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What is the best healer comp for this encounter and why?
What is the best healer comp for this encounter and why?
These 2 are obviously the BEST choices but a Hpaladin is not bad in any way. Rdruids and Rshammys are just not very good in this encounter.
Seems those 2 classes pull alot on the short end.
Thanks alot for the feedback. What about Ra-den? 2/3 heal and comp?
You wanna bring as many people with raid cds as possible, our setup was:
Prot pala
Ele shaman
Fury warr
Basicly every class DPS class here brings a good cooldown for last phase except for mage but arcane mages are very good on the orbs and that is what will wipe you most of the time from own experience.
Until yesterday we were running 3,3,2,2 but having a lot problems keeping everybody alive on the first transition (the second one seems easier). I'm thinking about leaving one tank alone so we can have a platform with the people without immunities on the same platform (Shamans, disc priest) and do a 1-2-3-4 distribution.
Our roster is:
Tanks: Dk, Druid
Healers: Disc, Resto Druid
DPS: Mage, Lock, Ele Shaman, Enhancement Shaman, Rogue and Hunter
We have also shadow and boomkin (but they've not done many tries)
So the best distribution I can think of would be like:
- 1 Tank
- 1 Tank + mage (Next to the quadrant with the other tank)
- Resto druid (symbiosis on hunter), rogue, Lock (All have immunities and several defensive cds)
- 2 Shamans, Disc priest and hunter (Hunter immunity and 3 "weak" people)
Any help would be much appreciate!
Should work, but I'd put the rogue with the tank instead of the mage so they won't have to worry about Diffusion Chain
Monk tank
Prot Pally / rogue
MW Monk / mage / warlock
Ele Shaman / Disc Priest / hunter / dk
The 2nd one we just split the group of 4 to the 1 /2 platforms
so it was
Monk tank / Ele Shaman / hunter / dk
Prot Pally / rogue / Disc Priest
MW Monk / mage / warlock
Our group did this setup:
1st Transition:
Prot Paladin
Mage / Brewmaster / Demo Lock
Ele Sham / Mistweaver / Ret Pally
DK / Disc / Rogue
2nd Transition:
Ele Sham / DK / Disc / Ret Pally / Warlock
Mage / Rogue / Mistweaver
Brewmaster / Prot Paladin
The reason we did it this way, is we forced all diffusion chains away from 1 quadrant and all static shocks into the 2 quadrants. We put 3 people with immunities, with the healer that had his own immunities in the same quadrant, then put everyone else together in the 2nd transition. It worked quite well, and it was the most success we had getting to the final phase with our setup.
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I've been looking at several different video's on youtube trying to figure out what tactic would work best for our guild. Currently I'm stuck between Bouncing bolt -> Diffusion chain and Static Shock -> Diffusion chain. Both seems like completely viable strats. Is there any way to determine whether one or the other is better for us?
Our current set-up is Prot pala, brew. monk, holy pala, disc priest, rogue, DK, mage, boomkin, warlock, hunter.
So my guild has put in a couple of days on this boss and we are pretty much getting to phase 3 regularly. We've had maybe ~8 or 9 phase 3 wipes, 1 being 1% but rest all around 10%. We are dealing with Static and Diffusion in that last phase and are 2 healing with a Disc and HPally. We actually did try to 3 heal it a couple of times but the 3rd healer basically did nothing until phase 3 and we still ended up wiping at ~8%. It felt better to just leave our druid moonkin and tranquility in that last phase.
I know the raid damage feels too high. We usually have 5-6 lightning balls out which might be part of the problem but we were never stacking close into melee because of diffusion chain. I know we are gonna try to stack somewhat when diffusion and lightning balls aren't on the same timer next time but that's about the only change we can think of making. Anyone got any other tips for this last phase?
You can try to accommodate this tip that we used for our kill. The first two thunderstrucks of phase 3 line up so that diffusion will not be happening when the ball lightning a spawn. Ball lightning will ONLY target players at ranged if there a minimum of 3 players to choose from. So what we did was assign three players (disc, shadow priest, hunter) to be the designated ball spawners. Every other ranged would collapse into melee after the thunderstruck spawns. You can do this for only the first two thunderstrucks as diffusion lines up exactly with the third. The third set of ball lightnings we chose to cc and ignore with ring of peace, solar beam, and ursols vortex. We had the boss to about 5% when they spawned. He died right about at the 4th thunderstruck.
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<Modest> 14/14H - US 2nd 10m Guild
Nice tip, I don't think we have been utilizing some of our silences and have been relying on stuns more. So ring of peace and solar beam actually keep them silenced for the duration?
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Protribution Pala - http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...ishyk/advanced
Stream of bads wiping lots - http://www.twitch.tv/kiaqt

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The shifting of energy production to renewable energy sources – including solar, wind and hydroelectric, for example – is one of the biggest processes of innovation Germany has embarked upon since the end of the Second World War. The aim is clear: by the year 2050 primary energy consumption should be cut by half on the level of 2008. The proportion of renewable energies in power generation should increase from 20 per cent of power consumption to at least 80 per cent in the year 2050.
But what will the journey to that point be like? There are various scenarios. Four of these have been outlined by Roland Berger[1] in a study:
1. More of the same
Renewable energies enjoy a high level of guaranteed state support. This means there are no incentives for consumption-oriented power generation. Storage technologies and smart grids make limited progress, and the expansion of renewable energy plants makes network integration more difficult.
2. A guiding hand
Here too, renewable energies enjoy a high level of guaranteed state support. However, the support system focuses on the integration of capacities into the overall network. In order to achieve this, the energy transition is steered centrally by a federal ministry. A state "master plan" for research brings innovations to the network and to storage facilities.
3. Anarchy
Economic difficulties put the state and companies under pressure. The result will be an abrupt exit from the state support scheme. As a consequence, companies will overwhelmingly rely on their own energy provision with electricity. The decentralisation and lack of networking in the system threatens security of supply.
4. Energy system 3.0
There will be market-based support with no guarantees or privileges. Revived trading will mean renewable energies are supported indirectly. Attractive investment regulations bring business on board as a source of funding. A cooperative R&D policy between state and industry leads to advances in innovation.
Four extreme points – and it's most likely none of these scenarios will prove to be perfectly accurate. But they show the dimensions between which the situation may hover. What is clear is that this will always include the exhaustion of all possibilities for achieving the objectives of the energy-economy triangle (environmental compatibility, affordability, security of supply). And it's likewise clear that, since they are unable to meet baseload demand, renewable energies need a conventional energy source as a partner in order to guarantee an uninterrupted power supply even when there is no sun or wind. Natural gas is ideally suited to this role as it is environmentally friendly, flexible and can be used decentrally.
[1] Roland Berger Strategy Consultants: Think Act - Energiewende Reloaded, March 2014
With CHARM®, Open Grid Europe is providing a novel method for checking natural gas pipeline networks for tightness.
What will the energy industry look like in the year 2050? And what consequences will that have for the gas market? Interesting questions, which are prompting the publication of ever more studies and forecasts to find answers. Even though many of these studies differ in their specific figures and results, they have one thing in common: they describe an energy world that doesn't have a lot in common with the one we are familiar with today. The general consensus is that renewable energies will play an ever greater role, as will climate protection and energy efficiency.
The Energy Reference Forecast[1], on which large parts of the German energy and climate policy are based, depicts the following image of the market, for example:
[1] See "Development of Energy Markets – Energy Reference Forecast", commissioned by the German Ministry of Economics (BMWi) from Prognos AG, the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne (EWI) and the Institute of Economic Structure Research (GWS), 2014.
The energy system of the future will consist of numerous plants for energy production and consumption, as well as for storage. Production will increasingly take place locally. Intelligent distribution networks and facilities will govern the transportation of energy. Here, technicians in telecommunication and automation will be increasingly involved. IT will play a central role, because in the energy system of the future energy pathways and solutions will be virtually and digitally networked to an even greater extent. Be it cloud-based services, big data, smart grids, smart metering or e-mobility – the development can be seen in numerous mega-trends. One thing is clear: digital networking and information processing permit entirely new solution approaches from the production, procurement, trade and distribution of energy, to complex energy management for industry and commerce, through to a control app for private customers.


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Friday, March 18, 2011
Stuck At The Top
Posted by Rot at 8:15 PM
Labels: carnival, flickr.com, photography
4 comments:
- Jay's Shadow said...
It would of been really cool if there was a skeleton in the top car...
- March 18, 2011 at 9:08 PM
- GoneferalinID said...
Kudzu! I'm so glad we don't have that here.
- March 18, 2011 at 9:12 PM
- The Frog Queen said...
Good to see that that decay is coming along nicely.....
..excuse me while I try to convince husband that an abandoned ferris wheel will make a great prop someday. :D
- March 19, 2011 at 6:57 AM
- Anonymous said...
...for eternity.
- March 19, 2011 at 9:20 AM
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George Harrison famously anointed Monty Python the spiritual successors to the Beatles, a sentiment that placed completely different, yet oddly fitting bookends, on the 1960s British Invasion.
But Python's apparent final goodbye, set for Sunday, is ripped out of the Led Zeppelin playbook. Like Zeppelin's 2007 farewell reunion show, Python's final hurrah is limited to London's 02 Arena, with seemingly zero chance for a tour. And for both acts, the song remains the same: one last blast of greatest hits, with some tinkering, but no huge surprises.
Unlike Zeppelin, though, fans outside of the lucky ticket holders won't have to wait five years to see the finale: The comedy crew's closing performance hits movie theaters around the world Sunday, offering a last live glimpse of the bright side of Python.
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Reviews of the farewell run, which began July 1, have proved mixed, with some critics citing a lack of new material. But the naysayers sound like those who actually expect to find cheese at a cheese shop.
To fans, there's little doubt the sold-out 10-show string, some 40 years after the troupe's last TV episode and more than 30 years after their final original movie, marks the holy grail of comedy comebacks. Arguing that point is as pointless as, well, paying for an argument.
At an age when just walking carries risk of looking silly, the five surviving Pythons are going out laughing at the critics – as well as life (so absurd) and death (the final word). Even the show's title – "Monty Python Live (mostly)," with the subtitle "One Down, Five to Go" – offers a nod to the late Graham Chapman and the characteristic irreverence the bunch unleashed, via the BBC, 45 years ago this October.
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The Python brand of humor is timeless – their sense of the absurd consistently attracts new generations of fans – and ageless: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, who range from 71 to 74, are more appropriately ripened to play screeching working-class old ladies and uptight establishment types than when they were in their twenties all those years ago.
Take "The Four Yorkshiremen" sketch, in which pompous old men one-up each another with escalating over-the-top tales of their rise to the top ("I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulfuric acid, work 29 hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our dad and our mother would kill us, and dance about on our graves singing 'Hallelujah.'").
Hallelujah to Monty Python for reuniting one (presumably) last time to prove that while the parrot still may be dead, the comedy lives forever. The meaning of life, hopefully, includes getting the occasional laugh – and the last laugh (even if that laugh comes from a treasured old joke). As fans prepare to don their Mr. Gumby handkerchiefs and descend on movie houses all over, check out a preview:
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Team co-captain ... Fought back from injury to take the field against Dartmouth (Oct. 30) and Columbia (Nov. 6).
Junior • 2009
Received team's Crimson Award, given only occasionally, when a player makes special contributions to the team during a given season ... Missed season with injury.
Sophomore • 2008
Voted by teammates as the team's Most Improved Player ... Appeared in 16 games, making five starts consecutive starts at the end of the season ... Made a defensive save in a 6-0 win against St. Louis (Oct. 13) ... Part of a defensive unit that ranked fourth in the Ivy League, allowing 2.12 goals per game in Ivy play.
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Solid contributor off the bench for the Crimson defense ... Appeared in 11 games ... Started in wins against New Hampshire Sept. 5 and at Northeastern Oct. 3 ... Made Harvard debut in season opener against Massachusetts.
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- See also: Townlong Steppes/Rare mobs
- Separated from the rest of Pandaria by the Great Wall, the rampaging mantid people of the Townlong Wastes devour everything in their path in order to build their own crystalline empire of ruthless warriors and scheming feudal lords. The pandaren are left reeling when the mantid's thousand-year cycle of aggression kicks off a hundred years too early and their greatest warriors burst through the great wall. The beleaguered pandaren must now face the worst swarm in recorded history while trying to isolate the cause of the mantid's erratic behavior.[1]
Townlong Steppes is located in the northwestern half of Pandaria, secluded by the Great Wall that runs along its eastern border. The Shado-Pan are fighting to the last pandaren against a host of different forces. The yaungol attack from the northeast, attempting to drive their way into Kun-Lai Summit, while the insect mantid push their way from the south and west, striking deep into pandaren territory and striking at the Gao-Ran Battlefront and Niuzao Temple. The mogu claim the northern-most islands, enslaving the indigenous cloud serpents, while the sha, bringers of fear and hatred, infiltrate the deepest catacombs.
According to the map of Pandaria presented at BlizzCon 2011, it appears there may be a dungeon or raid situated here named the Mantid Colony. It appears to be located in the fortress (ruins?) on one of the western islands labelled Niuzao Temple. This may have changed since the conference, as it now appears that another named dungeon, the Siege of Niuzao Temple, will be located on the island closest to the temple to the southwest.
Geography Edit
The contiguous areas of the steppes consist of grass-covered hills sprinkled with red-leafed trees. The northeastern areas are more sparse, with great rocky crags, mostly taken by the yaungol. A deep divide separates the bulk of the steppes from the Dread Wastes, and within this divide is a marsh and river that leads out to the sea. There is also a small pocket of bog or marsh situated in the eastern side of the steppes, south of Longying Outpost.
There are a handful of islands that make up the western half of the steppes. The southwestern-most and western island are both taken by the mantid, with their great central trees and pod-like architecture. The Niuzao Temple island is indicative of the grassy hills of the greater steppes, though the mantid have infiltrated here, as well as the sha in the catacombs beneath the temple. The northern-most island has the most caves and is home to sprites and cloud serpents, dotted with ancient ruins. More steep hills can be found here, as well as a heavy mogu presence.
Travel Edit
Getting there Edit
Both factions will typically access Townlong Steppes from the Ox Gate in western Kun-Lai Summit.
Flight Master locations Edit
Adjacent areas Edit
- Kun-Lai Summit (east)
- Dread Wastes (south)
Inhabitants Edit
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Resources Edit
Notable characters Edit
- Main article: Townlong Steppes NPCs
Quests Edit
- Main article: Townlong Steppes quests
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Dungeons Edit
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|Level Range
|Group Size
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|Siege of Niuzao Temple
|90 (Heroic)
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Patch changes Edit
- β Patch 5.0.1 (Beta): Added.
References Edit
- ^ Zone Previews. Official World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria site (US). Retrieved on 2011-10-22.
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The recent batch of hands-on sessions with Assassin's Creed: Revelations have uncovered a number of new tidbits, including full stereoscopic 3D for the PlayStation 3 version.
Stereoscopic 3D headlines
Survey finds gamers unimpressed by 3DS
A survey conducted earlier this year has found 3DS owners significantly underwhelmed by the system's main selling point.
Sony: Consumers not interested in poor quality 3D
Sony chose not to implement 3D on the Vita to keep the quality of the experience high – and eschews bad 3D implementation for its negative effect on consumer perception.
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Despite Microsoft's early rumblings against stereoscopic 3D, Xbox 360 poster boy Gears of War 3 will feature full support for those with fancy pants TVs.
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Sony announced during its E3 press event that due to the more than 100 3D games on PlayStation, the firm plans to release two new 3D hardware products: a PlayStation branded 3D monitor and glasses, all of which will be available in a bundle with Resistance 3.
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Soul jazz is based heavily on the 12-bar blues progression, but this progression deviates slightly from the traditional I–IV–V blues we all know and love. The main difference is the addition of the IIm7–V7–I7 progression. This progression occurs a whopping four times—in measures 4, 8, 10, and 12—in this jazz version of the 12-bar blues. Because of this added harmonic complexity, it is incredibly important to gain familiarity with ideas that work over this crucial progression.
Fig. 4, Fig. 5, and Fig. 6 consist of a simple idea that makes use of 7th-chord arpeggios over the progression. These examples cover the three key centers you'll encounter in the blues progression. This idea, initially codified during the bebop era, can be heard in a vast amount of recorded jazz solos and is not specific to the guitar.
Once you gain some technical fluency with these licks, it's time to incorporate them over the entire blues progression. This can prove to be a bit tricky at first, but once you get a handle on the idea it will become second nature in no time. When playing through Fig. 7, it is helpful to think of the two-measure licks in Figures 4, 5, and 6 as two separate licks. Fig. 7 takes the second measure of the lick in Fig. 4 and breaks it up so you have something to play over each chord that isn't a part of the IIm–V7–I7 progression. Gaining technical proficiency with this idea will help take your playing to the next level.
Now that your IIm–V7–I7 language is gaining momentum, let's switch gears and look at some repetitive patterns. Playing a repetitive motif can generate excitement during an improvised solo, and the recurring nature of these phrases offer other rhythm section members an opportunity to react. Pat Martino and George Benson are masters of this technique.
Fig. 8 is one such repetitive pattern. As you will see, I have placed the pattern in four different areas on the guitar neck. The fourth example also changes the shape and includes a different articulation of the phrase. I have included some suggested articulations (hammer-ons/pull-offs/slides), but these are only suggestions. It's an important part of the process to find your own ways to articulate repetitive patterns.
Before moving on, check out Pat Martino improvising on "A Blues for Mickey-O" from his classic album, El Hombre. You will hear a lot of the improvisational material we are about to discuss.
Also, be sure to check out the video of Pat Martino on "All Blues" from Live at Yoshi's. This solo is a textbook example of these types of repetitive patterns.
Experiment with each of the four repetitive pattern variations in Fig. 8. Each variation could be played over an entire chorus of blues.


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Be sure not to miss the first game this season!
The Springboks will take on England on Saturday, June 9th at 17:00 in Durban.
Springboks vs England – 1st Test preview
RYAN VREDE analyses the key match-ups and picks the winner in Saturday's match at Kings Park.
It has been 12 years since England beat the Springboks in South Africa, but you get the sense they strongly believe they can snap that streak. Their quiet confidence is likely rooted primarily in this new-look group having had a strong Six Nations campaign, in which they beat France away, extended preparation time and the Springboks' limitations in this regard.
They also give you the impression they think that is their most gifted squad in years. However, while they have some players of high promise in their back division, I have reservations about their pack's ability to match the Springboks' physicality.
The gain line battle is unfailingly key to victory in Test matches and with the the Springboks' key strike runners all boasting appreciable bulk, they will be expected to boss this facet of play on attack. England's 10-12 axis of Owen Farrell and Brad Barritt will be targeted, with Frans Steyn in particular asked to test their defensive resolve, a battle I believe he will win.
England, however, will encounter an opponent high on defensive aggression, but, given the aforementioned preparation time, relatively low on synergy. If they can get the likes of Manu Tuilagi into space, the midfielder could ask some stern questions, especially if he isolates counterpart Jean de Villiers, who isn't accustomed to the defensive demands of a position coaches agree is the hardest to defend in.
South Africa will hope to limit Tuilagi and co's attacking opportunities to deep in their own territory through a kick-chase tactic. Here's where there are some concerns. Scrumhalf Francois Hougaard will be asked to kick regularly, but this facet of his game hasn't been strong in Super Rugby. England, if granted broken-field opportunities through poor kicks England have the personnel to punish their hosts. Hougaard must deliver a kicking performance that surpasses anything he has produced this season. His showing in this facet of play at Soccer City in 2010 suggests he has it in him. Here's hoping he replicates that performance.
The other area of interest is the line outs, where debutant Juandre Kruger will take command. The Bulls man has been central to the their success at the set piece (no team has stolen more balls, or is own secure on their own feed) and by all accounts has a Matfield-like dedication to studying the opposition's line out. Given that the majority of tries in Test rugby in the last two years have been birthed from line out feeds in or just outside the opposition's 22, Kruger will be absolutely key to the Springboks' success. England have a relatively new second-row combination as well, so they may not have the experience and tactical intelligence to exploit vulnerabilities here. I sense Kruger will step up.
Despite Hougaard's aforementioned kicking concerns, in Morne Steyn, Zane Kirchner and Frans Steyn they have enough tactical kickers to limit England to launches from unfavourable field positions. I expect them to succeed in their bid to pressure England into infringements and turnovers in their territory. Morne Steyn's goal kicking will again be decisive and, with Frans Steyn's gun boot, England will also be acutely aware of ill-discipline in positions that would not usually be kickable ones.
The Boks also have a far superior bench that will galvanise them as the second half wears on. All this points to towards a successful start to Heyneke Meyer's reign and an important psychological blow in the three-Test series.
VREDE'S CALL: Springboks by 9
Springboks – 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jean de Villiers (c), 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Beast Mtawarira.
Subs: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Coenie Oosthuizen, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Keegan Daniel, 20 Ruan Pienaar, 21 Pat Lambie, 22 Wynand Olivier.
England – 15 Mike Brown, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manusamoa Tuilagi, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Ben Foden, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Chris Robshaw (c), 6 Tom Johnson, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Mouritz Botha, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Joe Marler.
Subs: 16 Lee Mears, 17 Paul Doran Jones, 18 Tom Palmer, 19 Phil Dowson, 20 Lee Dickson, 21 Toby Flood, 22 Jonathan Joseph
Have a wonderful weekend, stay warm!
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Puerto del Rosario
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Puerto del Rosario
- Autonomous region: Canary Islands
- Province/Island: Fuerteventura
Washed by the crystal-clear blue waters of the Atlantic, Puerto del Rosario is a lively commercial city full of attractions for tourists. Sheltering behind the major port, the capital of Fuerteventura grew as a neat collection of houses of whitewashed streets turned towards a picturesque promenade. And alongside it, villages full of local colour and a beautiful coastline equipped with modern facilities and ideal for windsurfing.
Puerto del Rosario emerged at the end of the 18th century as a small cattle-raising centre on the current bay. The city, known then as Puerto de Cabras, was transformed in the middle of the 18th century into a prosperous commercial port, a fact which favoured it being declared capital of Fuerteventura in 1860, a status which until then was held by Betancuria.A city which is excellently connected by sea and air, Puerto del Rosario currently provides the chief port of access to the island, as well offering a good many tourist attractions, such as mild temperatures year-round and the beautiful beaches which cover its coastline. Beaches such as Puerto Lajas, Jarugo and Playa Blanca, this last one equipped with modern infrastructure which includes hotels, restaurants, shops and sports facilities. Any of these places has optimum conditions for surfing, windsurfing or sailing, not forgetting underwater sports such as scuba diving or spear fishing. Culture and HeritageStrolling through the historic quarter of Puerto del Rosario, the visitor will find a bright collection of whitewashed streets which house outstanding examples of architecture, such as the church of Nuestra Señora del Rosario, or the House- Museum of Miguel de Unamuno, located in a 19th century house. Photographs, furniture from the 20th century and other effects from the age make for an interesting tour of these premises, at which the Spanish writer lodged.Something else to attract tourists is located on the Promenade, converted into a genuine open-air gallery thanks to the sculptures of snails by the Canary Islands sculptor Juan Bordes.Surrounding areaLeaving the capital behind, Fuerteventura has many surprises in store for us. The dryness of its earth has given rise to the formation of ravines, while along the coast stretch heavenly beaches of fine sand and incredible dunes beside a sea of turquoise water. The sea is precisely one of the greatest attractions the island offers, not only because of the fascinating biological diversity hidden in the sea depths, but also because it is one of the best places in the world to do sail sports and above all windsurfing, a sport which each year attracts thousand of fans and professionals to the place.The island of Fuerteventura has several tourist centres. At the northern end we can visit Corralejo, a town which has an extensive beach of dunes. In the centre, only a few kilometres from the capital, is Caleta de Fustes. Further south, on the Jandía peninsula, is the chief tourist infrastructure on the island, with centres such as Costa Calma, located next to the beach of Sotavento, and Morro Jable. Those who wish to can take up windsurfing and other water sports such as surfing or scuba diving in any of the schools which exist in these places.The sparse population of the island has allowed the conservation of almost unspoilt ecosystems such as the Corralejo Nature Reserve, which occupies the northeastern strip of the island and is outstanding because of its imposing coastal dunes. Opposite is the Islote de Lobos Nature Reserve, with a valuable habitat in which native species of flowers grow. Lastly, in the south is the Jandía Nature Reserve, an area which is home to abundant examples of the islands' fauna and flora. GastronomyThe gastronomy of the islands is based both on produce of the land and on excellent fresh fish provided by its coastline. Species such as "vieja" (a local fish), horse mackerel or sama (similar to sea bream) are usually served fried or roast, although salted fish is also traditional. Outstanding in the meat department is roast baifo (kid) and roasted or marinated pork. Not forgetting recipes for other traditional Canary Islands specialities, such as Canary Islands stew and papas arrugadas (potatoes boiled in their jackets) with mojos (typical sauces). Fuerteventura cheese, made from goat's milk, enjoys much acclaim and has its own Designation of Origin standard.The only wines in the province are produced in neighbouring Lanzarote, outstanding among whose Designation of Origin standard is the magnificent produce of the Malvasía variety, with aromatic whites and delicious sweet wines.
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Chaparral quarterback/wideout Christian Gann committed to Air Force on Sunday, according to ColoradoPrepReport.com.
Gann, who started the first five games at quarterback after Andrew Loudenback was ruled ineligible, threw for 912 yards and 13 touchdowns this season. He also caught 24 passes for 376 yards and six touchdowns after Loudenback came back.


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"Zagazoo" is an absolute must for every new parent - The story is brilliant and the pictures just lovely! One of my favourite children's books of all time
My kids get really sad when Gerald is teased, but you can feel their exhilaration at the end, when he finds his own way in "Giraffes Can't Dance."
My husband was given this book ("Oh the Places You'll Go") by his boss when he started as a financial advisor and its inspiring for children and adults. My favourite line is "With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street... Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you."
"Possum Magic" is an australian classic (happy Australia Day for tomorrow!). Mem Fox is a master storyteller.
And talking about master storytellers, here's another one by Dr Seuss. "I'll watch out for trouble in front and back sections By aiming my eyeballs in different directions." Good advice!
We have tonnes of books bulging from our bookshelves, but these have been great additions. Although I must say, my kid's favourite is their dad's made up stories - can't beat them (my dad used to tell us made up stories and we loved them too.)
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OK, working on today's sketch, I had a clear goal in mind - use the two stamp sets that have been waiting listlessly for ink on my desk for a few weeks now - by hook or by crook! I actually went to sleep planning this card last night, knowing I was facing another color challenge this morning! The really funny thing is that all these colors are out on the class table right now for this week's Easter class - so maybe I'm starting to channel color challenges better! I do love, love, LOVE this combo - so fresh and Spring-y! Perfect for putting out the Easter decor today!
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How Lawyers For Settlers Of Catan Abuse IP Law To Take Down Perfectly Legal Competitors
from the i'll-trade-you-some-wheat-for-a-clue deptA few years back, some friends introduced me to the board game Settlers of Catan, which has become quite popular in Silicon Valley. I did eventually buy a copy of the game, and at one point my wife wondered if there was also a software version. After searching around, we discovered that the lawyers for the company that makes Catan seem incredibly aggressive, as there clearly had been some software versions around, but one by one, most of them had disappeared. There were some licensed versions, but they actually weren't that good. It was unfortunate.
So I was interested a few weeks ago when Michael Weinberg, a lawyer at Public Knowledge, put up a discussion about whether or not there was an IP violation in doing 3D printings of Catan pieces. He explained why there actually was no actual violations there. In reading that, I realized that most of the same arguments would apply to software as well... and like magic, someone popped up in the comments to that post, noting that he had written an Android clone of Catan, and their lawyers had forced it down. Weinberg has now written a detailed explanation of why the lawyers for Catan are flat-out wrong and are abusing intellectual property law to stifle competition.
You should read the whole thing, but the key points are that only parts of the game are covered by copyright: the graphics, for example. But if you're using different graphics, you should be fine. The Android app was using different graphics. Board game rules are also not copyrightable, as they're like a recipe. Catan's lawyers claim that their rules are covered by copyright because the rules "create a protectable fable." Weinberg points out that this is "simply ridiculous." He walks through the fable, and breaks it down piece by piece to show how it's not copyrightable at all.
Although this assertion is highly questionable as a general principle, in this case it is simply ridiculous. As far as I can tell the "fable" in question is this:Then there's the trademark claim. Clearly, "Settlers of Catan" is covered by trademark, so if you were offering a product by the same name, that's in violation. But the Android app was called "Island Settlers" which is not infringing. Catan's lawyers claimed that because the developer mentions Catan, that makes it trademark infringement, but that's ludicrous. If you are accurately describing that a game is "like" Catan, there's no trademark infringement. In fact, you're specifically showing that there's no likelihood of confusion, because you're admitting that the games are not from the same source. As Weinberg notes, it's perfectly legal, if you're selling replacement parts for a Toyota Camry to mention that they work for a Camry, and thus it's perfectly legal to say you've made a game like Catan, or which matches with Catan, and not violate the trademark.Players are recent immigrants to the newly populated island of Catan. Expand your colony through the building of settlements, roads, and villages by harvesting commodities from the land around you. Trade sheep, lumber, bricks and grain for a settlement, bricks and wood for a road, or try to complete other combinations for more advanced buildings, services and specials.Everything beyond the first sentence simply describes the gameplay. The first sentence "Players are recent immigrants to the newly populated island of Catan" is far from a wildly original piece of storytelling, and may not be able to be protected by copyright at all. Even if you could protect that one sentence with copyright, if that sentence allows Catan to protect its game then "Nations are at war, fighting to control the globe" would protect Go, Chess, Checkers, Risk, Connect Four, and just about any board game in the world. Maybe even Catan. There is very little by way of original work to protect in that "fable," and certainly nothing to extend to the rules of Settlers of Catan. I am willing to bet that very few lawyers would be willing to make Catan's assertion in front of a judge.
Unfortunately, the lawyers toss out all sorts of otherwise incorrect information and claims about intellectual property law, and the developer admits that, even if they're wrong, he feels he has no choice but to give up, because he can't afford to fight any sort of lawsuit, no matter how bogus it might be.
As Weinberg points out, this is the worst kind of legal bullying:
The email exchange between Catan and Neil is the worst kind of ignorant (let's assume it was ignorance) legal bullying. It is full of patently incorrect or misleading statements of US law, punctuated by threats to pull the developer into court if he fails to submit. It is a shameful example of a company trying to control what the law does not allow it to control by relying on fear and an inability to afford to go to court.Tragically, this how much of the law works today.
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At first I didn't realise the magnitude of the damage that these floods have caused but imagine losing everything that you've always taken for granted like precious memories in the form of photos & personal belongings - destroyed, loved ones missing, injured or even taken by the floods; I realised that it must be extremely tough and heartbreaking.
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AEMO is incorporated as a company limited by guarantee under the Corporations Act. We operate on a cost recovery basis and recover our operating costs through fees paid by market participants. Our members are made up of Australian governments (60%) and industry participants (40%).
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text: These are some preliminary thoughts from a first viewing of Martin Scorsese's Hugo. I'm in the process of writing a chapter on representations of Georges Méliès for a forthcoming book, so this will be one of my primary texts, and I'll need to watch it again. I thought I would assemble some notes as I go along. As a result, this might read like a string of disjointed observations at times, but hopefully there will be some points of interest for you along the way. I'm happy to discuss the film, too, and I'm aware that it has divided moviegoers in a way that it didn't necessarily divide the critics. A quick perusal (which is all anyone should usually have to endure) of the IMDB comments page will give evidence of popular objections to the film. It was looking like a weighty flop on its domestic release, but Hugo will probably just about claw back its $170million budget (the best evidence that this greenlit at a time when it looked like 3D was an infallible cash-cow) when the totals are added up from international markets. So, please leave me a comment if you have an opinion about this film. Continue reading


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At 10, Jane Cohen of Moorestown is already a veteran of Pennsylvania Ballet's George Balanchine's The Nutcracker. In the last two seasons she's been the bunny, an angel, and a grandchild.
This year's goal was to be a girl in the party scene and a Polichinelle - one of the children who emerge from Mother Ginger's immense skirt.
Instead, she was stunned to find herself cast as Marie, the female child lead.
Jane had dreamed one day of landing the coveted role, but "I thought maybe two years from now."
Nor was she the only one so happily surprised.
"I was hoping I'd get Fritz," the part of Marie's little brother, said Aidan Duffy, 9, of Philadelphia. "I screamed when I was Fritz!"
Then he was doubly shocked to learn that he also had been cast as the Prince, the male child lead, in alternating performances.
For the first time in more than 20 years, Pennsylvania Ballet opted against auditioning children from across the region for its Nutcracker; instead, the field was narrowed to students at its own School of Pennsylvania Ballet, which reopened in 2012 after a 22-year hiatus - a feat they hadn't expected to swing after just one year. But, said Arantxa Ochoa, who retired as a company principal in 2012 to become lead teacher at the school, "The kids are ready."
Ochoa taught the children bits of choreography before parts were assigned. To make things work size-wise, the three girls and two boys chosen to dance Marie and the Prince are new to the roles, and younger than those usually selected.
Along with Jane, Abbie Rorke, 11, of Philadelphia, and Grace Arrison, 10, of Malvern, will dance Marie. Aidan and Josh Selvin, 11, of Bala Cynwyd, will alternate in the roles of the Prince and Fritz. Tino Karakousis, 7, of Philadelphia, will also dance Fritz.
In all, 93 of the school's 145 students have been cast in the ballet, including some advanced students who are filling corps de ballet parts previously given to freelance dancers.
Of the children not cast, most are too tall. A third Prince was chosen, a boy who danced the role last year, but when he tried on the costume he found he had outgrown it. Another potential Prince, Jonathan Block, instead is performing in the Walnut Street Theatre's current production of Elf.
For months, Nutcracker was all the talk around the barre at the ballet's school.
"A lot of people told me I'd be Marie, but I didn't believe them," Abbie said. She was even more skeptical when summer passed with no word from the company - children dancing Marie and the Prince traditionally get early notice so they have more time to prepare.
"They didn't tell us anything," Grace agreed, though it was worth the wait: "I cried when I was Marie."
But casting only children from the School of Pennsylvania Ballet changed the game, Ochoa said. In the past, they worked with children from all over the region and thus around a variety of schedules. Weekends were the only time kids could rehearse.
Now, she said, "During the week we can rehearse. We finish class and then we have rehearsal."
Still, it isn't easy. Some days the students attend their academic schools, then have up to 21/2 hours of ballet class, followed by another two hours of rehearsal before they can go home.
It's enough to make a child act like a child.
"He gives you a little kiss," Ochoa instructed at a recent rehearsal for the five leads. Jane giggled as Aidan bent over to plant one on her outstretched hand.
"You cannot laugh," Ochoa gently scolded. "Are you going to laugh in the show?"
Josh - whose great-grandmother, Seraphina Taylor Cohen, danced with the Atlanta Ballet - observed helpfully that "the Prince and Marie used to be older, so the Prince and Marie used to be taller and more mature."
True, says Ochoa, but she feels that's part of her pint-size cast's charm.
"They have an innocence that goes with Marie," she said "They are little girls, they don't have to pretend. You're just looking at the story. It's not about having the perfect technique. It's about being a young girl, Christmas Eve, being excited. They are innocent and pure."
The young dancers have bars to clear. "I think the Prince and Fritz is hard," Aidan said of his combo casting. "We're told to be very big" for the Prince, Josh added, "and then very evil" - or at least bratty - for Fritz.
Still, they are up for the challenge. "It's great for them," Ochoa said. "They show a completely different side. They have to completely change."
"I like the battle [between the mice and soldiers], because there's a lot of acting," Abbie said. "And when the bed spins, it's going to be awesome."
"I like the battle, and the beginning of Act 2, because that's where the crowd claps the most," Josh said. "And we get to fly away at the end!" Aidan added.
Pennsylvania Ballet is planning future seasons with their students in mind. Meanwhile, last spring, Abbie and Grace danced with Dance Theatre of Harlem at the Annenberg Center, and in Pennsylvania Ballet's Midsummer Night's Dream. The company will repeat Midsummer in June at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and plans to bring its children's cast along.
But for now, the roles of Marie and the Prince are the pinnacle of children's ballet stardom, in a Nutcracker filled with magical moments.
"It's like their dream," Ochoa said.
Is it also the first step toward their destiny? Abbie and Aidan said they weren't sure they wanted to dance professionally, while Josh said he might like to follow in his great-grandmother's steps.
"I want to be a dancer when I grow up," said Grace, whose mother studied with Pacific Northwest Ballet. "It's been my dream since I was 3."
Jane has it all planned out. "When I'm 16, I want to go to Paris and I want to be in Paris Opera Ballet for two years. And then I want to be an astrophysicist."
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Well, fast forward a few hours, and ... I won! Took down 1st place out of 29 entrants for a $615 score on the $60 buy-in! Since I apparently love the bulletpoint format, following are some miscellaneous details & thoughts about the experience, (my first ever non-home game live tournament cash... let alone victory)...:
- Never underestimate the incompetence of humankind. While there was definitely a handful of players there that knew what they were doing... there was far more that certainly did not! To me, as far as skill level is concerned, ~$50-$100 LIVE tournaments are similar to the $10 buy-in MTTs online.
- My reads rock! People don't seem to try very hard to mask their holdings. I was surprised by the number of physical tells that were easily picked up on, not to mention betting patterns being very easily decipherable. (Pardon my floating my own boat here, but that's my arrogant nature, and if you visit this blog you're used to it by now.) Every single time I made a move that was due to a read, it worked out exactly as intended. Love it when a plan comes together.
- Some people just don't have a clue! This one OLD bitch, (who actually started the tournament giving Matt an angry earful about his bad attitude / poor etiquette, for his choice to only show one of his hole cards after winning a pot,) couldn't understand the game if she was Doyle Brunson's mistress! The old hag (who wore a nasty looking perpetual scowl on her face, as if someone had put poison ivy in her Depends,) had just 9k in chips w/blinds at 1,500/3k, and she chooses to LIMP from MP... her and the BB see a flop of 389, BB checks, she shoves for her other 6k into a pot of 8,500, and the BB makes the call with 73o. She turns over AJo... and after bricking the turn & river she vents about her bad "luck," and the big blind's "gamble" of a call!!!??? WTF?! Some people should stick to Pinochle!
- It's my belief that building one's own table image, or at least understanding of what one's own table image has become, is as much, if not more important than getting reads on villains themselves. After purposefully illustrating a very weak/tight nature throughout the first couple levels, I was able to easily exploit the tables' belief that I only played top holdings.
- And, (in this week's note from Captain Obvious,) winning tournaments does require a bit of luck. While I cannot recall ever getting it in behind, I did have the fabulous good fortune to be dealt QQ and JJ while five handed, and in the cash... each held up to knock out competitors' Ax hands that had pushed into me, and this catapulted me to a massive lead going into the final three. Without these two huge pots, taking down the tournament would've required much more of a grind.
- Taking first place not only won me the $615 prize, but also entry into the casino's monthly $1,500 freeroll, which takes place this Sunday. That's where I'll be to watch NFL games this week. Evidently the handful of tourney winners, and those with the most hours logged at their live games for the month get free entry into a 3table tourney where the top 9 make the cash in a monthly giveaway.
- I suppose I really didn't "net" all that much, considering I did tip $75 to the very friendly dealers, and gifted my two buddies a return on their buyins, to make it a freeroll for 'em... and, of course, spent a decent chunk on contraband before the night was over. But still, I've got ~$350 I didn't have at this time yesterday! Good enough to put me in a good mood going into the weekend.
Hope all is well with you and yours. Have a great weekend...
'Til next time...
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Suzy Schaefer has always loved the versatile and colorful succulents that make her San Diego-area garden so arresting--but never more so than in October 2007. That's when the Witch Creek Fire, riding on wild Santa Ana winds, raged down a canyon full of eucalyptus and palm trees, forced residents to evacuate, and was finally foiled just six feet short of the handsome Southwestern-style home Suzy and husband Rob had built in 1999. The house across the street was consumed by flames, but Suzy credits the moisture-filled succulents and ground cover she began using instead of grass years ago as nature's fire-fighting heroes. The plants resist drought, too.
Not that the property--with its meandering flagstone pathways, courtyard gardens, fireplace-accented veranda, and rooftop deck ideal for stargazing--escaped unscathed. The awe in her voice as she describes the aftermath reflects Suzy's love of nature, even at its cruelest: "It looked like a moonscape. The house didn't burn, but we had smoke damage and tons of ash. Some plants just melted. And some of our palm trees went up like sparklers--fires love them!" While many of the property's beautiful, slow-growing Canary Island palms were burned by the fire and had to be bulldozed, those the couple had moved close to the house when they were building it survived.
Having built three homes in the community, Suzy has learned to give palm trees and larger vegetation a head start as long as they are not in the way of construction. Putting them in later can be expensive, time-consuming, and tricky. "In the framing stage, I had our landscape architect, Robert Dean, walk through the house with me and look through all of the window openings to make sure the gardens could be seen from the inside; he'd never been asked to do that before and he thought that it was very strange!"
An artist whose approach to the garden is painterly, Suzy loves the view from her studio window--a long vista with meandering paths and plants weaving in and out. "I like to make cool and warm colors complement each other--a blue plant next to a red or yellow. I love mounding, and I arrange my garden so it undulates. Sometimes I create scenes within gigantic pots five feet across, which kids love. The plants are the Lilliputians and I'm Gulliver."
Suzy gardened traditionally until the shapes and blossoms of succulents began intriguing her during visits to exotic-plant nurseries. She loves the look of plants of the same type massed together. "When I went to Lotusland [a public garden] in Santa Barbara, I was fascinated to see that they do the same thing." Suzy opens her garden for tours so that people who have only seen succulents in pots--not in the ground--will see how beautiful, water-conserving, and erosion-controlling they are.
"They're almost embarrassingly easy," she admits. She only waters her two-acre yard for a short time twice a week except at the height of summer. To propagate, she cuts off a piece of a plant, dabs the end in Root Tone, pokes her finger in the ground, and sticks the plant inside. Can it be that easy? She and her gorgeous fire-fighting succulents make it look that way.
Photography: John Granen
Produced by Andrea Caughey
The orange and yellow of an aeonium plant beautifully evoke the desert sunset.
A before shot of the home.
Rob and Suzy Schaefer's handsome Southwestern-style home.
Aloe striata adds vibrancy.
Mexican pots create interest at the California residence's front door.
The verticality of this grouping of pink aloe striata, yellow kangaroo paws, and Dasylirion longissimum (Mexican grass tree) shows Suzy's keen eye for composition.
Tulbaghia, which is also known as society garlic, adds color.
Painter Suzy, who is a pro with both her brush and spade.
A path leading to the vegetable garden illustrates Suzy's fondness for verticality. She eschews plants that are too quill-like or spiky.
Brilliant bougainvllea.
A before shot of the back veranda.
With its dramatic fireplace and beamed ceiling, the back veranda is ideal for entertaining.
The pink and purple colors of Echeveria 'Afterglow' ensure that it has a starring role in the Schaefers' garden.
Shaded by a melaleuca tree, the bench was created out of rock left from the home's construction. It's part of a restful vignette that hints at the couple's love of Southwestern touches, including rock slabs from Mexico in the garden and Western art inside the home.
Vignettes like this one are scattered throughout the garden, adding interest at every turn.
Party-friendly, this covered area has a coffee table made from a Mexican door. It's cozy here even when it's raining.
No wonder Rob growls when Suzy wants to move one of these pots--they're five feet wide and made of concrete!
Cotyledon blossoms.
Crassula pubescens.
Suzy finds painting and gardening have much in common; fellow artists gather weekly at her home.
The garden plan.
Work in progress.
The bell gives a Mission feeling.
A pleasing grouping.
An exotic look.
Down the garden path.
Inside Suzy's studio.
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EXCLUSIVE: Angus Wall will direct segments of the interactive feature from Raw Shark Texts author Steven Hall.
Financier Bob Benton of Bob & Co and ex-Ruby Films producer Andy Brunskill are launching SUMS Film and Media with multi-stranded interactive thriller Phone Book.
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David Fincher's two-time Oscar winning editor Angus Wall (The Social Network, The Girl With the Dragon Tatttoo) will direct segments of the BFI Film Fund-backed feature based on a short story by Raw Shark Texts author Steven Hall.
Hall will adapt central strands of the film with additional screenwriters contributing storylines. A numbers of filmmakers, yet to be announced, will contribute to the direction.
Hall's story Stories For A Phone Book Page charts the intertwining of disparate characters whose lives converge after a series of mysterious events. SUMS' spin on the project will see characters' stories accessed through a tablet or smart phone interface that will feed into and out of the feature.
According to Benton and Brunskill, SUMS will focus on content for "new digital platforms, traditional theatrical releases, and the integration of the two."
Other SUMS development projects include a teen gang war epic based on the non-fiction book Teenage: The Creation Of Youth 1875-1945 by Jon Savage and The Winter Ghosts, a co-production with Ruby Film and Television to be adapted from the original Kate Mosse novel by Rory Kinnear (We Need To Talk About Kevin).
Bob & Co's Benton said: "Andy is one of the brightest of a new generation of 360 degree entrepreneurial producers. His new entity SUMS gives us a route to take today's hottest filmmaking talent into the growing demands of the digital world for exciting, fresh content. Phone Book is a perfect example of this new approach in action."
Andy Brunskill added: "As a young company we're forward thinking, whether it's working with the hottest new talent, developing cutting edge material, or exploiting the latest platforms. Phone Book is an ideal calling card as it encompasses all three.
"The great thing about it is it's interactive and offers a new level of viewer experience, but not in an overly 'techy' way: the concept as a whole is simple and comes from a traditional character-driven filmmaking background. In this instance the platform itself is part of the creative and will evolve simultaneously with our growing stable of talent and content."


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Interior photographs, circa 1915
Parte deLucile, Ltd. records, 1910-1925
4 items - Interior photographs from New York and Chicago branches of Lucile Ltd
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Parte deLucile, Ltd. records, 1910-1925
Materials from old--US.NNFIT.220.127.116.11 (Box 1) except for sketches. A mix of photographs of interiors, models and theater personalities. Instead of attempting to locate the context for the model photographs they will be left in this original arrang...
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Lucile, Ltd. records, 1910-1925
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Seymour Troy collection, 1936-1977, bulk 1936-1940
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Lord & Taylor collection, 1826-2010
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Elizabeth Hawes papers, 1967-1970
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Eric de Juan sketch collection, 1927-1989
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Stephen Burrows collection, 1969-2012
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The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree program is designed for students who have a bachelor's degree in an academic discipline of the Liberal Arts and who desire professional preparation for teaching. The MAT program will prepare students for teaching certification including the elementary, middle school, and high school levels.
Admission to Program
Students seeking admission to the Master of Arts in Teaching degree program must meet the admissions criteria of the School of Graduate Studies. In order to be eligible for admission to the MAT program, students must have earned a bachelor's degree in an academic discipline of the Liberal Arts listed as the following: Art, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English, Foreign Language, History, Mathematics, Music. Other admission criteria include:
- Graduation from an accredited institution with a liberal arts degree.
- An over-all GPA of 3.0 in an undergraduate academic discipline.
- Three letters of recommendation.
- A personal interview.
- A Miller Analogies Test score.
Program of Study
The MAT Program requires the completion of 43 graduate credits, including a full semester of supervised teaching to qualify for the degree. The program of study consists of the following course requirements:EDUC-500 Introduction to Teaching (3 Credits)
EDUC.501 Cognitive Basic for Instruction (3 Credits)
SPED-582 The Exceptional Child (3 Credits)
EDSR.504 Introduction to Educational Research (3 Credits)
EDUC.515 Effective Utilization of Computers (3 Credits)
EDSR-517 Action Research in the Classroom (3 Credits)
REED-518 Teaching Reading in Content Areas (3 Credits)
EDUC.519 Socio-Cultural Context of Schooling (3 Credits)
Elective (3 Credits)
EDUC-523 Methods of Teaching/Content Areas (3 Credits)
EDUC-524 Student Teaching (Internship) (12 Credits)
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Michael Jordan may be a big fan of beer pong (because he cheats at it), but fellow NBA legend Charles Barkley is unfamiliar with the game. Chuck got a chance to play it for the first time on HLN this week, and the results weren't pretty.
Barkley's shooting form may be god-awful, but his questions and concerns about the game are valid. Why get drunk by playing a game instead of just drinking beer like a normal person? Because college kids are stupid, Charles. They are very stupid.


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Objective: To help team leaders review their values with their teams and ask for input on how well their actions are aligned with these values. As a result of this activity, leaders will be able to:
- Solicit feedback from others on how their values and actions are aligned
- Identify perceived gaps where their actions are not aligned with their stated values
Audience: Leaders and their intact teams. Optimum group size: 6 to 10 (minimum of 2 participants; maximum of 15).
Time Required: 90 minutes
Materials Needed/Set Up:
- Copies of the team leaders Defining Your Values completed worksheet for each participant
- Flipchart paper and easel
- Markers
1. The team leader introduces the activity.
- If participants have not yet taken the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) or been introduced to The Leadership Challenge, provide a brief overview upfront.
- Explain that the best leaders have developed clarity about the core personal values that most guide them, and they work to ensure that their actions are aligned with those values. Team leaders should make the following points:
- Leaders need to Do What You Say You Will Do -DWYSYWD.
- Authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, in The Leadership Challenge ® Workshop, pose this question: "If your team found a sheet of paper with your values on it, without your name, would they know those are your values?" And an even tougher question: "If your team found your values on a sheet of paper with your name at the top, would they agree based on the actions they see every day?
- I hope that I align my actions with my values so that each is transparent to you.
- As a leader, I thought it would be helpful for me, as well as for us as a team, to get deeper into the questions that Kouzes and Posner pose.
2. Describe the process that will follow:
- Participants will be asked to share what actions of the team leader they see that demonstrate the leader's personal values. What other things could the leader do to better demonstrate his/her values at work?
- If working with an outside facilitator, explain his/her role; the team leader will be leaving the room. Assure the team that they can be candid.
- Team leaders facilitating the session remain in the room to facilitate the discussion.
- A third option is for team leaders to conduct these conversations one-on-one with team members.
3. Distribute the leaders completed Defining Your Values handout and explain that these personal reflections define what each value means and why it is so important. Remind participants that the focus will be only on those values that team members can see demonstrated at work. NOTE: Team leaders can decide, for example, whether or not to ask participants to examine in-depth how actions at work are aligned with such values as Faith. This will take about ten minutes.
Share the following examples:
- So if one of my (the leaders) values is relationships, and you believe that I allow time for team discussion and fun to build our relationships, my actions would be aligned with that value.
- If, on the other hand, one of my values is honesty/integrity and you have noticed that I don't share information with you, that might mean my actions are not aligned with my values.
4. Clarify that the team understands the process and then, if the team leader is facilitating the activity, he/she leaves the room. Allow twenty to thirty minutes for discussion.
5. Facilitate the discussion, taking up to 40 minutes. Write each value at the top of a flipchart page. On the right side of the page, solicit from the team a list of those actions aligned with this value; on the left, list the actions that are not aligned. For example:
|Actions That Are Aligned
|Actions That Are Not Aligned
|He/she gives me honest feedback
|Didn't share information about a recent change until after we found out
|Is honest about his/her thoughts about the company and our team
|Doesn't share that he/she has information, but it is confidential
|Always does the right thing for the customer
|Talks negatively about changes when they happen
- For each value, ask for examples of how the leader demonstrates this value, and when he/she could demonstrate it more, or differently. Ask participants to give specifics when necessary.
- The facilitator should monitor the time discussion so that there is plenty of time to capture information for each value.
6. Debrief. The leader returns to the room and asks the facilitator to present the results of the discussion. The leader can ask questions to clarify meanings, and the facilitator can provide input to help clarify
- NOTE TO TEAM LEADERS: In some cases, the actions team members mention do not match with your idea of how you act regarding your defined values. It is important to not react defensively. Ask for examples to clarify. Share your responses and what you learn from the activity.
Team Leader Wrap Up: Share with the group that leadership is a continuous learning process and that your continued development relies on your deliberate practice to align your actions and values, as well as the feedback that your fellow teammates give you. Ask the group to continue to provide feedback when they see actions that are either aligned or not aligned with your espoused values. Set up regular "touch-base" meetings, either individually or as a group to solicit additional feedback.
- Let the team know that you value their input and feedback. Ask them to look for times when you are demonstrating your values and times when you could focus more on your values.
- Thank the group for their participation.
Excerpted from the just-released The Leadership Challenge Values Cards Facilitators Guide by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner with Jo Bell and Renee Harness. Read more about this and our other new products, Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) Action Cards and its associated Facilitators Guide , in this month's Rants and Raves.
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Embellish your home decor with Eastern mythos with this outstanding two-door acacia wood storage cabinet, a stunning fusion of hand-crafted Thai elegance and mystique. This fabulous piece features swirling, intricately hand-carved dragons on the doors and side panels, and houses a spacious interior with each individual scale on the dragons\' bodies masterfully created by talented Thai artisans.\n
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