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A video uploaded by the Iraqi Ministry of Defence and a subsequent announcement shed light on Iraq's first success in acquiring a combat capable platform to stop the advance of the Islamic State. The latter has made great progress in capturing large areas of Iraq and is now slowly advancing to Iraq's capital Baghdad.
''The Ministry of Defence announced the arrival of the first out of five Russian combat aircraft Su-25 into Iraqi territory under a contract with the Russian ministry, which will contribute to increasing the combat capability of the Air Force and the other branches of the armed forces to eliminate terrorism.''
The Iraqi Army and Air Force have proved anything but capable to halt the Islamic State's advance and have been desperately looking for other ways to fill the caps currently posed in Iraqi's Armed Forces. With the United States reluctant to provide close air support or speeding up the delivery of Iraq's F-16s, Iraq has been increasingly looking to countries in Eastern Europe to strengthen the Iraqi Air Force (IQAF). It is now clear a batch of five ex-Russian Su-25s are the first to have arrived.
The Iraqi Air Force received around fifty-five Su-25s in the late eighties and were used with devastating effect against Iranian troops near Bashrah during the Iran-Iraq war. Iraq's last Su-25s were destroyed after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and it is thus unknown if any of the former Su-25 pilots are still capable or willing to fly one of the five Su-25s.
According to various media outlets, the IQAF has four pilots qualified to fly the Su-25s. Maintenance will be performed by Russian contractors, which are to be replaced by Iraqis once they finished their training in Russia.
If not, the Su-25s are likely to be flown by either Belarusian or Russian contractors or even pilots from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force, the air branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps which is also operating Su-25s.
The purchase will also serve as a moral boost and is a sign of what might has yet to come, with
other possible purchases including Mi-24s from the Czech Republic and MiG-29s, Su-24s, Su-30s and Mi-24s from Belarus and Russia.


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Children's book illustrator depicts African American heroes, history
PLAINVIEW – In his own words, artist Bryan Collier is "looking for the thread that connects all of us, … that seed of individuality." In so doing, the children's book illustrator has captured historic heroes and events that remind us of the importance of art as a bridge to the connection of the human race.
Collier's work will be on display at the Abraham Family Art Gallery at Wayland Baptist University through Nov. 16, a colorful collection of unique creations in an exhibition sponsored by the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature in Abilene, Texas.
Called "Defining Moments," the exhibit features prints from Collier's work on nine different children's books. Centerpieces include two works for which Collier earned the Caldecott Award for illustrations, Martin's Big Words in 2002 and Rosa in 2006. Other books have won prestigious honors such as the Coretta Scott King Award, the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book Award, and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award.
Collier's work incorporates a unique style of watercolor and collage, creating texture and contrast in each piece.
"The combination of pieces of original watercolor illustration and photo-collage elements create layers of visual depth and really bring the stories to life. The works engage the viewer with unique perspectives in social history and politics," said Dr. Candace Keller, professor of art and curator of art for the Abraham Gallery. "Collier has selected heroic figures and important events of historic significance from which to draw his inspiration. Not only will gallery visitors enjoy the excellent works of art, they will experience a wonderful review of history."
For Rosa, a book by Nikki Giovanni, the artist uses bright color and contrast to tell the story of historic African-American Rosa Parks. For Martin's Big Words, the story of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech comes to life in brilliant color and detail.
Betty Carter, children's literature specialist, noted of Collier's work, "His fabrics create a texture and context for each story. Collier uses these kinds of layers for breadth and depth in his art, thus serving as a visual feast."
The show also includes work from What's the Hurry, Fox?, John's Secret Dreams: The Life of John Lennon, Visiting Langston, Freedom River, These Hands, and Uptown.
A native of Pocomoke, Md., Collier had an early interest in art and began painting as a teenager. He won first place in a Congressional Competition in 1985 and his work was displayed at the nation's capitol. He earned a scholarship to the Pratt Institute in New York City and graduated with honors in 1989.
While in school, he volunteered with the Harlem Horizon Studio and Harlem Hospital Center, later serving as the program's director for 12 years. He still volunteers with the program, working as a mentor for children in the community. He also speaks regularly in schools, sharing his love for books and art and the combination of both.
The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular hours of the Mabee Learning Resources Center, which houses the gallery in its lower level. Hours are: Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday 2-5 p.m. Group tours are welcome. For more information, call 291-3710.

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Does any one know the name of the 10 or 11 piece band (there was a lot of them on stage) who played on the back stage in the body and soul area on sunday night/monday morning at around 1am. they gathered a massive crowd because the played classic tunes in a big band style. they had 3 brass players, two female lead singers, a violin player, a bass player, keyboardist, drummer, lead guitarist and a keyboardist. their energy was infectious and they were a class way to finish off a great weekend.
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The mission of the Antiochian Orthodox Church of the UK is to create an environment where the laity and the clergy work continually together. We are aware that our community is changing physically and demographically and therefore requires a parish-wide involvement in planning future growth and in outlining and communicating our mission, vision, objectives and core values. We will all work on implementing our future plans.
We commit ourselves to avoiding the creation of parallel and competitive Orthodox parishes, missions, and mission programs
We will reach out in a very positive and friendly way to the ones who are baptized and christmated in our church but lead a life away from the fullness of the orthodox faith and the fullness of the orthodox church sacraments.


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EJGH@Work represents myriad hospital services and is designed to help companies address employee health management concerns. Healthcare experts in our Corporate Wellness Department have synthesized the latest research on the benefits of diet, nutrition, and exercise as well as the detrimental effects of health issues such as high blood pressure, stress, and excess weight to develop a variety of healthcare programs unique to the workplace and designed to improve the bottom lines of businesses across the region.
EJGH@Work programs not only contribute to the health of the individuals in our community, but also to the business and community as a whole. The healthier our local workforce is, the better employees perform and therefore the better the entire company performs. As local companies and their employees thrive, so does the greater New Orleans area.
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Los Angeles: Spanish actor Javier Bardem was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for best supporting actor for his portrayal of the villain in the latest James Bond film, `Skyfall`.
Also nominated in the category are Alan Arkin (`Argo`), Robert De Niro (`Silver Linings Playbook`), Philip Seymour Hoffman (`The Master`) and Tommy Lee Jones (`Lincoln`).
Bardem won both the SAG Award and the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as a spooky hit man in the 2007 film `No Country For Old Men`.
Up for the SAG award for best supporting actress are Sally Field (`Lincoln`), Anne Hathaway (`Les Miserables`), Helen Hunt (`The Sessions`), Nicole Kidman (`The Paperboy`) and Maggie Smith (`The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel`).
In the best actor category are Bradley Cooper (`Silver Linings Playbook`), Daniel Day-Lewis (`Lincoln`), John Hawkes (`The Sessions`), Hugh Jackman (`Les Miserables`) and Denzel Washington (`Flight`).
Nominated for this year`s award for best actress are Jessica Chastain (`Zero Dark Thirty`), Marion Cotillard (`Rust and Bone`), Jennifer Lawrence (`Silver Linings Playbook`), Helen Mirren (`Hitchcock`) and Naomi Watts (`The Impossible`).


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RAW: Mammoth Biathlon a success
The mountain community of Mammoth Lakes, California, once again showed its true spirit for the winter sport of Biathlon this weekend at the 5th Annual Mammoth Winter Biathlon. The event continues to be the largest biathlon in the United States, and runs neck and neck with Canmore, Alberta, for the title of largest biathlon in North America.
Biathlon is a fast-growing winter sport that combines Nordic ski racing and rifle shooting. It is said to have originated in the mid-1800's as a training exercise for Norwegian soldiers. The sport was first officially included in the Winter Olympic Games at Squaw Valley, California, in 1960.
Low early-season snowpack and complicated changes in venue had kept race organizers from being able to give the event a green light until just one month before the races. But once the signal was given, with help from Mother Nature and the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, the Mammoth Lakes community kicked into overdrive to build a spectacular new race venue and 20-lane biathlon stadium at over 9,000 feet in elevation at Reds Lake, adjacent to chairs 13 and 14 on the backside of Mammoth Mountain.
Saturday dawned clear and crisp, with nearly 100 racers and twice that many spectators making the commute out to Reds Lake by chairlift, Sherpa, or snowcat—or on Nordic skis. Fifty-four kids, ages 8 to 15, competed in three heats of junior categories, racing three kilometers over hilly terrain and shooting two bouts at 25 meters.
Amanda Kirkeby and Carson Bold, both of Mammoth Lakes, took the overall gold medals in the kids divisions. Claire Lang-Ree, Patty Hensley, Ruby Walker, Mia Karch, Connor Kusumoto, Cameron Small, Liam Bassler, and Sage Boyer walked away with the top medals in their respective age categories. The overall Top Shot, with just one miss out of ten, went to Jared Mahler of Mammoth Lakes.
Each wave of racers began with a mass start leading into a curve and an uphill skate. For each shot missed on the firing range, competitors in all categories were required to skate an extra 150-meter penalty lap before continuing their race up so-called Heartbreak Hill.
Professional announcer Chris Hollingsworth kept the crowd energized, calling the action from within the penalty lap, and cranking tunes ranging from Nickelback to Queen. Mammoth Mountain's famous roving burrito cat dished donuts, coffee, and tri-tip burritos for hungry cowbell-shaking spectators. Local bear-whisperer Steve Searles served as Range Master.
The event was covered by American Trigger Sports Network (ATSN), ESPN Latino, The Ski Channel, and a variety of local photographers.
Candice Cable and Brock Bigej captured the gold medals in the Wounded Warrior category, with Brigid Salamon, of Bishop earning Top Shot, with just one miss out of ten.
The Beginner Adult category proved a fierce contest between 34 racers, some in outlandish costumes. Darryl Lazar, wearing a tutu over his ski suit, impressed the crowd early on, shooting five targets for five in his first bout on the range. In the end, Lyra Pierotti took the female gold medal and Karin Fuller overall Top Shot, with zero misses out of ten shots.
Chris Walker edged out David Hawtrey, Gordon Clute, and Les Perpall—all skating to the finish within 50 seconds of each other—for the male beginner gold.
Sunday morning, with snow beginning to fall, 29 Elite and National Guard athletes took to the course, racing a total of 7.5 kilometers (5 laps) and shooting 4 bouts at 50 meters. There were 13 nationally- and internationally-ranked athletes participating, including 9 from Team USA, plus World Masters Champion Carolyn Tiernan, Olympian Katja Ivanova of Team Armenia, and Sergei Ivanova, formerly of Team Russia.
National Guard athletes represented five states: California, Nevada, North Dakota, Minnesota and Utah. Corrine Malcolm (Team USA) of Lake Placid, New York, and Raleigh Goessling (Team USA) of Fort Kent, Maine, both shrugged off the altitude to grab gold medals in the Elite category.
As Sunday's snowfall increased and visibility diminished, 48 Masters athletes proved their mettle in three successive waves, skating 4.5 kilometers in up to six inches of fresh powder, clearing the snow from their rifle sights, and shooting two bouts (one prone and one standing) at 50 meters.
Alana Levin and Michael Lefrancois took the overall gold medals in the Masters category, with Dayna Stimson, Kate Wilson, Rachel Georgeson, Suzanne Stimson, Barbara Ochman, David Lindahl, Steven Feir, Benjamin Ryerson, Brooke Roberts, Dmitriy Yegoshin and Tom Zanic capturing top honors in their respective age categories.
Jeanne Oakeshott beat out Judy Burgenbauch in their own "Girls with Guns" division.
The overall top shooters in the Masters category were Eric Card, of Hawley, Minnesota, and Mammoth Lakes' own Kim Escudero.


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My first week at Kiva was similar in some ways to on-boarding I've experienced at other companies. There were long hours spent in a conference room looking at PowerPoint presentations, listening to guest speakers, trying to learn new software and procedures, and, of course, a fun group dinner.
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HORSESHOE Bend may be a quaint, quiet location but it is a front line in Maitland's quest for managing the planned reinvigoration of the city with the threat and fears of flooding.
Maitland City Council infrastructure strategy and works manager Chris McGrath said the suburb had about 1800 residents but the council's settlement strategy pointed to a five-fold increase in population.
Mr McGrath said the strategy projected a possible increase in population back to pre-1955 flood numbers of about 5000 as a way of managing growth and bringing people and business back to the city centre.
''We have urban strategies to consider,'' Mr McGrath said.
Planning had ''sterilised'' much of central Maitland because of earlier flooding, he said.
As the council prepares to release a draft flood plain risk management plan, former Horseshoe Bend resident Peter Bogan said after what he experienced in the floods of 1949 and 1955 he swore he would never live there again.
He leads tours of the area, one of the worst hit in 1955.
Mr Bogan said the tours informed people about what had happened and what could happen again.
February marks the 58th anniversary of the 1955 Hunter Valley flood.
The draft would divide the city into risk management zones and there was the possibility properties of existing residents may need to be resumed, Mr McGrath said.
Other major considerations include new flood mitigation works and evacuation plans.
The existing levy would not save Maitland in a one-in-100-year flood, Mr McGrath said.
Maitland and Lorn were evacuated in the 2007 flooding and that was a one-in-15-year event, he said.
The tours conducted by Mr Bogan are organised by the Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority and will be on February 17 and 24.
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CLWR Jumps 7%: Board Backs New Sprint Offer of $5/Sh
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Shares of wireless broadband provider Clearwire (CLWR) were halted this afternoon just before the company announced its board of directors again reversed course in the bidding war for the company between Sprint-Nextel (S) and Dish Network (DISH), endorsing a sweetened bid of $5 per share for the half of Clearwire Sprint doesn't already own.
This comes after the board last week told shareholders to tender their Clearwire shares to Dish for $4.40
and reject Sprint's prior bid.
The Clearwire statement reads:
Clearwire Corporation today announced that its board of directors, based on the unanimous recommendation of the Special Committee consisting of independent, non-Sprint-affiliated directors, recommended that stockholders accept a revised offer from Sprint (NYSE:S) to acquire the approximately 50 percent stake in the Company it does not currently own for $5.00 per share, valuing Clearwire at more than $14 billion, or $0.30 per MHZ pop.
As such, the board of directors present unanimously recommended that stockholders vote FOR the proposed transaction with Sprint and all other proposals set forth in the proxy statement, and not tender any shares of Class A common stock pursuant to the DISH Network ("DISH") tender offer.
"The Clearwire board and special committee have determined that the $5.00 per share transaction with Sprint represents the best path forward for the company and is in the best interest of our unaffiliated stockholders," said Erik Prusch, President and CEO of Clearwire. "The amended agreement with Sprint clearly acknowledges the significant value present in Clearwire -- from our deep portfolio of wireless spectrum to the tremendous amount of progress the Clearwire team has made in improving our operations and beginning the construction of our next-generation 4G LTE network."
Clearwire noted that the revised offer from Sprint provides attractive and certain value to unaffiliated stockholders. The proposed $5.00 per share offer price equates to a total payment to Clearwire minority stockholders of approximately $3.9 billion, and represents a:
-- 47% premium over Sprint's prior offer of $3.40; and -- 14% premium over DISH's tender offer.
Pursuant to the discretionary authority granted to the chairman of the meeting by Clearwire's bylaws, the Company plans to adjourn its Special Meeting of Stockholders, which is currently scheduled to be held at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time on Monday, June 24, 2013, without conducting any business. The Company plans to reconvene the Special Meeting of Stockholders on Monday, July 8, 2013 at 10:30 AM Pacific at the Highland Community Center, 14224 Bel-Red Road, Bellevue, Wash., 98007. The record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the Special Meeting remains April 2, 2013.
Evercore Partners is acting as financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis LLP is acting as counsel to Clearwire. Centerview Partners is acting as financial advisor and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. are acting as counsel to Clearwire's Special Committee. Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P. has advised the company on restructuring matters.
Clearwire stock was at $4.78 just before the halt. The shares are indicated to resume trading at 3 pm, Eastern time.
Dish shares are down 99 cents, or 2.5%, at $38.28, while Sprint stock is up 8 cents, or 1%, at $4.78.
Update: Clearwire has resume trading and is now up 31 cents, almost 7%, at $5.01.


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Singles Scene
Michael Korb explores the flirty, funny and sometimes frightening world of dating in Southwest Florida
February 2012
Facebook Hunting Grounds
As Facebook continues to be a dominant force in virtually everyone's lives, it should come as no surprise that the online giant is being turned into a massive singles bar. When you can actually list your relationship status as "It's complicated," you can figure there'll be some inquiry. In fact, there are some among us who are such Facebook stalkers that they have tagged their favorite targets and pounce as soon as that someone's status goes to "single." It's creepy, but the early bird gets the worm (or a restraining order—it's a fine line). When pressed to admit if they've ever cyber-stalked a potential mate, sober locals at BURN By Rocky Patel in Mercato were hesitant to admit to anything. Luckily, the less sober turned out to be goldmines of...
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Sweatin' with the Hotties
The gym can be a magical place filled with members of the opposite sex sculpting their bodies just for you. And as a single person, you should probably return the favor. After all, there's a pretty good chance you need to work off the Margherita pizza and appletini you had with the girls. And while your friends will repeatedly tell you that the gym, whether it be the YMCA, LA Fitness, NCH Wellness Centers, Lifestyles or wherever, is a horrible place to meet someone—because they've never met anyone there even after years of aerobics classes—nothing could be further from the truth. These places are packed full of singles. It's literally like shooting fish in a barrel. The problem is that no one pulls the trigger. No one talks to anyone. We are a nation of wimps, too...
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St. Valentine's Day Masochist
If you are single, this Tuesday is a day meant to make you feel as though you are going to die alone. That's the good news. The bad news is that you are going to have live through those 24 miserable hours watching other people get flowers, chocolates and cards, while they go on and on about how romantic their spouse/partner/fwb is. Ugh. It's enough to make you consider lowering your standards just to join the party. But from a financial standpoint, the singles among us will be saving approximately $126.03 according to a recent survey conducted by the National Retail Federation. That's how much the average idiot will spend trying to get their spouse/partner/fwb to say nice things about them to their co-workers. Thank god the rest of us are too smart for that. We won't be...
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Know your type
As your personal singles coach (why are you ignoring that invoice I sent you?), let me be frank: You need to know what you are looking for. And perhaps more importantly, you need to know what type of person will be a good fit for you. And so, as you wander through this single life you should consider going to places that might increase your shot of meeting Miss/Mr. Right. With that said, what are you looking for? Some people live a lifestyle that really can only be accepted by others living that same lifestyle. A recent stop at Food & Thought, a 100 percent organic market in Naples, proved it to be a perfect example of a prime lifestyle hunting ground. It is full-on healthy in every direction—from its market to its café you can feel the lack of preservatives as soon as you get...
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Am just on for a quick check up during work and noticed these following topics and sak, are they a good idea and are you exicted for theses Warner Brother releases? (And I am old enough to recall at least when He-man was first cheesily done-but I'll give the benefit of the doubt in a new age of technology)
"Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver are working with Mattel to turn "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" into a live-action film, according to a May 23rd article in Daily Variety.
The franchise has been re-imagined by the producer and the writers and pitched to Mattel as a classic good vs. evil battle, using the kind of visual effects strategy employed in 300. A warrior is touted as the last hope of a magical land called Eternia, which is being ravaged by technology and the evil Skeletor.
Justin Marks, who has found a niche reimagining branded properties such as turning the animated series Voltron into a live-action film for producer Mark Gordon, developing a screen version of the videogame Street Fighter for Hyde Park, and scripting a feature for Warners based on DC Comics' character Green Arrow, is set to write the script, with Silver handling production. No director has been assigned yet.
The deal is contingent on Mattel formally approving an outline for the project. The toymaker, which now licenses "He-Man" for high-end merchandise sold to hardcore collectors, has been wary of going Hollywood again since the failure of the first attempt at a bigscreen adaptation, 1987's Masters of the Universe, starring Dolph Lungren. An attempt by Fox 2000 to make another movie, this time with director John Woo, ended in futility when Mattel didn't approve the production plans.
For Mattel, the stakes are potentially high as success could mean an entire relaunch of a toy line."
"Warner Brothers Pictures has begun the process of bringing their Teen Titans property to the big screen in a live action adaptation. Mark Verheiden, writer/producer of the current Battlestar Galactica television series, has been tapped to be the screenwriter. Akiva Goldman and Kerry Foster are also onboard as executive producers."
Following hot on the heels of their recent announcements of live-action adaptations of other animated favorites He-Man and Teen Titans, Warner Brothers is bringing the big cats to the silver screen, by way of producer Paula Weinstein (Blood Diamond) and scriptwriter Paul Sopocy.
No anticipated release date has been announced, and the movie's plotline currently stands as an origin story of the group of humanoid cats (with feline names like Lion-O, Tygra, Panthro and Cheetara) who must flee their planet of Thundera after it's destroyed, with the plot focusing on Lion-O coming of age as the leader of the Thundercats.
Here, there, everywhere! Online in random spurts when I can be!
theyve already made one live action he-man movie called masters of the universe dolf lungerin played he-man ....theres no way it would top that...no way!
Trevor (OP)
No Teen Titans....just no. That and what kyo said.
NO TEEN TITANS WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? THIS IS TERRIBLE!! WHAT THE HELL!?!?!? THAT IS A RIDICULOUS IDEA!!! Or maybe not.. but >.<... ugh.. what the hell.. a He-man movie too??
My name is Hokiepokie.
Live action Teen Titan = LAWLLOLOLAWLLOLOLOLAWLLOLOL
Teen Titans... *Snicker. * I like how whoever made it made that live action Transformers movie for adults instead of a kids movie.
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could...
He-Man? lol i used to like it when i watched it on CartoonNetwork ages ago...
Teen Titans? i hate that! its kinda wannabe cool or somesthing but they try too hard to make it look like it was cool .....
THE BEST He-Man video ever!!! WATCH THIS xD
teen titans...i'm sorry, but there aren't any original ideas out there for movies...everything has to be some remake of another movie or some comic book thing.
LOL i look forward to it =). Its gonna be like dragonball


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Finance GreenWatch » 5.Climate Change & Carbon » Google Reveals Huge GDP Value of Clean Energy Innovation in US(The Climate Group)
Google Reveals Huge GDP Value of Clean Energy Innovation in US(The Climate Group)
NEW YORK: Google, a member of The Climate Group, has published a study, The Impact of Clean Energy Innovation, along with an associated website, which reveals that innovation in clean energy technology in the US can significantly cut greenhouse gases (GHGs), boost GDP and create over 1 million jobs.
Using McKinsey & Company's US Low Carbon Economics Tool - a neutral, analytic set of models which estimate potential economic implications of policy and technology assumptions – Google explored how innovations in different energy types, ranging from clean power generation and energy storage to electric vehicles (EVs), can create new jobs, technology and a cleaner, more prosperous economy.
Results of the study showed that we must act now to achieve this Clean Revolution. The executive summary stated that a 'mere five year delay' in accelerating this innovation, could lead to $2.3 – 3.2 trillion in unrealized GDP, 1.2 – 1.4 million net unrealized jobs and 8-28 more gigatons of potential GHG emissions by 2050.
Topping Google's technology action list was the need for better EVs and gas-electric hybrid cars, which could potentially make huge savings by 2030.
Other key findings from Google's report include:
- cheaper batteries could trigger the mass adoption of EVs. (If they were sold at $100 per kilowatt per hour of storage, plug-in vehicles could boast a 90% share of light duty vehicle sales)
- when compared to 'business as usual ' (BAU) in 2030, aggressive energy innovation could grow the US economy by over $155 million in GDP per year (by $244 billion, if layered with possible clean energy policies) and;
- create over 1.1 million new net jobs and;
- cut greenhouse gases (GHGs) by 13% (by 21% with Clean Policy)
- combining clean energy policies with technology innovation greatly increased economic, security and pollution benefits.
Rupert Posner, Global Director of Energy, The Climate Group, says: "Google's analysis reinforces the opportunities that a clean energy revolution offers, and the economic advantages of acting swiftly. It benefits GDP, jobs and security big time. It also shows that innovation in concert with smart policies can deliver a double whammy – more jobs and greater GDP. But while clean technology innovation is always positive, government policy ensures a faster adoption, and this study highlights just how crucial that supporting policy is to advance a Clean Revolution."
Google's analysis follows on from its RE<C program, which stands for 'renewable energy cheaper than coal', and saw Google working to develop cheaper clean energy.
Read more about Google, a member of The Climate Group.
Use Google's Clean Energy Innocation visualization website.
Read The Impact of Clean Energy Innovation report (PDF).
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I have a question regarding the pronouncing of 'r' mushaddad when stopping on it.
Assalamu Alaykum Respected Teachers,
I have a question regarding the pronouncing of 'r' mushaddad when stopping on it. From what I remember according to the website it should only be pronounced with a single 'r' simply due to the reason that when stopping, the second 'r' also becomes sakin and as result it is not possible to pronounce both r's at the same time. So if I am correct in saying that for a sakin letter to be pronounced the previous letter must be mutaharrik.... in that case may I ask how is it possible to pronounce madd arid lisSukoon ? For example 'Bismillahi Ar-Rahmani Ar-Raheem', when stopping on it.. the 'meem' becomes silent but the 'yaa' before it is also sakin... so why is it that we can pronounce the second sakin letter although the letter before it is also sakin ?
please clarify my misconception.... jazakumullahu Khaira,
Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
When stopping on a word that has a shaddah on the last letter, we stop with an "accent" , in Arabic ,which means we raise our voices on the letter before the last letter. This shows that there are two letters. Without this "accent" it would be as if there were only one letter, and this would be a mistake. Please see: http://www.abouttajweed.com/the-accent-in-recitation-of-the-glorious-qur-an/the-accent-in-recitation-of-the-glorious-quran-p-2.html
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If a saakin letter of a different type proceeds the last letter of a word (not ending with a shaddah) and we are stopping on this word, both letters must be pronounced. This requires skill to pronounce both letters with their proper characteristics, but it is required. This is for non-medd letters. It is very easy to pronounce a saakin letter after a medd letter, as noted in the question.
A saakin letter is not silent, it has no vowel but is pronounced with all of its characteristics.
It is not required that a letter being pronounced with a sukoon is preceded by a voweled letter. In general in Arabic, this only occurs when stopping on a word with a temporary or incidental sukoon on the last letter and the letter predecing it has a sukoon. An example of this would be when stopping on the word: . You can listen to this word at the following link: http://abouttajweed.com/wal-asr_128.mp3.
Insha' Allah this helps clarify things for you.
Wa asaslaam alaikum wa rahmatullah.
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Michael Howard Cohen, son of Michael and Sheryl Cohen, received the honor of Eagle Scout at a ceremony on November 25th at St. James Catholic Church.
Michael is a at Benedictine Military School and is a member of Troop 88. Michael's father, 1980 Olympian Michael M. Cohen is also an Eagle Scout.
Michael began scouting at age 11 with Troop 7 in Georgetown (Savannah). He was the youngest scout from the Coastal Empire to attend the 2010 National Scout Jamboree.
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Eric's Argent Tournament Guide (Alliance)
The Argent Tournement is a world event that was released patch 3.1 were the houses was unfinished. In patch 3.2 (currently) the tournament has started, all the houses were finished and a lot of daily quests were added/removed. The Argent Tournament takes place in the northern part of Icecrown. With this guide, our goal is to be exalted with the Silver Covenant and your racial faction. If you're familiar with The Burning Crusade, The Argent Tournement is pretty much equal to Isle of Quel'Danas, however much less over-crowded, and more challenging and rewardful. The only requirement for the guide is a Alliance character at level 77+. There is an inn, a mailbox, a flightmaster, almost everything that is needed for a good daily grind area. Also, the whole area is marked as a Sanctuary – like Dalaran or Shattrath and includes alot of mounted-combat. Get further information here.
Picture of the Argent Tournament
Disclaimer: To avoid any confusion about this guide, I wanna tell you that The Silver Coventant is not really like other reputation factions. The guide will be based on a short grind every day, doing a few daily quests. Aslo, that does not exist a "tabard" like the other northrend factions (you cannot get reputation through instances, sadly).
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Your Lance, and Your Mount
- Aspirant
- Valiant
- Champion
- Daily Grind
- Achievements
- Rewards
- Comments
A lot of the quest at the Argent Tournament will be based on mount-combat. Mount-combat can be quite confusing at first, but I'm sure that this section will cover the basics for you.
Before you can ride your mount, you must have a lance equipped. You can get your lance by right clicking the lance rank, at the entrance of the alliance pavilion, and the mounts outside the pavilion. Now, let's take a look at the action bar of your mount:
- Thrust - This is just a basic melee attack, got no cooldown (beside global cooldown which is about 2 sec). It damages your target for around 3250 damage.
- Shield-Breaker - This abilites removes (1 charge) of your enemy's Defend shield. It's a ranged attack, and deals 2000 damage, minimum 5 yards.
- Charge - You simple run toward your enemy with a very fast speed, and damaging around 6000 damage plus removing on charge of your enemy's Defend Shield.
- Defend - You can buff this on your self (3 stacks) so you're taking less damage that normal, you should always have this one on 3 stacks, obviously.
- Refresh Mount - This ability heals your mount for 50000-70000 HP, and has a bit to long cooldown (in my opinion).
- Duel – Challenges another (player) combantant to a duel.
Each spells has its unique way of use. The mount is a combat mount just to make it clear, so I will explain them in a fight-releated way.
Before the fight: Make sure you've stacked the Defend buff at 3 stacks.
The charge: Either just use charge, or you can cast Shield-breaker, then run a few steps backwards and cast charge.
During the fight: Use Thrust every time it's possible. Make sure you have 3 stacks all the time of your Defend ability. Keep your enemy's stacks at zero, for a lot more damage.
End of the fight: Heal yourself up with the Refresh Mount ability, so you're ready to the next fight.
Hopefully you're now tuned abit in on how The Argent Tournament works, so lets start off!
==Note== You need to complete the Black Knight Chain quest to get the known group quest at the Champion rank: Threat From Above. You can follow it here:
Eric's Guide to The Black Knight
Picture of the Argent Tournament
When you enter the Argent Tournement Grounds, go to the Argent Pavilion, where you'll speak to Justicar Mariel Trueheart. She'll give you the quest: [80] The Argent Tournament. Speak to an NPC in the Silver Covenant Pavilion.
In the Alliance Pavilion, Arcanist Taelis gives you the [80] Mastery of Melee quest. Near Arcanist Taelis there's Avareth Swiftstrike and Scout Shalyndria, who give you [80] Mastery of the Charge and [80] Mastery of the Shield-Breaker. These quests is entirely going to introduct you to the mount-combat.
- Random: [80] A Worthy Weapon , [80]The Edge of Winter or [80] A Blade Fit For A Champion
- [80] Learning the Reins
- [80] Training in the Field
- [80] Up to the Challenge
[80] Mastery of Shield-Breaker
First, I suggest you listen to Valis Windcheser's instructions about shield-breaking (It's also an objective that is needed in the quest anyway, you will have to do it ). Then just nuke the Defend stacks down until you get the quest completed on the ranged target dummies.
[80] Mastery of Charge
Same concept as the Shield-breaker one. First, talk to Rugan Steelbelly for the instructions. Afterwards, get ready to complete the quest. Cast Shield-breaker on the charge target, and charge it when the dummy got no stacks of Defend.
[80] Mastery of Melee
Talk to Jeran Lockwood for the instructions. Make sure you have 3 stacks of your defend up, before attacking the melee dummy. Hit it five times, and the quest should be done. Turn all 3 quests in back at the pavilion when you're done with them.
Now, 4 other quests should be availible to you:
[80] A Worthy Weapon , [80]The Edge of Winter and [80] A Blade Fit For A Champion is random, means that they change daily which one you can pick up.
[80] Learning the Reins
Learning the Reins is a pretty easy quest, it's just a mix of the other Mastery quests, now as a daily quest instead.
[80] Training in the Field
Also very easy and simple. You'll have to kill 8 Scourge, they can be found all over Icecrown. However, I prefer killing whelps just south of Argent Tournament Grounds.
[80] The Edge of Winter (Random)
You will need to kill Lord Everblaze which is just west of the Unbound Thicket. He's walking forward and back very close to the temple. Lord Everblaze will drop an Everburning Amber. When you got the Everburning Amber, fly to Winter's Breath Lake, in the middle you'll find a maiden frozen in ice. Right click your Everburning Amber while targeting her, and the quest should be completed.
[80] A Blade Fit For A Champion (Random)
This quest is a bit alternative. First, go to Ashwood Lake in Grizzle Hills. Here you'll find alot of frogs, apply the Warts-B-Gone Lip Balm to yourself and then /kiss them. If you're lucky, Maiden of Ashwood Lake will spawn. For an easier way of doing this, simple copy-paste this into a macro and use it instead:
/use Warts-B-Gone Lip Balm
[80] A Worthy Weapon (Random)
Before you can complete this quest, you must get 4 Winter Hyacinths, these can be optained at the very southern end of Icecrown (the north of crystalsong forest) floating around on some ice flaws. When you've looted them, you'll have to fly to Ebon Watch in Zul'drak. Run south of Zul'dark until you reach Drak'mar lake. Use the 4 Winter Hyacinths inside the circle of lamps in the center of the lake to spawn the Maiden. The sword will spawn few seconds after you placed the hyacinths.
[80] Up to the Challenge
In this quest you'll have to gather 15 Aspirant Seal's. Every daily quest rewards 1-2 of them, and doing all 3 daily quests should bring you 5 per day.
Day 4
You should now have 2 new dailies unlocked at your faction leader (in the room):
- [80] A Valiant's Field Training
- [80] At The Enemy's Gates
- [80] A Valiant's Charge
[80] The Grand Melee
This quest require you to "mount-fight". Pick up your mount (the Argent one, NOT your normal ground mount!), and ride to the Valiant Ring, just north of the alliance pavilion. Make sure you have 3 stacks of your shield on, before challenging one of the other NPC Valiants. When you're ready to fight them, talk to them and choose "I'm ready to Fight!" and there you go. Keep your stack on 3, while charging your enemy. Also use shield-break if the enemy are stacking his/her shield.
[80] A Valiant's Field Training
West of Ymirheim, kill 10 Converted Heroes to the quest. They travel around in groups of 2-7, for some players, these are a bit hard to beat.
[80] At The Enemy's Gates
The quest is very simple, maybe a bit time consuming depending on your class/gear. You'll have to use your lance here, once again. Travel to the Argent Crusade forward camp at Corp'rethar, where there's a Stabled Campaign Warhorse for you to mount. The mount got the same abilities as normal. The objective in the quest is to kill 3 Boneguard Lieutenants, 10 Boneguard Scouts, and 15 Boneguard Footmen, you can find them all east of the camp. Boneguard Commanders will also be spawning, keep an eye of these, they hit nasty, so try to avoid them.
[80] The Edge of Winter (Random)
You will need to kill Lord Everblaze which is just west of the Unbound Thicket. He's walking forward and back very close to the temple. Lord Everblaze will drop an Everburning Amber. When you got the Everburning Amber, fly to Winter's Breath Lake, in the middle you'll find a maiden frozen in ice. Right click your Everburning Amber while targeting her, and the quest should be completed.
[80] A Blade Fit For A Champion (Random)
This quest is a bit alternative. First, go to Ashwood Lake in Grizzle Hills. Here you'll find alot of frogs, apply the Warts-B-Gone Lip Balm to yourself and then /kiss them. If you're lucky, Maiden of Ashwood Lake will spawn. For an easier way of doing this, simple copy-paste this into a macro and use it instead:
/use Warts-B-Gone Lip Balm
[80] A Worthy Weapon (Random)
Before you can complete this quest, you must get 4 Winter Hyacinths, these can be optained at the very southern end of Icecrown (the north of crystalsong forest) floating around on some ice flaws. When you've looted them, you'll have to fly to Ebon Watch in Zul'drak. Run south of Zul'dark until you reach Drak'mar lake. Use the 4 Winter Hyacinths inside the circle of lamps in the center of the lake to spawn the Maiden. The sword will spawn few seconds after you placed the hyacinths.
Doing these 4 daily quests should bring you 5 Valiant Seals, and around 1000 reputation points with The Silver Conventant.
Day 9
You should now be able to turn in the 25 seals for [80] A Valiant's Charge. Do that, and get the follow up: [80] The Valiant's Challenge. In this quest, you'll basically have to fight a champion like you had to fight Valiants earlier. This one is just abit more difficult. When you challenge him he/she'll at 3 stacks Defend, he'll also do a lot more to get your stacks down. The quest is soloable, though.
When you're done, turn in your quest back at the Alliance Pavilion. You should now be a Champion, and if you were exalted with your racial faction, you'll also get the title"[Name] of [Home City]" example: Voodóo of Gnomeregan, congratulations!
Day 10
Pick up [80] A Champion Rises from the Alliance Pavilion, and turn it in at Justicar Mariel Trueheart. Pick up [80] The Scourgebane (or [80] Eadric the Pure in some cases).
- [80] Among the Champions
- [80] Taking Battle to the Enemy
- [80] Battle Before the Citadel
- [80] Threat From Above
Eadric is in the Argent Pavillion, right next to where you get the quest, and [80] The Scourgebane can be turned in close to the Trial of the Champion entrance.
Now, when you've mastered one faction, our goal is to master every faction! It's up to you who's next, just pick one the quest that the faction grand champions back in the alliance pavilion offers you (example: if you take the Stormwind quest, you'll be championing Stormwind). You will now start as a Valiant for you new faction AND you will still be able to pick up the Champion dailies from your own faction. All the previous quest from the Valiant phase should now be able again, and they fit very well together with the new champion dailies that should be availible to you:
[80] Among the Champions
This quest is abit challenging, though. You'll have to defeat 4 Champions in the Champion ring. Use same stategy as earlier (like in [80] The Valiant's Challenge). I suggest you start with doing this quest, as it's very close to where you get it - fast done, and easy to turn in.
[80] Taking Battle to the Enemy
This is a simple and easy quest that shouldn't cause you any problems. You'll have to kill 15 members of Cult of the Damned which can be found west of the Argent Tournement Grounds. The cults doesn't group or hit specially hard, but keep an eye on their spells, they can hit for a bulk of damage.
==Note== This can be done together with [80] A Valiant's Field Training, as they are very close to each other.
[80] Battle Before the Citadel
This quest should clearly be done together with [80] At The Enemy's Gates. Like in [80] At The Enemy's Gates, you'll have to mount up from the little camp west of Icecrown Citadel. Then kill 3 of the Commanders. They are abit hard, but easy soloable. The Commanders start up with 3 stacks of their Defend, and 252k hp - they are pretty much equal to the champions of Argent Tournament, same stage of difficulty.
[80] Threat From Above
This quest is the first group daily quest in the game. Cheers for that. You'll have to kill a big drake south-west of Argent Tournament Grounds. In my opinion, you can 2 man this without major problems. However, going 3-man like suggested, is ofcourse optimal. The drake hit for about 2,000-3,000 on plate, and got 102,000 HP. It will also summon three adds which have 25,000 HP each.
When you reach Champion for the firs time, you should be about honored with the Silver Covenant. Our goal is now to master all the other factions, which should bring you to exalted. So from now on, you should grind the 8 availible quest every day. For that, I've made a short quest circuit you can use.
Pick up:
- [80] A Worthy Weapon , [80]The Edge of Winter or [80] A Blade Fit For A Champion
- [80] A Valiant's Field Training
- [80] Among the Champions
- [80] Battle Before The Citadel
- [80] At The Enemy's Gates
- [80] Taking Battle To The Enemy
- [80] The Grand Melee
- [80] Threat From Above
Your questlog should now look like this:
I assume that you know how to complete every quest, so I'll just be listening the quests in which order to do them, and where.
1. Warm up by completing [80] The Grand Melee, the Valiant duelists can be found just north of the Alliance pavilion. You need to defeat 3 to complete the quest.
2. When you're done with [80] The Grand Melee, move further to the Champions for [80] Among the Champions. The champions can found in the southern part of Argent Tournament grounds.
==Note== These are a bit harder than normal, and will might be difficult for some people to deal with.
3. Mount up, and run west until you reach a camp of some Cult of the Damned members. Kill 15 for [80] Taking Battle To The Enemy.
4.(Optional) Run even further west until you reach Chillmaw's spawn point in the mid-north part of Icecrown for [80] Threat From Above . Chillmaw will also spawn 3 adds which is also needed for the quest (means you can't skip them). Chillmaw is defintely soloable, but 2 or 3 players is optimal.
==Note== Threat from Above is a group quest, common name is "TFA".
5. When you're done (if you did part 4) with Chillmaw, mount up and run south until you're just about west of Ymirheim where you will find Converted Heroes. Kill 10 of them for [80] A Valiant's Field Training.
6. Run further south to Corp'rethar. Get your Argent Mount, and run into the camp of Scouts, Footmen, Commanders and Lieutenants. Kill 10 Scouts, 15 Footmen, 3 Lieutenants and 3 Commanders for [80] Battle Before The Citadel and [80] At The Enemy's Gates.
7. Now do whatever quest you have ([80] A Worthy Weapon , [80]The Edge of Winter or [80] A Blade Fit For A Champion). If you had [80] A Worthy Weapon , you pick up the Winter Hyacinths needed for the quest.
8. Turn in your quests back at the Argent Tournament Grounds when you're done.
Gold Gained: 106 Gold, 9 Silver Rewards: 5 Champion's Seal (+ 40 gold or 1000+ reputation with homecity factions) Time spent: Aprox 20 min
Well, continuing this every day should bring you exalted on about a month or so. The Silver Covenant is a very hard and challenging reputation to get reputation with. Good luck on the grinding, I'll gladly enjoy reading you comments on how your journey has ben!
I did mixed a short list together of horde and alliance achievements that involved Argent Tournament. You will find each factions achievement at the list, good luck achieving them!
Random - Outside the categories.
- It's Just A Flesh Wound - Defeat the Black Knight.
- Argent Aspiration - Become an Aspirant with your race.
- Argent Valor - Become a Valiant with your race.
- Tilted - Defeat another player in a mounted duel.
- Lance A Lot - Defeat a rider (Valiant or Champion) of each race.
Champion - Become a Champion with any of your faction's races.
- Champion of Stormwind
- Champion of Ironforge
- Champion of Gnomeregan Exiles
- Champion of Exodar
- Champion of Darnassus
- Champion of Orgrimmar
- Champion of Darkspear Trolls
- Champion of Thunder Bluff
- Champion of Undercity
- Champion of Silvermoon City
Champion of the Alliance/Horde - Become Champion with all of your faction's races.
Exalted Champion - Become Champion with any of your faction's races and earn Exalted status with them.
- Stormwind
- Ironforge
- Gnomeregan Exiles
- Exodar
- Darnassus
- Orgrimmar
- Darkspear Trolls
- Thunder Bluff
- Undercity
- Silvermoon City
Exalted Champion of the Alliance/Horde - Become Champion with all of your faction's races and earn Exalted status with all of them.
Exalted Argent Champion - Become Champion with all of your faction's races, and earn Exalted status with them and The Argent Crusade.
- Here is a short list of all the things that is optainable at the Argent Tournament. Every faction can optain the following items, but there is also faction-only items which I will tell about later on.
- [Stanchions of Unseatable Furor] - Costs 10 Champion's Seal
- [Treads of the Glorious Spirit] - Costs 10 Champion's Seal
- [Gauntlets of Shattered Pride] - Costs 10 Champion's Seal
- [Treads of Nimble Evasion] - Costs 10 Champion's Seal
- [Girdle of Valorous Defeat] - Costs 10 Champion's Seal
- [Cinch of Bonded Servitude] - Costs 10 Champion's Seal
- [Wrap of the Everliving Tree] - Costs 10 Champion's Seal
- [Sash of Shattering Hearts] - Costs 10 Champion's Seal
- [Necklace of Valiant Blood] - Costs 10 Champion's Seal
- [Pendant of Azure Dreams] - Costs 10 Champion's Seal
- [Choker of Spiral Focus] - Costs 10 Champion's Seal
- [Susurrating Shell Necklace] - Costs 10 Champion's Seal
- [Jouster's Fury] - Costs 10 Champion's Seal
- [Blunderbuss of Khaz Modan] - Costs 25 Champion's Seal
- [Dagger of the Rising Moon] - Costs 25 Champion's Seal
- [Dagger of Lunar Purity] - Costs 25 Champion's Seal
- [Silvery Sylvan Stave] - Costs 25 Champion's Seal
- [Gnomeregan Bonechopper] - Costs 25 Champion's Seal
- [Claymore of the Prophet] - Costs 25 Champion's Seal
- [Teldrassil Protector] - Costs 25 Champion's Seal
- [Ironforge Smasher] - Costs 25 Champion's Seal
- [Argent Hippogryph] - Costs 150 Champion's Seal
- Faction Rewards:
Every faction also has something unique to their faction, they all got (I use Stormwind as an example):
- [Tabard] - Costs 50 Champion's Seal
- [Banner] - Costs 15 Champion's Seal
- [Commendation Badge] Costs 1 Champion's Writ
- [Elwynn Lamb] - Costs 40 Champion's Seal
- [Mount] - Costs 100 Champion's Seal
- [Swift Mount] - Costs 5 Champion's Seal and 425 Gold
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Nice, thanks a lot for the
Submitted by Silvann on Wed, 2009-10-28 21:55.
Nice, thanks a lot for the guide!
Yay! Looks very nice
Submitted by Jiyambi on Mon, 2009-10-26 13:20.
Yay! Looks very nice
Awesome guide. A rewards
Submitted by Silvann on Sat, 2009-10-17 18:02.
Awesome guide. A rewards section would be nice, as I'm interested in the Argent Hippogryph mount. Is that the guide I should follow to get that mount? Any idea on how long would take me? WoWhead's comments seem to give different answers...
It depends on what point you
Submitted by Jiyambi on Sun, 2009-10-18 00:29.
It depends on what point you are at in the tournament progression. If you already are exalted with your faction, you can get a total of 10 marks a day (I think). If you aren't exalted, or don't run HToC, or don't do TFA due to not finding a group, you get less. This is probably why you've seen different answers for it.
To Eric - a rewards section would definitely be nice, and as this user points out, perhaps a note at the top of each section of progression through the tournament as to how many marks/day you can earn.
Eric, another awesome
Submitted by Shinke on Fri, 2009-10-16 15:52.
Eric, another awesome guide.
One thing I noticed, however, your achievement links go to wow-pro.com, not wowhead like they should. And also on the map you have the TotC 10/25 entrance in the wrong spot.
Other than that, I can't wait to use this guide for my daily grind!
Noticed another 'thing.'
Submitted by Shinke on Sun, 2009-10-18 18:28.
Noticed another 'thing.' Before you can accept and do the Chillmaw quest, you must do the Black Knight quest chain. I noticed this as I started the daily grind section and couldn't pick it up.
Looks awesome, Eric! A few
Submitted by Jiyambi on Thu, 2009-10-15 17:42.
Looks awesome, Eric!
A few things I noticed. First, I suggest you include the three daily quests that become available once you reach exalted with Sunreavers/Silver Covenant. I also suggest you include the Black Knight quest chain eventually - yeah it just gives Argent Crusade rep, but it's part of the Tournament story and it seems like it should be included.
Second, the note for the "Among the Champions" vs. the "Battle for the Citadel" - you note that Among the Champions is hard, but Battle for the Citadel is just as hard and harder because there are other mobs all around that can agro. The notes I'm referring to are in the final section, the "Daily Grind".
Anyway, overall great job as usual!
EDIT: A list of items available (why you'd bother even grinding this), Achievements available, and possibly a table of contents would also be very nice additions.


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A sequence is an Oracle-ish way of doing autonumbering. The sequence is stored in a tiny ascii file (sequence-name.seq). You can also do autonumbering the MySQL way with a field using the "AUTONUMBER" datatype and giving it a default value of the starting sequence number.
Removes the specified column from the database. The other standard SQL functions for alter table are also supported:
alter table table_name drop (column-name [, column-name2...]) alter table table_name add ([position] column-name datatype [, [position2] column-name2 datatype2...] [primary key (column-name [, column-name2...]) ])
alter table my_db drop (Years) alter table my_db add (Legend VARCHAR(40) default "value", Mapname CHAR(5)) alter table my_db add (1 Maptype VARCHAR(40))
This example adds a new column as the 2nd column (0 for 1st column) of the table. By default, new fields are added as the right-most (last) column of the table. This is a JSprite Extension and is not supported by standard SQL.
alter table my_db modify (Legend VARCHAR(40)) alter table my_db modify (0 Legend default 1)
The last example moves the "Legend" column to the 1st column in the table and shifts the others over, and causes all subsequent records added to use a default value of "1" for the "Legend" field, if no value is inserted for it. This "Position" field (zero in the example) is a JSprite extension and is not part of standard SQL.
insert into table_name [(col1, col2, ... coln) ] values (val1, val2, ... valn)
insert into my_db (Player, Years, Points, Championships) values ('Kareem Abdul-Jabbar', 21, 26, 6)
You don't have to specify all of the fields in the database! Sprite also does not require you to specify the fields in the same order as that of the database.
Note: You should make it a habit to quote strings.
Here are the available methods:
The set_delimiter function sets the read and write delimiter for the database. The delimiter is not limited to one character; you can have a string, and even a regexp (for reading only). In JSprite, you can also set the record seperator (default is newline).
Return Value
The set_os function can be used to notify Sprite as to the operating system that you're using. Default is determined by $^O.
Note: If you're using Sprite on Windows 95/NT or on OS2, make sure to use backslashes -- and NOT forward slashes -- when specifying a path for a database or to the set_db_dir or set_lock_file methods!
Return Value
For any O/S that doesn't support flock (i.e Mac, Windows 95 and VMS), this method allows you to set a lock file to use and the number of tries that Sprite should try to obtain a 'fake' lock. However, this method is NOT fully reliable, but is better than no lock at all.
'Sprite.lck' (either in the directory specified by set_db_dir or in the current directory) is used as the default lock file if one is not specified.
Return Value
A path to a database can contain only the following characters:
\w, \x80-\xFF, -, /, \, ., :
If your path contains other characters besides the ones listed above, you can use this method to set a default directory. Here's an example:
$rdb->set_db_dir ("Mac OS:Perl 5:Data"); $data = $rdb->sql ("select * from phone.db");
Sprite will look for the file "Mac OS:Perl 5:Data:phone.db". Just to note, the database filename cannot have any characters besides the one listed above!
Return Value
0 - Failure 1 - Success
JSprite permits the user to specify an extension that is part of the actual file name, but not part of the corresponding table name. The default is '.sdb'.
$rdb->set_db_ext ('.sdb');
Return Value
The sql function is used to pass a SQL command to this module. All of the SQL commands described above are supported. The select SQL command returns an array containing the data, where the first element is the status. All of the other other SQL commands simply return a status.
Return Value 1 - Success 0 - Error
The sql function is used to commit changes to the database. Arguments: file-name (usually the table-name) - the file name to write the table to. NOTE: The path and file extension will be appended to it, ie:
Return Value 1 - Success 0 - Error
The close function closes the file, and destroys the database object. You can pass a filename to the function, in which case Sprite will save the database to that file; the directory set by set_db_dir is used as the default.
Return Value
Sprite is not the solution to all your data manipulation needs. It's fine for small databases (less than 1000 records), but anything over that, and you'll have to sit there and twiddle your fingers while Sprite goes chugging away ... and returns a few *seconds* or so later.
The main advantage of Sprite is the ability to develop and test prototype applications on personal machines (or other machines which do not have an Oracle licence or some other "mainstream" database) before releasing them on "production" machines which do have a "real" database. This can all be done with minimal or no changes to your Perl code.
Another advantage of Sprite is that you can use Perl's regular expressions to search through your data. Yippee!
JSprite provides the ability to emulate basic database tables and SQL calls via flat-files. The primary use envisioned for this is to permit website developers who can not afford to purchase an Oracle licence to prototype and develop Perl applications on their own equipment for later hosting at larger customer sites where Oracle is used. :-)
JSprite attempts to do things in as database-independent manner as possible, but where differences occurr, JSprite most closely emmulates Oracle, for example "sequences/autonumbering". JSprite uses tiny one-line text files called "sequence files" (.seq). and Oracle's "seq_file_name.NEXTVAL" function to insert into autonumbered fields.
JSprite supports Oracle sequences and functions. The currently-supported Oracle functions are "SYSTIME", NEXTVAL, and "NULL". Users can also "register" their own functions via the "fn_register" method.
Method takes 2 arguments: Function name and optionally, a package name (default is "main").
$rdb->fn_register ('myfn','mypackage');
JSprite::fn_register ('myfn',__PACKAGE__);
Then, you could say:
insert into mytable values (myfn(?))
and bind some value to "?", which is passed to "myfn", and the return-value is inserted into the database. You could also say (without binding):
insert into mytable values (myfn('mystring'))
-or (if the function takes a number)-
select field1, field2 from mytable where field3 = myfn(123)
Return Value
JSprite has added the SQL "create" function to create new tables and sequences.
create table table1 ( field1 number, field2 varchar(20), field3 number(5,3) default 3.143) create sequence sequence-name [increment by 1] start with 0
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Crelk Wireless needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 6 designs submitted by 4 freelance designers.
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Crelk Wireless was setup to build applications for the mobile industry. See crelk.com for more info.
Whimsical individual who's very visual. When looking up the weather, just wants to know what to wear. Doesn't need a radar map or humidity index. Geared for the non-techie.
You wake up in the morning and the first question on your mind is: what should I wear? Do I need an umbrella? Should I take a jacket?
This iPhone app will help answer those questions in an amusing and entertaining manner. It forecasts fashion requirements based on location-specific weather conditions. The goal is to match fashion with weather conditions. Based on various climate conditions, this app will visually display what you should wear and what accessories, such as boots, umbrella, etc., you will need.
I'm looking for a cartoonish character in various climare conditions. For example, if the forecast is for heavy rain, the character should be wearing a jacket, boots, hat, etc., and surrounded by snow. If its a sunny day, the chracter can be in shorts and tank top sitting under the sun.
Attached is a CSV file that has all the possible weather forecasts, such as "Partly Cloudy," "Blowing snow," etc. I don't necessary need a unique image for each weather condition, but I need enough so that I can cover all the possible scenerios.
Assets should be delivered as PSD files. The images will eventually be used on iPhone screens which have a screen size 320x480 or 640x960 pixels.


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May 25th, 2011
Drug Marketing Often Targets Med Students: Analysis
US News & World Report
Drug company marketing to those attending medical school is common and can cloud students' ethical judgment, researchers warn.
A team led by Kirsten Austad and Aaron S. Kesselheim at Harvard Medical School in Boston analyzed published studies that included a total of 9,850 students at 76 medical schools in the United States. The investigators found that most of the students had some type of interaction with drug companies and that this contact increased during the clinical years, with up to 90 percent of clinical students receiving some form of marketing materials from drug makers.
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Among the students queried, most believed there was no ethical problem in accepting gifts from drug companies. Their justifications included financial hardship or pointing out that most other medical students accepted such gifts.
Nearly two-thirds of the medical students claimed that drug company promotions, gifts or interactions with sales representatives did not affect their impartiality regarding drug makers and their products.
The study is published in the May 24 online edition of the journal PLoS Medicine.
The study authors said their findings suggest that strategies to educate medical students about interactions with drug makers should directly address widely held misconceptions about the effects of marketing.
In addition, medical schools need to introduce reforms, such as rules limiting contact between students and drug company representatives.
"These changes can help move medical education a step closer to two important goals: the cultivation of strong professional values, as well as the promotion of a respect for scientific principles and critical review of evidence that will later inform clinical decision-making and prescribing practices," the researchers concluded.
Read more: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/managing-your-healthcare/healthcare/articles/2011/05/24/drug-marketing-often-targets-med-students-analysis


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The Reliance Group, founded by Dhirubhai H. Ambani , is India's largest private
sector enterprise, with businesses in the energy and materials value chain. The
flagship company, Reliance Industries Limited, is a Fortune Global 500 company and
is the largest private sector company in India.
Dhirubhai Ambani founded Reliance as a textile company and led its evolution as
a global leader in the materials and energy value chain businesses. It was in 1957
when he returned to India after a stint with A.Besse& Co., Aden he started yarn
trading business from a small 500 sq.ft. office in Masjid Bunder, Mumbai.he set
up his brand new mill in Naroda, Gujarat. In 1996 Reliance went on to become the
biggest textile brand 'Only Vimal'. In 1977 the Reliance Textile Industries came
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When Blake Lynch went to donate blood last spring, hoping to help a friend with sickle-cell anemia, he was turned away.
Not because he is feeble. Or sick. But because he's gay.
"I was embarrassed. It's a very personal question on this questionnaire they give you: 'From 1977 to the present, have you had sexual contact with another male, even once?' " said Lynch, 22, a nursing student at Seminole State College. "You go into the blood center, and you see all these signs about how they need blood. And you hear about blood drives all the time. But I had never heard of this policy."


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Bates Nut Farm started with walnuts, but now purchases nuts from all over the world. Pistachios, pecans, cashews, peanuts, pignolias, sunflower seeds and much more can be purchased on the farm. The nuts come raw, roasted, some spiced up and unsalted. To ensure quality and freshness we roast and package our nuts on the farm. The Bates family takes pride in providing a quality product at a fair price. It's part of the tradition.
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Artist Spotlight: Cory Ferguson, Good Point Tattoos
In Oakville, Ontario, Canada, some of the best blackwork/dotwork in the world is being created at Good Point Tattoos, home to Cory Ferguson. [And yes, he's another featured artist in my upcoming Black Tattoo Art II book.]Tattooing since 2000, Cory is a second-generation tattoo artist. His father, tattooist "Harley Charlie" Duarte, introduced him to the art at a young age but he got his start in the business by working under Crazy Ace Daniels at Way Cool Tattoos.
Cory is best known for his blackwork and dotwork tattoos. His signature style is a fusion of Polynesian tribal designs, geometrics, optical illusions, Asian art, and pointillism. I particularly love the way he plays with perspective and negative space in his blackwork.
In this recently released video profile (below) by CreateMedia and Christoph Benfey, Cory talks about his style and what drives him in the tattoo process. He has a great line where he explains how he prefers to focus on the visual rather than any deep meanings behind the tattoos:
"I'm not here to tug at your heart strings. I'm trying to mess with your eyes."
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Image: Thylacine at Hobart Zoo
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Deacon Curtis L. Black, Sr., retired steelworker
Oct. 14, 1928 – June 17, 2013
Deacon Curtis Lee Black Sr., of Buffalo, a retired steelworker active in churches, died Sunday in Hospice Buffalo, Cheektowaga, after a lengthy illness. He was 84.
Born in Bessemer, Ala., he moved to Buffalo in the early 1950s and worked in the blast furnaces for nearly 30 years at Bethlehem Steel Corp. He retired in 1982.
Mr. Black was ordained as a deacon in 1962 at Peace Missionary Baptist Church. Later, he became a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, where he was ordained as a deacon in 1991 and served in several ministries, including the male chorus, credit union and finance committee.
He enjoyed renovating houses, working on cars and gardening. He was active in the YMCA and donated yearly to the Strong Kids program.
His wife of 32 years, Ruby S. Lewis Black, died 1985.
Surviving are three sons, Curtis Jr., James and Frank; three daughters, Bonnie Lee, Amelia Hooks and Denise; a brother, Raymon; and a sister, Rosie Core.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 402 Clinton St.


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- 2 Yellow squash
- 1 c. Parmesan cheese
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- 1 bunch of Italian flat-leaf parsley
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Extra virgin olive oil for serving
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Cut each squash lengthwise and remove the seeds with the help of a spoon. You should have 4 halves, or what I like to call "football-shaped squash containers."
3. In a bowl, mix Parmesan and Ricotta with salt and pepper to taste and 1 bunch of chopped parsley.
4. Scoop the filling into the zucchini containers and place on baking sheet.
5. Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes and remove. Let the squash cool down. Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil before serving.


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Ok so it seams that a lot of poeple just love to fight in here and topics are constantly hijacked by people fighting over some other topic.
So. I suggest CELEBRITY FIGHT CLUB.
Rule one- We dont talk about celebrity fight club
Rule two- We dont talk about celebrity fight club
Rule Three- Two people are choosen to fight and only those two people can post on the thread.
A Topic will be posted and contestants must defend there point of view on the topic. First to post gets to choose their side of the issue. Second to post must take opposite point of view. This will test the skills of the fighter as one may have to defend a position they do not personally hold.
The two fighters can post for 5 days on the thread.
At the end of the 5 day period. Other members of the forum will vote on who won the fight.
Judging Criteria:- Please judge the winner based on the following
1. best Defense of there side of the issue
2. Comedic value
3. Slams- (for excellent come backs)
Next post will announce the first fight-
Any one with a Topic Idea and Two Celebrity contestants that would argue separate points please post them on this thread.