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1) Green Granamyr ... sigh
2) Long-haired Alcala He-Man
3) The goblins from Masks of Power
....to MOTUC.
Ever since Mattel announced they had the Filmation rights, I've caught the bug to start watching all my boxsets of original MOTU, POP and NA - and came across so many cool characters - some of which I had forgotten even existed.
I know we have the usual culprits who make it on the "most requested" fan lists, but some even though can be made, likely won't as they are too obscure or don't have enough fan exposure.
Some of my *new* most wanted characters include:
Queen Balina of Targa - I love this African queen - she has an attitude, is fiesty and I think she secretly has a thing for He-Man. This figure would add a lot of diversity to the line.
Kothos - He'll probably need a larger buck - but I love both episodes of his in MOTU - especially his feud with Evil-Lyn. I prefer the first blue decco of this character. Again - he would add variety - nice to have a Genie-type character in MOTUC.
Mortella - I love the look of this lady - she reminds me of a Disney Villan - the colour scheme is crazy though. It would be nice to have a rival for Castaspella when she comes.
Sebeline - She's a bit like Teela - once turned to evil, but later redeemed herself - she comes with a cool mini Snake Staff.
Slush-Head's Bride - I know - a bit of a comic character - but still she would make a cool sub-incentive or con exclusive - NA is a totally MAD cartoon - I love it.
Melaktha - Probably has the most chance of making it out my list due to the number is episodes he was in - but he looks slightly bland. Maybe he could come with some kind of clip-on battle armor and belts etc? MOTUC should have it's "Heroic Archaeologist"
That's all I can think of at this moment - sorry I couldn't add pix - I might add some later on....
1) Green Granamyr ... sigh
2) Long-haired Alcala He-Man
3) The goblins from Masks of Power
"A knight is sworn to valor. His heart knows only virtue. His blade defends the helpless. His word speaks only truth. His wrath undoes the wicked."
Lizard Man II {the red one, with glasses}
Does Galactus fart?
Disco Skeletor - Realistically he won't make it, but I won't give up hope. Out of all the ridiculous repaints, this is the ONE out of all of them that proved that someone was willing to have a good time with a toyline. Just totally screw around. In the spirit of hilarity and awesomeness, I will never stop wanting this repaint.
Battle Blade Skeletor - Probably one of Skeletor's most hardcore and barbarian designs and I bettcha it'll barely get a second glance. They already have a problem with a possible mix of Laser Light Skelly and NA Skelly, and heck, his second Discs of Doom figure was even in the toon, so it's a very slight possibility. Battle Blade Skeletor, though? I just don't see it - I want 'em - but I don't see it happening.
"Since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking." ~ Tock, the Watchdog
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Toy-Based Star Sisters...and...well...toy-based POP in general.
Mara: I thought she was in high demand, but apparently Mattel doesn't consider her to be all that important.
Staghorn: Doesn't seem to be on Mattel's radar at all.
Catra's Cat Goblins from the mini-comics.
NA Sorceress
The Wizardess from the POP mini-comics.
Just to name a few...
Stonedar & Rokkon: Lots of new tooling, not fan favorites
Extendar: Not a fan favorite
Rio Blast: Though I'm feeling 4HM might be doing him soon - they've made most of the characters from the 200X line + stacticons, so I'm hoping for a pattern here.
Gwildor: Lots of new tooling required, not a fan favorite
Kittrina: From Filmation series. She hasn't ranked very high in the Filmation popularity polls, so I'm not holding my breath.
Lt. Andra: From the Star Comics. I'd love to see her, but I'm guessing she's one of the characters we won't be seeing
"The most difficult thing is trying not to forget who you really want to be." - Nong Toom
I am looking for these Marvel Legends figures
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I'm scared to put who I really want because they'll probably end up on a sheet of crumpled paper in the back of Toyguru's desk LOL!!
A Want List of Sorts: at this point... I just hope there is a 2017...
Mine would be all from 200X:
Battle Armor Randor
Battle Armor Marlena
Mer-Men/Ocean Warriors army builders: despite being one of the oldest concepts, I don't know if many fans want it. If they use up a slot on a Horde-Trooper 2-pack instead of single carding it, the chances are even more slim (for other 2-packs as well), esp. if we only get 1 army builder each year.
Teela's Horse/Unicorn: People talk more about PoP horses. I hope Teela's awesome steed gets made.
I'm itching to see the following:
As far as MOTU females go, Shokoti's top and Kittrina's second. I think we'll see her eventually too - partly because she's female and NOT connected to POP and secondly because we already have Chief Carnivus and there's a possibility of linking the two.
The ones I'm concerned about are:
Admiral Scurvy - when the Horde get talked about, it's always Scorpia, Octavia and Vultak (with Dylamug thrown in for good measure). We *never* hear about Admiral Scurvy, but he's so wicked and so cruel in Anchors Aloft Parts 1 and 2. He's the best bet for a vampire type character, IMO. I love his design, but fear there isn't enough fan backing to get him released - plus he's not on the muscular side, like most of the men, and would probably need a new sculpt.
King Ahgo - important to She-Ra as he helped her find the Crystal Castle. I think he'd be a great 'oversized' character, but think he too is a bit too obscure. For the moment...
Chakra - she'd be a really boring figure, but as the woman who supposedly raised Adora from infancy, I'd love to see her. One of the few She-Ra Season Two creations that's worth speaking of. I guess anything's possible, particularly after seeing Shadow Weaver's wand being released - incidentally from the very same episode, The Caregiver.
...and finally...
The Twiggets - more She-Ra regulars, but they're 'cutesy' and would divide the community like no other characters! I'd love to see Sprag, Sprocker and Sprittina, but wouldn't care for generic 'army builders'. I think Madame Razz has a chance of being released, but I'm not holding my breath for these guys...
I really hope Mattel and Classic Media try to bring renewed interest in the MOTU and POP cartoons so that more people become familiarised with the wealth of characters now available.
Most-wanted MOTUC: Granita - Hunga the Harpy - The Melog - Dylamug - Sprag, Sprocker and Spritina - the Twiggets - King Ahgo - Filmation Grizzlor, Mantenna, Leech, Modulok and Multi-Bot
I´d love to get a Sersi, Evil-Lyns siren form from the MYP episode "Siren´s song". But I´m afraid I might be in a minority there.
Positivity, folks!
Let´s all agree to love MOTU enough to let others love MOTU, too!
Ileena: A really visually appealing character from Filmation that would look great among all the other ladies. The Heroic Warriors can always use another female in their ranks too.
Slave Girl: The one figure I'd like to see the most, simply because the Snake Men need a female in their ranks and I always felt that one picture of Hiss on his throne with her at his side made him seem like a real conqueror. Much more than Skeletor or Hordak could ever dare to achieve.
Filmation core characters: With the acquisition of the Filmation license, I really want to see He-Man, Skeletor, Hordak and Teela with headsculpts and accessories that matches their small screen counterparts.
Proud supporter of the Snake Men.
Most Wanted: Slave Girl, Lizorr, T-Rex, Great Black Wizard, rest of New Adventures, Lodar, MOP Demons, Dream Mistress.
Most Wanted Filmation: Ileena, Granita, Teela, Hordak head, Dylamug, Twiggets, Trollans, Widgets, Dark Dream, Lady Valtira, Count Marzo, Chimera.
No Slave Girl? Watch us hurl!
A barbaric world without slave girls? That's truly barbaric!
My seller/trader/buyer feedback:
MOTUC Most Wanted: 1) Stridor 2) Road Ripper 3) Dragon Walker 4) Land Shark
I want, but am not expecting to get in the line:
Double Trouble
Lord Masque
I'm afraid we'll never get Skeletor's Robot Knights, Skeletor's Collector vehicle, or a FILMation Randor. I really want those.
My seller/trader/buyer feedback:
MOTUC Most Wanted: 1) Stridor 2) Road Ripper 3) Dragon Walker 4) Land Shark
I love the Star Sisters, but I don't like the Filmation designs for those characters, nor do I relish Toyguru's inevitable comments about how female POP characters caused a drop in sub sales
A Want List of Sorts: at this point... I just hope there is a 2017...
I want Disko Skelly, but he seems highly unlikely, and I would say Plundor, but I think his chances are pretty good now that Filmation stuff is a go. I would have said Photog a month ago, but he's in, so you never know.
My seller/trader/buyer feedback:
MOTUC Most Wanted: 1) Stridor 2) Road Ripper 3) Dragon Walker 4) Land Shark
Movie Golden God Skeletor...
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Just kidding!
I always liked Game Master!
If I say who I want that most likely won't make it it would be a pretty long list of characters from different canons that I want...
I support the Bubble Power Lt. Spector, but only if he's a repaint of the Normal Lt. Spector and with a Second Helmetless TG head and a Marzo left hand... and a repainted guard mace
FINALLY!! GLIMMER IS IN MY SHELF!! Crita is coming... Now I NEED SONGSTER! The Awesometastic Bard!
My seller/trader/buyer feedback:
MOTUC Most Wanted: 1) Stridor 2) Road Ripper 3) Dragon Walker 4) Land Shark
Figures I love and want, but fear they "might" not make it:
1. ETHERIAN REBEL JOSH: I've been an advocate of Mattel's using Josh as a catalyst for a revved up new Rebellion member. I'm worried about him the most because at this point the only way he might get in is if they use him (as a jumping off point, but not as is) for one of the six Anniversary figures.
2. BLADE. He has some fans, but he falls behind the pack with the Evil Warriors with many collectors. He's my #1 favorite vintage fig "yet-to-be". I started a thread for him, but it doesn't float back to the first page very often.
3. ENTRAPTA. I was pretty confident she'd get inclusion. Then, Filmation rights came into play. Now, she probably falls dead last of the Horde members on many people's lists.
Here are some others:
Classic MOTU:
Snake Face
Garth (post transformation)
False Face
I'm confident of many others so long as the line keeps chugging along. But these are ones I worry about not getting.
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Covina TRU had quite a few Holo Grievouses about a week and a half ago. But I don't know about now. I wasn't too interested.
By the way, I don't get the whole 1st Day sticker thing. That's pretty silly to me, seeing as you can easily just peel away stickers and affix them to a figure you want to be 1st Day. I did that by taking a sticker from a figure I opened and just put it on an extra Rex, just for the heck of it. You can't tell the difference.

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Ralph A. Luebben spent most of his academic career at Grinnell College, where he was the College's first full-time anthropologist and the first chair of the independent Department of Anthropology. Starting in 1957, Luebben enthralled students for nearly four decades, teaching about the societies and cultures of peoples around the world, from the former Soviet Union to the communities of Latin America and the American Southwest. Students recall that he brought his field and research experience into the classroom, and he was a meticulous and careful teacher. According to his faculty colleague and former student Jon Andelson '70, Luebben inspired many Grinnell students to pursue graduate study in anthropology.
Luebben's archaeological and ethnological interests were primarily in the American Southwest and Northern Mexico. He established a summer archaeological field school for Grinnell, and for many summers in the 1960s and 1970s led archaeological field sessions, once to Chihuahua, Mexico, and most often to southwest Colorado.
The Department of Anthropology recognized Luebben's many contributions to the College, the department, and the discipline of anthropology by creating an award in his honor, the Luebben Prize, given annually to the graduating senior anthropology major who best exemplifies the breadth of anthropology and service to the department.
Luebben was famous for riding his bicycle around Grinnell with wife Janell every day when weather permitted up until the age of 85. That year, they logged more than 3,000 miles on their bicycles.
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Our adventure was postponed for various reasons, but here's the upshot:
They had a roarin' good time! The group is hooked, on both Greyhawk and Savage Worlds. My eldest son still piddles around with his AD&D books, but he's heavily invested in our current SW game.
Dirty Ernie wrote:Frankly, I'm a bit put-off by the icy/snowy/viking-ish vibe of Hellfrost, and not really looking for a new setting due to my fondness for Greyhawk.
What does my son decide to play? An exiled Suel Frost Barbarian Bad@$$ with his tongue cut out. Go figure...
By the way, why is there no Mute Hindrance in the core rules? I found a thread here that gets us by, but it just seems strange that it isn't covered in the book.
Another player creates a High-Elf Mage/Thief from Celene.
Again, I wrote:Also, an across-the-board setting Hindrance that explains the Mage's armor/weapon restrictions. I'd rather not just outlaw these things arbitrarily, but penalize Spellcasting rolls when wearing/using them, and let the player decide if they're worth having.
Once again, I wrote:Then, another higher-ranked Edge (perhaps call it "Warlock"?) to get around the armor/weapon restrictions, allowing casting without penalty.
Guess what. She didn't want any armor, and I practically had to beg her to take some kind of combat skill. She settles on a sling. Picks divination/healing spells. Go figure...
The other players were ribbing her about being useless, but she took it in stride. Good thing Elves are so long-lived, because it's gonna take awhile for her to be any kind of a threat due to her "Multi-classed"* nature.
We used the racial tweaks found in Prof. Fate's Greyhawk Conversion. They added a lot of flavor, and helped my players conceptualize their characters, but I'd like to know if they're balanced. I'd never seen SW character sheets filled with such a dizzying amount of info, but I (and my players) loved it!
kronovan wrote:Hence my favoring using the Quirk hindrance as a way to limit the armor equipping capability of arcane characters.
Could you be more specific? What kind of Quirks? Body odor? A rash? Physical injury? Mental handicaps? Spiritual backlash? I'm interested. What did you have in mind?
Well anyway, despite my questions, we had a great time with our opening Greyhawk scenario! The players are champin' at the bit for more adventure, and I'm racing to keep up. Maybe I'll find the time to post a recap.
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For USC to be considered a re-peat o-fender, the McKnight car thing would have had to happen AFTER the penalties were dished out to USC. Haters gonna hate that.
I hope this is all BS, but I would be terrified, were I an SC fan
The NCAA investigated the relationship b/t Joe and the UW guy when they were looking at the Land Rover thing.
Are you saying that what the paper reported is old news to the NCAA?
The NCAA investigated the relationship b/t Joe and the UW guy when they were looking at the Land Rover thing.
So the NCAA looks silly now if these new allegations are true.
Remember, Emmert already is pissed at the way USC told the NCAA to kiss their ass
So the NCAA looks silly now if these new allegations are true.
what exactly are you talking about? Emmert took over after the USC sanctions were announced
The bull shite appeals procedures
It's fine that you hate USC but some of what you're saying is just stupid
Again, the NCAA relies on the University to report on these type instances. Then, based on what is reported to the NCAA by the UNIVERSITY, a ruling is made by an eligibility committee. The ruling is 100% based on the University information and by rule the NCAA does not perform an independent investigation. If, what is presented to the Committee opens other questions, then there is a preliminary inquiry launched by the NCAA.
What also is stupid is for the USC folks to keep spewing that the NCAA investigated and found nothing wrong. That is simply not the case and not how the NCAA operates.
If I understand the last few posts correctly.....USC may have mispresented the whole truth when self reporting and now the NCAA is aware that may be the case and thus another peek into the program?
I don't see that. Big SC had found something else, they had a very easy out. They knew Joe was going pro. It would have been very easy to make him permanently ineligible.
What about the fact a player was receiving benefits while on probation?
No, there was no reason to sweep this under the rug -
The reason the NCAA does not perform their own investigation is to allow for a speedy ruling to determine eligibility.
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quote:i need the giants d to hold strong and not let maclin and mccoy go crazy
My team, and Aaron Rodgers, finally stepped up today. This is what I was expecting
quote:i think that has more to do with the defense he was playing than him stepping up
My team, and Aaron Rodgers, finally stepped up today. This is what I was expecting
quote:meh i still would like to thank you for forcing me to choose drew brees
Can't expect the best Qb in the L to be bad all year
quote:you damn right
quote:your scrappy team was giving me fits during the giants-eagles game. i fell confident romo wont outscore austin by 23 tomorrow night though and i should reclaim my spot at number 1
quote:shite talking is part of the fun. you sound mad
I didn't talk shite like a dumb ass.
quote:yeah i was a little disappointed in bee
I never question a man's dedication to his fantasy team but when you can't substitute a player who's on a bye week, you lose all respect. You're still the man but step up
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610)
The Taking of Christ, 1602
Oil on canvas, 133.5 x 169.5 cm On indefinite loan to the National Gallery of Ireland from the Jesuit Community, Leeson St., Dublin who acknowledge the kind generosity of the late Dr. Marie Lea-Wilson, 1992 L.14702
Throughout history, very few artists have caused as radical a change in pictorial perceptions as Caravaggio. From the moment his talent was discovered, he swiftly became the most famous painter of his time in Italy, as well as a source of inspiration for hundreds of followers throughout Europe.
The Taking of Christ was painted by Caravaggio for the Roman Marquis Ciriaco Mattei at the end of 1602, when he was at the height of his fame. Breaking with the past, the artist offered a new visual rendering of the narrative of the Gospels, reducing the space around the three-quarter-length figures and avoiding any description of the setting. All emphasis is directed on the action perpetrated by Judas and the Temple guards on an overwhelmed Jesus, who offers no resistance to his destiny. The fleeing disciple in disarray on the left is St John the Evangelist. Only the moon lights the scene: although the man at the far side is holding a lantern, it is in reality an ineffective source. In that man's features Caravaggio portrayed himself, at the age of thirty one, as a passive spectator of the divine tragedy.
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Don't have a good enough man for me or God to unseat him. Watch your polls next week and see what happens
The reason man kind is so screwed up is explained in the word. I never blame God for bad stuff because he has clearly communicated throughout his word where it comes from. I am thankful he has explained how the systems of the world operate.Clearly as perfect as our planet and its life is with the exception of man, this is the creation of a god. So for the record I believe in god and creation, and I'm a democrat
It is man that has failed not God. God does not break his laws. He is just and cannot lie. when I have failed I know it was my fault and not Gods.
I think the majority of christians are very tolerant and giving including myself. The media always portrays the not so good ones and then things are spun from there. You should know about how the media operates by now Franco. I have learned more about the world and how it operates from the word than I have learned from men. People lie all the time. None of us are perfect.
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Thats not the type of evolution that the OP was referring to. The type She was referring to is that things evolve past their own kind (genus) God states "everything after their kind(genus) Man has never even come close to seeing this. You may see sub species but thats due to genetic diversity. Black yellow chocolate or whatever. Certain genes are expressed depending on their environment. Black. chinesees,white we are still the same species and always will be.Now as far as evolution goes, it happens everyday, as life adapts or dies due to changes in its environment. Ask a south Texas vegtable farmer how fast insects evolve and become immune to the insecticides the farmers spray on them. This is evolution. Evolution does not contradict creation. Just because something evolves does not mean it didn't have a creator. If you believe in god, you should also believe that the changes happening are from the hand of god
The test is in the breeding. A dog will always produce a dog. No matter how many genes we selected for they can still breed back to the wolf. And when you produce a mule they have to be bred back to the horse or the donkey,,,why,,,,because the males are sterile,,,why,,,,,,well its explained in the word(. And natural science backs up the bibles explanation,,,,,cool stuff
We were not there...we were given a book written by men for god. It does not tell the entire story, so we really don't know how life as we know it happened. We can make the bridge of faith that God created life from this book which I do. But god also gave us a brain and we have moved past the old testiment and trying to understand creation is not sinful. What is sinful is to hate your brother who thinks a little different than you.


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The recent launch of Orkut.com, and the flurry of sign-ups, partially powered by its ``exclusive'' model of invitation based membership, has brought discussions about ``social networks'' and sites like Friendster, Tribe, and LinkedIn back into the spotlight of discussions.
Social networking isn't new. It is, in fact, as old as institutions and organizations are. Not just since the fundamental writings by Sociologists such as Coleman in 1964 have groups and circles attempted to harness the social capital inherent in structures, using tools to rate and evaluate individuals within a social grouping, and to facilitate communications amongst the members.
The oldest club in Europe, an exclusive French society of dove breeders, used social networking tools since the late 17th century to connect its members via a handwritten newsletter, circulating from member to member, and being amended along the way. A special trust metric had been established, which allowed each breeder to rate his peers, a process in which each vote carried weight based on the casters own ratings. In addition to the mailing, which took roughly one year to travel each of the members, shortcut routes were established, usually between counties, through which smaller groups could reach other groups. To create the shortcuts, each breeder was required to name at least two ``sponsors'' and four breeders he sponsored. Communications between unlinked individuals had to be established by finding a connection via ones own sponsor. Sponsors could, similarly, only communicate with their sponsors or sponsored individuals, making the initial contact a matter of knowing and being known. Once an initial contact was established, the following newsletter circulation was amended to reflect the newly linked breeders, who now were free to communicate and refer directly.
Acceptance of communications of bird purchases and sales based almost entirely on the ratings found inside the newsletter and contacts initiated by sponsors.
If this sounds even vaguely familiar, it does so, because it is reflected, in part, by today's ``social networking'' software.
It hasn't changed much. What did change, are the tools. And their names. And the hubris surrounding them. While most of the hurdles have fallen, including the sometimes mind-numbing wait for another circulation of the newsletter, and initiation has become much easier, the same basic ideas are still at work.
Even the pranksters, fakesters, and bogus friendship links aren't new. The Count of Villechy, in 1889, was expelled from the club for posing as two breeders in an attempt to boost his ranking. The attempt failed due to the elaborate trust metric (which is closely related to the metric used at Advogato [and was calculated by hand, no less]), and because of his estranged mistress' relationship to another, influential, club member.
Social networking is not "happening".
True, in a way, it is, and has been, ever since man decided that being in groups is a good idea. Social networking is shaping its forms and tools, based on the simple method of trial and error. If it works, it'll stick around, if it doesn't, it won't. It's just not "happening" in the "in" sense of the word.
The new meme on the block are social networks in software. Because 'networking' sounds so wonderfully technical, its original meaning (predating even the most rudimentary computers and data-networks by a few decades) has slowly given way to the new, leaving discussions about "social networking" with the task to untangle and uniquely address either one.
"Social capital accumulates through social networks and trust, and the norms of mutual reciprocity that these relationships foster." - Coleman, Puntnam 1988. → Today's "social networking" technology, the attempt to replicate and visualize social ties in HTML, XML, or graphical means, is a toy - at best. In its current application, it creates a user-base in which individuals are more interested in creating individual data, not social data. Once the emphasis is based on the size of a social interaction, not its quality, ties rot and become meaningless. Such a design also gives way to appeasement approaches (reciprocal linking, solicitation of links by way of creating meaningless ties, or linking individuals in an attempt to enter a specific social structure, not as a means to represent a preexisting relationship).
To reverse this - the infant social networking technology today is widely understood as a means to the end of creating social ties and thereby capital, not as a tool to effectively display such connections. This approach creates vast networks of faux relationships with little to no bearing in real life, interspersed with accurate or semi-accurate reflections of pre-existing fabrics. Unless the social networking tool provides ways to differentiate between either relationship, its usability is low.
"Trust", the basis of every social network, relies of effective control mechanism, be they employed through peer review or doctrine. Social capital becomes worthless, and in fact devalues the attached Human capital, if its origins are subject to doubt. → Current social network tools are vulnerable to attacks and easily infiltrated with faux or outdated information. An emphasis on "positive" relationships completely ignores the negative sides of interaction and leaves an interpretative void, unable to properly describe either function or conflict based interactions.
Social capital created and sustained by social networks has meaning only in its most extensive form. Only then, if the foundation and terminology of any valuation is know, and only if the source is identified and enjoys trust → Technology based social networking tools are "sound-bite" based ("In my bedroom, you will find..."). Unless additional steps are taken, usually outside the tools, one is left with imagination and reliance on unverified information to form a working impression of peers.
Social Networking software does not create anything "new". It is an attempt to express existing relationships. Expression is only as useful as its interpretive capabilities and accuracy. → Social structure descriptions such as FOAF, XFN, or the ones used by Friendster-type websites, are generic and unable to express an individual's standing within his or her own social circle. FOAF additionally suffers from technology-centric design, lack of interpreters, and useable levels of saturation. XFN does not claim to be an accurate reflection of social interaction, but has the potential to become one, which is why it has been listed here.


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I will just be waiting to see if they bother even fricking trying.
if this coaching staff knows anything about adjusting and running an offense adequately, LSU's offense will look different than it normally does.
This is where the fail will occur for LSU. We will see the same offense we have witnessed all season. If they knew how to adjust, why didn't they adjust against Towson, Auburn, Florida, or MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL 1/9?
when youre losing 21-0 with 730 left and wont even try a new qb and persist to run up the middle you're never going to change.
Now whether they win or lose, I don't really care at this point.
I will just be waiting to see if they bother even fricking trying.
Miles ran bread and butter ground and pound right at AL on 1/9/12. We were getting out a-- whipped and he ran like 20 times up the gut in the 2nd half of that game.
when youre losing 21-0 with 730 left and wont even try a new qb and persist to run up the middle you're never going to change.
yep. that spoke volumes. Saban made miles quit.
you go no-huddle and throw every damn down in that situation. we ran the ball.
we quit coaching wise.
Posted by Tamer of beasts Definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Maybe Les is insane
He definitely is but not the good kind of insane when he was the gambling mad hatter. It really is strange how much he has changed.
So what will the offense look like?
This isn't opinion. This isn't conjecture. This is friggin x's and o's 101.
You don't run straight at them. Miles' bread-and-butter ground-and-pound will not work. They need to utilize misdirection, quick-hitting passes, screens, etc. to use Clowney and the rest of the USC defense's aggressiveness against them. You have to slow them down by tossing quick passes over their heads. This also will help Mettenberger achieve a rhythm with his WR's and TE's early on.
actually, miles gambles very little when he has no confidence it will work. think about it.
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Even a dog with the most humble of backgrounds can grow up to become a grand champion at the Routt County Fair. Lauren Frentress and Emmitt proved that Monday.
Frentress, 14, and her pooch earned a score of 98 from judge Julie Price in the obedience class, and after that, no other tandem could overtake them in the overall points race.
Frentress and Emmitt left Hayden Town Park with the lavender grand champion's ribbon, quite an accomplishment for the owner of a 2-year-old golden/Labrador retriever mix who adopted her championship dog from a cardboard box.
"We went to a football game and there was a sign for free puppies," Frentress said. "My mom said I could have him."
Emmitt is just one of the gang on the Frentress ranch -- Lauren has two other dogs, three cats and a trio of rabbits at home. It remains to be seen if Emmitt can remain the same modest dog from West Routt, now that he has found fame.
Lauren credits her 4-H leader with Emmitt's success in the show ring.
"Jamie Denker is very good at training dogs," Frentress said. "She's taught Emmitt a lot.
"You have to take your time. Dogs will do what they are told if you're nice."
Tyra Monger, 11, and her border collie, Maximillian, had their first experience in the show ring Monday. Tyra is more familiar with showing steers at the county fair. But she received Maximillian as a Christmas gift and began training him through her 4-H group. Max got his name when he went caroling with his new owner during the holidays. Monger was reminded of the plucky little dog who co-starred in "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," and borrowed the name for her puppy.
Monger observed that dogs such as hers that are bred for herding livestock have strong personality traits that sometimes have to be overcome to succeed at a dog show.
"He thinks a ball is a loose sheep and he tries to herd it," Monger said. "If you throw a ball, he chases it. You can't do that in the show ring."
Jacquelyn Denker, 13, whose Australian shepherd Ginger did well in the showmanship class, agrees about livestock dogs.
"They're really protective," Denker said. "If a judge tries to pet them, they might skirt around. For Ginger, I just have to keep a treat in front of her to make sure she's not keying on the judge."
Frentress said as wonderful as Emmitt is, he still has room for improvement -- particularly in the area of dental hygiene.
"I tried to brush his teeth, but he doesn't like toothpaste," she said.
There are definite signs the relationship between Emmitt and Frentress will survive a case of doggie breath.
"I like to praise him, and he likes to be praised," Frentress said.
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Luckily we are good about backing up everything. The only things I lost were about 2 months of edited .jpgs. We have the original RAW files on 2 backup drives, so all I lost was the time I spent editing and converting the RAW files to .jpg the first time. It could have been SO much worse! This EHD carries ALL my digital pages, ALL our digital photos, ALL our scanned heritage photos from all of our family branches, etc etc.
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I had a similar EHD accident while I was doing my initial backup to Mozy. I am anxiously awaiting whether or not anything can be retrieved. I will really be upset if it cannot. Since I am anticipating having to replace my 1T EHD, what do you recommend? Is there a better way for storage besides temperamental EHDs? Maybe there is an online storage site that automatically backs itself up. Has anyone heard/used one? Thanks a lot. I really hope that all my photos and scrapbook stuff is not "toast"!!!
I have heard of something like that but don't know names or how it works. Will let you know ASAP. (Gotta ask the boyfriend)
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Displaying admirable ambition and sensitivity to the social and political realities in Ireland, however, Doyle persevered and, without any exchequer support, opened in March 1875 a room dedicated to portraiture. Later, in 1884, this display was expanded to become the Historical and Portrait Gallery. Though the permanent display today consists of paintings and sculptures, the profile of the collection has altered little since its inception. The description of the Portrait Gallery in 1885 as a display of 'eminent Irishmen and Irish women… also of statesmen and others who were politically or socially connected with Ireland, or whose lives serve in any way to illustrate her history or throw light on her social or literary or artistic records' still stands. Indeed, the selection on display today, augmented by the addition of portraits of figures representing popular culture and sport, was made with Doyle's early aspirations very much in mind.
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I just found the Hasbro AOTC Jedi Starfighter this morning at the St. Ann Wal*Mart (on the Rock Road just east of Lindberg). The price was $19.76. I bought two of them, one for myself and one to share with a fellow collector. That left two on the shelf. If you are local and would be interested it will be first come, first served.
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Art meets traditional Minnesota culture every year at the Art Shanties Project. The usual clusters of ice fishing houses on Minnesota lakes are re-imagined as themed art installations. As one writeup (tinyurl.com/yaj8ccg ) described it, "the ad hoc assortment of whimsical art shanties offers both a celebration of and a refuge from midwinter's chill, a send-up to the wry humor, dogged determination, and sheer cleverness of the hardy folks who live in these sometimes brutal climes." I'd call it Burning Man for Minnesotans... without the nudity, of course. Official web site: tinyurl.com/72kgcf .
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Looked around for an existing thread and found none.
Wondering if anyone picked up the POTJ 100th Luke (or something like that).
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The question is - is it a good purchase? Is there another Luke anyone recommends over this one?
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Ed W. "Too Tall" Freeman (November 20, 1927 August 20, 2008) was aUnited States Army helicopter pilot who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Battle of Ia Drang during the Vietnam War. During the battle, he flew through gunfire numerous times, bringing supplies to a trapped American battalion and flying dozens of wounded soldiers to safety. Freeman was a wing-man for Major Bruce Crandall who also received the Medal of Honor for the same missions.Freeman's commanding officer nominated him for the Medal of Honor for his actions at Ia Drang, but not in time to meet a two-year deadline then in place.[5] He was instead awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.[2] The Medal of Honor nomination was disregarded until 1995, when the two-year deadline was removed. He was formally presented with the medal on July 16, 2001, in the East Room of the White House by President George W. Bush.[5]
Freeman's official Medal of Honor citation reads:
Captain Ed W. Freeman, United States Army, distinguished himself by numerous acts of conspicuous gallantry and extraordinary intrepidity on 14 November 1965 while serving with Company A, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). As a flight leader and second in command of a 16-helicopter lift unit, he supported a heavily engaged American infantry battalion at Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley, Republic of Vietnam. The unit was almost out of ammunition after taking some of the heaviest casualties of the war, fighting off a relentless attack from a highly motivated, heavily armed enemy force. When the infantry commander closed the helicopter landing zone due to intense direct enemy fire, Captain Freeman risked his own life by flying his unarmed helicopter through a gauntlet of enemy fire time after time, delivering critically needed ammunition, water and medical supplies to the besieged battalion. His flights had a direct impact on the battle's outcome by providing the engaged units with timely supplies of ammunition critical to their survival, without which they would almost surely have gone down, with much greater loss of life. After medical evacuation helicopters refused to fly into the area due to intense enemy fire, Captain Freeman flew 14 separate rescue missions, providing life-saving evacuation of an estimated 30 seriously wounded soldiers -- some of whom would not have survived had he not acted. All flights were made into a small emergency landing zone within 100 to 200 meters of the defensive perimeter where heavily committed units were perilously holding off the attacking elements. Captain Freeman's selfless acts of great valor, extraordinary perseverance and intrepidity were far above and beyond the call of duty or mission and set a superb example of leadership and courage for all of his peers. Captain Freeman's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.[6]


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Clear your sinuses, dry chapped lips, and do even more when you use the Stadler Form Jerry Personal Ultrasonic Humidifier (EMS-200). This small, lightweight personal humidifier gives you great humidification in your office, home, or anywhere else. At a coverage area of 15 square feet, this humidifier uses a bottle of water instead of a water tank, allowing you to refill much easier than most other humidification machines. Including a bottle adapter that can fit most bottles and an AC adapter for easy plug-in, this humidifier is perfect for on-the-go travelers.
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I love to code, and I'd like to make a contribution. HP had a project (SourceXchange) for commercial match-making between developers and their sponsors, my dream is one that matches charities with their programming benefactors. I asked the manager of HP's effort if they'd expand it to include work "gratis," but they declined.
It makes a lot of sense to me, but maybe I'm just dense.
I don't like the idea of giving away something I've done to just any angst-ridden prick that happens upon it. Hence my refusal to participate in the open source movement.
I am charitable. I make gifts of money where it is needed, and will continue to do so. But Giving money feels very hollow. I want to give something substatntive, but all I know is engineering. I insist on continuing to work the private sector because I'm very productive, and that productivity (I hope) trickles down to the rest of the world over time.
I have seen the struggles that charities endure for sake of cause. Good, purpose-designed software can help them, even the smallest of them, to do what they do better. It can help them spend more time on the cause, and less time administering. That would be a worthwhile contribution, and is something that really excites me.
So, over the next few days I'm going to hash out my ideas on the subject here and hope some like-minded people read them, agree and join me. Or, maybe less ambitiously, help me refine my thoughts to form a plausable argument.
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Facial paralysis occurs when a person is no longer able to move some or all of the muscles on one side of the face.
Paralysis of the face.
Facial paralysis is almost always caused by:
In people who are otherwise healthy, facial paralysis is often due to Bell's palsy. This is a condition in which the facial nerve becomes inflamed.
Stroke may cause facial paralysis. With a stroke, other muscles on one side of the body may also be involved.
Facial paralysis that is due to a brain tumor usually develops slowly. Symptoms can include headaches, seizures, or hearing loss.
In newborns, facial paralysis may be caused by trauma during birth.
Other causes include:
The doctor will perform a physical exam and ask questions about your medical history and symptoms, including:
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The doctor may refer you to a physical, speech, or occupational therapist. If facial paralysis from Bell's palsy lasts for more than 6 - 12 months, plastic surgery may be recommended to help the eye close and improve the appearance of the face.
Follow your health care provider's instructions on how to take care of yourself at home. Take any medicines as directed.
If the eye cannot fully close, the cornea must be protected from drying out with prescription eye drops or gel.
Call your doctor if you have weakness or numbness in your face. Seek emergency medical help right away if you have these symptoms along with a severe headache, seizure, or blindness.
Griggs RC, Jozefowicz RF, Aminoff MJ. Approach to the patient with neurologic disease. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 403.
Shy ME. Peripheral neuropathies. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 428.
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St. Fidelis church, better known as the Cathedral of the Plains, is located in Victoria, Kansas. It is one of a number of large Catholic churches erected by the Volga Germans who emigrated to the area around Hays, Kansas in the late Eighteenth and early Nineteenth centuries.
Once again I've got vignetting and missed stitches because of insufficient overlap. This image was also challenging to capture because I had to incline the robot in order to capture the top of the steeple, thus the poor leveling of the left side of the image, for instance.
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I'm glad you're enjoying them Mr. Skulls. I think one of the reasons they are as you describe is because of the 12x zoom on the Canon S5 IS that I'm shooting with. I'm looking forward to travelling a little next week with hopes of getting some Gigapans in the southwest USA. Stay tuned...
It seems most of your pans come out very crisp and clear and are fun to explore. You can tell that you take your time and pride in your pans to produce high quality photos. Great work author!!


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Do NOT USE THIS THREAD FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN SCORING YOUR DEER
PLEASE post other business, congratulations, etc. on another thread so we won't have to sift through other posts to get scores. Thanks.
Here are the rules for the 2013-14 Deer Contest. There are a few differences from previous years, so please read them thoroughly!
All deer will be measured using the gross score as measured by Pope and Young or Boone & Crockett measuring instructions. If your deer is in velvet just measure it as is no need to strip the velvet for this contest. Use the sum of all normal point measurements AND abnormal point measurements (add row E column 4 to the subtotals of columns 1, 2, and 3). See the link below for an online calculation. http://www.boone-crockett.org/bgReco...Whitetail+Deer
Each contest participant can score up to 2 animals for points that contribute to a team point total. The winning team will be the one with the most points at the end of the contest.
>>> NOTE: We will edit or delete any posts we see questioning the score posted for someone's buck. To challenge a buck score (this is strongly discouraged) send a PM to Midlife Crisis or Beamen123. If your buck is scored and is challenged by someone in a PM sent to Midlife Crisis or Beamen123, you may be asked to provide all the individual measurements in a PM to Midlife Crisis or Beamen123. The Mods reserve the right to not accept any or all score challenges or follow up on any challenges - we've got stuff to do outside of this contest. In the past, obviously wrong scores have been a matter of people not knowing how to score their buck rather than an intentional attempt to overstate the score. Some scores were even understated.
*** Be advised of the following rule change for this season ***
After much discussion, this years Deer Contest will allow for members who signed-up for the contest but failed to check-in on their team thread over the first 2 weeks after the close of sign-ups to be replaced by members who missed the sign-ups and would like to participate. The replacements are on a first-come, first-serve basis. If we need 13 replacements, the first 13 people to contact me through PM after sign-ups will be in.
If, for some reason, you would not have computer access over the first 2 weeks after sign-ups close (August 8th - August 22nd), send me a PM advising me so your name will not be replaced. Immediately after sign-ups close and team threads are posted, please have one of your team members listed on your team thread send a PM to everyone on your team advising them of what team they're on.
If they still fail to check-in on your team thread after August 22nd, one member from each team may contact me through a PM advising me of what members have failed to check in and they will be replaced. Once that member has been replaced, there is no getting back into the contest for that particular year.
For the last several years, we've not allowed replacements for a multitude of reasons. However, we've received a lot of feedback of people upset that certain team members sign-up, but never show up. So this should most certainly alleviate that issue.
We hope there are no inactive members, but every year there's always a select few. Let's all have a safe and successful season! Deer Contest sign-ups open July 7th!
1. First entry date is August 10, 2013. An earlier 2013 harvest date is permissible (largely in the case of the July season for California Zone A).
2. Final harvest entry date will be March 1, 2014 - 7:00 AM EST. All deer must be entered by then or they will not count.
3. It doesn't matter how many states you hunt...one buck and one doe or one doe and a second doe (for people who enter a second doe instead of a buck) will count for your score, no matter where taken. You cannot score two antlered bucks for points. A button buck of any deer species can be scored as a doe for 50 points. An antlered deer may be scored only as a buck (for the measurement score or 50 points, whichever is larger).
You can replace a buck or second doe score with a buck that scores more points. You can wait to enter a buck if you want to, but there is absolutely no reason to wait.
4. NO PICTURE OR VIDEO, NO SCORE. Do not take your deer to the processor before you take a picture of it with your bow in the picture. All pictures should be tasteful (don't worry too much about tongues hanging out, but try to limit the blood). You must post a picture or post a video link of your harvest to count as scored!
If you have already posted a picture of your deer and need to use that same photo in the scoring thread, the AT servers will not allow you to upload that exact image a second time. In order for you to use that same photo you need to follow the instructions from Sticky in this post (scroll to top of post):
5. Your deer (not just horns and cape) and the bow must be in the picture. You do not have to be in the picture, but it is encouraged. ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSES ACCEPTED HERE! THE BOW MUST BE IN THE PICTURE! If your bow is not in the picture then that picture will not count toward scoring any points for your team. Memorize this rule and dont forget it when you hunt!
5A. Acceptable photos (these types of photos will score points):
a) photo of bow, deer, and hunter in the field
b) photo of bow and deer in the field
c) photo of bow, deer, and hunter in the back of a truck at home
d) photo of bow and deer in the back of a truck
e) photo of bow and deer with skin still on and hanging in a garage
5B. Unacceptable photos (NO POINTS AWARDED for these types of photos):
a) photo of deer without your bow in the same photo
b) photo of just a set of horns or a European mount and your bow
c) photo of your mount from the taxidermist and your bow
d) photo of skinned carcass with bow in your garage
So, if you have a deer that you left overnight before tracking (or took a week to find) and when you recovered it you found it had been picked over by coyotes: take as tasteful a picture as possible in the field WITH YOUR BOW in order to score points. No bow in picture means no points will be awarded. That means you will have to take your bow along for the recovery if there is even just a possibility that your animal has ruined by coyotes. If you cannot take your bow onto the land where the deer expired (no permission to hunt there) then you must drag what you can of the stinky remains of the carcass to where you can have your bow in the picture. No hard luck stories accepted here: you will have our sympathy, but no points.
Realizing that the photo rules cannot cover every specific situation exactly, the contest moderators will use their discretion in scoring photos that do not conform exactly to the rules. That said, no score will ever be accepted if a bow is not in the picture with the animal.
6. Please do not post a buck until you have measured him for an accurate score.
7. Please post your score (with picture) like one of the following examples give us the measurements for the species you want scored (well factor in any deductions or additions per rules 9-14):
Team 1 Rut Dudes whitetail buck 185 3/8
Team 2 Fast Feathers whitetail doe
Team 3 Straight Shooters mule deer buck 154 0/8 (we will net this to 134)
Team 4 Shafted Columbian Blacktail buck 65 3/8 (we will gross this up to 100 3/8)
Team 5 Team Colorado elk 307 (see rule 14 for how this will score)
Team 6 Bloody Arrows second doe scored as a buck
(by posting the team number and name it will help us navigate the scoring spreadsheet much faster to enter your scores)
8. If you measure your deer incorrectly and catch the error before the 7:00 AM deadline on March 1, 2014, you may enter a corrected score (please indicate it is a correction on your posting). Errors uncovered at a later date will not be corrected. If you have not scored a deer before, you should carefully read the Pope & Young or Boone & Crockett scoring rules several times and if need be, discuss them with teammates or official scorers in your area.
9. All does and button bucks (regardless of deer species whitetail, blacktail, mule, Coues', Sitka), and whitetail bucks scoring under 50 count as 50 points. Whitetail does and whitetail button bucks are scored as does for points. An antlered buck of any deer species may only be scored as a buck for points (50 points will be the minimum score awarded regardless of bone measurements).
10. Mule Deer bucks will have a 20 point deduction in score (post the actual measurement we will deduct the 20 points subject to the 50 point minimum).
11. Columbian Blacktail Deer bucks will receive an additional 35 points in score (post the actual measurement we will add the 35 points, subject to the 50 point minimum).
12. Sitka Blacktail Deer bucks will receive an additional 60 points in score (post the actual measurement we will add the 60 points).
13. Coues deer bucks will receive an additional 65 points in score (post the actual measurement we will add the 65 points).
14. Elk, moose, and bear (either sex) can be counted as a first or second doe score (BUT ONLY 20 points will be awarded, instead of 50 for a whitetail doe). This is a deer contest, but well give a few points for these other limited species.
15. Crossbows are allowed in states where legal.
16. Bow kills only...no gun, as this is an Archery contest...see crossbow rule above.
17. You MUST have fun! This is for bragging rights and camaraderie only there wont be any prizes for the winning team.
Team Score Updates: Midlife Crisis will try to update the team scores every Sunday morning (as early as 4 am, but probably no later than noon Eastern time), but this may not always be the case due to travel, church, or failure to remember to post an update. The pdf score file and team scores thread will begin sometime around the third Sunday in September and will not be updated more than once each week.
Check your score once it appears on the pdf file (scored through your post number) to make sure Midlife got it right (correct hunter awarded points, right number of points - he's been known to make a mistake or two .... - if you notice something, send Midlife Crisis a PM telling him how he messed up - again).
Game on!
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Further thoughts on the Linear FS:
It could easily be emulated in another OS by the creation of one large file which housed the FS structure. While this file may not be contiguous in its native OS, it would at least be a way to experiment with the FS without having to use a partition editor when you wanted to examine the LinFS structure workings (during debugging, eg).
Taking inspiration from the Unix FS method of storing the first ten inodes in a table within the directory structure itself, for really small files it might even be possible to store the contents of the file in the directory for the ultimate in zero redirection. Of course, you wouldn't want them to be very big, or changing very often, but it's an idea. See what happens.
Life goes on. Went to Netizen's disintegration party - felt like, well, a straight boy at a goth club, really. You talk the same language, but there's this undertone of "you're probably really shocked that I've got piercings and weird sexual habits, eh?". Which I'm not, of course :-) But mostly just the feeling of being someone who's amongst good friends who can't be bothered meeting new people when they're having fun with the old people. Hey, I've been in the other position, so I don't blame them at all :-)
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The NRL's new chief executive is reportedly senior banker David Smith.
The ARL Commission will officially unveil their new CEO on Friday morning at Rugby League Central, but News Limited says Smith - the chief executive of Lloyds International based in Sydney - has been appointed.
He takes over from David Gallop, who was sacked by the NRL in June.
Smith is said to have no previous experience in rugby league.
The announcement will be made in conjunction with the draw for first 20 rounds of the 2013 season at media conference at 1pm (NZT).
It will round off a momentous week for the code, with the commission making the controversial decision to outlaw the shoulder charge on Wednesday.


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Communications staff wins CASE awards
Posted January 26, 2004; 03:45 p.m.
Staff members in the Office of Communications have been honored in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education District II Accolades Awards Program.
Steven Schultz, senior writer, won a silver or second-place award in the "Excellence in News Writing" category. The publications team earned a bronze or third-place award in the "Student Recruitment Publications--Individual" category.
Schultz received the award for five science stories he wrote and disseminated as news releases. The stories also appeared in the Princeton Weekly Bulletin. Topics ranged from research by psychologist Nicole Shelton on the effects of racial prejudice to a study by chemist Salvatore Torquato regarding the optimum microstructure of composite materials.
The publications team was honored for a 46-page booklet, "Thriving at Princeton: A Resource Guide for New Students of Color." The piece was produced for the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life, and covers topics ranging from academic resources to social resources and opportunities for involvement. It also includes answers to frequently asked questions of particular interest to students of color that were compiled by current Princeton students.
Princeton staff members credited in the publication are: Denise Applewhite for photography; Micole Sharlin and Maggie Westergaard for design; and Steve LeMenager and Karin Dienst for editing. Laurel Masten Cantor is the director of publications. A version of the printed publication is available online .
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is an international association of education advancement officers. District II encompasses Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and West Virginia.
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So, I get that question a lot lately: can I use PitfDLL in 64-bit mode on my AMD-64?
The simplest answer I can give is: I don't know. I'm not at all into this 64-bit thing and don't want to worry about it too much. I'm sure there's interested 64-bit hackers that can correct me on all wrong assumptions I'm making below and who are willing to code it, too. But that said, it's probably possible.
- As far as I'm aware, an app runs either in 64-bit mode or in 32-bit mode. An app can never run partly in 64-bit mode or in 32-bit mode.
- Therefore, the 32-bit wine-loaded binary DLL files would need to run in a separate binary, probably pipe-driven or so, and this binary would need to be called as a helper binary from the otherwise 64-bit GStreamer plugin/player. Shared mem may make speed acceptable already.
Totem playing
I wrote a new volume widget for Totem, which takes less space than the current one and looks more like other similar volume widgets on the GNOME desktop (i.e. a button with a volume icon on it rather than a largish slider). Nothing new here, you'd say. Well, the nice detail is that you still have press-and-drag behaviour, i.e. you can click the volume button and the popped-up slider will directly have grip/focus. Other apps, such as Rhythmbox, may be interested in trying this as well.


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By Ben Levisohn
From 2001 through 2010, emerging markets left the S&P 500 (SPY) in the dust. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index gained 350% to the S&P 500′s 4.7% drop. And investors got a boost from the falling U.S. dollar, lost 29% during that period against a basket of developed-market currencies.
These days, however, emerging markets are struggling, while the S&P 500 is surging. And investors can't even count rising emerging-market currencies to help ease the pain. Here's Bespoke Investment Group's take on the impact of currencies on international stock returns from an article posted yesterday:
The US has been the fifth best performing country in 2013 using local currency returns, but it has been the third best when adjusted for the move in the Dollar. Japan's Nikkei 225 is up a whopping 17.74% in local currency, but when adjusted for the big drop the Yen has seen, it is up just 6.30%. Not bad, but not great either. The UK's FTSE-100 is also up significantly in local currency terms with a gain of 9.83%, but it is nearly flat (0.88%) when adjusting for the drop in the Pound. South Africa is another country that has been impacted negatively by a drop in its currency. In local currency, South Africa's stock market is up 4.41%, but it's down nearly that much (-4.38%) in Dollar terms.
For U.S. investors, it's the dollar returns that matter–and that's been a problem so far this year. Some of the best performing stock markets have been in nations with weak currencies, while the strongest currencies have been in nations with weak stock markets.
According to Bespoke, Taiwan's TWSE Index has gained 3.84% this year in local terms, but only 1.46% when accounting for the dollar's rise. South Africa's FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index, meanwhile, has gained 4.41% in local terms, but has dropped 4.38% when accounting for the rand's plunge this year. The there's Mexico's Bolsa index, which has dropped 0.72% this year, but has gained 3.01% when accounting for the stronger peso. India's Sensex has dropped 0.33% this year, but has gained 0.41% because of the stronger rupee.
And that doesn't include the impact of fees and other factors that can eat into investor returns. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index for instance, has gained 0.3% in local currency terms including reinvested dividends, but has dropped 0.4% in dollar terms. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) exchange-traded fund, however, has dropped 2.7%.
And investors should be particularly careful in some hot–but small–emerging stock markets. The MSCI Indonesia Investable Market Index, for instance, has gained 11.6%% this year, while investors in the iShares MSCI Indonesia Investable Market Index ETF (EIDO) have gained 11.5%. The MSCI Philippines Investable Market Index has returned 17.8%, to the iShares MSCI Indonesia Investable Market Index ETF's (EPHE) 16.6% return.
That might not seem like much now, but it will when they inevitably plunge.


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Hand-shot panorama of the view from the Virgin River USGS Phenocam tower near Mormon Mesa, NV, North of Lake Mead. TimeScience installed these cameras to help the USGS and other stake holders understand the impact of a biocontrol beetle on Tamarisk. View from the cameras: Left Cam: timecam.tv/view_cam.aspx?C=21 ...


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By Ben Levisohn
Vipshop.com (VIPS) has been treated like second-hand goods this week. Citigroup, however, says its the real deal.
Vipshop has dropped 18% this week though Thursday as signs of slowing economic growth in China and the possible end of the Fed's bond buying made investors sell, sell, sell. It wasn't the only Chinese internet company to get pummeled: E-Commerce China Dangdang (DANG) dropped 12%, Youku Tudou (YOKU) fell 7.2%, Ctrip.com (CTRP) dipped 4.5% and Baidu (BAIU) ticked down 4.9%.
In a note today, Citigroup's Muzhi Li initiated Vipshop as a Buy with a $45 price target. That's 70% higher than yesterday's close of $26.44. The reason: "VIPS is China's only profitable listed online retailer," Li says. She writes:
It is: 1) The single largest online discount store in China with a ~1.5% share of the fragmented destocking market; 2) The eighth-largest listed Chinese internet company in terms of revenues; 3) The only profitable listed online retailer in China. The company plays a critical role in helping apparel manufacturers reduce inventory and recover cash flows by selling deeply discounted merchandise to in-land consumers who are either unreachable by retailers or are unlikely to buy at regular prices…
…We value the stock at a target price of US$45, implying 70% upside, 28x 2014E non-GAAP EPADS and 0.5x PEG, believing that the company has the potential to extend its leadership by increasing operational efficiency.
Vipshop has gained 3.1% to $27.27 today, and is up 53% this year.


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Coatesville and Interboro win playoff games
The Coatesville Red Raiders put on an offensive show to win in the District 1 AAAA semifinals Friday, beating Neshaminy 63-28.
Coatesville scored a pair of 86 yard touchdowns in the first quarter and never trailed in the football game. Big play after big play led to the win starting with DaQuan Worley's touchdown run, the first of three on the night for Worley. Nate Hall had over 200 yards and 4 touchdowns on the ground for Neshaminy in a losing effort.
Interboro won the District 1 AAA title by beating West Chester Henderson 14-12. Henderson got a pair of rushing touchdowns from Chris Mitton but Mitton couldn't haul in James Bady's pass on the 2-point conversion and Interboro held on for a win.


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Wow! Robinson was the head of one of the greatest 90s bands until Kate Hudson came along and Yoko-Ono'd them. To hear he might take on members of two other great bands is good news indeed.Robinson to Front New Band?
Wed Jan 7,12:25 AM ET
By Sarah Hall
Coming soon to a stadium arena near you: the Black Temple Roses?
Former Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson (news), Robert and Don DeLeo and Eric Krets of the Stone Temple Pilots and possibly some former member of Guns N' Roses are joining up to form a new supergroup, according to the New York Post.
Each aforementioned band has either been placed on extended hiatus or dissolved beyond recognition to the collective mourning of rock fans everywhere.
Robinson left the Crowes in 2001 amid internal squabbling with bandmate and brother Rich, and set out to launch a solo career. His 2002 release New Earth Mud included the song "Katie Dear," a tribute to his bride, Kate Hudson (news), who is due to deliver the couple's first child any day now.
The DeLeo brothers and Krets became involved in a make-up, break-up relationship with STP bandmate Scott Weiland (news), whose drug addictions landed him a jail sentence and repeated rehab stints, causing the band to resort to extended hiatus status.
No information on which former members of Guns N' Roses, if any, would be signing on with this latest in supergroup formations; however, several of them have already signed on to other projects.
In fact, this latest amalgamation of Crowes, Pilots and Roses is not to be confused with the other Pilots-Roses merger, otherwise known as Velvet Revolver, which features the embattled Weiland on vocals and the instrumental talents of Slash, Duff McKagan (news) and Matt Sorum, all late of Guns N' Roses.
Velvet Revolver's long-awaited debut release is set for spring, and the band plans to tour beforehand in Europe and Asia before returning to the States to promote their as-of-yet untitled album. No word on when the new Robinson-fronted band will lay down some tracks or hit the road.
But what former GNR members? We can assume that the members of Velvet Revolver (Slash, Duff, Matt, and sometimes Izzy) and Axl's GNR Cover Band (Dizzy) are out. Which leaves:
Gilby Clarke
Steven Adler
(possibly) Izzy Stradlin
any pre-Appetite for Destruction fellows
anyone who was in the band for a week between The Spaghetti Incident and the present
The Suicide Horns (okay, now I'm pushing it)
I have no idea (without checking liner notes, which I don't have access to at the moment) what instruments the DeLeo brothers play, so I don't know if Steven's even an option. So we're left with (discounting very minor players who no one remembers) Izzy and Gilby, two very talented "second guitarists" with very similar styles. Personally, I'm hoping for Izzy, since he's post-GNR solo career has been more in line with the Southern Rock/Rolling Stones type music that the Black Crowes played. But I'll be super-happy if it's either of them.


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Sinfonia to present world premiere of composition
Posted April 27, 2009; 06:58 p.m.
The Princeton University Sinfonia will conclude its season with the world premiere of a jazz-influenced work by Princeton-area composer Laurie Altman as well as several orchestra favorites at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 7, in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.
The orchestra, conducted by Ruth Ochs, will be joined by Fuma Sacra, a professional vocal ensemble directed by Andrew Megill, and the Princeton University Concert Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Anthony D.J. Branker. Guitarist Nate Radley will perform with the combined forces.
Titled "In Another Time," Altman's composition incorporates his own poetry with a poem by David Herrstrom and Pablo Neruda's famous "Ode to Things." Conceived around the flow of the poetry, the piece moves from a somber and contemplative beginning to an uplifting conclusion. Altman says in a program note that the world's troubled outlook last fall influenced the tenor of the work.
Cast much like a suite, the six brief movements use the vocal, jazz and symphonic forces as a sonic mosaic with lively rhythmic twists and jazz-inspired harmonies. The commission of "In Another Time" was supported by the University's Lewis Center for the Arts, jazz program and music department.
The program will also feature Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante défunte," Robert Schumann's Spring Symphony and the opening of Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 with soloist Kathy Li, a Princeton freshman who won the 2009 Sinfonia Concerto Competition.
Ruth Ochs and Anna Wittstruck lead Sinfonia, a student orchestra sponsored by the Department of Music. Tickets for the concert are $5 and are available online through University Ticketing or by calling (609) 258-9220.