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The Northern hemisphere is well past Equinox and moving toward the shortest day of the year.

I have long struggled with this time of year. Although the brightly colored leaves are beautiful and everyone becomes more grateful for the sunny days, I always have a sense of sadness and foreboding… here comes the darkness. Cold, wet, depressing darkness. Some of you will understand well what I’m talking about.

Being a mental health therapist I am well aware of the impact of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), when depression becomes an even more common and debilitating issue. To combat SAD some people begin antidepressant medications, some seek the support of a counselor, and many simply become amotivated and unproductive, wiling away the hours watching Netflix and sleeping. In years past I have tried all of these in all combinations. But I could never rid myself of that sense of sadness and dysfunction. The medication came with too many side-effects, the counseling didn’t make a lasting difference, and trudging around feeling sorry for myself definitely didn’t do me any good. If all my training in psychology and resources in the mental health system couldn’t help me, what hope is there? What was I neglecting?

Nature. What if we could turn to Nature for help? What if we could deepen our understanding of this time of year and find meaning in it? Understand where we come from and what our ancestors knew about this time of year. What if we could bring spiritual health into the mix?

For me this healing process began with learning. Learning what fall is for. Learning about the natural and ancient purpose that winter serves. Learning about the symbolic as well as practical applications of these seasons in the life of a human. I learned about my personal connection to winter and darkness. In my death-denying culture nobody had ever taught me that there is purpose and beauty in it. This is the time of year when the tree releases its leaves and acorns, and the acorn is embedded and incubated under a blanket of snow, a necessary process in order for the seeds contained inside to germinate next spring. I began to see the application of this in my own life.

In this culture of busy, productive, consumption nobody ever taught me the importance and irreplaceable value of resting. I think you’ll agree most of us are taught to take extra vitamins, get a bigger coffee with an extra shot of espresso, and in various other ways try our best to ‘cure’ our need for rest. But there is no avoiding it. We are Nature and we still cycle with the seasons and the Earth no matter what expectations are placed upon us. When we strip away the shame, the impatience, and the expectations and accept our need for rest as something whole and right and good, we change our relationship with the darkness and, for me at least, layers of sadness and sickness fell away.

This time of year is for gathering together in the darkness, remembering our ancestors, and putting faith in the wisdom of Nature and the feminine energies for renewal. It is about understanding that rebirth begins with death. It is about understanding that the sprouting seed of Spring began much earlier, with the dark incubation of winter.

Fall is about letting go of whatever no longer serves us. It is a time of transition. It is a time to slow down, to deepen into ourselves. Fall is a time for preparation. The seeds of what you are creating can be incubated over winter, as if in the womb. Your work at this time of year is to be intentional about what you will leave under that blanket of snow and what you will rake away during this transitional season. In letting go and clearing, trust that things you don’t need right now will be available to you when you do. You don’t have to hang on to everything. Where are your big YES’s and NO’s right now? “Maybe” can feel like a safe option but it’s just an excuse to cling to everything… with “maybe” we sacrifice depth and opportunities for growth and healing. Wield your scythe bravely and let your YES’s and NO’s be known.

There is room at this time of year for sadness, letting go, and grieving, without the need to label it as a disorder. As I learned (and continue to learn) about the beauty, purpose, and wisdom of this season and the winter to come I began to feel, for the first time in my life, at peace with the darkening days and the long frosty nights. It’s easier now to allow myself to slow down, turn inward, light a little fire in the dark and welcome the stillness… without worrying that there must be something wrong with me. My hope is to share this with you.


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Inbhir Nis is the Scottish Gaelic for Inverness, a small city in Scotland; and can be pronounced in a variety of ways depending on where your accent is from, but let us use 'Inyerneesh' as our pronounciation.

The Inbhis Nis is a sleeveless trench with removable A-line cape coming in 2 collar variations.  As the cape is removable you can wear the Inbhir Nis as a simple sleeveless trench coat for when the cape is a little too dramatic for your wardrobe.

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Why do individuals utilize offer house promptly business?

Looking to sell your home without agent Bath? Well, there are several variables that come into play when it concerns needing to sell your house quickly. Some of these consist of:

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Which warranty is not just for the sale occurring, yet it taking place the day of your choosing.

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You get “incorporated”

Some quick residential or commercial property sale companies may require you to put limitations on the title of your residential or commercial property in order to accept their offer (meaning you are locked into utilizing them regardless of what) even if you are miserable with the price decrease they inevitably strike you with. We never ever ask you to do this, as well as you never should.

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What security do home owners obtain when selling with WeBuyAnyHome compared to various other sell residence quick business?

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Chafer Grubs

Chafer Grubs are the larvae of the Chafer Beetle. There are six species in the UK, though commonly the main problems on lawns are caused by just two species: The Garden Chafer and the Welsh Chafer.

The grubs feed on plant roots causing primary damage as the turfgrass dies back due to a lack of water and nutrients.

Significant secondary damage can also occur as predators such as starlings, rooks, crows, jackdaws, magpies, foxes and badgers dig up the turf in search of an abundant high protein feed lying just beneath the surface.

Chafer Grub Damage

Chafer Grubs have stout white bodies curved in a C shape, light brown heads, with three pairs of legs and darker patches at the base of the abdomen. They are generally bigger than the adult beetles with sizes varying according to species. The adult chafer beetles are much easier to identify to species level.

The cockchafer is the largest of the six UK chafer species at 30 mm. The garden and welsh chafer are 10 mm with metallic blue-green head and 15 - 20 mm with brown head respectively.

Chafer Grub
Chafer Grub
Adult Beetles
Garden Chafer Phyllopertha horticola Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha Welsh Chafer Amphimallon solstitialis
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Active: May-June Active: April-July Active: June-August

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Methods Of Control

Control is best achieved through the use of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) plan. An IPM plan helps site managers to understand the pest within the context of their site and to take appropriate action to help reduce the threat of damage before it has become a problem. Steps within an IPM plan include:

  • Identify the pest.
  • Map the site and set priority levels for different areas.
  • Set action thresholds.
  • Monitor the pest.
  • Take appropriate action once action thresholds have been exceeded.
  • Review the process and make changes as necessary.

Monitoring the active life cycle of the chafer beetle by implementing Chafer Pheromone Traps from May through to June will help to reduce the adult beetle egg laying and give valuable warning that chafers are present. The adult males are drawn into the chafer beetle trap by means of a pheromone attractant lure. Once the Garden Chafer beetles fly into the trap, they hit the plastic vanes on top, and are funnelled down inside, where they are unable to escape.

Monitoring the active life stage of insect pests forms an integral part of Integrated Pest Management and allows for better informed application timing of Entomopathogenic Nematode treatments.

Cultural Control

As with most problems the symptoms can be relieved more effectively prior to the onset of problems or when symptoms are first noticed. Scarify and aerate turf in the autumn. Where there is a history of infestation, compress the turf by rolling it in the spring.

Chemical Control

Currently, there are no approved insecticides for the control of chafer grubs; although, in 2018 and 2019 emergency authorisation of Syngenta insecticide Acelepryn was approved for the control of chafer grubs and leatherjackets. The Emergency Authorisation is authorised for a limited window within each calendar year and the specific details of this are likely to change from one authorisation to the next. For specific details on the status of Emergency Authorisation for this issue, contact our technical sales advisors.

Biological Control

The nematodes are beneficial macroinvertebrates which can be used as an effective biological control for chafer grubs. Nematodes are the most abundant multicellular organism on Earth. They are a very diverse group of animals with an estimated 1 million species adapted to specific ecological niches. The group of nematodes that are used to control Chafer Grubs are host specific. The species used to control chafer grubs are; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora. They are native to Britain, persistent in the soil for long-term control and are safe for users and the environment. The nematode penetrates the grub and releases bacteria (Photorhabdus spp.) that kill the chafer grubs by stopping them feeding.

Nematodes need to be applied to moist soil in affected areas during August and early October when the soil temperatures are in excess of 12oC (54oF) and the grubs are active. Sufficient water should be applied after application to ensure the nematodes are washed into the soil profile.

How Entomopathogenic Nematodes Work in the Soil

The lifecycle of a Chafer Grub is illustrated below and explains that the most effective time to apply nematodes will be between mid-July and mid-October. At this time the larvae are at the top of the soil profile and large enough to encounter the nematodes.

Chafer Grub Life Cycle


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2022 MLB Power Rankings: Week 15

Orioles and Rays soar as All-Star break nears.

Every week, the PL team publishes an update to our power rankings, reviewing the biggest risers and fallers of the past seven days. As always, the full rankings can be found at the bottom of this article…but where’s the fun in that.

Here we are – our final Power Rankings ahead of the All-Star break next week. The Mariners, having just won their 12th straight game, are the biggest risers for a second straight week – Colin Fong profiled them in the Week 14 rankings. Meanwhile, the Orioles’ incredible win streak was snapped at 10 games following a tight 5-4 loss to the Rays last night, but their improbable run propels them up seven spots.

Tampa, in fact, is our other major riser, jumping seven spots as well, all the way to sixth. That may sound high, but it’s partially driven by the poor play of teams previously ranked above the Rays – namely, the Padres, Twins, Red Sox, Blue Jays, and Cardinals. In my estimation, the talent gap between Atlanta at fifth and Tampa Bay at sixth is the largest of any neighboring teams. With that in mind, let’s discuss the Rays:

Biggest Risers:

Tampa Bay Rays – #6 (50-40, +7):

The Rays have been on a bit of an odd run recently. Including last night’s streak-stopping victory versus Baltimore, they’re 8-3 over their last 11. That stretch includes a three-game sweep of the Jays and an impressive four-game sweep of the Red Sox. But in between those two series? A clean sweep at the hands of…the Cincinnati Reds?

Despite that, the Rays now find themselves atop both the AL East second-place dogpile and the AL Wild Card race. They’ve gotten to this point on the backs of their pitching staff, which has allowed just 3.9 runs per game, good for 5th in the majors. Obviously, the torchbearer here is Shane McClanahan, who has pitched himself to the top of the Cy Young race with a 1.71 ERA and 147 K in just 110 innings. That ERA mark is best in baseball, as is his WHIP and strikeout total. Corey Kluber, Drew Rasmussen, and Jeffrey Springs have also had good stretches this year, but the fact that none of them have even broken 90 innings speaks to just how much the club has relied on their ace.

The lineup, on the other hand, has been slightly below average on the season. However, they’ve been hot of late, slashing .271/.348/.326 as a unit in July while posting the third-best WAR in baseball, even with star middle infielders Wander Franco and Brandon Lowe on the IL. Yandy Díaz and Harold Ramírez have both been terrific, batting over .400 on the month while Ji-Man Choi has been his normal high-OBP self. In classic Rays fashion, even Franco’s replacement, the normally light-hitting Yu Chang has posted a 155 wRC+.

The Rays will need their full depth chart at the top of its game if they’re to remain afloat in the crowded AL East. While Lowe is set to return soon, Franco underwent wrist surgery this week and is expected to be out for five to eight weeks. Rookie right-hander Shane Baz was shut down from throwing for at least a month on Thursday, and starting outfielders Kevin Kiermaier and Manuel Margot are also injured. According to Spotrac, the Rays have suffered the third-most injuries of any team this season. It’s a tremendous testament to the organization that they’re second in the division despite that, but with the Red Sox, Blue Jays, and surging Mariners breathing down their necks, Tampa faces an uphill battle from here. If anyone can pull it off…it’s the Rays.

Baltimore Orioles – #16 (45-45, +10):

On this date last year, the Orioles were 28-62, the second-worst record in baseball. Today, they are 2.5 games out of a playoff spot, thanks to an incredible 10-game winning streak that brought their record all the way back to .500.

I’d actually argue the Orioles have been flying under the radar for a bit now. While their run differential remains negative (-7) and been so this entire season, it has also long suggested that Baltimore was a better team than they were being credited for. For example, on July 1, the last-place teams in the other five divisions had an average run differential of -99. The Orioles – despite playing in arguably the toughest division – sat at -27.

As fun as this run has been, .500 baseball feels like the high watermark. On the year, the Orioles have both scored and allowed 4.2 runs per game; very appropriate for a .500 club. They’re effectively the Rays lineup matched with the Red Sox staff — it’s more than serviceable, but it’s not amazing.

What has been amazing this year is Baltimore’s bullpen. Frequently asked for multiple innings due to the rotation’s ineptitude, Orioles relievers have been consistently great, throwing the fifth-most innings of any group while posting the third-best war. All-Star Jorge López has been one of the league’s best closers, holding a 1.70 ERA with 17 saves. Félix Bautista has a 1.72 ERA, while high-leverage arm Cionel Pérez sits at 1.48. Dillon Tate and Joey Krehbiel have been excellent as well. In fairness, starter Dean Kremer has pitched very well (2.15 ERA) over his seven starts, as has Tyler Wells.

The Orioles lineup, generally regarded as one of the weakest in the majors, has come alive recently. Ramón Urías has a 1.118 OPS in July, while Cedric Mullins and Trey Mancini have both found their strokes amid largely disappointing seasons. The future is bright as well – in the past month, Adley Rutschman has been the seventh-best catcher by WAR in baseball.

The Orioles have pushed themselves into contention against all odds – some have even suggested they could be buyers at the trade deadline. Unfortunately, Baltimore’s road isn’t getting any easier – they have the seventh-hardest schedule rest of season, featuring a whopping 41 games against division heavyweights in the Yankees, Rays, Red Sox, and Blue Jays. Of course, those 41 games also present an intriguing opportunity. If they can keep the magic alive, there will be plenty of chances to make gains in the playoff race.

Biggest Fallers:

Boston Red Sox – #9 (48-43, -3):

Welp…after tearing up everyone in their path in June and shooting up our rankings, the Red Sox slip a few spots here after suffering a rough four-game sweep to the Rays. Things are not all bad in Boston – last night they finally got both Nathan Eovaldi and Garrett Whitlock back from the IL, just in time for a set with the Yankees. Game one went to the Red Sox in extra innings – taking a series from their Bronx rivals would be the perfect way to end a rollercoaster of a first half.

St. Louis Cardinals – #13 (49-44, -3):

The Cardinals have been just the 19th best lineup in July thus far, scoring just 3.1 runs per game, far below their 4.5 season average. First baseman Paul Goldschmidt is in a bit of a slump despite his MVP-caliber season, batting just .245 in his last 15 games. In the same time frame, Tommy Edman (also in the midst of a terrific season) is batting just .196.

While they’ve been trailing the Brewers in the NL Central for much of the first half, their run differential is about 30 better than Milwaukee’s. I don’t think this team ends the year in second place.

San Francisco Giants – #14 (46-43, -3):

On May 1, the Giants were 14-8 and had scored the most runs in baseball. Since May 1, the Giants are just 32-35 and the 17th best lineup by WAR. They’ve now fallen 13 games back of the Dodgers in the West. While Carlos Rodón and Logan Webb are still dominating, the club is still waiting on Alex Wood, Anthony DeSclafani, and Alex Cobb to figure things out.

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  • Steve says:

    You have the Orioles has the biggest risers at +10, but they only went up +7. The Mariners went up +10, not the Orioles.

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Jul 4, 2019 | Blogging

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How to Choose the Perfect Blog Topics for Your Website

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Building a loyal blog subscriber base takes time and effort. The topics you select will be pivotal in the ultimate success of each blog post. You may think focussing on a few niche topics will not deliver a very wide audience, however the readers you do satisfy will likely become hard and fast fans and followers. Here’s How to Choose the Perfect Blog Topics for Your Website.

Finding suitable topics for your blog will ultimately determine their success or failure. Taking the time to consider the options will help you avoid potential pitfalls and choose a niche area in which both you and your target audience are interested.

Selecting topics that are helpful and relevant and topics that will consistently engage your audience can be the key to a successful blog.

There are some important considerations you should keep in mind as you research potential blog topics to help you discover what will work best for your website.

1. Know your target audience

To discover the perfect blog topics for your website, you must first define your target audience.

The perfect blog post will be one that appeals to this target audience, offering them informative useful information that is timely and relevant.

Take some time to identify your target audience by asking yourself:

  • What is your audience interested in?
  • Why are they visiting your blog?
  • What topics will resonate with them?
  • What problem do they have that your blog can offer a solution to?
  • What are their pain points?
  • Is there any unique information your blog can offer them?
  • What are their current challenges?
  • What are their current goals?
  • Put yourself in their shoes – what information would you be looking for?

When you begin blogging, a great way to get to know your audience is to interact with them through the comments section of your blog. These insights can prove invaluable moving forward.

2. Define your blog goals

Your topic choice should be guided by the objectives you hope to achieve with your blogging. What are your blog’s objectives? For instance, what is your goal above and beyond boosting traffic to your website? Are you after conversions, subscriptions or something else?

When you have identified your objective, you will be able to assess each blog topic as to how well it will help you achieve this goal.

3. Provide information that solves problems

When it comes to blogs, nothing beats relevant content. Great blog content answers a query, solves a problem or provides a solution to an issue your readers are currently facing.

Think about the blogs you currently follow, and ask yourself what value they provide. What do you look for in a blog? When you can identify what a blog is doing well, be sure to take note – and aim to offer similar value to your audience.

4. Create a conversation

Great blogs generally end up with a bunch of regular subscribers or followers. As you assemble your band of loyal readers, they should begin to become a small online community of their own.

After all, those who choose to interact with your blog will be active participants in the online discussions created by your blog posts, interacting not only with your blog but with each other. For example, members of this community will hopefully interact with your blog posts by leaving comments and also engage with other users by replying to each others’ comments.

A thriving blog will require you to interact with your audience. You should welcome comments and queries while trying your best to respond promptly to each. Creating a conversation with your audience is a great way to build your subscription list, and to create that sense of community.

Don’t be too put off by critical comments or debates within your comments – a lively discussion amongst your followers can be a positive thing for your blog, often drawing in an even wider audience. It is crucial to monitor and moderate your comments, but remember that a healthy debate allows everyone to see a topic from differing viewpoints, even if they do not agree.

5. The right topic for you

The right topic for you to blog about will be one that you are interested in. You really don’t have to be an expert. Just eager and curious to learn more! (That said, ideally, if you do end up being the online expert in that area, you shouldn’t mind)!

Choosing a topic that you already know a lot about, one that you are interested in or one that you enjoy discussing will make it easier for you to enter into a broader discussion with your readers – and help to make your writing a lot less of a chore!

When you select topics, you are interested in, researching them deeper becomes enjoyable and rewarding. You should also be eager to connect with other people who are knowledgeable in that area and enthused at learning new skills and/or gaining a deeper level of knowledge of the topic.

You will be creating content around this topic regularly, so choosing a topic that meets these criteria will be much smoother sailing for you!

6. Topics that are ideal for creating topic clusters

A topic cluster (also called a content cluster) is what will help your website get higher rankings in the search engines.

As search engines move away from focusing on keywords, SEO is now driven by content organised into topic clusters. (We talk about how to create topic clusters here if it is something you are unfamiliar with).

Put simply, a topic cluster comprises a pillar page and the cluster content pages that sit underneath it. A pillar page is a page on your website that captures the key points on any given topic.

Under this pillar page would sit the cluster content, which are blogs or pages that explore these key points on a deeper, more detailed level.

When selecting topics for your blog, consider how they will sit within a topic cluster. For example, if your pillar page was a recipe for apple pie, some cluster content pages for this topic could be:

  • Tips for perfecting your pie pastry
  • What apples are the best choice for baking
  • Ice cream, cream or both – the perfect accompaniment

These sub-topics would still sit under the broader topic of apple pie, but would offer more detailed information, instructions and/or tips than the broad overview that would be found on the pillar page.

Keywords can be, and are, still important, however topics now overarch your keyword strategy. You should still do keyword research and avoid keyword stuffing; when using keywords, they should appear naturally within your content wherever possible.

7. A Unique Twist

Providing unique, in-demand information is the holy-grail of blogging, but it is not always possible. From life-hacks to how-tos, the internet is full of great blogs that offer a wealth of usable information.

The information you provide should be solution-oriented, have universal appeal and positively impact your audience. Always aim to provide educational content of a consistently high level.

If you have a topic in mind and want to know what has already been written on that topic that is performing well, and what the related trending topics are, we recommend BuzzSumo.  BuzzSumo allows you to enter any topic and to find out what content performs.

For example, when we searched “apple pie”, the top two results were:

1. Apple Pie Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream:

This recipe at had recorded 214.5K total engagements.

2. Best Apple Pie Tacos Recipe:

This recipe was found at and had 146.2K total engagements.

Both of these posts had high engagement figures, and both had something else – a spin on the basic apple pie recipe.

The first was a recipe for a cupcake, the second was for a taco. Yes, that’s right – an apple pie taco. Both of these recipes have in common that they offer the taste and flavours of a classic dish – with a little something different. It was likely the uniqueness of each recipe that drew the audience in.

Now, continuing with this example, if you were about to write a blog post featuring your amazing apple pie recipe, you may decide to stick to what works after seeing these two results. Noting that something different is driving most of the traffic looking for apple pie, you may decide to avoid creating a whole new dish and just tweak your apple pie’s presentation. Something as simple as deciding to layer your apple pie in a glass jar would certainly tick the unique box and give you an eye-catching photo, drawing your audience in – without leaving you having to reinvent the wheel (or, in this case, the pie).

Looking for perfect blog topics will take a little time and practice. Soon, you will know your audience well enough to predict any trending topic areas or areas of current interest.

When you’re writing on one topic, you will note that other topics naturally appear in your blog articles and become the natural follow-on from the one you are writing. (You can read more about our tips for blog topic generation here).

Topics you enjoy learning about and enjoy discussing will help keep the voice of your writing appealing – you can sense when someone is passionate about a topic because their enthusiasm is contagious!

If you’d like to discuss ways to drive more traffic to your website, feel free to have a chat with us. We can help you with all aspects of your website, from its overall design to set up your blog correctly.

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President Barack Obama Tuesday morning continues a Holy Week tradition that has helped him develop relationships with some of America’s most high-profile Christian leaders — an Easter Prayer Breakfast at the White House.

More than 100 Christian leaders of different denominations and political persuasions are expected, according to a White House official.

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But the gathering, the first of which took place last Easter, also allows a president whose faith is at times questioned the opportunity to worship with an array of bold-faced names in the Christian community.

Among Tuesday’s attendees: Texas-based evangelist T.D. Jakes, National Association of Evangelicals president and Tim Pawlenty’s pastor Leith Anderson, Presbyterian pastor and author Tim Keller, Disciples of Christ president Sharon Watkins, and Archbishop Demetrios, leader of the Greek Orthodox church in America.

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Spicy Horse Games launched its dark fairytale adventure American McGee's Grimm on Steam Greenlight late yesterday, according to the game's Greenlight database page.

Grimm takes the classic Grimm's fairytales that have been "watered down with cute woodland creatures and happy endings" over the centuries — like Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots and Beauty and the Beast — and brought them closer to their roots. These tales were once written as cautionary stories meant to teach children lessons, and McGee's Grimm follows these often chilling stories' original tellings. Players step into the shoes of Grimm the dwarf, who will transform these stories back into their first dark iterations.

American McGee's Grimm was originally released as 23 individual episodes between July 2008 and April 2009 for Windows PC through GameTap. Each episode is a standalone based on a different fairytale and is about 30 minutes long.

In response to a forum question asking if all 23 episodes would be released on Steam as one game, a representative for Spicy Horse said the studio has yet to determine a release schedule and pricing.

"Each chapter is quite large — multi-hundred megabytes each," reads the response "So if we offer them as a single pack, you're looking at a massive single download. Might be better to split them up and keep the price per episode low."

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In January, J.J. Abrams’ production company Bad Robot released a surprise teaser trailer for a film called 10 Cloverfield Lane. The movie was the quasi-sequel to the 2008 sci-fi film, Cloverfield, and Abrams hinted that it wasn’t going to be the last movie in the Cloverfield universe.

The Wrap is now reporting that Bad Robot’s next movie being produced by Abrams, God Particle, is the third movie in the Cloverfield franchise. According to The Wrap’s “insider familiar with the project,” Abrams and studio partner Paramount Pictures want to develop and release a new Cloverfield movie every year for the foreseeable future. Based on the report, it appears the Abrams and his team are focused on creating a new cinematic universe based on the one thing connecting each film: aliens.

God Particle follows a group of astronauts who are left fighting for their survival after making a shocking discovery in an alternate universe. Much like 10 Cloverfield Lane, which starred top acting talent like Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman and John Gallagher Jr., God Particle will reportedly bring in David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ziyi Zhang, Elizabeth Debicki, Daniel Brühl and Chris O’Dowd.

In February, Abrams told Entertainment Weekly that he and his team at Bad Robot had ideas for a third movie that they would like to explore, but wasn’t sure if they would get a chance to do it.

“There is something else that we'd like to do and hopefully we'll get that shot,” Abrams said.

Abrams, who also helmed last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, is used to working on top-secret productions and has been known to just drop announcements unexpectedly in the past. Back in 2007, Abrams surprised fans with a trailer for the first Cloverfield, which had been developed in secret. The teaser played before Michael Bay’s first Transformers movie and film fans were left scrambling to figure out what the trailer was for. Abrams took a similar approach with 10 Cloverfield Lane and it looks like fans of the franchise can expect something similar with God Particle.

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Sekiro’s Chained Ogre is the most difficult early game fight. But he’s not insurmountable — especially if you decide to put off the fight and grab something helpful first. In this guide, we’ll show you how to defeat the Chained Ogre with fire.

Get the Flame Barrel first

If you eavesdrop on some of the conversations that Sekiro characters have and read item description text, you'll learn that enemies with red eyes are weak to fire. The Chained Ogre has red eyes. But you probably don’t have a fire-based weapon when you first confront him — we sure didn’t.

This is also an early lesson about how Sekiro works. Just because you can fight someone right now doesn’t mean that you should fight them. There may be a better way, and there’s no penalty for doing something else first.

If you don't have the Flame Vent or Flame Barrel, don’t fight the Chained Ogre. Instead, take some time to get the Young Lord’s Bell Charm and a Prosthetic Tool upgrade.

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If you don't have the Young Lord’s Bell Charm, look for a house with broken walls. It’s something like halfway between the Ashina Outskirts > Outskirts Wall – Gate Path and Ashina Outskirts > Outskirts Wall – Stairway Sculptor’s Idols, in the general area of the large enemy patrolling the area with his giant hammer. She’s on the second floor. Just speak to her, and you’ll receive the item.

Return to the Dilapidated Temple, place the Young Lord’s Bell Charm in the Buddha Statue near the Sculptor, and enter Hirata Estate.

Hirata Estate’s layout makes giving directions difficult, so we made the gallery above. The numbers in the list below correspond to the images in the gallery above.

  1. From the beginning of the level, make your way over the bridge to the Hirata Estate > Estate Path Sculptor’s Idol.
  2. Grapple up to the roof on the building adjacent to the Sculptor’s Idol.
  3. Turn to your right, and look for a fiery glow in the distance. That’s a bonfire — and your destination. Make your way to the bonfire, in any way you can.
  4. From this perch in the area near the bonfire, you can see the the enemy hanging out near the bonfire. Right by him, you’ll find the Flame Barrel.

Take that back to the Dilapidated Temple, and give it to the Sculptor. Then you’ll receive the Flame Vent Shinobi Prosthetic.

Now you’re ready to begin your fight with the Chained Ogre.

How to beat the Chained Ogre boss fight

Armed with steel and fire, it’s time to take the Chained Ogre down. There are several steps to this fight, and we’ll break them up into discrete little chunks.

1. Kill the low-level enemies

Kill the enemies at the bottom of the staircase leading up to the Chained Ogre. You don’t want to fight him and others at the same time.

2. Alert the Chained Ogre

Walk about halfway up the stairs, and stop as soon as the triangle appears above the Chained Ogre’s head. That means that he sees you. A few seconds later, he’ll break free of his confinement.

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Don’t walk all the way up the stairs to the Chained Ogre. That will alert an enemy with a spear past the mini-boss and up a hill to your left. The best strategy is to keep that guy unaware of your presence.

Then again, if you’re comfortable with it, you could just run your way past the Chained Ogre and take care of the spear dude.

3. Fight the Chained Ogre

When the Chained Ogre breaks free, lock onto him and back down the staircase, convincing him to follow you. You want to fight him down below, not up top.

Unblockable attacks

Keep your distance at first. He’s likely to use his unblockable grab attack, but that won’t work if he can’t catch you. Whenever you see the red kanji symbol appear above Wolf’s head, the Chained Ogre is about to launch a powerful attack. Get away — almost always with the Step Dodge button.

There may be nothing more important than this piece of advice — or this and other bosses. Get caught by a red kanji attack, and you’re going donate a huge chunk of your health. It doesn’t seem like an exaggeration to argue that avoiding these attacks is half the battle.

Keep your distance and grapple

The Chained Ogre’s most dangerous attacks require you to be nearby, so as a general strategy, keep your distance.

You can’t reliably attack from afar, but that’s OK. Occasionally, you’ll see a green grapple point appear above the Chained Ogre’s head. Hit the right button, and you’ll close the gap, land behind him, and get a few swings at him.

Don’t get greedy. Take a couple of swings, and Step Dodge away from him. He causes so much damage that it’s better to take it slow.

If he does catch you, and you’ve lost health, run away and take a drink to refill your health. You could even grapple up to a tree branch. He’s not going anywhere, and the distance between you gives you the time you need to heal.

Step Dodge to avoid his attacks up close

The Chained Ogre attacks like a professional wrestler, but his moves are easy to avoid — as long as you pay attention to him.

Listen for his roar. He won’t attack without doing that first. When you hear it, Step Dodge away.

At that point, you can hit the attack button to close the distance and get a hit or two off. But again, don’t get greedy. He only needs a moment or two to recover and attack again. Use those moments, but no more. If you hear him growl again, Step Dodge away.

Attack with fire

This is why we recommend putting this fight off until you’ve created the Flame Vent. The Changed Ogre is a red eye-type enemy, and that makes him particularly vulnerable to fire. With a Shinobi Prosthetic that spews fire, you have a big advantage.

Make sure he’s not attacking, and use your Flame Vent in relatively close proximity to him. Immediately follow up with a series of sword attacks. He’ll cower in fear for a few moments (at least), which gives you the opportunity to inflict more damage than you normally would.

Just be ready to Step Dodge out of the way when he starts attacking again. And he will.

You don’t need to look at Wolf as your attacking. Look at the Chained Ogre. When he recovers, get out of there.

Attack when he’s staggered

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When he’s staggered, he looks like this. Attack.
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The Chained Ogre will be staggered after you hit him with your Flame Vent, but he can also stagger after a series of attacks. This is always your best opportunity to attack — as many as six times. You can tell when he’s staggered because he assumes the position in the image above.

It’s also a great opportunity to use your Flame Vent to keep him staggered longer. You’ve got the opportunity to inflict the Burn status abnormality on him, and you can attack a lot when he’s on fire.

Above, you can see us make him stagger with the Flame Vent, attack him six times (counting helps you restrain yourself) with our sword, and then follow the sixth attack with a Flame Vent attack. That causes the Burn status abnormality, and we’ve got time to hit him several more times.

4. Collect your rewards

Defeat the Chained Ogre, and you’ll receive a Prayer Bead, which gets you one-forth of the way toward an attack power upgrade. You’ll also get the Shinobi Medicine Rank 1 skill, which makes every recovery item you use more powerful.

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Despoina, a 9-time Greek Heptathlon Champion, is a School of Physical Education graduate in Kapodistriako University of Athens and an experienced physical education teacher in secondary and primary education. A distinguished athlete and many times Greek champion in long jump, she has also collaborated as a trainer and coach with major Athletics clubs and the Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS). A long list of track and field women athletes have stood out at athletics thanks to her expertise and commitment.

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Dimitris is the member of our team responsible for the most crucial aspect of the event: performances and scores! With long experience in athletics and judging, he is now the president of the Athletics Judges Union in Cyclades and the general secretary of EAS SEGAS CYCLADES. He has graduated from the School of Physical Education in Thessaloniki and works as physical education teacher in primary education. He has also worked as a Technical Consultant in EAS SEGAS CYCLADES.

Yiannis Xenakis. Volunteer Supervisor

Yiannis is our team member responsible for the most inspirational/public-spirited part of the events:  volunteers! He has been active in sports ever since he was a child in Cyclades, serving the sport ideal from every possible position. With a wealth of distinctions in Pentathlon and fencing in Greek, Balkan, European and international events, a long experience in coaching and judging both athletics and fencing, he will contribute the most in portarathlon!

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“Gibson said his Wallace Avenue business was still growing and had a loyal following, but wasn’t growing fast enough to justify staying open. He predicted it would have taken another three years to turn the corner.”

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PARACHUTE, Colorado – Garfield County sheriff’s deputies arrested Nathanael Rice, 26, on Jan. 27 in the shooting death of Jeremy W. Caywood, 30, of Battlement Mesa, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office reported on Monday.

Rice is being charged with felony manslaughter, according to the sheriff’s department. If convicted of the charge, Rice faces up to six years in prison with a mandatory parole of two years, according to state statutes.

Caywood died on Jan. 14 after being shot with a pistol at a private residence located between Rifle and Parachute, according to authorities.

An eyewitness described the shooting as accidental, according to a community source close to one of those who were present at the incident. Both the eyewitness and the source declined to be identified.

Sheriff’s deputies and an ambulance were called to the residence at 4:09 a.m. that Saturday, according to the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office press log, where the witness to the shooting reported that there were several people present.

No arrests were made on the day of the incident, but the sheriff’s office opened an investigation that led to the arrest of Rice at his home in Parachute 13 days later.

Rice was is described as “cooperative” on the booking sheet written up at the Garfield County Jail.

According to information on file at the Garfield County Jail, Rice was booked into the facility at shortly after 4 p.m. on Jan. 27.

Rice was released the same day after paying a bond of $11,000, and is due in court on Wednesday.

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It’s not surprising that when Mark and Anna try to discuss food, tensions are high and conflicts often erupt. Anna hates when Mark orders pizza for the family on movie night. “What? I got you a salad,” he’ll retort. When they’re out for dinner together, Mark gets embarrassed when Anna asks the waiter for every ingredient in the prix fixe meal: “It’s rude to scrutinize someone’s cooking!” he thinks. Mark worries when he sees Anna restrict her eating if her weight fluctuates and will try to push her to eat seconds. Though in his family offering food is a sign of love, Anna doesn’t see it that way.

Sound familiar? While Mark and Anna’s story may be different from yours, conflicts around food are common for many couples. Food can be a sensitive subject—and the more fraught a subject is, the more likely it is that someone will step on a land mine. Also, it’s not as if you can avoid talking about food as you can other hot-button topics. If there are issues under the surface, they’re bound to show up—and can do so in ways that may surprise you.

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You may not realize how sensitive this area is until an issue with your partner triggers an interaction. That’s why it’s key to get familiar with your own food story. Ask yourself: How was food talked about in my family as I grew up? Was the dinner table a source of comfort and connection or of tension and chaos? What messages did I get from my parents about weight, dieting, or my body? Have I had to modify my diet because of illnesses or allergies? Is food important to me culturally or religiously?

Getting familiar with your food story—and, hopefully, your partner’s—will give you a deeper understanding of why food tiffs happen. For example, when Anna opened the fridge to see shelves full of Mark’s beer (which she couldn’t drink), she’d get furious at him, because it triggered countless memories of settling for a cardboard-like cookie while her friends drooled over birthday cake. Once she could articulate how painful this memory was, Mark no longer saw her judgment of his beer stash as controlling, and he bought a small fridge and kept his beer in the garage.

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Maybe the situation is triggering memories from your past. Maybe you’re telling yourself your partner doesn’t support or trust you. Maybe you’re self-conscious or embarrassed about your own relationship with food. Once you’ve identified what’s really irking you, you’ll be much better prepared to invite your partner to update that narrative with you.


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Much has been written of private equity's good fortune in recent months to be able to attract some of the highest-octane executives to portfolio companies. Firms have been able to accomplish this in part because they have so much more money in play, but also because of what many see as a superior form of remuneration: get this company from point A to point B, and you get to keep X percentage of the difference in valuation. This comes without complicated option programmes and public outcries over executive overcompensation.

Generating less ink is the fact that as private equity funds have ballooned in size, the firms that raise them are having a difficult time finding people to manage them. As we've written before in these pages, bona fide GPs are a rare breed. They must know how to find a good investment, close the deal, improve the performance of the company and sell at a maximum valuation.

The shortage of true GPs means that private equity firms have had to experiment with other types of hires. The trend toward creating a stable of operating executives coincides with a general recognition that firms will need to be much more hands-on with portfolio companies to create value, and even the most experienced GP doesn't know how to run, say, a hospital chain.

Where private equity firms have expanded geographically, such as to Asia, GPs are even more scarce, and so very senior bankers, consultants and corporate executives have been recruited (from Credit Suisse, McKinsey, General Electric, et al). Will these obviously talented and successful individuals succeed as GPs? If they don't, private equity may have to give some of its money back.

Whether private equity veterans or not, one thing for sure is that those individuals who do demonstrate an ability to add value to their firm stand to be handsomely rewarded. In light of GPs' strong bargaining power on the fundraising trail, investors are allowing their fund managers unprecedented levels of fees and carried interest to be written into today's LP agreements.

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Technical help is a quick click away with MOORE INDUSTRIES-INTERNATIONAL INC.'s E-Help Express at The Sepulveda, Calif., firm's site provides links to technical data sheets and user manuals in PDF format for viewing and printing, more than 75 problem-solving application notes, and other information. Moore manufactures monitoring and control interface solutions relating to signal conditioning, temperature measurement, alarming, data communications and pneumatics.

The redesigned web site,, for WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., St. Louis, will speed up response time and increase reliability. Updated and expanded on a regular basis, the site includes interactive features such as a reference section to search for data, guides, tutorials and equations.

GfG DYNAMATION, Ann Arbor, Mich., has changed its name to GfG INSTRUMENTATION INC. According to the 40-year-old sensor technology company, the new name better positions the firm as a leader among gas-detection instrumentation manufacturers.

LAKE SHORE CRYOTRONICS INC., Westerville, Ohio, has received an order for 6,000 Cernox NTC RTDs for the large Hadron collider project under construction at the European Organization for Nuclear Research. The project is a superconducting accelerator equipped with high-field superconducting magnets operating in superfluid helium below 1.9 K. The Cernox sensors resist high levels of ionizing radiation and have a low incidence of magnetic-field-induced errors.

AQUA PRODUCTS CO. INC. has moved to 14301 C.R. Koon Highway, Newberry, S.C. 29108. The mailing address is P.O. Box 39, Prosperity, S.C. 29127; phone: (800) 849-4264; (803) 321-0246; fax: (803) 321-1980.

Aeration equipment from AEROMIX SYSTEMS INC., Minneapolis, has eliminated foul odors from the St. Stephen wastewater treatment plant in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. The smell had forced town residents to wear surgical masks outdoors. Aerobic bacteria, which feed off organic materials that cause odors, had died suddenly due to lack of oxygen. Three Aeromix Tornado surface aspiration aerators solved the problem.

SUIZA FOODS CORP. will buy DEAN FOODS CO., Franklin Park, Ill., for $1.5 billion. Annual sales for the combined company to be called DEAN FOODS are expected to be about $10 billion. The new company will operate out of Dallas, where SUIZA currently is based.

KASON CORP. has launched its new website on fluid bed dryers/coolers/moisturizers, vibratory screeners, static sieves, and other products. The web address for the Millburn, N.J.-based manufacturer is

PARKER HANNIFIN CORP.'s Process Filtration Division in Lafayette, Ind., offers its new Product Overview Guide to manufacturers dependent on clean process water. To obtain a copy, go to

Specializing in separation, heat transfer and fluid handling, Sweden-based ALFA LAVAL has divested its Industrial Flow Division to CRANE CO., Stamford, Conn. The Sanitary Flow Division remains with Alfa Laval.

OSMONICS INC., a maker of high-technology water purification, fluid filtration, fluid separation and fluid handling equipment in Minnetonka, Minn., reported sales of $200.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2000, a seven percent increase over 1999. Net income for the year was more than $5.4 million compared to $964,000 for the prior year.

THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, Reston, Va., honored DUKE ENERGY, Charlotte, N.C., with its National Conservation Achievement Award. The group specifically cited DUKE for its contributions to the Jocassee Gorges project that led to the protection of tens of thousands of wilderness acres in North and South Carolina.

HILAND DAIRY LLC, Springfield, Mo., has agreed to purchase Oklahoma City-based FARM FRESH INC.'s dairy division. The sale includes the fluid production facility in Chandler, Okla. The dairy division's products include milk, ice cream, cultured dairy products, cottage cheese, yogurt, butter and sour cream.

The U.S. POULTRY & EGG ASSOCIATION, Tucker, Ga., has given $25,000 to a research project at Oklahoma State University designed to acquire data on the pasteurization of liquid egg white. The project, whose goal is to obtain information that will allow processors to provide customers with safe, high quality products, should be completed by December, according to Don Dalton, association president.

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Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court decision overturning Virginia’s definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman. It is my belief that the court was wrong. Marriage began as a religious rite. For legal reasons, it was co-oped as a government sanctioned and licensed procedure. In so doing, we have allowed some privileges to be granted to married couples that we did not grant to others. If there is an issue of discrimination in state law or the constitution, that should have been the issue before the courts, not marriage itself.

As a Christian, I must believe God has a plan; a plan we don’t understand. We must have trust in him.

The court decision does raise issues that must weigh heavily on each of us. Should gay couples be considered on an equal footing for the adoption of children? We know that households with both a father and mother are usually better for children.

If the courts can define what constitutes a marriage, will it not follow that a marriage is between three or more individuals?

The government has eroded parental rights on various issues such as reproductive rights. Does it not also follow that the courts may decide that parents and the law should have no say as to the age of marriage?

As challenging as these issues are, a greater issue is described by Jay Cost in The Weekly Standard October 6th edition. Cost wrote of the role of representative government. Traditionally, that representation follows one of two models.

1. The “delegation model” in which the representative attempts to reflect the majority interests of constituents.

2. The “trustee model” in which the representative acts on behalf of the majority as he understands the issues and constituents. This model sometimes must be used when the public has little direct interest of an issue and/or the details involved are not generally understood.

Cost, points out that some candidates have shifted to what he defined as “the sneak it past the rubes model.” This model, perfected in 2008, was used last year in the Virginia attorney general’s race. Mark Herring ran on a platform of removing the attorney general’s office from the spotlight on social issues. He would instead focus on enforcing the law and constitution. Hiding his true plans got him elected attorney general, but he has made the office more activist than before.

He is not living up to the oath of office; he should resign. Some have called for action against the attorney general. However, under our Constitution, once elected to serve a term, the Senate cannot remove him without 27 votes, which we do not have.

I would suggest that with elections coming in November; consider the real voting record of candidates, not the commercials.

As elective representatives, we have an obligation to you. We won’t always agree on every issue, but we have the moral responsibility to be honest with you.

We love to hear from you! You can contact us at Sen.Ruff@verizon.net, 434-374-5129 and P. O. Box 332, Clarksville, VA 23927.

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