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Re-imagined for IT OperationsAs applications and services grow in complexity, IT Operations is seeing a very real need for an application-first approach to infrastructure management. Next-generation Application Performance Management (APM) tools deliver on the promise of detection, isolation, and remediation of both applications and infrastructure issues. This user-centric approach delivers deep insight for better, faster decision-making, reduced manual effort for IT staff, and more satisfied business users.
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End-user experience monitoring (EUEM)
Active End-User Experience Monitoring
This feature monitors the behavioral context of how end users interact with applications. By using advanced JavaScript injection for both monitoring and discovery of user interaction with web applications and services, IT has an avenue to measure actual service quality.
Passive End-User Experience Monitoring
Passive end-user experience management captures network traffic – performing analytics on application performance. This capability is key in troubleshooting problems as they occur. Using actual inbound web traffic, passive end-user experience management examines applications as users interact with them – allowing IT to associate the actions users have taken with the behavior of the application.
Synthetic Transaction Management
Synthetic Transaction Management uses scripted recordings of web transactions to simulate the expected behavior of end users. These continuously monitored paths measure KPIs in relation to an application or service. This feature gives IT an instant read on whether an application is experiencing problems before an actual user is affected by the degraded state as it does not require actual web transactions to occur.
Application topology, discovery and visualization
Discover each component and device associated with an application. This insight into the topology of the application allows IT Operations to leverage a detailed view of application health for triage and remediation – all from the end-user perspective.
User-defined transaction profiling
The value of discovery is compounded when used alongside infrastructure management – allowing IT to get a laser-focused view of the events associated with the impacted application. Application Context Views are automatically detected providing IT operations with a simple application model that gives IT a spring-board for problem resolution.
Broader business service modeling and application models can be built by integrating the solution with the CMDB and discovery and dependency mapping.
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Drill down into the application to uncover abnormal behaviors at a component level, such as latency, outages, and transaction rates, revealing where infrastructure is having problems. This feature helps IT find out what transactions are not occurring properly and isolate reports to see what is normal for this particular activity. IT can drill down into these deep diagnostics. With deep-dive capabilities, IT can see an end-user experience problem and immediately drill down to the affected components. Understanding the business impact of the infrastructure and the transactions that are occurring gives IT the ability to intelligently manage infrastructure, provide for future capacity, set service levels, and intelligently deliver products to market.
IT operations analytics (ITOA)
The best APM solutions bring together data from many diverse sources that comprise and interact with the modern application and identify patterns to focus resources on what matters most and when. Most importantly, the APM solution should discover patterns in the data that help IT operations find and fix problems fast and proactively identify opportunities to improve the application performance and customer experience.
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Manage IT from the end-user perspective
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Code-level insight and deep dive
Gain total visibility – from the profile of the end user, their transaction history with each application, and the overall performance of the application. End user experience management allows IT to trace the cause of application performance problems to the network, device or client-side – identifying impacted tiers and troubleshooting down to the code level. This insight helps IT operations solve problems faster.
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The Agri-Women's Development Trust (AWDT) is celebrating a second successful year with 14 graduates from its 2012 Escalator agricultural leadership programme.
The 10-month programme aims to create prospective future leaders with the skills and capability to govern and lead agricultural organisations and communities.
Federated Farmers Ruapehu provincial president and 2012 Escalator graduate Lyn Neeson said it gave her more awareness of what she can accomplish for agriculture.
"Federated Farmers opened a lot of doors for me, but Escalator has shown me how to work more effectively and get better outcomes from those opportunities."
Topics include leadership, governance, strategy, finance, communication, critical thinking and human resources.
"Escalator picks up these women who are doing a lot in their own areas and makes them realise their skills can translate into the national agricultural arena," Neeson says.


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Academy Award winner Chris Cooper will star in Discovery Channel's first scripted miniseries, Klondike.
The actor will play Father Judge in the story of six strangers fighting for wealth and survival during the gold rush in a small town in Canada's remote Klondike, the cable network announced today. The miniseries is based on Charlotte Gray's novel, Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike.
Klondike, set in the late 1890s, follows two childhood best friends, Bill and Epstein, who venture into a land of undiscovered wealth where they must face harsh conditions, unpredictable weather and dangerous characters.
Prison Break's Paul Scheuring is the primary writer.
Production will begin in March in Alberta, Canada. The premiere date has not been announced.


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Shining Force 2 <- amazing game, tops all my others by miles
Monster Hunter
RPG games were my all time favorite growing up (mostly due to the fact I was only allowed to have 1 game per year and had to chose a game I wouldn't get bored of within a few days). I did however list a few games that I played that arn't considered rpg games, but were good enough to keep me playing them over and over.
Zelda and Zelda 2
Final Fantasy
Dragon Warrior
Super Nintendo (Probably my all time favorite rpg platform):
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy 2
Final Fantasy 3
Secret of Mana
Secret of Evermore
illusion of Gaia
Lagoon (wish the game wasn't so short though)
Star Ocean (only available through translated ROM)
Shining Force
Shining Force 2
Sega CD:
Lunar 2
Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy Tactics
Legend of Dragoon
Star Ocean: The Second Story
Parasite Eve
Metal Gear Solid
Any game After the platform I found lacking in storyline, character buildup, exploration fun, and instead just focused only on graphics. So I put down the consol and started playing PC games:
Deus Ex
Counter Strike (1.3 - 1.5)
Ragnarok Online (up until they made 3rd class changes)
Lineage 2 (2003 - 2006, which is C1 - C6)
Anything after this has not been a game I have found and been able to actually enjoy playing. It's more been about something to keep me occupied out of complete boredom. ATM I am not playing any games due to the fact the mainstream has taken the companies over and caters to the WoW (ME) generation of troll losers who want to press 1 button, vs spending years to build up your character (through time put into it and not this rng crap) and when you finally reach end game you have your sense of accomplishment and are ready to war the other alliances in the fight for power, territory control, and fun.
I Quit.
Retired Gamer: all MMORPG's have been destroyed by big business, marketing of false promises, unprofessional game makers, and a generation of "I WIN and GIVE ME NOW" (brought to you by pokeman).
Wasteland and thnwe it's spiritual sequels Fallout 1 and 2
Might and Magic 1-6(not Heroes of)
Wizardry 1-3
Ultima 1-4
Gothic 1 and 2
AD&D Pools of Radiance(the original)
Baldur's Gate 1 and 2
Planescape Torment
Dungeon Mastwer 1 and 2
Black Crypt
Bard's Tale 1 and 2
White Wolf games in general really.
I prefer games that reward you for being clever not obscenely strong. if i can outsmart rather than overpower its a win in my books.
Because i can.
I'm Hopeful For Every Game, Until the Fan Boys Attack My Games. Then the Knives Come Out.
Logic every gamers worst enemy.
1. Skyrim + my collection of 270 mods + 3DTV + HMZ-T1 (insane immersion)
2. Mass Effect 2
3. Mass Effect 1 & 3 (yep, Im a fan)
I generally link to these three articles:
The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part 1: The Early Years (1980-1983)
The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part 2: The Golden Age (1985-1993)
The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part III: The Platinum and Modern Ages (1994-2004)
I miss the MMORPG genre. Will a developer ever make one again?
Explorer: 87%, Killer: 67%, Achiever: 27%, Socializer: 20%
Deus Ex
Vagrant Story
Sid Meier's Pirates! (if that counts)
Skyrim [LOL, it has become my favorite one because of that FUS RO DAH thing. eargasmmmmmmmmmm!]
Secret of Mana SNES. Best RPG ever.
Morrowind (skyrim was great but morrowind was built like an mmo its huge compared to skyrim, least thats how it felt to me)
Hero Evermore
Guild Master of Dragonspine since 1982.
Playing Path of Exile and deeply in love with it.
Fallout 2
no question
Fallout 3.
Followed by Final Fantasy 7 and 8
The original Jagged Alliance
and I'll always have a special place for a 1986 game called Fairytale which was the first action (not turned based) RPG with decent graphics I ever saw or played.
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
That would be old school D&D (no not AD&D it was too much "work" with less "fun", IMHO). If you mean a computer game then Id have to to nominate the Ultima Series or at least Ultima Online. At least until the later one was so exploitable and the faction system so perverted it was meaningless. Modern day and current PC game that would have to be Everquest II or Skyrim/Fallout 3.
I would have listed "next-gen" rpgs, but most of them required console commands, to fix a bug or start a scripted event. (okay Nwn had a serious bug in the first part)
Mine so far:
- Eye of the Beholder II (My first RPG)
- Baldur's Gate II (haven't played the first one)
- Icewind Dale series
- Neverwinter Nights
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I generally link to these three articles: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part 1: The Early Years (1980-1983) http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/132024/the_history_of_computer_.php The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part 2: The Golden Age (1985-1993) http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130124/the_history_of_computer_.php The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part III: The Platinum and Modern Ages (1994-2004) http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/129994/the_history_of_computer_.php
Thank you. A fine read.
In my recollection my favorite RPG's were:
Return To Krondor
Gold Box series and also the Baldur's Gates and Icewind Dales
and the magic of scheherezade.
Baldur's Gate
Might & Magic 6
Icewind Dale I+II
Pool of Radiance
Champoins of Krynn
Eye of the Beholder
Currently playing: AoC, RIFT, Champions Online, DDO, LORTO, STO and Tribes: Ascend
Have Played: TSW, SWG, AO, EVE, WOW, EQ, EQ2, SW:TOR, GW,CoH, DCUO, RotMG, WAR,
Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past.
Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time.
Deus Ex
Neverwinter Nights
Lineage 2
Everquest 2
Dragon Age: Origins
I'm trying to go back and play ones I missed playing Diablo 1 at the moment, have Icewind Dale, Sacred 1 & 2, Fallout 1, 2 & 3, Diablo 2, Balders Gate etc.. ready to be installed.
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Going for my top 5 RPGs, though its not that I like one is better than the other all those top 5 are equally great for me for their own reasons.
1) Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
2) Baldur's Gate
4) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
5) Dragon Age
(I only know about PC games but) what i like In RPGs is
- linear epic quest with a great story
- tactical party combat
- 3D immersion
- completely open world with an ignorable main quest but deep world "story" aka lore
and as the first two tend not to work so well with the second two my faves break down into two separate camps
1) Baldur's Gate, Fallout, Arcanum, Planescape Torment
2) Morrowind, Skyrim, Fallout 3 and Fallout NV
In the first group Planescape just shades it over BG II and Fallout II and in the second group - very hard choice between Morrowind (wins on lore) and Skyrim (wins on immersion) - probably still Morrowind by a sliver as i particularly like the lore.
So overall Planescape vs Morrowind - hard choice but even though i've played and modded Morrowind to death over the years i think i'd still give it to Planescape because the ending blew me away so much the first time.
edit: good thread. i'm gonna make a list of the games i haven't heard of.


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Mike Rayfield, who left Nvidia in August after seven years, will now oversee Micron's work in developing memory chips for mobile devices.Mike Rayfield, the former head of Nvidia's mobile device chip business who quietly left the company in August, will now head up Micron Technology's efforts in developing memory chips for smartphones and tablets. Micron officials announced Sept. 18 that Rayfield, whose departure from Nvidia was kept quiet for almost a month, will be vice president of the company's Wireless Solutions Group, which builds and sells DRAM, NAND Flash, NOR Flash and PCM memory chips for mobile devices.
Rayfield, who spent seven years with Nvidia, will mesh well with Micron's ambitions in the booming mobile space, according to President Mark Adams.
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I would think a fetus would be the one to grow up. This is a great picture in itself of course. I really appreciate it, because it's been so long since I've heard of Meat Boy. Then again, this is itself pretty old. He looks like a man skinned alive. Well, I guess that is what meat is?
I don't know what's up with his Band-Aid. Sorry, I don't recall that much about this. All I know is that this is a great picture. I just love how it's set up with the print. It reminds me of Star Wars.
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A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I (Sample Report Title: Census 1931: England and Wales: Series of County Parts, Part I. County of Glamorganshire), Table 3: " Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings".
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TOTAL POPULATION: 1921: Persons
TOTAL POPULATION: 1931: Persons
TOTAL POPULATION: 1931: Males
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|The figures for Wards are printed in old face type (e.g. 607) and those for Civil Parishes, where different from Wards, in modern face type (e.g. 607).
|DEFINITIONS: PRIVATE FAMILY. -- Any person or group of persons included in a separate return as being in separate occupation of any premises or part of premises is treated as a separate family for Census purposes, lodgers being so treated when returned as boarding separately and not otherwise. Private families comprise all such families with the exception of those enumerated in (i) Institutions or (ii) business establishments or boarding houses in which the number of resident trade assistants or resident boarders exceeds the number of members of the employer's or householders family (including private domestic servants).
|DEFINITIONS: STRUCTURALLY SEPARATE DWELLINGS. -- A structurally separate dwelling has been defined for the Census as any room or set of rooms, intended or used for habitation, having separate access either to the street or to a common landing or staircase. Thus each flat in a block of flats is a separate unit; a private house which has not been structurally subdivided is similarly a single unit whether occupied by one family or by several families. But where a private house has been subdivided into maisonettes or portions, each having its front door opening on to the street or on to a common landing or staircase to which visitors have access, then each such portion is treated as a separate unit.
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you cant even find ONE gaiwan in my town
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night.owl wrote:My son just found this at a flea market for me, I'm so excited. I don't have it yet, but I'm wondering if anyone can translate the box for me?
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Bender evolves into a godlike being after vastly increasing his processing power.
I can't keep up with today's
high-speed,top-of-the-line kids!
You can't evenkeep up with me,
and I'm some sortof Stone Age throwback.You know,
I might be ableto speed up your reflexes
by overclocking you.
Uh, what's that, sonny?
You say it'll putsome whoopie in my cushion?
(electric tool whirring)
This might take a while.
I've got to adjustthe memory timing,
raise the CPU voltage,
and delete 12 terabytesof outdated catchphrases.
Sounds like fun on a bun!
FEMININE COMPUTER VOICE Deleted.Aw.
Fry, can we talkabout our relationship?
Of course. Our relationshipis the best thing in my life,
so I'm sure I'll enjoytalking about it with you.
(groans)I don't know.
I guess I'm justfeeling uneasy
about us beingso on-again-off-again.
Maybe it's noneof my business,
but if it were up to me,we'd be on allthe time.
And I mean all the time.
But what would that be like?
I mean, if we were together,
where would we beten years from now?
Still here?Definitely.
Or... somewhere else.
(groans)Maybe I'm having some kind of...
early-life crisis,but, look,
don't you ever wonderabout the future?
Sure, but you'realways in it.
Also, sometimesterminators.
All right.
You should run a lot faster now.
Unless you die.
(whirring, beeping)
Ooh, I'm smart!
I know how tospell "aardvark"!
February is the shortest month!
3,018 jelly beansin that jar!
(chuckles)Oh, damn, I'm good!
I mean 3,018 rat kidneys.
Now, then, my man, let's seeif your reflexes are...
Get 'em! Get 'em!Get 'em!
Hey, foreign aggressors,vassup?
Oh, we were just eating spaetzleand listening to Kraftwerk...
I-I mean fire!
(jazz piano plays lively tune)
That tap-dancing decadentjazz-baby is too fast for us!
Let's see him outrun a V-2!
(loud whoosh)
It's my brainsagainst your Von Braun!
(slicing, metallic ringing)
(loud clattering)
Ach! I could have fired a V8!
(loud explosion, men cry out)
Those guysnormally stink.
Bender, what happened to you?
I'll try to put it in termsyou can comprehend.
I passedthe existential singularity.
Try harder!
I hacked myself inside-out,
and now the entire universeis my processor.
I definitely wantto hear about that,
but first, I need your help.
The Professor and Cubert arein trouble, and Leela left me.
I'm in misery!
I've grown far beyond the pettyconcerns of your world.
Every time I burp,a new galaxy is born.
Two, if I've beeneating broccoli.
All existenceis just a chess game,
and I can see 50 moves ahead.
Human emotionno longer concerns me.
FRY:But-But Randy said...
Randy?! Have you beenhanging out with Randy?
Please, Bender. If everythingis a chess game for you,
you must know how to help me.
I'm sorry, Fry, but some gamesyou just can't win.
Cubert and the Professorare guilty.
The jury will voteto convict.
I can't change that.
Well, what about Leela?
Is there any hope things couldstill work out between us?
(chiming and trilling)
It's getting late.
Now if you'll excuse me,
I have some new heavy elementsto create.
Better cover your 'nads.
It may get a littlenon-Newtonian in here.
(whirring and popping)
Not only have the defendantsfailed to rebut the charges,
they have not even presentedany mitigating factors
to recommend leniency.
It strikes meas an extra-risky strategy.
Did you sayextra-crispy recipe?
You know I didn't.
Your Honor, if we could locateBender Rodriguez,
he would testify that myclients acted without malice.
No, he wouldn't.
Bender doesn't careabout us anymore.
(all gasping)
Someone used to careabout me? Hooray!
In that case, the jurywill begin its deliberations.
Bailiff, releasethe jury collies.
I finally nailedFarnsworth.
Destroying the boyis just icing on the cake.
No one destroys a boylike you, Mother.
Thank you, yourepulsive disappointment.


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SCC Names Jason Shaw At "Baseball Player of the Week":
Shoreline Community College Named Jason Shaw at the "Baseball Player of the Week" on Tuesday.
Shaw, a sophomore from Lynnwood High School in Lynnwood, WA, tossed a complete game 7 hitter on Sunday against the #8th ranked team in the NWAACC, Edmonds Community College, as the Dolphins split a four game series with EDCC and put themselves in contention for a playoff spot in the NWAACC Northern Region for the first time in many years.
Jason pitched 9 innings, allowed 7 hits, with 7 strikeouts, 3 walks and one earned run in the 5-1 SCC win. Shaw moved his season record to 7-1 and lowered his ERA to 1.92. The 7 wins ties him with 3 others for the most wins in the NWAACC and he is in the top 20 (17) in ERA.
SCC faces Skagit Valley College this weekend in a crucial NWAACC Northern Region series for both teams, as SVC is in 4th place in the region, with SCC one game behind them, tied for 5th with Bellevue College. The top four teams in the region go to the Northern Region tournament. SCC is 18-16 overall, 6-10 in the region. SVC will come into the series with a 16-14 record and 7-9 in the region. Douglas College is in 3rd place, 8-8 in region and within 2 games of SCC.
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Imagine a world where Doom II was never released, and the levels never saw the light of day. The only bit of information that ever saw the light of day were the titles of the 32 maps, cryptic as can be. What kind of map would "The Crusher" be, or "O of Destruction," who knows? -- Ella Guro, project founder.
The idea of this project is to create 32 maps for Doom II, based around the titles of the 32 levels of PC Doom II. Aside from some extra liquid falls, and a new texture set in Wolfenstein, the project uses stock textures only, and is compatible with Vanilla/Chocolate Doom.
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Hmm, if I ever get 'round to doing the Wolfenstein "remake" I've got in mind, would you be opposed to allowing some custom textures for it? The default Wolf textures aren't going to be useful at all stylistically, but I'm not sure if Doom's textures are going to do the trick either.
I'll let you know on the status of my MAP30; as stated before, I've become a little busy with freelance work - if I've still not got anything done on it by the time the year's out, I shall give up the slot -- maybe hand my map to somebody else to finish. :)
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oops. Seem I am being stupid again. :P
Anyway, I would like to try Refueling Base, if you will.
That looks really good/fun, Eris, and definitely catacomb-y. :)
if progress slows even more than it already has, would you all accept the possibility of mappers being allowed to do more than two submissions?
I randomly felt pretty inspired by Map 21 of Alien Vendetta so that's crept into things a little. Is that a good thing, or bad?
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And answering a question from the last thread by Eris; yeah, my submission for Tenemants will be a lot more focused on the name in that it'll take part in a more recognizable living area - however, I randomly felt pretty inspired by Map 21 of Alien Vendetta so that's crept into things a little. Is that a good thing, or bad? ¦P
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That map is really nice looking, sort of hellish with some tech overtones, would work really well in an episode 2 slot here so looking forward to this :)
Ok mark me down for map21 then. I have some ideas for it, prepare for a quieter map compared to my last offering.
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3 more shots of MAP22
Lighting is a major part of detail for this map, I just hope I can make the gameplay just as good.
A plasma gun unguarded? Hmmm
I took the red key and everything started caving in around me!
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Looking good Eris, although I must say screenshot 1 looks a bit bland. Don't get me wrong - the lighting is good, I just think you could be a little more creative with the textures.
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Eris Falling's map looks like being a tricky one. So expect a nice quiet picturesque level with a nice peaceful tune.
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I haven't touched my map (MAP23) in a while and now it seems I've accidentally deleted it. You can take me out of the map slot.
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Memfis said:
On map26 there is many missing textures resulting in HOMs, what the hell happened?
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Version 1 of Nirvana
Nirvana - A word used in Indian religion meaning profound peace of mind or peace from suffering is another derivation.
This map is set in a peace secluded spot with a few wooden huts around a canal. But things are not what they seem as you slowly uncover the truth that you are in hell itself.
I will leave the rest for you to discover. Plays with choco render limits so all is well.
Made in one day, so it's pretty short. The map is very much inspired by Map21 of Epic 2.
Edit - Map uses waterfall texture in the northwest area of the map.
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OP updated, testing now.
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Crap weather and nothing else to do = Build map very quickly :P
Oh there are no difficulty settings as of yet
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Cheers for the feedback, here is version 2
Start room and outdoor section has extra detail. Can't really do much more with the outside due to almost reaching the drawsegs limit.
Yep, I shall worry about difficulty settings a bit later I think
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It's been asked before, but is there a limit as to how big a vanilla map can be?
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I'm not sure what to make about this. During the night my dd hardly sucks her soother and feeds amazingly off of both breast and never spits up anymore. However during the day while wearing her she is only happy if she has her soother, (I'm going shopping tommorrow for a make your own wrap to add versitility to the star sling that I use). However during the day she feeds very poorly, often only off of one breast, and spits up a TON. Is this because she sucks her soother so much during the day? If i pull it out she instantly wakes up. If I take it away all together she wants to nurse every hour and then it turns in to a snaking session. Is it normal for a baby to fuss a lot in the sling until she settles down to go to sleep (cuddle carry and cradle carry)? Once she's asleep with her soother she'll sleep for and hour or more. I struggle to get her in the sling when she's awake, the only position she's happy in is the forward facing position and she's not suppose to be put that way until she has full head streangth so i watch her head but that takes my hands away from getting anything accomplished. The only other option is to lay her on the floor where she can kick her heart out. So after a quick vent any suggestions on how to fix the feeding/soother issue?
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I gently weaned my baby at 3m from the paci (soother). There was just so many things I didn't want to happen regarding it. I didn't want to be frantically searching for it anymore, I didn't want to be picking it off the ground. I wanted him to nurse when hungry and spit up less. He did end up spitting up less partially because at the time I also cutout dairy in my diet.
Paci use is a personal choice. We did use it a few weeks longer for only in the car. I felt tied down to this all powerful 'thing'. The paci weaning was an adjustment for us both. More work on my part and a bit of frustration on his but I am happy with the result.
If you feel like you might want to try that, it might remove the whole question! Also have you tried adjusting your diet for sensitivities? That also might be a possibility.
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my initial thought is that these two things are unrelated. she's probably not spitting up as much at nite, b/c she's nursing laying down. some babies are able to control the flow much better that way. i'd try nursing her during the day while laying down. i had to do that w/ds2 A LOT. also, he was extremely cranking and very difficult to get to sleep in the sling. it was almost as if he had to scream bloody murder before finally drifting off. i just accepted it as his way of getting all of his energy out before being able to rest. so, i bounced, rocked, soothed in the sling until he was all done screaming.
Originally posted by PaxMamma View Postmy initial thought is that these two things are unrelated. she's probably not spitting up as much at nite, b/c she's nursing laying down. some babies are able to control the flow much better that way. i'd try nursing her during the day while laying down.
If I remember correctly, your milk supply is at it's highest and has more fat at night. I think Dr. Sears has some catchy little saying like "night feeding is brain feeding". I wondering if that could also be contributing to more enthusiastic feeding at night vs. daytime.


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Have to relax & just enjoy the routine, otherwise I forget elements, et al.
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Kostner, Kostner, Kostner..
I think she's only landed 1 clean triple so far.
She isn't really landing them either.
Carolina hands down on two triples, fall on one, nice recovery with a 2A-2T, and a 3R (with a hop on the end of it though), and an equally nice 3S. Still a diamond, just needs to shine is all...
Wish I could do a more comprehensive PBP, but my feed is jumping more than some of the ladies...
Anyways, I think Caro and Bach are a good fit, but otherwise, it was same old, same old: bobbles, hand downs everywhere.
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Still ahead of Elene. Well......
Not Kiira's day either...
A fall, doubled jumps, pops...
I have to say Kiira's spins have improved. Too bad for the jumps though!!
Oh no, Kiira Korpi didn't land one triple, stumble on one, fall on another, two turned into doubles, popped another, though her two 2A-2T were great!
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A combination of lightning and dry forests fueled numerous wildfires in Canada's Northwest Territories in July 2014. The fires, burning in Canada's boreal zone, are producing dense smoke. As of July 8, at least 164 blazes had charred more than 425,172 hectares (1,642 square miles), according to the Canadian government. The fires destroyed one home, forced hundreds of people to evacuate, and sent smoke drifting as far south as the continental United States.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of smoke billowing from wildfires near Faber Lake on July 7, 2014. The location of active fires is shown in red. A broader view (below) shows a large smoke plume streaming south into Alberta and Saskatchewan. While the fires highlighted in the top image likely contributed some smoke to the plume, other blazes contributed as well. By July 9, smoke had drifted as far south as North and South Dakota in the United States. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15 (GOES-15) captured this image of the smoke plume. You can also watch this animation of the smoke's movement.
In a study published in July 2014, a team of scientists led by a researcher from the Desert Research Institute announced they had a discovered a new type of soot particle produced by wildfires. The particles, called "superaggregates," are on average ten times longer and have a more compact shape than conventional soot particles from vehicles and cook stoves. Their distinctive shape means they likely have a more potent warming effect on the climate than other types of soot.
"We found that superaggregates contribute up to 90-percent more warming than spherical sub-micrometer soot particles, which current climate models use," said the study's lead author, Rajan Chakrabarty. "These preliminary findings warrant further research to quantify the significant impact these particles may have on climate, human health, and air pollution around the world."
References and Related Reading
- Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center (2014, July 8) National Wildland Fire Situation Report: July 8, 2014, 15:00 Hours. Accessed July 9, 2014.
- CBC News (2014, July 3) N.W.T. experiencing one of its worst fire seasons ever. Accessed July 9, 2014.
- CBC News (2014, July 8) N.W.T. wildfire destroys a homestead 27 years in the making Accessed July 9, 2014.
- Desert Research Institute (2014, July) DRI research team discovers new type of soot particle from wildfire emissions. Accessed July 9, 2014.
- Northwest Territories (2014, July 3) NWT Current Forest Fire Situation Report: July 8. Accessed July 9, 2014.
- The Smog Blog (2014, July 7) Canadian Wildfire Smoke From the North. Accessed July 9,2014.
- University of Wisconsin CIMSS Satellite Blog (2014, July 8) Long-range transport of Canadian wildfire smoke. Accessed July 9, 2014.
- Yulsman, T. via Discovery News (2014, July 2) Wildfires Blazing in Northern Canadian Forests Send Plumes of Smoke More than a Thousand Miles South to Colorado. Accessed July 9, 2014.
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An international race jogged right through Emery County on June 29. The race is called Run Across America 2004. "This race is the hardest foot race in the world" said Alan Hath, race director. The race started in Huntington Beach, Calif. On June 12 and will end on Aug. 21 in Central Park, New York City, N.Y. The total miles of the race is approximately 3,100.
The runners are as follows Bob Brown of England, Russell Allison, USA, Luc Dunont, France, Kazuhiko Horiguchi, Japan, Don Winkley, USA, Oliver Forti, France, and Takasumi Senoo, Japan. The runners have to be in top shape for the race since they run an average of 29 to 54 miles a day at a pace of at least 3.5 miles an hour, so they run from six to12 hours everyday. This is not a cheap race the entry fee alone costs $2,000. You would think that the $2,000 entry fee would at least pay for some food and accommodations, it doesn't though. The overall cost of the race can range from $8,500 to $10,000. Three of the runners are running for causes: Louis Rodriguez for breast cancer awareness, Olivier Forti of France for children with leukemia, and Bob Brown, CHICKS, Country Holiday for Inner City Kids. The remainder of the runners are running for the challenge.


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One of the problems in answering questions as to how liberal or conservative a judge might be is coming up with some acceptable measure of ideology. There is no generally accepted measure of lower court ideology. A judge's own partisan affiliation and the ideology of a judge's appointing president have often been employed as useful surrogates of judicial attitudes. Scholars have sometimes ignored the ideology of the judge, and inferred his or her ideology from that of the appointing president. For example, Tate and Handberg (1991) proposed a measure of the ideology of the appointing president: -1 for ideologically conservative and presidents, 0 for nonideological presidents, and 1 for ideologically liberal presidents.
A recent and now widely used ideology measure was devised by Giles, Hettinger and Pepper (2001). This uses the Poole Nominate scores of the home state senators or of the nominating president if there is no home state senator of the same party as the president. The scores can range from -1 (most liberal) to +1 (most conservative). If we examine the nomination of Sotomayor to the United States District Court in 1992, she was nominated by a Republican president with a Republican home state Senator – Al D'Amato. That would peg her ideology at the time at .14, very moderate and just slightly conservative, befitting a then Republican Senator representing a very Democratic state. However, it was well known that both New York Senators employed a courtesy relationship in reference to judicial appointments. Depending upon the party of the president, the Senator of the same party would get 3 out of every 4 judicial appointments and the other Senator 1 out of every 4. Sotomayor was clearly an appointment of Daniel Moynihan. So if we peg the ideology to Moynihan, -.562, then Sotomayor is very liberal. Of course this shows one of the problems with this particular measure, and indeed with any measure of ideology.
Her appointment in 1998 to the Second Circuit presents no such problem. Clinton was president, so we can use Moynihan's score, which at this time was even more liberal, – .614. Thus by using the Giles, et. al. measure, Sotomayor is very liberal.
Another measure was developed by a former colleague of mine, Dave Nixon, developed a more direct measure for each judge. We first used this in a paper published in the Washington University Journal of Law and Policy (2003), and Scott Graves and I use it in our forthcoming book on recess appointments and I use it some other publications and it will be in another forthcoming book of mine of Courts and Tax policy. The calculation begins by using the nominate scores of congressional representatives who later served as federal judges as a formula for determining a nominate score comparable to Nominate scores. The formula then uses various circumstances surrounding the appointment such as unified government, wartime, party of the judge and party of the president, among other factors. Unlike the Giles, et. al. scores the Nixon/Howard scores allow for differences for judges even if appointed from the same state by the same president. The scores range from about -5, most liberal to + 5, most conservative.
Given all that, what is Sotomayor's ideology based on both appointments? Although appointed first by a Republican president and then by a Democratic president, her ideology is similar in both, particularly since both took place under divided government. Her first score is – .21, while her second is -.28. Both liberal, to be sure, but both more moderate than the Giles, et. al. score.
Which is correct, what better predicts her future voting? Who knows, perhaps neither. We have not even begun to discuss the Segal Cover measure, more on that later.


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Victory for the Chiefs over the Blues on Saturday could create a handsome lead for the champions if things go their way at Newlands.
Victory for the Chiefs over the Blues in Mount Maunganui on Saturday could create a handsome lead for the champions if things go their way at Newlands.
The Chiefs are the top points scorers in the Super Rugby competition this season, averaging an impressive 34.8 points per game from their five matches.
Not bad for a side that many thought would struggle in an attacking sense without Sonny Bill Williams in midfield. Andrew Horrell was superb last week and yet is moved to bench duty for Round 7 as Bundee Aki comes in outside Aaron Cruden. It seems coach Dave Rennie always had a few aces up his sleeve.
Positives just keep on coming for the champions as Richard Kahui's impressive return off the bench last week was like he'd never been away. He dons 13 while Sam Cane is the back-row on the bench on Saturday in their continued rotation policy, as Fritz Lee and Tanerau Latimer are alongside Liam Messam.
Losing Tawera Kerr-Barlow for six weeks is a blow however but with that news comes an opportunity for Augustine Pulu, with Brendon Leonard the back-up. Speaking of which the bench is one of the strongest in the competition as they have options aplenty that include prop Ben Tameifuna, Horrell and Cane.
And so we come to their opponents.
Sir John Kirwan rightly fumed at how his men went to sleep during the second-half in Sydney, his team losing despite being 24-10 ahead at the interval. That defeat was not expected – particularly at half-time – but they must put that blow at the 'Tahs to one side otherwise the Chiefs will compound it.
There is no escaping the fact that last week's game was there for the winning and after a strong start to the season, now we will see their character.
Rene Ranger needs to continue to lead this young backline while cutting out his own silly mistakes and Chris Noakes and Piri Weepu need to get on top against Cruden and Pulu. There are also tests for Steven Luatua and Peter Saili, but if they can recapture their showings from Rounds 1 and 2 then a victory is not unthinkable. Far from it at a Mount Maunganui venue that may be less daunting than the cowbells of Waikato Stadium. It should be good.
Prediction: The Chiefs have been playing like the champions they are in 2013. Home win by 7!
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Chiefs: 15 Gareth Anscombe, 14 Lelia Masaga, 13 Richard Kahui, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Asaeli Tikoirotuma, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Augustine Pulu, 8 Fritz Lee, 7 Tanerau Latimer, 6 Liam Messam (captain), 5 Brodie Retallick, 4 Michael Fitzgerald, 3 Ben Afeaki, 2 Hika Elliot, 1 Toby Smith.
Replacements: 16 Rhys Marshall, 17 Ben Tameifuna, 18 Nick Crosswell, 19 Sam Cane, 20 Brendon Leonard, 21 Andrew Horrell, 22 Patrick Osborne.
Blues: 15 Charles Piutau, 14 Frank Halai, 13 Rene Ranger, 12 Francis Saili, 11 George Moala, 10 Chris Noakes, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Peter Saili, 7 Luke Braid, 6 Steven Luatua, 5 Ali Williams (c), 4 Culum Retallick, 3 Angus Ta'avao, 2 James Parsons, 1 Tom McCartney.
Replacements: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Ofa Tu'ungafasi, 18 Anthony Boric, 19 Brendon O'Connor, 20 Jamison Gibson-Park, 21 Baden Kerr, 22 Jackson Willison.
Date: Saturday, March 30
Kick-off: 19:35 local (06:35 GMT)
Venue: ASB Baypark Stadium, Mount Maunganui
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
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President Proposes $1.2 Billion for BLM in Fiscal Year 2014 to Protect Resources and Manage Uses of Public Lands
WASHINGTON, DC – Focusing on renewable energy, safe and responsible mineral development, outdoor recreation and other key priorities, the President's budget has requested $1.2 billion in appropriations for the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management for fiscal year (FY) 2014. The request, announced today, represents a $32.6 million or 2.9 percent increase over the agency's congressionally enacted FY 2012 budget.
"Today's budget proposal reflects the need to continue to make wise investments in areas that help grow the economy and create jobs through the balanced use of our public lands," said BLM Principal Deputy Director Neil Kornze. "It advances our efforts to reduce costs while meeting our vital commitments."
The BLM, which manages more than 245 million acres of public land for conservation, energy development, and recreation, generated $4.6 billion in revenues in 2012, returning more than four dollars for every dollar spent on BLM operations. Kornze also noted that the BLM generates an estimated $151 billion in economic output for the nation and supports more than 756,000 jobs through extractive and recreational uses of public lands.
Under the President's proposed budget for FY 2014, the BLM, which has about 10,250 full-time employees, will focus on the following priorities:
As part of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above energy strategy, domestic oil and gas production has grown each year the President has been in office, with domestic oil production currently higher than any time in two decades and natural gas production at its highest level ever. Combined with recent declines in oil consumption, foreign oil imports are now lower than they have been in 20 years.
New Energy Frontier – The President's 2014 budget request includes a program increase of $7.1 million for renewable energy planning, environmental studies, and geothermal management. The budget proposal also seeks $6 million to identify and designate energy transmission corridors to facilitate energy transmission to communities across the West and to support continued economic growth while sustaining healthy lands, water, and air. Under the President's leadership, renewable electricity generation from wind, solar, and geothermal sources has doubled over the last four years.
This funding will help to support continuing efforts that since 2009 have resulted in the authorization of 42 renewable energy projects on or affecting the public lands. If all of these projects are fully built, they could generate enough electricity to power roughly four million homes.
The President's budget request also recognizes the critical economic role of America's onshore Federal mineral estate, which accounts for 41 percent of domestic coal production, 13 percent of domestic natural gas production, and 5 percent of the nation's oil production. Federal coal production alone supports roughly 20 percent of current U.S. electricity supplies.
Read the BLM 2014 Budget Highlights at: http://blm.gov/y2kd
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of Americas public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. In Fiscal Year 2015, the BLM generated $4.1 billion in receipts from activities occurring on public lands.
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USDA Announces New Partnership with States to Strengthen Integrity of Nation's Most Vital Nutrition Assistance Program
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Contact: FNS Office of Communications and Governmental Affairs (703) 305-2281
First-Ever Data-Sharing Agreements with States are Latest Effort in "SNAP Stewardship Solutions Project"
WASHINGTON, March 20, 2013 – Agriculture Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon today announced a new federal-state partnership targeting recipient fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). USDA will share its extensive experience in monitoring retailer fraud to help states develop a more robust set of tools to identify suspicious activity and improve tactics to catch recipients that attempt to commit SNAP fraud. By law, USDA is responsible for overseeing the more than 250,000 retailers that redeem SNAP benefits nationwide, while states are responsible for identifying and pursuing fraudulent activity by recipients.
"USDA is signaling a new front in our ongoing efforts to stop SNAP trafficking," Concannon said. "Despite the low rate, fraud at any level is not tolerated. We are committed to working with states to make improvements that keep us ahead of the curve and provide Americans with the excellence they deserve when it comes to wisely managing their investment in SNAP."
Today's announcement involves the signing of data-sharing Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) between USDA and the states of Maryland and Virginia. USDA will use data collected under these unprecedented MOUs and other information-sharing agreements to develop an enhanced monitoring tool for states similar to USDA's state-of-the-art Anti-fraud Locator using EBT Retailer Transactions (ALERT) system. USDA uses its ALERT system to closely monitor the 2.5 million electronic retailer transactions that happen daily. ALERT helps USDA identify suspicious stores for analysis and investigation, better target high risk areas, and quickly implement fraud detection scans as new schemes are identified.
"We have a lot of experience in identifying and pursuing retailer fraud through data mining, which we can use to help arm states with sharper tools to ensure integrity on the recipient side," added Concannon. "These MOUs are just the latest in what we call our SNAP Stewardship Solutions Project—our ongoing work to ensure SNAP integrity."
Over the past several years, USDA has taken steps to improve SNAP oversight through the SNAP Stewardship Solutions Project, including requiring more frequent reviews of higher risk retailers and expanding the definition of fraud to crack down on newer methods of SNAP benefit abuse. In the coming months, USDA will announce a series of additional steps to strengthen regulations that prohibit SNAP trafficking. Trafficking, an illegal activity, is the exchange of SNAP benefits for cash. USDA has seen a steady decline in the rate of trafficking from four percent down to about one percent of benefits over the last 15 years. While fraud is rare in SNAP, no amount is acceptable, and it will not be tolerated. USDA continues to crack down on individuals who violate the program and misuse taxpayer dollars.
SNAP – the nation's first line of defense against hunger – helps put food on the table for millions of low income families and individuals every month. The largest of USDA's 15 nutrition assistance programs, it has never been more critical to the fight against hunger. SNAP is a vital supplement to the monthly food budget of more than 47 million low-income individuals. Nearly half of SNAP participants are children and more than 40 percent of recipients live in households with earnings.
The SNAP Stewardship Solutions Project is part of the Obama Administration's ongoing Campaign to Cut Waste, an initiative/effort to fight fraud, abuse and misuse in Federal programs. For more information about USDA efforts to combat fraud, visit the Stop SNAP fraud website at www.fns.usda.gov/snap/fraud.
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