlisted (for Only by Flying) for the Callum MacDonald Memorial Award. It was good to meet the other publishers and poets on the shortlist and very affirming to read there.
Finally, can you tell us a little about the poem you’ve submitted to Poetry Spotlight?
Certainly. It’s called ‘Soaring’ and I’ve chosen it because it follows on from my earlier comments about metaphor.
An airborne glider pilot is always looking for signs of rising air (“lift”). A cumulus cloud. Other gliders circling. Perhaps even, as in this poem, smoke. Her plan is to find the lift (a “thermal”), spiral up in the fastest-rising part (“centre in the core”) then glide to the next one. This is an exhilarating challenge and by now you’ll have gathered I’m passionate about it.
But I find myself quarrelling with poetry or prose whose soaring metaphor is – in my humble opinion – unconnected to reality, or too glibly uplifting. Perhaps that’s because of my own insecurity about whether my poems manage to avoid cliché. Perhaps it’s because I’m aware of the paradoxical reality of flight, which I can find frustrating and frightening as well as uplifting.
Whatever the reason, this poem from Only by Flying drops out of that quarrel.
Below my wing, two plumes of smoke converge.
Two thermals, merging, fed by two small fires.
I stop to circle, longing for a surge
of usable, strong lift. The stench of tyres
from that torched car abandoned on a verge
seeps through the cockpit from the fresh air feed.
I’m struggling to find the core I need,
scraping round and round and round this thermal,
altering the attitude and speed,
trying to fly some kind of clever spiral—
to keep me climbing, centred, in good air.
But that’s the dream. How soaring ought to be.
Effortless and peaceful, fantasy
of freedom or escape. Not this weak core,
hard to centre, faltering and bumpy,
acrid with the taint of rubber burning.
This is flight: a blackened wreck, a yearning.


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How to Level TFT Pass Fast and Get All Rewards
League of Legends Teamfight Tactics is an addictive strategy game created by RIOT Games in which your adaptation skills, gold management and strategy are the most important for a player, and if you are a frequent player of TFT, surely you have heard about of the TFT pass and now we will explain how to level up TFT pass League of Legends easily, let's start!
What is the TFT pass?
If you like rewards for playing your favorite game, then explaining what a battle pass is will be pretty straightforward.
The TFT pass is basically a pass created for each season of the game and they are earned by simply playing any matchmade game or game mode.
In the case of TFT, you will have to play multiple TFT matches to, little by little, unlock the rewards of the pass.
The TFT battle pass is valid for the entire season and it is included in a game patch (normally its duration is announced by RIOT Games in case there are any changes). This means that for 90 days you can claim multiple rewards created in TFT, you just have to complete the different weekly missions as you play any TFT game.
The TFT pass is an incredible way to obtain hundreds of objects that will make your games more and more fun and, as if that were not enough, you can make your account have customizable elements that will make your games more entertaining. However, it takes time and effort to complete the timewalker missions, but here we will show you multiple ways to get your TFT pass easily.
How to level up TFT pass fast?
Level up your TFT player battle pass is a process that can take time but if you like rewards and customize your game much more, then we give you the ways you can level up your TFT pass fast:
Playing games and winning
The easiest way to level up your TFT pass is by playing as many games as possible. However, winning matches will give you much more experience than losing, so keep this in mind.
Complete weekly missions
Weekly, you will get new missions in TFT which you can complete and get large amounts of experience thanks to it. So try to complete all the quests you get to get as many rewards as you can!
Playing hyper roll games
Games in hyper roll mode provide much more experience and are also much faster to complete than normal games. So this is the best method to level up your TFT pass quickly and without too much effort.
Note: There are various rewards that cannot be claimed without purchasing the TFT Pass+, which has a greater number of options and rewards once purchased. However, it can be expensive for some players.
The key to quickly unlocking your player TFT pass rewards is to play as many games as you can per week. However, our recommendation is that you focus mostly on the weekly missions of the pass. In this way you will be able to obtain the rewards more easily.
If you like TFT by League of Legends, and are looking to become a better player, you can check out our guide on how to rank up in TFT easily and start mastering this amazing strategy game with our recommended TFT set today!
What does the TFT pass include?
The TFT pass is one of the most complete you can find among the games created by RIOT Games. Here is a list of things you can commonly find on the TFT pass:
- 1 Exclusive epic little legend, rare little legends or legendary little legends.
- 3-4 arena skins depending on the season (neon nights arena for example).
- Little Legend eggs to claim your epic little legends.
- Exclusive themed emotes you can show to your enemy.
- Exclusive random emotes.
- Booms (Usually included in the TFT Pass+)
- Star Shards (Also included in the TFT Pass+)
- Other extra features such as extra eggs, star shards, little legend, etc, are only included by getting the TFT Pass+.
Remember: To obtain the rewards (such as little legend, star shards, emotes, etc) granted by the TFT Pass you can only play multiple games and complete any weekly mission to double up the experience of your pass little by little.
If you’re interested in improving your strategies as a TFT player, you may take a look at our guide about hyper roll TFT strategy.
What is the TFT Pass+?
If you like the idea of getting additional rewards like eggs, mini legends or new scenarios, then you should consider purchasing the TFT Pass+. Here you will find the additional premium rewards when purchasing the premium pass, otherwise, you will not be able to get the additional rewards of each season pass.
On the other hand, acquiring the TFT Pass+ allows you to obtain many advantages during your games. On the one hand, you will be able to receive a greater amount of experience in each of your games, which will help you obtain the rewards much more easily and you will be able to quickly customize your champion, the scenarios and get exclusive content only available for TFT.
The TFT Pass+ is one of the best options if you like to enjoy your favorite game with special features, new skins and exclusive little legends that will make you the king of Teamfight Tactics while dazzling your enemies with a powerful champion!
This has been our guide on how to level up your Teamfight Tactics pass. If you want, you can take a look at our guide on how to play TFT duos or on the other hand you can take a look at our guide on how many of each unit TFT to use the champion pool and TFT set in your favor and win more games. See you!