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Madison – Big week for the Wisconsin men's basketball team.
With home games at 6 p.m. Tuesday against No. 13 Michigan State (16-3, 5-1 Big Ten) and at 1 p.m. Saturday against No. 12 Minnesota (15-3, 3-2), the Badgers have an opportunity to score two huge victories and remain near the top of the league standings.
However, it appears UW (13-5, 4-1) will be without forward Frank Kaminsky (eye) and guard George Marshall (illness) Tuesday.
It will be interesting to see what UW does at the guard spots but it appears seldom-used center Evan Anderson will get some playing time against the Spartans with Kaminsky out.
Anderson worked with the top unit during practice Sunday and Monday. UW coach Bo Ryan said Monday he likes to keep reserves ready just in case but my hunch is Ryan knows already he will need Anderson and plans to use him, if only for a few minutes, to counter Michigan State's big lineup.
Anderson had some solid moments in practice Monday so I'm curious to see how he responds if called upon.
Minnesota, which plays at Northwestern on Wednesday before traveling to Madison, is a deep team that can apply full-court pressure.
Since Kaminsky hasn't been cleared to practice yet, my guess is he'll sit against Minnesota, too. UW will need Marshall, a solid ball-handler who had 20 points in the loss to Iowa last week.
UW is 10-1 at home this season, including 2-0 in league play, but home-court advantage appears to be a misnomer in the Big Ten this season.
UW is 2-1 on the road; Michigan State is 2-1; the Gophers could match that record at Northwestern; and road teams have won 16 of 32 Big Ten games so far.
If UW had entered the week fully healthy I wouldn't have been surprised to see victories over Michigan State and Minnesota.
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I also find it interesting - and back on topic - that Mr Jeffries has no MA experience and no MMA fighter of ANY calibre has trained with him.
With that in mind, why would I want MMA training advice off a fat gorilla?
3/03/2007 4:01pm, #33
I hate to bring this totally down, like to the level of reality, but I sorta think the people who send ol' pickle barrel money for his strength secrets -aren't- by and large the sort of people who actually get out and do training with live partners. Or dating with actual wimmen . . . .
On an entirely different and happy note-- Don Johnson plays D & D?? Super Groovy!
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No one shouted hooray when you found out I did. Jerks.
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An on topic update:
Greetings Matthew,
God bless you.
First I'd like to say thanks to everyone sending me "congratulations,"
on my ordination. I appreciate your thoughts and prayers and believe
with you that we may all be used of God to further His Kingdom.
Got off the phone a little while ago with Mike Bruce. He's been
filling me in on a couple of his workouts and PRs lately. Like me he's
constantly experimenting with new variations of training schedules,
exercises, etc. Here are just a few of things he told me:
A few days ago he hit a PR on a 500lb bottom position zercher squat,
nearly making 525. By the way, that's two and a half times his
bodyweight held in the crook of his arms starting from bottom position to stand
up. He's been pretty regularly doing his 1,000 push up/150 chin up
workout. Alternating it between heavy days and bodyweight days.
Interestingly he likes to finish that 1,000 rep push up workout with handstand
and behind the back clap push ups. That's literally amazing to be able
to do either of those exercises after having done that volume of push
Yesterday he hit a PR in the one-arm partial row. 380lbs for two reps.
That's closing in on double bodyweight on that exercise. He also did
one of the most unique rope climbing stunts I've ever heard of. Never
even heard of anybody else trying this one. Climbed a rope upside down
without holding it with his legs. I've seen one climbed upside down
with a leg lock before, but never with the legs open not holding it with
the feet. That's berzerk!
By the way exercises and workouts like that are just a few of the
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I ordered the dvds for Mike Bruce from this guy Bud Jeffries and I never received any of them. Does anyone have his real email? I have the one from his website but he never responds to his email or phone messages. I want my dvds or my money back.
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Wednesday have started their search for future Frankie Simeks - by starting talks with a US 'Soccer' Club over a possible partnership deal.
The Owls have already set up partnerships with clubs outside Europe, in Vancouver, and in Argentina to help with the progression of the club in bringing hot prospects over to Hillsborough.
And Owls Academy manager Sean McAuley has revealed that it's something Wednesday need to do to 'keep up to speed' with other clubs in England doing the same thing.
'We are currently in the process of setting up a partnership with a club in America, which runs a good programme,' McAuley told the Yorkshire Post.
'We currently have one in Vancouver, Canada, but there's an American club in Michigan that wants to be associated with us, and we have a development program with a club in Argentina, set-up through an ex-player, Juan Cobian.'
He continued: 'It's a global game now and we have got to get up to speed,' he said.
'The good thing about North America is there is still a lot of European heritage, whereas with the Argentina link, 60 per cent of Argentinians are of Italian heritage.
'In some countries, like Brazil and Africa, it's very unlikely that they are going to be eligible to play in this country. That's why some of the partnerships set up with other clubs, aren't worth the paper they are written on.'
The deal with the American club could well see their top young talent come over to Hillsborough for trials to play with the Owls in England, while Owls boss Brian Laws could also use the partnership to send over his youngsters to play in the American leagues.
And Wednesday will also be hoping that their hard work will pay off when they see some top young talent from the States mirror Frank Simek's progress in England - in a blue and white shirt.


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Prasad, with request/response and oneway operations we are saying what a service implements and provides. With solicit/response and notification operations we are saying what a service needs. This can be done by having only request/response and oneway operations and have wsdl:Service reference the bindings it requires, like <definitions> ... <service name="A"> <port binding="InterfaceOfA"> <address location="location of A"/> </port> <requiredBinding binding="InterfaceOfB"/> </service> <service name="B"> <port binding="InterfaceOfB"> <address location="location of B"/> </port> <requiredBinding binding="InterfaceOfD"/> </service> <service name="C"> <port binding="InterfaceOfC"> <address location="location of C"/> </port> <requiredBinding binding="InterfaceOfB"/> </service> <service name="D"> <port binding="InterfaceOfD"> <address location="location of D"/> </port> <requiredBinding binding="InterfaceOfA"/> </service> </definitions> A deployment tool, while deploying A, can search for known services implementing InterfaceOfB (just a QName search) and list those or select one or whatever. With solicit/response and notification operations the tool has to search for services that implement a binding that has request/response or oneway operations that match the solicit/responses and notifications of service A. This is a complex search, not just a single QName. Now with solicit/response and notification intermixed in binding Foo with request/response and oneway operations, what does this situation mean? Should the matching binding have only request/responses and oneways for the solicit/responses and notifications of Foo, or should it also have solicit/responses and notifications for the request/responses and oneways of Foo? The ordering of requests is the is clearly in scope of an orchestration/flow language. I believe that the <requiredBinding> information can and should be in an orch/flow language, too, as it is a matter of the concrete deployment and implementation, like: <orch:orchestra> <orch:node name="A"> <orch:implements wsdlService="...:A"/> <orch:requires wsdlBinding="...:InterfaceOfB"/> </orch:node> ... </orch:orchestra> If you know of anyone inside WG or on the mailing list who might be interested in this thread but might miss it because of the [amtf] subject, please point them to it. 8-) I think that speaking in abstract terms clarifies a lot of things it should be easier to argue our points. Best regards, Jacek Kopecky Senior Architect, Systinet (formerly Idoox) http://www.systinet.com/ On Tue, 21 May 2002, Prasad Yendluri wrote: > > 2) I don't think we need the "incoming" and "outgoing" > > operations. I.e. I don't believe we need solicit/response and > > notification operations because they are IMHO just > > request/response and one-way operations the other way. > > <PY>This has been a very contentious issue but, once again I think we > need both. I am not sure how do you capture an outgoing operation as > reverse of an incoming operation at the abstract level? > </PY> > > > > > An orchestration language can say that a service with > > wsdl:binding A needs a service with wsdl:portType B to function > > properly > > <PY>Are you suggesting we mix binding level and abstract level? I am not > sure what the above is conveying?</PY> > > > and this will ease the matching of the second service > > (as opposed to looking for equivalent solicit/response and > > request/response messages in service descriptions, for example). > > <PY>I still fail to see how this can work? I think we need a way to > capture things from the initiator (invoker perspective) in addition to > service provider perspective. It is not all symmetric in the Business > process (or flow) level. B receives Req-1 from A and Req-2 from C and > sends a Req-3 D, which replies to A and B and B replies to C. How can > this be captured all in a symmetric manner? > </PY>Received on Wednesday, 22 May 2002 10:08:42 UTC
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I posted recently that the situation in Egypt provides important lessons for US foreign policy. Specifically, the US should have been pressing for democracy in Egypt decades ago, and making US military aid to Egypt contingent on steps towards a free press, free elections, and personal civil liberties, instead of coddling and financially supporting the convenient dictator there.
Without rehashing the whole post, there are two separate reasons for that:
1) Supporting dictators tends to produce blowback, as in the case of the Iranian Revolution, where revolutionaries saw the US, accurately, as the sponsor of the dictatorial and corrupt Shah of Iran who oppressed them.
2) The US is founded, as a nation, on the idea that governments should be of the people and for the people. To actively support dictatorships that oppress their people is not only shortsighted and counterproductive (because it produces inevitable blowback), it's also hypocrisy of the worst sort, and a violation of the values upon which the United States was established.
It seems that the US administration is warming a bit to this, at least rhetorically. For instance, Business Week reports that:
Clinton said in Munich that governments in the Middle East must make the transition to openness and democracy "a strategic necessity," warning that "all of our interests will be at risk" if they don't.
I agree with Secretary Clinton's remarks. Worldwide democracy is a strategic benefit to the United States, and indeed to the world as a whole. The interests of both the US and residents of Middle East are indeed at risk if democracy isn't embraced, as non-democratic regimes will eventually fall, and the less democratic they are, the more dangerous and chaotic their falls will be.
So, if we take this seriously, and not just as lip service, then the US should be using its political and economic might to encourage democracy worldwide, and in particular in the Middle East. As I've posted before, encouraging worldwide democracy should be the # US foreign policy goal, for both moral reasons and out of enlightened self-interest.
Where do we start? An example in Saudi Arabia
Freedom House is a non-profit that has spent years tracking, analyzing, and trying to rally US and world support around the cause of freedom throughout the world. I consulted their 2010 Freedom in the World list, searching for the least free places in the world.
There are many. One, however, stands out as being both extremely repressive, and a close US ally: Saudi Arabia. On a scale of 1 through 7, where 7 is the most repressive, Freedom House gives Saudi Arabia a 7 on political rights (essentially none) and a 6 on civil rights (close to none). Saudi Arabia scores an overall 6.5 on Freedom House's 7 point scale of repressiveness, just barely better than 7-scoring North Korea, Burma, Somalia, and Libya. Saudi Arabia is in the same category of freedom as Cuba, China, Syria, and Chad. In comparison to Saudi Arabia's 6.5 score on the 7 point of repression, dictatorial Egypt scored only 5.5.
Indeed, Freedom House goes so far as to rate Saudi Arabia as half a point less free than Iran, one of the countries that George W. Bush labeled as part of an Axis of Evil. If you're less free than a member of the Axis of Evil, what does that say about you? It says that you're a repressive dictatorship of truly world class proportions.
How repressive? Perhaps the worst is the plight of women in Saudi Arabia. Women cannot vote. Women cannot drive. Women cannot be seen in public without the presence of a male relative, by law. Women cannot represent themselves in court – they must have a man represent them. If a woman is a witness in a trial, her testimony, by law, counts 1/2 as much as any male witness. In cases of inheritance,women in Saudi Arabia receive a half share relatively to their male relatives.
The anti-female attitudes of the regime go beyond ridiculous and into the despicable. Freedom House reports that:
The religious police enforce a strict policy of gender segregation and often harass women, using physical punishment to ensure that they meet conservative standards of dress in public. In 2007, a court sentenced a Shiite woman from Qatif, who had been raped by seven men, to 200 lashes and six months in jail for being alone with a man who was not her relative at the time of the attack
The woman was eventually pardoned by the King for her "crime" of being alone with a man who was not a relative.
Women are not the only victims in Saudi Arabia. Like Egypt or Iran, the country has elections of a sort. However, political parties are banned, as are most rallies and public gatherings. Only roughly 20% of the populace can vote. Those voting rights only extend to voting for seats in city councils. At a national level, bills are created and voted on by the cabinet (all appointed by the King) and ratified by the King. Speaking out against the King or the ruling family is illegal. Saudi's complain that in recent sweeps to pick up 'terrorists', Saudi police have used the opportunity to arrest unrelated reformers and political organizers. Allegations of torture are common among those who fall into police custody. The Shiite minority, who make up 10-15% of the population, are effectively barred from holding government posts and receive little state protection against assaults from the Sunni majority. Shiites making the pilgrimage to Medina in 2009 were attacked by Saudi religious police.
The media is tightly controlled, with members of the ruling family owning part or all of most allowed newspapers and television stations. Journalists are banned at the slightest provocation. Saudi Arabia's version of the Great Firewall blocks an estimated 400,000 websites that the Saudi's consider dangerous. While Twitter and Facebook are currently allowed in the country, Saudi officials have censored the twitter accounts of specific activists and in November of 2010 blocked Facebook entirely for a short period.
Any way you slice it, Saudi Arabia is a dictatorship. The populace has no say in the governance of their country. Women in particular face some of the worst repression anywhere on earth.
There are worse dictatorships on the planet, but none are such close allies of the United States. In October of 2010, the United States approved its largest ever arms sale to any country, selling more than $60 Billion of advanced weapons to Saudi Arabia, including F-15 fighters and the latest generation of AH-64 Apache assault helicopters. Those top of the line aircraft are only allowed to be sold to countries the US considers close allies.
The situation is reminiscent of Egypt. Saudi Arabia doesn't need direct US support to stay solvent – its oil wealth provides that. But by selling the most advanced arms in its arsenal to the Saudi Kingdom, the US is indeed supporting the dictatorial regime there.
Could Saudi Arabia be the next Egypt? In Egypt, 25% of people aged 20-24 are unemployed. The frustration and lack of future opportunity this represents has been cited as a contributing factor, along with corruption and the lack of political freedom, in the revolution on Cairo's streets. In Saudi Arabia, by contrast, 40% of people aged 20-24 are unemployed and people have even less political voice than in Egypt. The combination of lack of opportunity plus lack of political voice is an explosive one.
I don't expect Saudi Arabia to collapse any time soon. While unemployment is high, Saudi Arabia provides a wealth of social services to its population, which blunts their frustration for the time being. Nevertheless, change will come eventually, and on current course and speed that change will not be gentle. Saudi Arabia is a ticking time bomb. The autocratic government keeps the pressure contained for now, but the higher the pressure builds, the more explosive the transition will be. If the US wants long term stability in Saudi Arabia, and if the US wants to live by its own principles of freedom, equality, and a government 'of the people and for the people', then we should start acting now to press the rulers of Saudi Arabia to liberalize.
A good first step would be for the Saudi regime (and indeed, all regimes, everywhere in the world) to lift restrictions on speech, on the press, and punishments for criticizing the regime. A vigorous debate on the future of Saudi Arabia, held by its citizens, can then help chart a future course towards greater equality of men and women, greater personal freedoms for both genders, and greater participatory democracy. Those steps won't be easy. They'll all come with their share of challenges and hiccups. They'll take time. But as we've seen in Egypt, attempting to contain the pressure too long can result in a dramatic release of pent up steam. Better a gradual release of that pressure in an orderly transition than a violent explosion. And better we treat the people of the world according to the values we believe make us great than out of shallow and short term self interest.


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Fulham - Duff Accolades?
For those of us who doubted whether Damien Duff would be a good signing (and I was one of them) it`s time to eat a slice of humble pie.
Damien has been a breath of fresh air since his arrival and if it were not for his sparkling skills we`d not have come back from a goal behind to level the game against Bolton.
After the game Roy Hodgson paid tribute to the player who suffered probably the ultimate disappointment in Paris not long ago when he was cheated out of one final World Cup tournament.
Here`s what Gentleman Roy had to say,
"All I can say is he`s a better player than the one I worked with at Blackburn 12 years ago."
"He was an outstanding talent the. But he`s even better now."
Before enlightening us further with how, behind the scenes Damien plays a big role in pepping the side up pre-match, commenting,
"Damien is an influence because he`s a popular figure."
Before proving that Damien`s musical taste is not one that Roy appreciates, when he remarks,
"Sadly when he gets his Irish music on in the dressing room it clears it pretty damn quick."
Would I be too far off the mark if I were to suggest that Damien could well be on the way to being a leading contender for our player f the season already?


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NASA Resumes Space Station Control After Hurricanes
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- NASA resumed control of the International Space Station and sent a shuttle fuel tank to its New Orleans assembly plant as it restarted operations at facilities on the storm-stricken U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday.
The Johnson Space Center in Houston was evacuated last week due to foreboding predictions that Hurricane Rita would pass nearby and NASA had turned over control of the orbiting outpost to the backup operations center near Moscow.The Houston center officially reopened on Tuesday, although not all employees were back at work, NASA spokesman Kyle Herring said.
Rita steered east of the space center, delivering the full force of its 120-mph (192-kph) winds and torrential rain to communities along the Texas-Louisiana border.
At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a barge with one of the space shuttle's external fuel tanks began what was expected to be a five-day journey to the Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans. The plant has been shut down since Hurricane Katrina battered Louisiana and Mississippi on August 29, but was scheduled to reopen for limited work next week, Herring said.
Katrina also shut down NASA's Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where shuttle main engines are tested.
The Michoud shutdown affected NASA's plans to begin analysis to determine why the fuel tanks, which were redesigned after the fatal 2003 Columbia disaster, failed to work as planned during the agency's first mission since the accident.
During the launch of shuttle Discovery on July 26, large chunks of foam fell off the tank, echoing a problem that triggered the breakup of Columbia and the deaths of seven astronauts in 2003.
A chunk of foam fell from Columbia's tank during launch and hit the ship's wing. The damage was undetected until the shuttle attempted to return to Earth for landing 16 days later.
NASA had hoped to fix the tank and return Discovery to space in March, but the hurricane shutdown, as well as difficulties in determining why the foam fell off the tank in the first place, likely will delay the resumption of flights until later in 2006.
The next opportunity to launch a shuttle to the space station under new flight rules adopted after the Columbia accident would be between June 30 and July 19, NASA spokesman Allard Beutel said.


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By Brad Gardner
The Edmonton Oilers captured their second consecutive win against the Chicago Blackhawks with a 4-3 win Monday night at the United Center. Edmonton's power play unit struck twice after a major penalty was called against Daniel Carcillo and the visitors were able to hold onto the lead despite a late push from the Blackhawks.
Jonathan Toews opened scoring at 12:54 of the first period. He did not get a lot on his shot from the slot, but it nonetheless slid on the ice and beat Dubnyk inside the post to the glove side. Carcillo set up the chance with a steal in the neutral zone and a pass onto the stick of Toews.
The tide turned when Carcillo was called for a five minute boarding major in the second period. Skating in on the forecheck, Carcillo threw Oiler's defenseman Tom Gilbert into the boards head first before either player had touched the puck. Gilbert ended up rolling on Carcillo's left leg, so both players ended up injured and would not return to the game.
Edmonton converted twice on the ensuing power play, the first on a rebound goal by Ryan Smyth and the second on a wrist shot from Taylor Hall. Niklas Hjalmarsson was victimized on both goals. During the scramble before Smyth's goal, Hjalmarsson was the one who found the puck on his stick but he was unable to clear. A couple minutes later, Hjalmarsson took a high stick from Hall, lost his own lumber, and was unable to recover defensively in time to prevent Hall's goal.
Hjalmarsson would make up for the mistake on the team's first shift after the major penalty expired. He sent a hard shot towards the Edmonton net and it was redirected by Andrew Brunette under the glove of Dubnyk. The goal tied the game at 2-2 at the 12:39 mark of the second period.
The Oilers would strike back less than four minutes later when Andy Sutton found himself wide open on the doorstep. Jordan Eberle sent a blind pass from the side boards toward the middle of the ice, where Sutton was all alone in front of the Chicago net. He beat Crawford over the blocker to regain the lead for Edmonton at 3-2 with just over three and a half minutes left in the second frame.
Although Chicago was able to create some chances in the third, they could not pull even before Ben Eager extended the Oilers' lead to 4-2. He skated into the zone on the right wing and shot a backhander far side, beating Crawford over the blocker at 8:17 of the final frame.
The Blackhawks kept pressure on Edmonton, eventually earning four minutes of man advantage time on a high-sticking call against Eric Belanger. Chicago was unable to hold the zone for the first two and a half minutes and did not register the first shot of the advantage until there was about a minute left.
Despite another disappointing turn on the power play, the Blackhawks were kept alive by rookie Jimmy Hayes. The burly winger scored his first career NHL goal at the 16:11 mark of the third period after picking up a rebound and sending a quick shot between Dubnyk and the shortside post.
The Blackhawks could not get another goal despite one last power play opportunity and a huge advantage on the shot clock in the third. Chicago was credited with 22 shots in the final frame to just six shots credited to Edmonton.
Game Notes:
– Edmonton did what they were hoping in kicking off the new year on a good note. The Oilers had dropped their first three matches of the current seven-game road trip and were coming off just three wins in 12 December games.
– Chicago, on the other hand, had earned a record of 12-4-1 since their 9-2 blowout loss in Edmonton in November and was coming off a huge victory in their first match-up of the season against the rival Detroit Red Wings. The Blackhawks did not play like the better team for large portions of this game, however, most notably in their 19 PIMs taken and a team total of 15 giveaways.
– Just like the last meeting between these two teams, the special teams played an important role. Edmonton scored two goals in five opportunities while the 'Hawks were shut out in five opportunities of their own. Both of the Oilers' power play goals were scored during the major penalty to Carcillo and contributed to the major swing in momentum caused by that hit.
– Devan Dubnyk finished the game with 39 saves on 42 shots. Crawford finished with 26 saves on 30 shots and earned his second loss in his last five starts since retaking the starting job.
– Carcillo left the ice with an apparent knee injury. Given his list of priors, he was probably destined to miss some time anyways due to suspension from the boarding.
– For Edmonton, Tom Gilbert missed the rest of the game following the hit and the Oilers lost rookie Ryan Nugent-Hopkins in the first period to a shoulder injury.
– Steve Montador missed the game with an injury, allowing the combination of Sami Lepisto (5:22) and John Scott (6:32) to skate in limited minutes on the third pairing. Those totals led to Chicago's top three d-men seeing a ton of work: Duncan Keith led the way with 29:39 and he was followed close behind by Nick Leddy (27:59) and Brent Seabrook (26:23).
– 3 stars of the game…. 3. Jonathan Toews, 2. Taylor Hall, 1. Ryan Smyth
– The Blackhawks will look to even up their January record in Philadelphia on Thursday in a 6pm central start.
Brad Gardner
In addition to covering the Blackhawks for TheThirdManIn.com, Brad is also the Blackhawks correspondent at HockeysFuture.com.
One Response to "No Redemption: Oilers slip by Hawks 4-3"
I thought Eberle deserved one of the stars. The guy was a lot to keep track of last night.
we were sloppy and not motivated. Losing to a banged up. but highly motivated Oiler squad, can best be attributed to relaxing after the wings game. Just goe to show, there is no such thing as a easy win in the NHL.


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Broken Into Perfection – YouTube
- When we look at being BROKEN it means to reduce to fragments– God is trying to reduce your past to fragments.
- It also means out of working order, interrupted, disrupted or disconnected – God has shown you that you have been out of His working order but it is now time to lay hold of Christ and move as God says move. There is no more room for interruptions or disconnections.
- Broken also means weakened in strength and spirit – Psalm 51:17 says the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart. And Psalm 34:18 says the Lord is near to those who have a broken heart and saves such as a contrite spirit. So when your heart and spirit has been broken the Lord is right there, near you waiting for you to reach for Him so that He can save you.
When God is processing us we look for God to fix things in our time but we must wait on the Lord for His timing. We must learn to have patience in this process of perfection.
James 1:3,4 says Knowing that your testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work that you may be perfect and complete lacking nothing. God wants you to be in a place where you are not empty and there are no voids in your life. It is the Lord who makes us whole. We must patiently wait on the Lord to fulfill our process.
So when God is breaking us into perfection it takes time for this process to happen.
- To be broken also means to make a way through, to penetrate. Which mean that when you allow yourself to be broken into perfection the Holy Spirit is breaking through your spirit and when God gets finish you will not be deficient in your heart and in your spirit. You will be full and complete in the spirit.
So, while you are going through your process of being Broken Into Perfection, be patient and wait on the Lord as He takes you to being whole and complete in Him.


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The days preceding the June 7 Democratic Primaries were radioactive with energy from both of the campaign staffs.
Then A. P. and Twitter sauntered–or did it nobly step up and simply announce their journocorp propaganda–(I still can't understand how Absentee Ballots in California are counted and regularly released to the media.) Will there ever, in this pretense of a democracy (no Constitutional right to vote: States control) be an election where polls will be silenced, where early results will be prohibited, and–god forbid–people will have to do their own thinking and feeling and make up their own minds without deciding which popularity group they do or don't want to join? "This" is democracy? Was this some monster which was created by abhorrent machinations of elites to further treat the people as if some school of fish they were managing?


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If you have any questions about health, healthcare, nutrition, the environment and how it affects your health, etc...
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Closing Statement by ADB President Takehiko Nakao at the 47th ADB Annual Meeting (as drafted).
Mr. Chairman, Minister Dossaev, ADB Governors, ladies and gentlemen:
I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all of you for your participation and contributions during this 47th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank.
There were so many important views expressed in last two days. These views will guide us going forward. I would like to pick up ten issues in this closing statement.
First, many of you expressed concerns about the still unstable global economic situation. We shared that to weather possible challenges, it is crucial to pursue prudent macroeconomic management and bold structural reforms. ADB will continue to support our developing member countries in achieving these objectives.
Second, I thank you for your strong support of the outcome of the Mid-Term Review of ADB's Strategy 2020 and our ten strategic priorities. Many of you mentioned that it is more important to effectively implement the priorities than to have completed the paper. I fully agree with you. I have already established a senior level steering group and several working groups to carry out the outcomes of the Mid-Term Review. I will ask you and the Board members to continue to provide necessary inputs and guidance in the process of implementation.
Third, you asked ADB to continue its focus on poor people and the poorest countries. You expressed concern about the growing inequalities, and also emphasized the importance of gender issues. As we clearly stated in the midterm review, ADB will address these issues squarely. In order to promote inclusive growth, we will expand our operations in education, health, and social protection. We remain committed to our vision of the region free of poverty.
Fourth, climate change and disaster risk management. We had a good discussion on disaster prevention and management in the Governors' Plenary yesterday morning, too. We commit to strengthen our work in these areas and will seek to use innovative approaches such as disaster risk insurance as suggested by several Governors. For the Pacific developing member countries, climate change is of even greater concern. As they requested, we will explore the ways to enable these countries to access various climate change funds better through supporting capacity building and preparation of projects.
Fifth, many of you highlighted region's large infrastructure financing gap. As stated in the Mid-Term Review, infrastructure will remain the main focus of ADB operations. In addition, we will proactively seek opportunities for mobilizing private sector funds including through PPP. We also shared the view that the regional cooperation and integration initiatives will contribute to enhancing connectivity through such infrastructure as cross-border roads, railways and power.
Sixth, many Governors emphasized the need of ADB's continued relevance to middle income countries. Middle income countries have challenges such as aging, urbanization, increasing inequalities, and environmental degradation. They require increased knowledge support based on ADB's expertise and experience in other countries. I can assure you that ADB will continue to help middle income countries address challenges by tailoring its responses to country's specific conditions.
Seventh, I take note of your guidance to support capacity development in our developing member countries. In particular, we need to help countries strengthen governance, budgeting systems and financial sector development, and create enabling environment for the private sector.
Eighth, many of you urged us to keep ADB a lean and efficient organization. I commit myself to continue to pay close attention to administrative expenses. I will look for potential areas of savings and will keep our future budget increases as small as possible. To this end, we have started an iterative consultative process with the Board to jointly consider budget, salaries, operational workplan, and financial planning parameters in a holistic manner.
Ninth, many of you expressed concerns about the level of disbursements. You emphasized the importance of improving project implementation, and reducing transaction costs. I share these concerns. To tackle these issues, we have already started streamlining business processes, especially for procurement. I also agree with you that ADB will need to attract and retain highly skilled and motivated staff to support project implementation and other important works. We will also strengthen our resident missions by providing greater mandate and capacity.
Tenth, I acknowledge your broad support of our proposal to combine the lending operations of the ADF with the OCR balance sheet. I noted that some Governors requested clarification on the use of increased lending capacity, governance of the new structure, and strategy for ADB's future role in the region. I will work on these issues. But, here, I would like to reaffirm that this proposal is consistent with the mandate for which ADF donors have given us when they made ADF contributions. The benefits of the proposal will focus on the continuing needs of the poorest countries in the region. I understand this innovative approach would involve a lot of issues and questions. We have just started consultations with shareholder and donors. We will continue to closely work with you on this proposal to build consensus in time. At the same time, we will also explore other ways of increasing ADB's lending capacity including the possibility of capital increase with the guidance of the shareholders and their consensus.
Once again, thank you for lively and valuable discussions during these two days. All the views you expressed will guide our policies and operations in the coming year.
This meeting marks the completion of my first year as the President of ADB. I highly value your support and guidance during this year and in particular during this annual meeting.
In closing, let me congratulate the Governor for Azerbaijan, who will serve as Chair of the Board of Governors for the coming year. I look forward to meeting with all of you again next year in Baku. I also like to take note of the intention of the Government of Japan to host the Annual Meeting in 2017, which will mark 50th anniversary of ADB.
On behalf of all of us again, I would like to reiterate our deepest gratitude to the Government of Kazakhstan for hosting this remarkable and beautiful Annual Meeting. I especially want to extend my appreciation to the people of Astana for their warm hospitality, and the many officials and volunteers who have helped make this meeting a success.
Thank you again, and have a safe and pleasant journey home.


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YOU are invited to have your say on changes to the structure of your local ambulance service.
To find out public opinion on the proposed changes to the structure of the East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), there will be a 'Being the Best' public consultation in Sleaford on Friday, where residents can find out more about the proposals and share their views.
EMAS is planning to create 131 Community Ambulance Posts and 13 state-of-the art purpose-built Hubs, as well as various stand-by points, which will replace the existing 66 ambulance stations in the East Midlands.
They will be sited according to where they will be most able to respond to calls received after EMAS held consultations and conducted data research into the best location. One of the Hubs and a Community Ambulance Post will be sited in Sleaford.
The plans have come under scrutiny from Lincolnshire County Council's Healthy Scrutiny Committee, criticising the report's content as inadequate and not containing anything relating to how ambulance response times will be improved, an area EMAS has previously been challenged to address.
The 'Being the Best' public consultation will be held on Friday at 6pm at The Source, Riverside Church on Southgate, Sleaford. People can also share their views by visiting www.emas.nhs.uk.


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New Yorker Sophie Blackall, who creates marvelous illustrations for Children's books, has been using her artistic skill to transform text-based classified ads into modern art.
Her whimsical watercolor images depict the emotion behind words written in Missed Connections columns. She is successfully able to capture fleeting moments through her visual interpretations.
Blackall's work has also captured the attention of publishers who would like to see her art released in book form. You can find Sophie Blackall's Missed Connections at Etsy.
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If you are interested in making money from your blog or just having people read your blog often, despite the fact that you get nothing for it, you probably put a lot of time and effort into getting traffic. You try to write about things that people care about, you look for hot topics in the industry and you write posts based on recommendations from your readers. One of the most important things to remember is that you need to write consistently and often if you want to keep people coming back for more all of the time.
The thing is, people will get bored of checking your blog if you do not update it more than once a month. After a few days of checking, they will move on to something else. You will lose their interest. Eventually, they are going to find another blog that is updated a lot more often, and they are going to start reading it instead. Since they only have so much time, they are going to spend it all there, and then you have lost that reader for good. This could happen with hundreds or even thousands of your monthly readers.
What they want is a blog that has something new and interesting to offer every single day. They want to know that it is going to give them something each time that they check it. This way, you make it so that they are always curious. It becomes part of their daily ritual to check your blog. Once they get into that routine, you could have them for a long time. Remember that humans are creatures of habit who often fall into patterns that they may not break for months or years, if they do at all. If you can have your blog become something that factors into their typical day, you know that you are going to have consistent readers.
Of course, you do not just want to post the same thing over and over again in the name of quantity. You need to have new, fresh information that you can put up all of the time. It is going to take work for you to come up with these topics and write about them, and you may even want to think about hiring someone to do it for you. When you do, though, you are going to see positive results in a hurry.


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Here at ALEXANDRA HOUSE we not only aim to restore your energy and enhance your outer beauty, we also seek to facilitate healing from within. We offer preventative therapies for maintenance of health as well as treatments for emerging or chronic conditions that may be hindering your wellbeing and enjoyment of life. Holistic in nature, these treatments serve to complement conventional medicine.
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This duo of treatments is a real tonic for your mind, body and soul. It combines reiki with a choice of a hands on treatment. It will re-energise you and balance the energy flows throughout your mind and body. The treatment is 55 minutes long, combining 30-minutes of reiki with one of the following:
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You can also have a holistic treatment within our Heavenly Duo package of treatments – choose 2 treatments from:
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Hand or foot ritual – a facial for your hands or feet.
55 minutes, £55
If you are feeling out of balance or have been ill, you may benefit from our reflexology treatment that works on the feet. Our feet have several reflex areas that form a map of the body and so reflexology offers a means of improving your overall well-being. Applying pressure to the reflex points on the feet relaxes the body and improves well-being. Reflexology is a gentle therapy that encourages the body to work naturally to restore its own healthy balance.
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The body contains many centres of energy, known as Chakras, which help us to process the universal energies that are around and within us. We have seven major energy centres that correlate with our physical body and also our mental, emotional and spiritual state. When the Chakras are 'open' and aligned, energy can flow freely through them, and balancing them enables a more even flow of energy around the body, leading to harmony and peace. Reiki (pronounced ray-key) is a Japanese word meaning Universal Life Energy, an energy that is all around us.
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Hopi ear candles provide a relaxing treatment, creating a soothing, pressure and pain relieving sensation in the ear and head area. Ear candles work by causing a light suction action (chimney effect) and this, with the movement of the flame, creates a vibration of air in the ear candle, generating a massage-like effect on the eardrum. This causes a pleasant feeling of warmth and a balance of pressure in the ears, forehead and sinuses. It is soothing and helpful for earache and headache, ear noise and stress.
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Indian head massage is a treatment based on old Ayurvedic techniques involving work on the upper back, shoulders, neck, scalp and face. A variety of massage techniques are used to relieve tension, stimulate circulation and improve joint flexibility. It is a highly effective technique for the treatment of stress and stress related conditions and will leave you feeling wonderfully relaxed and at ease.


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Speculators grab 98% of NSE F&O volume
Janaki Krishnan, Rakesh P Sharma in Mumbai | November 24, 2003 08:05 IST
Speculators reign on the National Stock Exchange's futures and options segment. The evidence is compelling: institutional investors account for less than 2 per cent of the trading volumes in the NSE's derivatives segment.
The rest is contributed by arbitrageurs and day traders, clubbed in the exchange's data as "non-institutional investors." Indeed, the speculative content of the derivatives market has driven the NSE to become the 11th largest market in the world.
The speculators' favourite roulette table: futures on individual stocks. Of the average volumes of Rs 8,000-10,000 crore (Rs 80-100 billion), stock futures dominate with 63.54 per cent of the traded volumes, while futures on the Nifty account for another 24.50 per cent. Thus, futures trading alone accounted for 88 per cent of the trading in October 2003, NSE data show.
Interestingly, 80-85 per cent of the turnover is generated by high net worth investors and arbitrageurs, who trade on both sides of the market to generate higher returns. The broking fraternity prefers to put it delicately as "view-based trading".
SSKI, Kotak Securities, Refco Securities and Daulat Capital are among the top institutional brokerages. According to the NSE's Derivatives Update for October 2003, the top five members contributed 18 per cent of the total trading in the options segment and 14 per cent in the futures sub-segment.
Though no firm numbers are available, they vary with brokerages. SSKI, which is among the top five brokerages in this segment, caters to retail investors, while Kotak Securities caters to institutions, retail investors as well as a private client group comprising high net worth customers.
Navneet Bansal, associate vice-president (Derivatives) at Kotak Securities said, "Most of the day traders in the cash segment have moved into the derivatives segment in a big way." Ashok Mittal, who heads derivatives at SSKI, added, "It is the reverse in the derivatives market. Retailers are creating the market for institutions."
A secular stock trend in the last six months is getting traders higher returns in the derivatives market at a smaller outlay than in the cash market. The net gain from the arbitrage business, playing for differences between the cash and derivatives markets, is estimated at 8-9 per cent.
Bansal said: "The return on arbitrage is around 12 per cent. On most occasions, the returns are higher in the beginning of the month, but as the cost of carry (finance cost) declines towards the month-end, the returns fall."
Mukul Pal, a derivatives analyst at Edelweiss Capital, added: "A bit of arbitrage is good as it creates volumes and develops the market."
Bansal said: "The madness in the market is likely to continue till the cost of carry comes down to realistic levels. Also, this secular trend in the market will continue till people start using derivatives for hedging their positions rather than speculating on price movements. But day traders are unlikely to change.
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In August 2011, the U.S. Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Interior (DOI) released the congressionally-mandated Long Term Plan to Build and Enhance Tribal Justice Systems (Tribal Justice Plan), which responds to sections 211, 241, and 244 of the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA). DOJ and DOI were asked by Congress to develop long-term plans to address incarceration in Indian Country and alternatives to incarceration. We have further enhanced the plan to include offender reentry. DOJ and DOI obtained substantial input from tribal justice officials, including law enforcement, courts, and corrections. DOJ and DOI conducted a series of consultations with tribal leaders across the country; conducted focus groups with tribal justice officials; hosted webinars; created a multi-agency Work Group on Corrections to provide recommendations on action steps; and drafted the Tribal Justice Plan for public comment. The comments received were incorporated into the final plan submitted to Congress.
Register for a Reentry Webinar
BJA and the International Association of Chiefs of Police's Indian Country Law Enforcement Section invite you to participate in "The Role of Law Enforcement in Reentry" webinar on December 6. To register, go to https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/750929722.
Attend the Tribal Justice, Safety, and Wellness Conference
On December 1316, the Tribal Justice, Safety, and Wellness (TJSW) Conference and Consultation session will be held in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. The conference will include a series of sessions to educate tribal participants about the alternatives to incarceration, detention, and offender reentry and other public safety-related sessions. For more information, visit: www.tribaljusticesafetywellness.org.
Walking on Common Ground Web Site
The Tribal Law and Policy Institute has launched the "Walking on Common Ground" web site at www.WalkingOnCommonGround.org. This web site provides resources for promoting and facilitating tribal-state-federal collaborations, including an interactive, searchable map with links to cooperative agreements, tribal state forums, and relevant legislation.
CBOB Nomination Period Opens December 15
December 15 marks the opening of the Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery nomination period. Enacted in 2008, the Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Act honors federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers for exceptional acts of bravery while in the line of duty.
New Resource Guide for Veterans Available Soon
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Tribal Government Relations (OTGR), in collaboration with other federal agencies, has produced a Resource Guide for Justice-Involved Veterans in tribal communities. The guide is designed for tribal justice systems interested in integrating parts of Veterans Treatment Courts as alternatives to incarceration. In 2012, the OTGR will release this guide on its web site: www.va.gov/tribalgovernment. DOJ, through BJA and the Office of Tribal Justice, and OTGR have been and will continue to work together to assist justice involved-American Indian/Alaska Native veterans.
In FY 2012, BJA has been appropriated $38 million for tribal grants.
BJA expects to begin releasing FY 2012 grant solicitations in late November. For all OJP funding opportunities, go to www.ojp.gov/funding/solicitations.htm.
All peer reviewer comments for unsuccessful FY 2011 applicants have been sent electronically to the contacts listed in the application.
You can view all FY 2011 grant awards by state or by solicitation at:
The 23rd Annual National Training Conference for Criminal Justice and Community LeadersMulti-Jurisdictional Conference was held November 8-10 in Green Bay, WI. The conference and preconference trainings drew more than 300 participants from tribal communities and law enforcement jurisdictions around the country. The conference theme, "Building Partnerships for a Better Tomorrow," was reflected throughout the plenary and breakout sessions. Participants learned about many innovative programs and successful partnership building strategies and took advantage of networking opportunities to advance and build partnerships to improve public safety and wellness in their respective communities.
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This WSD 800 MPSV is the first in a new series of Wärtsilä designs being marketed as a total solution, including all relevant systems as well as the ship design.
The total solution concept of the WSD 800 MPSV design includes four gensets. These produce more than 6 MW of electric power, which is in turn distributed via Wärtsilä's patented Low Loss Concept for diesel electric propulsion, to two Wärtsilä main azimuth steerable thrusters aft, and two tunnel thrusters forward, and to provide all necessary electric power onboard.
The WSD 800 MPSV has an overall length of 81.6 meters, a beam of 18.4 meters, and a summer draught of 6.8 meters.
The vessel, which is scheduled to be launched and commissioned by the autumn 2012, will be owned by Bumi Armada, the largest owner and operator of offshore support vessels in Malaysia. It will serve the region's offshore oil industry, and its design includes a Remote Operated Vehicle mezzanine deck, crane, and a large 800 square metre deck area.
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Tell everyone a little about yourself. I'll start
Hi, I'm Travis. I have been playing world of warcraft since 2006, and I just started rping a few weeks ago. I live in the US, am still in school, and love to have fun and joke around.
Tell everyone a little about yourself. I'll start
Hi, I'm Travis. I have been playing world of warcraft since 2006, and I just started rping a few weeks ago. I live in the US, am still in school, and love to have fun and joke around.
Started to wonder when a thread like this would appear...
My name is Martin, i have played WoW since .... early 2007 i think, i have lurked the forums of MMO-Champion for a long time, and decided to create an account when the Wrynn thread started.
I live in Sweden and is on my final year in school, which will end in less then a week.
Hello, my name is <classified>
I live in <classified>, in the town of <classified>
My house is number <classified> right down the <classified> street.
I'm a <classified>, with <classified> brothers and <classified> sisters.
When it comes to the chaotic internet world, I try my best to keep all information about myself... a secret :]
Btw Tecular, how many people in Europe are named Martin :?
I knew a player in Maple Story who I think was from Sweden and was named Martin as well :C!!
Elizabeth, Paladin of Stormwind, read the story of A Paladin in the Making.
Featuring now: Agent Vanseph, human Rogue agent of SI: 7, and Floral, the mysterious night elf Huntress
accompanied by Hummer, ex-lion Pridelord!
The Dog sheds its fur! It's actually a chick?!
Hey, My names Cameron and I've played since...2007? 2006? Can't remember. I live in California.
"Fate has made us enemies...But this ring will make us brothers." -Gravemind to the Master Chief and the Arbiter, (Halo 2)
"Were it so easy" -The Arbiter (Halo 2,3)
"That is the worst grenade throw ever, of all time" -Agent Washington (RedvsBlue, season 6)
<3 Caboose
I don't give out a lot of info about myself over an open channel in the online world, so I'll just say this:
I'm a grandparent who plays mmo's.
I've been playing World of Warcraft since closed beta. I was also in BC beta. I was offered, but did not partake of, Wrath beta.
I've been a lurker on MMO-Champion for a LONG time, but until Cata release announcements, never was pushed to make an account, and not until the RP forums were well under way did I make a persona for that purpose here.
I've been playing RPG's since the inception of D&D back in 1974 (played a smattering of others in the year before that, but didn't really get into them until D&D). I've played a myriad of illustrious games; D&D, AD&D, Gamma World, Runequest (NOT Runescape...Runequest), Traveler, Ravenloft, Vampyre: The Masquerade, and Azanti: High Lightning. I've played computer-based rpg's and MMO's going back to old C= games and during the advent of the BBS craze, I ran the country's second-largest C= BBS with some of the greatest Door game RPG's, such as TradeWars, Red Dragon, Galaxy 5, and many others.
I've played EQ, EQII, CoH/V (beta and release), LotRO (beta and release), AoC, GW (beta and release), and Lineage 2 (beta and release), as well as WoW...
Hmmm...that enough? lol
Ello to you all, my name's Samuel. I'm still in school, and I live in Michigan.
Been playing WoW since what... late 2005, early 2006? I cannot recall very well. At least since vanilla. Through the time before TBC, I mainly just did alt hopping, never leveling a character to 30, before deleting them and starting over. Not the best idea, I know.
Hit endgame and started raiding in TBC, and have raided throughout WotLK. Never did too badly, I guess. Currently in a really awesome guild... It's only been around for a month or two, and we're working on killing LK. Gettin very close!
On other games, I enjoy FPS's and RPG's. There's very few games of these genres that I hate, and even now I cannot recall any names.
Last but not least:
I'm bloody bonkers ;D
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It's a pretty common name, however i've been tempted to change to one of my middle names, but it's pretty much work for that so i cba :P
My name is Maria! I've been playing since the Beta, and I wasn't too old when I started. (14?)
I played a Druid through Vanilla, and I only managed to hit 60 because I loved clawing staff in catform. :
In raids I managed to get Nefarian down, still being a kitty. Apparently the Officers liked the 5% crit aura and the extra BR, cause my DPS was horrible.
In Karazhan I finally became of use as a druid! Due to the way druids worked, it was actually quite easy for our guild to get serverfirst on Horseman, Moroes and Maiden. However, we never had luck enough to get Wolfie of opera, so we kinda lost first spot there
Nowadays I play an Orc Warlock, or Troll Shaman.
My name is Old Blanchy and i'm an alcoholic.
Don't cry for me , i'm already dead.
my friend is changing his middle name to Runowtz after running out 4 batsman in a cricket match in 3 overs . We were all out for 85 .
Insert Signiture here.
You're still my favorite horse :]Originally Posted by Old Blanchy
Elizabeth, Paladin of Stormwind, read the story of A Paladin in the Making.
Featuring now: Agent Vanseph, human Rogue agent of SI: 7, and Floral, the mysterious night elf Huntress
accompanied by Hummer, ex-lion Pridelord!
The Dog sheds its fur! It's actually a chick?!
Name's Vasilis (foreigners prefer to call me Bill), age 20 and from Greece. Been playing WoW since late 2005. Currently in the UNI studying Programming and Communications.
First character was an Undead Warlock, with whom I hit 60 two months pre BC. He still exists, after a server change last November and is still my main - Along with a Draenei DK and a RP character that is currently in the works on Argent Dawn EU.
Names Ian, live in Bend, Oregon. I am very active, out of school, and love roller skating (Mind you, I quad skate, not in-line)
'Spose I could be a little more open. I'm Cameron, a freshy (soph as of tomorrow ) in high school. I picked up the game in 6th grade, but gave up and retried in 7th so I guess I started playing seriously in...2007 then. I started with a dwarf hunter, didn't make it past level 15. Started a rogue, twinked at 19 with the help of my friend. I finally made a NE hunter that eventually became my main. I hit 70 I think a week or so prior to 3.0, and saw some Kara and ZA before WotLK hit. I've been very active in WotLK. I was a member of the second best guild on Dawnbringer, and we killed Yogg-Saron second on the server. I went more casual during ToC because of school, and switched main to my shaman. Sometime after ICC came out, I switched to the Horde and was accepted into Blackout, the number 1 guild on the server, as a 10 man raider. I now raid 10s with them, just under a different tag known as Frostmourne, which is their sister guild of alts, FnF, and 10 man raiders. I live in Los Angeles, California in these United States of America :P
"Fate has made us enemies...But this ring will make us brothers." -Gravemind to the Master Chief and the Arbiter, (Halo 2)
"Were it so easy" -The Arbiter (Halo 2,3)
"That is the worst grenade throw ever, of all time" -Agent Washington (RedvsBlue, season 6)
<3 Caboose
My name's Mosher (not my first name, but I haven't been called my first name for... 6? years...). I picked up the game in late '07, early '08. Can't remember exactly. I live in eastern Maine, and I'm still in school. My first toon was a holy pally. I got him through T4 (via PUGing), but couldn't get to T5 before Wrath hit. I respecced ret, but leveled a shammy to 80 first.
Soviet Russia was merely a setback!
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Considered spam, and could get you in troubleOriginally Posted by Spartinz
I'm Seán, 24, Male, currently living in the hideous humidity of North Florida.
Been playing WoW since July 2008, been roleplaying (D&D and such) since 2000.
A nifty bit of trivia: being a D&D player for 8 years before WoW, I absolutely despised Elves, Paladins, and Pelor (The God of the Sun). Go figure I end up rolling a Belf Paladin as my main. ^_^
My allies are my sword; I am their shield.
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Playboy has been a part of pop culture since 1953 when Marilyn Monroe graced the very first issue. But, in recent years, the magazine has been slowly going down the crapper. So, in an effort to save the magazine, Playboy has launched an interesting new ad campaign.
Hef and the boys took a direct approach by putting pleasure in our hands. Nothing like a semi-direct, not so subtle reminder to keep jacking it to his magazine, but I can't blame him really. In times like this, you can't beat around the bush (mostly because they're not there any more).


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Searched the DealStream database for Bars For Sale in Ettrick VA and found no matches. Expanded the search to nearby areas and found the following matches.
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- Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
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-This is a business for an experienced restaurant couple who want to operate the business together as this couple has for five (5) years. -The owner has expanded the business since he opened in 2010 and has grown revenues 25-30% annually. -This is a great business model featuring inexpensive good...
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*This model is EOL (end of life). It is possible that single units are still available on the market.
Enermax presents Twister Storm: a high-speed fan with selectable speed up to 3,500 RPM. The new Storm-flow fan blades are specifically designed to be used under extreme conditions. The sturdy design and the special shape of the fan blades will ensure a low-vibration operation, even at a rotating speed of up to 3,500 RPM. An extremely strong air flow and high static pressure of the Twister Storm is ideal for radiators of CPU coolers. High quality and heat resistant components ensure 160,000 hours MTBF even at high operating temperatures.
The bearing shaft is fixed to the rotor. When you turn the fan on, a small magnet inside the bearing holds the shaft in position. The convex surface of the base reduces the frictional resistance and ensures a quiet and smooth fan rotation. The sleeve is made from a self-lubricating material and prevents the bearing from draining and corrosion. That way, Enermax guarantees an exceptionally long lifetime of 160,000 hours (MTBF). Another useful feature of the Twister fans is the "Click Mechanism". By pressing the rear side of the blades, you can detach the rotor and clean it from dust. Put it back on the base and press it down until you hear a "click".
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text: On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 12:50:38PM -0800, Chuck Silvers wrote: > hi, > > what you're observing here is that the current genfs read ahead > isn't terribly smart, which is true. the previous read ahead code > in the now-gone vfs_cluster.c was only slightly smarter, so the > genfs stuff seemed good enough at the time. it can certainly be > improved, though. a better way might be to use an adaptive approach > similar to TCP's mechanism for adjusting the window size. That's not the only issue, AFAICT. The other issue is that aside from the coincidence that it will likely get hit by the read-ahead, there's basically nothing that respects the size of the user's I/O request. Without the read-ahead, if a user asked for 32K, we'd fault four times and do four single-page reads -- when if we preserved the request size the user asked for, there'd be no reason to do that. Similarly, if we eliminate MAXPHYS, if a user asks for 4MB, *even if the device can deliver it*, we'll actually still read it in separate chunks of MAX_READ_AHEAD -- and clearly increasing MAX_READ_AHEAD to 4MB would be a dumb thing to do. I think the approach of using read-ahead to handle all explicit I/O requests larger than a single page is highly questionable. Isn't there some way to make the actual I/O request size visible at this layer? Thor