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The module expects a whole MP3 file, but I'm only giving it a short (6K) extract from the middle of the file. So I substitute the full length of the original file, as reported by the remote web server, for the length of the clip reported by the file system.
The fudge factor is just a dreadful hack that makes the reported duration right for the files I've tried so far. There's undoubtedly a more clueful way to do this, and I hope someone will show it to me.
These changes weren't strictly necessary. My audio linkblog could have used the original uglier URL syntax as well. But the simpler, the better.
The first incarnation of the audio linkblog was straightforward. I simply transformed the del.icio.us RSS feed for my sound-bite tag into an RSS 2.0 feed whose enclosures were the referenced clipping URLs. In order to supply the length attribute required by the enclosure tag, I made an HTTP HEAD request to the origin server where the MP3 file was hosted.
Unfortunately, neither iPodder nor the then newly released iTunes 4.9 was willing to work with the clipping URLs contained in those enclosure tags. iPodder would download the resources but couldn't figure out what to name them; iTunes wouldn't download them at all.
So I resorted to another dreadful hack, and appended a bogus &ext=.mp3 parameter to the URLs. That worked, at least for iTunes. After converting the clips in my sound-bite feed into a playlist, I was able to listen to them in iTunes and on my iPod.
It was a weird experience, though. First Peter Yared would speak for a couple of minutes, then Doug Engelbart, then Kim Polese, and if they hadn't been my clips I wouldn't have known who was speaking or in what context. In theory I could record audio introductions to each clip. But that wouldn't be a sustainable procedure even for me, never mind a less motivated person. Forming the clip URL and bookmarking it to del.icio.us is already asking more effort than most people will be willing to give.
Then I realized that I already had contextual metadata, in the form of the del.icio.us title, extended description, and tags. Why not convert that metadata to audio and use it to introduce the clips?
I tried two different text-to-speech (TTS) solutions. First, on Win32, I used pyTTS, which wraps the Microsoft speech API for Python. The prerequisites--Microsoft's SAPI 5.1 redistributable kit, and Mark Hammond's win32all extensions--were a breeze to install, and the TTS module couldn't be easier to use. Here's all you need, for example, to convert some metadata into a WAV file:
text = '%s, %s, Tags, %s' % ( title, descr, tagset )
tts.SpeakToWave( 'tmp.wav', text )
The ever-popular lame can then convert the WAV file to MP3.
I wasn't wild about the TTS results, though, even after trying the extra voices available for the engine. Then I remembered AT&T's online TTS demo, so I tried that too. It's not packaged as a web service, but it was straightforward to issue a request, receive a reference to a WAV file, and then retrieve that file. And AT&T's Audrey sounded a bit better than Microsoft's MSMary!
If this turns into more than an experiment, I'll look into licensing TTS software. Chris Brooks, who runs talkr.com, a website that converts blogs into podcasts, uses NeoSpeech and recommends it highly.
With these ingredients, I was able to create a sound-bite podcast. So far, I've only gotten it to work in iTunes, and even there only imperfectly. Because the introductions and clips are separate enclosures, they'll play out of order if shuffling is turned on in the player. Clearly, they should be combined, though I'm not yet sure what the right way to do that will be. There's also an iTunes issue. iPodder automatically creates playlists from podcasts, but iTunes doesn't, which creates an extra (and to me) annoying step in the process.
Warts notwithstanding, this exercise has given me a sense of the possibilities that will open up once we can link to discrete segments of audio, subscribe to them, and recombine them. In the realm of text these capabilities have radically improved our ability to assimilate and share information. In the audio realm the need is even greater, because it takes so much longer to listen than to read. In tandem with the social bookmarking and tagging services, the blogosphere stands ready to process all the new audio content that's coming online. Everything we need for efficient classification and recommendation is in place, with the exception of things we take for granted in the textual realm: selection, quotation, and linking. All these things are doable, and I hope someday to take them for granted in the audio and video domains too.
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Sancho VII of Navarre
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Sancho VII Sanches (or Sánchez, 1157[1] – 7 April 1234), called the Strong (el Fuerte in Spanish, Santxo Azkarra in Basque) or the Prudent, was the King of Navarre from 1194 to his death. His retirement at the end of his life has given rise to the alternate nickname el Encerrado or "the Retired."
He was probably the eldest child of Sancho VI and Sancha, daughter of Alfonso VII of León, born soon after their marriage, probably in Tudela, their usual residence. He was the last legitimate male-line descendant of the first two dynasties of kings of Navarre, the Houses of Íñiguez and Jiménez. He was the elder brother of Berengaria, who was married to Richard I of England in 1191 on the island of Cyprus on the way to the Holy Land for the Third Crusade. Sancho and Richard were reputed to have been good friends and close allies, even before the marriage brought them together. The French took advantage of Richard's captivity in Germany and captured certain key fortresses of the Angevin dominions including Loches. When Richard returned to his continental lands in 1194, the knights of Sancho were besieging the castle for him. As soon as Richard arrived though, Sancho was forced to return to Navarre at the news of the death of his father. He was crowned in Pamplona on 15 August.
He arrived late at the Battle of Alarcos in 1195 and thus ruined good relations with the Castilian sovereign Alfonso VIII. The ensuing confrontation resulted in Sancho devastating Soria and Almazán and Alfonso accepted the Peace of Tarazona.
Sancho made expeditions against Murcia and Andalusia, and, between 1198 and 1200, he campaigned in Africa, probably in the service of the Almohads, whose help he wanted against Castile. Taking advantage of his absence, Alfonso VIII of Castile and Peter II of Aragon invaded Navarre, which lost the provinces of Álava, Guipúzcoa, and Vizcaya to Castile. These conquests were subsequently confirmed by the Treaty of Guadalajara (1207).
His leadership was decisive in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in the year 1212. In that engagement, the Christian forces of Sancho, Alfonso, Afonso II of Portugal, and Peter II of Aragón allied to defeat the forces of the Almohad Caliph Muhammad an-Nasir. Sancho's troops cut the chains guarding the tent of Miramamolín. For this, it is believed the chains became the symbol of Navarre and replaced the sable eagle on a golden field with a golden chain on a gules field in the Navarrese coat-of-arms. But others suspect they represented the Basques' star-like Sun of Death seen on their Hilarri (Basques' Stelae) or houses traditionally for protection, and perhaps painted on their shields too with the same religious purpose, meaning of Life or Death, or the new Imagery used for Jesus or Christianity as for others were the Christi Anagram or plain Cross on the shield.
His relations with the countries north of the Pyrenees were notably better than his Castilian ones. Several Pyreneean counties declared themselves his vassals and he concluded treaties with John of England, and the various Aragonese kings of his time, the aforementioned Peter II and James I. With the latter he signed at Tudela, in 1231, which was never finished, a treaty stating that whoever survived the other would inherit unopposed the other's kingdom.
Sancho continued the construction of a new cathedral in Pamplona, as begun by his father and to be finished by his successor. The construction of a certain Gothic bridge over the Ebro has also been attributed to him.
As the result of prolonged and painful illness, starting with a varicose ulcer on his right leg and ashamed of it and his consequent obesity, Sancho went into retirement at Tudela at some point, when his youngest sister Blanca took administration of the kingdom (see note in Kings of Navarre family tree) and died in 1229. His eldest sister, Berengaria, queen of England, died in 1232, thus leaving Sancho alone among the children of Sancho VI. When he died in his castle at Tudela, probably of complications related to the varicose ulcer in his leg, Blanca's son Theobald was recognized as the next monarch of Navarre on 7 April. According to Alberic de Trois-Fontaines, Sancho left a library of 1.7 million books. The cultural contacts with the Muslim Kingdoms that he visited and battled with, his friendship with his brother in Law Richard III,Lionheart and his sister Blanca's Court of Troyes, at the time the most refined in Europe, must have left an important influence on the King's personal intellect, bringing to him an advantageous outlook from the one well set already by their father at his youth, full however with peccadilloes and other impetuous extravaganza. The kingdom he left with a wealthy treasury and improved communications was in his day one of the most advanced in human rights, and its Jewish Community enjoyed the best standing in Christian Europe, which after all had been the work and result of the Jimenez Royal House for centuries. He was originally interred in the church of San Nicolás, but was later moved to Roncesvalles after much resistance from the local Clergy. His remains have since been exhumed for study and examined by the physician Luis del Campo, also the king's biographer, who measured him at 2.23 metres tall(7'3" feet), probably the basis for his "strength." His ascendants, among them, Ruy Diaz, "the Cid" and Harald Hardrada, King of Norway,seem to have been of the same inherited physique.
Sancho was married twice. The identity of his second wife is disputed. His first wife was Constance, daughter of Raymond VI of Toulouse, whom he married about 1195. He later repudiated her and was divorced (1200). His second wife was, according to some sources, Clemence, daughter of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. Other sources, however, name a daughter of Abu Yaqub al-Mustansir Yusuf II, Emir of Morocco. Some modern writers have alleged that his unsuccessful marriages were the result of homosexuality, but the chronicle of Charles of Viana acknowledges a son who predeceased his father at fifteen years of age in an accident and he had several known bastards: Ferdinand, William, and Roderick, all of unknown maternity.
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Age 64
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So Koujiro won this competition thingie? Awesome, bout time he won at something. He's always been my favorite of the Rocketto Dan members (I especially liked his role in the Pokeringer episode), and I'm glad to see he finally got some respect.
So Koujiro won this competition thingie? Awesome, bout time he won at something. He's always been my favorite of the Rocketto Dan members (I especially liked his role in the Pokeringer episode), and I'm glad to see he finally got some respect.
"Please don't look at me that way, I'm a very shy little girl!"
If he did win, I wonder if it's because his fanbase were busting down the door for him to win one of this competitions. Obiviously many of us here wanted him to win something and thought he got screwed in the poke-ringer competition.
Some people don't think it's funny that Exit 69 gets off on Big Beaver.
We know that he does have skills, but its just unusal for the writers to give Team Rocket a win like this (and a legal win at that).Originally Posted by Zoramon089
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I've seen the pics, nothing special happens beside James winning.There are quite a few cute scenes with James{ love his outfit!}and manene, but nothing much to write home about
Agreed, but it does add more proof that James can accomplish quite a lot on his own and has a good relationship with his pokemon when he isn't in the middle of an "evil" scheme.Originally Posted by Blaziken master
"Psychos... they always love comics." - Det. Elliot Stabler.
It was pretty nice episode and everyones Pokemon was shown except for Seviper and Cacnea but we see them enough. James winning was great and yeah he works really well with his Pokemon. Jessie and Meowth sure get annoying.
I liked the ending where the lady is sitting with her Ursaring.
What did James win? A useless trophy or a cool item?
James won a medal but I'm not sure if he also won all the food though.
Good episode overall, The part where james breaks the cookie and wants to give manene the bigger half, but manene wants james to have it is soooooo damnn cute, I was like awwww. Okay enough of the sentimental stuff.lol.
Donphan vs. Dustox was well pretty much like this, dustox tackled donphan and then donphan used take down to knock dustox and jessie and meowth down on the ground and then donphan used hyperbeam sweeping through the ground and that blasted jessie and meowth.
He did, but he decided to share it with all the other contestants, much to the shock of Jessie and Meowth.Originally Posted by Haunter Hunter Sohrab
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To all of those things I'd say yes... enough to be Walker's new Texas Ranger sidekick. James is such a good-hearted guy, if you take a step back you have to wonder why he's actually with Team Rocket, but he may feel that doing anything else would be abandoning his "friends", Jessie and meowth.Originally Posted by V Faction
"Psychos... they always love comics." - Det. Elliot Stabler.
Well, what can I say? It was pretty damned awesome to finally see Kojirou win something he deserved. <3 I certainly never thought I'd see the day when one of the Rocket-dan actually came out on top in a competition with Satoshi-tachi competing.
The animation could have been better, but it can be ignored as the plot was quite entertaining. The antics of Musashi and Nyasu in particular were quite amusing. It was hilarious when they had to do the motto together and Nyasu was wearing that Kojirou wig. XD It was also funny when Kojirou heard them blasting off over his head.
And speaking of which, Usohachi gets credit for making be laugh by blasting Takeshi off during his uber flirtation mode of doom. Nothing like seeing everyone's favorite pokémon breeder flying head over heels into the stratosphere while screaming "JOOOI SAAAN!!!".
As for the music, it's pretty much the same deal as last week. We've got the lyricless lovely boy in there again, and the old Kanto instrumentals make me a happy Hera.
Good times.
So did he just win a useless medal and food that he gave away?anyways at least he won something
Actually, the fact that he shares the food with others is what pleases me the most. James is such a good person at heart. He's slowly climbing my favorite characters list. I really want to see this episode, if only for the scenes with Brock and James.Originally Posted by Judai Yuki
And who can't be happy for James for finally winning a competition? I'm thrilled, to say the least. The writers have made some pretty wierd decisions since the BF started, but so far, they haven't done a single thing wrong with James.
I have a question. Has Manene like.......battled yet? Thrown an attack? Besides mimic? I don't really care if it battles or not; I just haven't been keeping up with the recent episodes.
Also, were there any good scenes with any of the other characters?
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Jessie STILL wants a Sneasel?! Hasn't she given up, yet? No Sneasel is that selfconfident yet accident prone to be captured by her.
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Brock getting attacked by his BonslyOriginally Posted by MagicBox
So why was this "Pokemon Orienteering" again? It looked to me like a simple competition to go around an island to collect stamps, something a human is easily capable of doing on their own. In fact, the Pokemon were doing barely anything for the competition, with the exception of Gonbe holding Masato down and Usohachi instantly increasing Takeshi's travelling distance at one point. It seemed like little more than a refreshing hike where you try not to get seperated from your partner. In any case, it was a nice way to see some characters interacting with their Pokemon (and yay! Eievui hasn't pulled uber crap... yet).
You left out the part where, while they were doing the motto, Haruka and Masato were sneaking behind them, getting the fruit prize away from them, and Takeshi was pulling the net off of the Pokemon. I cracked up at this, since it's not often you see the protagonists taking advantage of the time they take up doing their motto.Originally Posted by Heracross
Ah, yes. My respect towards it can raise a bit after seeing that. It didn't pull any of that annoying crybaby crap this episode either (as much as I recall, anyway), all the more reason to like it just this once.Originally Posted by Heracross
About Kojirou's win, I think I may know why he gave the fruit away. I heard Joy mention how the Pokemon Center was saved earlier, and Kojirou said he'll share the stand with those heroes, which is immediately before he goes on to say that he'll share his prize as well. Did I catch that right? Guess that goes to show how much of a good sport Kojirou can be. One thing does confuse me, though. What was going on in that scene where Musashi and Nyaasu told Kojirou to climb the cliff or something? My assumption is they were trying to get him to do something that involved cheating, judging by the way he stormed off.
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Heh, I XD'd when Bonsly smashed into Brock.
Overall this was an entertaining and funny episode. James and Manene interacted well (especially the cookie scene), plus Eevee is not doing anything to outrage us, so that must count for something. The bit where they stole the food prize from behind Jessie and Meowth's back was funny.
One question, did Ash and the gang know that it was James that won it, or did their blind eyes deceive them yet again and couldn't see past his disguise/clothes?
They knew. Joi announced his name when she gave him the medal. Not to mention Manene is a dead giveaway.
That's cool, I was just wondering because:Originally Posted by Heracross
1) The gang did not seem to have much reaction to it.
2) Because people in the anime are stupid like that.
James didn't let himself get sucked into Jessie and Meowth's plans. He just trekked along with Manene and they had a bonding experience. He really deserved to win this one and I'm glad he did. Take that you "TR can't win anything because they're villians and can never win" pinheads. Here's hoping Harley breaks his losing streak next week.
Some people don't think it's funny that Exit 69 gets off on Big Beaver.
Actually, he used a different name, "Kojirosuka" or something.Originally Posted by Heracross
Yup, classes again. I'm gonna be at this for a while.
I translate for #Pocketmonsters (just because I know Japanese does not make me Japanese, stop PMing me).
I'm happy that Team Rocket didn't suddenly pull some scheme at the very end of the episode to steal Pikachu again, thus earning them a blasting off. It was a nice happy ending for Team Rocket for once, it was very sweet.
Hey, maybe this gives some hope that Jessie might win a contest someday. Well...she is a lot less of an honest person than James, but nobody honestly expected a Rocket member to win in a competition that Ash and friends were competing in did they?
Manene is adorable, and hopefully James gets Chimecho back. His team in AG has all been little cute Pokemon, it's a nice change from his menacing Weezing and Victreebel from the previous series.


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Name: Rolando
Occupation: Wedding Coordinator
Location: San Francisco
Favorite Restaurant: El Metate
Reviewed El Metate: Sunday, April 18, 2010
We arrived late on a Sunday evening for a quick, casual dinner. There was a line about five people deep but it moved quickly. The restaurant is a self-serve order counter with delivery of your food to your table.
The dining room has a very festive feel with featured local neighborhood art. The last part is especially appropriate because the entire ambience is friendly, warm, and neighborly. The food is prepared fresh daily with local produce. I've seen the staff shop for and deliver the ingredients daily. I once asked about this, and the owner replied that it kept their quality high and their costs under control. I should also mention that the owner works in the establishment daily and is very friendly and hospitable. Over the years I've learned he was born and raised on the very same block. It's great to see a local resident realize his dream.
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Many others have given this restaurant recognition: Zagat, Fodors, Michael Bauer, and probably every "best of the best" list available in the Bay Area. I am a Latin male, and the food is as good as my grandma's and my mothers', but -- shhhh -- please don't tell them!
On this particular evening, we ordered the special chicken mole. So many moles are prepared with the cheater's method of using a base to start. But El Metate's mole is prepared from scratch with toasted spices, pumpkin, and roasted peanuts and smashed with just the right amount of chocolate. The plate was garnished with guacamole, pico de gallo and Mexican crema. You choose pinto, black, or refried beans, and of course chips accompany any meal you order.
The Chicken Milanese Torta is definitely the best in the city. For $5.95, you get a pounded chicken breast panko-crusted and pan-fried on soft bread with fresh queso fresco, avocado, pickled jalapeno, sweet onion with tomato and lettuce, and a side of house-prepared chicken tortilla soup. The soup is prepared from scratch with fresh cut vegetables and slices of avocado and cilantro with freshly fried tortilla chips. Trust me when I say this is the best sandwich in Northern California, and the best bargain around!!!
The restaurant has an event space, and it's a great festive environment if you're looking to host an event with authentic food and atmosphere! Overall if you're looking for amazing Mexican food with great quality, El Metate is the place to be!! You can also phone ahead and, from what I've seen, many people take advantage of this service. Enjoy!
Name: Diane
Occupation: Actress and Comedienne
Location: San Francisco
Favorite Restaurant: CreoLa Bistro
Reviewed El Metate: Monday, April 19, 2010
This restaurant, on Bryant, between 22nd and 23rd, sort of adjacent to the Mission district, is a great place to meet up with your friends; it has that kind of vibe. They feature outside tables, while the interior is comfy and beautifully decorated by a series of brightly colored discs, hanging from the ceiling. The tables are painted in complementary shades into the art.
You order at the register, and your food is brought to you. The air is filled with the scent of chips frying, a definite plus. We had guacamole and pico de gallo to start. While the guacamole had a nice flavor, it suffered from a thin, watery texture. We decided to go with burritos and ordered one steak and one chicken. The flavors were very good; the steak was firm and smoky, the chicken fresh and not heavily spiced. The black beans were both rich and delicious.
For those of us spoiled by huge, moist burritos in The City, the El Metate version is smaller, about half the size of ones found in numerous popular spots. Which is great for light eaters looking for taste and not heft, because El Metate burritos have taste but they are on the dry side, even with the sour cream and salsa. While there's only one kind of salsa here, there is a shelf in the back of the dining room with many varieties of hot sauce.
What made the trip worth the effort were the horchata cupcakes. With their cinnamon-nutmeg taste, this creamy little spice cake was out of sight. I don't know if I would pass up my familiar Mission haunts for El Metate, but I would go back for further menu exploration, because I totally loved the ambience. Street parking was fairly easy.
Name: Alexis
Occupation: Law Student
Location: San Francisco
Favorite Restaurant: Benjarong Thai Cuisine
Reviewed El Metate: Friday, April 16, 2010
When we first drove by the restaurant, we thought it looked fun and cute. We found a parking spot on the same block. The restaurant is divided into two rooms, one where you order/pay and where they make the food, and another room where you sit and eat. There are also outdoor tables. We went on a sunny day and enjoyed eating out on the sidewalk. The indoor dining area was spacious and well-decorated. It makes you feel like you are in a real sit-down restaurant, so you get the best of both worlds with walk-up ordering and getting your food quickly, but being able to enjoy your food in a sit-down restaurant atmosphere.
My friend and I each had a fish taco and then split a chicken burrito. This was plenty of food for both of us and came with some chips and a container of salsa on each plate. Our two fish tacos and burrito with the works added up to $11.50. They have a water jug and cups for customers free of charge. Usually restaurants only offer tiny water cups for customers drinking free water, but these were normal-sized cups, which I appreciated.
We ordered our food, grabbed a table outside, and within a few minutes someone carried our order out to us. I thought the salsa had just the right amount of kick. The piece of battered fish in the fish taco was large and tasted very good. Sometimes battered fish tacos can be oily. This fish was fresh and clean and didn't have that unhealthy fried feeling. We got the works on the burrito (guacamole, sour cream and cheese), and it was also very good. Sometimes the chicken can be dry in burritos, but this chicken was moist. The burrito was the perfect size, not too thick so that stuff falls out while you're trying to level it off with multiple bites. The chips were good, but a little on the thick and hard side for my liking.
After we finished, we decided to get one of their cookies, which I can only describe as a dulce de leche sandwich cookie. I'm sure it has a specific name, but there was no sign labeling them. It's basically two shortbread cookies with a dulce de leche filling in between. It was delicious!! I wanted to buy more and bring them home with me, but I knew I would be in trouble if I did. Each cookie was $1.75.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this place! The food was great and incredibly well-priced. A total deal! We probably missed the lunch rush since we ate a little late, but when we went, it was easy to grab a table inside or outside without waiting for a spot to open, and our food came very quickly. And your meal must be finished off with one of their cookies!
We were both impressed with everything and agreed El Metate should get a very good recommendation. It wasn't the best Mexican I have had, but it was very, very good. I just wish it was closer to my house!


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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2010, 11(8), 3016-3034; doi:10.3390/ijms11083016
Advances and Challenges in Protein-Ligand Docking
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Received: 11 May 2010 / Revised: 30 July 2010 / Accepted: 4 August 2010 / Published: 18 August 2010
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AbstractMolecular docking is a widely-used computational tool for the study of molecular recognition, which aims to predict the binding mode and binding affinity of a complex formed by two or more constituent molecules with known structures. An important type of molecular docking is protein-ligand docking because of its therapeutic applications in modern structure-based drug design. Here, we review the recent advances of protein flexibility, ligand sampling, and scoring functions—the three important aspects in protein-ligand docking. Challenges and possible future directions are discussed in the Conclusion. View Full-Text
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For some reason Casuals being able to see the same content as them is "an issue".
Who cares? You guys are seeing a more difficult setting then them, and how are they interfering with your game?
Is being special that important?
youll see all the fanbo ys here def blizzard and wow as the holy grail till they die, but the fact is
YES MoP is way worse as Cata - the main difference is all the fanboys strangly dont care for all the faults
activision makes (here you will here the first outcry claiming its blizzard making wow wich they dont anymore
- blizzard would never release such bugged shit like cata or mop in the first place) as long as it looks NICE...
thats all mop does - it looks nice - behind that its ie coming to bugs way worse...
Just..don't listen to these people, guys.
Enjoy the game.
If they actually have an impact on what you think without you even trying Mists, then you should really get your priorities straight.
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We. Are. Defending. A. Game. We. Like.
Mists. Is. Better. Than. Other. Expansions. Or. Is. Just. A. Very. Good. Expansion.
You. Have. Your. Opinion.
We. Have. Ours.
By. No. Means. Does. That. Mean. We. Are. Mindless. Fanboys. Just. Because. We. Like. Something. You. Don't.
Stop. Trying. To. Make. Us. Dislike. A. Game. Just. Because. You. Don't. Like. It.
And there is literally NOTHING you could possibly say that changes our mind.
LOL at everyone making up excuses. MoP got lower ratings, get over it. It sold less copies, get over it.
We're using reasoning.
Our reasoning is..
..We like the game.
Sorry that you don't.
Could you drop the attempts to tr0ll and incite issues since apparently your only goal is trashing on a game that, no matter what you say, won't deter us from playing?
It's no longer as much of an individual opinion given a sufficient amount of opinions bundled up; it's a statistic, thus more regarded as a fact.
Don't you think it's quite peculiar how an increasing amount people have begun voicing their opinions on matters they dislike or oppose, growing just about every expansion as they deviate further from the original game, implementing some arguably controversial features, becoming evermore detached both in lore, gameplay and balance?
Are these coincidences, attributed by the fact that the amount of subscribers has dropped substantially and will most probably keep on plummeting, by a varying degree if you will, doing so right around the time such things occur, altering the game as we know it or is the game just getting old and stale, or a mixture of both?
It's up for you to decide, just like if you enjoy the game or not.
OP, your previous post on hating Pandaria got locked, and with this one, we get it, you don't like it.
So quit the game, stop forcing that view on people and try to gather a crowd, people like this expansion way more then cata, yet you can't deal with that yourself.
Sometimes I find it hard to empathize with people who find this game fun. We're all doing the same things in the game, so why do I find WoW bland while others rush to defend its awesomeness? It's such a vast difference in perception of the same content that it can be hard to take the other side's opinions seriously. That's when I need to back off and remind myself that I shouldn't consider it a character flaw when people hold different opinions than I do. I'm glad you're enjoying the game in its current state.
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People who give 2 shits what a critic thinks of an mmo are dumb. They log in to the game quest for 2 hours and call it a game. If they DO raid they kill the first boss or wipe on trash and call it a day. that means NOTHING to me. thanks for coming out
Good to know there is an official stance on this issue.
I will stop enjoying this expansion immediately.
"If you look out of the window as a human being, at nature, all of nature is unconditionally and absolutely beautiful wherever it is. Whether it's a jungle. Whether it's a desert. Whether it's the Arctic wastes. Or even your own back garden. The only ugly things you will ever see when you look out of the window are things made by man." - Stephen Fry
*alt-tabs to three other fora about his hobbies: The fansite of a band, a tabletop game and a tradingcard game*Don't you think it's quite peculiar how an increasing amount people have begun voicing their opinions on matters they dislike or oppose, growing just about every expansion as they deviate further from the original game, implementing some arguably controversial features, becoming evermore detached both in lore, gameplay and balance?
No, trust me on this.
That kind of behaviour has nothing to do with WoW, it's how people started to act in General.
On the site of my favourite band a guy actually dared to call those bandmembers lazy because they wouldn't make songs he liked.
So, why mention all of these immensely personal things about Destil? To bring me to my point. This game is 1000% subjective and everyone plays the game differently. Its ok to talk about personal opinions on the game but in the end they will always be only that, opinions.
TL;DR If you like it play it. If you don't like it, don't play it.
You could have added a "I rate MoP as follows..." poll and given us a chance to rate it between 0 and 10. I'd give it a 9 so far.
Its not just "seeing content" issue here. It might go deeper here.
Obviously, top of the top guilds dont care that casuals see stuff too. They farm heroics for gear to give them edge over next heroic race.
But then there are "middle tops" which are quite large base of raiders.
heres example, some numbers might not be accurate but yeah:
Guy 1, Someone with half-blue half-epics that are from LFR and normal, first month of raiding:
Ok guys, I've raided for month now. I've cleared raids in LFR at least 4 times as well*. I'm going to stick gearing up here for sake of gearing. -> 6 months of (potentially) raiding, banging head to brickwall during that time as well, and he has full epic normal mode gear in like 3 months of raiding then farms. Saw all (raid-)content of last patch.
Subbed 6 months.
Benefits: Got gear before guy2, potentially had fun raiding but also worked hard to get there, maybe offspec pieces there and there, plus ???
Guy 2, Someone with half-blue half-epics that are from LFR and normal, first month of raiding:
Ok I've raided for month now. I've cleared raids in LFR at least 4 times now* so I saw all content. I guess I will just unsub and come back. -> Comes back in 5.2 and gets full epic gear ilvl equilevant to guy1 in less than months time after coming back. Saw all (raid-)content of last patch.
Subbed 2-3 months.
Benefits: saved money, "time", effort, gets same ilvl of gear than guy1(but later than guy1 cos next patch), potentially had fun in lfr.
"In the tone of their complaint you can see a mind already made up. Instead, it's about affirmation they expected and didn't receive. It's not about the game getting universal praise from every writer reviewing it. It's about getting universal praise for buying it."
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The city was sprawling, sidewalks crowded, streets packed with cars. It was rush hour and there was an accident on one of the intersections. two cars, a small car had impacted a very expensive looking sports car, and the two owners were arguing over fault. Among the crowd of watching pedestrians was a man wearing a dark leather jacket that reached the sidewalk. He had jet-black hair reaching down to just under his eyebrows, and he watched the scene with a smile. other cars had been honking by now, people were getting angry with the obstruction and yelling. Chaos... Everywhere...
What many people did not realize was that their entire world was about to be thrown into chaos. The gods were sitting on an uneasy truce, one that could break at any given instance. the man left the scene with this thought in mind, and he walked into an alley. There just so happened to be a peculiar looking man, who came up to the guy in the jacket. "You look lost" said the thug, as two others came up behind the stranger. An interesting way of putting it. That toy of yours won't do any good. the thug had a long knife out, and after thinking about what the stranger said, he laughed and made a lunge. The knife bounced off of him, flopping like rubber. After a brief silence, the other two pulled out guns while the stranger turned and looked them in the eyes with cold, yellow/ orange eyes. You don't know who I am, do you? Within an instant's notice, the two gunmen's feet sank into the concrete down to their knees. At this, the first thug turned and ran, only to be turned into an action figure at the snap of the dark clothed figure's fingers. Of course you don't... I am Lucien, God of Chaos and Disharmony. I have returned to retake my rightful throne as ruler of the Mortal Realm. He picked up the toy, and after laughing to himself once more, he threw it in the trash. Lucien erased memory of the encounter from the two stuck in concrete before vanishing into thin air.
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Open Championship 2013: Ian Poulter inspired by spirit of Medinah for final-day charge
Ian Poulter drew on his Medinah memories to inspire his remarkable final-round charge at the Open.
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The Englishman, who was Europe's talisman in their stunning Ryder Cup victory last year, looked out of the running at Muirfield as he failed to improve on his overnight five hole after eight holes.
But two excellent blows at the ninth preceeded a putt for eagle, and he soared up the leaderboard with birdies at the next three holes to get to level par for the championship.
He parred the next three before a poor tee shot at 16 cost him a shot, and a five-four finish completed a 67 to leave him at one over, which was only two off the lead at the time.
"The putts were going in the middle like they were in Medinah," said Poulter, who had to settle for a share of third place - four shots behind champion Phil Mickelson.
"The excitement, the atmosphere, the fans out there were certainly giving me a lot of electricity and pumping me up.
"It's nice to be in that position when you're playing in front of a home crowd holing 15-foot putts for eagles, birdies, and running up that leaderboard."
Poulter put a new putter in his bag for the tournament, and he added: "Today was the day where I felt the putter started to work. Certainly the last few events I felt like I haven't had that kind of roll where I've rolled key putts in at the right time.
"I've worked very hard in the last two weeks to find a putter that I felt very comfortable with.
"On 12 as I rolled that putt in to get myself back to level par I was right there in the mix. I think Westie (Westwood) had made bogey at that stage and was at two-under par.
"I realised then that they've got a lot of tricky holes to play to get to the position that I obviously was in at the time through 12 holes.
"I just felt that if I could stay patient, take a few chances, don't make silly mistakes then I could definitely move up that board.
"There was a six-shot swing in four holes last year. This tournament does it year in, year out, and it creates a lot of drama. You've just got to find yourself in position around the back nine and see if it's good enough."


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Mammograms may be doing more harm than good.
Researchers from Harvard and Dartmouth found after analyzing cancer registry data from 16 million women in 547 counties across the United States, they found "no evident correlation between the extent of screening and 10-year breast cancer mortality." The researchers concluded that mammograms primarily find small, typically harmless, or non-lethal tumors, leading to widespread over diagnosis. [Harding C, Pompei F, Burmistrov D et al.
Previous estimates relating to the problem of over-diagnosis of breast cancer are varied, but a recent study published in the Oct.18 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine found that more than half of the women who started receiving annual mammograms in their forties can expect to have a false-positive reading. A false-positive reading involves being called back for additional mammograms or to have some other diagnostic procedure; and of the women who are called back, about 7 percent will be advised to undergo a biopsy of the breast that turns out to be negative, meaning no cancer was present.
It should be noted that this study did not include women with DCIS, (ductal carcinoma in situ), which is the most commonly found breast anomaly that remains confined to the milk ducts. Additionally, many doctors feel that DCIS should not be categorized as a "cancer" at all, yet conventional treatment models recommend that the patient receive a lumpectomy, followed by radiation and hormone suppression therapies such as Tamoxifen or Arimidex in order to treat it.
The study also found that for every 2,500 women offered screening, one death from breast cancer will be prevented, but six to 10 women will be over-diagnosed and over-treated. Study leader Dr. Mette Kalager, and other knowledgeable experts say that women need to be better informed about the possibility that a mammogram will pick up cancers that would never be life-threatening when they consider having this type of screening. The problem is that doctors don't have a good way of knowing which tumors will be dangerous.
Donald A. Berry, chairman of the department of bio-statistics at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, said the study increased his worries about the use of highly sensitive screenings tools that continue to find cancers earlier and earlier. Unless there is some understanding of the natural history of the cancers that are found — as in which are dangerous and which are not — the result will be more treatment for cancers that would not cause harm if they were left untreated. He stated. "There may be some benefit to very early detection, but the costs will be huge — and I don't mean monetary costs. It's possible that we all have cells that are cancerous and that grow a bit before being dumped by the body. 'Hell bent for leather' early detection research will lead to finding some of them. What will be the consequence? Prophylactic removal of organs in the masses? It's really scary."
"Once you've decided to undergo mammography screening, you also have to deal with the consequences that you might be over-diagnosed," said Dr Kalager, a breast surgeon at Norway's Telemark Hospital and a visiting scientist at Harvard School of Public Health. "By then, I think, it's too late. You have to get treated." The problem of over-diagnosis has been long recognized with prostate cancer as well. "The truth is that we've exaggerated the benefits of screening and we've ignored the harms," he said. "I think we're headed to a place where we realize we need to give women a more balanced message: Mammography helps some people, but it leads others to be treated unnecessarily."
"The issue is the unintended consequences that can come with our screening," says Dr. Suzanne W. Fletcher, an emerita professor of ambulatory care and prevention at Harvard Medical School, meaning biopsies for lumps that were not cancers or sometimes treating a cancer that might not have needed any treatment at all. She says, "In general we tend to underplay them."
In an editorial, Dr. Joann Elmore of the University of Washington School of Medicine and Dr. Suzanne Fletcher of Harvard Medical School, wrote that over-diagnosis probably occurs more often in the U.S. because American women often start having annual screenings at an earlier age and American radiologists are more likely to report suspicious findings than those in Europe. Radiologists could help this situation by raising the threshold for noting these abnormalities. A "watch-and-wait" approach has been suggested instead of an immediate biopsy, but the editorial writers acknowledge that could be a "tough sell" for some women and radiologists alike, this is because most women aren't aware that there is such a thing as over-diagnosis and over-treatment. "We have an ethical responsibility to alert women to this phenomenon," they wrote.
In 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force set off their own controversy when they suggested that the decision to start mammography before the age of 50 should be based upon a variety of factors, including the patient's risk level. The American Cancer Society and Susan G. Komen foundation continued to recommend annual mammography screening for all women starting at age 40.
When cancer isn't cancer (Ductal Carcinoma In Situ)
In a new report commissioned by the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI), that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), identified over-diagnosis and misdiagnosis of cancer as two major causes of this growing breast cancer epidemic, which together have led to the needless treatment of millions of otherwise healthy individuals with chemotherapy, radiation or surgery.
The report dropped some major bombshells; such as acknowledging the fact that sometimes breast cancer isn't really breast cancer at all, but is rather a benign condition known as ductal carcinoma in situ (or DCIS). Untold millions of women with DCIS have been misdiagnosed as having breast cancer, and subsequently received treatment for a condition that most likely never would have caused them any health problems. And similarly, men, are diagnosed with high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN), which is a type of premalignant precursor to cancer that is commonly mistreated as if it were an actual cancer.
"The practice of oncology in the United States is in need of a host of reforms and initiatives to mitigate the problem of over-diagnosis and over-treatment of cancer, according to a working group sanctioned by the National Cancer Institute," explains Medscape.com about the study. "Perhaps most dramatically, the group says that a number of pre-malignant conditions, including ductal carcinoma in situ and high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, should no longer be called 'cancer.'"
Radiation exposure- another topic not addressed in the latest research concerns the unique carcinogenicity of having mammography x-rays. Contrary to conventional assurances that radiation exposure from mammography is trivial and similar to having a chest X-ray, or about 1/ 1,000 of a rad (radiation-absorbed dose). The routine practice of taking four films for each breast results is about 1,000-fold greater exposure. One rad, focused specifically on each breast rather than the entire chest, exposes pre-menopausal women to a total of about 10 rads for each breast when screened over a ten year period. Present day radiation risk models that are used to assess the known breast cancer risk associated with mammography against the purported benefits do not take this into account.
BRCA and Radiation exposure- Also, in regards to patients who carry the BRCA1/BRCA2 gene mutations – radiation exposure can interfere with the DNA self-repair mechanisms that are needed to reduce the carcinogenicity that is associated with having mammograms. It is possible that the harms associated with mammography for this specific group may be exponentially higher than the conventional medical community presently understands and is communicating to their patients. It is possible that that x-ray based mammography screenings have been planting the seeds of future radiation-induced breast cancer within these exposed populations.
Biopsy is an imperfect science– a recent study highlights the fact that pathology is an imperfect science. Pathologists correctly diagnosed abnormal, precancerous cells about half the time, no better than a coin toss, said lead author Dr. Joann Elmore, a University of Washington researcher. Treatment for this condition typically includes frequent monitoring and sometimes medication. About a third of these cases were misdiagnosed as not worrisome or normal, while 17 percent were deemed more suspicious or cancer. Since as many as 160,000 U.S. women each year are diagnosed with this condition, the results suggest many may be getting inappropriate treatment, Elmore said. "This should be a call to action for pathologists and breast cancer scientists" to improve and refine definitions of breast tissue abnormalities.
The financial cost of over-treating breast cancer
A new report estimates that the U.S. spends about $4 billion a year on unnecessary medical costs due to mammograms that generate false alarms, and on treatment of certain breast tumors unlikely to cause problems. The study published in the journal Health Affairs breaks the cost down as follows: $2.8 billion resulting from false-positive mammograms and another $1.2 billion attributed to breast cancer over-diagnosis. That's the treatment of tumors that grow slowly or not at all, and are unlikely to develop into life-threatening disease during a woman's lifetime. The cost estimates only cover women ages 40-59.
Breast cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer among American women, claiming nearly 41,000 lives a year. Annual mammograms starting at age 40 have long been considered standard for preventive care, because cancer is easier to treat if detected early. But recently there's been disagreement about regular screening for women in their 40s. It parallels the medical debate about the pros and cons of prostate cancer screening for men. Study authors Mei-Sing Ong and Kenneth Mandl say their findings indicate that the cost of breast cancer over-treatment appears to be much higher than previously estimated. Their $4 billion figure is the midpoint of a range that depends upon assumptions about the rates of false-positive mammograms and breast cancer over-diagnosis. Read more with this link.
Do Mammograms Increase the Risk of Developing Breast Cancer?
Can cancers come and go on their own or does having yearly mammograms raise the risk of cancer? A compelling study published in The Archives of Internal Medicine may confirm what some physicians have suspected and seen in their own practices for years – breast cancer and other invasive cancers, can in some cases, heal on their own without intervention. The study also raises suspicion regarding the safety of annual mammograms and whether they contribute to the increased incidence of breast cancer….
The study compared two groups of women ages 50 to 64 in two consecutive six-year periods. One group of 109,784 women were followed from 1992 to 1997. Nearly all the women in this group received mammography testing for only one year performed between 1996 and 1997.
The second group included approximately 119,472 women who were followed from 1996 to 2001, and nearly all women received regular, routine mammography screening during that period.
Interestingly, the women who had regular routine mammography screenings had 22 percent more cancers than the group who did not. For every 100,000 women who were screened regularly, 1,909 were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer over six years, compared with 1,564 women who did not have regular screenings.
The researchers concluded that the most likely explanation for this discrepancy is that the cancers in the women who did not get regular mammography screenings may have spontaneously disappeared -meaning that they may have had cancer at one point, but later they did not. Another theory is that the routine mammography may have contributed to the increased incidence of invasive breast cancers that were diagnosed. More on this study
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Source: Time Magazine on over-diagnosis and over-treatment from mammography screening
Source: Over-diagnosis and over-treatment as a result of mammography
Source: Breast cancer screening not shown to reduce death rates
Source : 13 Million women wrongly treated due to breast cancer screening with mammography
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How To Get An Externship or Observership
Participants of this type of program can go for ward rounds, clinics, operating rooms, ground rounds, seminars etc, but they can only observe what is going on and not touch the patient. The reason they can only observe is because the participant has no malpractice insurance.
The advantages of undertaking such a program are huge, you get a chance to see the different activities in a US hospital and get used to the different terms and procedures. You connect with residents, attendings and other hospital staff, and if you make a good impression could get letters of recommendation from the attendings or even a shot at interview at the program.
An Externship
This is similar to an observership but with a major difference, the participant can touch the patient and actually participate in patient care. Externships can run from one month to two or more, and the participant gains some useful hands on experience. Your participation in an externship warrants that you get a letter of recommendation and again here, if you make a good impression it could translate into an interview and a residency offer if you are lucky.
Because getting an observership or externship is highly competitive mainly due to a large number of people looking for limited opportunity, it is very important that every candidate put his best foot forward to get a spot.
What are the requirements?
For an observership the requirements are minimal, as long as you do not touch the patient and are not compensated in any way, you can do that with a visiting visa. There are no formal requirements for that. On the contrary for an externship you are required to be ECFMG certified and also have medical insurance and malpractice coverage.
As an IMG looking for an observership/externship you should bear in mind that there are hundreds, maybe thousands competing for the same jobs as you.
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Most residency programs will like to see some form of US clinical experience in your application, especially if you are an international medical graduate. It's not because they hate you, but just the fact that excellent medical practice have different innuendo all over the world.
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It is a form of training where you learn by looking and asking questions but not doing, that is no hands on experience.
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Talk to your family and friends. Have them introduce you to their primary care physician to open up a communication channel.
Approach a private clinic, explain who you are and ask for a volunteer position in exchange to shadow the attending and learn. Again this opens up a communication channel; they might take you or point you in the right direction
You will get a lot of rejections, but do not take it to heart. Be persistent. Continue to send out emails and think of other specialties you might want to get into and contact them too. If you have enough funds for your upkeep outside the state you live in, expand your search to other states and mention in your letter that you can take care of your upkeep for those 4 weeks.
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I Want More Time in Bed - My Boyfriend Doesn'tVisitor's Question from a 21-30 year old Female
I have been with my boyfriend for almost 4 years now. I am with him all the time so I am almost positive that he does not cheat on me (you can never be too sure though). Anyway, I cannot figure out why sometimes we go without sex for weeks straight!!! He's a guy!! I thought guys wanted sex all the time.
I don't even want it all the time just once a week AT LEAST. Then when we finally do, we will have plenty of sex for the next couple of days or so, and then back to square one.
What is going on??? I trust him and I honestly do not think it is someone else. But I can't take not having sex for a month straight. I get very cranky and someimes depressed because I think it is me. Please e-mail me with some type of explanation because I don't understand. Thank You!!
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Now wait a minute, just because you're a girl, does that mean you have painted your entire room pink, have dolls on every shelf and wear pink clothes all the time with little bows in your hair?? I think not! Why would you start judging your boyfriend and demanding he act like a stereotypical guy? If he was a stereotypical guy, he'd never be nice to you, he'd blame you for everything, he'd always forget your birthday and go out drinking with the guys every night. Is that what you want?
Every human being has different levels of sexual desire. Many guys just aren't interested in sex! Heck, once a week is a level that many people would dream of. One of the most important things in every relationship is to find a balance. Whether it's the number of times you go out skiing, or the number of times you go see movies, or the amount of time you spend in bed, there are always compromises. You need to decide if you can be happy with what you have with him. Heck, if you have additional energy, go out dancing with friends other nights and burn it off. Wonderful boyfriends are not common. Ways to burn off energy are very common. I'd much rather keep him and handle the libido in other ways, than ditch him just because he'd rather snuggle than do the deed.
He should never have to "do you" just to prove he cares for you. Equating sex with love is something GUYS are supposed to do, not girls :)
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A by-product of cholesterol can fuel the deadly growth and spread of breast cancer, according to a group of scientists. It raises the prospect that taking cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins could prevent cancer.
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