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December 12th 2016 – By: William Larsen – Civilians News – "News For All Views" – "The Future Of NYC Architecture" –
In 2030, the Empire State Building will turn 100 years old. In many ways since it was built, the Empire State Building has become a landmark of American exceptionalism, highlighting New York Cities sometimes gothic facade.
The building itself is a testament to engineering, that in many ways has become a symbol of America itself.
Home to 21k American employees, roughly 450 million pounds of body-weight stand on its 80 year old frame everyday…… In many ways, this weight symbolizes the 350 million Americans whose daily commerce is often legislated within New York, New York.
Yet, this leads me to wonder, what is the future of NYC architecture and architecture abroad? Will towering skyscrapers of the past, like Empire State Building, stand for 500 years? 200 years? Or even 1,000 years into the future?
Experts say that Empire State could stand as long as 500 years if properly maintained. However, in an unnatural concrete world, the intimidating facade of NYC may one day be forced to "evolve," as technology does the same……
This creates cultural shifts in society, that in many ways personify cities like New York.
But what is the future of these buildings? How long will they last? And will we build taller and taller skyscrapers forever?
Recently in the Middle East, the Burj Khalifa was built 2,500 feet into the air. This was so high that construction workers could see the curvature of Earth, with clear definition. What is the purpose of such heights? What is the symbolism? Would you climb 2,500 feet into the air for your boss? And is it even humane to do so?
At some point, people must question modern labor laws, when it comes to this type of construction. I have perceived it to be this way and recently considered calling upon our government to levy a 1,000 foot maximum for future skyscrapers in America today.
Look at the Burj Khalifa…. What is this building saying?
It overlooks a dampened economy, seemingly mocking the US with an honest reality of free market economics…… The way the building is stacked on top of itself, with multiple cylinders, I believe serves as a religious symbol of people using role models to build greater "heights." This symbolism could be allegorical both morally and in science…. That's how I view the Burj Khalifa…..
However, this building begs the question, what is too high? This style of politics feels morbid at times and such heights often feel grossly inhumane.
Look at the new Park Avenue building, in downtown NYC. 4-3-2… Park Avenue.
Clearly these buildings mark NYC's growth, strength, and future direction. Nevertheless, in cities like Detroit……. overbuilding, building too tall or too big, has lead to cultural deterioration.
So when will it end?
How do we fix it?
Well this is what Civilians News proposes………
The old style of architecture cannot last…. We cannot pour enough concrete into NYC, to maintain the "Gotham-esque appearance" of the old city forever. Building taller and taller, financing new construction projects every 10-15 years, feels rashly insensible both economically and from a labor perspective…. This tear down and rebuild method of city planning, simply won't work forever….. There is already too much concrete in the city and at some point the city must change….. BUT where better to ignite global architectural change, than NYC?
So what I propose, before half of NYC's penthouse suites lean over…….. is to augment these building, with a new style of architecture….
How do you support old struts?
What is the future of architecture in general?
How do you "enhance" the structure of a 200 year old, 1300 foot symbol of American dexterity?
I propose this; call it ideal, call it naive…. Call it Da Vinci……
Towers surrounding the building, open to the light, like cable towers….. However, I propose these towers have trees growing on top of them. These trees could then root all the way to the ground. This in essence could create natural reinforcements for aging skyscrapers. Yes, tree towers….. 1200 feet high, with roots growing all the way to the ground…. And I suggest we use these towers to enhance the structure of aging skyscrapers, like Empire State, in order to preserve these buildings into the next millennia…..
-William Larsen, Civilians News


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SANATOGA PA – Five Pottstown PA residents are among 14 senior citizens who each have completed 40 hours of training to become the newest volunteers for the foster grandparent program of Family Services of Montgomery County, which operates in part from offices on East High Street in Sanatoga.
The program provides opportunities for limited-income seniors age 55 and older to provide one-on-one academic and emotional support to children with special needs in day care centers, elementary schools, Head Start programs, alternative schools, and at other community agencies
Joining the more than 100 foster grandparents already at work in more than 60 locations, Program Director Tricia Reedy Jones said Monday (April 2, 2012) will be Martha Campbell, Dot Landis, Eunice Rome, Ervia Green, and Jackie Farra, all of Pottstown, as well as nine other individuals who will serve as mentors, tutors and friends "giving children with extra love and attention at a critical time in their lives."
Those interested in becoming a foster grandparent must be a county resident, age 55 years or older, meet minimum income requirements and enjoy working with children and youth. All volunteer foster grandparents receive a modest tax-free stipend for a minimum of 15 hours of service each week, paid vacation and sick time, paid holidays, and transportation reimbursement.
For more information on the program, call Reedy Jones at 610-630-0201.


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Wednesday Evening Prayer/
St. Andrew's invites you to take a calming break during your busy week with Evening Prayer on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm in the chapel.
This brief, half-hour service provides a respite from our busy lives. All are welcome.
Every Wednesday at 6:30 PM
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Jonathan Blow's new game comes out tomorrow. Anyone else been following this, and as excited as I am?
If you've been living under a rock, The Witness is a Myst-like atmospheric island puzzle exploration game. The music sounds incredible, the graphics are pleasant to look at, and the development team literally hired architects and landscapers to help polish the environment.


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AP report sees cult-like pattern resisting reforms in Legion of Christ
December 13, 2013
An Associated Press story questions how Pope Francis will handle the future of the Legion of Christ, as attempted reforms have not yet eliminated tensions and divisions with the order.
As the Legion approaches a general chapter meeting in January, at which delegates will elect new leaders and approve new statutes, the AP analysis sees December as a month of setbacks for the cause of reform in the Legion, pointing especially to the continued adulation of the disgraced founder, the late Father Marcial Maciel. AP reports that "high-ranking members continue to speak nostalgically and even reverently of Maciel — a sexual predator who molested his seminarians, fathered three children and was, in the words of Vatican-appointed investigators, ''devoid of scruples and authentic religious meaning.''
Further information:
- Pope must decide what to do with disgraced Legion (AP)
- Complete reorganization planned for Legion of Christ? (CWN, 12/10)
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THERE are four schools in Leeds which have failed to meet national GCSE targets, according to the latest league tables.
Schools are classed as being below the floor target if less than 40 per cent of pupils achieve five good GCSEs including English and maths and adequate progress is not being made.
The City of Leeds School, E-ACT Leeds East Academy, South Leeds Academy and the Co-operative Academy of Leeds are all listed by the DfE among 154 schools nationally which did not make the grade.
However grades across the city's schools have improved with 57.3 per cent achieving the GCSE benchmark compared with 55 per cent in 2012.
City of Leeds School saw just 26 per cent of pupils get five good GCSEs including English and maths. However head teacher Georgie Sale said it was unfair to compare her pupils' performance with other higher attaining schools. She added: "We have 85 per cent of pupils who have English as an additional language, 50 per cent are from Gypsy Roma backgrounds, 60 per cent have been living in the UK for four years or less. Conventional wisdom says it can take five years to be able to learn a language to a basic level."
E-ACT the academy sponsor at Leeds East where 37 per cent of pupils made the grade said: "We recognise that standards have not been good enough, but are confident that with the new leadership at the academy we will now make rapid progress. Ofsted have confirmed that the leadership has the capacity to make the improvements required."
Elsewhere Heckmondwike Grammar celebrated being ranked as the best school in the region at GCSE and A-level.
The Grammar School at Leeds was Yorkshire's top ranked school in the traditional subjects which make up the English Baccalaureate.
Jonny Mitchell, the head from the Educating Yorkshire series said having cameras in at Thornhill Community Academy had actually boosted performance despite e a drop in grades compared with 2012.


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Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by ToddTheTitan, Aug 19, 2012.
keep on posting guys..you have a long ways to go to reach the everything Young thread
I mean Kerry Collins was a drunk. Probably was loaded when he took the field.
Wow. The 1950's called and suggested you read this, for starters:
"There are many misconceptions about alcoholism. It was classified as an illness by the AMA (American Medical Association) in 1956. In 1991, it found a place in both the psychiatric and medical sections of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD); the classification used to code and classify mortality data from death certificates."
For someone who started this thread in the first place, you sure seem to have just displayed the very behavior you claim to find offensive.
Then you're flat out wrong.
You have to choose to drink alcohol. If you choose to drink alcohol too often, and become addicted to it, then you have nothing to blame but YOURSELF. YOU created the "illness" with your own poor choices. Get how it's different than a nervous twitch now? Unbelievable.
You are dismissing a DISEASE. I'm not an alcoholic, nor are any of my family or friends. However, I find it incredibly hypocritical for you to start a thread whining about a silly EMOTICON. You portray others as being "savages" and yourself as "Mr. Sensitive", and make light of a legitimate medical condition, alcoholism.
My take: You feel it's okay for you to discount some else's problems as long as it suits your agenda. Stop the drama over a silly emoticon and get over it already.
Would CJ approve of your message? Let's ask him:
I hate long threads. it all turns to quotes.
Fair enough. I've kept out of it until now because it's silly. I think I'll stay out from here on in.
Would I want it? No.
Would I understand that such things are the price you pay for the privelege of getting paid millions of dollars to play a game, and act accordingly? Yeah.
Insensitive Kerry Collins emoticons...
And this one is racist, as it clearly is making fun of Mike Vick.
And this one mocks the mentally ill...
We should make Jeff remove all the emoticons. Or we could be grown up males for Christ's sake, and grow a pair.


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Player Movements
Grayson Hart is set to become the second player to join Ealing Trailfinders from Glasgow Warriors this year when the international scrum-half signs on in time for pre-season.
Hart has won three caps for Scotland and follows the route paved by fly-half Rory Clegg who arrived from Glasgow Warriors in February.
"It is such an exciting time to be joining the Ealing Trailfinders as they are playing some excellent rugby and I want to help the club continue to grow.
"I want to contribute to the club on and off the field as best as I possibly can and keep developing as a player and a person."
The 28-year-old Hart hails from Kaitaia in New Zealand and helped their U20 side win the 2008 U20 World Championship with a 38-3 win over England in the final.
However, he qualified to play for Scotland through his maternal grandmother and won his first cap away to Canada on Scotland's 2016 summer tour. He then won a further two against Argentina and South Africa.
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter believes new signing Niko Matawalu can add some real 'X-Factor' to his backline after he today agreed a deal until the end of the season.
The Fijian international will head to Sandy Park from Aviva Premiership rivals Bath Rugby and will join up with his new team-mates once the current autumn internationals are concluded.
Equally at home either on the wing or at scrum-half, Baxter believes the 27-year-old is a great addition to the Chiefs make-up and is excited at what he can bring to the club moving forward.
"Initially Niko's joining until the end of the season," said Baxter. "Initially we want to have a good look at him and then we'll see if there is an opportunity beyond that.
"As a club we're really looking forward to bringing him here. We had a good look at him previously when he first decided to move on from Glasgow to Bath, but now the opportunity has arisen for us to sign him and it's come at the right time for us.
We're not expecting him to be 100 per cent straight away as he has had a relatively lengthy injury, but he's fully fit now, he's ready to play, and we're hoping he will get some good game time during these autumn internationals to help get him right up to speed."
The Emirates Lions / Xerox Golden Lions have made a number of media releases in the last few days relating to player movements and news.
Herewith a summary of those releases:
Glasgow Warriors player Hugh Blake is returning to New Zealand to play for Bay of Plenty Steamers in the upcoming Mitre 10 Cup.
He's joined the Steamers on loan until the end of October.
Hugh initially joined up with Glasgow on loan from Edinburgh during the 2014 / 2015 campaign but signed up permanently at Scotstoun last season.
He played a number of games for Warriors at the start of the 2015 / 2016 campaign but spent most of the season with the Scotland Sevens squad. He was part of the squad that won Scotland's first World Sevens title in London.
Prior to his move to Scotland, Hugh represented New Zealand at the Under 20 level while he has also played for Otago.
The Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd confirmed today (Tuesday) that Lodewyk (Lood) de Jager has agreed terms with them and will join the Vodacom Bulls on November 1st, 2016 on a 12-month contract.
The SA Rugby Player of the Year for 2015 is currently playing his trade in Bloemfontein, where he has played in 40 matches for the Toyota Cheetahs in the Vodacom Super Rugby tournament thus far. The 23-year old also has 20 test matches for the Springboks to his credit.
Commenting on the signing, BBC High Performance Manager, Xander Janse van Rensburg, expressed his delight with the signing.
"This is great news for us, not only because Lood is one of the best locks in the world, but also the fact that he sees the Vodacom Bulls as a team that will enhance his career and ambitions. This is a compliment to what we are trying to achieve and a massive boost to our vision to build something special again in Pretoria," Janse van Rensburg said.
Glasgow Warriors have signed second-row Tjiuee Uanivi from South African Super Rugby franchise, the Sharks, subject to a visa and medical.
Uanivi, who recently had a short loan spell at the Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth, has penned a contract at Scotstoun until at least May 2017.
The 6ft 7in Namibia international, who has 14 caps for his country, joined the Sharks in January following a number of impressive displays at last year's Rugby World Cup.
He scored his first try for his country against Romania in the World Rugby Nations Cup earlier this month.
Prior to joining the Sharks, the 25-year-old played 10 times for Brive in the Top 14 and European Rugby Challenge Cup.
The versatile Uanivi, who can also play across the back-row, is due to arrive in Glasgow next month.
He is the latest player to join the Warriors ahead of the 2016/17 season, with winger Leonardo Sarto, hooker Corey Flynn and scrum-half Nemia Kenatale, joining fly-half Rory Clegg and props Djustice Sears-Duru and Jarrod Firth at Scotstoun for the new campaign.
Glasgow Warriors have announced a group of players who will leave the club in the summer.
Prop Jerry Yanuyanutawa, looseforward Tyrone Holmes and hooker Kevin Bryce are among the departures.
Fijian international Yanuyanutawa joined the club from London Irish in 2013 and has gone on to make 46 appearances for the Scotstoun-based side.
South Africa-born Holmes joined the Warriors in 2013 and has made 34 appearances for the club over the last 3 seasons and was capped by Scotland against South Africa in 2014.
27-year-old Bryce has made 12 appearances for the Warriors since joining the club in 2013 and has gone on to represent Scotland on 2 occasions.
Loose forwards Will Bordill and Jason Hill, hookers Shalva Mamukashvili and Fergus Scott, flyhalf Gregor Hunter and prop Javan Sebastian will also be leaving the club.
In the last few days the news has broken of the imminent departure of 2 big players from Glasgow Warriors. Glasgow Warriors centurion James Eddie has announced he has retired from rugby with immediate effect and Fijian lock Leone Nakarawa will be released from his Glasgow Warriors contract at the end of the season to move to a club in France.
Southern Kings head coach Deon Davids included the returning Edgar Marutlulle and Sti Sithole in his 25-man touring squad for their trip to Argentina this weekend to face the Jaguares.
The presence of the front row duo is a welcome boost to team after both missed out on the match against the Emirates Lions last week due to injury.
Stefan Willemse, who has played at both lock and flank, is also part of the touring squad, along with No 8 Aidon Davis.
Davids also announced that backline players Elgar Watts and Jaco van Tonder would be part of the touring squad.
"At fullback we have Jaco van Tonder, we know he can play at No 15 and hasn't had a chance to start there yet this year, and Leighton Eksteen, who can come in as a backup," said Davids.
"We felt that, at this point of time, we want to give Jaco a chance and see how he is doing."
Newport Gwent Dragons produced a stunning upset when they crossed the River Severn to beat Aviva Premiership Gloucester at Kingsholm in the European Challenge Cup.
But that 23 / 21 quarterfinal triumph would pale if they were to beat star-studded Montpellier at the Altrad Stadium in the south of France on Saturday evening.
So what are their chances of reaching the final of Europe's 2nd-tier tournament? Rugby Correspondent Andy Howell assesses the head-to-head contests and marks each opposing player in the respective starting line-ups out of 10 with the Montpellier players mentioned first.
Glasgow Warriors scrumhalf Mike Blair has retired from playing with immediate effect and will take up a new coaching role at the club next season.
The 35-year-old will remain with Scottish Rugby as an assistant coach at the Warriors.
Blair joined Glasgow this season and has made 12 appearances for the club and was voted Player of the Month in October.
The 85-capped former Scotland international has had an illustrious career, representing Edinburgh Rugby, Brive, Newcastle Falcons and the Warriors.
Blair enjoyed 10 years with Edinburgh Rugby, playing his first professional game in 2001. Highlights included being runners up in the Magners League in 2009 and reaching the semifinals of the European Cup in 2012.
Scotland's most capped scrumhalf captained his country on 14 occasions before retiring from international rugby at the start of 2013, aged 31.
He was named Scotland's Player of the Year in 2008 and was nominated for the IRB World Player of the Year that same season. He toured South Africa with the British and Irish Lions in 2009.
Springbok scrumhalf Fourie du Preez called time on his illustrious rugby career today (Thursday).
The 34-year-old Du Preez represented South Africa in 76 Tests between 2004 and 2015, captaining the Springboks in 4 Tests at the World Cup in England last year. He also won 164 caps for the Bulls and Blue Bulls from 2001 to 2011, and played 55 times for Suntory Sungoliath in Japan.
Du Preez played his last match in the green and gold in last year's World Cup semifinal against New Zealand, where he picked up an injury which ruled him out of the 3rd-place play-off. He has subsequently finished his career with Suntory.
"Fourie du Preez will go down in the annals of South African rugby as one of the most decorated players ever," said SA Rugby President Oregan Hoskins.
This feels like a semifinal age in the tempestuous domain of European rugby.
The financial behemoths prowling the leagues of England and France are on a seemingly inexorable rise, hoovering up the galacticos of the southern hemisphere.
Theirs is a monetary clout Scottish rugby cannot hope to match.
From Edinburgh, Dave Denton has gone to Bath, Greig Tonks to London Irish. Captain Mike Coman will follow, so too Matt Scott to Gloucester at the season's end. There may be others.
Along the M8, speculation continues to heighten on the future of Fijian sensation Leone Nakarawa – reportedly heading for Racing 92 with a year left on his contract – and Taqele Naiyaravoro, the monstrous winger, returning to the Waratahs of Australia.
A shrewd acquisition
Amidst this leakage of talent, though, the Warriors have, rather shrewdly, recruited an ex-Crusaders hooker, a 4-time Super Rugby champion, 15-Test All Black and Rugby World Cup winner.
Corey Flynn joins Gregor Townsend's squad on a 2-year deal this summer following a sojourn at Toulouse, one of the most storied and wealthy of the French heavyweights.
There has been a mix of good and bad news for Glasgow Warriors on the player retention front this week. The bad news is that Taqele Naiyarovoro will be evoking an exit clause and leaving at the end of this season, 1 third of the way through his original contract. The good news is that promising young scrumhalf Ali Price as well as loosehead prop Alex Allan and tighthead prop Sila Puafisi have extended their contracts in varying amounts.
The loss of Naiyarovoro is no surprise as the speculation of this happening has been rife all season, in fact from even before he arrived in Glasgow. The detail on the actual timing of his departure is a little sketchy as it has been reported that he will leave at the end of Glasgow's season but at the same time that he will join the Waratahs for Super Rugby 2016, but this starts before the end of Glasgow's season. Apparently he is on quite a lucrative package and his departure will at least free up some funds for other players to either be retained or recruited by the club.
Naiyarovoro arguably played his best match for Glasgow Warriors thus far at home against Scarlets in the European Rugby Champions Cup. He was at his powerful best and steamrollered his way to a hat trick of tries in this match. Hopefully, he can make a big contribution to the Warriors cause for the rest of the season before he departs.
As speculated here on rugby-talk a few weeks ago the former Bulls player JJ Engelbrecht is set to make his debut for Ospreys on Sunday 31 January against Glasgow Warriors. Engelbrecht has been named as player No 23 in the Ospreys match day squad for the hosts in their PRO12 match.
It remains to be seen where the Ospreys will be utilizing his talents for the rest of the season and clarity on this may only be gained once he is listed in any of their starting line ups. The pacey winger who has spent the bulk of the last few seasons playing at outside centre will at least be sleeping more peacefully for the next few nights than he would have been had he been listed as centre in the starting line up. This ensures that he will be required for less time or may completely avoid having to help the midfield defend against the mammoth Fijian Australian winger Taqele Naiyaravoro who is due to don the No 13 jumper for the reigning champions.
Naiyaravoro has been brought in from the wing with various regular centres unavailable for the match. Alex Dunbar and Richie Vernon have been ruled out due to injury, while Peter Horne and Mark Bennett are with the Scotland squad ahead of the 6 Nations and just last weekend Bennett was ruled out of playing for the Warriors in their European Champions Cup encounter against Racing 92 due to injury. Loose forward Hugh Blake has helped out at centre earlier this season as well, but he is away with the Scotland 7s team in Wellington New Zealand.
The Ospreys picked another big Fijian, Josh Matavesi, as inside centre possibly with a view to try and keep Naiyaravoro in check. At 1.88m tall and weighing 112kg Matavesi will take some stopping as well and the fans can look forward to some big collisions.
The Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd on Thursday confirmed the release of JJ Engelbrecht to the Ospreys in Wales.
Engelbrecht, who played 65 times in the Vodacom Bulls jersey since joining the team in 2012, was due to link up with his Pretoria team mates upon returning from Japan, where he is playing for Toyota Industries Shuttles.
The Ospreys offer resulted in a release request by Engelbrecht, which has been granted by the BBC with immediate effect.
According to the BBC High Performance Manager, Xander Janse van Rensburg, the decision to release Engelbrecht was based on the depth they have in the midfield, where the likes of Jesse Kriel, Dan Kriel, Burger Odendaal, Jan Serfontein and Dries Swanepoel will be contesting starting spots.
Edinburgh head coach Alan Solomons insists the fact Cornell du Preez is prepared to play through the pain barrier shows how special a player he is.
The loose forward is in line for his 50th appearance for the Scottish side when he runs out against Benetton Treviso in the Guinness PRO12 tonight (Friday night).
The South African-born forward joined the club ahead of the 2013 / 2014 season and has racked up 37 league appearances since.
He missed most of last season, however, due to an ankle injury but has appeared in all of Edinburgh's Guinness PRO12 games this campaign, helping the club to 4th in the table.
However, Solomons admitted his player is still overcoming the after effects of that injury.
"Cornell has made a massive contribution to Edinburgh," he said.
"There are not many people who would have had the ankle injury he has had and come back to play like he has.
"He is going to play in pain for a while. He trains and plays and has a bit of pain there, obviously. It is the kind of injury that will take 18 months to clear up. He is a class rugby player."
Saracens are delighted to announce the signing of South African international flanker Schalk Burger for the 2016 / 2017 season.
The world class Springbok loose forward will link-up with the reigning Aviva Premiership champions for the 2016 / 2017 season after signing a 2-year deal with the Allianz Park club.
Renowned as 1 of world rugby's finest loose forwards, Burger has captained South Africa during his stellar 12-year international career and is a former IRB World Player of the year. He has won 86 caps for the Springboks and holds the record for the most tries (14) for a loose forward for his country.
Burger will link up with Saracens after a spell with Japanese club Suntory Sungoliath and Super Rugby's Stormers.
Experienced Edinburgh flanker Roddy Grant has been forced to retire after failing to recover from a knee injury suffered at the end of last season.
The 28-year-old played 138 times for the club and represented Scotland Sevens between 2006 and 2014, including last year's Commonwealth Games.
"A difficult time has been made easier as it's not been a decision," said Grant.
"You just have to get on with it, accept things and move on."
Grant joined Edinburgh in 2009 after beginning his Scottish rugby career as an apprentice with Border Reivers.
A recipient of the John Macphail Scholarship in 2008, he broadened his experience playing with Auckland University in New Zealand, having played through Scotland's age grades, and went on to be part of the Scotland A team that secured a 35 / 0 victory over England Saxons in 2012.
"It's been a pretty emotional time, having to come to terms with the fact I have to stop playing due to injury but I have no regrets," added Grant.
"I'm really proud of what I've done, what I've achieved and what I've contributed."
Head coach Alan Solomons said: "Roddy's retirement is a sad day for both the club and Scottish rugby.
"I've been fortunate, over the years, to coach some terrific young men; Roddy is right up there with the best of the best. His contribution to the club has been immense, both on and off the field. He is a leader of men and the ultimate pro.
"He has the heart of a lion, an unbelievable work-rate and he knew our systems and his role within them to perfection. Roddy never had a bad game. He is certainly one of the most consistent players I have ever coached.
"We will miss him – he is one of a kind."
Vodacom Bulls prop Morné Mellett has retired from rugby with immediate effect due to medical advice.
The prop suffered vertebral artery dissection in July and was ruled out of rugby for the remainder of the year. Recent medical advice suggested that the 26-year old player calls it a day.
"It is sad to end my career like this, but I have no regrets," Mellett said on Thursday. "I had a good career with an unbelievable group of guys and was part of the best union in the world since I left school. We have achieved so much together and although I would have wanted to go on and play test rugby in the future, my health and family remains most important. I would like to take this opportunity to specifically thank my wife, Claudine, for her unconditional love and support throughout my career and especially now, as well as my brother Leon." he said.
Mellett represented the Valke at Craven Week in 2006 and 2007 and started playing for the Vodacom Blue Bulls Under 19's in 2007 already.
He represented the Vodacom Bulls in 37 matches in the Vodacom Super Rugby competition and 10 times in the ABSA Currie Cup. He also played for UP-Tuks in the Varsity Cup and represented the Junior Springboks at the 2009 Junior World Championship.
New Zealand's Super Rugby franchise the Crusaders have confirmed that Fijian Rugby World Cup winger Nemani Nadolo will not be extending his contract with the Christchurch team next season.
Nadolo has agreed to play his rugby in France for French club Montpellier after the 2016 Super Rugby season.
Fijian winger Nadolo was raised in Brisbane Australia and has had playing stints in the UK, France, Australia and Japan but his career only really took off when he joined the Crusaders.
Nadolo is now 1 of the hottest wingers in World Rugby but it was not long ago that he was with the Waratahs and was unable to make the match day team.
The winger left Sydney and played for Bourgoin between 2010 and 2011 before joining Japan's NEC Green Rocket where he was brought to the attention of Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder.
South African hooker Craig Burden has joined Stade Francais as an injury replacement, the Paris club said on Friday.
The 30-year-old from Durban spent 2 seasons at Toulon before a short spell with Montpellier this year.
All the Lions' Currie Cup heroes except for Kwagga Smith, who is contracted for National Sevens duty, have been retained for Super Rugby while 9 other stalwarts have strengthened the squad.
Flanker Derick Minnie returns after a long injury lay-off and winger Ruan Combrink and centre Harold Vorster have also been added to the Super Rugby group after missing some Currie Cup action due to injury.
Springbok flyhalf Elton Jantjies, centre Lionel Mapoe and hooker Akker van der Merwe, as well as Warrick Tecklenburg will return from overseas duty.
The new squad members are former Steval Pumas scrumhalf Faf de Klerk, Leopards No 9 Dillon Smit, Leopards lock Robert Kruger and Pumas prop Corné Fourie, who are all full-blooded Lions now.
Scrumhalf Faf de Klerk has signed a contract with the Golden Lions Rugby Union (GLRU) which will see him based permanently in Johannesburg. De Klerk, 24, was a shining light for the Emirates Lions during this year's Super Rugby competition but because he was still contracted to the Steval Pumas, he had to return to Nelspruit for the Currie Cup season. However, the GLRU on Wednesday confirmed that the scrumhalf has signed a deal which means he will also be available for Currie Cup duty.
Steval Pumas fullback JW Bell is the only new face who hasn't donned the Lions jersey yet.
Richie McCaw has confirmed he is hanging up his boots and retiring from professional rugby.
The 34-year-old All Blacks captain and most capped All Black of all time has drawn the curtain on his stunning international career which started in Dublin 14 years ago, almost to the day, and ended in London last month when he hoisted the Webb Ellis Cup aloft for the 2nd time.
McCaw announced his decision at a media conference at the New Zealand Rugby offices in Wellington on Thursday.
"I'm hanging up my boots having accomplished everything I could have ever dreamed about in the game. Knowing that I was able to end my career by helping the All Blacks win the Rugby World Cup Final is a hugely satisfying feeling," he said.
The Cell C Sharks are set to announce their pre-season Super Rugby squad on Thursday – and the name Ruan Botha will appear on that list.
The 23-year-old Stormers lock is set for a move to Durban, while Springbok Pieter-Steph du Toit has moved from the Sharks to Newlands.
A Sharks spokesperson on Wednesday said that the deal between the union and Botha could not yet be officially confirmed due to a contract that still had to be signed.
However, the indication was that all of the paperwork would be wrapped up by Thursday.
Australian James Hilterbrand, a hooker currently playing for Edinburgh in European competitions, headlines a list of 9 new signings by the Southern Kings.
This was announced on Monday, a day that another 2 players – wing Luther Obi and utility back Sylvian Mahuza – have given notice of their intent to leave the Kings, the Port Elizabeth-based franchised announced the list of new recruits.
Apart from Hilterbrand, who played 2 games for the Western Force in 2013 and 14 games for Edinburgh since joining them for the 2013 / 2014 season, they have signed a number of high-profile players.
These include duo Jurgen Visser and Louis Fouché (Vodacom Bulls), Caylib Oosthuizen (Toyota Cheetahs), SP Marais (Cell C Sharks), Stefan Watermeyer and JC Roos (Steval Pumas), Mark Richards (Emirates Lions) and Carel Greeff (ORC Griquas).
Amongst the Super Rugby news this week is the announcement that Tanerau Latimer will return to Super Rugby and join up with the Blues.
Lima Sopoaga has also extended his stay at the Highlanders.
Meanwhile the Brumbies will lose Matt Toomua to Leicester Tigers when the European season of 2016 / 2017 starts after Super Rugby of 2016, but therefore he will still be available for the Brumbies in 2016. The Brumbies have also signed hooker Robbie Abel with the Brumbies' Extended Playing Squad for 2016.
Double Rugby World Cup-winning captain Richie McCaw is expected to confirm his decision to retire from rugby this week, New Zealand media reported on Sunday.
McCaw, who turns 35 on 31 December, led the All Blacks to their 3rd Rugby World Cup triumph 2 weeks ago when his side beat trans-Tasman rivals Australia 34 / 17 in the final at a packed Twickenham stadium in London.
The All Blacks were the 1st team to retain the trophy, after the openside flanker led the team to victory in 2011 while playing with a broken foot.
McCaw had done little to dampen expectations that he would retire after this year's Rugby World Cup, though never explicitly said he would, preferring to state he would not make up his mind until the global showpiece ended.
He was not named last month in the Canterbury Super Rugby squad for 2016 though New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and the Crusaders said there was space for him if he chose to play on.
The Vodacom Bulls have capitalised on the growing uncertainty surrounding the EP Kings as they signed impressive prop Lizo Gqoboka for the next few years to bolster their Super Rugby squad.
Gqoboka gave notice at the Kings after repeated non-payment of salaries at the franchise, and the Bulls swooped in to offer him a new home for the foreseeable future.
And there may well be more news in the next 48 hours as the Bulls are still after the signatures of 3 other EP Kings players – loose forwards Tim Agaba and Thembelani Bholi and winger Luther Obi. Some big decisions will be made as to their futures soon.
Gqoboka has been rated as 1 of the strongest props by the Springbok management team, who tried in vain to get him to play Super Rugby this year, after he was ignored by the franchises for the 2015 season.
But with SARU's transformation action plan likely to be implemented much more stringently in the future, the Bulls have been pro-active in searching for good black talent to bolster their Super Rugby ranks for the coming year.
The Eastern Province Rugby Union is working tirelessly behind the scenes to address the issue of non-payment of players.
The union on Thursday confirmed that neither of the Kings' staff nor players have yet been paid their October salaries.
"The Eastern Province Rugby Union has noted that there have been a number of issues raised in the media over the past few days, and acknowledge and apologise for our lack of proper communication on these issues," the union said via a press statement released late on Thursday.
The non-payment of players is due to cash flow problems, the union admitted.
"These cash flow problems can be attributed to significant delays in the release of funds from a sponsorship deal that was originally announced by EP Rugby President, Cheeky Watson.
The Brumbies have announced Argentine scrumhalf Tomás Cubelli will be joining the Canberra-based Super Rugby team on a 2-year deal.
Cubelli is a member of the Argentine national team and has been a standout player for Los Pumas this year including a number of strong performances in the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Cubelli has 45 Test caps, the most recent being the 3rd-place playoff at the Rugby World Cup against South Africa, in which he started at scrumhalf for Los Pumas.
Brumbies CEO Michael Jones said Cubelli was presented a number of options after a very successful international season, including the new Argentinian Super Rugby side which will boast 21 of their Rugby World Cup semifinal squad, and was very happy to have secured the international star.
New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew says Rugby World Cup-winning captain Richie McCaw will make an announcement on his playing future "shortly".
McCaw, who led New Zealand to victory at the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cups, indicated he would likely retire after this year's tournament in England but is yet to make a definitive announcement.
His comments immediately after the All Blacks' Cup final win over Australia suggested the 148-Test veteran might be considering continuing his international career.
Centre Tim Whitehead has become the 1st player to walk out on the EP Kings after the union's failure to compensate players.
The 10-day deadline for paying the players' October salaries expired at midnight on Tuesday without any action from the Kings' management.
This means that from a legal perspective, the players can cancel existing contracts with the Eastern Province Rugby Union and take up matters elsewhere.
Whitehead on Thursday confirmed that he has decided to leave the Kings.
Perth based Super Rugby franchise the Western Force have signed Queensland Country lock Richie Arnold adding size to their forward pack for 2016.
Arnold's identical twin, lock Rory Arnold is at the Brumbies.
Richie stands at a towering 2,08m and weighs 127Kg – 7Kg heavier than his brother.
The 25-year-old would rank as the equal 2nd tallest player in Super Rugby history, alongside his brother and former Stormers lock, Andries Bekker, and only behind Lions lock JP du Preez (2,09m) – will join the Force as part of the club's Wider Training Squad, as he looks to push for his Super Rugby debut in 2016.
Springbok flyhalf Morné Steyn has extended his contract with French Top 14 club Stade Francais by a further 2 years.
The 31-year-old joined the Paris-based club from the Vodacom Bulls in 2013 and now looks set to finish his career in France.
Steyn was part of the Springbok squad at the recent Rugby World Cup, but received limited game time, with Handré Pollard and Pat Lambie ahead of him in the flyhalf pecking order.
Steyn, who made his Springbok debut in 2009, has 60 Test caps to his name.


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12:47:19 AM Jan 1st 2014
I don't want to learn the syntax of editing, but I can add a part to the "Fake Difficulty" trope. In the guitar parts in "Green Day: Rock Band", songs, such as "She", are too easy to begin with so they add 2-3 rapid notes before returning to the note that they actually play.
06:45:44 PM Oct 20th 2012
The trope Boss Dissonance is being split up into Easy Levels, Hard Bosses and Hard Levels, Easy Bosses; the Rock Band example just pointed to Anticlimax Boss on the YMMV page, which is not the way to write an example of either. I couldn't make head or tail of what trope, if any, the sub-bullets that followed were supposed to represent:
- Rock Band Network 1 songs got the short end of the stick with the bulk of their songs undertiered in Rock Band 3. The problem is that the community is only trusted to set the difficulty to one of seven Rock Band 2 tiers (giving the chart the lowest difficulty rank that puts in that tier - which also causes issues when the "easiest Impossible RBN song" makes Satch Boogie seem easy.). Rock Band 3 raised the instrument cutoffs at the higher tiers, so even the highest rank that can be allotted to RBN songs doesn't qualify as Impossible. The strum-limit-breaking Baptized By Fire? "easier than Walk Of Life"
- RBN 2 tracks will use the updated RB3 tier cutoffs. The reason for this is that the values that are set for tiering, and for sorting within those tiers, are actually ranging between around 100 and around 700. The cutoffs for each game are set to put an equal number of songs in each tier, and it just so happens that the difficulty numbers that were set to put them at the bottom of each tier in RB2 put them in the previous tier in RB3.
03:43:38 AM Jan 17th 2011
I'm not that certain that the Wesley section is actually accurate, surely they need to be things that nobody wants, which is blatantly untrue when it comes to alternative music. Also, Pearl Jam don't have a good selection? They have 2 of their greatest albums, whats not to like?
12:14:27 AM Jan 18th 2011
I'd think Wesleys are a form of YMMV anyway. While I don't like Backspacer, I love Ten and its bonus pack, and each pack/album took up a week's worth of DLC at most (the Ten bonus pack, for example, was publically released alongside Warped Tour 2009 and Maroon 5 01; the mini-Nirvana pack with SLTS was released alongside Night Ranger 01).
01:32:39 AM Jan 19th 2011
How can something be called subjective when the numbers objectively state that a certain set of artists in a certain genre have near-unnatural presence on the game? (though by this point Jimi Hendrix has them beat, but that's beside the point). Is it even arguable that a band who receives an album, three packs and three spots on-disc isn't over-represented? The Wesley receives the subjective label because screen-time and plot importance are harder to meaningfully articulate than hard numbers. Dave Grohl's status as a Rock Band Wesley is so heavily acknowledged that it's reached Ascended Meme status. And I think an average PJ fan would prefer Betterman, Do The Evolution or Daughter over non-singles and deeper cuts. From a marketing standpoint, albums are always a poor representation of an artist's body of work, short of the entire discography. More people on average want greatest hits packs, not albums. I shouldn't even have to say that.
07:18:03 AM Jan 19th 2011
So we move it from The Wesley somewhere else. The fact that Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam (and now Jimi Hendrix, I guess) have three billion tracks are not disputed; it's the fact that they're being branded as The Wesley that is. First of all, Dave Grohl bands (Nirvana and Foo Fighters) have only had two weeks in which they were the only DLC released (TCatS and most of Nevermind, aka Nirvana 01; it would be three if it weren't for "Fake Friends" being released alongside the Bleach trifecta and Foo 03), so you can't argue that—on a weekly basis, if not on a quantity basis—they take up too much of the RB output). Likewise with Pearl Jam (both albums) and Hendrix (both albums). Altogether six, arguably seven, weeks have been dedicated exclusively to those three groups out of three years and change, of which one of those "groups" is actually two groups with one band member in common. And if you're doing this by the sheer number of tracks released versus how often they hogged the spotlight over other bands, then Green Day has more tracks than any of these artists, by virtue of having their game export to the main platform, and yet they're not listed as a Wesley. Not to mention, they're reasonably popular, whereas The Wesley isn't—conceptually, The Wesley is "the fans hate him, the authors like him." Sure, a lot of those songs aren't all-out favorites—as stated, I don't care for Backspacer, and I do believe a best-of consisting of hits from Versus and Vitalogy would be PJ's next best move—but all you have to do to get away from them is not download them and wait for next week (or, for those weeks in which they're not the only artists released, check out what else is available that week). Dave Grohl's memetic status as being The Rock Band Artist is because he's done so much stuff with so many artists, not because Rock Band is all Foo Fighters and Nirvana (which doesn't even have one album out as of yet). Counting off the bands he's worked with to some degree that happen to be in Rock Band, you have—in addition to the two aforementioned projects—The D, Garbage, NIN, Queens of the Stone Age, and Them Crooked Vultures. That's seven bands. As I said, I'm not arguing that Foo/Nirvana and PJ don't have a lot of tracks in the game. I'm arguing that they're not Wesleys.
12:30:45 PM Jan 19th 2011
I feel like this has a chance to go in circles. In the world of Rock Band DLC, 6 weeks is a long time; most can barely receive one. Besides, what does the time an artist takes up have to do with this? Weekly downloads is a set amount, it plays no part in this (because as you said, people can just wait for next week). Quantity is the sensitive subject here: overall 2000 songs is amazing for a game but terribly small for a music platform. Most sensible fans want to see new artists appear. Indeed, to the casual Rock Band player 12 or even 6 songs should be the limit an artist can appear. Naturally when they instead see a stream of repeated artists, knowing the limit of roughly 3-14 songs per week, they can get a bit bothered. Green Day hardly counts for this sort of thing; a standalone product takes up no space in the store to release cycle, it takes up space at retail (which probably explains why you don't see many players online with AC/DC songs). It's not about musical tastes; something you don't care for becomes the devil incarnate if it starts taking up space where you'd rather find the debut of an unseen artist (especially given the absence of major bands like The Eagles and Coldplay). And don't try to say that PJ is beloved by the vast majority; they've sold 60 million, which in terms of major groups isn't that big (Green Day has them beat with 65 mil). I think I can say with confidence that the vast majority hates seeing so much of them same artist (which as the trope entry brings up, some alternative fans are fine with but their numbers simply don't compare), because the sense of entitlement inherent in that is more pervasive than you'd think (just go to the RB forums). If you didn't notice, I'm playing devil's advocate here; this is a phenomenon that exists within the Rock Band community. The marketing bias is there and the fans have shown their hostility towards it.
03:40:23 PM Jan 19th 2011
While I understand your point (if you take part of the official Rock Band forums, you'll see that I'm a reasonably active member, particularly in the main forum, so believe me I know all about the entitled whining), I'd still argue that for all the people that vocally moan about "another Foo Fighters week," there are just as many or more people who are straight out not going to download, let's say, Hautewerk. Really, sometimes the only reason I think people are annoyed at Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam is that they don't have the air of "classic rock" around them the way The Who or Jimi Hendrix (groups or artists who have generations of followers; something neither of the 90's grunge scene and their descendants have made it to) do, and they're not Muse. I honestly still don't believe that artists can be listed as The Wesley. Author Appeal, maybe. Spotlight-Stealing Squad, also a possibility. The Wesley, I don't think so.
03:27:54 AM Jan 20th 2011
If you find it that offensive then it can be changed. I don't care what the actual trope is, I just want the idea preserved. And to be honest, I don't think that any of your suggestions serve as a better substitute. They would all be a step down in terms of aptness.
06:45:55 AM Jan 20th 2011
Used Spotlight-Stealing Squad, and I figured I'd add the Classic Rock glut from the RB 3 launch period to date as an additional example (since, upon re-reading, The Wesley entry was actually about alternative music in general, although it highlighted Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters as particularly egregious offenders, meaning this debate was not only circular, but besides the point).
03:35:20 PM Dec 19th 2010
I was tempted to just undo half of Gamer Am I's edit (since the requirement for the achievement is for the goal of the same name - Endless Setlist III - to be completed, and that one points to a built-in non-modifiable setlist titled Endless Setlist III), but really, the part being edited applies to at least 3 incarnations of Endless Setlist (dunno about Lego Rock Band, don't have it), since they're all ordered by band difficulty. As verification, look at any goal that requires multiple specific songs (and more of one of which is incomplete). Outside of very few specific cases (The Hall Of Fame Induction setlists, for instance), every one will say "SETLIST (X SONGS)" in the red banner. The Hall of Fame Induction setlists (which are ONLY accessible via the goals screen) will say "HALL OF FAME INDUCTION SETLIST 8 SONGS" and the Endless Setlist III's relevant setlist reads "THE ENDLESS SETLIST III 83 SONGS" (note the lack of parentheses on both of those), while a non-saved setlist uses parentheses. additionally, The Endless Setlist III is marked "Built-In" and is attributed to Harmonix. if another setlist with all 83 on-disc songs is used, even if it is identical in every way except creator and setlist type, it will not qualify for the goal (and thus, achievement)
10:03:18 AM Nov 22nd 2010
edited by Xaris
edited by Xaris
OK, seriously, people. The bass and keyboard for Antibodies are rated at the highest tier. It doesn't matter if certain songs were rated in a non-highest tier now despite being highest tier in Rock Band 1 or vice versa because in every other fucking game they are rated in a different way. If a song is rated that high, it CAN'T be undertiered. Stop adding those parts as a Boss In Mooks Clothing example. Further, it doesn't matter where you think it would be rated on Rock Band 1 because you can't play the damn song on Rock Band 1 to know for sure.
01:18:14 PM Nov 22nd 2010
"Further, it doesn't matter where you think it would be rated on Rock Band 1 because you can't play the damn song on Rock Band 1 to know for sure." Actually, to that extent (due to knowledge of the file format that Harmonix themselves published), we can say with absolute certainty that anything that is impossible-tier in Rock Band 2 or 3 would be Impossible-Tier in Rock Band 1. Unfortunately, the inverse is NOT true (Constant Motion WAS impossible-tier on Guitar-Expert in rock band 1, it is now just short of impossible-tier in rock band 2 and 3 - even Afterlife ended up getting dropped a category when the difficulty tier cutoffs changed from Rock Band 1 to Rock Band 2) Also, you forget another technical point about the difficulty values on the charts which is also in the published file format: they go well over 100. Each chart (Pro Drums notwithstanding due to implementation) carries with it a difficulty value in addition to an overall "band" difficulty completely separate from the chart difficulties. Sorting by difficulty sorts the songs in ascending order of the difficulty value of the chart (in multiplayer, the overall band difficulty is used instead of a chart difficulty). Antibodies's bass chart being as close to the impossible-tier cutoff as it is IS indeed underrating the difficulty.
10:30:17 PM Nov 22nd 2010
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edited by Xaris
And? Its still in the highest tier for keyboards and bass. It doesn't matter how it compares to songs in the same toer, nor does it matter how many tiers there were in Rock Band 1. I don't care what technical stuff is behind it, a song CAN'T be undertiered if it's in the highest tier. However, I think the way the entry is now works. It doesn't declare that the bass is undertiered because its not, but rather that the full band is undertiered, which I agree with.
12:14:26 PM Nov 23rd 2010
edited by kitsunezeta
edited by kitsunezeta
Train Kept A Rollin' is impossible-tier on Guitar in Rock Band 1. Constant Motion on Guitar is rated harder than Train Kept A Rollin'. Constant Motion was released before Rock Band 2 (Constant Motion was released in August 2008. Rock Band 2 was released in September 2008). By your logic, Constant Motion should not be on the list since it's in the highest tier on the only Rock Band game that was available at the time of its release. Additionally, Tiers are not set in stone. Rock Band 4 (if one is made) could up the Impossible cutoff -again-, causing the bass chart for Antibodies to become ranked at Nightmare instead of Impossible, which would make the bass chart qualify under your (arbitrary) conditions.
02:33:50 PM Dec 6th 2010
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edited by kitsunezeta
I would like to add another follow-up to this and also present some known numbers which illustrate why Antibodies IS considered undertiered on Bass: First off, the Impossible-Tier cutoffs appear to have been increased from Rock Band 2 to Rock Band 3, which means that if a "7" was Impossible-Tier in Rock Band 2 and an "8" was the (nonexistent) next tier up, 7.175 (Painkiller on bass, by the way) would be the bare minimum needed to classify as Impossible-Tier on Bass. Run to the Hills (DLC) is a 7.250 on Bass, and it is rated above In a Big Country (which is difficult, but more than passable) and Antibodies, which means that both of those are rated between this 7.250 and Painkiller's 7.175. Souls of Black, which did make the RB 2 export set, is rated at 7.640 on Bass. And in case you're wondering where all the data is coming from, try this list of every non-Rock Band Network song on the Rock Band platform that was rated Impossible-Tier on Bass in Rock Band 2.
12:16:18 AM Sep 5th 2010
Okay, re: Biggest Show Ever being impossible in Full-Band: Here's my numbers for Green Grass And High Tides: For Guitar by itself, the target score is 268,114 points, coming out to an average multiplier of approximately 3.50 (not counting bonuses from solos) For Guitar and Drums (using an estimated note count of 3806 for Drums), the target score becomes 677,768 points, average multiplier approximately 3.95 (again, no solo bonuses counted) For all instruments (2124 notes on Bass), the target score becomes 1,208,189 points, and the required average multiplier becomes approximately 5.37. Unless my math is horribly horribly wrong (which has happened before), the best you can hope for without overdrive is a 4.5 (more accurately, a 4.47). Now, when I say "average multiplier", I mean the average multiplier for each note hit, regardless of which instrument it is on, which is why the 4.47 is (on paper, at least) possible - the Bassist can obtain a 6x multiplier. However, the bassist only has 23.6% of the notes. While these average multipliers don't factor in overdrive usage, the context that these calculations are done says that overdrive is nonexistent. Based off of this, I'd be hard-pressed to find a song that is possible to get 5 stars with all instruments on Expert with overdrive stripped as it is in the Biggest Show Ever challenge, and it might even be impossible in itself if Ace Of Spades (the encore added by the challenge) is impossible under these conditions (which is what I'm going to look at next.)
01:43:52 AM May 1st 2010
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I've compiled a list of all the genres represented:
- Alternative
- Blues
- Classic Rock
- Emo
- Glam
- Grunge
- Indie
- Jazz
- Metal
- New Wave
- Novelty
- Nu-Metal
- Other
- Pop
- Progressive
- Punk
- Rock
- Southern Rock
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the central part or axle end from which blades or spokelike parts radiate on various devices, as on a fan or propeller.
a center around which other things revolve or from which they radiate; a focus of activity, authority, commerce, transportation, etc.:
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the Hub, Boston, Mass. (used as a nickname).
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"solid center of a wheel," 1640s, perhaps from hubbe, originally "lump," the source of hob of a fireplace and hobnail, as in boots. A wheelwright's word, not generally known or used until c.1828; it reached wider currency in connection with bicycles. Meaning "center of interest or activity or importance" first recorded 1858 in writings of Oliver W. Holmes, and originally especially of Boston.
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How do you teleport to another player's home in minecraft multiplayer?
I want to play minecraft multiplayer with my friend, but i started earlier and have a home already, and i need my friend to be teleported to my home so that we could work together. Any ideas? By the way, i do not own the server.
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If you're an Op:
type – /tp [your name] [Friend's name]
If that fails then press F3 and in the top left hand corner are co-ordinates so you can just walk to each other.
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In an industry notorious for "talent turnover," Debby Knox is an anomaly – she's been anchoring newscasts at WISH-TV in Indianapolis for 33 years. Knox has announced she's ending that career at the end of next month when she retires from broadcast journalism.
- Debby Knox with Mike Ahern (second from left) and the rest of the WISH team, circa 1980
A Michigan native, Knox came to Indy after stints in Elkhart and South Bend in 1980, initially helming the noon report before WISH handed her duties on the station's evening newscasts. She eventually became the second-longest tenured anchor in Central Indiana; the record for staying power belongs to her former co-anchor, Mike Ahern.
Her last broadcast is slated for Nov. 26. Knox spoke with NUVO about her career with WISH.
NUVO: Thirty-three years – that's a feat not just in broadcasting, but in any gig in modern America. How did you do this in television of all things?
Debby Knox: Oh, jeez. I wish I knew. A lot of it is going into it knowing that you're going to have to work pretty damn hard and just never saying no to an assignment early on. Doing radio, which is where I started up in Ann Arbor, you work six days a week or whatever you gotta do. You work your tail off and then they know that and you become basically so valuable they don't want to get rid of you.
Early on I could edit film ... and I produced a newscast. I produced some of the news when I came down to WISH years and years ago. You learn everything you can and make yourself valuable.
NUVO: We take it for granted that there are women behind the anchor desk now. I suspect that was not quite the case when you started at WISH, was it?
Knox: No – you know the woman who was there before me was, of course, Jane Pauley. It was an incredible story ... Jane bouncing from IU to Indy to Chicago to New York for The Today Show ... it was like, "Gosh, maybe everybody does that!" Then you learn quickly that ain't so.
I watched Barbara Walters when I was in college and wrote her letters and dreamed about it. They were all women who were getting some pub, but locally you didn't see it as much. It was still kind of a double-male-anchor world.
NUVO: With Jane Pauley and others breaking the ice, did you get any resistance from viewers or some of the old guard?
Knox: Not really that I recall. A lot of the big barriers were gone when Barbara Walters tried to anchor the evening news; it was a whole new world. Morning stuff was working for women. It wasn't like, "Oh my God, she's the first woman we've seen."
NUVO: What made you want to tackle television news, of all things?
Knox: I have always loved current events. I started a little current events club when I was in high school. I lived in a small town and the most exciting thing there was watching the paint dry.
I craved it. I craved trying to understand the world from the small community where I lived. I always was interested in it. I was always watching news and trying to figure out what was going on.
NUVO: We've seen this cliché for years: this stereotype of TV news people, from Ted Knight right up to Ron Burgundy, as the bubble-headed teleprompter reader. Does that make you cringe when you see that kind of thing portrayed, or do you find it amusing?
Knox: It does make you cringe. On some level it sort of makes you sad, but you know that's comedy. Early on, especially as a female, you don't want to be this bimbo ... you're trying to be credible. You know that's kind of the first line there that you have to cross, is just convincing people by the way you handle yourself that you've got a couple of brains.
I watch that stuff. I love Will Ferrell. I laugh at him all the time, but there is a part of me that goes "Ew."
NUVO: This brings me to a question that our news editor, Rebecca Townsend, wanted me to ask you: Did you experience any of those moments similar to what Lesley Stahl described in her autobiography – wearing heels all the time even though she had to cross gravel roads and so on. Did the demands of TV news fashion ever get in the way of you doing your job?
Knox: I totally identify with that. I remember when I was pregnant, I think it was my daughter, and here I was in heels – and I was a big girl – and I was carrying a tripod too. I was thinking, "Why don't I have varicose veins coming out of my head? This is crazy."
You've got to keep up the image, but if you know it's going to be a snowy day, forget the freaking heels and put on something that's comfortable.
NUVO: Of all the stories you covered, of all the moments you had in that 33-year career, is there one that stands out as something you want to be remembered for?
Knox: Yeah, I've gotten to interview some pretty cool people over the years. President Obama, I've had a quick word with President Clinton and I've met Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright ... .
But I did a story on a young man named Rick Mader a number of years ago. He came down with a form of leukemia. The insurance policy that he had didn't cover a treatment that he needed ... .
I followed Rick for six months as he took on insurance companies; his parents took on insurance companies. I watched this guy die. It was part of my story. I'll never forget Rick Mader and the Mader family and watching what they went through and it made a huge dent in my perception of what that world is like – especially when you're sick. I will be forever grateful to the Mader family for opening up to me and letting me follow Rick because he fought the battle and the doctors had their hands tied and it was just the way it was.
Now, when I see all these battles over healthcare, I think, man, if you'd see this young man who put himself through college ... he was one of 10 members of the family, lived on the Southside, went to Sacred Heart, a real good Joe who'd done the right thing his whole life and then just couldn't get the help he needed.
NUVO: Worst day on the air?
Knox: Worst day on the air... worst mistake, one of the stupidest mistakes?
NUVO: We can go with that, sure.
Knox: This is a kind of semi-painful. Might as well just say it: I was anchoring with Mike Ahern, early on, thinking I was just all that and more. I was reading an intro to a package. It went something like this, "Everybody's got a shrewberry, and in fact you may have several shrewberries in your yard, here's Ruthanne Gordon with more on what you can do about any problem with your shrewberry."
We went to the tape and Mike looked at me and he said, '"Shrewberry? The word is shrubbery."
I was like, "Ah, let me die now." It was one of the moments you just want to dip down below the desk.
NUVO: Tell me about what it's like to sit next to Mr. Ahern.
Knox: He's a great guy. He's so smart. A funny, funny person. He's a great writer, good heart; he has taken care of his family. He just had such respect in the community and people loved him and he carried himself so well. It made the station very proud of him.
He was just a wonderful guy to learn from, watching the battles he would choose to take on and the battles he didn't. He was smart enough to know the difference.
NUVO: How about Mark Patrick's famous line, "Debbie Knox, you make the call!" (Editor's note: former WISH sportscaster Patrick used this line when he wanted Knox to weigh in on a call made by an umpire or referee during a highlight reel.)
Knox: You know what is really funny about that is, that is I am probably known as much for that as just about anything! I'll be in a parade now and people will yell that out at me and we haven't done that for 20 years.
NUVO: Why did you pick this time to hang it up?
Knox: The stars are aligned. My husband has been retired for several years and he's holding down the fort here by himself. The kids are off and running. My son is in his second year of law school up at Chicago at Northwestern and my daughter is finished up at Butler.
I'm young enough. I want to do some other things. I don't see retirement as "I'm going to sit in the rocking chair here." To be quite frank, I think it's a good time for WISH-TV to change some things around and freshen things up. It felt good, it felt right and I'm leaving on a high note.


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How To Create an Editable Vintage Text Effect in Illustrator CC
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how create a killer vintage text effect in Adobe Illustrator CS 6. Usually, text effects in Illustrator are not very dynamic and to copy an appearance from one letter to another becomes kind of a redundant job. However, in this tutorial, I will show you how to make use of the Appearance panel in Illustrator to preserve your created effect, which can later be applied to all types of typography.
The effect I'm going to create in Adobe Illustrator is in fact created by IndieGround and available for download on GraphicRiver as a PhotoShop. You can check that out here. The final result would look something like this:
Firstly, create a new A4 sized and use pixels for measurement, that is what I'm using.
Draw a rectangle and fill it in with the color #F2D5C1
Now using any typeface, write any letter of your choice. I'm using Nexa Bold for this tutorial.
Now select the appearance panel. You can open that from the Window Menu in the top bar.
And add a white stroke of 2pt to the selected letter.
We will now make use of the multiple stroke feature of the appearance panel to enhance the effect. Choose the add new stroke from the Appearance panel and add a 4pt strong stroke to the shape. Change the color to #54151D
Now select the stroke added and transform it using the effects button next to add new fill button in the appearance panel.
Choose 1px horizontal and vertical movement and make 20 copies to get the 3d effect. You can use the preview button to see the final result.
Now add a new fill in between the two strokes and change its color to #D7303E
To get the striped pattern in the fill area of the letter, we need to first create the pattern and add it to the swatches. To create the pattern, first create an square of size 200px. Then, create a rectangle of width 2px and height greater than 300px. Rotate the rectangular line at an angle of 45 degrees clockwise and align it to the left top of the square you had created. You can press COMMAND + U to open smart guides for accurate alignment.
Now make a copy of that thin rectangular line and align to the right bottom of the square box. We would then use the blend tool to make line across the square to get our pattern.
Select the two lines and goto object -> Blend -> Blend Options and select the Specified Steps option. Choose an odd number to get the pattern right.
Then from the same menu select the Make Blend option to make the pattern. Expand the blend from the Object menu and move the created shape to the back by right clicking on the object or pressing COMMAND + {
Now using the Path Finder tool, select the square the square and the patten and choose crop. You should get something like this:
Drag this to your Swatches panel. To use it on the letter fill. Now select the letter and open its appearance panel to add another fill above the previous one with the pattern you just made.
Now select the pattern fill and add a negative offset of -5px from the Effects menu.
The only thing left now, is the extended shadow of the letter. Add that by creating a new fill of black and placing it right at the bottom. Change its opacity to 20%. And then add a transform to the fill with 1px horizontal and vertical movement and 40 copies.
Now just add 2px offset to align the shadow perfectly.
And with this the effect is complete. Here's the final letter:
You can save the appearance by using the graphic styles menu as shown in the image below:
Good luck!


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Round Three For the Red Wings and Coyotes
It may seem crazy, but tonight will be the third time already that the Red Wings and Coyotes will meet in a playoff rematch. The teams have split the season series so far. The first game was a 2-1 overtime win for the Wings and the second meeting was a 4-2 loss for the Wings. Currently the Red Wings sit 4th in the West with 17 points while the Coyotes are 5 points behind with 12 and sit at 14th.
The Red Wings are coming off a weekend in which the had a solid road win in Edmonton on Friday and lost a wild won in Vancouver on Saturday. The Coyotes, on the other hand, are coming off of two straight losses.
The big news for the Coyotes is the fact that Shane Doan will not be in the lineup yet again. He is the heart and soul of the team, so it is obvious why it is such a big deal when he is out of the Coyotes lineup. It has been a bit of a bumpy road for the Coyotes so far this season, and the injury to Doan just adds to the adversity that the team is facing coming into tonight's game.
The Red Wings, however, have good news on the injury front. Defenseman Brian Rafalski who has not played since the second game of the season will be back in the lineup tonight.
Tonight is sure to be an exciting game as all Wings Yotes games have been since last season. It's great to have the Red Wings back home again and we can hope that tonight's game will be nothing like the 6-4 loss in Vancouver. I'm sure that was an exciting game if you were unbiased or even a Canucks fan, but it was definitely not something that Babcock and the team were proud of. It will also be interesting to see if Pavel Datsyuk can extend his point streak to 13 games (fingers crossed.)
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