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Nice! anybody know how I can purchase individual issues online? I really want that poster. I cant find a store nearby that sells it, and I cant figure out how to do it from the Young Animal website.
The gurus go on: "Now almost all forests of spiritual trees around the world have been burned to ashes. Because of that, the world tree got more power. So the ancient chaos when the real world and the astral world are mixed together is going to come back." Ged says that now, he wants to ask a question to the man in black, who has a deep relation to him: "Who the hell is the Falcon of Light? Can you tell me what he wants to do by twisting the world like that? What desire led him to be reborn as a Guardian Angel of Desire?"
I'd love to read it if you have a direction link , thanks. Also have to say you are probably single handedly the most informative and interesting person I've ever red commenting and talking about Berserk. Just to throw (some praise ) it out there, I'm sure you hear that often, but I'm new here and I think it's ok to say it (I've been reading the forum for a quite some time and appreciate all the people's thoughts and views).
Regarding the "roads" and the World Tree, it's interesting to note that not all the forests have been destroyed. Maybe when that happens the "chaos" Ged talks about is the aforementioned Age of Darkness (if we don't consider that the world in its current state is actually that). And maybe and only maybe, the remaining seals are the final key for the complete release of the God Hand upon the world, if they don't walk the earth yet. Thinking of it, our missing and beloved immortal could be doing a little job
In retrospect I wonder what role had Skull Knight in all of this. Can we assume he was trying to protect the seals? Why did he hide Femto's intentions from Guts and Schierke?
Most of us have known that Griffith's ambitions were always larger, and that the pursuit of his kingdom was the tallest order he could dream of as a man. [...] This scene also sets up Guts' value to the Gurus, and really to all the inhabitants of the island: His special connection with Griffith, who has become the de facto leader of the evil order that's literally tearing the world apart.
Will this discussion spill over into 346, where Guts expounds a bit more to his companions about the state of Casca, Griffith, himself, and his journey? Here's hoping. The timing makes sense now more than it ever has.
I guess Flora was singled out in particular (possibly because of the armor or the connection to Skullknight) because both Zodd and Grunbeld showed up.
I love the Guardian Angel of Desire line. Brings me back to the early episodes.
The third episode of the animation was an original scenario created for the TV series, so the dog apostle, a very minor character, got a big breakthrough.
Ohh so it was a dog apostle all along after all these years! Thanks IncantatioN and Puella!
There's not much to see, but here is a link to one occurrence where I talked about it. And thank you for the praise, I appreciate it.
Yes, one of the things I really liked about this episode is how despite the invaluable experience and incommensurable knowledge of the gurus compared to a guy like Guts, he is still relevant because he was at the heart of it all. He was in the trenches and witnessed the events first hand. He personally knew the mysterious big bad guy before he was what he is. Just like Rickert's past with Griffith is what allowed him to see through the bullshit and slap him in the face, Guts' past and experience makes him a man who counts, even when faced with people who should dwarf him in that regard. I really, greatly appreciate that. I think Miura's a genius to have constructed the scene and the discussion that way.
"It can't be!! The man I've respected, the 100 man slayer, the strongest man of the Band of the Falcon! You're also an acquaintance of his, Guts?! Awesome, please introduce him to me!"
Beautiful issue! just a quick question is miura drawing digital now? because these last 2 issues seem to have a change in style!
Of course Miura also still uses a brush and a maru pen, looking at the hair of the characters or at much thinner lines shows that.
I'm not so sure about this. There's a new wobbliness to some brush/brush pen-looking thick lines that looks very typical of digital lineart, and that also looks a lot like the wobbliness found on his digital paintings from the latest volume. Not to mention the slight change in style, which could mean he's adapting to new tools, and which happened around the same time he first showed his digital paintings. To be honest, I was pretty sure 344 was entirely digital (for some reason Gedflynn's face makes the use of a round brush with pressure sensitivity extremely obvious, look at his nostrils), but this time I don't know, maybe it's both. These filtered scans don't help.
Falconia is just a stepping stone? Jesus, Griffith is the most powerful being on Earth with his own kingdom and demon army. How much further can he go? Is there even a world left worth conquering?
I mean, we only assume Femto/Griffith is going to continue to play alongside the other side, what if he's playing it as long as it suits him? [...] Is being a God hand member truly the highest point? Will Griffith be satisfied by being equal to other God hand members?
If he's the saviour, what are the other god hand's roles now that they're materialized/will be materialized? Can we assume they'll support Griffith in steering mankind to whatever goal Griffith has envisioned for them ( since IOE pretty much said he's going to decide their fate ), or will they have their own ideas as what to do ( so far they worked together to manipulate events for Griffith's reincarnation but who's to say its going to be like that forever ). Are we going to, at some point , see a clash of ideals? Or will they remain in shadows and support IOE's chosen champion? Its not like Griffith's desire is the only one that matters, we have other 4 God Hands who were former humans as well and have ties to humanity that should manifest in their own vision/desire of/for the world. So why is it Griffith that gets all the fame ( aside being second main character ofc )?
get an answer as to what the hell is going on with Void's weird skin-mouth mask
I'm getting the same wonderful feels as I did the first read at Floras. We're gonna get some fantastic world building dialogue that will no doubt solve some questions that have gone unanswered for years. What a time to be a fan! I personally am loving the island and all of its new and fascinating inhabitants.
What I'm wondering about the God Hand members now that they are in the physical world (or soon to be) is : will they keep their god hand look but with a physical presence or are they gonna turn like Femto/Griffith aka hiding in a human shell? [...] I personally think that Griffith will be the only one looking human. But I got curious about it.
Griffith, like many conquerors of history, is not satisfied after accomplishing his initial aims, and with his transformation, he is essentially an inhuman sociopath wearing a facade on top of that. My theory is that his goal now is to use Falconia as a giant sacrificial altar to achieve even greater power; sacrificing almost the entire rest of the human species (and maybe even his army of Apostles) during a third eclipse event in order to transcend the God Hand, to become a true "god" himself that can wield omnipotent power over reality and magic.
What I'm wondering about the God Hand members now that they are in the physical world (or soon to be) is : will they keep their god hand look but with a physical presence or are they gonna turn like Femto/Griffith aka hiding in a human shell?Griffith :" These are my new advisers..." I personally think that Griffith will be the only one looking human. But I got curious about it.
If Falconia, and thus its residents, are merely a stepping stone for him transcending the God Hand, then why would they make valid sacrifices...? Particulary if you regard him as a sociopath (he's not -- he's a demigod who shed his emotions), it wouldn't work by the rules of what makes a sacrifice.
I mean, there's always the chance that there are other ways of going about sacrificing, especially on this scale. Did anyone see the Ganishka thing coming? That was like watching the end of 2001 Space Odyssey! Also if he kills almost all of mankind, the idea of evil (if it's even still a thing) would become massively diminished. A spiritual power vacuum could potentially happen that Griffith sees himself as filling...
And yeah, he's not technically a sociopath since he's not a human, but as an entity he and most of the Apostles we have seen in general display nearly all of the symptoms of being a sociopath: http://www.decision-making-confidence.com/sociopath-symptoms.html
Maybe I'm reading to much into this, but Griffith is giving me a lot of vibes similar to Father from Fullmetal Alchemist.


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Question: On a walk with our dog, Payton (a male shepherd/collie mix), we met two girls with a female miniature schnauzer named Butch.
I realize dogs don't know a male name from a female name, but people laugh at this dog all the time. This is wrong, and I assume the dog has a complex about it. What do you think? — S.H., Chicago.
Answer: Dogs just accept things and move on. I suggest you do the same.
People may smile or chuckle when they realize Butch is a female, but I see no harm in that. Dogs put smiles our faces anyway — one of many ways they're healthful for us.
Now, I do believe dogs can feel demeaned, so if people truly bully Butch over her name, that would be a problem. My advice would be for the Butch's owners to stay away from those boorish, immature folks. As long as Butch's family is loving and cares for their best friend; I think I get the joke — and I think it's funny!
Q: I'll be attending a Halloween costume contest with our little Japanese Chin, Nancy Oh. I read on a humane website that we shouldn't dress up pets for Halloween because they might feel humiliated. Could this be true? — B.J., New York
A: I agree that some dogs can feel humiliated.
They might stand still as a statue, head down, ears back and tail tucked. Other dogs (they tend to be small breeds like yours), however, seem to eat up all the extra attention they get dolled up as Cinderella or Darth Vader. Thinks about it: The family dresses them up (that's extra attention), then everyone tells the dog how cute she looks. What egocentric pooch wouldn't relish all that praise?
You're the best judge of your pet. For dogs who appear demeaned or want to chew up their costumes, skip the dress-up session; maybe a bandanna will be enough. If your dog appears totally indifferent to the entire affair, or relishes the attention — go for it.
Be sure the costume you pick doesn't limit the dog's mobility or impair its vision. Tight-fighting costumes are not a good idea.
Q: My 1-½-year-old miniature Australian shepherd gets car sick.
I've tried Cerenia (a medication), holistic remedies, the Thundershirt, Dramamine, and a pet-calming tablet. I've tried feeding the dog in the car, and driving without feeding him. He gets anxious and starts to drool when he thinks we're going for a ride.
I've tried making a game of getting him into the van. No luck. We've tried to make all destinations a "happy place," and have even taken along another dog who doesn't mind car rides. The thing is, despite his problem, we take our dog everywhere. Any advice? — S.D., Cyberspace
A: "You've certainly made a great effort," says dog trainer Victoria Stilwell, host of "It's Me or the Dog" on Animal Planet.
Cerenia is an excellent drug for motion sickness, and Dramamine also works. Consequently, the odds are this problem is not limited to the motion itself. Still, it's not a bad idea to check with your veterinarian to insure the following advice makes sense.
"First, let's eliminate those pre-departure cues," Stilwell says. Pretend that you're about to go for a car ride, but only go to the door. Repeat this move until your dog doesn't seem to care anymore. Now, do the same, except this time, take your dog to the car and offer him a treat. Don't even open the car door to let your dog in. Again, repeat this maneuver until the pet isn't bothered at all.
"We want to create a positive association with the car," says Stilwell. "This may take a while because the dog is so upset about the car now. Once he's happy to approach the car, open the door and toss special treats inside."
At the same time, whenever your dog eats indoors, play a CD with music from Stilwell's new Canine Noise Phobia Series (available soon at http://www.positively.com) Soon, he'll associate the music with something very positive: dinner. Once he's fine with jumping in the car and chewing on treats, play the same tune from the CD in the car, at first, without turning on the engine.
The music is specifically designed to relax dogs, not to mention creating a positive association between the music and dinner. You might also consider using a D.A.P. collar, which emits an analogue of a soothing pheromone.
Once your dog happily jumps in while you're playing the calming CD, you can finally turn on the engine. However, go nowhere the first few times. Soon, you can drive someplace nearby that your dog enjoys, like a park. Or drive around the block and return home for dinner. Repeat this trip several times before you choose a different destination.
"This is tedious because the fear is so deeply ingrained," say Stilwell. "The more time you take, though, the more chances of success."
Q: Once a week, my 12-year-old cat doesn't eat. This has been going now for about a month. Is the cat just being finicky? — C.V., Orlando, Fla.
A: I wonder if indeed something consistent happens on the day your cat doesn't eat; it could be anything: Aunt Sally arrives for her weekly visit, or perhaps you work longer hours. Any time there's a change in a pet's behavior (especially an older pet), a veterinary visit is recommended. However, it's possible your cat simply is being finicky.


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It's windy everywhere!!! Game on!!!
This is too good to be true.
Yes, today was fun! I worked like crazy all morning to try and get enough done to go kiting in the early afternoon. It was windy all day today! I was feeling good enough to go for it and I was lit at Alameda for a couple hours on a 10m Outrage and could have easily flown the Rage II 8, which I wish I had with me. The session was actually therpeutic for the 'ol foot, but I still took it easy. Tomorrow might bring more of the same!
Windy everywhere - coast
The coast was pumping today. I was wound on an 8m kite. the waves were medium size, head high, and VERY close together - short period. Made for very intersting riding as windsurfers and kiters were VERY close to each other.
Some impressive riding was going down, as Jonah Lepak held class for waveriding: just ripping the wave to shreds with his homemade directional boards. His riding is so inspiring: no one hits the lip harder then he does. he was wound on a 6m kite.
Great day!!!
Good wind + waves, Zeev.
Nice going, bro! I trust you've still some flexibility in your schedule at the moment? Excellent. It was positively on and nuking most everywhere today. It sounds very cool to have watched Jonah. After all, he is the reigning champ of the Waddell contest!
Maybe I'll catch up with you on a Bay session when you're not coast-bound.
Yup, still have flexablity.....I'm going to Stinson today!!!!!1
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I'm currently working in winISD and designing a new box for my 12" MT. I was wondering, what would be the ideal box volume? I have a maximum size of 5.5 cu ft. @ 38 Hz but I don't know if that is too large for a single 12" MT running about 2500RMS. Any suggestions on what box size I should shoot for?
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Bird Photo Booth
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- Take natural photos of your backyard birds
- Functions as a lovely bird feeder when not in use
- Fits all iPhones, GoPro cameras, and 4th and 5th generation iPod touch
We were trying to identify what was weird about these pictures of birds. Here it is: they're straight on. Frequently when you see pictures of birds, they're giving you the side-eye like a prey animal, wondering if your camera is going to eat them. But with the Bird Photo Booth, they're not freaked out. They're just eating lunch, so you get to see the casual side of a wild animal without investing in a huge telephoto lens.
Although it sounds like something you'd find at a wedding, the Bird Photo Booth is designed to allow you to take remote photos of birds easily using your iPhone or GoPro camera. Using WiFi or Bluetooth to link the camera in the feeder outside up with a device inside the house, you snap the photos yourself. The setup comes with a macro and polarizing lens to improve your digital camera's out-of-the box functionality.
And if you're really bored, you can FaceTime with the birds, too. Maybe to tell that bully blue jay to scram and let the little birds have a turn, too.
Product Specifications
- Photo set up that allows you easily to take gorgeous photos of birds
- Comes with metal shelf rod and food dish, macro and polarizing lens, plus additional stainless steel rod for hanging alternate feeders (like a hummingbird one)
- Fits all iPhones, GoPro cameras, and 4th and 5th generation iPod touch (would theoretically work with Android devices, but the foam insert isn't made for them)
- Designed to withstand adverse weather conditions (okay in rain, but do not submerge)
- Talk to the birds using FaceTime
- Materials: Sustainably-harvested white oak hardwood and aircraft-grade aluminum, stainless steel rods
- Dimensions: 10" high x 6" wide x 3" deep
- Weight: 3 lbs.
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- Make sure you turn off the device's auto-lock functionality.
- Extended photo sessions will drain your battery.
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Those who supported the development of the now-defunct zipline/treetop adventure in Wissahickon Valley Park regret the loss of potential revenue. The city's cash flow problems are worse than ever and any new revenue stream, however slight, deserves serious consideration. Fairmount Park is the largest city park in the world, but per acre, it is the least funded. Clearly new funds are needed to preserve this irreplaceable resource.
All this is complicated because Fairmount Park is more than just a park set aside for human recreation. As forests throughout the United States are devastated at a rate of 7.2 million acres per year, the remaining patches are ever more important to wildlife. In 2006 Fairmount Park was declared an Important Bird Area (IBA). This designation was bestowed by Audubon Pennsylvania, which manages bird habitat in consultation with the Ornithological Technical Committee of the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Areas receive this designation because they are islands of rich ecological complexity that are critical for the survival of one or more species. In the case of Fairmount Park, the numbers are staggering. Tens of millions of migrants pass through Philadelphia each year, and many of them stop over to rest, feed and sometimes breed in the park as they continue their intercontinental journeys. More than 200 species of migrants, some of which are on the state's list of species of concern, use the park. In just two weeks, a researcher from Fordham University used marine radar to detect 730,000 migrants in one kilometer near the reservoir at Strawberry Mansion.
Surely the beauty of these creatures is justification enough for us to preserve and enhance this habitat. But most people don't know about these exotic visitors. The birds' decline barely registers on their radar as we are beset by bankrupt schools, a skittish economy, and the violence that pervades our society.
There is an extremely human-centered reason for us to protect these species. Human beings coevolved with these species and share the biome. What would happen if these tens of millions did not consume the grasshoppers and caterpillars that make up the bulk of their diet? We would be faced with a vast ecological tragedy certain to destroy the forest as insect populations dine on an exclusive buffet without checks. Such an eventuality is certain to trigger cascading ecological destruction. Biodiversity is essential to the health of our planet and those who ignore it do so at their own peril.
Certainly new revenue streams are needed to preserve the forests and life as we know it on this planet. Nevertheless, an influx of up to 150 adventurers per day zipping through the canopy and tramping through the understory is a poor trade off. We run the risk of destroying the very resource we set out to preserve.
The author wishes to thank Keith Russell, Audubon Pennsylvania's Fairmount Park Outreach Coordinator, whose insights were invaluable in developing this article.
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Neo-Cons To Spin VA Massacre As Terrorist Attack
Propaganda junkies may milk "Ismail Ax" to say bloodshed was spurred by militant Islam
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Neo-Con media cheerleaders for the Bush administration's war on terror are set to connect killer Cho Seung-Hui with militant Islam as an excuse to propagandize the notion that Monday's VA Tech Massacre was a terrorist attack.
Reports state that Seung-Hui wrote two words on his arm in red ink before carrying out the bloodbath - "Ismail Ax."
Explanations as to the meaning of the words vary but according to a Chicago Tribune report , "One popular theory spreading across the web comes from a story in the Koran, the holy book of Islam, about Ibrahim and his son, Ismail. This theory picked up speed because many bloggers wondered if the actions at Virginia Tech could be related to terrorism."
"In Islam, Ibrahim is known as the father of the prophets and, upset that people in his hometown still worshiped idols and not Allah, he smashed all but one statue in a local temple with an ax. Ibrahim's son is Ismail, who also became a prophet. Ibrahim is Arabic for Abraham, who plays a significant role in Christianity, Judaism and Islam."
In what was described as a "disturbing note" left in his dorm room, Seung-Hui outlines his motivation for gunning down 32 victims. In the screed, Seung-Hui rails against "rich kids," "debauchery" and "deceitful charlatans" on campus. Although the full contents of the note have not been made public, it is understood that the killer also expresses his hatred of Christianity. This would parallel with the explanation that "Ismail Ax" is some kind of loyalty oath to militant Islam.
Though there are other literary possibilities for explaining the meaning behind "Ismail Ax," expect war propagandists like Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and Shaun Hannity to run hard with this angle for the rest of the week and exploit it to make the case that the VA Massacre was a terrorist attack perpetrated by an America-hating militant Muslim.
"It may be that somebody wants to give the impression Cho Seung-Hui was a Muslim," writes blogger Kurt Nimmo . "Of course, it is possible Cho Seung-Hui converted to Islam after arriving in America in 1992, although there is no mention of this in news reports. In South Korea, the Muslim population stands at an underwhelming 0.2 percent. Is it possible a reclusive and basically non-communicative South Korean studentthat is if we can put credence in the story now emergingdiscovered this relatively cryptic and obscure Islamic religious reference on his own, maybe at the university library? If so, why was he compelled to pen this on the inside of his arm? Did Cho Seung-Hui want us to believe he was a Muslim?"
"Or did his handlers want us to believe he was but another crazed and psychotic Muslim gunning for innocent young Americans, rich kids (as Cho supposedly called them) attending a highly ranked engineering college?"
By connecting the massacre to militant Islam, the fraudulent war on terror can be perpetuated as the Bush administration lines up its aircraft carriers in the Gulf for an imminent strike on Iran. The base level propaganda that "the enemy" is attacking our college kids would give the Neo-Cons all the pretext they need for selling another pre-emptive war to a dumbed down public.
This may not be the false flag we were all fearing, but it certainly puts the population in a semi-comatose state and makes the horrors perpetrated in the name of Empire look insignificant when up against the terror on our doorstep.
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So, I would like to take this opportunity and look back at what I think worked or didn't work, before it's completely irrelevant (if it isn't already).
Stats and Customization:
Mastery: Most of my experience is limited to moonkin, but I think most people would agree that the addition of Mastery has been a complete success. There are a lot potential issues with adding a new stat to an existing game. It could be too weak, too strong, or to complicated, and each would create problems. However, after a little tuning, Blizzard integrated it into the game almost seamlessly. In fact, I had read over years worth of old blog posts before I remembered that it was an addition in Cataclysm.
Reforging: As a concept Reforging gets an +A, but the implementation of the Reforging system gets a C. The problem with reforging is that it's hard to walk up to Thaumaturge Zajir and do it on the fly with the assistance of add-ons, third party web sites, or advanced planning.
I think the Reforging UI needs a significant revamp. First, it would be great if there was a "learn" feature like there is on the talent tree, so that you can make changes and see the impact without them being permanent. This would allow players to sandbox configurations without spending a lot of gold to figure it out. Second, I think they could make it clearer which items are reforged and how they have been reforged. If you look at the tool tip of each item it just says "reforged." Why not "reforged crit to hit," or have the reforged stats highlighted in some way on the tool tip?
Talent Overhaul: The fact that Blizzard is once again revamping the Talent system in MoP shows that Cata's overhaul was pretty much a failure. It wasn't all bad, but I think our main criticisms that it wouldn't create more interesting choices or optional talents, has been proven correct and that is why Blizzard is making such a big change in MoP.
Raids, 5-Mans, and Encounters:
General Awards: Traditionally, I have done a list of my favorite and least favorite instances and such. I am going to try and get away from that format a little this time, but I did want to make a few quick comments in this regard.
- Favorite Fight: Sinestra - To be honest, I had a hard time choosing fights that I liked, and Sinestra kind of won by default. It was a tough fight and I thought the Cutter mechanic was interesting.
- Worst Fight: Spine of Deathwing - This was a hard one as well because in general I didn't like a lot of the fights in Cata. Spine won however, because the idea that DPS only matters for about 10% of the fight seemed really stupid. I also hated breaking the stun as a DPS because it was impossible to tell if you should continue casting or not. Dishonorable mentions: Rhyolith and Beth'tilac.
The reason LFR is so great is that it takes a lot of the headache out of having alts. I have leveled a lot of toons to max level over the years, and it's always a little bitter sweet. Once I get them to 70, 80, or 85 the question always came up. What now? Gearing them up to do any kind of endgame was time consuming and possibly expensive, but now there is a simple way to learn a new class without having to make significant time commitments. LFR is a homerun.
Revamped Instances: Revamping an old instance is a very risky prospect. First, Blizzard always gets called lazy for redoing old content rather then doing something new. Plus there is always the potential that a beloved dungeon is ruined. However, it is also something that players frequently request so that they can revisit some of their favorite instances from the past.
Looking only at the Cataclysm Revamps I think Blizzard has done an amazing job this expansion. The Deadmines was one of my favorite instances leveling up, and the revamp made it 10x better. ZA was another instance that I had a lot of experience with, and while I don't think they improved ZA at all with the revamp, I do think they maintained what made it great as a 10man when they converted it to a 5man. I was less familiar with SFK and ZF prior to the revamp, but I thought both were enjoyable in Cata. As a result, I think Blizzard has figured out how to revamp old content after the blunders in WotLK. I have no concern about the revamps Blizzard has planned for MoP.
Shrunken Raids: One of the more controversial choices made by Blizzard in Cataclysm was to drop the Abyssal Maw raid from Tier 12, and I found the explanation given to be not all that satisfying. To summarize, Blizzard stated that compared to Firelands the Abyssal Maw raid didn't look or feel that good. They also said that they wanted to get away from the 12 - 14 boss tiers and focus their development on 7 or 8 bosses to provide a better player experience.
All in all I think this turned out to be a mixed bag. Generally speaking I would much prefer 7 great fights then 12 mediocre fights, but in the end I think we got 7 mediocre fights in firelands instead of the 7 great fights we were promised. Having unique art does not make an encounter great. Nor does a gimmicky flying mode like on Alys'razor, a gimmicky steering mechanic on Rhyo'lith, or a don't take damage when damage is sometimes unavoidable buff like on Staghelm.
In short, I'm not really against smaller raid tiers because after 5 years of raiding I am interested in shorter raiding tiers, but I don't think blizzard achieved their stated goals for having the smaller tiers.
Two Equal Raid Formats: I've already discussed this at length and will not go into to much detail in this post, but two equal raid formats was a big feature of Cataclysm that I can't ignore in a post mortem.
On the positive side, Blizzard has done a very good job of balancing the two formats in terms of difficulty. Of course there are examples where 10man is easier then 25man and vice versa, but for the most part they have been reasonably balanced. Unfortunately, that is the only positive in my opinion.
As anyone who reads my blog with any regularity knows I am a 25man raider who prefers the 25man format, and I think it's fair to say that having two equal formats has resulted in the slow decline of the 25man format. I think it's also fair to say that Blizzards solution of more loot and Valor Points has had little or no affect on this decline. While I have proposed solutions to make 25man raiding more attractive in the past, I am quickly coming to Lissanna's point of view that two equal raid formats just won't work. It's bad from an organizational stand point because one format will generally be easier to organize then the other. It's bad from a design stand point, because blizzard has to create an encounter that can work for two different formats in the same general space. And it's bad from a resources stand point because blizzard has to spend resources on an aspect of the game that is shrinking in participation. All in all, two equal raid formats has been a failure in my opinion.
Quest Design and 1-60 Revamp: All in all, I have to say the 1-60 Revamp was a huge success. In my 5 years I've leveled 9 toons past level 60 and I have a pretty good idea of what questing was like before and after the revamp, and it is unquestionably better now then it was in the past. Blizzard has criticized itself for some of the zones being to linier, but I didn't have any problem with that. I love how story driven the new zones have been and how natural the progression within a zone has been. In fact, I only have two minor criticisms.
First, I think Blizzard when a little over the top with the gimmicky quests and themes. From the overall Indiana Jones theme of Uldum, to the Joust quests in Hyjal and the PvZ quests in Hillsbrad to name a few, it just got to be a little to much for me.
Second, this is a bit of a catch 22, but progression through the revamped zones is extremely fast once you combine Heirlooms, guild XP bonuses, rested XP, and experience gained from gathering or instances. Sure you can turn off your XP gain, or not use heirlooms and such, but that presents it's own problems. I'm not sure what blizzard can do about this, but it literally took me 3 different toons to see all of the different 1-60 zone revamps.
Archaeology: The best way to describe Archaeology in Cataclysm is that it's was a good first draft. Despite what its haters say, there are some really cool aspects of archaeology, but it has some very big problems as well. Blizzard has already recognized many most of the problem. It's too grindy. The travel time between dig sites is to long. The dig sites and projects too unpredictable. All in all, it's just too random.
I would be very surprised if Archaeology didn't get a fairly big revamp in MoP, and it will be interesting to see what changes Blizzard comes up with. Personally, I would like to see some sort of currency being accrued as you complete projects so that you can request or purchase as specific quest after you completed so may artifacts.
Lore is generally not something I like to talk about in my blog, but I have been reading a lot of the WoW books recently and the Lore of the game is something I've grown more interested in. These are couple of items that I had originally planned on including in my MoP wishlist, but ended up scrapping because they didn't fit.
Give the Old Gods a Break: If I remember correctly, right after WotLK was released a player asked why there were so few Naga in the new expansion. Blizzard responded that they felt players were a little tired of them after there large presence in TBC. With that in mind I am more tired of the Old Gods then I ever was of the Naga or any other race or faction.
I am tired of the tentacles everywhere, of the faceless ones running around, and of the big gapping mouths spotted around the map. I realize that the Old Gods are arguably the biggest bad in the game, but I'm tired of them after two expansions of heavy old god focus. Please skip them in MoP.
Garrosh Hellscream: As someone who played Alliance for almost 4 years before switching to Horde, I have long felt that Blizzard has been a bit unbalanced in how they've treated the two factions from a lore perspective. The Horde had Good Guy Thrall (there has to be a meme there) in charge for years which excused the idiots he had underneath him in the minds of a lot of players. The Alliance on the other hand was leaderless for a good amount of time and then when Varian Wrynn did step up he behaved like the idiots underneath Thrall. In short, Horde looks good, Alliance looks bad.
Cataclysm has been a step in the right direction in fixing that. I love that Garrosh is still pretty much an idiot who is alienating his allies, but also realizing that his style of leadership also had some negative consequences like they did in the Stonetalon Mountains. I think the tone that Garrosh's development has taken has been perfect, and I can't wait to see how it develops in MoP, when hopefully Varian Wrynn finally leaves his idiocy in the past and the Alliance in general wakes up. The good news is that judging from Chris Metzen twitter quotes I may get my wish.
Sylvanis Windrunner: Like Garrosh, I am happy with what they've done with Sylvanis in Cata, but unlike Garrosh I am unsure of her future. Prior to Cataclysm it was easy to dismiss some of the atrocities that the Forsaken were involved in because they were so focused on the Lich King. However, now that the Lich King is gone, I think the faction needs a big story overhaul if it is to remain relevant. How can Garrosh and the Horde in general continue to ignore Sylvanis' deceit and double dealing. Personally, I would love to see Sylvanis (with some of the forsaken) split off from the horde and become its own bad guy faction, with the playable forsaken being those people that have rejected Sylvanis's extremism.


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Once a very well-priced asset, farmland in Brazil is selling fast and cheap. The most hard-hit areas in Brazil are those mostly dedicated to soybeans and newest to agriculture, having been farmed 20 or 30 years.
Falling soybean prices are behind this rural real estate crisis in Brazil, a private analysis firm says. The soybean production industry has been hit so hard in the past season that fewer and fewer people are inclined to invest in it.
Setbacks in cotton production have also helped to promote this fall in land values. Even those who have invested in agriculture for a long time are now revaluating, and some are leaving their land in search of new and different opportunities.
According to the study conducted by FNP, one of the major Brazilian agribusiness analysis companies, farmland prices are so low, and have fallen so fast, that they'll be able to climb back to 2004's level only in 10 or more years. Even this forecast is considered optimistic for some farmers and analysts.
Since the early agricultural exploration of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul between the late 1960s and 1980s, prices have never had such enormous variation, especially at these low levels.
The price of farmland in Mato Grosso state, the major soybean producer in Brazil, has fallen from an average of $570 an acre in October 2004 to $276 an acre in January 2006, a decline of 48 percent. This precipitous drop in price is not likely to turn around in the near future.
The lack of people interested in buying this land even at bargain-level prices is just one of many indications that this grim picture is not an exaggerated one.
"Soybean prices surely have had an important role in this devaluation. After all, more than half the 40 million hectares (98 million acres) in this area are covered with soybeans," says Pablo Paulino Lopes, the agronomist who conducted the analysis.
Loss of cotton production is also important, due to the large amount of money cotton farmers have to pour into their crops for them to be profitable.
Areas of the country with poor, sandy, soil substrates, such as Diamantino, Itiquira, Primavera do Leste and Campo Verde, are being abandoned. "Actually, what we've been seeing in this area is that farmers are turning over their rented producing areas to their tenants, and that there are very few interested new buyers," says Lopes.
In Diamantino and Nova Ubiratã, in mid-center Mato Grosse, the land price has fallen from an average of $1,000 per acre to $690 per acre. In Sorriso, another major soybean producing region in southern Mato Grosso, land values have fallen from $1,380 per acre to a $1,000 per acre.
Worst of all, in Lopes opinion, is that farmland prices were experiencing a time of growth. In Sorriso, for instance, land values had been climbing for at least two years — in 2002, the average price for an acre in the region was $1,300.
Another concern raised by many is that with low prices and few local investors, foreign investors could start to gain ground in Brazil. Brazil's biggest concerns are American and Australian investors, especially Americans. Although Brazilian currency is maintaining a relatively high price against dollar, prices are attractive to well-funded and bold American investors.
"We may see, should this situation continue, a growing number of American neighbors, planting their soybean fields next to ours."
In other words, "our international competitor would become the person we share fences with, and they'll benefit both by their status as American producers, and by the relatively low cost Brazil has to offer," says a farmer in Sorriso.
Jose Sergio Osse is a Brazilian agricultural journalist and owns a public relations firm in Sao Paulo. He has worked as a press advisor for Syngenta, Brazil, and as an agricultural reporter for the country's major newspaper.


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6th Annual Wisconsin Golf Guide 2002
Wisconsin and Michigan have over 1,600 golf courses between them. Alas, these golf riches are not easily shared. Our bordering water hole, Lake Michigan, has kept us apart since statehood. However, airline fares are reasonable, the SS Badger running out of Ludington makes two trips a day in the summer and you can always drive.
We have reported on many Wisconsin destinations in the past, and you can get all of the reviews at http://michigangolfer.com/nov01/Wiscon_guide.html. This year, we are reporting on the northeast section of Wisconsin
Alpine Golf, Egg Harbor
Fox Hills Resort, Mishicot
Horseshoe Bay GC, Egg Harbor
Although an enjoyable course, the traps seem to find everybody's game. There are a number of outcroppings of rock, primarily because they only could dynamite just so much of the course. The Double Delicious 13th hole provides a double fairway and the 14th, named Udderly Dangerous, can quickly live up to its name. The 18th hole, which finishes next to the clubhouse is a spectacular hole that drops down through a limestone walled boundary on the one side and a sharp drop-off in back of the green, where golfers will be able to view Horseshoe Bay. This is a very special hole and is one that will bring you back for more. (http://hsbfarms.com)
Orchards GC, Egg Harbor
The Peninsula GC, Door County
The Bull, Sheboygan Falls
Owner Dave Bachman is excited about this property. You can share the same excitement by pulling up The Bull's website where you will see some of the emerging holes as well as a visit by Nicklaus and his entourage. (http://www.golfthebull.com)
Blackwolf Run-Whistling Straits-The Irish Course, Kohler
The world has indeed noticed. In 1998, after holding a number of prestigious state and national tournaments, Golf Kohler exploded on the scene with astounding success with the 1998 U.S. Women's Open Championship. It broke several records for the event, including attendance, a whopping 123,000 and the longest, which included a playoff round and then two playoff holes. It was one of the most exciting matches in the history of golf. In 2004 the PGA Championship will be held at Whistling Straits, an awesome prize for such a young course. "Whistling Straits will provide the perfect test for the world's best golfers," said PGA President Will Mann.
Whistling Straits, the newest from the mind of legendary Dye and the vision of Herbert Kohler, Jr., embraces two miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. Fourteen holes are within a Tiger 2-iron of the water. Dye brought in 800,000 cubic yards of sand and sculpted a bit of Ireland and a touch of Scotland. "The size of the dunes reminds one of Ballybunion (old) and Royal Birkdale," said John Morrissett of the USGA.
The American Club is the only AAA Five Diamond Hotel in the Midwest. Famed golfers all over the world come to play these courses, and just as importantly, world hospitality leaders visit The American Club to see how a AAA Five Diamond Resort performs. The service at the American Club is utterly amazing. (http://destinationkohler.com)
Kettle Hills, Richfield
Kettle Hills is a little easier on the pocketbook than the other places mentioned above, but it offers a great golf value. Troy Schmidt and Michele Fleszar are the people that you will likely come in contact with. They have been there since the golf complex was 18 holes. Bob Bellfield, the superintendent has been there since 1988. It is a very stable organization that will give you great service. Ruby Zimmerman, the owner, wants everybody to check out their new website. (http://www.kettlehills.com) MG
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DALLAS: "J.R.'s Masterpiece" - TV-14-LV - Monday, March 11, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
In a heartrending farewell episode, Dallas says goodbye to the legendary J.R. Ewing, who, after a lifetime of scheming and dealing, has finally met his end. The Ewing family reels at hearing the news about J.R.'s death and is even more shocked to learn the cause. Striving to set aside their differences, J.R.'s family comes together to mourn his passing, accompanied by many characters from his past. But their tears are soon overpowered by a shocking revelation worthy of one of televisions most iconic characters. In life - and now in death - nothing is ever as it seems when it comes to J.R. Ewing.
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November 9, 2011
Charlie Bucket, portrayed by BLHS senior Ethan Duffey, opens a Wonka Bar while his family waits to see if he finds a golden ticket, during a rehearsal for the musical "Willy Wonka" at Basehor-Linwood High School on Tuesday. Also in the scene are, from left, Mr. Bucket (Patrick McKechnie), Mrs. Bucket (Heather Francis), Grandma Georgina (Jessica Morris), Grandpa George (Caleb VanBeber), Grandma Josephine (Rachel Bennett) and Grandpa Joe (Lucas Carmitchel).
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Boca Ciega, Florida — A chemistry project caused a big problem at Pinellas' Seminole High School Tuesday morning.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office says students were given an assignment to bring in a substance from the Periodic Table of Elements.
One student brought in mercury — contained within a thermometer — and the school went into lockdown.
Deputies say the thermometer was discovered as the substances were checked before going through the school.
No one was put in harm's way, but a hazmat crew was there as a precaution.
Pinellas County Schools tell 10 News the students were told not to bring certain toxic elements from the periodic table, mercury included.
And these are the sort of people that are "educating" America's children.
God help us.
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Now is the Time to Backup Your Data
Don't be caught off guard, just do it!
Imagine this:
It's the end of the semester. You've had such a full course load that you let a paper or two slip and now you're playing catch-up. You're working late into the night and turn and look at your clock and its 2 am. You call it quits for the night and leave everything running on your computer. While you sleep, a windows update starts to download and installs on your computer.
The update breaks your computer unbeknownst to you. You wake, and start to work. Something is not right with the computer so you decide to restart it. As you wait eagerly for the system to restart, you're highly irritated that the system startup status bar keeps rolling and rolling.
You have a sickening feeling as you watch a blue screen pop-up. Not only is this last minute paper on the computer but also,
Unfortunately, these problems happen all the time and what separates a stressful short term event into a highly stressful long term event is just taking the time to perform a data backup.
Here are a few tips to keep you sane in the information age:
- Buy an external hard drive and backup all your data to it as often as possible.
- When working on an attached document in an email, always save it first, to a location you determine, then edit it.
- Setup a second profile on your computer and use that second profile to surf the net, play games, etc. This may save you if you get a virus since it may only affect your current login profile.
- Have a disaster recovery plan. Create recovery disks and put them in a safe spot to limit your down time. Most new machines have a recovery partition on the computer but create recovery disks as a backup.
- Create email backups using Outlook PST files and put those on the external hard drive too.
- Save files to your Clark network share, which you can access from anywhere you have network access.
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Weekend Baking Project: How to make Canelés (Cannelés) de Bordeaux
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If you spend much time in bakeries, you'll notice that a few classic French pastries have been thrust into the spotlight. Kouign-amann is one, canelés (or cannelés) are another.
There's good reason for both, but today let's focus on canelés. These cylindrical pastries from Bordeaux have a soft, custardy center and a thick, caramelized outer crust. Scented with vanilla and full of butter, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who wouldn't love this sweet.
If you've ever wondered how to make them at home, we have the answer. In fact, we have a step-by-step guide you can follow. So roll up your sleeves, get out the flour, and follow along. It's a weekend baking project you'll be happy you mastered.
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NICTA spin-off Scalify has set its sights on games, virtual worlds and enterprise collaboration software with network middleware that promises better performance and lower costs.
The company, officially launched this week, has worked on $98,000 in funding from Commercialisation Australia since November and this week won $2 million in venture capital from Starfish Ventures.
Its flagship, peer-to-peer Badumna middleware has been in development for four years and uses the same User Datagram Protocol (UDP) used in popular peer-to-peer applications like BitTorrent for low-latency data transmissions over the internet.
Scalify chief executive officer Steve Telburn said peer-to-peer networking was inherently more scalable than a traditional client-server approach, since each user automatically contributed capacity to the network.
He said the technology could reduce web hosts' server and bandwidth costs by up to three quarters.
"All other networking middleware is based on a pure client-server model," he said, pointing to multi-user applications as those likely to see the greatest benefit.
Telburn said Badumna could improve latency and responsiveness of networks by transmitting information directly between one user and another in a single "hop", instead of passing through a third system under a client-server model.
"There are applications in any scenario where content or information is exchanged in real-time amongst groups of users so collaboration applications, healthcare, education, location-based services are all potential markets," Telburn said.
"Some of our customers are already coming up with ideas we never considered," he adds.
Badumna's scalability could also allow for "un-sharded" massively multiplayer online games, where all players join a single instance of the game instead of being split into several smaller virtual worlds due to the limitations of client-server architecture.
The setup requires fewer physical and virtual servers, driving down complexity and cost.
Telburn said the company was "working with some large and well-known publishers" but declined to name them due to confidentiality agreements.


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hats! safari hats for everybody! blizzard appears to have finally gotten the taming the world achievement working properly, and julie's and my characters all got their own hat in the mail. so that's a yay. they all also got loremaster tabards, which was a little baffling since i got that achievement over a year ago, but whatevers.
been doing a lot of leveling lately. mostly taking the various rares i've captured in pandaria and pushing them up to 25, so the top stable now has a number of bandicoons and plains monitors and marsh fiddlers. along the way i hit the pro pet crew achievement. pro pet mob will happen at some point, but not a high priority for me at the moment. at least the reward will now be a rare singing cricket - i feel for those who pushed hard to get the achievement quickly only to get an uncommon one.
was talking to tome of the ancient about pet leveling, and told her that my preferred method was to let two lowbies pick a fight with a critter in the valley of the four winds, let them each take a hit and swap them out, then send in a level 25 scorpion to rampage on the critter's ass. it gives you a boost over your base damage, in exchange for locking you into the same move for three rounds. not a great move against an opponent than has a real brain and can respond, but against wild crickets and bandicoons it's like a chainsaw vs butter.
i've picked up five flawless battle-stones in something like 400 battles now - all in pandaria. fighting low-level pets in old azeroth, the drop rate is much lower. four were the same family as the wild pet i battled, and one was a "any family" one. can confirm that you don't need to capture a pet to get the stone, and you don't need for any of the three wildlings to be rares. looks like it's simply a flat percent chance (1%? 2%?) for one to drop, and any special tricks people claim help are just the result of the human brain's ability to see patterns when there's really just noise.


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Jackson Wilson brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 32 Designs von 15 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
I've heard great things about "99 designs". Looking forward to see if this works for us.
We need a logo for a new online service targeted at mothers of pre- and elementary school children. Looking for something consumer-oriented in design, fresh and "lavender".
neighborex is a new online service that allows ordinary people to help their friends and neighbors with every-day tasks.
We would like the logo to connote community, sharing, "family" / "neighborhood", and trust, reciprocity, support, helping.
You can read more about neighborex at http://www.neighborex.com.
The initial target market is mothers of pre- and elementary school-aged children but the service is expected to haev broader appeal over time (don't limit the appeal with an over-the-top feminine design.)
- Must incorporate the word "neighborex" (capitalised as noted) to the right of the logo.
- Should be able to stand alone from the word "neighborex", too
- Would like the logo to incorporate the color "lavender".
- Would like the logo to use 2 - 3 colors without being busy
- Should be reproducible in a single color without losing it's effect
- The word "neighborex" may be split into two separately shaded pieces "neighbor" and "ex" but there shouldn't be a break or punctuation other than the different coloration.
- Font for "neighborex" must be a generally available web font.
- Should be "fun" but not like a circus. (make any sense?)
- Don't want it to look "corporate" but it should look professional.
- Avoid saturated colors.
- Avoid anything that looks like clip art
- Avoid the use of a person's hand in the imagery
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754. Bennett, W., D. Pittman, D. Tingey, D. McAllister, H. Peterson, and I. Sampson. 1954. Fifty years of dry land research (at the Nephi Field Station).. Utah Agr. Expt. Sta. Bulletin 371.
Summarizes the results of 50 yr of research at the Nephi Field Station in cental Utah. Discusses climate - spring rainfall crucial, fall emergence of wheat correlated to high yields. Ave. annual precipitation is 12.65 in. Tillage experiments - fall verus spring plowing did not affect yields, while late spring plowing lowered yields. Plowing to 8" depth increased yields by 8% compared to plowing at 5". Yields were higher with plowing and no further cultivation on fallow (weeds controlled) than with normal fallow tillage. Yields were poor with stubble mulch. Fertility: A pea green manure increased wheat yields both in the short and long term. Wheat yields were sometimes depressed by green manure, due to moisture shortage or N immobilization. Manure application increased wheat yields in all treatments, and was more beneficial in wet years. N fertilizer increased wheat yields and protein. Burning straw increased yields for 30 yr, then they began to decline. No response to P. Wheat-fallow gave the greatest yields and net returns, and wheat was the only crop distinctly benefitted by summerfallow. Alfalfa depressed the following wheat yields but improved soil fertility. Continuous wheat yielded less than 40% of wheat-fallow. Wheatgrasses showed potential for forage and seed. Spring wheats yielded 60% of winter wheat. Only 32% of rainfall was stored as soil moisture in summerfallow. Overall, yields were low (15-25 bu/ac) and treatment differences were small (1-3 bu). These results predate the semidwarf wheat varieties.


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Parkland survivor kills herself after year of anguish
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Man arrested for keeping an 86-inch flat-screen TV that was mailed to his home by mistake
The man originally bought and paid for a 74-inch flat-screen TV on Amazon, but when the 86-inch arrived, delivered by a third-party shipping company, he chose not to return the larger model.Celebrity Yahoo Lifestyle
Vegan influencer caught eating fish shocked her fans are outraged: 'I never expected this reaction'
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Ben Stiller jokes, amid college admissions scandal, that his daughter got a football scholarship
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Kelly Ripa Posted Such a Steamy Video of Mark Consuelos That Their Daughter Reported It
The actress's video of her husband was so steamy that their daughter reported it.Politics HuffPost
Trump Has Slapped His Brand On Images Of The White House To Sell At His Trump Store
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The trade deadline is under 24 hours away and every Habs fan is up in arms about what Pierre Gauthier will (or won't) do in the hours to come. The Interim GM (not officially, but everyone knows a dude who has never played an NHL game isn't qualified to be the Habs GM) has made some moves but so far he hasn't dropped any jaws.
Everyone out there seems to think that Pierre Gauthier is just sitting back and enjoying his life while every other GM is improving their team with trades and waiver claims.
They're wrong.
Habs Laughs was recently invited (invited, pretended I was a plumber and installed a hidden camera…whatever) to the GMs office and had a first glace look at what the GM has done thus far.
Inside Pierre Gauthier's War Room
January 23rd 2011
Pierre Gauthier: I disagree; I think they can both make a great impact.
Jacques Martin: You're right, but they are totally different. One is all about size, the other is about style.
Kirk Muller: Style? We don't need style, I need size.
Jacques Martin: You mean we need size.
Kirk Muller: Whatever.
Pierre Gauthier: The bottom line is, I have two options, they're both guarantees. All I need to do is pick up the phone, call one of them and it's done.
Kirk Muller: I say we go with size. The team is hungry. If we're only a phone call away then I see no harm in bringing it in.
Jacques Martin: I was just going to say that.
Pierre Gauthier: Alright, I'll call him up.
He picks up the phone.
Pierre Gauthier: Hello, Dominos? 4 Extra Large pepperoni please.
Jacques Martin: I want Cinastix!
February 1st 2011
*We enter to find Pierre Gauthier on the phone*
Pierre Gauthier: I know I know, I just….Yes I know. Well you know what they say: two heads are better than one haha!….you know I kind of did you a favour, you semi owe me Dave. You freaking gave me Dan Ellis! ….but he COULD have been! You know what the fans would have done if he had that twitter explosion as a Hab?...need I remind you of what they do when we win a playoff round?...Do you want that on your head? Look all I'm saying is-take the brother! What do you have to lose?...ASIDE from Hockey games?....ASIDE from fans? I'll throw in the brother, a first round pick AND David Desharnais, the kid is totally the next Martin St. Louis, Eklund said so! You can't lo----Hello?...Hello?
February 17th 2011
Trevor Timmins: Is it true that you just traded for Paul Mara?
Pierre Gauthier: How did you know that?
Trevor Timmins: It's all over Twitter! You traded that pick we got for Lapierre? I already knew the 5'11 collegiate center I was going to draft with that!
Pierre Gauthier: I hadn't even made the trade call to the league yet, how did twitter know? Who reported it?
Trevor Timmins: Bob McKenzie.
Pierre Gauthier: How the hell did he know?
Trevor Timmins: Well, he's standing right there.
Bob McKenzie: Yo!
Pierre Gauthier: GAAH!!
Bob McKenzie: I'm the insider!
*McKenzie disappears*
Pierre Gauthier: I feel violated.
February 20th 2011
Pierre Gauthier: Thank you all for coming, I called you all in here today to discuss a very pressing issue.
Brian Burke: You're not truculent?
Ken Holland: You're secretly Bob Gainey?
Pierre Gauthier: No no, I wanted to get you all in the same room because I don't want anyone saying I didn't try to do what I'm about to do.
Steve Yzerman: This isn't some kind of time share thing is it?
Pierre Gauthier: No, but it is an investment, a one time opportunity to get your hands on something that will help your team forever.
Peter Chiarelli: Toronto's draft picks?
Pierre Gauthier: No, I am talking about….Scott Gomez.
Scott Gomez: That's why I'm here?
Glen Sather: HA!
Mike Gillis: I'm out.
Ray Shero: I've lost by two best players and even I don't want him.
Pierre Gauthier: Wait! This is my last ditch effort! I paid for all of your flights and accommodations, the least you can do is hear me out!
Bryan Murray: You didn't pay for my flight or accommodations!
Pierre Gauthier: Well, you're not really a GM.
Lou Lamoriello: Burn.
Pierre Gauthier: Scott, tell them why you're awesome.
Scott Gomez: Are you serious? This isn't going to work.
Pierre Gauthier: It better work, if you stay here things are going to be super awkward and I hate awkward situations. I traded Ryan O'Byrne because one time I went into the bathroom and someone was taking a dump, but the person didn't hear me come in and really let it go. He came out of the stall when I was washing my hands. Super awkward.
Scott Gomez: Anybody want me?
Pierre Gauthier: Crap!
Scott Gomez: I hate you Pierre.
Pierre Gauthier: Yeah well, you're richer than me.
Scott Gomez: True.
February 25th 2011
Jacques Martin: He's most likely out for the year.
Pierre Gauthier: Eff.
Jacques Martin: …Gee?
Pierre Gauthier: Man you're dumb sometimes.
Jacques Martin: What are we going to do about this?
Pierre Gauthier: I don't know, I've traded for so many 7th defensemen, it's kind of sad.
Jacques Martin: Lyle Odelein owes us a favour, want me to call him?
Pierre Gauthier: *sigh* I already called him.
Jacques Martin: Well, we can always trade for one more.
Pierre Gauthier: What does NHL 11 say?
Carey Price: It says Atlanta will give us Brent Sopel and Nigel Dawes for Ben Maxwell and a 4th Round pick.
Pierre Gauthier: You know, that can work, good work Carey.
Carey Price: Pass the Cheetos.
Pierre Gauthier: K
Jacques Martin: El?


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President Barack Obama on Thursday held a press conference touching on several important subjects, from second-quarter GDP to Iraq and Syria to Ukraine.
But let's talk about the really important issue — he has a new suit, of the tan variety.
The last word goes to the dean of the House, 88-year-old Rep. John Dingell, the Michigan Democrat.
Here's how all the suit chatter played out on Twitter:
Also read: Obama on Islamic State: 'We don't have a strategy yet'
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WORCESTER, Mass. – Yale's lightweight crews earned three medals, including two golds, at Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass., this afternoon. The first freshman and third varsity eights won, while the varsity eight finished third.
The Yale varsity eight of William Zeng (stroke), Colin Corcoran (seven), David Walker (six), Thomas Swartz (five), captain Andrew Hakanson (four), Trey Chandler (three), Brendan Harrington (two), Greg Hausheer (bow), and Emma McBurney (coxswain) placed second in its morning heat behind Harvard. In the afternoon final, the Bulldogs led at the 1,000-meter mark but were passed by Harvard and Dartmouth in the second half. Yale finished in a time of 5:47.0, only .2 seconds behind Dartmouth and 1.6 seconds behind Harvard. With their finish, the varsity eight qualified for the IRA National Championship, held in Camden, N.J., on June 4.
The second varsity finished fulfilled its pre-race seeding, finishing fourth in a time of 6:06.9. Harvard capped an undefeated season winning in a time of 6:00.6. Yale's lineup consisted of Michael Buttrick (stroke), Christopher Murphy (seven), Franz Colloredo-Mansfeld (six), William Ferraro (five), David Kahan (four), Samuel Cooley (three), Chris Mayerfeld (two), Chad Bailey (bow), and Paige Fedon (coxswain).
Yale's freshman completed an undefeated season with a dominant victory in the grand final, winning in a time of 6:06.9, 5.8 seconds over Columbia. The win marked Yale's third victory in the Gary Kilpatrick Cup in the last 5 years and 13th first freshman eight Sprints victory of all-time. Yale's lineup was Matthew O'Donoghue (stroke), Matthew Bridgwater (seven), Peter Bridgwater (six), Emery Schoenly (five), Josh Mann (four), Mikko Salovaara (three), Joseph Hanlon (two), Brooks Walker (bow), and Ilana Usiskin (coxswain).
The Yale third varsity eight was victorious as well, finishing an undefeated season with a 3.0-second win over Navy. The crew of Drew Lawson (stroke), Adam Reeve (seven) Patrick O'Keefe (six), David Bloom (five), Joshua Ruck (four), Michael Glenmullen (three), Daniel Ribas (two), Carl Chauvin (bow), and Wendy Lin (coxswain) crossed the line in a time of 6:02.5.
Yale's fourth varsity/second freshman combination crew opened the day with an early morning final against Princeton and Navy. The Bulldogs defeated Princeton but were unable to avenge an early-season loss to the Midshipmen, finishing second in a time of 6:29.8, 6.6 seconds behind Navy. Yale's lineup consisted of Maxwell Micali (stroke), Skylar Prill (seven), Christopher Vasseur (six), Nicholas Wang (five), Christopher Pang (four), Philip Morel (three), Andrew Pierce (two), Cameron Best (bow), and coxswain Regina DeLuna (coxswain).
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Lately our wanderings have taken us further north in the city, following the Panke River in search of interesting plants, new foraging grounds, and a better understanding of the natural history that has shaped the area. The underlying landscape found here, like much of the Brandenburg area, was fundamentaly determined by the slow movement of glaciers whose watery fingerprints dotted this sandy, infertile part of the North European Plain with lakes and bogs. Were it not for human intervention, the area would be covered by ancient woodlands, a glimpse of which can be seen in the beech forest of the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve northeast of Berlin. Human presence has reshaped the landscape in unexpected ways, from artificial hills created with war rubble to modern green spaces in the form of carefully designed urban parks. It is in one such green space, namely Bürgerpark in Pankow, where we found the plant that we decided to write about today.
Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa), a spiny shrub native to eastern Asia, reached Europe in the late 18th century and became widely grown as an ornamental plant with striking early spring flowers. Its popularity among European gardeners is easy to understand: the Japanese quince not only has aesthetic appeal but is also a frost-hardy plant that can be horticulturally trained in a number of ways, from serving as a thorny hedge or showy espalier to being potted and grown as a bonsai. For the urban forager, Japanese quince fruits are a welcome addition to the fall harvest. The hard but intensily fragrant pomes ripen in late October and resemble miniature quince (Cydonia oblonga) fruits. The spicy scent of the small fruit promises more than what its astringent taste can offer the hungry forager, but cooking these fruits will quickly get rid of their undesirable tartness. The fact that they are naturally high in pectin content also makes them perfect for jams and jellies. But before you relegate the fruit to the realm of exotica preserves and gardening minutiae, consider its nontrivial medicinal history: Japanese quince has traditionally been used as an anti-inflamatory agent for joint problems and as a general health stimulant. Today, its therapeutic propertires are being investigated in relation to Parkinson's disease.
In Berlin, Japanese quince is found in parks or hedges around the city, and the characteristic yellow fruits make it easy to identify in the fall. Feel free to use our Berlin Plants map to see where we found them. There is also one location marked on Mundraub, although it is right next to a busy road and hence not suitable for foraging.


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Alfred C. Barnes, 63, of West Memphis, Ark., diedWednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, in Meridian, Miss. Alfred wasborn Jan. 10, 1948, in Monroe to A.C. and Retha (Mitchell)Barnes. He was a funeral director/embalmer. He ownedand operated Delta Mortuary Service in West Memphis.Alfred was preceded in death by a son, Kevin Jones.Survivors include his wife, Debra of the home; threesons, Michael Barnes of Little Rock, Ark., Keith Barnes ofWest Memphis, Christopher Barnes of Hampton, N.H.;one grandson; his parents, A.C. and Retha Barnes ofHartford, Ark.; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Sharonand Vernon White of Greenwood, Ark., Sondra and TheRev. Tommy Harris of Hartford, Shirley and Mark Callahanof Hartford; and one brother and sister-in-law, Dale andNancy Barnes of Hartford.Services will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 6, at EvansChapel of Memories, Poteau, with The Rev. TommyHarris officiating. Burial will follow in Monroe Cemetery,Monroe.The family will be at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m.Monday to visit with relatives and friends.Online messages may be left at evansandmillerfuneralhomes.com.Arrangements are under the direction of Evans andMiller Funeral Home, Poteau.


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Another genealogy television show, another round of comments online about how the show doesn't reflect how genealogy really works and is doing a disservice to new genealogy recruits. Aside from the obvious response, which is that watching a real genealogist doing "real" genealogy would be a lot like watching grass grow, I think there's another way to look at this:
Those critics are watching it wrong.
They are assuming that the goal for the genealogy community is show people how rewarding it would be to be genealogists. They are assuming that we want lots of new genealogists. I think they're wrong.
Think about your own family and your own genealogy hobby. Do you honestly want a lot of members of your family to become active genealogists? Really? Do you really want to share your files? Your online tree? Looking forward to the meeting where all 12 cousins want grandmother's family photo albums...and have 12 different ideas about how to digitize and display them?
I don't. I think that sounds crowded. In my ideal genealogy world, I have a few genealogy buddies, at a nice 2nd or 3rd cousin distance, each of which is also working on one of my major lines. It would also be nice to have someone in the next generation of my closer family who looks like they can take over my research when I'm gone.
What do I want from Genealogy Roadshow? I want it to model great family conversations. I know that when I make a major discovery, my family doesn't stand around a table waiting expectantly for the great reveal...but wouldn't it be great if they did? I don't expect Genealogy Roadshow to turn my family members into Kenyatta Berry...I want it to turn them into Kenyatta's audience!
I also want to use it to train myself to do a better of job of communicating my research to my family. Think of the way they structure that conversation: One simple question, a bit of context, maybe a tree, a couple of original documents and photos, and an answer to the question. No long narratives about research methods. No points for tree size. One or two stories per session, strongly tied to the interests of the audience and, if possible, with an emotional payoff. Since it's a new show, some segments are more successful than others...and I think we can learn from that, too.
Of course, more genealogists would be a good thing in a general sense. More researchers = more money for records access and preservation, developing cool tools, and helping to dust the genealogy library. I'm exaggerating to make a point. Mostly.
But it would be cool to have an audience act like that, wouldn't it?


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|2012 Election:
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|Romney's book
|Ryan's book
|Jill Stein's interview
|Gary Johnson's interview
|2012 Debates
Living History, by Hillary Rodham Clinton
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BOOK REVIEW by OnTheIssues.org:
This is Hillary's autobiography, published in 2003 in preparation for her presidential run. It is the book which is dissected and analyzed by all of her critics and supporters, in most detail in A Woman in Charge (by Carl Bernstein, who broke the Watergate story) and in Her Way (by the reporters who broke the Whitewater story). If you want to form your own opinions, rather than trust those of the pundits and/or Hillary's critics, this book is a must-read. Our excerpts, of course, will do.
This book traces Hillary's life from her girlhood in a Chicago suburb through her election to the Senate. She says in the introduction that it was originally intended to be only a portrait of her 8 years in the White House, but, she writes, "I quickly realized that I couldn't explain my life as First Lady without going back to the beginning." The book chronicles, in traditional chronological sequence, Hillary's years in college; meeting Bill Clinton; as Arkansas' First Lady; the road to the White House; and finally her election in New York.
The book has chapters that will provide fodder for Hillary's supporters:
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Have you ever experienced bread-baking Zen? It happens when you are kneading your dough steadily, like a well-oiled machine, and it starts transforming from a shaggy mess to a smooth, elastic piece of perfection. You are totally in the moment and you feel a peaceful contentment.
Then there is dough that makes it a wee bit more difficult for you to achieve bread-baking Zen. They are stubborn and teasing. With these guys you need a little more perseverance and a lot more imagination – it's not easy outsmarting bread dough, you see.
But if you're a Daring Baker, you do what you have to do.
When Tanna announced that the challenge for this month would be Tender Potato Bread I was thrilled! I really enjoy bread-baking and the way I bliss-out when kneading dough. Yeast is never a problem in this humid oven where I live. And the smell of freshly baked bread is great from masking the garlic I sautéed during the previous meal. Little did I know how much of a challenge this would actually be, and how much harder I would have to work for my bread-bliss.
It started out innocuously enough – flour, potatoes, water, yeast, salt, a bit of butter. I used about 10 ounces potato (I figured I was safe in between the 8 ounces Tanna suggests for beginners and the 16 ounces for experts). Everything was going on much the same as the other bread recipes I've tried. Until I added the flour and was supposed to "turn out onto a well-floured board" to knead. Sticky just doesn't cover it. I valiantly tossed in spoonful after spoonful of additional flour but still there remained more dough stuck to my hands than on the board! I tried my best to knead it into shape but the more I tried the more it seemed to suck my hands in…like bread-dough-quicksand. Just when I thought that I was licked I decided to let the frustrated bread-baker step back, and let the determined gymnast step up.
No, I am not, nor was ever, nor will ever be, a gymnast. But it helps to pretend when you are dealing with stubborn bread-dough. Hear me out.
When you are dealing with bread-dough that will not bend to your will, close your eyes and imagine you are one of those strong, lithe, gymnasts about to start a super-duper-difficult routine. You know that part when they take some chalk and clap it between their hands? Now take some flour and clap it between your hands. In the movies this part is always shot close up and in slow-motion, the chalk puffing out dramatically between the gymnast's able fingers, catching the light in the stadium, the crowd's cheers reduced to a dull thrum as the gymnast places all his/her focus on the routine. This is the mental picture you should be going for. Now, with all that focus and concentration and drama, plunge yourself into the kneading with new vigor. Knead like you have never kneaded before! Get in there wrist-deep, the heel of you palm digging into that dough like you're going for the gold. Dough still sticking? Don't even slow down, just toss in some flour and let your magic gymnasts' hands do the rest! After a while put a little spring in your step…as you knead with your right hand, lean into the dough and skip to your left, and vice versa, until you have achieved a steady rhythm. If you have Eye of the Tiger hiding somewhere in your playlist, now is the time to bring it out.
Although difficult, and much more tiring, you still reach bread-baking Zen. A kind of Bikram bread-baking Zen. Still blissful, just a tad sweatier.
After you are done, exhausted and sore, and the dough has baked to a heavenly smelling and wonderfully behaved bread, you are ready for another type of bread-bliss. When your bread has cooled enough to slice, but still warm enough to soften some butter, take a slice from anywhere in the loaf that you want (that's right, if you want a slice from the very middle then cut the loaf in two and get it!). Take a good pat of your best butter and spread it on the warm bread. Take your buttered bread to your most favorite, comfiest place in your house. Turn off your mobile! Toss off those flip-flops! Now sit back, relax, and give yourself 100% to experiencing this piece of magic that you created with your own hands. Bliss no spa can recreate I tell you.
More notes on the challenge:
Thank you Tanna for choosing a terrific challenge! To say I had fun would be an understatement 😉
People: Check out all the Daring Bakers' Tender Potato Breads here!


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Despite an ongoing and fairly severe decline in the worldwide PC market, in the United States, computer sales are on the rise. In the third quarter of 2013 — which includes the back-to-school shopping season — PC shipments were up, according to preliminary data released by market research firm Gartner. The only top-5 manufacturer to post a decline for the quarter was Apple.
On a global scale, total PC unit shipments for the third quarter hit 80.3 million, a decline of 8.6 percent over the same three-month period in 2012.
This was the lowest level of worldwide unit shipments since the start of the recession.
"The third quarter is often referred to as the 'back-to-school' quarter for PC sales, and sales this quarter dropped to their lowest volume since 2008," said Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner, in a prepared statement. "Consumers' shift from PCs to tablets for daily content consumption continued to decrease the installed base of PCs both in mature as well as in emerging markets. A greater availability of inexpensive Android tablets attracted first-time consumers in emerging markets, and as supplementary devices in mature markets."
For the quarter, the top-5 worldwide manufacturers were:
All other manufacturers totaled about 31.5 million units, off 13.3 percent from last year.
But on the domestic front, PC unit shipments were up 3.5 percent, hitting 16.1 million units. That improvement, which this quarter was driven heavily by a handful of manufacturers at the top, is expected to continue for the next two years.
"The positive U.S. results could mean that seasonal strength and channel fill for new product launches in 3Q13 finally overcame the structural decline," Kitagawa said. "Even though 3Q13 shipments were compared with artificially weak 2Q13 because of inventory control for the Windows 8 launch at the time, the 3Q13 results imply the U.S. market may have passed the worst declining stage, which started in 2010. The shrinking installed base of PCs has also passed the steepest decline phase because the structural change has progressed fairly quickly. Tablets will continue to impact the PC market, but the U.S. PC market will see a more moderate decrease rather than a steep decline in the next two years."
For the quarter, the top manufacturers in the United States included:
All other manufacturers combined shipped about 3.44 million units, off 4.8 percent from last year.
Further details can be found in Gartner's computing hardware resources.
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