A Friday 16^th May article in the Armenia Liberty news reported that Germany will provide Armenia with another 74 million Euros ($117 million) in fresh low-interest loans designed to improve energy and water infrastructure and financial services. The article explains how the 64 million Euros bulk of the sum will be spent on upgrading Armenia’s largest hydro-electric plant and building two high-voltage power transmission lines in the country’s northern regions.

Armenia’s largest hydro-electric plant is of course Gyurmush, a part of the Sevan – Hrazdan Hydro Cascade Power Plants (HPP’s) one of Armenia’s major state assets which in 2003 was valued at over one hundred million dollars but was ‘Privatized by Russian Companies’ at the giveaway price of twenty-five million dollars. The newly ‘Privatized’ Sevan – Hrazdan Hydro Cascade then immediately received a gift from the Armenian Government of more than fifteen billion Drams ($29 million).

Armenia’s power transmission distribution system was of course privatized by Midland Resources Holding Ltd in 2002, also at a giveaway price, this time $37 million, after the World Bank had provided $40 million to prepare for the privatization, co-financed by $50 million from Japan’s Overseas Economic Corporation Fund. MRH stems from Moscow, with offices in Canada, so it was not surprising when the Armenian News Network / Groong reported in December 2004 that the company was transferred to Russia's power grid monopoly company Unified Energy System, better known as ‘RAO UES’

Would it not be prudent to ask why is it that the Armenian Government is taking on the loan, to again be repaid by the people of Armenia, when it will be the Russians who privatized the companies who will be the beneficiaries of the more than one hundred million dollars Kfw credit?

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Mendengar istilah BLT atau dulu ada yang menyebut subsidi langsung tunai (SLT), ingatan saya langsung tertuju pada sebuah film besutan Rudy Soedjarwo berjudul Mendadak Dangdut. Titi Kamal yang berperan sebagai penyanyi pop dalam film itu terpaksa beralih profesi menjadi penyanyi dangdut demi memenuhi kebutuhan hidup. Ingatan saya juga kembali ke masa tiga tahun silam, saat pemerintah juga mengambil keputusan ”menyengsarakan rakyat” dengan menaikkan harga BBM. Sebagai upaya untuk menaikkan daya tawar rakyat atas tingginya harga-harga kebutuhan terkait kenaikan harga BBM, pemerintah memang menggulirkan program pemberian subsidi tunai senilai Rp 100.000 per keluarga selama beberapa bulan.

Pada pelaksanaan di lapangan, bagi-bagi duit secara cuma-cuma oleh pemerintah ini membuat kisruh. Pada 2005, BLT/SLT yang dicairkan setiap tiga bulan sekali itu selalu saja membuat antrean warga di kantor pos-kantor pos. Para ibu, janda, orang lanjut usia banyak yang pingsan karena berdesak-desakan saat mencairkan BLT. Tak ketinggalan pula kekisruhan terjadi dalam tatanan bermasyarakat.

Tanpa malu, ada sebagian warga yang sejatinya tidak masuk kategori miskin tiba-tiba menurunkan status mereka, berduyun-duyun mengaku miskin. Orang-orang yang jelas-jelas jauh dari status miskin, bisa makan layak tiga kali sehari, mempunyai pesawat televisi di ruang tamu rumahnya dan punya kendaraan bermotor walaupun kredit —tiba-tiba juga bisa memegang kartu miskin hanya karena dia memiliki akses atau kedekatan dengan oknum perangkat desa.

Kaitan antara film Mendadak Dangdut dengan program BLT adalah sama-sama serba mendadak. Kalau Titi Kamal mendadak banting setir pindah profesi jadi penyanyi dangdut, tapi untuk kasus pembagian BLT, ada sejumlah warga yang mendadak menurunkan status mereka menjadi miskin, alias mendadak miskin! Meski sama-sama mendadak karena situasi yang terdesak, masih mending Titi Kamal yang ”masih” mau berpeluh demi mendapatkan sesuap nasi walau untuk itu, dia harus menanggalkan ”idealismenya”. Sementara warga yang ”mendadak miskin” tadi, mereka malah seperti menjual harga diri dan memilih menyodorkan tangan menengadah pada pemerintah.
Bukannya memberi kail, pemerintah justru mengajari rakyat untuk malas (hanya menunggu uluran tangan) sekaligus belajar korupsi (bagaimana tidak korupsi jika kartu miskin yang dimiliki beberapa orang merupakan hasil rekayasa, kerja sama dengan oknum tertentu).

Bisa dipastikan hal-hal semacam di atas akan terulang kembali pada program BLT yang segera menyusul kenaikan harga BBM yang diprediksi dimulai pada Juni 2008. Apalagi pemerintah sudah menyatakan bakal menggunakan data BPS 2005, terkait jumlah rumah tangga miskin yang bakal memperoleh BLT.

Kenapa pemerintah tidak mendengar sedikit saja aspirasi rakyat. Ini kisah tetangga saya, ibu muda, janda beranak satu, yang belum lama jadi pengangguran karena pabrik tekstil tempatnya bekerja berhenti beroperasi.

Agar periuk nasi tetap terisi, dia menjajal bisnis menjual gorengan, bermodal kompor minyak ukuran kecil dan wajan penggorengan yang tak kalah mungil.

Baru beberapa pekan, bisnis gorengan itu mandek, lantaran kekurangan modal karena mahalnya bahan baku dari mulai minyak goreng, tempe, tepung terigu juga minyak tanah yang sukar diperoleh.

Tapi dengar apa katanya soal BLT. ”Mending pemerintah kasih bantuan buat modal usaha. Karena sekecil apapun usaha yang saya jalankan, bisa membuat saya tetap ubet (berkegiatan-red), pikiran nggak mandek apalagi kosong. Sementara kalau BLT, dapatnya nggak seberapa, sekali datang langsung habis, padahal buat mencairkan harus antre berdesak-desakan nggak karuan,” kata di ibu muda itu.

Pemberdayaan masyarakat

Betul kata pengamat ekonomi Universitas Diponegoro (Undip) Semarang Nugroho SBM seperti dimuat harian ini, beberapa waktu lalu, pemberian BLT tidak mendidik. Sebaliknya, program padat karya seperti yang pernah digulirkan di awal krisis tahun 1998 akan lebih bermanfaat.

Padahal kalau bicara soal program, pemerintah bisa dibilang tak pernah kekurangan yang namanya program untuk rakyat (walau pada pelaksanaannya lebih sering kedodoran). Beberapa waktu lalu Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono meresmikan program Kredit Usaha Rakyat (KUR) yakni kredit skala kecil yang merangkul bank-bank pelat merah maupun swasta sebagai penyalur. Demikian juga dengan Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Mandiri atau PNPM Mandiri yang digulirkan secara nasional sejak 30 April 2007.

Seperti dikatakan dalam rilis yang dimuat situs resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat, program ini sangat strategis dan fundamental, karena menjadi wadah dari berbagai kebijakan dan program penanggulangan kemiskinan yang berbasis masyarakat yang selama ini ada di berbagai kementerian/lembaga.

Presiden Yudhoyono dalam arahannya terkait PNPM Mandiri menyatakan program ini merupakan langkah yang sangat tepat untuk mempercepat penanggulangan kemiskinan dan perluasan kesempatan kerja melalui harmonisasi dan sinkronisasi program-program penanggulangan kemiskinan yang berbasis pemberdayaan masyarakat. Juga disebutkan,”...PNPM Mandiri bukan sekadar membagikan - bagikan dana bergulir, namun terkandung di dalamnya pembelajaran bagi masyarakat tentang demokratisasi pada akar rumput, menghidupkan kembali nilai-nilai tradisi yang baik, membangun dan membudayakan semangat kemitraan serta upaya peningkatan keberdayaan dan kemandirian masyarakat sehingga masyarakat menjadi modal sosial bangsa.”

Begitu indah untaian kata-kata di atas, sangat kontras dengan program BLT berikut dampak yang ditimbulkannya.

Untuk menanggulangi dampak akibat kenaikan harga BBM yang berbarengan dengan kenaikan harga pangan dan kebutuhan lain, pemerintah seharusnya berkomitmen mengupayakan berjalannya program yang sudah bagus dirancang itu. Apalagi pelaksanaan PNPM Mandiri juga melibatkan petugas pendamping yang tak sedikit jumlahnya.

Itu berarti, semakin banyak tenaga kerja yang bakal terserap melalui program ini. Bukan itu saja, selain mengentaskan rakyat dari kemiskinan, program semacam ini juga akan kembali mengingatkan kepada masyarakat bahwa kita adalah bangsa yang berdaya, mampu untuk mandiri dan bermartabat. - Erwina Tri S, Editor Pemberitaan SOLOPOS FM

Sumber: SOLOPOS

Sungguh bagi saya ini anugerah yang tak terkira. Adanya internet telah mengubah nasib banyak orang. Internet telah menjadi penyelamat bagi jutaan manusia untuk memiliki kehidupan yang lebih baik.

Tapi jauh sebelum itu, ketika bisnis online belum populer, tidak sedikit tantangan yang mesti dihadapi. Saya jadi ingat saat awal merintis bisnis online ini. Betapa tidak sedikit orang mencibir dan menganggap saya setengah (atau bahkan benar-benar) gila. Karena saya mencoba menyandarkan hidup dari dunia maya, dunia yang mungkin bagi sebagian orang sama halnya dengan dunia khayalan: dunia tempat Aladin tinggal bersama jin lampu yang mampu memenuhi segala permintaannya.

Namun, saya enggan memperturutkan omongan mereka. Semua cibiran, makian, sampai ungkapan sinis bernada meremehkan, saya telan tanpa dikunyah. Saya yakin bisnis online adalah bisnis nyata. Sama nyatanya dengan bisnis offline. Dan bahkan bisa mendatangkan sukses yang jauh lebih dahsyat dari bisnis offline. Keyakinan inilah yang saya pegang teguh sampai akhirnya menuntun saya mereguk kenikmatan seperti saat ini.

Ah rasanya tak bakal ada ada habisnya jika bernostalgia mengenang masa lalu… Karena itu saya cukupkan sampai di sini dulu sharing mengenai pengalaman masa silam. Dan mari kita mulai masuk ke pembahasan kali ini.

Memiliki bisnis online tak ubahnya latihan mengembangkan diri menjadi manusia yang lebih baik dari hari ke hari. Bagaimana kita mampu melewati tahap-tahap dari hidup kita menjadi lebih berarti dari sebelumnya.

Banyak hal yang sudah saya peroleh dari bisnis online. Bukan semata uang yang melimpah, bisnis online telah melatih saya menjadi pribadi tahan banting dan pantang menyerah. Bisnis online meningkatkan disiplin diri, membuat selalu haus belajar, senantiasa meningkatkan kemampuan berkomunikasi, melatih fokus, dan banyak hal lainnya.

Sangat saya sadari, bisnis online-lah yang telah menempa diri saya sehingga selalu berfalsafah : hari ini harus jauh lebih baik dari hari kemarin.

Sebab, peningkatan diri ini secara langsung berpengaruh terhadap bisnis online yang dijalankan. Coba saja kita tak berdisiplin, gampang menyerah menghadapi situasi sulit, pastilah bisnis online kita bakal rapuh dan mudah ambruk.
Dunia bisnis memang terkadang kita anggap kejam, tak mengenal kata ampun. Dunia bisnis selalu berjalan di relnya, tak pernah memberikan toleransi bagi yang tak tahu diri. Dunia bisnis hanya kenal dua hal. Yang berhasil pantas disanjung, yang gagal pantas dihukum.

Dan semuanya itu diserahkan pada kita. Kita diberikan kebebasan penuh untuk memilih dan mengusahakannya. Bila kita memilih memelihara kemalasan, mempertahankan ketakutan mengembangkan bisnis, dan tak memiliki ide-ide cemerlang, pastilah bisnis online kita tinggal menunggu waktu untuk terjengkang ke jurang kegagalan.

Sebaliknya, kalau kita mau bergiat mengembangkan bisnis kita, berani menerobos kesulitan yang dihadapi, dan mau kreatif menciptakan ide-ide baru, saya jamin bisnis online kita akan langgeng dan terus berkembang.

Satu hal lagi yang mau saya garis bawahi. Ada perbedaan mencolok antara angan-angan dan aksi. Saya yakin anda bisa membedakannya. Banyak orang yang memiliki angan-angan yang hebat, tapi karena tak pernah melangkah sedikitpun, angan-angan itu tak akan pernah menjadi kenyataan.

Banyak orang pula sudah memiliki bisnis online, tapi gagal mengembangkan bisnis onlinenya. Penyebabnya, mereka takut mengambil risiko. Peluang-peluang bisnis online yang banyak bertebaran tak berani mereka sabet. Mereka selalu memandang risiko dengan kacamata negatif. Bayangan kegagalan selalu menghantui mereka melebihi bayangan kesuksesan yang mungkin diraih. Sampai akhirnya peluang-peluang itu terlebih dahulu disabet orang lain dan mereka hanya mampu menyesalinya.

Risiko tak perlu kita takuti. Justru risiko yang akan menolong kita untuk bisa berkembang. Risiko yang akan membuat kita menjadi kuat dan tahan banting. Pebisnis sejati menjadikan risiko bukan sebagai lawan, tapi kawan yang mengantarkan menuju kesuksesan.

Kesulitan yang berulang kali dihadapi juga kawan yang akan membuat diri kita bertambah kuat. Berkat kesulitan yang datang, kita dilatih untuk terus mengembangkan diri dan mencari pemecahannya. Sehingga tak ada waktu untuk berdiam diri. Kita siap sedia meluangkan waktu kita untuk bekerja keras, tetap fokus meski di tengah tekanan, dan bahkan menikmati proses yang sedang dijalani.

Kita mungkin saja bisa berdalih kalau setiap orang itu berbeda. Sehingga ketika menghadapi sesuatu pun memiliki ketahanan yang berbeda pula. Itu benar, tapi bukan itu yang kita butuhkan. Kita tak butuh tertekan untuk bisa sukses. Kita hanya perlu menantang diri kita untuk bisa sukses.

Simpan wajah mengkerut anda dan tetap optimislah menjalani bisnis online. Tatap masa depan anda dengan senyum cerah. Yakinlah, pasti ada banyak kemudahan dibalik segelintir kesulitan.

Dan sebab itu pula selalu saya tekankan STOP DREAMING, START ACTION. Segera bertindak mulai sekarang. Rebut peluang dan terjang risiko!

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Saya ingin menceritakan bagaimana Teman saya dan Mesin Bikin Duit menolong saya mendapatkan keuntungan seperempat juta. Sukses saya ini adalah karena Mesin Bikin Duit.

Beginilah hal itu terjadi...

Saya mengenal Teman saya sejak kecil, kami besar bersama. Awal tahun ini, saya mendapatkan masalah moneter/keuangan yang sangat serius, dan Tuhan mengirimkan Bambang untuk menolong saya. Kami bertemu pada saat sarapan pagi, dan saya memberitahu dia mengenai masalah saya, dan Teman saya memberikan saya solusi untuk menyelesaikan masalah saya tersebut, Mesin Bikin Duit. Dia berbicara sekitar 2 jam tentang itu. Dan setelah itu, dia memberikan saya copy dari produk tersebut.

Setelah itu, Saya mencoba teknik tersebut. Dan sejam kemudian tidak terjadi apa-apa, setelah 2 jam, tetap tidak berhasil, dan saya hampir saja menyerah. Tetapi 3 jam kemudian, adalah hari keberuntungan saya dalam hidup ini, Rp. 730.590,28 ada di dalam rekening saya, itu adalah keajaiban! 10 jam kemudian, saya mendapat Rp. 2,5 juta di dalam rekening saya. Untuk mempersingkat cerita, saya sekarang mendapatkan hasil lebih dari Rp. 2,5 juta per hari. Dan secara resmi menjadi salah satu dari partner Bambang. Saya sarankan anda untuk mendapatkan akses ke Mesin Bikin Duit milik Bambang dan menggunakan teknik dia untuk mendapatkan uang sebanyak yang anda bisa dapatkan.

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What kind of BS is that?

I never bounced a check -- never did anything remotely bad. But because I complain, my account gets closed?

Now I have one hell of a lawsuit against them if I pursue it... because I got the ditsy girl on tape.

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2. The bank sold me my cash drawer today. I added monies to our system today so it's official; I am a bank teller.

3. I skipped class tonight because I didn't want to go. Don't worry! I have been taking my meds, but have some MAJOR senioritis and I'm not even truly a senior. We had a guest speaker today and so I would have been going to campus for 1 hour to listen to someone talk ... and I've already heard his spiel (which, did you know, means TOY in German? Yeah, I've heard his toy.) so I skipped out. I'll survive. I graduate in 5 weeks this Saturday. I am walking. I am exciting and just hope I can afford a cap and gown. No joke.

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6. The setting-up by church ladies has begun. My friend Tera asked me on Monday night if she could invite me to dinner & game night with her husband and a single male friend of hers. I told her I was up for whatever. Who knows. Can't hurt, and I'll get some more free food (and a BOARD GAME! I LOVE BOARD GAMES!) out of it.

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I recently sent an email about this to my friends. Here's the post:

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I don't really know where to begin, as regards reviewing the comments from the MSM about Brown agreeing to bribe all "state-registered poor people" with £120 each. So I won't. You've all read them anyway. Here's one.

This is the price of a medium-good night out for two members of the State-Generated-Underclass, in a stalinist-ruined sink-city like Liverpool. It was great, once.

Can't think how little it would buy you in London: a single trip on the central Line (is it still called that? Not the "Working Towards the People's Grand_Cross Rail Junction" Line, or something equally portentious?) from Nutting Hell Gate to Bonk (or from Helland Poke, or Shaggard's Bush)? (Or actually the other way round...)

This sad, tormented middle-aged white leftist man is a contradiction. This concatenation of characteristics ought to be a total tautology, if you think about what sheer internal self-confidence about one's place in the world the proper understanding of our civilisation could have given to these exact kinds of male humans. (Where's the confidence gone then?) But ...

... Gordon Brown, a professional "student activist" having been the only real function he has ever had, seems to think that the best advice to take today is to "bung" all poor-people £120 each, if they have been "disadvantaged" by the removal of the 10p tax rate.

Wonder how they arrived at £120? Is there some treasury computer or summat?

That's like a Student Union Treasurer, caught with his hand in the Union Till, saying he'll reimburse "the members" with 50p each (or £1 - it matters not): but the difference is that this offer would  'av'ter-be'  his own dosh. The £120's will come from the govt's overdraft, and we'll have to pay the Banks to lend it.

Old socialism didn't work, and dressing up the mouldering skeleton in new clothes, animated by a clever guy (Blair) whom they got rid of because they thought he was a Tory,  will not work either. There are NO new socialist ideas. Gramsci is dead, thank God, and accompanies Hitler and Stalin and Mao and Pol Pot, in the coldness and emptiness of the Outer Void. Even Lucifer will not let them in, and hopefullt they will sonn be joined by Brezhnev, Yasser Arafat and Castro officially, if not already actually in all three cases.

(Oh, and by the way, unlike Castro, who has not been dead for very long, Osama Bin Laden will continue to remain dead, like for the last 6.5 years.)

Seventeen years after one of the most quotable action flicks ever was released, Point Break is getting a sequel. "The little hand says it's time to rock and roll!"

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Jan De Bont (Speed, Twister) is set to direct, and that the sequel is called Point Break: Indo. "I know Johnny. I know you want me so bad it's like acid in your mouth. But, not this time!"

The new film will take place 20 years after the disappearance of one of the criminal surfers (Patrick Swayze). Both the original and sequel are written by W. Peter Iliff. Plot details and possible character reprises have not been disclosed, but the film will shoot in Singapore and Southeast Asia.

"Let me tell you something, Harp. I was in this bureau while you were still popping zits on your funny face and jacking off to the lingerie section of the Sears catalog."

If you're inclined to quote the original Point Break ("Why be a servant to the law, when you can be it's master?") and want to commune with others who share your passion for Bodhi and Johnny Utah, then you have to check out Point Break Live, a touring play that casts a different audience member in Keanu's role every night!

Check out the video from Point Break Live below for their reenactment of the climactic "Pull the Chute!" sequence, and remember: "Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true."

HIGHLIGHTS

• A miraculous event has occurred in North Qeynos. Pilgrims can learn about it from the witnesses at the Temple of Life.
• During "A Prophet Returns" (GU45): There's a mysterious blight spreading across Norrath's cities.  The Celestial Watch seeks to help those suffering from it while servants of the Plaguebringer bask within their cries.  Which will you choose?
• Additional bank space and new functionality to the shared bank have been added.  Check out the BANK section below for details.
• Grey quests are now easier to find, will award adventure experience and, in many cases, will award more achievement experience.
• Coercers and Weaponsmiths and Woodworkers will each find significant changes to their classes.
• Priest single target cure spells have been combined into one spell named "Cure".

GAMEPLAY

• The time limit between repeatable faction quests in Sinking Sands has been removed.
• Damage that can not be resisted or mitigated will now be referred to as "focus" damage instead of crush/pierce/slash/poison/heat/cold/etc in combat chat messages.
• Corpses of powerful creatures will now stay locked for twenty minutes.
• Respawning near Jarsath Wastes in the Kylong Plains is slightly less dangerous.
• Mounts should now suspend while feigning death or riding on a griffon, sokokar or cloud.
• You may no longer shrink below a meter in size.

QUESTS

• Grinash the Vicious and his pack will now trigger in the Steppes for players on "Vicious Assault".  Previously he would only trigger while on "The Cove of Decay - Kraughl's Request".
• Squire Kivan in Antonica will now give out the quest "Getting the Axe" to characters that he previously thought were too advanced for his quest.
• The No-Trade flag has been removed from a large number of book pages that were dropped from mobs or harvested from page spawns.  Check your inventories!
• Clay golem hearts for "The Heart of Fear" quest in Cazic-Thule now drop as corpse loot instead of chest loot.  They also will only drop while you are on the quest now.
• Multiple players should now be able to receive an update from killing Pawbuster when on that portion of the Conjuror Epic quest.
• Both the dropped and tradeskilled pristine fashioned nacre earring will now update the quest "Dukaris, Hero of the People".
• Low grey quests will now give more experience.

ITEMS

• The Nox Noctis Sword will no longer fit in the primary weapon slot.
• Deathfist Citadel crafted armor stats have been improved.  Existing armor will automatically receive the upgrade.
• Are you lacking space in your bags from multiple stacks of poisons and potions? Well fear not brave adventurer, you can now stack poisons and potions to 100.  Enjoy your newfound space!
• Duplicates of numerous books in the game that currently count toward one's total house items are now available on Navarius Orvalis and Indis Surion for purchase if you fulfill the original requirements for having received the book (ie, if you completed the quest it was a reward on).
• The "Dazzling Tuning Fork" is now only lootable by dirges and no longer "No Destroy" .

ZONES

• Shard of Hate
  Byzola in the Shard of Hate can no longer be pulled excessively far from where she spawns.

SPELLS

• The Karana deity pet and the sokokar pet should now stack together.
• Scout Heroic Opportunity
  Swindler's Gift should now overwrite itself properly rather than giving an error about having a more powerful spell already.
• Coercer
  Possession has been renamed to Possess Essence.  It now takes control of your target's essence and makes them into a pet that you can control.
  Thoughtstones are no longer required as components for spells.
  The Despotic Mind line will now trigger off player based spell attacks.  In addition there is a new level 80 version called Tyranous Mind  The other reactive lines have changed to be based on taking damage from when a spell hits the NPC.
  Puppetmaster has received an additional puppet.
  The Harmonious link line now reduces hate position when the player takes a melee hit.
• Crusader
  The Paladin and Shadowknight squires should no longer look differently after zoning.
• Enchanter
  The stun and stifle lines will now do damage rather than drain power.
  Enchanters will now also receive Call Servant and Shrink Servant at level 10.
• Illusionists
  The Personae line of pets should now nuke instead of attempting to power drain just like their owners do.
• Mystic
  The Ancient Balm line will now grant short duration immunities to any control effects it cures.
• Necromancer
  The Siphoning of Souls (Master II) will now also grant Master II abilities when it triggers on the death of an NPC.
  Essences of Anguish are no longer given out nor required as components for spells.
• Priests
  Cure Noxious, Elemental, Trauma and Arcane have been consolidated into one spell called Cure.
• Shadowknight
  Despoiling Mist line should once again apply the same number of mitigation buffs as members of the encounter.
• Warden
  Tranquility will now last 1 minute and attempt to cure impairments on the target several times.
• Warlock
  Nil Crystals are no longer required as components for spells.
  The Abhorrent Shroud line now has a power cost to replace the nil crystal requirement.
• Wizard
  The Surging Tempest line should now work as a dot with a triggered knockdown.  This will make the spell work with Freehand Sorcery and Harmonization.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• You can now gain Achievement Experience from gray con quests that are level 10 or higher.
• All classes should receive a free achievement respec.  Please note that free achievement respecs cannot be stacked or saved.
• Enchanter
  Volatile Magic will now be a 15% boost that is always on.
• Coercer
  Tashania will now debuff all magical resistances but slightly less than before.
  Coercive Healing will now give additional bonuses to reactive heal amount, beneficial casting time and beneficial reuse time.
  Manaward now acts as a true ward with a ratio of 1 health to 1.5 power.

BROKER

• You can now search the broker for items which give double attack, critical chance and damage additions.

PVP RULESET

• Executioner's Fury should no longer put you into combat when it triggers.

BANK

• On all servers:
  Banks how have four extra slots for a total of twelve bank slots per character.
  Shared banks now have four extra slots for a total of eight shared bank slots per account.
  Shared banks now allow you to share coin between characters on the same account.
  Exiled characters continue to be unable to use shared banks with other characters on the same account.
• On PVE servers:
  Shared banks are now shared between good and evil characters on the same account.
  If you have all four slots filled in both good and evil shared banks currently, they will be combined into a new eight slot shared bank.
  Both coin and items can be shared with characters on the same account regardless of alignment.
• On PVP servers:
  Shared banks are still alignment based.   However we have added four extra slots to each alignment's shared bank (for a total of eight shared bank slots per alignment) and the ability to share coin between characters of the same alignment on one account.

TRAVEL

• If you have a Sokokar, flight posts in Chardok will now allow you to fly to any post that a group member has access.
• The "mysterious portal' in Gorowyn now allows level 65+ tradeskillers to pass through, as well as level 65+ adventurers.

TRADESKILLS

• Weaponsmiths and woodworkers have learned to create recipes for new, more desirable crafted weapons with a choice of new effect.  Weapons that already existed prior to the update will not be affected and cannot be imbued with the new effects.
• Geomancy arts should now appear in the crafting window in an order consistent with the other tradeskill reaction arts.
• You should no longer get less status for doing a level 70 tradeskill writ than you would for doing a level 69 writ.
• Ferrite throwing daggers are now correctly described as handcrafted.
• Advanced Artisan Volume One is now available from tradeskill recipe book vendors around Norrath.
• Crafted shurikens can now be made at lower level ranges.  Weaponsmiths have also rediscovered where they left their recipe books for throwing ammo.

UI

• The version on EQ2UI_Inventory_Bank has been increased to 2.0 to support the Bank/Shared bank changes.
  You can now choose to show quest-giver icons for quests you have out leveled. Under Options -> User Interface -> Name and Chat Bubble -> NPC Overhead Quest Icons for Outleveled Quests
• The command "/inventory unequip all" will unequip all of your gear except food, drink and appearance items.
• Setting the option to now show third party damage combat bubbles will now also apply to third party heals
• Detailed arrows on implied target window are no longer cut off.

kk that is all ~

I just tried to purchase my new hosting plan + a domain registration at the guys over at GoDaddy.com. It just wouldn't work.

Step 1: PayPal
Since I just created a PayPal account for buying some stuff on eBay a few days ago I thought 'Well, PayPal could be the easiest way to do this.' My bank account is verified by PayPal as "reliable" or something so there wouldn't be any problems that PayPal would grab the money from my bank account and send it over to GoDaddy when they requested it. That's at least what I was hoping.
It turned out that, even though I already entered a verified payment method into my PayPal account, GoDaddy simply demanded entering my credit card information. I did that and booom!

"We're sorry, this credit card was rejected by the bank that registered it for you. Please contact their customer support for more information."

Bummer. What should I do? You know, the problem with my credit card could be that it is not one of those old school credit cards but a prepaid type one. Those are often used by people who don't have a regular income yet, like myself, because it allows you to spend up to 2,500 € per month while without a regular income an old-fashioned credit card wouldn't even be possible to get. So maybe PayPal magically knows that there is no credit line for this credit card and it rejects it. I don't know. I already contacted my bank so hopefully we'll find out what's behind all that.

Step 2: Credit card
So, in my desperate situation I of course also tried to use my credit card as a direct payment method to purchase my GoDaddy order. It didn't work out as well so there really may be some problems around that special type of credit card. Stupid crap ass bitch.

Step 3: Checking account debit
The last chance I saw in the long list of payment methods was the so-called "checking account debit". Yeah, just take the money from my bank account - done deal! But no, it seems like this payment method is only open to people who have a U.S. bank account.

So, yeah, what the bloody hell is going on?! I want to purchase the god damn thing, I seriously want to give you money for a service! And what do you do? You just close it down, only for me as it seems. Ah, I hate it!

"Poate ca vom merge incet. Dar niciodata nu vom merge inapoi" - CEC Bank

Cineva le face bine textele. Pentru ca ies chiar bine.

Stima,

Andrei.

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