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I Never Said Goodbye
To whomever may be still following this blog. Holy shit dudes. Talk about persistence OR you seriously need to clean your RSS feeds. lol.
To whomever may be still following this blog. Holy shit dudes. Talk about persistence OR you seriously need to clean your RSS feeds. lol.
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Breaking this down into Buffs (things I love) and Debuffs (debunking a lot of misconceptions of the game that led me to believe I might not like it) and Curse (what sucks).
I'll just start with the awesomesauceness of the game.
*The graphics. It has not been since Final Fantasy XI that I have encountered graphics that really impressed me and so it is quite appropriate that it's FFXIV that trumps the last time I was truly wowed by a graphic engine. The renderings are just spectacular, the details are as crisp as I remembered the last time.
Did I mention the graphics are just awesome? I definitely would not recommend anyone try to play this game without the bare minimum system requirements for sure. You will lag, your screen will look like the original nintendo, and it won't be worth your money to try to play this game unless you can fully appreciate it.
Posted by Alachia at 8:21 PM 12 comments
Eh. Need to put in a new post here so the Chinese stop spamming my comments.
Here's an old chat I had a few months ago with Flipmax regarding mages in Wotlk.
Alachia: since playing a mage in vanilla wow, do you find it harder to play a mage in wotlk?
Flipmax: well its a bit more challenging than b4 cuase arcane was never a viable spec until wotlk
Flipmax: compared to fire and ice
Flipmax: which were the main specs in vanilla wow and bc
Flipmax: so harder? id say yes compared to vanilla
Flipmax: however
Flipmax: we done do as much cc compared to the old instnaces either...we used more buttons back then
Flipmax: thru the expansions...everytiem they change talents and trees...mages would suck at the beginning of the patch...like hunters and rouges out dps mages...but after awhile when gear catches up and new set bonuses kicks in they come back on top as you saw last night
Alachia: more buttons how?
Alachia: like counterspell, sheep, decurse?
Flipmax: yea
Flipmax: strategic novas
Flipmax: running around doing specific jobs mages have to do
Flipmax: but there's not much of that anymore. its very point and shoot nowadays
Flipmax: dps is more of a blunt object now in may of the newest fights
Flipmax: the old fights were were always maximizing where we could stand and dps the most time. now there's not much of that
Flipmax: cept for festergut, putrid, and rotface wing
Flipmax: you guys dont even need our portals as much anymore
Flipmax: i can't roulette you guys now anywhere near as much as I could in kara
Alachia: lol
Alachia: interesting.
Flipmax: sounds like im on a podcast interview
Alachia: you are lol
Alachia: so what proc are you looking for the most with arcane?
Flipmax: arc blast
Flipmax: if you look at recounts that's what crits the most
Flipmax: as far as proc...you're alwasy looking for the arc missle proc
Flipmax: it's the most mana efficient thing to use now since it's free
Flipmax: but the challenge is to minimize mana consumption and maximize dps still
Alachia: so you arcane blast until arc missles proc?
Flipmax: for the most part right now
Flipmax: we think that might change once we get 4 piece bonus
Flipmax: since haste is the big stat for this t10 it seems
Flipmax: t9, crit and int were the big stats to get
Flipmax: now that you have haste. your mana is goign down faster. So you actually have to manage mana again. We thought we were going to have to do a lot of management just getting the 2 piece bonus, but not too much yet
Flipmax: getting that trinket that givies us 123 int is the reason mana is really plentiful right now
Alachia: does your counterspell silence mobs now?
Alachia: or did they take that out?
Flipmax: no that's still there
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So I got this email today asking me some really interesting questions regarding why I pursue what I pursue in all my mediums. It made me really think about what drew me to the form of podcasting in the first place.
And more importantly, it inspired me to sit down and do Episode 46. I forgot how much I love to just ramble to myself. And I thought it'd be a good idea to let people know what the future of the podcast is since I've been fielding a lot of questions about its mortality. lol.
Funny note: The background music is Philip Glass Morphosis 1-5 and the lengths of the full set was the length of the podcast. I really love how reflective the music is. Hope you enjoy it too.
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So I thought I kind of nerd raged too much at my last raid this week (muted of course) but apparently a few moments of yelling at the screen is nothing compared to the guy who tried to strangle his mother. That's nerd raging to a whole new level.
I hesitated on posting this or even commenting on this because it obviously has nothing to do with WoW in particular except he happened to be playing the game while the incident occurred. The guy was drunk and obviously has some issues. The whole incident was beyond absurd.
I just HATE news like this because this is where people get really really misleading impressions about the gaming culture. There's rarely a news article about how WoW united a family or helped a group of friends stay in touch. The media has to report what happens but I'm afraid that's all non-gamers tend to see and it severely mars the image of those whose lifestyles revolve around gaming.
Full Article on Tomshardware.com here--->
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I just loved this tid bit on ReRollz.com featuring R.A. Salvatore:
Rerollz: What do you think is the most successful medium for delivering a storyline inside a MMOG? Is it text in a Quest Log window? Is it dialogue bubbles popping up from NPC's on screen? Or is it perhaps voiceover work like with what they are doing at Bioware's Star Wars game?
R.A. Salvatore: It's definitely not the text bubbles. Of that I am certain. How many people read the text of a quest carefully, compared to those who just read the objectives to get it done? I think it's a combination of a lot of things: some text, sure; voiceover helps, but even that can get tedious if it drones on too long (the opening of Culling of Stratholme…); cut scenes can do phenomenal things to evoke emotion in the player, if they're done well; and finally, as I said above regarding Icecrown, the idea that your actions actually change the environment is probably the most powerful thing of all.
How cool is he!? So glad someone out there gets it. Of course, being one of the foremost writers in fantasy adventure, I suppose he would. lol.
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Having pulled a crazy work week, I wasn't sure if I had it in me to hit up the photowalk this evening. I had just told Azyxa I didn't have enough brain juice to do it when I was going through IF to Stormwind to turn in some charms and came across this shot.
At that point, I was mesmerized and had to continue with the screenshots. I am beyond pleased with the photos of Ironforge. I think it has a lot to do with the lighting ambiance and textures in Ironforge. They give you the most amazing glows and shadows.
Out of all the sets so far that I've taken in Azeroth, the Ironforge ones are now my favorite. I have no idea what Catacylsm holds for Ironforge or if we'll even see any changes but I hope to see more areas like it.
One of the things that makes IF so intriguing is how autonomous you feel inside of it. There are just so many nook and crannies and room and shadows that you really feel like it's actual space you can explore. It'd be a great place to play virtual hide and seek for sure.
I also got to visit my old WoW room! Next week, we hit up Wetlands! Woot! I plan to massacre a ton of murlocs in the process!
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What's more annoying than having two attempts out of twenty left on a boss you were able to down in two attempts the week previous? It had been a long and frustrating night where everything seems to be going in reverse! However, second to the last attempt of Professor Putricide, we had worked out all the crazy kinks we were experiencing. People were finally moving where they were supposed to and focusing on what they were asked to and no one was dead by phase 3.
Just as phase 3 comes up, we get set in position and everyone is hard nuking him and he's going down so fast (35% to 18%) in just a matter of seconds. He would have been defeated! As I'm loading up a chain heal, bam!!!! Stuck in place! OH NOES!!! Damn internet went out. NOOOOO.
Shatai, the other healer of the group, (holy priest) was able to keep everyone up until the boss was at 4% but then they had casualties. He almost lasted though! That would have been epic! But as anyone dies in that fight, Professor Putricide gains health back so it becomes a losing battle fast as soon as you have casualties.
Sucks. Found out today that there was a lose wiring in fitting that held all the cable wires. Every time the wind would blow, connectivity would go out. Damn wind had to blow at the worst possible second. If it had happened like twently seconds later, we would have had our much needed successful attempt!
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Today's photowalk was in Badlands. I can't say it's that exciting of a zone. In fact, the rest of the Eastern Kingdom doesn't seem all that interesting until we hit Ghostlands. Kalimdor is where it's at I think.
I did manage to take some nice desert shots though throughout the Badlands. All I can think of in this zone is mining tin. lol. It's also one of the first places you get a trinket, [Nifty Stopwatch].
This is another zone that we all agree we won't mind if they completely overhaul. Sure would be nice to see an alliance town in this area as well.
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I was trying to catch up on the Warcast forums today and was reading some commentary (http://www.worldofwarcast.com/forum/showthread.php?p=15872&posted=1#post15872) on the homogenization controversy we keep bringing up on Warcast. I keep getting the feeling after reading a lot of emails and comments that people just think I'm qq-ing over a feeling and not a fact. So anyhow here was my reply to the forum posts. I hope it brings to light more of the point I keep trying to get across. I also had an example about priests I wanted to use to directly speak about stat changes but left it out because the reply was getting too long. This one deals more with class homogenization.
I think it's really important to look at the over-all picture. I'm not qq-ing because of a few changes over the past months. I'm making an observation over the last five years. And while I have come to terms with these changes (it does take old dogs longer :)), I know for a fact that the homogenization is real. It does make the game simpler but it doesn't mean it hasn't made the game more fun... for some.
A lot of people point to the example of mages when they try to make this argument that the homogenization = more complexity in class play. "back in vanilla wow, all mages did was spam fireball or frost bolt" and now with wotlk, you're seeing mages use mods to monitor arc missile procs from arcane blasts assuming you don't have your four set bonus yet. They have to be careful with their timing and not waste procs. It's more fun for sure. It's more complex than spamming frostbolts for sure and you do amazing pew pew.
However, that's not the whole story. Five years ago, shamans could not decurse and resto tree druids couldn't do it in form. This left the duty mainly to mages who had decurse assignments. In addition to that, mages were always in charge of crowd control. Setting up focus macros to maintain your cc'd target was huge. Counterspell was also very common in a lot of the boss fights which were directly assigned to mages as well. In addition, there were a lot of really fun nova rotations you had to factor in and as well as a few really nifty aoe blizzard or flame strike combos with a mixture of frost and fire mages.
Homogenization has made it less critical for cc, aoe, counterspell, and decurse specializations from mages. Now they are pretty much prue dps soldiers. Shamans do the the decursing and can also counterspell, everyone and their mother can aoe effectively, and CC is almost an urban legend. These used to be part of the arsenal of a certain class and they are all but gone. You can ask almost any mage now that played in vanilla and they'll say, "yeah, it's a little bit more work than spamming one button but we sure as hell have far less buttons to worry about."
It's the tiny nuances that I struggled with losing. I'm not saying it's not for the best as I have submitted that this game isn't designed for the likes of me anymore. I had a great love/hate relationship with unbalanced chaos of class warfare.
And that's fine but I'm not just lamenting over some grand lie about how WoW is shifting to simplifying roles and gear. They are and their blue posts don't try to deny it. Does this free the devs up to create more balanced and fun gameplay for each class? Maybe. But I think the reality is that it's just creating more accessibility of gameplay for a wider audience who just don't give a crap about that stuff and just wanna pew pew and get phat lootz and play with their friends.
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I'm guessing the purpose of the new armory feature is to post your character in your blogs and be able to link what your toon looks like in full 3D model? Avatar Na'vi peeps eat your heart out! This chic is the KING of the floating islands of Nagrand. lol.
I'm a little confused at the new armory change, particularly the select stance style which requires you to log into battlenet to save. There have been so many reports of scams and recent account hacks. Why add a superfluous little item like this that you know people are going to have to do. Everyone loves to customize. I don't know many players who don't. This just seems irresponsible on Blizz's part. It's like giving teens the option of sex and then not making sure they have protection. That being said, check your HTML address like 10 times before you enter your full account info to customize your armory 3D toon.
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It turns out the guy setting fire to hundreds of cars in Berlin wasn't a pyromaniac Guy Fawkes but instead a 27-year-old man bummed about not having a job or nice things. Hey, still sounds like he's part of the "Neun und Neunzig Prozent" though, right?
Luxury cars in the German capitol were burning almost every night, more than 138 in a three-month period, with no one credible taking blame. The assumption was these activities were motivated by politics. Like, OCCUPY THAT AUDI A8 WITH A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL.
Nope, police in Berlin nabbed 27-year-old Christian Steiof who said, basically, "I've got debts, my life stinks and others with fancy cars are better off and they deserve this."
You think the 25-year-old with an AMG Benz doesn't have debts? He's just put them into more life-affirming objects. Like an AMG Benz.
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WATERLOO, Iowa --- Supplies are spread out across the living room floor of the Minikus family home: brightly colored skeins of thread, bags full of cross stich floss, scissors, rulers.
Cousins Breann Minikus, 11, and Taylor Stefancik, 10, have a day off of school, but they are up early, working to add to a colorful pile of twisted, knotted and braided bracelets. So far this morning, they have made more than 100.
Initially, the girls started making the bracelets last fall and selling them to family and friends. They raised $60 that they donated to the reward fund for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case of slain cousins Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins of Evansdale.
After their initial donation, the girls continued to make bracelets and sell them for $1. On March 25, the pair delivered another $548 to the Waterloo Police Department, this time designating the money for the project to create a memorial for Lyric and Elizabeth on the island at Meyers Lake in Evansdale.
Thinking their bracelet-making days were behind them, the girls were surprised --- and honored --- when Sarah Werkmeister asked them to continue their efforts just a little longer.
Werkmeister is organizing Concert for the Angels to benefit the memorial project featuring the band Saving Abel.
Werkmeister wants the girls and their efforts to be recognized onstage during the concert and has asked them to supply and sell more bracelets there.
"We're hoping to get 500 to 600 done for the concert," said Renae Minikus, Breann's mother.
The girls' progress can be followed on Bracelets for Lyric and Elizabeth and Crimestoppers on Facebook.
Breann and Taylor closely followed the developments in the missing cousins case. Breann was frustrated when she wasn't allowed to accompany her parents when they joined in the search for the girls in July.
"I just really wanted to help," Breann said.
"We're doing this so their families will have a chance to remember them," Taylor said.
Joining the girls for their work session is 9-year-old Jersey Barfels, Werkmeister's daughter.
It seems fitting that Jersey is helping the girls. It wasn't long ago that Jersey needed help herself.
Diagnosed with cancer in November 2011, benefits were held to raise money to help cover her medical expenses and other costs. In fact, Elizabeth brought $85 to school to donate to Jersey's cause.
Werkmeister heard about the Evansdale girls disappearing around the same time Jersey was deemed cancer free.
"Her journey was beginning as mine was ending," she said.
Werkmeister followed Heather Collins, Elizabeth's mother, on Facebook and found her messages uplifting and inspiring.
"I kept thinking, 'What can I do?'" she said.
Once the idea of a benefit concert came to her --- Werkmeister's boyfriend is Eric Taylor, Saving Abel's bass player --- things started to come together.
In addition to Saving Abel, the event, which will take place April 20 at McElroy Auditorium, will feature Never the Less, Lotus, Lexi Chapman and more. For the kids, there will be face painters, a balloon artist and temporary tattoos. Tickets, $20 in advance and $25 the day of the show, can be purchased at any Cedar Falls or Waterloo Hy-Vee, McElroy's box office, First Security State Bank in Evansdale, Poyner Elementary (cash only) and online at www.redtrucktickets.com.
Donations also can be made through the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa. Checks should be made payable to Angels Memorial Fund and mailed to Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa, Angels Memorial Fund, 425 Cedar St., Suite 310, Waterloo IA 50701.
For more information and updates, go to Concert for the Angels on Facebook.
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USC sophomore pitcher Jordan Hershiser talks about bouncing back from an elbow injury last season and the Trojans' expectations for the upcoming 2010 campaign. {linked here}
Yes, that's Orel's son.
You know what would be cool? If he gets a shot to pitch at Dodger Stadium on February 27 when USC faces off against UCLA. These two teams will be playing at Dodger Stadium, it's the inaugural Dodgertown Classic. {linked here}
Even if you are a UCLA fan, you can root for Jordan, no?
Good luck Jordan!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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- Michael said...
I'm a UCLA/Dodger fan. This is like rooting for your son who is pitching for the San Francisco Giants /:
- February 17, 2010 at 10:50 PM
- Roberto Baly said...
True if you are a UCLA fan... :)
Orel did pitch for the Giants... Not cool.
- February 18, 2010 at 8:08 AM
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This is actually a pretty simple question that I'm surprised I'm unable to find the answer to. Recently, I was advised to use a Scanner to read a large file in tokens, rather than using a BufferedReader and then splitting the Strings it puts out. While this worked wonders for my code, I've found the Scanner to work much more slowly and I suspect the problem is its lack of a buffer... Which it may or may not have. I've found conflicting evidence on the 'net.
So here's my question: Does Scanner use a buffer, if so how large and how can I mess with it? If not, is there any way to get the performance of a BufferedReader with the per-token reading of a Scanner? Because at this point, it seems faster to use a BufferedReader and do String.split than it is to use the Scanner for basically the same task.
For context, the code loading the file looks like this:
private void LoadComparisonList(File comparisonFile) { String readLine; String[] readArray = new String[2]; if(!comparisonFile.exists() || !comparisonFile.isFile() || !comparisonFile.canRead() || comparisonFile.length() == 0) { this.errorcode = 2; return; } try { Scanner scanner = new Scanner(comparisonFile); scanner.nextLine(); do { readArray[0] = scanner.next(); readArray[1] = scanner.nextLine(); this.comparisonList.add(readArray); } while(scanner.hasNext()); scanner.close(); } catch (IOException exception) { this.errorcode = 2; } } }
This reads and discards the file's header line, which is just column names, and then proceeds to read the first element of the column to save as a header and everything else (another five tokens) as a footer, saving everything into an ArrayList<String[]>. It works just fine, it just takes ~27 seconds for a 90MB, ~5 000 000 line file where virtually the same action done through a BufferedReader completes in around 4-5, if I remember correctly.


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GUILDFORD SPECTRUM: CHRISTMAS TUMBLE Camp - 27th-29th December 2017
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FLAIR Gym Club's Holiday Camp is being held for three days from 9am until 1.00pm starting on:
Wednesday 27th December through to Friday 29th December 2017.
Suitable for children aged 4 -17yrs
Super-charge your child's learning during the Holidays and accelerate their confidence and gym skills too!
4 action packed hours of the most exciting holiday camp programme around!
3 Super-FUN learning zones!
Amazing Flair coaching professionals!
Children will be grouped by age and by ability so we welcome all abilities at camp.
From Beginner (no past experience) - through to Expert (can back flip or somersault)
9.00am: Arrival
1.00pm: Pick-Up
Everyone loves a theme... and here are the themes for our Christmas Camp!
Wednesday 27th December - TV & Film
Thursday 28th December - Animals
Friday 29th December - Olympics
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We love to have fun and make learning as fun as possible at our clubs and camps, a FUN learning environment is the best environment for progress.
Please bring with you
Drinking water or a non-fizzy drink.
Healthy light snack (eg. fruit and fruit bar)
Clean socks to wear on the trampolines.
Any medication needed (eg. Asthma pump).
Bags of energy.
There will be 'mini breaks' (for drinks) after each ZONE.
Any of the following can be worn during camp.
T-shirt, shorts, leotard, leggings, tracksuit.
Bare feet for Gymnastics and SOCKS for trampolining.
Kathryn Neve, mum of Elise-Bella
"The themed sessions were a great idea, lots of energy and fun."
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Jilly Kinsey-Wellings, mum of Kieran, Austin and Monty
"My boys, being a bit older than most of the children there, really entered into the spirit of things and absolutely loved it, so much so that they wanted to come back another day. This was mainly because of the wonderful leadership of the girls coaching, they knew what they were doing but also wanted everyone to have fun, and I think they got the balance right."
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Helen Stewart, mum of Peter
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Rachel Nebbett, mum of Jay & Charley
I was delighted that the children wanted to come to the club, as usually they wouldn't entertain it. The atmosphere was brilliant and they loved all the activities.
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Victoria Abbott, mum of Lillie
"My child really enjoyed herself . Your team were very good . The target books are an excellent idea. Many thanks"
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Michael Sheridan, dad of Lily
"Lily says: It is fun and helped improve my gymnastics skills a lot. I liked the variety of different activities that we did."
"I was impressed with the organisation and how many children got involved - which I think made it a more interesting and fun day for Lily. I also liked the medal!"
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Simone Churaman, mum of Saskia
"My daughter absolutely enjoyed it"
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Great couple of days thank you."
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Hannah Harris, mum of Ella
"Ella enjoyed all aspects of the course especially trampolining. She found the staff very friendly and helpful. I felt I was leaving her in very capable hands."
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Daniela Cook, mum of Georgia & Alicia
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Anna McConnell, mum of Malachi
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Children were happy and talked about what they had done , demonstrated later at home!
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Internet clone's Australian blitzkrieg
Months after Rocket Internet's secretive founders asked its executives to 'show blood' in its quest to build global billion-dollar businesses, the German clone incubator is basking in the success of its Australian-based retailers.
Rocket Internet quietly established a beachhead in Australia last year via the fully-funded online furniture retailer Zanui and fashion retailer The Iconic. Now one of their hand-picked lieutenants speaks exclusively to IT Pro.
Rocket has developed more than 30 international internet and e-commerce companies based on successful websites by others. It was founded in 2007 by Germany's Samwer brothers, Alexander, 37, Oliver, 39, and Marc, 41, also responsible for the mobile age's most-annoying creation: the Crazy Frog ringtone.
The company already serviced Australian customers via a globally-dispersed collection of Silicon Valley clones, such as Wimdu (copy of holiday accommodation website AirBnB), eDarling (based on dating site e-Harmony) and Zalando (copy of Amazon-owned fashion website Zappos).
Last December co-founder Oliver Samwer promised to "blitzkrieg" Australia and other countries on their quest to build global billion-dollar businesses. The internal email sent to country managers of its online furniture retailers was leaked to start-up blog TechCrunch, and forced a public apology from the secretive German.
"The time for the blitzkrieg must be chosen wisely, so each country tells me with blood when it is time," Samwer wrote in the email which also outlined the company's rollout strategy. "I am ready – anytime!"
In Australia, it hand-picked former Booz and Co management consultant Dean Kelly and Morgan Stanley investment banker Joakim Broms to establish online furniture store Zanui.
In an exclusive interview with ITPro, Kelly said Zanui is locally managed, and hosed down reports that Rocket Internet had a short-attention span for its businesses, shutting down those that weren't sustainable or on-sold in the first six months of operation.
"The company is not run by Rocket, it's run by myself and Joakim," Kelly said. "We have no intention of doing that. Rocket has done whatever they've done around the world but it has no impact on what we're doing there. I'd answer that question by saying we're a well-funded and supported company."
He did not reveal how much Rocket Internet has invested in Australia apart from saying the investment was "siginificant".
Since launch last October, Zanui has added over 100 staff hired, featured 700 brands and over 40,000 products. It has generated 300 per cent month-on-month revenue growth, Kelly said. He said the site filled the gap between online discount websites such as 00.com and Deals Direct, and high-end brands offered online by major retailers such as David Jones.
Unlike traditional retailers such as Harvey Norman, David Jones and Coles, the German incubator was fully committed to the online-only business model, he said.
Zanui staff can autonomously make the quick decisions required to succeed in the fast-paced online commerce industry, Kelly said. He described the their approach as "tracking and reacting" and said the company had already pinched highly-qualified staff, such as furniture buyers, from Freedom Furniture, Harvey Norman, and David Jones; and a large number of investment bankers and consultants.
They execute and make decisions, he said, not just offer recommendations.
"Guys like David Jones haven't built e-commerce companies around the world, I don't know where they're drawing on that experience from," he said. "I think the speed with which we move is just going to be faster than offline retailers, some of the bureaucracy you get with offline, the old mentality."
"Here if we have a problem in the warehouse, a product didn't go out, we ask 'what the hell happened?', let's fix the supply chain and the next day it goes out with actual tangible benefits."
"Some offline retailers are worried about us and they've definitely heard about us."
The incubator's genesis was the brothers' launch of a German-language auction website in 1999, after eBay rejected their proposal to establish a local office. it was sold to the Silicon Valley auction giant for £35m within its first 100 days of operation. It later developed CityDeal, a Groupon clone, which it sold to Groupon.
Rocket Internet is reported by Wired UK to have launched 38 companies in 58 countries and sold businesses to Groupon and News Corporation. The spoils funded the brothers' lucrative investments in Facebook, LinkedIn, and Zynga.
Rocket Internet has outclassed its Australian counterparts, according to Pollenizer co-founder Phil Morle, the Sydney-based incubator which rapidly develops ideas into saleable companies via a lean start-up methodology, which some perceive as Australia's answer to Rocket Internet.
"They are already eating our lunch," Morle said, whose incubator had big wins with Spreets which sold to Yahoo7 for a reported $30 million to $40 million and Dealised which received a $5 million investment.
"Whilst the community tends to dismiss them as copycats, they are terrific innovators in terms of execution. They assess an opportunity quickly and deploy resources just as fast." Morle said.
"I think they are one of the few organisations in the world who understand the potential of a rapidly globalising internet and they back their own confidence with gutsy, uncompromising investments which out-class the Australian ecosystem."


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MMG Gynecology and Obstetrics is the largest women's practice in Southwest Oklahoma with seven board certified OB/GYNs on staff. These physicians offer a full range of quality care for women of all ages-from pregnancy to menopause– with an emphasis on preventative health and education. In addition to well-woman exams, a full range of gynecological services are available.
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SSU offers a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training. Athletic Training is a specific discipline where students learn to prevent, recognize and evaluate athletic injuries, as well as being able to offer rehabilitation, education and counseling to the physically active population. Athletic trainers function as integral members of athletic healthcare teams in clinics, secondary schools, colleges, universities, and professional settings.
Faculty and staff are committed to providing an outstanding educational program, which makes SSU a leader among the American Mideast Conference and NAIA College and universities. The degree program at Shawnee State is accredited by CAATE (Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education).
Please take a look at our site, learn more about this dynamic, rewarding field, and review the coursework and training needed to complete a degree.
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The Shawnee State University Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP)- prepares students for entry-level positions as Athletic Trainers. The ATEP of SSU, strives to provide both didactic and clinical education experiences of the highest quality. The ATEP is committed to the mission of the University by providing an undergraduate education that fosters competence in oral and written communication, scientific and quantitative reasoning, and critical analysis/logical thinking.
Athletic Training Education Program Goals:
- Prepare students to become entry-level athletic trainers.
- Prepare students to be critical thinking, inquiring professionals.
- Prepare students to successfully challenge the BOC examination.
Athletic Training Education Program Objectives:
- Prepare students to demonstrate professional behaviors, clinical skills, and decision making capabilities that allow for the successful implementation of athletic training care.
- Prepare students to apply knowledge of principles, concepts, and theories in the practice of athletic training.
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Species In-Depth
At the Aquarium
The fossil ammonites are no longer on display. To view ammonites visit the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum.
Geographic Distribution
Ammonoid fossils are found around the world in a variety of marine sedimentary rocks that range in age from the Early Devonian (415 mya) to the Late Cretaceous (65 mya).
These mollusks are believed to have lived in ocean depths from 50-250 m (164-820 ft).
Physical Characteristics
Ammonoids are descendants of the extinct, primitive coiled nautiloids and they are extinct relatives of modern squid, octopus, cuttlefish, and nautilus. Their shells were generally flat spirals containing a series of progressively larger chambers divided by thin walls called septa. The junction of each septum with the outer shell wall is called a suture and it is these sutures that reveal the internal complexity of the ammonoid shell. Attached to the inside of the keel of the shell wall was a thin calcareous tube-like structure called a siphuncle which passed through each of the animal's empty internal shell chambers. The living animal added chambers to the open end of the coil as it grew and its body occupied only the newest chamber.
The size of these animals ranged from less than 2.5 cm (1 in) to 3 m (9 ft) in diameter.
Voracious predators, ammonoids fed on a variety of marine creatures including fish, crustaceans, and, especially during the Paleozoic, trilobites. They probably migrated at night from the ocean depths to shallower areas to feed, just as the chambered nautilus does today. It is believed that they captured prey with their retractable tentacles and passed it to their mouth where a beak-like jaw tore it into pieces. Their radula, a file-like feeding structure, further shredded the food before it was swallowed.
Little is known about the reproduction of this species.
Like their modern day relatives, ammonoids swam by using jet-like propulsion. It is believed that by secreting gas and fluids into the hollow shell chambers through their permeable siphuncle that they could regulate the air pressure in the chambers and thus control their balance, buoyancy, and depth in the water column.
By examining bite-marks on ammonoid shells, scientists have determined that they were preyed on by large marine reptiles and fish. One reptile was the mosasaur, a giant snake-like reptile that measured up to 18 m (59 ft). It attacked the ammonite and extracted its body, leaving the shell to eventually sink to the ocean floor where it became fossilized.
Early in the evolution of ammonites the sutures were gently wavy lines but over time they became convoluted and more complex. The differences in the suture patterns help paleontologists to study ammonoid evolution.
The reason why the ammonoids that had adapted for millions of years became extinct while their more primitive relative, the chambered nautilus, survived is a puzzle to scientists. Many believe the reason may be related to the difference in the anatomic placement of the siphuncle, the tube which allowed transfer of fluid and air inside the chambers of the shell. In the nautilus, the tube passed through the central part of each partition and was therefore positioned in the better protected central part of the whorl. In contrast, in the ammonoids it was located next to the outer margin along the keel of the shell, where it was potentially more susceptible to injury. Another theory is that because ammonoids grew faster and had thinner shells, the shells were not as strong as those of the nautilus. Some paleontologists believe that extensive predation so reduced the numbers of ammonoids that there were not enough to survive the mass extinction of 65 mya.
Ammonoids were common in the oceans of the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, from about 400 to 65 million years ago, becoming extinct at the same time as the dinosaurs. Although not accurately known, one estimate of the life span of the ancient ammonoids is 4-36 years.
Special Notes
Ammonoids are commonly used as index fossils. These are fossils found globally in great quantity and within a relatively limited time span, both of which make them helpful in dating rocks in widely separated areas. Knowing when particular species of ammonoid lived helps date rarer fossils of unknown age when they are found in the same rock formation as ammonoids.
Ammolite is a semi-precious gem formed by the outer shell of fossilized ammonoids. During the Cretaceous Period (65-145 mya) the shallow, warm Bearpaw Sea partially covered central North America from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian Arctic. This sea was bordered on the west by the developing Rocky Mountains. Today, this area includes ammolite-rich Alberta, Canada where the gem is mined.


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color affection
When I bound off my Color Affection the other day, I did it with loathing. I had been working on this pattern since March of last year. Every row was a small torture—the final length is something like 7 feet long!! Now that it's done, though, I must objectively admire its beauty. The colors are just what I wanted.
But I'm ambivalent. It's a million miles long, so it can be wrapped around and around, which I like to do with scarves, but it's unwieldy. I don't understand how to wrap it successfully like a shawl. What have I done??
I kind of can't believe I knit something so enormous; it's no surprise it took so long. I know I went too far with the first color and decided not to rip, so I actually made it longer than the pattern expects. Despite my lack of affection for it, I'll tell you that I saw so many Color Affections in the aisles of the Vogue Knitting LIVE Marketplace this past weekend, and every time I did I thought to myself "I made that too!" It made me feel as if we were all in some club, like those who've climbed Mt. Everest or survived a harrowing experience together. We're the war-worn, the triumphant, the ones who made it to the end. And for that, I do feel pride and kinship. (Don't even tell me how much you adored knitting it and disagree with it being a torture, ok? Let me pretend we all feel the same way.)
Details: Light gray is Hazel Knits Artisan Sock yarn, which I bought at Twisted in Portland. Dark gray is Periwinkle Sheep sock from Rhinebeck, always my first stop at New York Sheep & Wool. Green is Sweet Georgia Tough Love Sock that Felicia kindly gave to me when I told her my whole whiny story about choosing a third color (my first color, a mustard yellow, turned bumblebee with the grays and I hated the look, so I frogged). I used a size 6 needle (though I wish I'd used 5s). This was technically cast on in June; the one I started in March did not use any of the recommended methods you'll find on Rav to make the edges looser (ultimately I wrapped the first stitch twice, which made a huge positive difference), and I was unhappy with the color. So it took about six months in all, with a ton of breaks.
Photos taken by the fantastic Kriegs, on a walk we took down to the Verrazano Bridge to see—or, rather, not see—it in the fog.


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Liberty News
School of Business 2008 College Fed Challenge team poses with Chancellor Falwell
Liberty's 2008 College Fed Challenge team recently competed at the local level in Richmond, Va. The competition is intended to help students become more knowledgeable about the Fed and the decision-making process of the Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve's monetary policy-setting group.
Teams consist of three to five undergraduates from the same college or university. A team's participation involves two parts: a 20-minute presentation and a 15-minute Q&A session led by a panel of judges comprised of economics professionals, college faculty and/or Fed officials.


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How to Make After-School Snack Adventures With Your Kids
Are your kids excited to see you after a long day of school or has their hunger transformed them into unrecognized creatures?
Why not bring back your happy kids with a fun and flavorful after-school snack activity that will get them talking?
Imagine your kids making petrified pizza, yogurt mosaics and edible wishing wands.
In this article, I'll show you how to make three easy, fun and tasty after-school snacks with your kids that will satisfy their hunger and your need to connect.
Why Make an After-School Snack With Your Kids?
If your kids are like mine, when they get home from school, they're STARVING. They're going to dive into the first food they see, so why not build a little fun, creativity and conversation into their afternoon snack once in a while?
Take a few minutes to prepare something with them that makes them smile—and is reasonably healthy too.
It's a great way to spend a few minutes of fun together and give your children a much-needed break in between a long school day and an evening full of homework, chores and sports or other activities.


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By Václav Klaus, Ladislav Jakl, Jiří Weigl, from Czech
This translation does mean that I endorse the content. Clearly, other politically immature people such as Leonard Susskind deserve the same criticism. And the same criticism has been voiced by many, including a Holocaust survivor.
People's News ("Lidové noviny", a top Czech daily for and by the PC elites) published a nearly unbelievable article by its editor Mr Petr Zídek titled "The End of Certainty" which is all about comparisons of Trump to Hitler and which ends by the words "the election of Trump means the same for Czechs as the arrival of Hitler did".
We are familiar with texts boasting a similar content and full of insults against the democratically elected president of the U.S. who took his office just a few weeks ago. They are being written to the image of the journalism of the darkest, protectorate (1939-1945) and normalization (1968-1989), eras.
It has always been the case that the comparison of someone to Hitler is the end of the discussion. Hitler is evil that has been verified and acknowledged by the history and it's impossible to argue about him. The comparison of Hitler and Trump which is being shown by Zídek and which is an unoriginal imitation of the hysteria of certain circles in the U.S. and Western Europe is an expression of the refusal of democracy and freedom by those who have assumed to hold the monopoly on power in the West (and therefore in our country as well) up to recently.
Trump is a democratically elected president. He is not a representative of the political correctness, genderism, feminism, LGBT lobby, and climate alarmism whose combined oppression has made the West suffer for so many years. On the contrary, Trump represents what was making America successful and attractive up to relatively recently – the freedom of the individuals to search for their happiness, the ability to freely express one's opinions, and the feeling of responsibility towards the whole, not towards one or another privileged group.
Unlike his predecessors whose mouths were full of human rights and the promotion of democracy, he hasn't attacked anyone with the military. He is not responsible for hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths and millions of people who became homeless. He isn't organizing coups and civil wars elsewhere in the world. He is merely saying that he wants to defend the American interests and he doesn't intend to continue the policies of the previous, discredited elites. It was enough for him to earn some angry hatred from his competitors and foes at home as well as Europe. His words were a sufficient reason for that hatred. He hasn't hurt anyone yet.
In spite of that, for those who have the journalist Mr Zídek as their voice, it's enough for Trump to be labeled a new Hitler and the very alliance with the U.S., so far an unquestionable axis of our national security and, in fact, our very existence as a country, has been forgotten overnight.
The journalist Mr Zídek suggests that we should be looking for different allies than the U.S. Whom is he offering us? He's talking about the "end of certainty" but which certainties and guarantees does he have in mind? Is he talking about the self-evident decline of the West's position in the world? Does he talk about the disintegration of the civilization values in the West by the ongoing "cultural revolution"? Or perhaps the violent breakup of countries in assorted corners of the world? The West's economy's falling behind Asia's? The organized import of millions of migrants into Europe?
Does Mr Zídek have at least a glimpse of a justification to label "a preemptive war against Iran and North Korea with thousands of dead civilians" as "realistic prospects resulting from the direction of Trump's policies"? Is it possible to avoid punishment when one is comparing the ceremonial march of the SA and SS through downtown Berlin during the appointment of Hitler as the imperial chancellor (in January 1933) with the inauguration of the U.S. president (in January 2017)? Is it really true that Hitler and Trump have taken over thanks to the votes of the "religious bigots"? Is Trump considering the army to be "the main tool of his politics" like Hitler did?
We reject this perverted politics and degenerated journalism which are showing us what is the actual political hatred that has been deeply rooted in our country for a long time. We reject the irresponsible damaging of our ties with the U.S. which is gaining power in the Czech media.
Czech ex-president Václav Klaus, his aides Ladislav Jakl and Jiří Weigl, published in Lidové Noviny, February 10th, 2017
The lies and hatred are winning over the truth and love
Another reaction to the same article, by ex-director of the Czech National Gallery, Mr Milan Knížák, from Czech
The journalists love to impress us by bombshell stories that are full of metaphors and provocative propositions designed to attract our attention. Mr Petr Zídek from People's News wrote "The End of Certainty" (Wednesday, February 8th, 2017) in which he exposed himself as a fool who is not only ignorant about the history but who is exploiting the most primitive means of expression. To criticize the newly elected U.S. president just because he was democratically elected because he hasn't had enough time for anything except for first attempts to fulfill his promises from the campaign is feeble-minded.
Unfortunately, America has caught the infection from Europe that has been governed for years by the entertainers, the so-called actors, hosts, popular singers, and degenerated university intellectuals who call themselves – because of unknown reasons – the VIPs which is being tolerated by the society – and the reasons behind this tolerance seem even harder to justify or understand. These VIP fools, supported by politicians from the part of politics that didn't win are attempting to question the democratic choice purely because their candidate hasn't won. But the essence of democracy is that we respect the majority's decision in the elections and if we aren't satisfied with the results, we have the opportunity to join the political contest as candidates. Democracy has its limitations, as every system based on a majority does, but democracy differs from the totalitarian systems by not prosecuting the minorities. Numerous minority groups are abusing this virtue of democracy.
Hitler is a symbol of a terrifying apocalypse for Europe, one that has affected one-half of the world. These days, it's fashionable to forget about the Second World War and only think about the world history since 1945, at least that's what many pundits do in Czechia. Hitler was also freely elected but the society led by him wanted to promote his fans to the elite with great privileges and desire to conquer the rest of the world.
The history of the U.S. democracy is very different from the European one. To compare Trump to Hitler is an insult of the American democratic tradition.
Here in Czechia, we are beginning to feel the consequences of Havel's "apolitical politics", its protectionism and unlimited elitism. This heritage was necessary for the monstrous Mr Babiš to be created, a man who is tunneling the Czech Republic using his chair of the finance minister. That's what the journalist Mr Zídek should question but in a country where the same Mr Babiš controls one-half of the media, a journalist needs some professional honor and courage to do so. Mr Petr Zídek self-evidently doesn't possess either.


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Through the joint venture ADAMOS (ADAptive Manufacturing Open Solutions), DMG MORI, Dürr, Software AG and ZEISS as well as ASM PT are establishing a strategic alliance for the future topics of Industrie 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Germany's first alliance of well-known industrial and software companies wants to establish ADAMOS as global standard for the industry and attract other machine builders to become partners.
- ADAMOS (Adaptive Manufacturing Open Solutions) is the first Industrial Internet-of-Things platform adapted to the requirements of mechanical and plant engineering firms.
- The founding partners of ADAMOS GmbH are DMG Mori, Dürr, Software AG and Zeiss as well as ASM based in Hongkong. Their combined installed base contains several hundreds of thousands of machines and systems.
- ADAMOS pools the expertise of leading mechanical engineering firms and the second largest German software company.
- ADAMOS offers a high-performance IIoT platform and highly scalable IIoT services.
- Use of leading-edge technology and standard interfaces.
- ADAMOS GmbH will have no direct access to end customers.
- ADAMOS can be operated on edge/on premise or in the cloud.
- It offers connectivity solutions for machines within the installed base as well as smart concepts for new machines. All of these can be used for the digital marketplaces LOXEO (Dürr and Schenck) and tapio (HOMAG).
- The range of services offered by ADAMOS can be used by other mechanical and plant engineering firms as partners. Under its "white label" solution (e.g. for design, apps, pricing) ADAMOS provides partners with an individual IIoT presence.
- Mechanical engineering partners can differentiate themselves through digital solutions and thus ensure continued access to their end customers. Data and IT ownership remains with each partner.
- The professionally managed IIoT platform offers basic services. Partners can build on these to operate digital marketplaces or portals, containing additional services or applications.
- The App Factory employs over 160 people to develop customized applications and services. This ensures a fast rate of development.
Additional information on ADAMOS can be found here:
- ADAMOS press conference?(September 5th, 2017)
- Presentation?of the ADAMOS press conference
- Press Release
- Website ADAMOS.com


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J-Roll, Shane, Pat, Cole, Curt
J-Roll and Shane are back in camp and wasted no time in getting back in the lineup. Todd Zolecki wasted no time in posting the lineup this morning in the Zo Zone.
It has seemed strange without them around here. And, it certainly changes the appearance of the lineup.
After today, eight more games in Florida for Jimmy and Shane to sharpen their batting strokes.
On-Deck Series
Once the Grapefruit League season ends April 2, the Phillies will be home April 3 (7:05) and April 4 (1:05) for games against the American League Champion Tampa Bay Rays. Tickets for each game at Citizens Bank Park are available.
Pat Burrell will make his first appearance in a different uniform. The Phillies are planning a little salute to him prior to the Friday, April 4, game.
Carpenter Complex
Cole, Blanton and JC are each pitching at Carpenter Complex this afternoon. Hamels is starting for one of the Class A clubs against the Pirates. Joe will be on a different field in a similar situation.
Big club is in Dunedin for a 1 o'clock game (Park is pitching). Guess where the media will be camped? If you guessed Dunedin, you are incorrect.
Curt Retires
Curt Schilling announced his retirement yesterday. The record book will show he last pitched in 2007 and that he put up some impressive numbers, especially the postseason. He will be eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2013.
Had lunch yesterday with veteran scribes Bill Conlin (Daily News) and Hal Bodley (MLB.com) later chatted with Jayson Stark (ESPN.com). Subject: is Curt a HOF pitcher. General consensus: there was none. On one hand, yes. On the other hand, no.
One thing that is certain, Curt will be a member of the Phillies Wall of Fame some day. According to our guidelines ("retired for three years"), he will be eligible in 2011, the same year that Mike Lieberthal is eligible.
Curt won 101 games in nine seasons in a Phillies uniform. Only Phillies with more wins: Steve Carlton (241), Robin Roberts (234), Grover Cleveland Alexander (190), Chris Short (132) and Curt Simmons (115). All are in the Toyota Wall of Fame in Ashburn Alley.
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How wonderful that Pat Burrell will be back on April 4….and how nice the Phillies are planning a little salute. I understand the reasons for his leaving the Phils, but he was a class player throughout his tenure
That class was never more apparent than when Pat ran his full color, half page in the Inquirer sports section on March 13 thanking the fans and the Phils. Pure class.
I have to contrast this with Chase Utley throwing the verbal f-bomb at Citizens Bank Park after the parade. EVERYONE in Philadelphia was watching and listening heard Chase say it. I was there with my granddaughter. There were lots of other little kids. I certainly did not appreciate Chase's language in front of children, not that it is appropriate speech in front of adults either. Long after the fact, Chase stated he wasn't endorsing the language he used and that children shouldn't use such language. He did not apologize.
Before every game, a taped announcement by the ball girls plays at Citizens Bank Park telling fans that if they are offended by bad language, they should tell an usher or security person and the offender will be removed. Chase hurled the f-bomb without apparent consequences. It would not be out of line for the Phils to fine Chase for his conduct and forward the amount of the fine to Phillies' Charities. At the very least, the Phils should arrange for Chase to publicly apologize to the team and its fans.
Pat = class! Chase, with out a public apology, = crass.
I am going to the game on April 4 and I look foward to see Pat Burrell. I hope to see J.A. Happ pitching. I do think that the entire Phillies lineup will be there.
Larry looking at your blog, you state " Pat Burrell will make his first appearance in a different uniform. The Phillies are planning a little salute to him prior to the Friday, April 4, game."
Looking at a calendar April 4th is a saturday, not sure if you meant the phillies will salute prior to the friday game on the 3rd or the original date you have listed the 4th but incorrect day written down.
Schill and Lieby on the same ballot – that's going to be interesting. With those 2 guys, it always seemed like fans either loved them or hated them; not much grey area. Looking forward to that battle :O)


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Quote from: Rump Roast on March 22, 2007, 09:10:17 PMIf you pay attention (and I assume you do), you know that I don't debate AA.If paying attention means knowing the position of one poster on some random issue, then you've got me.As for debating AA, that's exactly the problem. The less determined realize that they'd spend 75% of a discussion proving that they aren't racists.Case more or less in point:http://www.justicetalking.org/viewprogram.asp?progID=398mms://18.104.22.168/JusticeTalking/WMA/fullshow/030211_affirmativeaction.wma
If you pay attention (and I assume you do), you know that I don't debate AA.
Quote from: Hank Rearden on March 22, 2007, 11:16:30 PMLest we forget. well, in your case, you actually were and quite severely...
Lest we forget.
That is really true. I notice that anyone who speaks critically of AA on this board is either called a racist or attacked personally (usually by the same few posters).
My comments were based on facts and a psychological theory that I put forth. I'm unappologetic in admitting that it is a broad generalization about the affects these policies might have on the psychology of black applicants.
Editing of this nature is lame.
Just my $0.02...Many (and dare I say, most) black law school applicants in this country, irrespective of whether they score a 175 or a 157 on the LSAT, would still inevitably find themselves waging an uphill battle in the fight against some other applicants' insecurities and disappointments. I would suspect this to be true even moreso as the admissions cycle comes to a close. The reason I gave the first response to the OP that I did was precisely because I questioned the motivation for his inquiry. There are several reasons why a black applicant would not post his/her LSAT scores, and the most obvious one that comes to my mind has been noted above. There are also legitimate privacy concerns, particularly given the fact that the black applicant pool is a smaller subset of each annual admissions cycle. Personally speaking - I am not posting my own GPA or LSAT for the same reason that I am not posting my real name, location, or other personal information. Any poster who uses the omission of LSAT and GPA to infer sub-par performance in either would be making a gross error in judgment. Then again, that same person is usually only looking to corroborate the assumption that he has already made about me after knowing nothing more than the color of my skin. If these are the conditions of the game, I choose not to play. I simply do not have time, energy, desire, or obligation to validate my decision to pursue law school or justify my admission to selective schools. I rather choose to spend the time engaged in activities and discussions that will actually be of use to me in the fall.On another note -- I generally try to stay out of all AA threads because of the condescending and/or derogatory tone they seem to take towards black applicants. Particularly, I take issue with assumptions that people are admitted "just because of their race." In a country wholly built on a racial caste system, I find it hard to believe that any person residing in this nation -- white or black -- is not living with some number of conditions that, when reduced to simplest form, cannot be attributed to "just because of your race." It's hard for me to fathom a justification for a nation allowing race to be taken into consideration in every other sphere, every single day, and seemingly in every single way -- except when applying to law school. Thus, I would be more inclined to enter AA debates so long as posters on both sides realize that the knife cuts both ways. When anti-AA posters are just as skillful at forming cogent arguments in opposition to (and with response to) all forms of historic and contemporary white privilege as they are with railing against AA, I think the debate would be a worthy one. In the meantime -- I am reading Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery for the first time, and it is one of the most eye-opening, insightful, and well-written pieces of literature that I have ever come across. I have only had time to read it on the rush-hour train for the past week, but I am already halfway finished. This book would be of particular interest to people of all races/classes on both sides of the AA debate, as I believe it would give everyone a richer picture of the role that race plays (and, in fact, has always played) in shaping the opportunity structure in this country.


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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Law and History Review 27:1 Now Online
Volume 21, Issue 1 (Spring 2009) of Law and History Review, earlier shipped out to subscribers in print, is now accessible on-line via the History Cooperative. A bonus is the transcript of the judgment roll, discovered by Angela Fernandez, in the favorite chestnut of American Property teachers, Pierson v. Post. It supplements the forum "Pierson v. Post: Capturing New Facts about the Fox."
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- polymathis said...
I noticed that newer issues of Law & History Review are online. However, for my research I am looking for the older 1998 volume: "When Christianity was Part of the Common Law", 16:27
Any helpful directions to find this particular article would be greatly appreciated.
- October 12, 2009 at 11:39:00 AM EDT
- Mary L. Dudziak said...
Issues from 1998 and earlier can be accessed via JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/journals/07382480.html?cookieSet=1
If you don't have access yourself, you may be able to access JSTOR articles at a library. For example, university libraries should have JSTOR access.
- October 12, 2009 at 12:02:00 PM EDT
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Sunday, February 8, 2015
Oatmeal Cake
My husband always wants this cake for his birthday and I am happy to make it . I think this is one of the most moist cakes I make. This recipe is an old family recipe and I am so glad I have it. Sean likes the topping a little crunchy and I like it a little chewy. This can be achieved by rotating the cake while broiling. I will explain in the recipe. Hope you give this one a try very soon!
1 1/4 cup boiling water
1 cup oatmeal
Combine the water and oatmeal and let stand for 20 minutes.
Cream together:
1 stick softened butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
add 2 beaten eggs
Mix in oatmeal.
1 1/3 cup flour
1 t cinnamon
1 t soda
Beat slow.
Bake in a 9x13 pan at 325' for 30 minutes. Once cake has baked remove from oven and turn broiler on.
1 cup brown sugar
1 stick butter
1/4 cream
1 cup coconut
Mix all ingredients together in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes. Immediately pour over cake and return to oven. Broil until light golden brown. We like ours a little darker so I broil a little longer. I rotate my pan so part of the cake has a crunchy topping and part has a chewy topping. Keep an eye on the cake or it will burn!!!!
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Donna Fick, distinguished professor in Penn State's College of Nursing and College of Medicine, has been appointed to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on the Public Health Dimensions of Cognitive Aging.
Composed of 14 national experts on topics related to cognitive health and aging, the committee is charged with conducting a study to examine these issues and make recommendations focused on public health aspects of cognitive aging. The study's focus will be on identifying efforts needed to better understand the public health implications of cognitive aging and its risk and preventive factors as well as the development of relevant surveillance and monitoring tools, and methodologies.
Fick is co-director of the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at Penn State. Her research focuses on improving detection and management of delirium superimposed on dementia in older adults and inappropriate medication use. She is principal investigator (PI) and multi-PI on two National Institutes of Health–funded multisite randomized clinical trials to decrease the severity and duration of delirium and improve nurse detection and management of delirium superimposed on dementia. Fick is board certified as a geriatric clinical nurse specialist by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the Gerontological Society of America. She serves as editor of the Journal of Gerontological Nursing.
Part of the U.S. National Academies, the IOM provides independent advice on issues relating to biomedical science, medicine and health. Its aim is to help those in government and the private sector make informed decisions by providing authoritative evidence to decision makers and the public.


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The clocks are the Factory of Gladness won't be set for Tebow time any time soon. Or ever.
Rumors of a Tebow sighting at the Cleveland airport have sparked rumors of the Browns signing Tebow. They aren't.
A league source tells PFT that the Browns won't be adding Tebow to a quarterback depth chart that is currently short on quarterback talent.
While Browns G.M. Mike Lombardi praised Tebow during the height of Tebowmania, Lombardi said in May that Tebow doesn't fit the current vision for the franchise.
Even with Brandon Weeden struggling and Jason Campbell not showing enough to leapfrog the 2012 first-round pick, Tebow will continue to be unemployed by the Browns, and any other NFL team.


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Managing Director & Senior Partner
Since joining BCG in 2000, Phil Hirschhorn has worked in the Sydney, London, and Frankfurt offices of The Boston Consulting Group. Phil leads BCG's Energy practice in Australia and New Zealand and focuses on power and utilities. He leads BCG's green energy topic in Asia-Pacific.
Phil works for leading companies and for government agencies along the end-to-end energy value chain in Australia. His clients have come from industries including upstream oil and gas, generation, networks, power, gas, and fuel retail, and federal and state government. His projects cover large-scale transformation and both corporate and business unit strategy.
Over the last four years, Phil has dedicated his time to helping large generators, power and gas retailers, and energy networks to navigate—strategically and operationally—the transitions stemming from the advent of energy efficiency and distributed generation, policy and regulatory interventions, and changes to local and regional gas markets.
During his studies, Phil worked as a petroleum engineer for Woodside Offshore Petroleum and Santos and as an engineer for Schlumberger.


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Tom Cruise was easily the best thing about the recent shipwreck known as "Rock of Ages," but now comes a palette cleanser, the trailer for his next film, "Jack Reacher."
Based on the Lee Childs novel "One Shot," the film stars Cruise in the title role (natch), an ex-army cop who is called in to find the sniper whose murderous rampage left five dead and the wrong man under arrest.
You wouldn't know any of this from watching the new clip, however. All the teaser gives us is a guy in a hospital bed bemoaning Reacher's badassedness, and Reacher driving around in a turbo SS and beating bad guys into submission.
The latest news from around North Texas.
The film was written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, who previously worked with Cruise on "Valkyrie," and boasts a pretty sweet supposition cast that includes Rosamund Pike, Werner Herzog, Robert Duvall and David Oyelowo.
"Jack Reacher" opens Dec. 21. With any luck the Holmes/Cruise nonsense will be behind us by then.


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Hugin Images tab
The Images tab is used to manage the images in a hugin project. Additionally the positions of the images in the final panorama can be edited here.
Adding images
Images can either be added with the Add individual images... and Add time series of images... button or via drag and drop. Add time series of images... adds all images with a similar file modification time as the selected image; if the the project is empty then a file dialogue opens to allow you to pick this initial file.
Control points
Individual control points can be created and edited in the Hugin Control Points tab, here in the images tab they can be manipulated together.
Automatic creation of control points can be done by pressing the Create control Points button (if you select just some images, then control points will only be found for those selected). Hugin will then launch whichever control point generator is selected in Settings to add detected control points to the project. The Hugin Preferences determine the list of these autopano programs and can be used and set further options and add new tools to the list.
Remove Points does exactly what its name suggests, it removes control points between the selected images, or all control points if no image is selected.
Often a project has many control points attached to clouds in the sky, this is usually unwanted as clouds move between photos. Clicking Run Celeste will attempt to identify 'sky' control points using the celeste tool and delete them.
Using Clean control points button, hugin will try to find and remove outlying control points using statistical methods.
Image orientation
In the Image Orientation section, the position of the selected images in the final panorama can be specified by yaw, pitch and roll angle (in degrees). The Reset button will reset all angles to zero. This is useful if the optimizer could not determine the image orientation well and got stuck with a suboptimal result. It is possible to select multiple images at the same time. Changes in orientation will be applied to all selected images.
Note that it is also possible to reset Image Orientation along with other parameters using the Reset... button on the Hugin Camera and Lens tab.
Select Anchor this image for position to indicate that a particular image shouldn't move when optimising with the hugin Optimizer tab. Only one image can be the anchor, and by default this is the first image in the project.
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The Crew Juniors U19s, coached by Crew technical director Brian Bliss, defeated Georgia's Gwinnett Soccer Association Phoenix 2-1 on Saturday night at the United States Youth Soccer National Championships in Rock Hill, S.C. The U19s came from behind with goals by Jordan Tyler and Wil Trapp to win their second McGuire Cup in the last three years.
Trapp, a native of Gahanna, Ohio, and a standout with both the University of Akron and the United States Under-20 teams, played the full match just 48 hours after contributing an assist in the 4-3 U.S. U20 loss to Chile on Thursday, July 26, at the Milk Cup in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The Crew Juniors controlled most of the play creating scoring chances early on and keeping possession in the offensive half of the field. A 9th minute shot by Chandler Gagnon was deflected into corner and a Chris Davis header in the 12th sailed high above the crossbar.
In the 13th minute Trapp whipped a ball into the box finding Cole Denormandie but the young forward's point blank shot went straight into GSA goalkeeper Jack Falle's arms.
The first chance for GSA Phoenix came in the 15th minute when forward Iain Smith took a shot from distance only to see the ball go high.
The match took a turning point in the 36th minute when Crew Juniors keeper Jeffrey Gal cleared a corner kick back to GSA's Walker Zimmerman; the Furman College product kicked the ball back to Hugh Pringle who slotted it past Gal for the temporary 1-0 lead.
The Crew did not let up and continued to search for the equalizer and finally found it 10 minutes into the second half. Crew midfielder Fatai Alashe sent a ball through to Jordan who beat his defender and sent a shot down the middle to beat Falle.
The U19s did not let up and continued on the attack almost doubling up in the 57th minute with Luke Blades sending a ball into the box to an oncoming Denormandie who was not able to connect in time.
The game winner came in the 67th minute when Trapp picked up a poor clearance by GSA's Adnan Junuzovic. The United States U20 standout one-timed a blast from about 25 yards out to beat Falle and give the Crew the 2-1 lead.
Just two minutes later Trapp tried the same shot again only to see it deflected by the GSA defense towards Tyler who then sent his shot wide.
The Crew Juniors came close to scoring again in the 84th minute after Alashe sprung John Macias forward who took the ball all the way into the box and sent a diagonal shot towards Falle, only to see the ball narrowly miss the goal mouth.
GSA mounted a final effort in stoppage time with a free kick from Chase Park but Gal easily punched it back out into the midfield fixing the result at 2-1.
- This was the second James P. McGuire Cup for the U19s in the last three years. They had previously won on July 23, 2010, beating Pennsylvania's FC Delco Hammerheads 1-0 behind a goal by Tyler Pollock.
- The Crew Juniors also won the Fair Play award which is a testament to how they play and conduct themselves on the field.
- Each national championship match features the awarding of the Golden Ball and Golden Glove award for outstanding play and goalkeeper, respectively. The Golden Glove went to Crew Juniors Jeffrey Gal this year.
- Wil Trapp played the full 90 minutes just 48 hours after contributing an assist in the United States U20 4-3 loss to Chile in the Milk Cup in Northern Ireland.
- Four Crew players were named to the tournament best XI: Gal, Matt Walker, Will Walker and Kofi Agyapong.
- Grand Rapids Crew Juniors U18s as well as CUP Crew Juniors and Challenger Crew Juniors U15s were also at the USYS National Championships, with the GRCJ U18s and Challenger U15s reaching their respective finals but finishing as national runner-ups.
Crew Juniors U19 2 – GSA Phoenix 1
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Scoring Summary:
GSA – Hugh Pringle (Walker Zimmerman) 36
CRJ – Jordan Tyler (Fatai Alashe) 55
CRJ – Wil Trapp (unassisted) 67
Misconduct Summary:
CRJ – Fatai Alashe (caution) 37
CRJ – David Abidor (caution) 64
Crew Juniors U19 starters – Jeffrey Gal; David Abidor, Matthew Gardner, Chandler Gagnon, Luke Blades; Chris Davis, Wil Trapp, Fatai Alashe, John Macias; Matt Walker, Cole Denormandie
Crew Juniors bench: Kofi Agyapong, Will Walker, Matthew Hill, Maxwell Riehemann, Jacob Rice, Jordan Tyler.
GSA Phoenix starters – Jack Falle; Connor Yeaney, Walker Zimmerman, Tucker Coons, Chase Park; Tyler Peoples, Ammon Lakip, Darvin Ebanks, Dominic Bonilla; Iain Smith, Adnan Junuzovic.
GSA Phoenix bench: Mitchell Kupstas, Matt Shreiner, Ehiosasele Aburime, Tyler Happ, Josimar Olmos, Robby Greenfield, Hugh Pringle, Milton Sangabriel, Jon Skinner, Tyler Hilliard


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The Language of animation is universal. It speaks to all ages and transcends cultural barriers. It is a powerful means of communication. We started AnimAction in 1989 with a single purpose in mind - to give young people the opportunity to experience the spirit of collaboration, develop new skills, and exercise their creative freedom through the magical medium of animation. AnimAction is a media-arts project based learning program that integrates with K-12 curriculum so that Learners can create their own animated content. Developing 21st century skills is a key focus in our programs.
We are proud to state that these goals have been more than met in hundreds of AnimAction workshops. We invite you now to view a sampling of our activities and the multifaceted programs designed as constructive tools for young students.
We hope you'll consider giving AnimAction a chance to introduce these experiences to your students and teachers.


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An event every week that begins at 1:00 pm on Monday, repeating until November 6, 2017
The Winter Haven Public Library is hosting a free, 6 week fitness series geared for those age 50+. The program will be presented by Health Concepts, a local wellness company who specializes in the 50+ population. See the series flyer here.
This Better Balance, Mindful Breathing & Restorative Stretching class works on improving your balance, coordination, and flexibility to help you move with confidence and reduce your chances of falling, no matter your age. Learn to breathe fully, calm your mind and feel able! Class begins with warm-up and balance followed by mindful breathing and restorative stretching.
*Mindful Breathing and Restorative Stretching will be primarily seated. Bring a small cushion for comfort.


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Your Daily - Weekend Roundup Show 090525
Your Daily - Weekend Roundup Show for May. 25, 2009. A show about the articles of interest I find on the internet during the week and post at http://yourdaily.blogspot.com. At the end of the week I try to tell my son about these articles in this show.
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It is remarkable to see the colors of hypocrisy in different societies. One such example can be seen in the home of world's so called the best democracy in the world i.e. United Kingdom. On one hand they preach concepts of freedom and democracy to the whole world and even bomb them to achieve these objectives and on the other hand they punish teenage boy Azhar Ahmed for just writing some facebook message against the soldiers of British Army.
What a hypocrisy?
Azhar Ahmed convicted of offensive Facebook message
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-19604735
A teenager has been found guilty of posting an offensive Facebook message following the deaths of six British soldiers in Afghanistan.
Azhar Ahmed, 19, of Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, was charged with sending a grossly offensive communication.
He told Huddersfield Magistrates Court he accepted the message had been "unacceptable" but had denied it was "grossly offensive".


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Which Assets Matter Most in Financial-Aid Formulas?
When it comes to qualifying for college aid, parents should keep assets in their names -- not their child's.
It's never too early to start thinking about financial aid for college if you have children. In fact, the sooner you learn the process, the better. That's because how you save for your child's education can affect the aid the you receive.
According to the October issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, you have to save strategically if you hope to qualify for financial aid. Here's what you need to know about how financial-aid formulas weigh assets in parents' names versus a child's name:
Parental assets. The federal financial-aid formula expects parents to contribute no more than 5.6% of their savings to college costs, and it keeps some assets out of the equation altogether. Private colleges use a different formula for calculating your contributions, but the percentage from savings is similarly small. In both cases, income has a far greater impact on financial-aid eligibility than parent-owned savings do. The federal financial-aid formula and most private colleges ignore assets in retirement accounts but consider distributions from the accounts as untaxed income in the year you withdraw them.
Child-owned assets. Child-owned assets are treated less gently. The federal formula assesses those accounts at 20%; the institutional formula, at 25%. For financial-aid purposes, you're better off saving in parent-owned accounts, which generally include 529 savings accounts, prepaid tuition accounts and Coverdells. UGMA and UTMA (custodial) accounts belong to the child, but you can transfer the money to a custodial 529 to qualify for the parents' lower assessment.
Grandparent-owned assets. The federal formula ignores assets in grandparent-owned 529 plans and cash-value life insurance but counts the distributions as income.