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I was watching one of the speakers at the Republican Convention last night and he referred to universities as "Democratic indoctrination camps." I think it's been a while since I laughed that hard.

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Ah alright, sorry I skipped over that. I'm having some internet issues at the moment but will update them once those are sorted out :).

I've updated the information and credited you for it. Thanks! -- I imagine the runes were modified when they revamped the tables for many monsters a while ago.

I suppose I was thinking more along the lines of salesmen in stores, who are utterly useless. On top of that I buy almost everything I need from the internet anyway, which is a one-person operation to set up a few pictures and things anyway... -- Today I learned it's not plagiarism, it's borrowing from My Little Pony.

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Sure because America is a youth-oriented culture. But after some number of years that job will inevitable end or the store will close, and it might be substantially harder to get the next job without some professional skills. I mean you can always go and acquire them if you save and spend money wisely but...society isn't exactly encouraging that.

Plot twist when you need a degree to land/hold a decent job.. :P

Patch Week | Shadow Dragoon Outfit This update's a quiet one, as we lead up to next week's epic voyage to The Eastern Lands. Look out for the latest batch of patches, including some handy tweaks to the combat options from the Ninjas, two classic RuneScape pets, and a graphically enhanced Shadow Dragoon Outfit on Solomon's General Store. Read on to find out more, or play now. Patch Week Highlights of this week's patch notes include a couple of neat combat tweaks from our friendly in-house Ninjas. First up, it is now possible to train Attack and Strength without also training Defence. Next, we've removed the Momentum combat mode. Used regularly by only 2% of players, Momentum was only frequently used for Chompy Bird Hunting - for which, we've included a fix that allows ability usage. We've also added Crunchy and Tim as follower pets for those of you who've completed Gower Quest. Just speak to them in the bar to unlock their smaller, cuter namesakes. See the full patch notes for further details of today's update. The Shadow Dragoon Outfit Returns From today until Monday 1st August, the Shadow Dragoon Outfit returns to Solomon's Store with a 10% discount, and looking more impressive than ever before. The outfit has now been fully optimised for NXT, and has an altogether smoother texture. Please note: If you have previously purchased the Shadow Dragoon Outfit, your outfit will be upgraded to the enhanced version free of charge. The Shadow Dragoon Outfit costs 380 RC for free players and 342 RC for members and will be removed once again in two weeks' time, so make sure you grab it before it disappears! RuneFest - Get your tickets now! RuneFest tickets are selling like hotcakes, and combo tickets (which get you access to the event and night-before party at an unbeatable price) are almost all gone. We fully expect the event to sell out soon, so don't delay - get your RuneFest tickets today and secure your place at the event of the year. Live Streams this Week Each week we stream Q&As, in-game events and more. Watch our streams and find a full streaming schedule over on our Twitch channel. Check our YouTube channel too for recap videos of streams you may have missed, including information about what you can expect this July. This week, we'll be giving you a sneak-peek into what you can expect from The Arc: July's epic update which takes you to the Eastern Lands! Tuesday, July 19th| 16:00 Game Time | The Arc Q&A #2 – Uncharted Islands, Audio and Art In our second Arc stream this July, we'll be looking at our awesome new Uncharted Islands, which you'll be able to claim as your own, as well as checking in on our Audio and Art teams to find out how we made the Arc feel like the Arc! Ask your questions on our forums, Reddit, or by using #RSQA on Twitter! Friday, July 22nd | 20:00 Game Time | Update preview with Mod Shauny Find out what you can expect from Monday's patches and more with Mod Shauny this Friday night! Sunday, July 24th| 19:00 Game Time | PvM with Mod Lee! Mod Lee will be hosting some Community PvM goodness live on Twitch! Telos Competition winners After Telos's release, we hosted a competition to see who could take on the might of Telos. And boy did you deliver! Our winners of 6 months' membership, a signed piece of Telos art, and a signed T-shirt, are... YouGotLittUp – Highest Enrage (1012%)P at Rick – Highest Kill Streak (50)Lax – Most Kills (575)Zoomy – Winner from our random draw of Telos vanquishers. To find out more, visit the Telos stats thread on Reddit. Enjoy! The Arc's so close we can smell the fresh sea air. Have fun this week, Scapers, and get ready for the adventure of a lifetime. The RuneScape Team [spoiler=The star of the show] Graphical Some gravestones have been removed from the graveyard east of the Slayer Tower and replaced with more ghouls.The Sword of Edicts no longer bounces around when sheathed.The Summoning pouch trade-in interface now uses the new interface style.The model of the reborn phoenix pouch has been updated in High Detail to be more consistent with other pouches.The pools of water in the Meilyr district of Prifddinas have been re-textured, and some obtuse height mapping has been smoothed out.The model of the augmented dragon rider lance has been updated.The unused off-hand shadow glaive inventory model now matches the used and broken variants. Skills, D&Ds & Minigames All players participating in the combat activities of Port Sarim Invasion will now receive tokens, not just the top three damage-dealers.Bonfires in Prifddinas now have a cook option.The Crackling perk no longer tries to use blood spells when activating.The Turtling perk now also scales with the equipped shield's level.The Bulwark perk now scales correctly.The larger rock entry on the Mining skillguide (used to make ornate bowl for Tears of Guthix) is now marked as members only.The Fremennik Trials quest requirement is now displayed as a requirement for skeletal armour on the Skill Guide.A failed batch of pigswill no longer causes the brewing vat to disappear.Herb burners no longer continue to burn herbs after they have despawned.Elite slayer monsters have become more intelligent, and so no longer get stuck on walls, unable to reach the player. Quests, Challenges and Achievements Players can now reset Gower Quest by looking into the Crate of Returning on the Gower farm.Players can now unlock Tim & Crunchy as follower pets by speaking to them in the BTS bar.A typo in the marrentill Herblore challenge has been corrected.Agoroth now only spawns once in the boss fight in NXT. Seren Spell Improvements Opal Aurora's cost has been lowered from 2 soul runes down to 1.The Opal Aurora damage cap has been increased from level 85 damage to level 88.The Sapphire Aurora damage cap has been increased from level 87 damage to level 88.The Sapphire Aurora effect now causes prisms of loyalty to drain 10% less life points.The Sapphire Aurora effect now causes prisms of salvation to have a 6.6 second cooldown (3.6 second with Light form), down from 9.6 seconds.Emerald Aurora's damage cap has been increased from level 89 to level 90.Emerald Aurora's damage reduction buff effect has been increased to 24 seconds, up from 6 seconds.Ruby Aurora's damage output buff effect has been increased to 24 seconds, up from 6 seconds.The Ruby Aurora's buff activation rate has been improved to 1/20 (1/10 with Light form) when using abilities.The accuracy of the Prism of Salvation's teleport has been improved.The Prism of Salvation's teleport range has increased from 6 to 8 tiles.Other XP gained has been added beside the RuneMetrics tracker to replicate previous functionality. Please note, if the tracked skill is "Lots!", the tracking mode must be set to "this session" for these to appear. This setting can also be toggled.A percentage of loot is now kept when dying while on a kill streak at Telos.There is now a streamlined loot process to speed up the Telos loot and increasing enrage process. This can be toggled on the Telos loot interface.Tooltips have been added to the Telos loot interface for better information of different prize tiers & kill streaks.Revolution no longer stops working when Storm Shards is in the first slot of an action bar and the target already has 10 stacks.Araxxor's attacks are now delayed while playing the descent animation upon entering phase 3 from the middle path.Araxxor no longer continues to reflect damage for a short period of time after the web shield is removed.Using Immortality to survive an instant-kill attack now consistently returns players to 40% of their max life points.Reprisal now correctly deals magic damage with a staff or wand equipped.Bosses in The Heart now only display the relevant essence as special rewards on the Beasts tab.Beastmaster Durzag will no longer push players out of the arena on death.Corrected some mentions of 'cystals' to 'crystals' during the Light Within.Players will no longer see two buff icons when activating a Clan Citadel booster.Fetcher has skipped too many arm days and so can only retrieve loot for one raids boss at a time. Players can now choose which boss to retrieve loot from in any order.Fetcher has been diligently attending leg day, and hence players can now reroll their raid loot from Fetcher if they have sufficient reputation or reroll tokens.Fetcher has read up on human etiquette, and hence has dropped the habit of stating players had used a reroll token when they actually hadn't. Repeatedly.Some blocking has been added on the wheel of a Karamja ship.Some examine issues with the Lucky Subjugation set have been fixed.The grammar for Drakan's medallion when there is only 1 charge remaining has been corrected.An issue with a Fremennik boat having two examine options has been fixed.Two rogue tiles in the Lumbridge courtyard have had blocking removed.The messages when changing to the ancient spellbook at the Desert Treasure pyramid have been corrected.The examine on the doors to the dwarven houses in the Underground Pass has been fixed.Some grammar in the Adventurer's Log when finding a new Bilrach book has been fixed.The Wise Old Man now checks the bank for all outfits that can be reclaimed from Diango when searching for junk.Used ascension grips are once again classed as a members' object. Ninja Fixes Combat XP selection can now be toggled by individual skills. Notably, this means players can now train Attack and Strength together without Defence. However, players may not deselect every skill option.The Fight Kiln entrance now has a right-click option to toggle skipping the cutscenes.Fist of Guthix no longer allows the use of Prism of Restoration, Prism of Salvation, Prism of Loyalty, Intercept, Shield Dome, Soul Link and Teamwork Protection.Removed the delay when checking the health of a fruit tree.The World Wakes's combat level requirement is now a recommendation, rather than a requirement.The Max Guild's crystal tree teleport no longer places players on the wrong side of the Seers' Village flax field fence.Donie now avoids the Combat Academy.The Momentum combat mode has been removed due to its incredibly low usage rate. Players currently in Momentum will be switched to Legacy combat mode upon login.Allowed use of abilities on chompy and jubbly birds.The Lucky perk no longer triggers while the Resonance ability is in effect. -- Only a patch week but some solid fixes and improvements in there.

You have been away too long!

Probably in some BTS video or article (I rarely watch them all either), but yes good to hear!

At least maybe Erdogan learned something never mind, he threw > 1,500 more people in jail now.

Or perhaps, cry the least.

Ouch, hope you're okay, definitely get that checked out though. And maybe invest in a better pair of work boots?

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Kind of iffy, seems rather cookie cutter after several of the same cookie cutter type of thing. And this time the xp awarded is nothing phenomenal either, It's just not capturing the same feel for me personally, at least.

Port Sarim Invasion | Eastern Lands Crew Miniquest | Telos Change A graphically updated Port Sarim is under attack from vicious pirates headed up by the evil slaver Jed, whom you first battled in Meg’s cases. Fight back and earn reward tokens for some really cool cosmetic gear. Also, get to grips with a new Port Sarim miniquest to gather yourself a crew – a requirement for accessing the Eastern Lands, which are coming July 25th. Finally, the Watch have been keeping an eye on how you’ve been handling Telos and have made an improvement to the boss’s reward system – check it out! Port Sarim Invasion This is a temporary free-to-play event linked to the upcoming Eastern Lands. This event will run from now until 25th July at 23:59 UTC. Please note that combat is not safe. In the event that you die in combat, you will need to reclaim your items from your gravestone, or from Death. Port Sarim is under attack from Jed and his vicious band of slavers! From skilling to killing, there is loads you can do to repel the pirates and earn fantastic reward tokens in the process. Once you have enough tokens, convert them via your inventory into Supply Caches containing a host of awesome items like oar weapon overrides, various XP lamps, a Skulls pirate cape and the bizarrely awesome cannonball head cosmetic. To introduce you to the Token system, talk to either Seasinger Jemi in Burthorpe or the Guard Captain in Port Sarim and receive an initial stash of tokens to get you started. Earn more Tokens by: Killing the attacking pirates (also gives Combat XP)Making cannonballs (also gives Smithing or Herblore XP)Making batches of gunpowder (also gives Smithing or Herblore XP)Repairing the prison walls (also gives Crafting or Construction XP)Firing the cannon at Jed’s ship (also gives you Ranged or Firemaking XP) *Click on the tokens in your inventory to bring up the event interface. Should you wish, this will allow you to toggle which kind of XP you receive from each Port Sarim Invasion activity, and turn on/off Combat XP. Gather a Crew - Miniquest – Eastern Lands This is permanent content, and a requirement for accessing the Eastern Lands This miniquest is a requirement for sailing to the Arc Islands and beginning your Eastern Lands adventure. Start it by talking to Trader Stan, whose fantastic standing animation “Stan-ing Around” can be won at the miniquest’s end! Port Sarim Graphical Improvements Although it’s a little bit on fire at the moment, Port Sarim is looking its finest thanks to a brand new graphical update. Sails are taller and brighter and everything is looking shipshape and Sarim fashion. Don’t just take our word for it, pay a visit and judge for yourselves! Boat to the Arc Community Event – starting Thursday 14th July In the vein of Lost Sword of Raddallin and the Heart of Gielinor Encampment, we’re proud to present a boat building community event themed around getting to the Eastern Lands. This will be covered in full later this week, but it is worth noting that more tokens for rewards in the Port Sarim Invasion event can be earned by taking part, along with a unique set of rewards. Telos | Zamorakian Ability Codex We’ve been monitoring prices for the various Telos boss rewards and have decided that the Zamorakian Ability Codex needs changing to better reflect its value in comparison to the weapons. Due to its lower profitability, many of you have not been using your anima orbs (the 3 untradeable items dropped by Telos) to create the codex. As a result, we’ve chosen to remove the anima orb cost and have the ability codex drop directly from the boss. Players who already have the dormant codex will have it converted to the active version. For the usual patch notes, head over to the forum thread. This week’s live streams Each week we stream Q&As, in-game events and more. Watch the streams and find a full streaming schedule on the Twitch channel. Check the YouTube channel for videos you may have missed, including information about what you can expect this July. Tuesday, 12th July | 16:00 Game Time | Arc Q&A #1 – Welcome to the Arc!In the first of two Arc streams this July, we'll be looking at the islands of Waiko, Aminishi and Whale's Maw and all the awesome stuff you can get up to within them. Ask your questions on our forums, Reddit, or by using #RSQA on Twitter! Friday, 15th July | 20:00 Game Time | Update Preview with Mod ShaunyFind out what you can expect from Monday’s patches and more with Mod Shauny this Friday night. Sunday, 17th July | 19:00 Game Time | PvM with Mod Lee!Mod Lee will be hosting some Community PvM goodness live on Twitch. In Other News Friday, 15th July | 14:00 Game Time | *ALL NEW* Facebook Q&A with Mod Osborne!Get ready for something all-new, and all-awesome. We’ll be streaming live from our Facebook page this Friday afternoon, where you will be able to ask Mod Osborne anything you like. Sit back, relax, and enjoy his dulcet tones through your PC or phone! JMod Snapchat takeover – Mod Orion – Thursday!Mod Orion is one of the Guardians - the developer team behind the Arc. Tune into Snapchat this Thursday, and maybe you’ll get some cheeky Arc teasers! Check out a day in his life at ‘runescapegame’ on Snapchat, and share your favourite screenshots using #JModSnapchatTakeover on Twitter and Instagram! Competition Winners | Facebook Summer SweepstakeCongratulations to dracojimsta, winner of our Facebook Summer Sweepstake! Dracojimsta won the awesome new MSI Gaming Laptop. The runner up and winner of the live-sized Dragon Claws was Naruedyoh. Well done as well! [spoiler=Patch Notes] Graphical The Zaros godsword special attack animation no longer remains when logging out.The Zaros godsword special attack animation has been graphically updated in low detail.An unneeded gate that was missing blocking has been removed from the Gower Farm.Broken chaotic staves will now show a model when worn by female characters.Fixed a jagged water edge near Rimmington. Telos Boss Fight Telos is now always attackable with Melee when dragged for the tendril attack.Telos's dialogue is now displayed clearly in the chat window, and all important mechanic messages now stand out.The word 'solo' has been removed from the Telos enrage world first broadcasts.After 50% enrage, Telos will now gain the ability to restore his stats periodically.Telos now kneels in his dormant form.Telos's clickzone has been removed from the arms in phase 5.Minions summoned in phase 5 of Telos no longer regenerate health.Anima-golems in phase 3 of the Telos encounter can no longer be killed.Telos no longer decides to go back to sleep once awoken.Removed broken versions of the dragon rider lance, shadow glaive, wand of the Cywir elders and blade of Nymora from the Grand Exchange."God Wars Dungeon 2 - The Heart" is now displayed on the list of areas on the clan noticeboard.We've also made a change to the Zamorakian Ability Codex. Please see the news post for more info.Quests, Challenges and Achievements Players can once again complete the task 'Building Up Strength' in Lumbridge.NXT Some camera clipping issues in cutscenes have been fixed.Fixed the slightly stretched camera compared to Java.Animations will no longer stop playing when two interfaces are open with animated models on them.Prevented the issue where you saw duplicate names in your friends list or clan list whenever their rank changes.Particles will now disappear correctly.An issue were certain parts of the environment disappeared if your draw distance was set to low has been fixed.Dropped items should now appear correctly.Fixed a crash that could occur in busy areas.Some rogue interface logic which could cause difficulty starting quests has been fixed.Various memory leaks have been fixed.The removed roof now works correctly from a scrying pool.Stack overflow errors not being reported to us have been fixed.An issue where music was getting stuck when changing locations has been fixed.Java A fix for NPCs occasionally not appearing in the correct positions has been implemented.Other Adjusted the repair costs of various weapons gained from The Heart of Gielinor to remain consistent with other degradable weapons.Fixed cases where players would gain the wrong style of Combat XP in PvP combat.The drop value of teralith boots in PvP situations has been corrected to match tempest and primeval boots.The Summer of Adventure sun icon can now be moved in non-Legacy interface mode by dragging the icon if the player's interface is unlocked.

Moving this to the Swiftkit help forum, where hopefully they'll be able to help you out :).

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Is this guy trying to sell you a used computer for that much?

21,659. Awesome, I love that trilogy too.

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21,663. Thanks Matt, sounds like you had a busy day! Get some rest :).

Ah, The Faraway Place where Things are Kept...like harpoons!