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Your regularly scheduled Mike Sacco has been postponed due to rain. Enjoy whatever this is instead.
Fantastik asked:
So what is the WoWInsider crew's best guess as to when they think 4.3 is coming out?
My personal guess is late November or early December. My guess may change as the PTR progresses.
Titusx asked:
Why is tier 2.5 so ugly?
You can argue that one tier is better looking than other or that it fits a certain race better than other for each class. But when it comes to picking the worst looking tier, 2.5 is the worse looking tier across the board. The textures are odd, the palette is way to bright and the overall theme of that tier seems to be "sea shells on lsd". Why is that?
Tier 2.5 tried to make armor out of bugs. Bugs are disgusting, ergo ...
Seriously, though, take the theme of bugs and try to apply it to each class in the game. How do you make an insectoid paladin? How do you make an insectoid warrior? It was an experiment in thematic design that went a little wonky. It wasn't a big deal, though. Tier 2.5 wasn't a real tier; it wasn't a necessary part of progression. It's raid content that went alongside other things. Your tier 2 and tier 3 were the good stuff, and tier 2.5 was this strange, experimental, in-betweeny thing you could use to fill gaps in your other gear.
What Blizzard should have done was give us Big Bad Beetleborg costumes. That would've owned. (Fun fact: Power Rangers reused the defunct Beetleborg suits as villains in the infamous Forever Red episode of Power Rangers Wild Force.)
Phoenix asked:
WoW Insider streamed two of the new dungeons on the PTR, End Time and Hour of Twilight. Which is your favorite so far?
End Time is an enjoyable jaunt, and I will happily run it over and over again. Hour of Twilight is a huge headache. I did not think it was possible to make Thrall a more irritating companion than he was in Escape from Durnholde, but Blizzard pulled it off. I hate him. I really, truly hate him.
Running down a plain, snowy pathway in Hour of Twilight doesn't feel very good, either. Especially after the wholly different, post-apocalyptic view of the exact same zone that we get in End Time. It's like ... End Time is a delicious chocolate cake, right? Hour of Twilight is that same cake, except someone scraped all of the frosting off. And your green-skinned friend runs up and throws it on the ground before you can eat any of it.
This is the PTR, though. They can still make Thrall not-a-pain-in-the-ass. We don't know how close they are to finished with these instances at all, so don't take my opinion as any sort of solid condemnation.
End Time is where it's at.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Some of the best photojournalism work by students in the College of Communications will be displayed throughout April in the Kern Building.
"ComPhoto 2013" will feature nearly two dozen photos taken during the 2012-13 academic year that have been selected by faculty members as the best representatives of student work. All of the images were submitted for class assignments.
The exhibit will feature images ranging from a portrait of Penn State Boxing Club Vice President Betty Walker to a photo of the New Jersey Jet Star roller coaster washed up in the Atlantic Ocean after Hurricane Sandy.
Most of the photos are Penn State-related images, including a special tribute to THON, the Penn State Dance Marathon.
The exhibit will run through April 30.

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Newt Gingrich jolts the GOP on immigration
Rick Perry had already come under fire from his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination for his tepid "compassion" for the undocumented immigrant. He has since retreat back to GOP nativist orthodoxy and is now campaigning with the immigrant-baiting sheriff of Maricopa County (AZ) Joe Arpaio. But it hasn't done him much good and he continues to plummet from the lead in the anti-Mitt Romney parade.
A new leader has emerged in former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. And he seems even to be captivating the Evangelical voters of Iowa, despite his multiple marriages and admitted adultery. They like his smarts--he is an ex-historian like me--and his straight-forward talk of reviving the godly American civilization endangered by secularism and socialism. And he's no flip-flopper like Mitt--or so it seems. The wonder is that he still fascinates conservatives despite the fact his "humane" position on immigration doesn't garp them. Yet some conservatives like Gingrich's plan.
At the recent debate in Washington Gingrich very briefly laid out his path to legality, if not citizenship, for law-abiding, hard-working undocumented immigrants who had been in the country for 25 years and went to church. At the same times he advocated beefing up border enforcement with more fence, guards, and drones. Immediately his position was attacked by Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann as "amnesty" for 11 million and encouraging more "illegals" to come. Gingrich protested. Still, having broken with GOP orthodoxy, he has created space for some Republicans to speak more realistically about immigration reform.
Some prominent Republicans were dismayed by the harsh rhetoric of the candidates on immigration and feared that Hispanic voters would be loss to the GOP for generations. Karl Rove had managed George W. Bush's victories in Texas and for the presidency by siphoning off some Hispanic votes (as much as 40 percent) from the Democrats. Republicans don't need to win the Hispanic vote to claim victory, but only to dig into it. But constant demonizing of the undocumented led to a nativist stereotyping of all Hispanics and to depreciation of their cultures and contributions of their communities to American life. Even the "legals" are made suspect and have to submit to indignities as to their place in American society. (The plight of Islamic immigrants and Americans were even worse because of the xenophobia resulting from 9/11.)
Gingrich astutely established his "humane" plan on moral and religious grounds. Many dismiss this as politics, but many Evangelicals – who are coming to like his other positions – were brought to think again about the issue of the eleven million undocumented in the country. Also he limits who would benefit – only long-term residents in the country, those without criminal record, taxpayers, heads of families and the steadily employed and church-goers. The Pew Hispanic Center tried to calculate how many would benefit by Gingrich's plan. They couldn't calculate how those here 25 years, but those here 15 years, Pew estimates, would number 3.5 million or 35% of the adult undocumented and those only 10 years 4.7 million or 46%. This doesn't include another million undocumented children.
Gingrich's "humane" plan does not come close to the "comprehensive compassionate plan" urged by the U.S. bishops. But it realistically admits 11 million undocumented are not going to be deported and does turn the debate to concern for the immigrant family as the basis for reform. Also he sets out an important issue for immigration advocates who would want the details of any immigration reform to be more generous than restricting it to the long-term residents and to give them more than just being allowed to stay unmolested. Still Gingrich has force the GOP to step back from an absolutist exclusionary solution.


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Eminent Domain Laws: World View
Published on Sat, Jun 09,2012 | 12:27, Updated at Sat, Jun 09 at 12:40Source : CNBC-TV18 | Watch Video :
In a way - it's the modern day version of the battle of Kurukshetra. And in keeping with the times it's being fought in parliament between the government and the parliamentary standing committee. In 2011, Minister for Rural Development - Jairam Ramesh drafted a Land Acquisition Bill that proposes to allow the government to acquire land on behalf of private companies for public purpose. The bill defines public purpose as the building of roads, highways, strategic defence needs etc- that's all fine. But Jairam Ramesh's version of public purpose also includes projects by private companies such as setting up of manufacturing plants.
The parliamentary standing committee disagrees – the committee's report defines public purpose to mean only state sponsored projects. And that the government should not acquire land for private companies or even public-private partnerships. It's not clear which side will prevail but this face off between economic development and private property rights has posed a challenge across jurisdictions.
In this special story Payaswini Upadhyay examines how eminent domain works across the world
"no free man shall be….disseised of his freehold….except by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land."
Eminent domain was first recognized in England 800 years ago. Since then it has taken on a modern nomenclature
Land acquisition in India
Compulsory purchase in the UK
Expropriation in South Africa
Resumption in Australia
Notion of modalities in Mexico
And Condemnation in the United States
In the US, the Constitution limits this condemnation power to say "...nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Originally public use meant just that - but its scope widened in the 1950s due to a US Supreme Court decision that expanded the definition of public use to include slum clearance. Currently the definition of 'public use' differs from State to State. In Michigan thee State Supreme Court laid down 3 parameters in 2004. Michigan allows for condemnation if it involves 'public necessity of the extreme sort otherwise impracticable' such as building of railroad, highways. Second is where the 'private entity remains accountable to the public in its use of the property' such as land acquired for a pipeline. And the third standard is where 'the selection of the land to be condemned is itself based on a public concern' such as elimination of a blight.
Michael Rikon
Partner, Goldstein, Rikon & Rikon
Specialises in Condemnation Law
"In the United States, each State, as I said, has its own fundamental common law with respect to what is allowable for a public use. In NY, for eg, where I am based, it is almost without limitation that you can take someone's property and turn it over to a well connected developer or something like that to build a shopping centre- you can take someone's home and turn it over to and build a large mall shopping centre. New York is at the forefront of this and it's also very difficult to stop a condemnation in New York."
Connecticut faces the same challenge. In 2005 in a landmark case Susette Kelo put public purpose to test when opposing the city of New London's redevelopment plan
New London, Connecticut, 2005
Reporter: Ms Kelo, what about the City's argument that you're standing in the way of something that would benefit the entire community and it's your interest vs the whole community?
Susette Kelo, Resident, New London, Connecticut
"We've never said that couldn't put it to development. They have more than enough room to develop. We just simply want to keep our homes. Its over 10 acres and we only take up an acre and a half at best."
But the SC ruled otherwise and allowed the condemnation on grounds that economic development served public purpose. Consequent to the Kelo case ruling, 44 out of 50 states in the US changed their laws to better protect private property.
Michael Rikon
Partner, Goldstein, Rikon & Rikon
Specialises in Condemnation Law
"The most pointed argument with respect to eminent domain in United States is taking private property to turn over to another property owner. It's not for a typical public use like a bridge, a library or a school or a highway; it's the taking of private property to turn over to a developer who is going to build a shopping mall or something like that- that is the issue that upsets most people."
It's this upset that led to the founding of Civil liberties law firm- the Institute for Justice – 1991. IJ prides itself for fighting the government against the use of eminent domain powers on behalf of individual property owners.
Christina Walsh
Director- Activism and Coalitions
Institute for Justice
"The expansion of Eminent Domain in the United States has been a disaster. We see Eminent Domain being used as a tool by those with political power against those with no political power. It disproportionately impacts minority and lower income communities. We've seen entire communities, thriving businesses destroyed from projects that ultimately are never built because there was no market for them in the first place. It's led to corruption, bribery and it destroys any incentive for property owners to maintain their own properties because there is lot of condemnation over them and drives away investment from communities."
Further south, in Mexico the definition of public purpose can also be described as expansive. Article 27 of Mexico's constitution prevents expropriation except for public utility and on payment. Public utility has been broadly defined to include the creation of rights-of-way, municipal facilities and public services as well as the creation or development of an enterprise that benefits the public, which could include private development projects. But there are safeguards – for instance farmland or ejidos are entirely off-limit. Besides Mexicos many free trade agreements and bi-lateral treaties also provide protection.
Manuel Rajunov
Co-Managing Partner
DLA Piper, Mexico
"Well Mexico has entered into several bilateral investment treaties and Free Trade Agreements around the world – North American Free Trade Agreement being one of them, The European Free Trade Agreement being another, whereby Mexico affords foreigners certain protection in the exercise of Eminent Domain that go beyond protections afforded under domestic law and under the equal protection clause of the Mexican constitution those protections would also be extended to domestic investors and therefore the body of law in Mexico that protects against Eminent Domain is equally applicable to foreign and domestic investors."
Recent land battles indicate that it's less expropriation and more the fair compensation part that has been hotly contested in Mexico.
Manuel Rajunov
Co-Managing Partner
DLA Piper, Mexico
"There has been certain applications of Eminent Domain that have been controversial only from a political perspective but not from a legal perspective. The most recent example would be when in mid-2000 the President, early 2000 I should say, President was in the process of building a new airport for Mexico City and had selected some property nearby Mexico City and in the process of exercising Eminent Domain for the acquisition of the land to build the airport there were some political uprising by the landowners arguing that the compensation being offered to them was inadequate and rather than it being ventilated through the courts it became a political issue that was picked up by political parties and other political players in the country and became a political issue but not so much a legal- Eminent Domain related issue. For the most part when Eminent Domain is exercised in Mexico, like I said, is for public works and it's a smooth process."
While land maybe much fought over everywhere, the battles are not quite the same. In the US, 60% of the land is privately owned and eminent domain has most often been used to declare properties as blighted and transfer them to private redevelopers – all in the name of job creation and higher tax revenues. In Mexico, eminent domain laws are tailored to protect the farming population as well as attract foreign investments in land – a tough balance. In South Africa eminent domain has been used to right a historical wrong.
In South Africa; land ownership is skewed along racial lines. According to one estimate, 87% of land is owned by whites and used mostly for commercial farming, 13% is owned by blacks, many of whom practice subsistence farming. South Africa's Constitution allows for expropriation if the land is required for the purposes of land reform – that is redistribution to restore equality. Alongside the Restitution Act allows communities to claim for land as well.
Bulelwa Mabasa
Director, Werksmans Attorneys
"Land is a sensitive issue in South Africa. The issues that have been grappled with vary- one of the major ones is that the government set for itself a target in 2008 to resolve as many land claims as possible. To date, very few of those have been resolved. The land that has been restored to communities has found to not be used optimally. It is for this reason that there is this Green Paper which seeks to provide more infrastructural support to emerging farmers and also to farmers who have been awarded land in the context of land claims."
Leaving race and democracy behind, Singapore, at the other end of the globe, has used eminent domain to transform its economy. The 693 square km island nation has had little else to bank on.
Alice Christudason
Department of Real Estate
National University of Singapore
"It has always been pinned on our land scarcity problem and one other factor which is very important to note about Singapore that other than our fantastic geographical position we have absolutely no natural resources. We only have the human resource and in order to spur on economic development and I still want to reiterate the point about land optimization and rejuvenation of all the low-rise developments-the only way forwards seems to be for the government to take the initiative and it has not been customary for infrastructure development or public housing development or the development of industrial estates to be handed over to the private sector."
Singapore's Land Acquisition Act allows the Minister to notify an acquisition if it's for a public purpose in his opinion. The Act does not define what constitutes public, public interest or public utility and experts say most objections in this regard have not passed muster in the courts.
Alice Christudason
Department of Real Estate
National University of Singapore
"Initially when we were part of the Strait Settlements we have been using the Land Acquisition Act borrowed from the Indian Land Acquisition Act. Subsequently when we became part of Malaysia-the Federation of Malaysia-Singapore was part of Malaysia at that time and it is interesting to know that there were provisions within the constitution which provided for adequate compensation. Now what I must highlight here is that upon gaining full independence in 1965 this particular provision about 'adequate compensation' is no longer there and one of the most dire criticisms of Singapore's Land Acquisition provisions is that compensation used to be backdated to a retrospective date. In other words, if a piece of land was being acquired it was not the current market value that was being paid as compensation rather it was pegged at a retrospective statutory date. Now all this changed in February, 2007 when the law was amended. So as things stand today, post-2007, current market value is given as compensation. But having said that it is also important to point out that most of the development had taken place during the years when compensation was paid at a retrospective date."
Since then the Singapore government has upped compensation to aggrieved landowners by providing them with housing subsidies, ex-gratia payments, relocation expenses, legal expenses and priority in the housing queue for public housing.
In democracies even that may not be enough. for instance the big land battles in India, Nano-Singur, Posco-Orissa were less about compensation and more about forcible acquisition. For centuries, in countries across the world, it's been one of the most difficult questions to answer - should the government be allowed to forcibly take away your land?
I've found it easier to answer that question by personalizing it. Would I be okay being forced out of my home? Absolutely not. Maybe yes for a nation critical dam or bridge or highway that cannot be built anywhere else. But absolutely not if someone wants to set up a cold rolled steel plant in my backyard. That too on their terms? No way!


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When a team sets a mark that goes down in school history, it's a pretty cool thing, but when two teams set a mark at the same event for the same school, it's extra special indeed. This was exactly the case for Tyler Consolidated's girls and boys track teams on May 9 in Lewis County as both teams earned overall first place finishes at the Region I Track and Field Championships.
The Lady Knights blew away the field of competitors scoring 140 overall points to take the Region title. Clay-Battelle placed second overall with 99.50 points, followed by St. Marys, with 74; Wheeling Central Catholic, 52; Madonna, 43; Magnolia, 40.50; Bishop Donahue, 30; Trinity Christian, 26; Valley, 21; Cameron, 19; and Paden City, 10.
Lady Knight senior, Haylea LeMasters, was the high point champion in the girls division with 38 points, taking first place in the 300 meter hurdles, long jump and pole vault competitions and second place in the 100 meter hurdles.
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Members of the Consolidated girls' team qualifying individually for the state tournament this week include: LeMasters; Carly Fletcher qualifying with a second place finish in the 800; Makayla Clegg, 2nd place in the high jump and fourth in the 100 meter hurdles; Caroline Bantug, 2nd in the pole vault; Kerstyn Cline, 2nd place in the long jump and fifth place in the 200 meter dash; Amber Watson, third place in the 3200 meter run; Allison Wable, fourth place, 300 meter hurdles; Megan Carpenter, fourth place high jump; Hannah Casteel, fourth place, pole vault; and Hillary Casteel, fifth place in the 100 meter dash.
All four relay teams will compete at the state championships after qualifying at the Regional in the following places: 4x800 relay, first place (Carpenter, Wable, Smith, Fletcher);
Shuttle hurdles, second place (Clegg, Hartsfield, Wable, Hannah Casteel); 4x100 relay, third place (Cline, Keys, Gogan, Casteel); 4x200 relay, third place (Cline, Gogan, Keys, Casteel); and the 4x400 relay third place (Gogan, Carpenter, Wable, Fletcher).
"The kids exceeded all of our expectations," said the head coach of the girls track team at Consolidated, J.C. Kimble. "Everyone stepped up and ran the best times of the year. I am very proud of all the athletes that competed with the Tyler Consolidated uniform on this year. They were great representatives of the school and our community."
"It was a great night for Tyler Consolidated."
The Paden City girls team will be sending four ladies to the state meet after qualifying third in the shuttle hurdle relays (Lynnsie Parsons, Josie Fox, Logan Cosper, Kayla Hizer), and Kayla Hizer placing 5th in the 100 high hurdles.
The boys team race was a close one in Lewis County, basically coming down to the last competition of the evening, but the Silver Knights held on for the win with 125 team points. St. Marys came in a very close second with 120; followed by Magnolia with 114; Valley, 69; Clay-Battelle, 54; Madonna, 26; Paden City, 21; Bishop Donahue, 14; Cameron, six; and Hundred, three points.
The Silver Knights qualified 12 guys for the state meet including: senior Alex Doak who placed first in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes and took third in the 400; Hunter LeMasters took first in the pole vault, and second in both the 100 and 300 meter hurdles; Josh Ruble placed second in the pole vault; Josh Highley qualified with a second place finish in the shot put; and junior Ryan Dalrymple placed third overall in the 1600 meter run.
All five Consolidated relay teams qualified to compete at state: 4x400 relay , first place (Reynolds, Scheidemantel, Ice, LeMasters); 4x800 relay, first place (Dalrymple, Reynolds, Cooper, Weekley); 4x100 relay - Tyler, 3rd place (Ice, Doak, Ruble, Highley); 4x200 relay, fourth place (Ice, Scheidemantel, Highley, Coskun); Shuttle hurdles, fourth place (Highley, Ice, Peck, Ruble).
"I am very pleased with performances at our Regional meet in Lewis County," said Jill LeMasters, head coach of the Silver Knights. "Winning Regionals was a really big accomplishment, especially moving into the single A bracket. Our boys did an outstanding job and everyone ran their best time this year. They are a hard working team that want to succeed and do their best."
"At the State meet, some boys are hoping to break a few school records. I know the team will give 100 percent and will all strive to run their best times. As a team, we have a strong group of boys who all have experience and many accomplishments among them. This experience will help us accomplish many strides at state and we are hoping for a strong finish to complete our year."
Though not large in number, several Paden City High School athletes placed high enough at the Regionals to qualify for the state meet. The boys shuttle hurdle team of Brandon Cross, Kennedy Cain, Deven Price and Logan Carroll turned on the heat to take first place overall at the competition. The 4x100 team of Drew Bidwell, Price, Cross and Cain placed fourth; the 4x200 relay team of Zach Heasley, Cain, Cross and Bidwell placed 5th; and Drew Bidwell qualified with a fifth place finish in the 100 meter dash.
First place and local finishers results follow:
Girls results
100 meter dash: 1) Hill, BD, 13.18; 5) Hillary Casteel, TC, 14.01
200 meter dash: 1) Baker, WC, 27.42; 5)Kerstyn Cline, TC, 28.75; 6) Casteel, TC, 29.15
400 meter dash: 1) Hill, CB, 1:02.28; 9) Brooke Keys, TC, 1:10.46; 14) Courtney Daugherty, TC, 1:13.45; 17) Hannah Roberts, TC, 1:16.27
800 meter run: 1) Drazba, SM, 2:28.68; 2) Carly Fletcher, TC, 2:36.06; 8) Haleigh Smith, TC, 2:45.97; 19) Lauren Seckman, TC, 3:20.29
1600 meter run: 1) Drazba, SM, 5:46.66; 7) Amber Watson, TC, 6:17.32;14) Kelly Rice, TC, 6:52.99; 17) Mallory Estel, PC, 7:09.27; 20) Seckman, TC, 7:36.34
3200 meter run: 1) Drazba, SM, 12:23.84; 3) Watson, TC, 12:53.80; 5) Rice, TC, 14:40.10; 7) Estel, PC, 15:40.24
100 meter hurdles: 1) Carreon, CB, 16.18; 2) Haylea LeMasters, TC, 16.39; 4) Makayla Clegg, TC, 17.25; 5) Kayla Hizer, PC, 17.40; 8) Kaylee Hartsfield, TC, 18.83
300 meter hurdles: 1) LeMasters, TC, 50.69; 4) Allison Wable, TC, 51.91; 6) Logan Cosper, PC, 53.95; 8) Hartsfield, TC, 56.55
4x100 relay: 1) Clay-Battelle, 52.58; 3) Tyler, 54.19 (Cline, Keys, Gogan, Casteel); 6) Paden City, 57.41 (Cosper, Fox, Hizer, Parsons)
4x200 relay: 1) Clay-Battelle, 1:50.68; 3) Tyler, 1:53.74 (Cline, Gogan, Keys, Casteel); 7) Paden City, 2:02.04 (Cosper, Fox, Hizer, Parsons)
4x400 relay: 1) Clay-Battelle, 4:23.86; 3) Tyler, 4:33.43 (Gogan, Carpenter, Wable, Fletcher)
4x800 relay: 1) Tyler, 10:31 (Carpenter, Wable, Smith, Fletcher)
Shuttle hurdles: 1) Wheeling Central, 1:09.57; 2) Tyler, 1:11.29 (Clegg, Hartsfield, Wable, Casteel); 3) Paden City, 1:13.01 (Parsons, Fox, Cosper, Hizer)
High jump: 1) Ross, Cam, 4-10; 2) Clegg, TC, 4-10; 4) Megan Carpenter, TC, 4-06
Pole vault: 1) LeMasters, TC, 9-01; 2) Caroline Bantug, TC, 7-06; 4) Hannah Casteel, TC, 7-00
Long jump: 1) LeMasters, TC, 15-02; 2) Kerstyn Cline, TC, 14-10.25; 5) Makayla Clegg, TC, 14-01
Shot put: 1) Taylor, SM, 32-00.75; 6) Kara Dalrymple, TC, 26-11.25; 11) Breanna Yeater, TC, 24-11; 14) Megan Schlabowski, TC, 22-04.50; 20) Aubrey Ritchie, PC, 19-03; 22) Chelsea Dennis, PC, 17-08; 23) Erin Richmond, PC, 17-05
Discus throw: 1) Pavan, Mad, 89-03; 5) Laura Jochum, TC, 83-10; 6) Schlabowski, TC, 80-11; 7) Sydney Yoho, TC, 77-08; 18) Ritchie, PC, 53-05; 20) Miranda Reynolds, PC, 48-07; 21) Dennis, PC, 48-06
Boys results
100 meter dash: 1) Alex Doak, TC, 11.43; 5) Drew Bidwell, PC, 11.91
200 meter dash: 1) Doak, TC, 22.82; 6) Mert Coskun, TC, 25.45; 8) Bidwell, PC, 27.65
400 meter dash: 1) Tolley, CB, 50.37; 3) Doak, TC, 51.65; 6) Kennedy Cain, PC, 55.91; 7) Swen Scheidemantel, TC, 57.20; 10) Tyler Kiger, PC, 58.45; 17) Scott Gorby, TC, 1:07.49
800 meter run: 1) Whitehair, SM, 2:07.03; 6) Dylan Reynolds, TC, 2:15.10; 6) Ryan Dalrymple, TC, 2:18.24; 12) Julian Work, TC, 2:26.60; 13) Travis Leonard, PC, 2:27.11; 24) Matthew Greathouse, PC, 2:53.11
1600 meter run: 1) Whitehair, SM, 4:45.71; 3) Dalrymple, TC, 5:05.85; 6) Daron Weekley, TC, 5:19.04; 14) Kristopher Byers, PC, 5:52.29; 19) Matthew Greathouse, PC, 6:44.95
3200 meter run: 1) Whitehair, SM, 10:13.33; 4) Dalrymple, TC, 11:09.49; 12) Hsuan Hung, PC, 13:13.92
110 meter hurdles: 1) Fetty, SM, 16.53; 2) Hunter LeMasters, TC, 17.05; 5) Deven Price, PC, 18.91; 6) Josh Peck, TC, 18.91
300 meter hurdles: 1) Fetty, SM, 41.87; 2) LeMasters, TC, 42.53; 5) Peck, TC, 48.41
4x100 relay: 1) Clay-Battelle, 45.80; 3) Tyler, 46.16 (Ice, Doak, Ruble, Highley); 4) Paden City, 47.43 (Pyles, Cain, Cross, Bidwell)
4x200 relay: 1) Magnolia, 1:35.13; 4) Tyler, 1:36.90 (Ice, Scheidemantel, Highley, Coskun); 5) Paden City, 1:40.46 (Cain, Cross, Heasley, Bidwell)
4x400 relay: 1) Tyler, 3:44.28 (Reynolds, Scheidemantel, Ice, LeMasters); 7) Paden City, 4:08.23 (Kiger, Heasley, Chansawang, Leonard)
4x800 relay: 1) Tyler, 8:59.60 (Dalrymple, Reynolds, Cooper, Weekley); 8) Paden City, 10:11.51 (Heasley, Kiger, Byers, Leonard)
Shuttle hurdles: 1) Paden City, 1:05.03 (Cross, Cain, Carroll, Price); 4) Tyler, 1:06.97 (Highley, Ice, Peck, Ruble)
Pole vault: 1) LeMasters, TC, 13-00; 2) Josh Ruble, TC, 11-06
Long jump: 1) Fetty, SM, 20-03.75; 5) Coskun, TC, 17-10.75; 8) Tachi Melchionna, TC, 16-04.25; 13) Dustin Tawney, TC, 11-01
Shot put: 1) Mason, VHS, 50-08.75; 2) Jacob Highley, TC, 45-08.25; 7) Drew Casey, TC, 37-09.75; 15) Jay Earley, TC, 32-08.50; 18) Dakota Gatain, PC, 31-04.75; 20) Denton Thomas, PC, 30-08.25; 28) Kalob Byers, PC, 23-04.50
Discus throw: 1) Mason, VHS, 146-08; 4) Casey, TC, 114-06; 6) Earley, TC, 107-03.50; 12) Nick Anderson, TC, 91-05; 17) Thomas, PC, 86-02.75; 26) Gatain, PC, 60-06.50; 27) Byers, PC, 60-02
The West Virginia High School Track and Field Championships will be held at Laidley Field in Charleston on May 17 and 18. Competition will begin on Friday at 2 p.m. and on Saturday at 9 a.m.


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Fifty years ago this June marks the golden anniversary for the start of a major period in Mississippi history. That's when Freedom Summer '64 took place.
It was a time when hundreds of volunteers, who were mostly between 18 and 24-years-old, from all over the nation and from all races, converged on Mississippi to help register blacks to vote, and among other things, set up Freedom Schools. These were schools that taught subjects such as Black History and Civics, which were not otherwise taught to black students in Mississippi.
One of the participants was Dave Dennis. At the time he worked out of Meridian as the Southern Regional Director for the Congress of Racial Equality, also known as CORE.
"It was a commitment," says Dennis. "I can't say that we weren't afraid at times, but I can say that we didn't have that fear that paralyzed us. So, we lived every day as if it was the last day."
Freedom Summer 1964 is actually recognized as being the most violent period in Mississippi since Reconstruction. During that time 65 buildings, including churches, were bombed or burned, and hundreds of people were beaten.
After many of his friends such as Medgar Evers were murdered, Dennis, who gave the eulogy at James Chaney's funeral, says at one point he did seriously contemplate turning to violence.
"It was just something in my head that was saying that you know that that strategy is not working. For people to understand what you're saying you have to speak their language, and at this time, it seemed like the only language that these people knew about was violence," Dennis said.
Dennis says that feeling lasted for a few days, but he's so glad that he didn't give in to his emotions. Because of that and the efforts of so many who practiced non-violence, he says major changes were made.
In Part 2 Wednesday Newscenter 11 will talk with a local woman who surprised many by her involvement in Freedom Summer.


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THE annual transfer evening at Parkhall Integrated College on Thursday attracted a huge turnout of prospective pupils and their parents.
Almost 600 guests heard the Principal's address in the assembly hall and via video link in the dining hall.
Visitors were given the opportunity to view the facilities, hear about the exciting new developments and to meet teachers, support staff and pupils.
The evening began with the school orchestra performing a range of recitals, followed by a DVD outlining what life is like at Parkhall. The DVD is designed to give prospective pupils an insight into both the Year 8 curriculum and wider school life.
In his introduction the Principal, George Beattie emphasised the school mission statement, the aims of the school and the strong pastoral care system and extensive introduction programme which is designed to ensure that the transition to post-primary education is as smooth as possible for Year 8 pupils. He outlined the rising school enrolment of 707 pupils, making the school the sixth biggest controlled secondary school in the NEELB.
In highlighting how well the Year 8 pupils had settled into school life, Mr Beattie emphasised how delighted he was with the school intake last year of 136 pupils, the second highest intake of any controlled secondary school in the NEELB.
He outlined the rising school enrolment of 707 pupils, making the school the sixth biggest controlled secondary school in the NEELB.
The school pastoral care system and the out workings of the school mission statement were highlighted as being of a very high standard during the ETI inspection in November 2011.
The provision of Year 10 mentors, who are trained by Childline, for each Year 8 class ensures that the newest additions to the school community have a familiar face to support them at all times.
The college also use the services of junior school prefects in Year 10 and they too have an important role to play in helping the younger pupils within the school.
Mr Beattie commended the young people who completed GCSE study last June, many of whom gained excellent GCSE grades A*-C and have progressed to further study and/or employment.
He gave a special mention to a number of pupils who each had obtained 10 GCSE grades A*-C in 2012 and the increasing number of pupils who are obtaining at least 5 A*-C grades.
The college continues to review the key stage 4 curriculum to ensure that pupils are provided with the breadth of choice suitable to their needs and aspirations.
The importance of extra curricular activities was highlighted and the range of opportunities to experience educational visits was of particular interest to the young people.
In 2012 pupils had visited Alton Towers, the French trip had visited Paris, the football trip attending Bolton v Liverpool and Manchester City v Spurs and the ski trip visited the USA at the end of January. 8 pupils had the opportunity to take part in the opening ceremony of the London 2012 olympics whilst a further 8 pupils had the opportunity to attend events at both the Olympic and paralympic games. In 2013 pupils will have the opportunity to attend the football trip to Barcelona and the French trip to paris amongst others.
The need to develop mutual respect, tolerance and understanding of others amongst our young people was clearly identified as being a major focus as the College continues the journey towards full approval for controlled integrated status.
Mr Beattie then outlined the extensive collaborative and community relations work that was currently taking place within the school at both local and national level.
He praised the young people within the school who had been highlighted by the Inspection team as demonstrating very good behaviour and able to engage confidently in discussion. The inspection also highlighted the very good opportunities for pupils to assume positions of responsibility with a maturity and well-developed awareness of the needs of others.
Mr Beattie outlined the progress that had been made in attempting to secure the funding for the new school building.
Recent meetings with the Minister of Education and Department of Education officials had seemed positive in attempting to clarify any outstanding restrictions or delays to the release of funding.
The impressions of Year 8 pupils Rachael and Jordan were well received by the audience, as were the experiences of the current Head Girl, Abigail Crockett and Head Boy, Scott Bell.
Parents and prospective pupils were then given a comprehensive guided tour of the school, highlighting the type of activities being undertaken by Year 8 pupils. Displays in practical subjects such as Home Economics, PE, Technology and Art were extremely popular.
Anyone who missed the Open Evening or has any further questions about the College is invited to contact the Principal on 02894462963 or to make an appointment at the school office to arrange a tour.


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Classical Greek literature is not the first source most North Americans would turn to in making an analogy about grilling, but then how many of them have ever seen Argentine grilling in action? Steven Raichlen has.
"Argentine grilling is the most heroic grilling in the Homerian sense," said the Miami-based grill expert and author. Homer, of course, was a legendary poet, author of ancient Greece's most sweeping war epic, "The Iliad."
"It's very primal. No adornment. Nothing fancy. No elaborate marinades," Raichlen added. "It's about meat, salt and fire."
And what fire! Take a gander at the back jacket of "Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way" by superstar Argentine chef Francis Mallmann and Peter Kaminsky, a cookbook author and food writer from Brooklyn, N.Y. There Mallmann stands in open field, stacks of plates and logs beside him, tending what he calls an "infiernillo," or "little hell," a blazing double-tiered fire topped by a sloping griddle.
"What Francis strives for is carbonization, but not incineration," said Kaminsky. "A French chef would grill a steak rare and blue in the center. The Argentines want a salty crust and otherwise wall-to-wall color. The bigger the piece of meat, the lower the heat to achieve that crust and to get uniform color."
Other distinctive Argentine grilling practices, according to Kaminsky, include moving the meat closer or farther away from the flame along that sloping griddle, depending on the heat required, and the use of black iron skillets and griddles over the coals for much of the cooking. Sometimes there's no grill at all; that sort of setup is called an asado.
"Basically (it's) a campfire with large hunks of meat or whole animals impaled on stakes in front of it," writes Raichlen in his new cookbook, "Planet Barbecue!" (Workman, $22.95). "The heat is controlled by positioning the stakes closer to or farther away from the fire."
Mallmann charmingly likens getting that technique right to going on a first date.
"It is something that you look forward to with great anticipation and a little anxiety," he writes. "You can never know exactly what the conditions will be: the day can be windy or cold, the wood may be seasoned or green. In a way, every time you cook over wood outdoors, you are starting fresh in a strange kitchen. Once you have done it enough, however, you will always be able to adapt."
Raichlen sides with Mallmann on the superior merits of a wood fire for Argentine cooking. A gas grill could get something "approaching" the Argentine taste, he said, if the appliance is "screaming hot," outfitted with heavy-duty grates and the meat is seasoned aggressively.
May sound a bit excessive, but if you're going to embark on an Argentine grilling odyssey, it pays to play boldly.
Pork tenderloin with burnt brown sugar, orange confit and thyme
Prep: 15 minutes. Cook: 25 minutes Makes: 6 servings
Cooking outdoors doesn't always have to mean grilling food on an open rack. This recipe from Francis Mallmann's "Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way," uses a flat metal griddle called a chapa to cook the pork. A large cast-iron skillet or griddle would work just as well. You also can cook this on the stovetop.
6 pieces (2 inches long) orange confit, plus 2 tablespoons confit oil, see recipe
2 pork tenderloins, about 1 pound each
2 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves
1 tablespoon salt
3 tablespoons light brown sugar
Tear the orange confit into 1/2-inch pieces; scatter over the meat. Sprinkle with thyme and half the salt; sprinkle the brown sugar on top. Pat it down firmly with your hand. Drizzle with the oil from the orange confit.
Prepare a grill for medium heat. Place a large griddle or skillet on the grill; heat until a drop of water sizzles on the surface. Transfer each tenderloin, using a wide spatula and inverting it to place sugar-side down on the hot skillet. Grill without moving the pork until well-browned, 5 minutes. (If the sugar begins to smell burned, adjust the flame or move the skillet away from the burning charcoal.) Turn the pork; grill until done to taste or to 135 degrees for medium, 10-15 minutes.
Transfer the meat to a cutting board; let rest, tented loosely with foil, 10 minutes before slicing. Season with remaining salt.
Nutrition information: Per serving: 324 calories, 47% of calories from fat, 17 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, 100 mg cholesterol, 9 g carbohydrates, 33 g protein, 1,380 mg sodium, 1 g fiber
Orange confit
Prep: 35 minutes Cook: 30 minutes Makes: About 2 cups
Use this confit, cut into small strips, as a garnish with any roasted meats or poultry, or as an addition to salads, soups or stews.
4 oranges
12 black peppercorns
3 bay leaves
1 1/2 cups extra-virgin olive oil
3/4 cup dry white wine
2 teaspoons salt
Cut the oranges in half. Squeeze the juice; reserve it for another use. Put the orange halves in a large saucepan. Add the peppercorns, bay leaves, 3 tablespoons of the olive oil, the white wine and salt. Add enough water to completely cover the oranges. Heat to a boil over high heat; reduce heat to medium. Cook until the orange peel is tender, 25-30 minutes. Let cool in the liquid.
Drain the oranges. Tear the peel into rough strips about 1-inch wide. Place skin side down on a work surface; scrape away every bit of the white pith with a sharp knife, leaving only the orange zest. Repeat with the remaining peel.
Put the strips of orange zest in a small container; cover completely with remaining olive oil. Tightly cover. (The confit will keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.)
Nutrition information: Per serving: 97 calories, 92% of calories from fat, 10 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 2 g carbohydrates, 0 g protein, 146 mg sodium, 0 g fiber


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Hairy cell leukemia
Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is an unusual cancer of the blood. It affects B cells, a type of white blood cell (lymphocyte).
Causes of Hairy cell leukemia
HCL is caused by the abnormal growth of B cells. The cells look "hairy" under the microscope because they have fine projections extending from their surface.
HCL usually leads to a low number of normal blood cells.
The cause of this disease is unknown, although certain genetic changes (mutations) in the cancer cells have been found. It affects men more often than women. The average age of diagnosis is 55.
Hairy cell leukemia Symptoms
Symptoms of HCL may include any of the following:
- Easy bruising or bleeding
- Excessive sweating (especially at night)
- Fatigue
- Feeling full after eating only a small amount
- Recurrent infections and fevers
- Pain or fullness in the upper left belly
- Swollen lymph glands
- Weakness
- Weight loss
Tests and Exams
During a physical exam, the doctor may be able to feel a swollen spleen or liver. An abdominal CT scan or ultrasound may be done to evaluate this swelling.
A complete blood count usually shows low levels of white and red blood cells, as well as platelets.
Blood tests and a bone marrow biopsy can detect hairy cells.
Treatment of Hairy cell leukemia
Treatment may not be needed for the early stages of this disease. Some patients may need an occasional blood transfusion.
If treatment is needed because of very low blood counts, chemotherapy drugs can be used.
In most cases, chemotherapy can relieve the symptoms for many years. (When the signs and symptoms go away, you are said to be in remission.)
Removing the spleen may improve blood counts, but is unlikely to cure the disease. Antibiotics can be used to treat infections. People with low blood counts will receive growth factors and, possibly, transfusions.
Prognosis (Outlook)
Most patients with hairy cell leukemia can expect to live 10 years or longer after diagnosis and treatment.
Potential Complications
The low blood counts caused by hairy cell leukemia can lead to infections, fatigue, and excessive bleeding.
When to Contact a Health Professional
Call your health care provider if you have significant bleeding. Also call if you have signs of infection, such as a persistent fever, cough, or general ill feeling.
Prevention of Hairy cell leukemia
There is no known way to prevent this disease.
Hasserjian RP. Hairy cell leukemia. In: Jaffe ES, Harris NL, Vardiman JW, et al., eds. Hematopathology. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2010:chap 15.
National Cancer Institute: PDQ Hairy Cell Leukemia Treatment. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute. Date last modified 02/28/2014. Available at http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/hairy-cell-leukemia/HealthProfessional. Accessed May 29, 2014.
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Rico – A Tale Of Two Brothers is a retro-inspired platformer for Android that mixes elements from many great classics like Super Mario, Castlevania or Metroid with my own humble ideas.
Bottom line: I wanted to create a game I would have loved to play as a child and still love to play now!
Rico features 32 levels spread over 4 worlds of retro awesomeness!
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced Friday it is investigating whether General Motors Co. should expand a 2008 recall of Pontiac G6 vehicles for faulty brake lights.
NHTSA has opened an investigation into whether GM's 2008 recall of 8,000 vehicles should be expanded to as many as 550,000 2005-06 Pontiac G6 cars.
NHTSA has received 212 reports that claim brake lights do not operate properly on model year 2005-09 Pontiac G6 vehicles.
The complaints say the brake lights illuminate when the brake pedal has not been depressed, or the lights do not illuminate when the brake pedal is depressed. In addition, the cruise control may not engage, or will disengage unintentionally.
NHTSA says if brake lights are not operating properly, they may not warn a driver in a following vehicle of the braking status, which could lead to a crash.
In September 2008, NHTSA opened a similar investigation into allegations of brake light malfunctions on 2005-09 Pontiac G6 vehicles.
GM responded by recalling 7,927 2005 and 85 2006 G6 vehicles that were manufactured in January 2005 only.
No crashes or injuries have been reported.
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The Parish recently sold its rectory and has purchased the former Colorado East Bank and Trust building located on Main Street. As the new location is renovated, it will provide the Parish with much-needed space.
The rectory served the Parish well for decades. With the Parish priests residing in Lamar at St. Francis de Sales, it was no longer necessary to provide housing. Couple that with the fact the community of Holly has experienced a housing shortage since a tornado tore through town several years ago. Therefore, residents often look for available housing and the rectory has provided a home to someone rather than being used a few hours a week.
Father Charles Sena said, "The plan originally was to build a new facility next to the church. However, costs and planning made it too difficult to do. Fortunately, the former bank building is only a block from the church and was made available to us."
The new facility provides a larger space in order for it to function as the Parish office, meeting space, and religious education space. With the purchase of this building, the Parish is able to offer catechism classes in one central location; previously, the classes were spread out between the church, rectory, and Parish hall. Also, the new building allows for personal meeting space, when needed by the church.
The Parish office has already started utilizing the space. Renovations are currently taking place to add to the classroom space. It should be completed by the time Catechism starts in September. An official dedication and open house will take place when the facility renovations are complete.
This isn't the only project the Parish has undertaken recently. The restroom facilities are being upgraded in the Parish Hall making them ADA accessible. The project also is adding a new heating and air conditioning unit to the Hall.
Fr. Sena added, "This is truly an exciting time for St. Frances of Rome."


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David Elfin
David Elfin has been following Washington-area sports teams since the late 1960s. David began his journalism career at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., history) and Syracuse University (M.S., telecommunications). He wrote for the Bulletin (Philadelphia), the Post-Standard (Syracuse) and The Washington Post before coming to The Washington Times in 1986. He has covered colleges, the Orioles and the Capitals but has mostly covered the Redskins and the NFL since 1993. David has been recognized for his journalistic excellence by the New York State Press Association, the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. David completed 12 years on the board of the Pro Football Writers of America with a two-year term as president (2005-07) and currently serves as the Washington representative on the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee. David has two daughters, Julie and Amy.


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Yeah, The Happiest Baby book was a lifesaver. Who knew that lullabies do nothing for a screaming baby? I didn't until I read the book. Although by Trial and Error I had figured out that Judy Collins singing Dance Little Baby (pretty loud) did work.
We didn't find this out until our 2nd, but there's a burn cream called Resinol. You can buy it behind the pharmacy counter. It works so great on diaper rash, it's not even funny.
Rock and play by fisher price. It was an angled baby bed that you could rock and it was easy to move to move to different rooms. It made it possible to take a shower and keep an eye on DD at the same time. DD often needed to be rocked to sleep and she slept much better in that than on a flat surface. I also have to say Miracle blanket. DD would always escape the swaddles so this blanket really helped.I have a book called Baby 411, but any informative baby book is good to have on hand. I'm glad I read it before DD came along so it was quicker to look up issues when she was here and I had no time for reading.I have a Chicco car seat and base. The car seat snaps in the base, it is so easy. It would be worth getting an extra base to put into any cars in which the baby would ride on a regular basis. Apparently car seats are really hard to install correctly (I followed the directions and still got it wrong according to the safety inspector). Having a car seat base in any car the baby uses regularly would mean it could be installed once correctly and it would be quick and easy to transfer baby between car and safe.
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Seven UH community colleges go "live" with Phase 1 of new student information system
Start-to-finish 4.5-month implementation a record-breaking paceUniversity of Hawaiʻi
UH SIS Project Manager
David Lassner, 808/956-3501
UH Director of Information Technology
The seven community colleges of the University of Hawaii system went "live" today with Phase 1 of the new UH Student Information System (SIS). Work on the project started February 15, and the quick launch represents one of the fastest-ever initial implementations of a major software package in higher education.
The SIS project represents the largest software project ever undertaken by the university. The total project budget is $20 million, to be financed over a multi-year period using new revenue generated by tuition schedules approved by the Board of Regents two years ago. The Board at that time the specified that improvements be made to the information technology infrastructure for students.
John Morton, UH SIS Project Manager, commented that "our success is due to the absolute dedication of the project team. Hardworking staff from throughout the UH system worked side-by-side with each other and with our vendor to meet every critical milestone on time."
The new UH SIS uses the Banner Student System from SCT Corporation, the leading software vendor in the higher education marketplace. Banner uses software technology from Oracle to provide colleges and universities with web-based applications that run over the Internet. SCT Banner was selected by the University this spring after an open competition for a system to support all ten UH campuses.
Beginning February 15 UH and its vendor partners developed project plans, specified systems and installed more than 25 new servers from Sun Microsystems, new software from Oracle, the Banner Student System, along with a variety of additional hardware, networking and software items. Over 280,000 community college student records were migrated to the new system, and the catalogs of all seven community colleges were put online. Hundreds of tables were configured to describe the UH system, and data from the community colleges were entered into the system to enable them to go "live" July 1. Over 350 users of the new system have been trained in its use during Banner training sessions conducted on four islands. Students, faculty and staff at the University's ten campuses and five education centers will connect to the central servers via the University's new OC-3 and gigabit Ethernet network that connects its facilities on six islands.
Phase 1 of the SIS project provides only very basic services for the seven UH community colleges on a single hardware and software platform. The accelerated initial implementation was enabled by a commitment to a "bare-bones" startup with no changes in the software unless essential for legal or regulatory compliance. However, even at that, the system includes many functions that were not previously available.
With the completion of Phase 1 the UH SIS project enters Phase 2, which will add UH Manoa, UH Hilo and UH West Oʻahu to the implementation and integrate the support for students who attend multiple campuses of the UH system over their academic careers. This will include the increasing numbers of students who concurrently enroll in courses from multiple campuses using distributed learning technologies.
UH Director of Information Technology David Lassner noted that "the consolidation of our student information systems will not only provide improved service to students and faculty as well as economies of scale over the ten older systems currently supported on our campuses, but represents a strong commitment to the use of information technology and networks to achieve President Dobelle's vision of a University of Hawaii System that is more than the sum of its parts."
Students will be able to register for classes at multiple campuses via the web subject only to applicable policies. Students will receive a single bill for their tuition and fees from all campuses. They will be able to have financial aid calculated based on their enrollment at all campuses, see their complete academic history from all campuses, and check whether they have completed degree requirements using the University's own STAR degree audit system which will be integrated with Banner.
The project will continue by rolling out new functions as required to meet the needs of the Fall 2003 student class at all ten campuses. Online applications in Fall 2002 for the Fall 2003 class will flow into Banner, financial aid packages for the Fall 2003 class will be computed in Banner in January 2003, and students will begin to register for their Fall 2003 classes using Banner in Spring 2003. The last three independent university campus systems at Manoa, Hilo and West Oahu will be retired in Fall 2003 when Banner will be in full operation.
The completed project will include not only Banner Student System, but also Banner Financial Aid and the new Campus Pipeline Luminis Portal, which will integrate Banner with the University's WebCT platform for web-based learning, the new Sun industrial-strength email service installed during the spring, and Sun's enterprise calendaring systems. Integration of these applications will permit seamless new services such as automatically adding students to their online courses when they register, providing easy ways for students and faculty to send email to their classes, and providing all members of the University community with an electronic calendar that is automatically loaded with the schedules of their classes and other University-related activities.


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An ocean liner anchored in the middle of Sydney Harbour is raising eyebrows in the lead up to New Year's Eve festivities.
Pictures of the boat started appearing on social media on Monday showing it positioned just off Point Piper - one of the best positions to view the world-famous fireworks.
But Radiance of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean cruise liner, is simply seeking safe refuge from Cyclone Freda that is lashing the Pacific.
A Sydney Ports Corporation spokesman told Fairfax Media the boat was due to leave the Overseas Passenger Terminal this morning, but the ship's captain feared the conditions it would be sailing into.
"The captain sought permission to moor in Sydney Harbour for another night due to bad weather conditions. Considering there are 2500 passengers, of which 800 are kids, the Sydney Ports moved them to a mooring at the Point Piper buoy," he said.
"We've received a few calls asking why the ship is there but once we explain people seem to be reasonable about it all," he said.
The spokesman added there was no other area in Sydney Harbour for the boat to safely dock while waiting for calmer seas.
The boat is expected to leave Sydney Harbour on Tuesday morning.
But smh.com.au reader Sonia King was not impressed with the move.
"The position and angle of this ugly eyesore has resulted in maximum obstruction to the views of revellers in parks and harbour locations. The decision was made without any thought whatsoever of the people of Sydney," she said.
One of the eastern suburbs' most famous residents, Malcolm Turnbull, in response to a concerned Twitter follower, tweeted: "I wonder what the state government has charged the cruise ship for the spot?"
Another tweep labelled the move #unAustralian, while legal-eagle Richard Ackland was one of the first to alert the twittersphere to the boat's whereabouts, saying: "Huge cruise ship plonked off Point Piper, blocking expensive views. Sounds of swearing waft across the water".
But for Lauren, one of the cruise liner passengers, she could not be happier with the pole position.
"Anchoring at Point Piper for tonight! Absolutely amazing! Thankyou cyclone freda!"


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New stars emerge during every Premier League season – and the 2013/14 campaign is no different.
We're only seven matches into the new season, but already we've seen a handful of youngsters steal the limelight with all-action displays and sensational goals for their respective clubs.
Some of the starlets on this list have improved since making waves last term, while few knew about the others until the opening weeks of the current campaign.
They certainly do now, though. Expect this lot to keep getting better and better as the weeks roll on.
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Former Manchester United and England striker Michael Owen has indicated that Wayne Rooney may not have many clubs to choose from should he leave Old Trafford.
The Red Devils forward, who was signed from Everton in 2004, was left on the bench for United's crunch Champions League tie with Real Madrid on Tuesday - a match they went on to lose in controversial circumstances.
The dropping of the forward in such a crucial match has led to speculation that United may look to offload Rooney in the summer, but Owen says that his star power leaves very few options available.
"Sometimes when you're at the level he is at you don't have many options," he told talkSPORT. "If you are a mediocre player you have 20 teams in England and aboard that you can move to.
"If Wayne Rooney moves, where does he go to? Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Chelsea and PSG, there's only half a dozen teams."
The 33-year-old, now at Stoke, is not convinced that Rooney will actually leave the club at all, however, suggesting he has the attributes needed to bounce back from the setback.
"It's just speculation though," he continued. "He's been dropped for one game and I'm sure he will bounce back.
"Obviously Wayne has got to get his head down now and start recapturing his best form. He's certainly got the right attitude and ability to get back into the manager's thoughts."


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British General Election Study: Ethnic Minority Survey, 1997 (ICPSR 2618)
Published: Jan 18, 2000
Principal Investigator(s):
A. F. (Anthony Francis) Heath; S. Saggar
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The 705 respondents to the Ethnic Minority Survey are a subset of the BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION CROSS-SECTION SURVEY, 1997 (ICPSR 2615) with an ethnic boost generated by a random screening survey. Eligible ethnic minority respondents for this survey were those who considered themselves to be Black, Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi. The aims of this survey were (1) to measure the extent to which ethnic minority voters are integrated into the electoral process, (2) to evaluate, after taking into account social background, whether members of the main ethnic minorities vote differently from each other and from their white counterparts, (3) to examine whether the political attitudes of ethnic minority voters differ significantly from those of white voters, and (4) to explore whether members of ethnic minorities are influenced by different considerations than their white counterparts in deciding how to vote, and to evaluate in particular the importance of issues of race and immigration in voting behavior of ethnic minority and white voters. Fieldwork was conducted between May 1, 1997, the day of the 1997 British general election, and August 1997. Respondents were asked for their opinions on the existence of prejudice against them, recent improvements in Britain for minorities, the role of the government in improving conditions for minorities, the effectiveness of laws against racial discrimination and racial violence, school programs tailored for minority students, Britain's blasphemy law, state funding of religious schools, the stances of British political parties toward minorities, and the presence of minority figures in British politics. Additionally, topics covered in the Cross-Section Survey include the 1997 election campaign, participation in 1997 local elections, political knowledge, trust in government, images of British leadership, and views on British political parties, the European Union, Northern Ireland, nuclear weapons, unemployment, inflation, nationalization and privatization of companies, redistribution of income, women's rights, the role of government in social policy, abortion, ethnic minorities, the British economy, and the future of governmental institutions such as the House of Lords. Background information on respondents includes age, sex, race, ethnicity, political party, political orientation, marital status, number of members in household, social class, employment history, health insurance status, citizenship, country of birth, voter registration and participation history, household income, education, religion, parents' employment history, parents' voting behavior, spouse's employment history, and union membership.
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(1) The data are provided as an SPSS portable file. (2) This collection has not been processed by ICPSR staff. ICPSR is distributing the data and documentation for this collection in essentially the same form in which they were received. When appropriate, hardcopy documentation has been converted to machine-readable form and variables have been recoded to ensure respondents' anonymity. (3) The codebook, frequencies, user guide, and data collection instruments are provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.
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2000-01-18 The principal investigators have supplied a revised data file for this collection. Value labels have been corrected and data coded as system missing have been eliminated. Also, additional checks against the Electoral Register resulted in the addition of new variables and adjustments to the weight variables. In all, 48 variables were removed from the data file and 60 new variables were added. For a complete listing of changes to the file, users may consult the processing note in the codebook. The codebook and user guide for this study were revised accordingly.
Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.
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On 10/10/10!
On 10/10/10!
Fixed that for you. Stupid americants putting the month first.
1286668800 fixed that for you.
Uh, 4 digit years please! I can't tell which century you're talking about.
10/10/10? Isn't that the date of Jesus's barmitzvah?
Come on. We both know it was a girl, back in Bethlehem.
Yep. In fact, when the release date was announced, Mark Shuttleworth peppered the speech with Hitchhiker's Guide references, to general bafflement.
Any link to that speech?
Why is this story marked brown while every other are the regular gray?
It looks green to me. (I'm using the classic index.)
Soooo..... should I upgrade to 10.1 or stay with the three-year "long term support" of 10.0?
Does this version clean up the mess that is their init system? Some init scripts were sysv, some were upstart-native in 10.04, and there was no commandline utility that made sense of it all.
I ran into that problem in the *server edition*, what is more central to a server installation than managing services?
What is more central to a server installation than managing services?
A beard?
That has been going on since 2009, are you trying to just drive traffic to that site?
Is Pulseaudio still required? I really got fed up in Ubuntu 9.10 when they made the volume control stack Dependant on it. If you removed PA, you would get a "waiting for sound system to respond" message when trying to select an audio device... and your graphical volume control would break. There is a third-party PPA to fix it, but that is a pain.
I'm also not happy about the integration of a system to purchase proprietary software. Proprietary vendors have no respect for me or my property, and I don't want t
Given the option to buy commercial software is an excellent idea. You don't h
A quick fix to put the buttons back on the right top corner : change desktop themes, I think my personal favourite "Clear Looks" is still available,
but almost any other theme that's not the default has the buttons on the right.
There is also a hack in the config scripts, but I'd have to dig for it
Works for me in 10.04 and 10.10.
10.04 is a gma 4500 HD or XD which ever is the desktop one. 10.10 is with a 7600 GTS.
that's a video driver problem, not an Unbuntu one
If you are keen on that kind of thing, you can always just pretend that a new version is released every three years in April, and the rest of them in between are kinda betas.
You could stick with LTS [ubuntu.com].
That's actually what I meant, in a roundabout way. Mixed up 3 years support term with 2 years release interval.
If you are keen on that kind of thing, you can always just pretend that a new version is released every three years in April, and the rest of them in between are kinda betas.
While this seems like an option, they still have to rush a Long Term Support (LTS) release out the door six months after the previous release, just like the "in-between" releases. I've been a happy Ubuntu user since Warty (4.10 - 10/2004), and haven't found the LTS'es any more stable than the other releases.
The only possible upside to this argument is that it may become more stable later in its support life; but I suspect the Ubuntu community (including Canonical) is more preoccupied with getting the next
I tried that.
Turns out there's a helluva difference between "stability" and "using 2 year old obsolete versions of everything."
I still remember the last round of Gaim vs Yahoo awhile back (IM service breaks 3rd party client->client updated->pause->repeat) when I was on 8.04. I wonder if it even works to this day (I just said "bugger it" and installed an updated version from source).
In my opinion they release new versions too quickly. I know there are a lot of differences between versions, but what I'd like is if they slowed it down by a bit. That way, they could release each new version as a dramatically different thing than the previous ones. At this rate, Ubuntu 11.x will be roughly the same as Ubuntu 9.x I don't think it should be like that. Also, someone up-comments (I figure that's how I refer to someone above me in the list) pointed out the horrible mess that the init scripts are. This is absolutely true. Someone find them and mod them up, please.
I completely agree. I've recently made the decision to go upstream and install Debian (testing) on my home system instead of upgrading to 10.10; the last three releases of Ubuntu have proven to be a complete nightmare to upgrade (for me, at least) without a clean install. I rather like the idea of (at least theoretically) never having to re-install my operating system and manually building "deprecated" programs that I prefer to use due to a major distribution upgrade.
all Ubuntu users might be doing that when the funding for Ubuntu runs out.
I've been continuously tracking Debian testing for one of me development systems for something like five, maybe six years now; if you think a Ubuntu upgrade once per year is messy, you might want to rethink this approach. testing is where you see major toolchain updates (i.e. gcc, perl, python, etc), system service changes, and oddball stuff like hda => sda (years ago, but it left a lot of unbootable boxes behind). Any "apt-get update" can bring a new surprise...
Depends on what you value I guess... I did use to track Debian testing once, though we're talking maybe 2003-2007 here. It broke stuff from time to time, and the breaking was random. Any update could break something at any time, though of course since less was upgraded at once it rarely hit "nightmare" levels. And testing slowed down *massively* around releases, so expect some bi-annual freeze periods.
I'm not going to pretend everything is working in Ubuntu releases. But at least I get to pick the time and
Mark, if you are reading, please let 11.04 be called narcoleptic newt,
Wait... you want a computer that just randomly enters sleep mode on you?
I installed the Netbook Remix with the Unity UI on my Acer Aspire One ZG5 and I *hated* it. Slow, unclear, and very buggy. And this was the last beta. I don't understand the concept of combining the start menu with an off-line and on-line search function in one action. That made launching programs a tedious and frustrating experience. I don't think that this is a direction that Canonical should take at all.
Can anybody explain the appeal of Unity to me?
My eeepc701 has the smallest screen around and the stock gnome desktop is fine for me.
Urgh, thanks for the warning. The first thing I did after installing Netbook Remix 10.04 on an 10.1" EEE PC was to strip the Netbook crud off of it. I was minded to give Unity a try, but more out of masochism than any real hope that Canonical had produced a UI that actually made sense on a modern netbook.
To be honest, this constant swapping and changing of UIs and development focus smacks rather of desperation from Canonical. It's good to try new things, but it doesn't seem like they really have any cle
So you installed the netbook remix because you didn't want netbook crud? I'm failing to see your logic here... Why not use the persistent option from a live USB stick?
That's not practical on a portable. Unless you have a super-fast SD card, booting from your memory card reader is a fail, too. Also the Ubuntu install is not very smart, obviously Ubuntu has the technology to detect if you are using a USB stick or similar because they use it to make usb installers, but they don't detect this during install and disable readahead or anything like that.
Zenity is poop, so when I install on a netbook (like my EEE 701) I just install ubuntu-minimal and then install the apps I wan
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Ligue 1 round-up: Bordeaux, Nice and St Etienne all win as race for fourth hots up
With none of Ligue 1's top three in action, Bordeaux, Nice and St Etienne all won to stay within a point of each other.
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Bordeaux ensured they would hang onto fourth on goal difference as they saw off Valenciennes 2-0 with close-range finishes in each half from David Bellion and Ludovic Obraniak.
Nice, who lost to Bordeaux last weekend, are right behind, level on 38 points, having won 2-0 away to Brest.
Nemanja Pejcinovic put them ahead after 13 minutes, slamming home after Brest failed to deal with Xavier Pentecote's corner, and they doubled their advantage only seconds into the second half when Brahim Ferradj put through his own net.
St Etienne, one point behind in sixth, were grateful to the crossbar for preserving their 2-1 away win over relegation-battling Sochaux.
Sloan Privat's injury-time header came back off the bar as St Etienne hung on for a victory that would have been assured had Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang not missed an 81st-minute penalty.
Aubameyang had put the visitors in front with a powerful volley into the top corner after 22 minutes, but they missed chances to add to their lead before Edouard Butin levelled in the 71st minute.
Parity lasted only five minutes before Fabien Lemoine's powerful shot picked up a deflection on its way to goal, but Aubameyang's penalty miss left St Etienne hanging on.
That saw St Etienne move above Rennes on goal difference as les Rouges et Noirs needed a last-minute goal from substitute Axel Ngando, only on the pitch for a matter of seconds, to take a 2-2 draw away to Lorient, who are just two points further back in the congested upper mid-table.
Jeremie Aliadiere had put Lorient in front 10 minutes from time after Mevlut Erdinc cancelled out Yann Jouffre's opener, but just when Lorient looked poised to climb above Rennes in the table, Ngando scored with his first touch, slipping the ball through the goalkeeper's legs.
Lille slipped further off the pace as they were held to a 1-1 home draw by relegation-battling Troyes, needing Divock Origi's 74th-minute strike to cancel out Fabien Camus' first-half opener.
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Josh, a 14-year-old black bear who's lived his entire life around adoring humans in South Florida, will be relying on the warm generosity of his fans during a fundraiser at Beef 'O' Brady's in Cooper City.
The sports pub is hosting a Burgers for the Bear benefit, with 15 percent of all patties sold going toward the ongoing construction of an outsize bear habitat at Davie's Flamingo Gardens.
The wildlife sanctuary's animal care director, Mike Ruggieri, says the new 40-by-70-foot structure should have "plenty of leg room" for a 6 1/2-foot-tall omnivore, who charmed folks at circuses in Homestead and later entertained kids at local birthday parties.
"Josh really likes people. He wasn't raised with other bears. He doesn't even know what other bears are like," Ruggieri says. "The guy is like a big bump on a log. We're really hoping he'll take to his fans here. I'm looking forward to bonding with him again."
Once completed, Josh's new home will include a 3-foot-deep manmade pond with live fish, a manmade cave hand-carved from cap rock, artificial hills and wooden logs to push around as recreational toys. His diet? Well, he's fond of strawberries, grapes, applesauce and a frozen bowl of Kool-Aid, to be lapped up as the sugary drink defrosts.
He met Josh four years ago, when a friend told Ruggieri the bear was touring with animal sanctuary Vanishing Species. Josh was withdrawn at first, he says, but eventually bonded with the wildlife expert.
"He used to protrude his lips through the cage and let me rub the bottom of his front lips," Ruggieri recalls, with a chuckle. "That was when I realized, 'Oh, God, he's accepting me.'"
Josh the Bear is staying with the Okeechobee sanctuary Animal Adventures Inc., until the habitat is finished in June, Ruggieri says. Under regulations, it must be secured with shock wire and a ceiling to prevent escape, he added.
Josh's unusually docile temperament and likability has since last year inspired several donations from private and public donors, including Fort Lauderdale's Pet Paradise Resort. Keith Clark, Flamingo Garden's managing director, says the wildlife sanctuary is about $18,000 shy of the habitat's $140,000 construction cost.
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George Haynal, Vice President of Public Policy Bombardier Inc said that the the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has created both favourable conditions and challenges for member states which have to upgrade their infrastructure to meet the integration demand. He added that Asian countries and Vietnam should further invest in transport, and cross-border trade and put forward solutions to issues of mutual concern, and consult Canada about finanical solutions.
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I have a nine-month old son, and I would like he could learn English from the very beginning. Since my pregnancy I've been singing and telling him tales in English, but apart from that I always speak to him in Catalan, my mother language. I've been reading about the subject and I feel what I'm doing is not enough, so I'm thinking about the possibility of using only and always English with him from now on. Will this decision mean problems in his normal development (now, after nine months)? I need advice.
Generally speaking, teaching a small child a language that isn't the native language of either parent is a bad idea. Unless if your pronunciation is almost flawless and your grammar and syntax equally excellent, your child will just learn a "learner's" variation of English, not real English. Plus, not using your native language is definately a bad idea.
My advice: Let things flow naturally, allow your child to get used to your native language. Then, at the age of, say, 5 or 6, a child can start learning a second language.
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i don't think nick looks anything like the dude from jersey shore. anyway, nick's ass is fantastic, but his mouth is my second favorite feature
^ Nick is just all sorts of gorgeous.......
Not only easy on the eyes but seems to be a genuinely nice guy too.......
nick's going to be back on smash for the season finale. i think the show's terrible, but i look forward to seeing him on my tv again.
just saw nick in how to succeed in business without trying. It was actually really good and I was pleasantly surprised with his performance. Then I met him after the show, he looked gorgeous. He should have he took 40 minutes to come out.
From what I have read, Nick is the most talented of the three brothers. He actually can sing on pitch. Joe is supposedly hit and miss with his singing and Kevin is kind of random.
Say it isn't so!
From HollywoodLife... "Nick Jonas Allegedly Wants To Date His Brother Joe Jonas Ex Ashley Greene"
what's up with NJ w/older chicks...??? he likes his women..."experienced"...??
"Don't wait for the world to be ready. Find what you're looking for."
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You guys are slowing "converting" me into a Nick fan. He is growing on me :P
ahahaha! i doubt nick's going after ashley greene--she's not old enough can't we talk about his ass some more??
sorry to post again so soon, but i just found these screen caps--he's so freakin cute!
Nick at the opening night of Once
our boys r gettin their own reality show on the E! Channel here in the US. don't have a start date, but i guess it's soon...
"Don't wait for the world to be ready. Find what you're looking for."
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i think nick has grown into a very sexy man and surpassed his two bros by far.
baseball pics where Nick's def over 18:
he looks good in motion:
nick's o-face:
from the back:
Here's some video of the cast of How to Succeed performing last night with Mayor Bloomberg. Nick looks and sounds great, esp considering he'd already performed the show twice that day:
i could watch Nick playing baseball for hours if he is wearing trousers like in these baseball pics!! I just love him sooo much!
He is such a hottie these days.
I love this boy................his face, his smile, his body, his gorgeous ass and I think he has a good package too
And he likes sport..........just perfect boyfriend material.
he is so hot would let him fuck me any day
the broadway softball league starts april 12 and nick's going to be captain of his team, so we should get more of this soon:
and this "interview" is hilarious: http://broadwayworld.com/videoembed.php?colid=362924
I don't know where Randy got the footage of Nick, but he looks GORGEOUS...though he seems to be on the verge of falling asleep or into a diabetic coma.
oh boy this is funny!
dayum, he's looking good! is that chest hair i see in the first pic...?? saweeeeeet....
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the Jonai making music together...
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Still pretty I see...
nick being the hot one
pretty in pink
He looks much better with his current hairstyle than when he had that huge fro.
Ok, we all must admit -- Nick may very well be the perfect guy. I'm going to bed now and I'm hoping I'll dream about him. Preferably a dream where he's butt naked & looking as cute as fuck & he's getting ready to let me have my way with his hot cock.
sorry, i tried to edit my last post, but wasn't fast enough. mods, can you delete it? i'd rather you guys not have to click on the pics as attachments
He's set to return to SMASH on nbc for the season finale! Cant wait!
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nick was back in uniform thursday:
Yep yep more of nick in his uniform! yum
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This boy is so hot in that uniform!!
the boys were at a wedding friday or saturday for their guitarist...
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another from the wedding. not sure if it's a bubble or something, but i like nick with white stuff on his face.
looks like your boy NJ is trying to give Ashley Greene some Jonai-lovin'...i guess big bro Joe didn't quite seal the deal for her...
here's NJ w/AG at the wedding on Saturday (no, not their wedding, a JBros band member's wedding):
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Anyone else going to cross over to the 'dark side' now that they have seen the coloured picture of Ren Ashbell ? To be honest, I think Kamito looked much hotter than he is on the coloured page when he dressed up as a miko in volume five.
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darthfanta@ Seem to me you already fall for the darkside. Anyway with endarion88 we was talking about the cover vol 5 and 6. Seem that the author make another foreshadowing both Est and Restia pointing their hands towards someone.
Est the left one (And her seal it's on kamito Right hand) Restia the right one and we know her seal it's on kamito left hand. Then again we already know there is the chance he will use both. but i find funny that even the cover have clue about this.(well...if Restia come back that's it.).
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darthfanta@ Well like i say maybe it's nothing important...still i find interesting how the cover are made. Est point out /try to reach(i think this is fine to) to someone with her left hand. Restia in the other hand use her right hand.Kamito have Est seal on his Right hand while Restia seal on his left hand.What i try to say ...Est left hand while her seal it's on kamito Right hand(like she try to reach this). the same can be say about Restia. Mind you,like i say maybe it's nothing but i find interesting that the author(or who chose this thing) chose to make the cover in this way.
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Black blade. Check.
Book Title: the strongest blade dancer. Check.
Yep, that's most likely Kamito from 3 years ago.
Man, I got to admit. Never had I thought that a man's bare shoulder so enticing. What have you done, Japan?!
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At least thanks to this pic we know what we have to check next time Kamito left hand it's visible in a pic.One thing it's sure this mark it's no more in vol 6 pic where Restia disappears in kamito arm. Wonder if it's just temporarily or permanently.
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Richocet @ So was 60 /80%. About the cover i agree with you here,still i dont think will be full flash back. Then again we need more info about that time no to mention a flash back after something like what happen it's really need .
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Of course, even if he's around 60-80%, Est is still nerfed. And three years ago he had Restia. And she's at least as strong as Terminus Est. I think the other volumes said "she" totally dominated everyone "she" fought.
Also, never expected the MC to be the most attractive character in the series. WTH?
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