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I could not be more grateful that my future will never again be determined by a seemingly life-or-death moment involving a brown envelope. If its contents prove that I have done well in my exams, the excruciatingly hard work paid off. If I am disappointed, my life is probably over. Whatever the result, Michael Gove and the Daily Mail will tell me that A levels are getting easier anyway, so heck, why did I even bother.
This year left lazy journalists a bit stuck, however, as their probably 90 per cent recycled stories of A level students beating the previous cohort for the 243rd consecutive year were no longer relevant. This year pupils got fewer A*-A grades than last year's for the first time since 1991.
However, this is hardly a moment for panic. A levels awarded A* or A grades made up 26.6 per cent of the total – last year that figure was 27 per cent. The overall pass rate has risen for the 30th year running, to 98 per cent. Furthermore, the number of 18 year olds in the population has declined this year, yet the percentage of people in that age bracket sitting A levels grew, showing that teenagers still see them as valuable qualifications. The A level system itself needs work, however; the overly specialised content, ridiculously tight time allowances – particularly in essay subjects – and over-reliance on mark schemes mean that answers have to be narrow, formulaic, and predictable. Students leave school insufficiently prepared for university and lacking the skills needed for work should they seek full-time employment.
One group of A levels that I do feel have done well, however, are languages. Sadly, the number of teenagers choosing to take them has continued to decline. French has halved in popularity since 1992, while fewer than 5,000 students took German this year. Spanish has shown an overall increase in demand since 2007, as have Mandarin, Arabic, and Russian, but there is overwhelming evidence to suggest that students simply do not feel a language A level is worthwhile.
To remedy this problem, two things need to change: first, the GCSE syllabus needs to be more engaging in order to encourage more teenagers to consider continuing to AS. Second, we need to lose the attitude that only 'linguists' need invest time in learning a language. 75 per cent (95 per cent in London) of businesses say that language skills are desirable, meaning that multilingual employees are an asset in any career path, at any level. Taking a language during your time in sixth form or university does not limit you to jobs in teaching or interpreting and makes your CV stand out.
The class of 2012 should not be remembered as the ones who did worse than the year before them. They should be remembered for going through the same stressful – but also rewarding – process as their predecessors. An education is one of the best gifts there is, and A levels are a fundamental part of that. However, at the moment they are at best a springboard into university. 18 year olds need to be armed with qualifications of use to them in the real world, particularly proficiency in languages.

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Maputo — Traffic resumed on Mozambique's main-south highway in the central province of Zambezia on 15 February, after the gap in the road, caused by torrential rains, was temporarily plugged with metal tubing, earth and stones.
The road was cut at Amoro, in Nicoadala district, on 11 February, and long queues of vehicles formed on either side of the break in the road.
Some light vehicles and even minibuses were pushed across the gap by paid local volunteers, but this was not an option for trucks.
The drivers and passengers trapped by the cut in the road were forced to rely on itinerant traders for food and drink during their five day ordeal, and had no option but to pay the exorbitant prices the traders charged. Thus a small bottle of mineral water sold for 50 meticais (about 1.7 US dollars).


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5 Steps Towards Increased Blogging Productivity
For todays post I thought Id talk about something I have been thinking a lot about lately: blogging productivity.
It easy to get caught up thinking you had a productive day when in essence all you did was check your email and check some website stats. Here are 5 steps that you can take to increase your blogging productivity (and productivity in all aspects of life for that matter):
Step 1 - Identify your driving goals
You cant gauge your productivity without having a clear understanding of what it is you are striving for. Take out a piece of paper and identify the core goals you have for your blog. This might be anything from growing a brand to connecting with like-minded individuals. Whatever your reason, record and acknowledge it.
Step 2 - Identify the best ways to spend your time
The second step to increased blogging productivity is identifying what tasks that you do on a daily basis that are the most productive in achieving your goals. If your goal is more posts or more engagement, decide what actions will get you closer to these goals. You will be surprised to find that a select few actions are driving the majority of the progress towards your goals.
Step 3 - Identify the worst ways to spend your time
Figuring out how you are wasting your time can sometimes be even more effective than figuring out how you are spending your time wisely. Do you spend too much time checking stats? Or maybe reading other blogs? Identify what seem to be the key ways that you are wasting time.
Step 4 - Spend one full week recording your actions and analyzing them
This is a GREAT way to increase your productivity. Simply spend an entire week recording every action that you take throughout the day. This might be checking an email, writing a post, or responding to comments. Whatever it is, carefully record it.
Then after the week is over, compare this list to the previous key time wasters and valuable time spenders. Chances are you are going to see some serious inconsistencies.
Step 5 - Identify your inconsistencies and improve
None of us are perfect and improvement of productivity is not something that happens overnight. Strive to improve incrementally week after week. By continuing to record your actions you will be able to gauge how much improvement you are seeing.
However, the simple task of identifying your strengths and weaknesses will get you a huge step closer to being more productive.
If you liked this post, you might also enjoy 5 Tips for Scaling your SEO Efforts and Increasing Productivity
5 Responses to "5 Steps Towards Increased Blogging Productivity"
Great tips for increasing Productivity in Blogging. I plan out the work in a full pledged schedule and it helps me a lot
Avoid procrastinating (yeah right!), spend time coming up with a blogging schedule for, say, the next 15 days and use a (big) calendar in your workspace (or your cellphone) to map it down. Follow your schedule as if your life depended on it. And of course, design and work on a workstation that's comfortable and away from distractions (this one's pretty important, yet no one seems to speak about it!).
Oh yes Ruud. My iPad has been particularly useful with this! I personally have this large wall-calendar behind my workstation which I use to keep on top of my blogging schedule (among other assignments). A pretty good (constant) reminder of all upcoming assignments!
This checklist can help to manage my time more efficient! Thanks for sharing these useful advices!


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Feb. 1 marks the first Change Your Password Day, a holiday proposed by a popular tech blog. We're here to walk you through this strange new celebration and the clever traditions it brings.
Why haven't I heard about this holiday before?
As explained by Matt Buchanan on Gizmodo, Change Your Password Day is a holiday recently invented by the tech blog. The folks there have decided to dub it the "most boring — but safest! — celebration ever" and use it as a way to remind (and educate) everyone about the importance of proper password practices.
"I thought it would be a good idea if we all changed our passwords together. Like positive peer pressure," writes Buchanan, before suggesting Feb. 1 as the date for the occasion. "Sooner is better than later," he offers.
(In the interest of disclosure: I was previously employed by Gizmodo and have worked alongside Buchanan.)
So what's the point of Change Your Password Day?
On Change Your Password Day, you are supposed to ... change your passwords. Simple in theory — but in practice there's more to the process than meets the eye.
Changing your passwords isn't just a matter of going from "SecretPassword1" to "SecretPassword2." You should also consider what a decent password is and make an effort to use it, even if it means changing some of your security habits. Gizmodo's Rachel Swaby explains:
The thing to understand is that the biggest threat to your security isn't some creep sitting in front of your email login screen, randomly bruteforcing his way into your account. Nope, you're up against computers that can run thousands of encrypted passwords by dictionaries of several languages, everything in the World Fact Book, and Wikipedia in a matter of minutes.
To emphasize her message, Swaby calls attention to work done by the Tech Herald after members of the AntiSec movement published a batch of encrypted passwords to the Internet. It took individuals at the publication less than five hours to crack over 80 thousand passwords using regular off-the-shelf computers and software which is easily downloadable.
Thomas Baekdal
What kind of passwords should I choose?
We've all had it drilled into our heads that we should use long passwords which incorporate (upper- and lower-case) letters, numbers and symbols, but are those really the best choice? Not exactly, according to some number-crunching done by security expert Thomas Baekdal.
As you can see by the chart above, complex passwords — like the ones I just described — are in fact pretty darn secure. In theory, such a passwords would take a hacker over 100 years to discover if he were using an automated system capable of systematically guessing 100 passwords per second.
But how long would it take you to regularly memorize a password that looks as if it was created by a cat who strolled across a keyboard? Long enough to make you think twice about creating a complex password, right?
So how about using secure passwords which consist of easy-to-remember, multi-word phrases instead?
Such phrases — which can include things like "this is fun" or "fluffy is puffy" — are even more secure than the complex passwords which you may or may not memorize easily. In fact, Baekdal suggests that math shows "this is fun" to be ten times more secure as a password than "J4fS<2."
If you don't have faith in this approach to password selection though, at least keep in mind that size matters. Longer passwords are more difficult to crack, even if you're not using strange characters. (But using strange characters — such as parantheses, exclamation marks, or even spaces — can, of course, mean the difference between a secure and a compromised password.)
Can't someone (or something) else do the work for me?
Making and remembering passwords is tough, especially since you should be using a unique one for each of your accounts. Thankfully there are password manager applications which can help. Such applications will securely organize and maintain your password data for you.
One of the most popular password managers around is called LastPass, but unfortunately its reputation suffered after a possible security breach in May 2011. But no worries: Lifehacker's Whitson Gordon explains that while LastPass is still trusted and favored by many, there are several alternatives such as KeePass, 1Password, or Keeper.
That's it? Where are the presents and the candy?
That's all there is to Change Your Password Day. There are no presents, no candy, and no fancy decorations. There are just stern reminders that you need to audit your password practices and make some new passwords. It's just a day that celebrates doing something that you should've been doing all along.
Related stories:
- 7 signs we're living in the post-privacy era
- The 25 worst passwords of 2011
- Should couples share passwords?
Want more tech news, silly puns, or amusing links? You'll get plenty of all three if you keep up with Rosa Golijan, the writer of this post, by following her on Twitter, subscribing to her Facebook posts, or circling her on Google+.
If you're more interested in Sam Spratt — the guy who made the whimsical lock illustration above — then you'll want these Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr links instead.


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- A Series on Diseases in the Florida Vegetable Garden: PEPPER
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Master Bedroom Wall Stencil
35 comments:
- Cassie @ Primitive & Proper said...
i am SO impressed! it looks gorgeous! but i stenciled a ver small wall and was cussing like a sailor the whole time, so i can't imagine doing a huge wall like this! :)
- August 20, 2011 at 10:18 AM
- Desiree said...
Wow, it looks beautiful! Same here, I stenciled one little bookcase and was about to quit. Your husband did a great job!
- August 20, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- Pine Tree Home said...
What! That is not the same room. How amazingly different it looks. Love it.
- August 20, 2011 at 11:47 AM
- The Scott's Crib said...
oh my that is so beautiful!!!
- August 20, 2011 at 1:05 PM
- Cindy said...
it looks fantastic. your hubby did a great job!!!
hugs, cindy
- August 20, 2011 at 2:04 PM
Absolutely beautiful! What a gorgeous focal point!
- August 20, 2011 at 2:42 PM
- Simple Dwellings said...
Wow- this looks absolutely gorgeous! You guys did an amazing job. I am so excited for you!! It is a beautiful stencil and it suits your room's style perfectly. :)
- August 20, 2011 at 3:18 PM
- Vanessa said...
Maybe I can borrow that for the back of my bookcases?!?! That's gorgeous! Great job, Chris!
- August 20, 2011 at 3:32 PM
- Ashley said...
good idea vanessa!!!! tell me how it goes i might want to do that too!
- August 20, 2011 at 3:47 PM
- Amy Prikazsky said...
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! Once I saw it, I looked on the website to order some for us:) Looks great Anne! Excited to see you SOON!
- August 20, 2011 at 7:43 PM
- Danielle said...
I love the wall and all, but my favorite part is Ashlyn just chilling! hilarious picture!
- August 20, 2011 at 9:13 PM
- Kandi McMahan said...
That seriously looks like a picture from a magazine!!
- August 20, 2011 at 11:05 PM
- Heather J said...
That wall looks great! Good job. Wanna send your husband and stencil over to my house, I have a blank wall that stencil would look good on. ;)
- August 21, 2011 at 8:33 AM
- The Skeen's said...
Looks amazing!!!
- August 21, 2011 at 11:52 AM
- Misty said...
I am BLOWN away!!!! It is beautiful!
- August 21, 2011 at 4:58 PM
- modern jane said...
This is beautiful Anne! You are on fire lately!
- August 21, 2011 at 8:23 PM
- Tanya Anurag said...
Your husband did a great job! It is so perfectly done. The wall looks wonderful. The cushions on your bed match the pattern on the wall.
- August 22, 2011 at 1:12 AM
- To The Moon and Back said...
Wow! This looks amazing.
- August 22, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- Kim @ NewlyWoodwards said...
Wow! Way to go, hubby! It really looks like wallpaper. Never would have guessed it was a stencil.
- August 22, 2011 at 12:16 PM
- Katie said...
It's beautiful, Anne!
- August 22, 2011 at 12:27 PM
- Laurin said...
LOVE it! The pillows look awesome too!! It really suits the room and just brings the room to a whole different level.
- August 22, 2011 at 2:44 PM
- emily said...
Amazing! How sweet of your hubby to help!
- August 22, 2011 at 10:56 PM
- robyncal said...
Amazing! WOW - how do you fill in the space on the top and sides? Does it come with that part in a smaller stencil? I guess I should go see what they have, love it!
- August 22, 2011 at 10:58 PM
- Carol@TheDesignPages said...
You two accomplish more with a toddler and newborn than I have in my entire life. The wall looks amazing.
- August 23, 2011 at 12:41 AM
- Aubrey {All Things Bright and Beautiful} said...
Oh wow, GO HUBBY! I think that would be an insurmountable task for me...I would be able to do a wall in say, a half bath before my attention span would give way (c: It looks so stunning! And don't worry, hulu/netflix save my life on a daily basis (c:
- August 23, 2011 at 11:01 AM
- birdie to be said...
So pretty & perfect! How did you guys make it looks sooo amazing & professional!?
- August 23, 2011 at 10:01 PM
- Christy said...
So pretty...I have a very similar bedroom and the exact fabric! Go check it out at http://charmingcozycottage.blogspot.com/2011/08/master-bedroom-before-after-phase-1.html
- August 24, 2011 at 3:00 AM
- Katie Newcomb said...
Looks amazing! And your little gal is so cute laying there in the bed :) Great job Mr. Newman!
- August 24, 2011 at 5:27 PM
- Cottage In The Sun said...
Wow - that is really amazing - it looks gorgeous!
- September 11, 2011 at 11:48 PM
- Neha@ All things beautiful said...
Wow...Gorgeous!!! is all I can say:)
- September 12, 2011 at 3:17 PM
- Somu said...
This I guess would have required immense patience... and the result is so amazingly professional... Great job done indeed !
- September 13, 2011 at 1:23 AM
- Patricia Torres said...
Gosh.. the effect is awesome!! Looks prefect!! But certainly needs a lot of patience and hart work.. :-)
I tried wall paper once.. and tot it was easier to paint than apply wall paper.. :-)
- September 13, 2011 at 1:56 PM
- Kala said...
Wow, it is stunning. I am so very impressed:):)
- September 13, 2011 at 11:38 PM
- Brandi said...
amazing! your husband did a beautiful job!!
- September 23, 2011 at 7:51 AM
- Chari at Happy To Design said...
Hi Anne...
Just taking a little tour around your sweet blog since this is my first time here.
I just had to leave you a note about your wall stencil! I love, love, LOVE how it turned out!!! Sooo beautiful...sooo classic!!! Great choice for your master bedroom, my friend! Thank you for sharing it with us!
Warmest wishes,
Chari @Happy To Design
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Scientists based at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology's research site at Wallingford predicted summer low river flows and groundwater levels across parts of southern Britain six weeks ago.
This week the national newspapers picked up the story. Steve Connor reported in the Independent, "An exceptionally dry winter is being blamed for one of the worst droughts in 40 years".
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Google has announced the winners of the Google Science Fair 2012 competition.Read More
Amelia Earhart's Google Doodle honors her 115th birthday today.Read More
America's First Female Astronaut in Space, Sally Ride, has died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.Read More
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Portions of 290 reopened after truck flips, patrol car hits it
By Dale Lezon | July 12, 2013 | Updated: July 12, 2013 1:23pm
A Harris County sheriff's deputy slammed into a truck that had flipped over and spilled sand before dawn Friday on U.S. 290 at Bauer. Traffic was still being diverted before 11 a.m.
Portions of U.S. 290 have reopened after the freeway was shut down early Friday morning when a truck overturned, lost a load of sand and was hit by law enforcement patrol car in far northwest Harris County.
The two-vehicle crash happened about 5 a.m. on the outbound Northwest Freeway near Bauer, according to Houston TranStar.
Officials said the driver apparently lost control of the truck and it toppled onto its side. Sand spilled on the roadway. A Harris County Sheriff's Office deputy driving in a squad car was unable to stop in time to avoid the overturned truck, slamming into it.
Officials said the truck driver was taken to a nearby hospital. His possible injuries and condition were not released.
The deputy was not hurt.
All westbound lanes were closed while crews cleared the wreck. The lanes were reopened about 1 p.m.


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David Trubridge's Gorgeous New Manuka Lamp Casts Shadows Shaped Like Flowers
Posted By Mark Boyer On May 6, 2013 @ 5:36 pm In carousel showcase,gallery,Green Lighting,ICFF,new york design week | 2 Comments
The Manuka lamp is named after the Manuka tree [6], a tree or shrub bearing small white flowers with five petals that is native to New Zealand and southeast Australia. Trubridge was inspired to create the lamp after designing a screen based on leaf shapes for his house in Mahanga. Amy Lynch, one of Trubridge's designers, then took it a step further by rearranging Trubridge's original leaf-shape design into the five-pointed shape of Manuka blossoms.
Like some of Trubridge's other lamps, the Manuka lamp is enormous. It comes in two sizes: a full-size lamp that is 1.1 meters in diameter, and a slightly smaller lamp that is 800 mm in diameter. The structure of the globe-shaped lamp is made from CNC-cut bamboo and translucent polycarbonate. Inside, the lamp is fitted with several LED pin-spot lights, which project gorgeous shadows onto nearby walls and surfaces. "With the light shining at all different directions from within the fitting, the projected patterns seem to overlap one another," Trubridge told ArchitectuAU [7] last fall. "It looks like wallpaper."
Trubridge will bring the Manuka lamp to Wanted Design 2013 [2], which will be held from May 17 – 20 as part of New York Design Week.
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There are reports emerging that a deadline for PPI claims could be set for the summer of 2014. The date is speculation at the moment, but comes to light as the banks involved in the mis-selling saga call for a date to be applied for when claims must be submitted. Some consumer groups are against the idea and, as yet, there has been no move to confirm a date, but the British Bankers Association (BBA) which represents the UK banking industry is very keen to agree a cut-off time with the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
Potential Solutions put Forward
While there is no concrete agreement it is known that there are a couple of favoured options that the banks and other lenders are keen to implement: the first is that the FSA would implement new rules on PPI claims, which would possibly require new legislation, and the second is that the banks will allow the current system to stand, but will finance a marketing campaign to inform the public of a cut off point in the future. At present, claims can go back for six years, or three depending upon circumstances.
Challenges for 2013
The current challenge for the banks is to handle the many thousands of claims – as many as 5000 each week are being forwarded to lenders by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) – that are expected to be made in the coming year. There have already been moves to outsource the sorting of PPI claims, but this can only help to a certain extent. It is expected that, if an agreement cannot be found as to one of the two suggested solutions above, the FOS will be called upon to make a decision and rule on the way forward.
£25bn Total Costs
The lenders involved have so far paid out some £13billion in mis sold PPI fees, and it is widely expected that this figure will easily exceed £25billion by the time the scandal is ended, whenever that may be. With increased public awareness of the right to claim, and advice available on how best to do so, it is no surprise that such figures are being touted in relation to the saga.


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Zinc and air will soon be replacing petrol and diesel as the driving force behind Germany's postal service. From next year, 40 electric postal vans will take to the streets, complete with novel zinc-air batteries that can store large amounts of energy, and be recharged simply by replacing their electrodes. In the long term, the service intends to convert 80 per cent of the hundreds of vehicles in its fleet to battery power.
German Telecom, Siemens, BMW and some German city councils have also announced that they intend to use the new battery technology, which was developed by physicists at the Jerusalem-based company Electric Fuel Limited (EFL).
The battery has an energy density of 207 watt-hours per kilogram, which is about four times better than a nickel-cadmium battery and ten times better than a lead-acid battery, though still less than the energy density of petrol or diesel fuel.
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Ken's Incredibly Simple Shrimp - AKA KISS
Published Apr 8th 2013
Shrimp flies are very much en vogue in the Baltic region, and keep on getting more and more complex. This one is simple and dead easy to tie - and still a very good imitation
Simple does it
This fly from the hands of Danish tyer and GFF regular Ken Bonde Larsen goes in the opposite direction and simplifies things. The most complex part of the fly is a dubbing loop, and that can hardly be called complex compared to many of the techniques used in many contemporary shrimp flies.
The fly uses few materials, all easy to find and cheap. It employs few tying steps and should be possible to tie for even beginning fly tiers. Still it ends up as a pretty good impression of a shrimp and can be adapted to different looks by a simple change of material colors.
The Magic Tool
Ken uses Marc Petitjean's Magic Tool to make the dubbing loop, but you can just use a regular dubbing loop technique without tools or with a common bulldog clamp or simply your fingers. The tool does make it much easier, though.
It also incorporates the new Danish Easy Shrimp Eyes, which are pre-made monofilament eyes that are very easy to handle and use and secure a uniform result every time. Their only drawback is a high price. Of course you can just use normal home made mono eyes, which opposite the Easy Eyes are pleasantly cheap, but just take some time to make.
Ken's Incredibly Simple Shrimp
|Cold saltwater fly
|Ken Bonde Larsen
|Year of origin
|Target species
Sea trout (sea run)
|Straight eye saltwater hook, size 2-6
|Lead wire or substitute
|Tying thread
|8/0 to suit the color of the fly, or clear mono
|Tail (thorm)
|CDC barbs
|Eye support
|Dubbing and CDC barbs
|Easy Shrimp Eyes
|Dubbing and CDC barbs in dubbing loop
The dubbing can be Lite Brite, Angel Hair or a similar flash dubbing.
The Easy Shrimp Eyes can be replaced with home made or store bought monofilament eyes.
Tying the fly
Fishing the fly
There's no big challenge in fishing the fly. Use a floating line over shallow water and a sinking or intermediate line (or leader) over deeper water. Shrimp are after all bottom dwellers. You can adjust the weight of the fly with the weight added in the first tying step. For a really heavy fly you can change the eyes to dumbbell eyes and get a fly that really dives.
Strip the fly in small jerks interchanged with slow figure-of-eight retrieves and pauses where you allow it to sink. Shrimp are typically still or moving very slowly, but escape with sudden and very fast jerks.


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Draft up next in big year for Trey Burke
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Trey Burke led Michigan to within a few points of a national title, a stirring finish to his college career that validated his decision to return to the Wolverines for his sophomore season.
Now it's time to find out what the NBA thought of Burke's terrific postseason run.
"My leadership skills - I would also say my competitiveness," Burke said, listing a couple attributes he hopes were particularly noticeable. "I think a lot of teams got a chance to see that in the NCAA tournament."
Burke enters Thursday night's draft as perhaps the most recognizable name among the top prospects. He was the AP national player of the year - and he went deeper in the NCAA tournament than other college stars like Georgetown's Otto Porter and Indiana's Victor Oladipo.
That doesn't mean Burke will be one of the first players chosen, but he has every reason to believe he can be a lottery pick, at least.
Burke nearly went to the NBA after his freshman season but decided to stay with the Wolverines. He averaged 18.6 points a game in 2012-13, and his long 3-pointer forced overtime in a regional semifinal victory over Kansas.
Michigan lost to Louisville in the title game, but the 6-foot Burke scored 24 points despite early foul trouble and showed off his athleticism when he leaped high in the air to block Peyton Siva on a Louisville fast break. Burke was called for a foul on the play, but that did little to detract from the spectacular effort.
It was no surprise when Burke decided the time was right to turn pro. He'd done almost everything he set out to do when he came back as a sophomore.
"I think it helped me a lot, maturity-wise, physically and mentally," Burke said in a phone interview with The Associated Press.
Burke will need to rely on quickness at the next level, since he's not as big as some point guards, but in Michigan's perimeter-oriented offense, he proved he could make good decisions, especially in pick-and-roll situations.
Burke said he's been in touch with teams like the Orlando Magic (who have the No. 2 pick), Phoenix Suns (No. 5), New Orleans Pelicans (No. 6) and Sacramento Kings (No. 7). He's also visited with the Detroit Pistons, who pick eighth. Michigan fans might be happy if Burke ends up with the Pistons, but they drafted point guard Brandon Knight a couple years ago.
In fact, several teams with top picks already have young point guards. Cleveland (No. 1) has Kyrie Irving, Washington (No. 3) has John Wall and Charlotte (No. 4) has Kemba Walker.
The Pelicans, two seasons removed from trading Chris Paul, might be interested in Burke. They worked him out this month, along with Syracuse point guard Michael Carter-Williams. New Orleans coach Monty Williams said he thought Burke had put on some muscle since the April 8 national title game.
It will be a big night not just for Burke, but for the Michigan program, which has not produced a first-round draft pick since Jamal Crawford in 2000. Burke is expected to go in the first round and fellow Wolverine Tim Hardaway Jr. could as well.


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The ongoing saga of the takeover battle between Jos. A. Bank and Men's Wearhouse Men's Wearhouse just got an unexpected twist — and possibly end: Jos. A. Bank said Friday morning that it is buying the parent company of clothing and lifestyle company Eddie Bauer in a deal worth nearly $1 billion.
Jos. A. Bank, which last month rejected a $1.6 billion takeover bid by Men's Wearhouse — the second such bid in as many months — announced Friday morning that it is acquiring Everest Holdings, the parent company of Eddie Bauer, in a deal worth $825 million. The purchase price is a combination of $564 million in cash and 4.7 million shares of Jos. A. Bank, which will be issued to Everest at $56 per share. Jos. A. Bank will finance the deal through a combination of cash on the balance sheet, debt financing provided by Goldman Sachs, and the new $56 per-share equity.
It's important to note that under the terms of this deal, Jos. A. Bank will have the right to terminate the acquisition if Jos. A. Bank receives an acquisition offer from another company (like, say, Men's Wearhouse) that the Jos. A. Bank board determines would create value for shareholders than the Eddie Bauer deal. Therefore, the seemingly endless back and forth between the two men's suits companies — which in October found Jos. A. Bank bidding for Men's Wearhouse and then in November and January saw the reverse happen — very well could continue.
Given the back-and-forth between the two men's suits companies, the Eddie Bauer may seem to some like a move out of the blue. However, executives from both Jos. A. Bank and Eddie Bauer indicated that they had been eyeing a deal like this for quite some time.
"We have long admired the Eddie Bauer brand and its widespread appeal among those with active lifestyles and excitement about the outdoors, a large and growing customer base that overlaps significantly with ours," Robert Wildrick, Jos. A. Bank chairman, said in a statement Friday morning. "Based on the success of Eddie Bauer's turnaround and the outstanding opportunities a combination of our companies provides, we believe this transaction ideally positions Jos. A. Bank for the future, and Golden Gate's investment in our Company and participation on our Board is a strong endorsement of our plan."
Added Neal Black, Jos. A. Bank CEO: "Bob Wildrick and I have spoken for a number of years about the potential of acquiring Eddie Bauer and the strong strategic sense it makes for our company. With this transaction, two historic 20th century American apparel brands, dedicated to quality, which have been serving different lifestyle aspects of a demographically similar family of customers, now combine to leverage their legacies and their strengths."
The two companies will continue to be run independently, but Jos. A. Bank said the combined company is expected to benefit from a number of synergies, including $25 million of process and infrastructure savings, to be recognized in 2015. Furthermore, Jos. A. Bank said the deal will be "immediately accretive," with a combined 2014 revenue of $2.1 billion, adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization between $255 million and $265 million, and adjusted earnings between $3.20 and $3.40 per share.
Following news of the Eddie Bauer deal, shares of Jos. A. Bank and its rival, Men's Wearhouse, took a downward turn in Friday's pre-market trading. Jos. A. Bank initially fell 3.5% but recovered some of those losses throughout the morning, and the stock is currently down 1.68%. Men's Wearhouse initially fell 8.6% in pre-market trading; shares are currently down 7.6%. Year-over-year, Men's Wearhouse is the winner of the two, boasting a 60.7% return against Jos. A. Bank's 36.5% gain.


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The Federal government offers two Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credits: a 20% credit for the certified rehabilitation of certified historic structures and a 10% credit for the rehabilitation of non-historic (meaning not listed in the National Register of Historic Places or a contributing structure in a National Register district), non-residential buildings built before 1936. The National Park Service administers these programs in partnership with the Internal Revenue Service and the State Historic Preservation Offices. To qualify for the 20% credit, the project must be substantial and the building income producing, a "certified historic structure" and held for at least five years. For more information, contact us at 412-471-5808.
Since 1994, efforts have been made toward establishing a rehabilitation tax credit for homeowners; however, it has not yet met with success.
In 2000, Congress also passed the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act, creating a New Market Tax Credit Program to encourage private investments in low-income communities. The program is based on a competitive application process by which community reinvestment entities certified by the CDFI Fund compete for $2.5 billion in federal tax credit applications
How Do I Apply for a Historic Tax Credit?
Before you can claim a tax credit, your building must be designated a "certified historic structure," which means that it must either be listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places or be a contributing building in a registered historic district. To find out if your building is listed on the National Register, go to www.cr.nps.gov/nr/.
The application for a Reinvestment Investment Tax Credit, instructions, Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and other materials are available on-line at www.2.cr.nps.gov/tps/tax/index.html .


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Metro Center, Judiciary Square and Gallery Place will stay open till 1 a.m. Fans entering the stations after midnight must use the following entrances:
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A group of young Saharawis, currently study in the Diaspora, organized Thursday a march under the title: "scream against the Wall of Shame", a distance of 50 km eastern the Wall.
"This initiative is part of the annual programme of the Union of Youth of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (UJSARIO), in preparation for the new year that will be celebrated in the liberated territories of SADR," said the SG of UJSARIO Mr. Mousa Selma in an interview with SPS.
"The objective of this march is to motivate young Saharawis studying abroad, as to inform them of the barbarity of the wall of shame and arrange a meeting of the Saharawi youth of Diaspora in the liberated territories to assess the annual programme and inform them about the problems they face in order to find solutions," he added.
Coordination for the young Saharawis abroad within UJSARIO will be established, according to the same source.
The march started last Thursday and will arrive Monday in the liberated territories of SADR where young Saharawis celebrate the new year with delegations from various Spanish political parties and organizations in solidarity with the Saharawi people their just struggle for the independence.


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Grades for Summer II are due at noon on Tuesday, August 22nd. Shortly after noon we'll shut things down while we do the grade processing run. Instructors will not be able to submit grades during this time, which will only be an hour or two at most. We expect grades to be available to students online, by about 3:00 pm. Grades submitted after this time will be available to students online on the following day.
Training sessions on the new version of SISwill begin in September. The dates and times are on the bannertraining website, www.wmich.edu/bannertraining. These are drop-in trainings, no reservation is needed.
I do strongly encourage all staff who use SISto plan on attending; the sessions will be in a computer lab for hands-on experience and will last about an hour.
The move to SIS7.3 will occur October 6-9.
Check the website for dates and times for the One-Stop, scheduled for Welcome Week through the first week of Fall classes.
Please double check to ensure that the Social Security Number is correct on all student appointment forms. When an incorrect SSN is found, payment to the student is delayed until the SSN is corrected.
On the Registrar's website: www.wmich.edu/registrar, under Forms and Services, there is a new area for department chairs. The first item is a list of dates and deadlines related to class schedules and registration as well as tenure and promotion related dates for the 2006-07 academic year. The second is a document containing University policies on students, information on grading, all you want to know about class scheduling, links to related documents, information on SIS, etc. This is an attempt to put together as much information as possible in a concise and easy to access way. Please let me know if you have any questions or ideas on topics that should be added.


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Pickled oysters are a cocktail favorite wherever oysters are fresh, plump, and flavorful, meaning most of the South. The hostesses I know like to mound them in small crystal bowls, top them off with a little of the pickling liquid, and pass with toothpicks so that guests can "go spearfishing." Though the red serranos add color, I suggest sprigging the bowl with fresh dill umbels or sprigs of Italian parsley. Come to think of it, small fennel umbels would also be attractive and appropriate. Note: Because cooking clouds the oyster liquid, I pour it through a coffee filter-lined sieve directly onto the oysters and spices. Makes for a prettier presentation at serving time.
YIELD: Makes 6 to 8 servings
1. Place the oysters and their liquid in a large nonreactive pan and set over moderately high heat just until the liquid begins to bubble. The minute the oysters' skirts ruffle, adjust the heat so the liquid bubbles gently, and simmer 1 minute longer.
2. Using a slotted spoon, scoop up the oysters, rinse, then place in a small, deep, heatproof, nonreactive bowl or crock along with the serranos, allspice, and mace. Set aside.
3. Add the vinegar, sugar, and salt to the oyster liquid, bring to a boil over moderately high heat, reduce the heat so the mixture bubbles gently, and simmer uncovered for 1 minute. Line a sieve with a coffee filter and set it directly over the bowl of oysters; pour in the hot pickling liquid. Once the liquid has drained through, cool the oysters for 30 minutes, then cover and refrigerate for at least 24 hours.
To serve, lift the oysters, serrano slices, and spices to a small glass or crystal bowl using a slotted spoon, and top with 1 cup of the pickling liquid. Garnish with dill umbels and pass with cocktails.
Reprinted with permission from A Love Affair with Southern Cooking by Jean Anderson, © 2007 William Morrow Cookbooks, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers


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Skin changes during pregnancy. American Pregnancy Association website. Available at: http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/skinchanges.html. Updated March 2007. Accessed October 10, 2013.
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My two favourite breakfast cereals are Shreddies and Weetabix. When I've finished, the remnants in the bowl look similar, but I can always tell which was which: a Shreddies bowl can be washed up quite easily, while Weetabix clings like cement. Why the difference?
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3rd Mar 2012, 3:47 PM
My second attempt at a more detailed art piece. Once again riddled with mistakes. I drew the kilt shredded because I figured not drawing the legs would be too much a cop out (presumably from all the gnomes that have been clawing at her), however that ended up being the biggest mistake since I noticed I drew the thigh too short and the shin too long.
Kleeyo was the second toon I rolled back in vanilla. The horde on that server was drastically underpopulated and PvE raiding was next to non-existent since the population couldn't support more then 2 or so 40-man raiding guilds. So in most part if you were horde and wanted to see pretty purple gear, you had little choice but to PvP. Thus was the birth of my first and only dedicated PvP toon. I never was any good at competitive gaming, however Kleeyo was the only one character that I at least built enough experience to the point that I (most of the time) wasn't a free HK. One good thing about enhancement is that they have utility for most every situation.
Finally finished off Skyrim. Hit 81, maxed every skill, cleared every dungeon, completed every quest, unlocked every word of power, got the 1000 Xbox acheezement points...time to step outside and see what sunlight looks like again, heh.
Now to see if they'll ever make an expansion for it like they did with Marrowind and Oblivion. If they do, I hope they make the entire storyline about kicking the Thalmor's ass. I mean seriously, they are the combination of Blood Elves and the Gestapo. Everything about them just wants to make me smash their faces in. Even if you save the world and end the war, in the end you are still the Almeri Dominion's bitch. It just can't end like that. Once Ulfric Stomrcloak's dead body hit the floor, there was a subtle hint that the next fight would be against the Thalmor. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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Draco Blair
3rd Mar 2012, 4:32 PM
I'm still not finished with Skyrim. One of the reason being I made uber enchants and the game kinda lost the appeal. Dang
My character also ended up being more PvP than PvE. One day I might reroll a shammy or perhaps a Warlock, but for now, got too much on my mind to grind again
3rd Mar 2012, 4:41 PM
Yeah, that's the problem with cheats and exploits (which that game is loaded with). Stuff like that completely removes any sense of accomplishment, which kills replay value.
3rd Mar 2012, 4:52 PM
Finished Skyrim a long time ago.. So it ended up that i started with mods.. One of them makes dragons into ponies.. And its so fun to slay them >:D. I also made my own mod so i can make own armor models.. =P
Anyhow, great work. Even tou i quit wow i still read this x)
3rd Mar 2012, 8:17 PM
She looks great Clef! I wouldn't worry that much about her thigh and shin because a character's face is where the attention goes unless you're dealing with another artist who likes to nitpick. One thing I did need to do was reduce the pic size so that I could look at her in her entirity. I always like that focussed, determined look on her face that sets her apart from Sarah, along with that bold, defensive stance. Her armour looks amazing, particularly the depth of detail in the plate sections(? not sure if that's the right terminology) and all the contouring and reflections. I also like the transparency in the wolves, and the icy blue tone you've used for them.
PS - It's always remarkable that you are able to give Kleeyo a cute bosom amidst all that metal. :)
3rd Mar 2012, 8:44 PM
Heh...just following Blizzard's example on that one. A character could be wearing plate, mail or cloth complete with tabard and undershirt and everything will STILL be shaped the same as if they were wearing nothing at all. Every chest piece is apparently skin tight.
Bloodraptor(Echo Isles)
4th Mar 2012, 12:28 AM
nicely done, I'm not too worried about the legs though. and I know how ya feel about the skin tight plate.
Blood Elves arent all bad btw, they lost their homes, took them back, and all a matter of few years after losing their homes to begin with. the gnomes are full of fail since they cant even keep a steady forward base outside their irradiated hell-bound cesspit. I mean, the Blood Elves had a traitor but put him to death. the gnomes however still have not been able to succeed in killing their traitor or cleaning their city.
looking forward to seeing more gnomes getting punted though. ^_^ maybe I should submit my shaman for kicks. :p
4th Mar 2012, 1:02 AM
That's one way of looking at it.
Here's a timeline on how I see the Blood Elves. From the view of a career Alliance fan ^_-
-High Elves were getting their butts kicked by the Horde in the 2nd war. Alliance saved their asses.
-High Elves join the Alliance. Help Alliance win the 2nd war.
-3rd war. Scourge started attacking Lordearon. Alliance asked for help. High Elves said "Nope. Not our problem."
-High Elves sat on the sidelines while Lordaeron was ransacked by the Scourge.
-Once finished with Lordaeron, the Scourge wipes out Silvermoon next to capture the Sunwell.
-High Elves claim that the Alliance failed their people (beside the fact they didn't do jack to help).
-High Elves rename themselves Blood Elves to honor their fallen.
-With the loss of the Sunwell, Blood Elves abandon the Alliance and embark on an exodus to Outlands to follow Illidan (granted, Garithos was a racist prick, which didn't help any)
-Adding further insult to injury, those who stayed behind side with the Horde, the very same people who the Alliance shed their blood to save them from in the first place.
-In game, the Blood Elves are arrogant and condescending, and appear more then happy to fight and kill their former allies.
Basically I see all Horde Blood Elves as traitors (from a roleplaying perspective).
I know the Blood Elves blame the Alliancee for their defeat because it was Lordaeron's own prince who lead the Scourge forces. However since Arthas had wiped out his own country first, it should have been obvious he was not acting on behalf of the Alliance.
Had the High Elves helped in the first place, would it have stopped Arthas? Most certainly not...but it's still a matter of principle.
5th Mar 2012, 11:07 AM
I agree 100% Having a sexy race for Hoard > than lore considerations
Also The Hoard Forsaken also really bug me.
They were alliance but now that they are undead, despite retaining all their former lives memories, miraculiously bear boundless hatred for alliance, and want to destroy them. huh?
Hoard allows them to join, despite numorious attemps by them to wipe out all life on Azeroth with plagues. They are basically the same as the Scourge only *slightly* sneakier. I cant forgive Thrall for this Idiocy, but maybe it fits with Hellscream because he is an idiot and a douche.
Oh, and lets not forget about the newish story about them using those valkyries to create NEW forsaken, completely contrary to their former conditional Horde membership stipulations.
Giveing Horde something goth to play > than Lore considerations.
5th Mar 2012, 11:16 AM
Lets not forget that there are still many High Elves loyal to the Alliance, and not just "lore" wise but in the game as NPCs.
Blizz just wont let you play as one, which is a shame. It would make more sense RP wise, to be able to make the choice, rather than being shoe-horned into one side.
5th Mar 2012, 4:22 PM
I think all the Alliance-loyal High elves are all in the Silver Covenant now. Minus a few stragglers.
7th Mar 2012, 8:10 AM
Yah, like the one in the hunting lodge. They are around, although often overlooked.
druds the druid
4th Mar 2012, 3:47 AM
it looks great the wear and tear really adds uniqueness!!!!
and besides it could be worse!
the nose is the hardest part in draing taurens and you got it spot on!
4th Mar 2012, 6:46 AM
That's a mighty fine looking side of beef. Good job.
4th Mar 2012, 7:52 AM
4th Mar 2012, 3:14 PM
well said about the thalmor clef
i mean they've been dragging this for TOO long
The Dwarven Dude
5th Mar 2012, 11:05 AM
Wow, amazing work there! So many freaking details everywhere. It's good to see someone who really loves what he's doing because this expresses itself in the great artwork!
Note to self: Must contact Blizzard to fetch a cameo role for Sara & Kleeyo.
And heck yeah, the Thalmor. I presume I did nearly everything in Skyrim. Poked the Stormcloaks as well as the Imperial Army, killed Alduin many times, regretted not killing Cicero, did the Hermaeus Mora thingie and stuff... but still hat no chance to flog those fascist elves. =/
5th Mar 2012, 9:32 PM
Ahh...you let Cicero live too, eh? I kept him alive just so I could sacrifice him later for the Ebony Mail quest and not have to kill a follower that I actually like. Then it turned out he couldn't be killed. Now stuck having to listen to him every time I walk into the Dawnstar Sanctuary.
5th Mar 2012, 3:37 PM
I love seeing tauren in art, so woot for that.
You decided to fight for the Empire, too, eh? For me it was the Stormcloaks' rampant racism that made me go "ooohh-kaayy, I'm going to side with the massive empire now, because at least they aren't total dicks." Which is odd because they tried to kill me, but then again remember the Thalmor were at Helgen too, so I figured it was really them who wanted everyone dead. Which gives me even more reason to smash their stupid faces in, the stupid elves. SMASH THEIR FACE GOOD WITH WARHAMMER.
If they ever get that close without an arrow in their FACE though.
5th Mar 2012, 5:57 PM
I LOVE this. It's fantastic!
Like...I'd like to see a wider version of it, or perhaps a combination of this and the one of Sara that could be made into a widescreen desktop wallpaper, because I would totally use that as my wallpaper.
GREAT job with this!
6th Mar 2012, 8:38 PM
Well, that's great to hear that you beat Skyrim! Also, out of curiosity, which faction did you choose: Stormcloaks or Imperials, and why? Lastly, now that you beat Skyrim, you plan on taking a break and (as you said) "see what the sun looks like again", or is the call of Mass Effect 3 reaching your ear too?
Also, I was wondering, out of random curiosity seeing on how you're a Argent Crusade Fan, what your opinion on Mal'Ganas is? He seems to play a big role in Northrend regarding Arthas and the Scarlet Onslaught, but the trail stops after you find out he's alive and the leader SO., and doesn't show up in the Icecrown raid at all. Any opinions?
@Bloodraptor(Echo Isles): While I can see and agree with both arguments regarding Blood Elves from you and Clef, I kind've feel your view on Gnomes being the most fail race. Besides being very annoying to look at and hear, they actually quite useful lore wise (they supply the Alliance with a lot of war machines and useful technologies) and I've heard they can be hard to kill. Personally, I find the Trolls to be the most fail race of all the races, and while I can give a lot of reasons why they are fail lore-wise and gamplay-wise, I'll just sum it up to this:
If it wasn't for Thrall's intervention, the Dark-Spear tribe's Civilization would've been completely wiped out by *Murlocs* (I can see players being pwned by a Murloc rush, but a whole civilization?)
6th Mar 2012, 9:08 PM
Mal'ganis? He's a shining example of how Blizzard can spontaneously bring back any lore character from the dead. He played the absolute most vital role in causing Arthas to lose his mind enough for him to be consumed by Frostmorne, then was betrayed by Ner'zhul to seal the deal (the orchestration of Arthas killing him was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back). Nonetheless he was quite clearly *DEAD* at the end of the human campaign in Reign of Chaos. He, along with all the other dread lord overseers, were ousted upon the Lich King's rise to power. Now that the Lich king is defeated (err...under new management) and the Scarlet Onslaught is no more, my guess is that he would fall back into the ranks of the Burning Legion. Although Kil'Jaeden is certainly the type of leader who executes his subordinates for failure, so maybe not. We can certainly assume we'll see him again in the future...perhaps in a revamped ICC as he tries to destroy the new (and peaceful) lich king.
As for Skyrim, I chose to do the Civil War quest chain last. They did a really good job at creating a conflict where there was no clear good or evil. There were perfectly moral reasons for both sides to partake in that conflict. One side trying to keep the peace and stop another Elven invasion, and the other side simply wanting to defend their right to continue practicing their age-old beliefs in their own homeland. However the Stormcloak's ultimate goal was to reserve Skyrim for only the Nords. My character was a non-Nord. There's no real justification for any non-Nord to fight for them from a roleplaying perspective. Plus, if the Empire gets kicked out of Skyrim, the Aldmeri dominion would simply invade in their place to wipe out the Stormcloaks themselves. I'm sure the Empire would show a lot more mercy.
Now I just hope they don't find out that I killed the Emperor >_<U
7th Mar 2012, 6:04 AM
F*** You so much for spoiling the end of Skyrim! I'm not happy.
I'll still keep reading the comic, though...
7th Mar 2012, 6:18 AM
Err...sorry. The game has been out long enough that I figured everyone would have already beaten it by now -_-
Bloodraptor(Echo Isles)
7th Mar 2012, 1:33 PM
ok, I see the points you made in your argument against the Blood Elves, and I understand where you're coming from on it.
though to the defense of the blood elves, they did lose a lot of people from the second and third wars. those who remained high elves with their loyalty to the alliance in tact though are given a lot of restrictions, and some may feel oppressed with ideas of joining the Horde just to stab Varian's smug face.
and last I heard, since the High elves population is on the decline, they'll never be a playable race(that and in terms of character models, they use Blood Elf models with the blue eye glow).
The High elves however did provide what support they could to Arthas prior to Northrend, sending priests as support, so even then, they did fight tooth and nail to keep on good terms.
the Blood Elves after the third war thanks entirely to Garithos' racism led the Blodo Elves to consider the majority of humans, more specifically those who were zealously loyal to the Alliance, to be viewed as enemies.
it didnt help at all when the gnoems were still credited as valued members of the alliance when the high elves of Silvermoon, now Blood Elves, took gnomes as slave labor with the inclusion of regular beatings to keep the pride of gnomes shattered.
I did however have an interesting mini-sidearc you might lol about. XD
maybe I could fill you in on the details. my drawing skills arent so good, and I'm not so good at drawing on a computer because I dont have a scanner. I'd be sending submissions though to aleviate some of the time constraints though(and buy you a little more time to finish if you dont want to rush).
just something I thought to let mull around though. :p
8th Mar 2012, 8:23 AM
Most of what you say is true.
However the argument that they are in "decline" to exclude them from playable races is laughable. The number of "PC"s is a very miiniscule portion of the population, and it actually make sense that the remaining high-elves in the alliance would be in general a cut above the general bulk of the population.
Again not your point, just a lame blizz excuse.
I don't buy the PvP argument either. Planty of games have pvp vs the same race, and as you say they eyes glow a different colour anyway.
Im actually quite suprised they havnt added them already, since they wouldnt have to wase any dev time on a new character model. And I'm sure they could find something interesting for horde too. Maybe tribal humans from some jungle somewhere that don't like alliance heavy handedness?
Bloodraptor(Echo Isles)
8th Mar 2012, 7:43 PM
thing is, the high elf models exist, but Blizzard wants to keep the races of each faction as identifiable as possible from a distance. and according to Blizz, the high elves are in such low population that they are not going to be a playable race, that and there would be too much drama in an idea of a starting zone and capital city. a lot of people said the high elves should have Dalaran as their capital city, but that's not going to happen.
the Pandaren are going to be the first neutral race with players deciding on which faction to make their pandaren as early as level 10, but if I've not misread, the pandaren may drastically change appearance to accommodate their faction.
I'd say though it's fitting payback for the blood elves to murder and enslave gnomes. that being, gnomes are the most fail race in the game. and the only real reason the darkspear trolls were on the decline when thrall arrived was because humans and murlocs who worship a sea witch were doing relentless attacks. the trolls had the humility though to accept Thrall's help, and they survived despite losing people. Sen'jin's death was not in vain however as Thrall and the trolls did get off the island before it sank into the sea. and in the cataclysm the trolls got payback on the sea witch.
8th Mar 2012, 9:35 PM
The High/Blood Elf population has probably taken the biggest beating of any of Azeroths races in recent history (not that I'm complaining). Between Silvermoon getting razed by the Scourge, Dalaran getting flattened, all those who followed Kael'thas to Outlands getting wiped out and lastly the siege of Sunwell Plateau with the Shattered Sun mopping up the remnants...that's a lot of dead elves. Their population has GOT to be hurting after all that.
Since the number of alliance-sympathetic elves is probably barely enough to fill a phone booth, I would imagine it would not be enough to ever warrant them to become a playable Alliance race...unless the blood elves comes back to their senses and come back over :P
9th Mar 2012, 7:50 AM
Well bottom line Blizzard will do whatever it wants for whatever reasons it wants, whether it makes any sense or not.
I always considered the "visable" characters and NPCs to be a mere fraction of actual populations. representative if you will. If they weren't Thew world would actually have a very very small population. And no real sizable visable armies. A few PC's would never represent a sizable chunk of population in any case.
As to a possible starting zone for high-elves? Theres would be no reason not to make their intro identical to the humans, since they basically don't have a homeland, or nation other than the alliance capital
It's not infeasible technically or lore wise (not that blizz cares about lore anyhow) Makes more sense than forsaken or blood-elves anyhow.
But Blizz does what it does, logic no withstanding. :P
11th Mar 2012, 6:49 PM
love you comics and was wondering if by chance one day would you make a firefox persona with your comic characters. So that we can browse the web in style ^_^
11th Mar 2012, 11:40 PM
This looks awesome! The details are very clean and looks really amazing! Keep up the great work!
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