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However, if you are a druid, a few things added to the tradeskill makes it easier to deal with.
Works with shapeshift forms Really this means that you don't have to come out of Flight form before clicking on the dig button. This makes things move along at a lovely pace. Couple this with the guild perk working for birdies and ZOOM!
Lower cooldown Finally, it's dropped to a 3 second cooldown. This is just about perfect and there's no need to wait for the button while you moved a few yards.
Increase on Tol'vir spawns Many more sites have been added, which was badly needed. This is great news for folks looking for Canopic Jars or other goodies like the Ring of the Boy Emperor and Staff of Ammunae.
And lastly, the sale price of the trash increased. This is still based on RNG, but in my efforts for the trinket, I netted about 1k gold in trash in about 10 hours or so. Are there better ways to make gold? Yes but archeology isn't about money making, now is it? I would highly recommend getting Archeology Helper if you are going to be doing serious digging. Having this sped up the time spent on dig sites tremendously.
Around the forums
Since I was sick and basically spent all day digging, I managed get caught up on the goings on in the druid and healing forums.
There is a small debate on Haste vs Mastery right now. Not sure why, to be honest. I feel that if you can get to the WG haste breakpoint, sweet. If you can't, then Mastery might be for you.
And there are reasons to look at Mastery right now, if you weren't before. Wild growth dropped to 8 seconds and changes to Nature's bounty with Rejuv means the two spells work together more effectively and it speeds up Nourish if you choose to top them off that way. I am still working out the best way to fit Nourish in so I can't comment on if Nature's Bounty is truly an effective route for raid healing.
Be careful, though. Just when you got used to a lower mana cost on Rejuv, now it costs a little more and you may find yourself losing more mana with the Wild Growth. It took me a few pulls to adjust to this and be more cautious. (Speaking of mana, TBJ has a good write up on Innervate.)
All of this is in effort to increase our healing throughput, which they did. We still have bursty issues outside of Tranquility,
I need to take a moment and mention the great bear scandal.
Reesi, a long time member of the community posted some information about Thick Hide and inconsistencies with taking damage between bears. This was followed up by a blue
After the designers looked into this issue more, there appears to be a pretty complex series of bugs that may have led to where we are now. I'll do my best to explain.
Early on in Cataclysm, it was concluded that druid tanks took too much damage and we deployed a hotfix to buff their armor through Thick Hide. Originally, we had thought that 4.0.6 was just updating the Thick Hide tooltip as well as the armor display on the character sheet for the earlier hotfix, but we think now that the armor buff itself was actually correctly applied with 4.0.6, and the previous hotfix had never taken hold properly.
The reason we missed this is because there is no easy way to know what your armor actually is when you can't trust the tooltip – you have to have things beat on you and see how much damage you take. This test was tainted by a second bug however, where some druid characters were invisibly retaining the 12% damage reduction benefit of the obsolete Protector of the Pack talent. Even though we removed that talent, its effects were still benefitting some characters, and we didn't know who or how many. Again, there is no easy way to know if your druid was affected without a lot of testing. We knew about the Protector of the Pack bug but were hesitant to try and mess with it too much via hotfix since bear survivability was where we wanted it to be for those characters and we didn't want to risk making anything worse. In any event, those characters appeared to be taking the correct amount of damage, so we thought the Thick Hide hotfix was successful. In reality, we think we were seeing the Protector of the Pack damage reduction and not the Thick Hide armor buff.
We believe the 4.0.6 patch finally removed the Protector of the Pack effects while finally getting the Thick Hide buff applied. Characters who had the Protector of the Pack benefit won't see their survivability change much (they lost damage reduction while gaining armor), while characters who lacked that talent will see their survivability improve (they gained a lot of armor). The good news is that current bear survivability in 4.0.6 appears to be where we want it to be for everyone.
We're still not 100% sure that the above explanation is what happened, but it seems consistent with our observations. Again, as of 4.0.6, bear armor should now be correct.
TL;DR Things are now normalized between bear tanks. If you are like me and switched to feral after the patch, you should feel a little less squishy.
Threat changes still seem to be a issue. Believe they are recommending adding a little more hit/expertise to your gear. For heroics, I switched to my Left Eye of Rajh to compensate.
Other things not druid related: Pallies got nerfed a bit through the latest hotfix, and Discs finally got the bubble love they needed.
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Giant eruption reveals 'dead' star
An enormous eruption has found its way to Earth after travelling for many thousands of years across space. Studying this blast with ESA's XMM-Newton and Integral space observatories, astronomers have discovered a dead star belonging to a rare group: the magnetars.
X-Rays from the giant outburst arrived on Earth on 22 August 2008, and triggered an automatic sensor on the NASA-led, international Swift satellite. Just twelve hours later, XMM-Newton zeroed in and began to collect the radiation, allowing the most detailed spectral study of the decay of a magnetar outburst.
The outburst lasted for more than four months, during which time hundreds of smaller bursts were measured. Nanda Rea from the University of Amsterdam led the team that performed the research. "Magnetars allow us to study extreme matter conditions that cannot be reproduced on Earth," she says.
Magnetars are the most intensely magnetised objects in the Universe. Their magnetic fields are some
This particular magnetar, known as SGR 0501+4516, is estimated to lie about
Only five days after the big eruption, Integral detected highly energetic X-rays coming from the outburst, beyond the energy range that XMM-Newton can see. It is the first time such transient X-ray emission has been detected during the outburst. It disappeared within 10 days and was probably generated as the magnetic configuration changed.
Magnetar outbursts can supply as much energy to Earth as solar flares, despite the fact they are far across our Galaxy, whereas the Sun is at our celestial doorstep. There are two ideas as to how a magnetar forms. One is that it is the tiny core left behind after a highly magnetic star has died. But such magnetic stars are very rare, with just a few known in our Galaxy. Another suggestion is that during the death of a normal star, its tiny core is accelerated, providing a dynamo that strengthens its magnetic field, turning it into a magnetar.
Currently most astronomers favour the first idea but as yet they have no conclusive proof. "If we could just find a magnetar in a cluster of highly magnetic stars, that would prove it," says Rea.
So far only 15 magnetars in total are known in our Galaxy. SGR 0501+4516 is the first new soft gamma repeater, one of the two types of magnetars, discovered after a decade of searches. So, astronomers continue to search for more, waiting for the next giant eruption. As for their newly discovered SGR 0501+4516, the team has been granted time to return and observe it again next year with XMM-Newton. Now they know where to look, they hope to detect the object in a quiescent state, rather than in outburst, so that they can study the calm after a big storm.
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The first outburst of the new magnetar candidate SGR 0501+4516 by N. Rea, G.L. Israel, R. Turolla, P. Esposito, S. Mereghetti, D. Gotz, S. Zane, A. Tiengo, K. Hurley, M. Feroci, M. Still, V. Yershov, C. Winkler, R. Perna, F. Bernardini, P. Ubertini, L. Stella, S. Campana, M. van der Klis, P.M. Woods, was published yesterday in the online version of the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.


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Office Lunch
>> Saturday, June 16, 2007
I found out that every first Friday of the month is the company's monthly 'Lunch Get-Together'. During this time of the month, the company will celebrate the birthday babies for that particular month & just simply have lunch together in the Lounge.
Almost everyday, I'll be eating in front of my computer; it's either I pack my lunch from home or pack from the stalls downstairs. Of course nothing beats having lunch with a good company of friends. But more often than not, I'll just eat in front of the computer. Take away the computer & see Miss Wong drown in the pool of agony *lol* :D My only 'friend' is the other intern & she practically drinks her food down...haha...she eats way too fast compared to me. The other friends are usually busy or have lunch appointments with their other friends who work nearby. *shrugs*
Anyways, this time, Perutbesi features Nasi Ulam! I've never eaten this before. At first look, I thought it was nasi kerabu minus the blue coloring on the rice. The look of it made me melt in nostalgia (I wanna head east!! Wanna go back to Kuantan! Away from the stressful city life! Bah) Nasi Ulam is the Malay name for Herb Rice. It's like fried rice, but with fresh, pungent & green smelling herbs, belacan (dried fermented shrimp paste), dried salted fish and dried shrimps. I reckon it originated from the Northern/Eastern Peninsular Malaysia (either Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, or Terengganu) since it has a very authentic Malay touch. I enjoyed the dish & look forward to have more of it!
Accompanying the Nasi Ulam are Asam Perut Ikan (sour fish belly dish), stir-fried cauliflower with peas, carrots, & baby corn, fried chicken, otak-otak (yummy!), & there was fried bee hoon too! In addition to the abundance of food, there was also a coffee-cheese cake & a jelly-cake :P
If you would want the recipe for the Nasi Ulam, kindly click here to link to the recipe page :) Stay tuned as we continue on the Perutbesi adventure!
- Ruth
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ZTE Blade A530 Firmware Information
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How to Flash ZTE Blade A530 Firmware
Flashing ZTE Blade A530 stock firmware only requires having your ZTE Blade A530 stock recovery.
Why we need ZTE Blade A530 Firmware
It's always advisable to backup ZTE Blade A530 Firmware after purchasing it. You are going to need it for the following reasons.
Downgrade or Upgrade ZTE Blade A530.
You can use ZTE Blade A530 Stock rom to downgrade your smartphone or upgrade your smartphone. It depends on the release of the firmware or your choice if the option is available.
Unbrick ZTE Blade A530.
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Unroot ZTE Blade A530.
You can also use ZTE Blade A530 stock firmware to completely unroot any ZTE Blade A530 smartphone. You also can regain your warranty by properly flashing the official ZTE Blade A530 stock firmware. It can be done by reverting back to the official stock firmware of ZTE Blade A530 if your smartphone has tampered.
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Your ZTE Blade A530 might develop issue which might be unknown to it you, if it a software related issue, you can restore and fix it by flashing the stock firmware for ZTE Blade A530. Today, we are presenting all the Official Firmware, both Official releases and updates following it. You can download all of ZTE Blade A530 Firmware here. If you experience any problem with any of the files, don't hesitate to tell us.
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- A working detectable USB Cord.
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- A Good Battery Backup
- ZTE Blade A530 Stock recovery.
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Note that flashing a ZTE Blade A530 firmware to your phone might erase everything in your phone including contents in internal storage. It is always very advisable to backup your contents to an external storage or a PC. If your phone is bricked and can't be accessed, I guess there is nothing you can do.
Follow this procedure below if you wish to flash ZTE Blade A530 Stock Rom.
How to Flash ZTE Blade A530 stock rom
- For you to flash ZTE Blade A530, you will need your stock recovery.
- Download the firmware to your PC or phone and extract the zip file.
- Inside the zip file, there is another zip file for the firmware.
- Rename the firmware to update.zip or just leave it the way it is.
- Copy the downloaded firmware to the root of your SD card.
- Boot your ZTE Blade A530 to recovery by powering it off.
- Press Volume Up and power button or press both volume up and down and Power button simultaneously to boot to recovery.
- Choose apply update from SD card.
- Select the Update.zip or the downloaded stock firmware file and the flashing will start.
- Once it finishes, wipe data and reboot your phone.
I won't be responsible for any harm that might come to your phone. Please, make sure you are flashing the right firmare, stock rom, or flash file to ZTE Blade A530.
Because of firmware dumping variations, Firmware file formats may differ. Due to decompressing access, I might not be sure of the file type and because of that, I have provided a different method by which you can flash much firmware of different chips. Kindly indicate if yours is missing.
If the provided firmware you need to be flashed is MTK and comes with MTK Flash Files, follow the procedure below to flash MTK smartphones. MTK flash files come with preloader, boot.img, scatter file and etc.
If your smartphone is a Spreadtrum smartphone or the flash file comes in .PAC format, it means you are going to flash it with Spreadtrum Upgrade Tool.
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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) A judge has sentenced Marcus Vick to five days in jail for failing to produce adequate documentation about his financial status by a court-ordered deadline.
Plaintiff Barbara Ferguson's attorney, Kris Olin, says the judge sentenced the former Virginia Tech quarterback and younger brother of Philadelphia Eagles QB Michael Vick for contempt of court during a telephone conference Wednesday.
Circuit Court Judge Brett Geisler issued a warrant for Marcus Vick's arrest. The Carroll County judge was brought in to hear the Montgomery County civil case over a $40,000 promissory note.
Vick's lawyer, Jimmy Turk, says he hopes Vick will be able to provide additional documents or a reason why he's unable to do so.
Virginia Tech dismissed Vick in 2006 and he was released by the Miami Dolphins a year later.


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In his second movie, the Irish playwright Martin McDonagh has mangled together a comic, self-aware revenge flick that's half Guy Ritchie, half Charlie Kaufman.
If that sounds like an awkward pairing, it is. "Seven Psychopaths" is manic and messy (particularly in the first half) and McDonagh - whose previous film was the more centered "In Bruges" - doesn't yet have the visual command for a sprawling, madcap tale as this.
But it's also filled with deranged wit and unpredictable genre deconstruction that makes "Seven Psychopaths" if not quite a success, a fascinating mutt of a movie.
Colin Farrell plays Marty, a hard-drinking screenwriter in Los Angeles and a clear stand-in for McDonagh. (The first letters of his last name are pointedly obscured on his scripts, but "McDonagh" is coyly suggested.) He has his movie title - "Seven Psychopaths" - but little else.
His friend Billy (Sam Rockwell) is his sounding board. But as Marty tries to write, he gets sucked into Billy's own hijinks. With the help of his older friend Hans (Christopher Walken), Billy kidnaps dogs and then returns them for the reward money. This practice gets them in trouble when they swipe the Shih Tzu of a dog-loving gangster (Woody Harrelson). Bloody bodies quickly accumulate.
That this is the plot isn't necessarily clear until fairly well into "Seven Psychopaths." At first, it's paced by stylish introductions of various psychopaths, some of whom are fictional inventions - like a murderous Vietnamese priest (Long Nguyen) - and some of whom are among the main characters.
It's an excellent cast: others include Harry Dean Stanton, Abbie Cornish, Kevin Corrigan, Gabourey Sidibe and a bunny-cradling Tom Waits. But this is Rockwell's movie. The actor has long specialized in loose cannons ("Moon," "Snow Angels") but his Billy may be the most fun yet.
He enthusiastically supports Marty, trying to get him to write, while revealing that he, too, might be a fittingly unhinged character for the script. But even in his darkest moments, he's gleeful at the movie he's acting out. Many of McDonagh's best lines are his. Explaining that he didn't mean to suggest his girlfriend is carrying a worse venereal disease, he sweetly says, twice: "Honey, I meant like chlamydia or something."
In urging Marty's script forward, Billy also pushes along "Seven Psychopaths." Billy - whose last name, Bickle, evokes Robert De Niro's Travis - is the movies, themselves: violent, hysterical, lunatic and totally captivating. His suggested cliched vision for Marty's script (the psychopaths team up for a cemetery shootout) could easily be in theaters any given week. ("Smokin' Aces" comes to mind.) He is the excited advocate for gunplay, action and, absolutely, a big showdown finale - both in the script and in his life, if there's a difference.
Marty, though, wants his film to be about "love and peace" and halfway through "Seven Psychopaths," he contemplates a sudden turn away from the expected plot mechanics. He imagines the characters simply leaving their guns, going to the desert and talking.
Apoplectic, Billy responds: "What are we making, French movies now?"
For a while, this is exactly what "Seven Psychopaths" does and it's when it finds its footing. McDonagh is best in such Beckett-like limbos heavy with Catholic guilt - the delightfully grim "In Bruges" was essentially set in purgatory, a.k.a. Belgium. The very talented writer-director has often drawn fair comparisons to Quentin Tarantino (both enjoy the chit chat of hit men), but McDonagh's work has a darker soulfulness, even when meta playfulness like that in "Seven Psychopaths" obscures it.
Also in the desert, Walken's character - whose slow, deliberate enunciations are like a soothing metronome for film - takes peyote, which is worth the price of admission, alone.
After breaking apart the crime film, McDonagh puts it back together again for a conclusion worthy of the genre. In the end, the movies - in all their insanity - win. The French lose.
"Seven Psychopaths," a CBS Films release, is rated R for strong violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexuality, nudity and some drug use. Running time: 110 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.


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This color contains the following pigments:
PG7-Phthalo Green
PG17-Chromium Oxide Green
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Pigment Name
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Pigment Type
Chemical Name
polychlorinated copper(II) phthalocyanine
Chemical Formula
C32H3Cl13CuN8 to C32HCl15CuN8 or C32H16CuN8Cl15 (PG7) or C32Br6Cl10CuN8 (PG36)
Phthalo Green is a transparent, cool, bright, high intensity color used in oil and acrylics. It comes from a Phthalocyanine Blue pigment where most of the hydrogen atoms have been replaced with chlorine, forming highly stable molecules. It has similar pigment properties and permanence to Phthalo Blue. It is slow drying and an excellent base color for mixing a range of bright greens. Phthalo Green is considered a very good alternative to Viridian because it is intense and mixes well and can be used to emphasize mineral colors in various tints. However, its tinting strength is very high, so it can overpower other colors. This pigment most closely resembles the discontinued and toxic Verdigris.
Phthalo Greens are completely lightfast and resistant to alkali, acids, solvents, heat, and ultraviolet radiation. They are currently used in inks, coatings, and many plastics due to their stability and are considered a standard pigment in printing ink and the packaging industry.
Phthalo Green has no significant hazards, but it contained PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) until 1982.
This bright blue-green was developed in 1935 and has been in use since 1938.
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Chemical Name
chromium oxide
Chemical Formula
Chromium Oxide Green is a dull, dense, willow or pale green color that is completely opaque. It has an average drying time and a low tinting strength. It is fairly flexible in oil form and is suitable for all purposes and mediums. This pigment is less versatile in mixtures than Viridian and Phthalocyanine Green, but mixes well with other colors without overpowering them.
Chromium Oxide Green has excellent permanence, even at high temperatures.
Chromium Oxide Green is slightly toxic. Evidence of Chromium(III) carcinogenicity is inconclusive. Chromium(III) salts appear in greenish pigments such as PG17. Chromium(VI) salts, which appear in yellowish pigments, have been proven to cause cancer.
Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin discovered the element chromium in lead chromate in 1797. It began to be used as an enamel and ceramic color in 1809, but it had limited use as a pigment until 1862, because of its cost. It is the most commonly used green for military camouflage because it appears the same shade as living foliage under infrared light.
Pigment Name
PBk9-Ivory Black
Pigment Type
charred animal bone
Chemical Name
carbon + calcium phosphate
Chemical Formula
C + Ca3(PO4)2 or C × CaPO4
Ivory Black is a cool, semi-transparent blue-black with a slight brownish undertone and average tinting strength. It mixes well with any color, and creates a range of dull greens when mixed with yellow. It has good properties for use in oil, can be slow to dry in oil form, and should never be used in underpainting or frescoing. Ivory Black is denser than Lamp Black.
Ivory Black is very lightfast and has good permanence, though it is considered the least permanent of the major black pigments.
Ivory Black has no significant hazards.
Ivory Black is a carbon based black first named as Elephantium, and described in the 4th century BCE as produced by heating ivory scraps in clay pots to reduce the ivory or bone to charcoal. The deviation in names is because the more expensive varieties of this pigment were made by burning ivory, and the less expensive ones by burning animal bone. In the 19th century, the name Ivory Black was finally permitted to be applied to Carbon Black pigments made from bone. True Ivory Black is rare in modern times due to the protection of ivory, and the synthetic variety produced today was discovered in 1929. Bone Black is produced as an industrial pigment.
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A CFO's Guide to Scenario-based Planning Using Econometrics
Handling unexpected events, ranging from sudden competitive shifts within an industry to economic and political volatility, is never easy. But some companies seem better equipped to meet such challenges than others. As CFOs have pushed deeper into broader strategic roles for their organizations over the last decade, scenario-based planning has become an important tool that can help organizations adapt quickly to new threats and opportunities.
Going further than traditional forecasting, scenario-based planning is not meant to predict the future, but to make decisions today that take into account alternative ways the future could turn out. At its best, scenario-based planning is a flexible tool that can assist in the development of strategies for operating in any of several contrasting business and economic environments that could lie ahead. Scenarios can be used to develop a wide range of plans, from fundamental changes in strategy caused by global paradigm shifts to tactical contingency planning focused on possible near-term developments.
Business Uncertainties
The starting point is the premise that business uncertainties should be highlighted rather than minimized when a company is defining strategy. "At the corporate level, scenarios can help a company establish an overall frame of reference for its strategic planning processes," says Dwight Allen, director, Strategy Development, Deloitte LLP. "At the business-unit level, managers can use these scenarios to test and refine their existing strategies. The corporate development group can use the scenarios as input to make limited, expandable investments in assets that would facilitate adaptation to developments that are different from what business units are planning for but which are sufficiently plausible to justify some advance preparation."
Distinguishing between Shorter- and Longer-term Initiatives
It can be helpful to group the different applications of scenario-based planning into three tiers:
First Tier: Longer-term macro-scenarios—These high level scenarios are developed to provide context for corporate-level strategic planning. They are "broad brush" and overarching scenarios. While these scenarios are at a higher level, they may be the most important as their input sets the direction and tone for the analysis and planning performed at the business-unit level. They also offer guidance as to what developments the business units may be discounting as they make their decisions on what market conditions to assume as they review and refine their strategies.
Second Tier: Impact of macro-scenarios on business units—After the longer-term scenarios have been developed, the next step is to understand how each would impact the various business segments (units/markets/industries/etc). Competitive strategy will vary and should be tailored based on the intricacies of each business unit and its market. Once the potential impacts of each scenario have been identified and the appropriate strategic responses are defined, each business unit determines what future market conditions it will assume and what strategy it will adopt. In a company with many lines of business, the array of strategies will be correspondingly diverse.
Third Tier: Ongoing, lower-level analyses—Once business units have implemented their strategies, additional, more tactical scenarios and analyses can be developed periodically as new uncertainties emerge. These scenarios help to analyze the significance of the new uncertainties and to experiment with different theories as to what additional developments might be on the way. The idea is not to develop a new strategy but to aid the business unit as it executes the strategy it has adopted.
Leveraging Econometric Models Within Scenario-based Planning
Econometric models can be used to flesh out scenarios with financial data that make the descriptions of future worlds less like science fiction and more grounded in the type of facts and figures executives use when making business decisions. Rather than communicating the characteristics of a scenario only through narrative descriptions, econometric models make it possible to define the specifics of the business environment—for example, stipulating GDP, inflation, IT investment, oil prices and corporate profits. And there is the option of taking the next step and modeling the impact of the scenario on a particular business, showing how it would affect metrics such as revenues, expenses, pricing and capital expenditures. For some management teams a scenario-based planning exercise gains credibility only when the scenarios have been given this quantitative dimension.
Econometric models can be used in a variety of forward-thinking situations. "Models can be developed to illustrate how the conditions prevailing within the longer-term, macro-scenarios used in developing strategic plans would affect selected key market and business indicators," says Carl Steidtmann, chief economist at Deloitte Research and a director with Deloitte Services LP. "This provides a more detailed, quantitative understanding of a scenario's impacts than is typically possible when relying solely on a qualitative, narrative description," he adds. Models can also be developed for shorter-term scenarios when executing the strategy a business has adopted.
Common Challenges When Using Econometric Models
Statistical analysis is not immune to human psychology. As with any process, there are places where error can be introduced when creating and using econometric models using multiple regression. While econometric modeling incorporates more quantitative analysis into scenario-based planning, it is important that the underlying risks being examined in a scenario-based planning model be both accurate and relevant to the organization.
1. Misinterpreting Correlation
Multiple regression analysis is the cornerstone of econometric modeling. One obstacle to using this technique is that it can be difficult to interpret the relationship between each variable and the resulting behavior. In a linear regression, the output is directly correlated to a single input, but in a multiple regression, the correlation of one input is dependent on all other inputs. For example, it would be relatively easy to assess the direct relationship between, say, investment in information technology (IT) services and a technology company's revenue. However, most real world econometric models and scenarios encompass multiple leading economic and business indicators. In this more complex model, the impact of IT investment may be very different depending upon the behavior of the other variables, such as GDP or corporate profits. It is important to assess the viability of each indicator within each modeling scenario.
2. Subjective Probability
When beginning the process of building a new model, numerous variables should be considered to reach a best-fit design. The challenge can lie in distinguishing between a model that looks sound statistically, and a model that looks sound from a logical business perspective. It helps to have a hypothesis about the variables in question. Regardless of how strong the model appears to be using a given variable, the model will not be reliable if there is not a strong business correlation.
Continuous Monitoring for Changes in the Environment
Once an econometric model is built and the financial impact of each scenario has been established, the business can assess the strategic actions that can be taken. A robust scenario-based planning effort using econometric analysis can enhance the competitive advantage of a business by positioning it to be more nimble and able to adapt to an ever-changing global environment.
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Looking for a fast weeknight dessert? Johnnycake—essentially a cross between a pancake and corn bread—isn't fancy, but it's delicious when made with delicate pears and maple syrup.
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- Makes 8 servings
- Active Time
- 15 min
- Total Time
- 1 1/4 hr (includes cooling)
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons sugar
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- 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg, divided
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup stone-ground cornmeal (preferably white)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup (preferably dark amber or Grade B)
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- Accompaniments: pure maple syrup (for drizzling); sour cream
- Preheat oven to 400°F with rack in middle.
- Melt butter in a 12-inch nonstick skillet. Brush a 9-inch cake pan (2 inches deep) with 1 tablespoon melted butter and reserve 6 tablespoons in a small bowl. Sprinkle sugar evenly over butter remaining in skillet. Arrange pears, cut sides up, in skillet and sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg. Cook over medium heat 5 minutes, then turn pears over and sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg. Cook until liquid pears give off has evaporated and cut sides are lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes more.
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Last in a series highlighting cities to which you can fly nonstop from Boston.
This city of charming neighborhoods reflects the values of its hip young residents, especially its thriving community of active, outdoorsy, progressive families. It has more than 370 miles of bike paths and lanes, an easy-to-use light rail and streetcar system, preserved historic buildings and ones constructed from reclaimed materials, and a close connection to its green spaces and to all things quirky and weird.
Portland has 200 parks within city limits, including Mill Ends Park, which Guinness Records proclaimed the world's smallest dedicated park at 24 inches in diameter (Forest Park ranks as the city's largest at 5,156 acres).
Everything from the science museum to brewpubs to independently owned shops caters to kids, offering special play areas and nooks for little ones. And whether your children are tots or teens, you will find plenty to do. Here are some of our top picks:
8 a.m. Grab a breakfast bite at Mother's Bistro (212 Southwest Stark St., 503-464-1122, www.mothersbistro.com, $3.95-$12.95; closed Mondays) in southwest Portland. If it's a Saturday, put your name on the waiting list (it can take an hour) and head to the nearby Portland Saturday Market; you'll get a text when your table opens. Ask to be seated in the colorful main dining room, which has a kids' play area with Legos and blocks. You can admire all the mother-child photos and the brass and crystal chandeliers while waiting for your frittata and hash. Kids will love the cornflake-crusted French toast and the pancakes that come with ears, banana eyes, and chocolate chip noses and mouths.
9:30 a.m. Before making your first stop, get a picnic lunch from Elephants Delicatessen (115 Northwest 22d Ave., 503-299-6304, www.elephantsdeli.com, $6.95-$10.95), known for Mama Leone's homemade soups, sandwiches, and pastries. Or come back later for the brick-oven pizza (try the fig and prosciutto) and the deli's famous milkshakes.
10 a.m. Take the MAX light rail ($2.50 for any one-way trip) or your rental car to Washington Park, where you can spend an entire day exploring kid-friendly hiking trails, museums, exhibits, and playgrounds, all sizable enough to entertain without overwhelming little ones. Spend a good hour and a half at the Oregon Zoo (4001 Southwest Canyon Road, 503-226-1561, www.oregonzoo.org, strollers for rent, adults 12-64, $11.50, 2 and under free), where giraffes, elephants, lions, cheetahs, bald eagles, and polar and black bears delight kids of all ages. Daily parking $4-$6, depending on the season.
11:30 a.m. Next door, the Portland Children's Museum (4015 Southwest Canyon Road, 503-223-6500, www.portlandcm.org) stokes imaginations with its hands-on Water Works exhibit (waterproof bib provided), face-painting area, clay station, theater, pet hospital, and grocery store where kids can load shopping carts with dairy products, baked goods, cereals, and other play items, and then "purchase" them at a kids' cash register. Or they can pretend to order or cook food at a little cafe. The museum prides itself on being "the museum that doesn't act like a museum," since exhibits are so hands-on and engaging for curious little minds.
12:30 p.m. Enjoy a panino or vegan soup or create your own salad at The Counter @ the Museum, a small cafe. Or hop in your car and take your picnic lunch to the Rose Garden Children's Park a few miles down the street on Sherwood Drive, where you'll find a massive colorful playground structure with multiple levels, ramps, slides, swings, and a sand pit with an elephant statue that kids like to cover with sand. Eat at the picnic tables under the trees or at a covered pavilion that was once home to Rosy, the first elephant to move to Oregon in 1953.
2:30 p.m. Drive up the road to the Portland Japanese Garden (611 Southwest Kingston Ave., 503-223-1321, www.japanesegarden.com, $9.50 per person, 5 and under free), where you can climb the steps or hop a small shuttle up a steep hill to this peaceful oasis. Enjoy city views, and relax at the sand and stone gardens, by the koi pond, and under the cherry trees. Kids can track down the five-tiered pagoda, the haiku stone, and other objects during a self-guided treasure hunt.
6 p.m. After this action-packed day, enjoy quick, easy comfort food at the Grilled Cheese Grill (1027 Northeast Alberta St., 503-206-8959, $5.75-
$8.50) just across the river, where you can order hearty sandwiches on homemade bread from a food cart, and then eat while sitting on a repurposed school bus equipped with booth- and diner-style seating and decorated with old-time class photos on the tables and a crazy-colorful mural on the ceiling. Each table has Trivial Pursuit cards so mom and dad can test their memories while they wait. If you're super hungry, go for The Cheesus, which comes with a burger in between two grilled cheese sandwiches.
8 a.m. Broder Café (2508 Southeast Clinton St., 503-736-3333, www.broderpdx.com, $7-$12) may tempt you to move here. The cozy eatery, with its crisp, stylish decor, serves Scandinavian favorites, from lefse (Norwegian potato crepe) and pytt i panna (Swedish hash) to aebleskivers (Danish pancakes), which come with dipping sauces — lemon curd, lingonberry jam, applesauce, and maple syrup — and are a big hit with the kids. Attentive waiters keep the coffee with steamed milk flowing.
9:30 a.m. Head back to Waterfront Bicycles (10 Southwest Ash St., No. 100, 503-227-1719, www.waterfrontbikes.com, $6 an hour-$30 for 24 hours for kid trailer, $9 an hour- $40 for 24 hours for adult-size Fuji) and pick up a cruiser bike and, if you have younger kids, a Burley or Weehoo trailer, and spend the day pedaling to the following sites along the Waterfront Trail and beyond. You can even rent a pedal-less Strider for your little biker, if you're planning a shorter ride.
10:30 a.m. The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, or OMSI, (1945 Southeast Water Ave., 800-955-6674, www.omsi.edu, closed Mondays unless school is out, adults $13, 3-13 $9.50, sub tour $5.75 per person) can keep kids of all ages entertained. It has a large-screen theater, planetarium, and a special area for children 6 and under called Science Playground, where little ones can put on a chipmunk outfit, learn what naturalists do, dig their toes in white sand, play with water, and watch balls shoot through air tunnels. Anyone 3 or older — and able enough to climb through a submarine doorway — can go for a guided tour of the USS Blueback, the US Navy's last nonnuclear, fast-attack submarine, which is anchored on the river.
12:30 p.m. OMSI's newly renovated Theory Eatery blends science and food and welcomes visitors into the kitchen. Overlooking the Willamette River, the cafe draws local families, and offers everything from beef sliders and quinoa to tuna melts with roasted garlic aioli and homemade bread.
1:15 p.m. Wander five minutes down the road (heading south) to the volunteer-run Oregon Rail Heritage Museum (2250 Southeast Water Ave., 503-233-1156, www.orhf.org, donations), where you'll find a giant hangar housing three vintage steam locomotives, two of which are operational: the Southern Pacific No. 4449 and the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle No. 700. Visit Saturday and take a 45-minute ride on the Oregon Pacific Railroad hourly starting at 12:30 p.m. and ending with the 4:30 p.m. departure.
3:30 p.m. Collect your bike, pedal over the bike- and pedestrian-friendly Hawthorne Bridge, and head south, following a nonmotorized multiuse path and a street with a dedicated bike lane (Moody Street), as you make your way to the Portland Aerial Tram (3303 Southwest Bond Ave., 503-494-8283, www.gobytram.com, $4 round trip per person, 6 and under free). Hop aboard the Swiss-built tram and rise 500 hundred feet as you marvel at the city views. Stay on for the several-minute ride back down or wander around the lower level and see the small sculpture garden on the outside deck.
5:30 p.m. Time for a pizza or burger and a microbrew at Hopworks Urban Brewery (2944 Southeast Powell Blvd., 503-232-4677, www.hopworksbeer.com, $16.75-$29.75 pizza, $9.50-$12.50 burger), a favorite among families, in part because it has three play areas with train tables, blackboards, books, and games. Check out the dozens of reclaimed bike frames that form a truss over the downstairs bar. Try the mouthwatering homemade beer pretzels with the warm beer cheese sauce for starters.
9 a.m. For the novelty of the experience, have breakfast at the ever-popular Slappy Cakes (4246 Southeast Belmont St., 503-477-4805, www.slappycakes.com, $6.50 per tube of batter, $1-$2 per topping), where you can cook your own pancakes on a hot griddle that's built into your table. Choose your batter — buttermilk, whole grain, vegan/gluten-free, peanut butter, sweet potato, or chocolate — and select an assortment of toppings, such as chocolate chips, blueberries, shredded coconut, crispy bacon, or local goat cheese, and then start cooking. All batters, dips, jams, and sauces are made from scratch using fresh ingredients.
10:30 a.m. Drive about 2 miles north to the Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden for Children at Grant Park, where you'll find playful life-size bronze statues of Ramona, Henry Huggins, and Henry's dog Ribsy, all characters created by Cleary for her Ramona series of books.
Noon Head back to the city, park your car, and explore by streetcar.
1:30 p.m. Wander around Powell's City of Books (1005 West Burnside St., 503-228-4651, www.powells.com) where you can lose yourself among the labyrinth of hallways and color-coded rooms in the world's largest independent bookstore.
4 p.m. End your stay with a quintessential Bridgetown experience: a meal from one of the city's 474 food carts. Try Mississippi Marketplace (4233 North Mississippi Ave., www.missmarketplace.com), where you'll find everything from barbecue and ramen dishes to fusion food with an Oregon-Asian twist and — a top pick for kids — sweet and savory crepes.
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The first trailer for "Lady Bird" writer-director Greta Gerwig's adaptation of "Little Women" has arrived.
"Little Women" is based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott and follows the beloved story of the four March sisters.
Portraying Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth March, the star-studded movie features Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh and Eliza Scanlen. It also includes Timothee Chalamet as their neighbor Laurie, Laura Dern as Marmee, and Meryl Streep as Aunt March.
The film, directed by Greta Gerwig, is set for release on Dec. 25, 2019.
Gerwig told Entertainment Weekly and PEOPLE that they wanted the trailer "to feel like the movie feels, which is both classical and fresh." And while the story takes place in the 19th century, Gerwig said they in "no way wanted it to feel like it was something that was past. We wanted it to feel like it was present right now."


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Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired the live-action rights to develop an adaptation of Tite Kubo's manga series Bleach. Peter Segal, who most recently directed Get Smart, will produce and potentially direct while Dan Mazeau (Wrath of the Titans) is attached to write the screenplay.
Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo, a teenager with the ability to see ghosts. When his family is attacked by a Hollow, a malevolent lost soul, Ichigo encounters Rukia, a Soul Reaper tasked to hunting Hollows, and inadvertently absorbs her powers. Now Ichigo dedicates his life to protecting the innocent and helping tortured souls find peace.
The film will also be produced by Michael Ewing, Masi Oka, Jason Hoffs and Branon Coluccio.
Bleach has previously been adapted in animated form for the small screen in a continuing anime series and, for the big screen, in a series of tie-in films. The most recent, Bleach: Hell Chapter, was released in Japan in December of 2010.


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Dear Em, Lena, Pa, Bert, Henry and the rest of you.
I have just got Em's letter and Lena's card, and believe me they look good. The best thing that pleased me was, hearing that some one is taking my place, (part of the time at least). And who could fill it any more than my brother Henry. I am sorry that I couldn't see him before I left, but you know there are a lot of people that I should have seen. But why all this, I will soon be back and we will hardly know that I was ever so far from home.
I sent a letter yesterday and I hope this one gets there in time to make it possible for you to forgive me for lecturing so sharply. Two post cards and a letter from home in this place is a God send, especially in one day. Well please keep it up and tell Henry to send a line also. John Higgins sent a card and the time he took in writing it was well spent, for I am going to send him a letter today if I have time.
When I got the mail, of coarse the first I looked at was the post cards and I was trying to dope out what Henry it was. And as I have said above I was very glad to hear it was our own Henry. And say tell him to eat will you. Athough they are feeding us good, I cant eat a thing. I guess it is just as well that I can't for, (well I have told you often enough I think how hot it is)
I thank you very very much for sending the picture and if I don't have it with me when I get home well don't let me in. Tell Em not to feel so bad over the heat, for, as I have always played this game; I can stand it just as much as the other fellow, and then some. But say Em you struck it when you said, you wish we would get some rain. It would be welcomed here every day.
If the Holland's are as interested in me as your letters state well Ive got to use more lead that's all, so they are going to get a few lines any way from me. So is Madge and the rest, if I have time and some ambition. (There is very little of the latter down this way.) That little Mary is not going to be forgotten, for I know the 17th we were pretty good friends. I am glad Lena found out about my insurance, and I will see that it runs along alright.
Speaking of news from the 8th, you know a barking dog never bites and that is all I will say about this. They say that the recruits are on the way; well the sooner they get here the sooner they will get sick of it, I bet. I am glad to hear that you are sending some writing matter but, please don't bother about news paper, unless you find some thing that will interest me. Tell Bert I will change places with him on the chore job if he says the word.
There are plenty of chances to keep a piano going but not for me on this trip. I didn't feel very well yesterday but I am feeling fine today.
Well I have got to get after the other letters so I can get them in before the mail is collected so I must close with best wishes for all.
P.S. How is Maggie and Napolean, also the birds across the way. Keep "Old Glory" flying every day, and I will try to be an honor to it down here.
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Top 3 Gluten-Free Diners In the Tri-Cities
Well, as a gluten intolerant individual I used to have a hard time going out to dinner because I was limited on what I could eat due to food containing gluten or being easily contaminated by gluten. I have compiled a list of a few restaurants that cater to people like me and have good food.
1) P.F. Chang's China Bistro
P.F. Chang's China Bistro offers a fairly large selection on gluten free food. If you are gluten intolerant
and in the mood for some Chinese cuisine, P.F. Chang's is the place to go. My personal favorite is the GF Dali Chicken.
2) Twigs Bistro and Martini Bar
Twigs Bistro and Martini Bar has an awesome variety of gluten free meals ranging from pizza to pasta. Twigs has a large variety of gluten free food, appetizers, desserts, drinks, entrees, you name it. The best part of it, is that the food is also delicious.
3) Fat Olives
Fat Olives is my favorite place to go for gluten free pizza. While, they have a large selection of other great gluten free fare, it's the pizza that always has me coming back. The crust is perfect, they use the correct amount of toppings, the sauce is delicious; it's just all around awesome pizza.


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The decision to use a pacifier — or not — is up to you. Consider the do's and don'ts of giving your baby a pacifier, and how to help him or her break the habit.
Most babies have a strong sucking reflex. Some babies even suck their thumbs or fingers before they're born. Beyond nutrition, sucking often has a soothing, calming effect. That's why many parents rank pacifiers as must-haves, right up there with diaper wipes.
Are pacifiers really OK for your baby, though? Understand the benefits and risks of pacifier use, important safety tips, and steps to help wean your baby from the pacifier.
For some babies, pacifiers are the key to contentment between feedings. Consider the advantages:
Of course, pacifiers have pitfalls as well. Consider the drawbacks:
If you choose to offer your baby a pacifier, keep these tips in mind:
The risks of pacifier use begin to outweigh the benefits as your baby gets older. While most kids stop using pacifiers on their own between ages 2 and 4, others need help breaking the habit. Use praise when your child chooses not to use the pacifier. If your child struggles to give up the pacifier consider talking to your child's doctor or dentist for help.
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But now we find that the field of cardiology is being accused of "discrimination" on the basis of training duration, exposure to xrays, or work hours that are inflexible because of patient "emergencies" in the press.
I find it interesting that differences in vocational choice and marital status are considered discriminatory by our professional leadership:
"Discrimination based on gender and parenting is still prevalent. Female cardiologists remain less likely to be married or to have children."And yet, from the same article, we find our "discriminatory" field has accomplished the following:
"The number of female cardiologists and fellows has nearly doubled in the past decade since our last survey. Coincident with this, we have seen an increased emphasis upon and fulfillment from mentors, increased flexibility in work hours, and a universally high level of satisfaction with career and family."So we must now ask, what else we can do? Should we rid our profession of emergencies to better meet the needs of female cardiologists? Or perhaps we should shorten work hours to make life more "family friendly?"
Look, people's decisions regarding career choice must consider many factors. To suggest that the field of cardiology is "discriminatory" based on gender and marital status ignores the biologic differences in being a man or woman and casts a sexist pall on the inroads made to improve women's presence in our field.


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John Calvin, the great theologian, thought there wasn't a blade of grass or a color of blue sky or of rich brown earth that wasn't intended to bring us joy. Most of us love the blue sky days where everything is filled with incredible harmony and peace. We cast our bread on the waters and wait expectantly to put out our nets to see what we might catch. No matter what it is, we are prepared for the joy it will bring.
You may think you could buy into this joy business, but you're not so sure about that whole "happy dance" thing. After all, reality would say otherwise for much of the world. So how do you create more joy?
One approach is to get busy doing something that makes you happy. Be intentional. Be creative! If you love the way fresh cookies smell coming straight from the oven, make some. If you don't want to eat them all yourself, spread the joy and give some to your neighbors. If you love the way the wind blows through your hair giving you a fresh scent of flowers and trees and earthiness, then get outside and embrace the day.
After you've done something just for yourself, then become the joy for someone else. Help your neighbor pull the garden weeds or plant some flowers. Surprise your friend with a simple note or ecard just to say you're thinking about them. Taking the opportunity to lift the spirits of another person is always a joy bringer. Pay an unexpected visit to a shut-in or call your mom or an old friend for no reason at all except to enjoy the time to chat. Do something good for yourself and it will usually spill over onto someone else. They'll see the light in your eyes, the smile on your face and the generous spirit you exude and their day will be better too…all because they spent some happy moments with you.
It's such a great day! Is there anything stopping you from spreading just a little more joy wherever you go? As you walk down the street where you live, do a little happy dance and be filled with new found joy!


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Quick Notes
I'll be trying to automate and program any roster hex edits we discover before REDitor comes out.
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How pasting works for the Players tab
Read the included PDF.
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Original story: http://truth-out.org/news/item/10621-americas-green-summer-from-vermont-...
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 11:55
By Michael Levitin, Truthout | Report
Ever seen a human oil spill? It's not a lot like the real thing, except in the ways that it is: black, silent and ominously stationary - because these bodies, like crude, aren't going anywhere.
That was the impression made by hundreds of black-clad activists, young and old, who fell prostrate to the pavement Sunday outside the Hilton Hotel in Burlington, Vermont, to oppose a range of mega-energy plans being discussed behind closed doors at the 36th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers.
Reacting to proposals including pumping Canadian tar sands through a pipeline across New England to the Atlantic coast, energy giant Hydro Quebec's Northern Pass, which would demolish 180 miles of New Hampshire forest and install 1,100 electrical towers transporting dirty energy to busy centers like Boston and New York, and Quebec's 25-year, $80 billion mammoth mining and energy project known as Plan Nord, citizens gathering from across the Northeast sent a clear, unmistakable message to governors on both sides of the border: No.
No to emissions above. No to contamination below. As one chant echoed through the downtown streets of Burlington: "The water! The water! The water's on fire! We don't need no fracking - let the corporations burn!"
The 500-person turnout and smartly choreographed "human oil spill" made Vermont the latest staging ground in what is quickly developing as a green summer of activism and resistance across America. Also over the weekend, thousands marched in Washington, DC to oppose the toxic impacts of fracking. On Saturday, activists shut down a mountaintop coal removal site in Lincoln County, West Virginia, drawing increased attention to the human and environmental costs of corporate strip mining in Appalachia.
500 people from across New England marched in Burlington, Vermont on Sunday demanding an end to proposed plans for a pipeline that would transport dirty Canadian Tar Sands oil across the region.
And that is just the tip of things. Protesters in Texas have initiated a tar sands blockade, vowing to halt construction of the Keystone XL pipeline through their state. Other blockades are getting underway at ports along the West Coast to prevent further construction of coal-shipping facilities. And in August, activists nationwide will descend on Helena, Montana, to engage in an unprecedented coal export action aimed at protesting and blocking coal shipments west to the Pacific and Asian markets from the Powder River Basin, which holds 40 percent of America's coal supply.
So, where might the Occupy movement and its allies be shifting energy right now? Perhaps to the environment, where it seems to belong. Leading climate author and activist Bill McKibben, whose latest article headlines the current issue of Rolling Stone, wore a bright blue "Stop Keystone XL" T-shirt as he addressed the crowd in Burlington: "We're really at one of those hinge moments of human history," he said. "By the summer of 2012, there is nothing abstract about climate change - about what it means to raise the temperature of the planet."
"These guys will have no idea what they've bitten off if they try to do this [pipeline] across New England," McKibben warned, noting that 25 protests happened last week across North America to mark the two-year anniversary of the tar sands oil spill in Kalamazoo, Michigan. "If Nebraskans aren't going to sit still and watch a pipeline put across their land, then the people of New England sure as hell aren't going to, either. We are going to stop this thing in its tracks and we're going to have to take on the heart of the fossil fuel industry itself."
And yet, as opposition to corporate energy projects gains steam nationally, so do surveillance and other invasive federal activities surrounding those who protest against those projects. In the lead-up to the demonstration against the governors' conference in Burlington, FBI agents showed up at an activist's home to question him about his involvement - a type of harassment and intimidation we're now seeing coast to coast, from the FBI swat teams that raided activists' apartments in Seattle, Olympia and Portland, Oregon, in July, to the false and damaging accusation tying an Occupy protester to a 2004 murder in New York City.
At Sunday's protest, violence broke out in the afternoon between protesters and the police when buses carrying several hundred dignitaries from the conference were momentarily blocked by activists, causing police to fire sting balls and pepper spray at close range, injuring at least a half dozen people.
If government were to consider seriously the outrage taking hold across the country right now - to actually listen to people demanding an end to the corporate pillaging of resources at the cost of human health, communities and environment - it might respond legislatively rather than militarily.
But the people are not waiting - for either response. A group with perhaps the largest presence in Burlington on Sunday, the Vermont Workers' Center, launched a grassroots movement last year called Put People First, dedicated to improving health, education, housing, environment and jobs throughout the state. Its initial victory: last year Vermont became the first state to adopt universal health care. And earlier this year, a People's Budget passed in the statehouse. Now, the group is preparing to host a People's Convention for Human Rights to take place September 1-2 in Burlington with the goal of producing a new human rights declaration.
"It's not experts; it's not corporations; it's not money: it's human needs and human rights," said member Anja Rudiger. "Occupy created wonderful momentum for demonstrating that the moment is ripe. As we build power, then we'll make demands on people in power."
Indeed, the causes celebrated at Sunday's convergence were diverse - as they are at most environmental protests. For Peter Martin, 74, a retired airline pilot for Delta: "We want the governors to understand that thousands and thousands and thousands of people are against [the Northern Pass]. In New Hampshire town meetings over the last two years, more than 30 towns voted unanimously against this project," he said, because "we don't feel like having our economy, the health of our people and the beauty of our environment destroyed for someone else's profit."
Chris Williams of Vernon, Vermont, came to demand the shutdown of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant; 25-year-old Rob Korobkin of Portland, Maine, said a tar sands pipeline exiting the coast of Maine would imperil drinking water for one of seven residents in the state; Antoine, a student from Montreal, showed up because "the same people who make tuition fees explode in Quebec are the ones here promoting Plan Nord." Innu First Nations people railed against Hydro Quebec's construction of a hydroelectric dam on the Romaine River that they say will have catastrophic impacts on their way of life and the nature around them.
"We need to come together in the storm, to stand together as social movements. It doesn't matter what the politicians are in there doing," said Jonathan Leavitt of the Vermont Workers' Union and Occupy Burlington, "it matters what the unanswered demands are out here - and how effectively we organize to realize those demands."
He called it "a moment of reckoning for the mainstream white environmental movement of the United States, [which] can decide to be an electoral machine for the Democratic Party or it can decide to win. And today we're deciding to win."
Under the hot afternoon sun, hundreds wearing black gathered in Burlington's Battery Park as preparations for the human oil spill got underway. A large circle formed. People held hands and began to walk, forming separate lines and singing as concentric circles expanded to fill the park lawn: "There is power in our voices; there is power in the land. Saying yes to the Earth, we say no to tar sands." In silence then, they walked from the park: a calm procession, it almost seemed funereal as the black flowing robes and sea of shirts spilled in unformed lines down the street, and figures drifted with eerie calm to the place outside the Hilton where they lay down on the hot pavement and stayed there for many minutes in silence, their bodies covering the ground as window curtains in the hotel rooms parted and guests looked down in awe.
A voice began to sing "This Land is Your Land," others joined and soon hundreds were clapping and singing. The street resembled a new kind of civil rights performance - an action such as we rarely see, empowered as an oil spill that has broken silence - if only the officials in their air-conditioned hall could hear it.


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After in-depth discussion and examination, we have decided to simplify the display of Characters on IMDb, focusing our on-going efforts towards title specific character details. While in concept, we love the idea of character data spanning across all titles, in practice we do not feel our past experience lived up to expectations. The majority of our previous character pages were dead ends, without any related content, providing a confusing and disjointed experience. The filmography credits were often unusable, and the bios many times were inconsistent given numerous disparate story lines. While the previous experience had drawbacks, we truly appreciate all the hard work of everyonewho contributed to characters over the years. That said, as of today, we are simplifying the experience, allowing us to retain the character concept while building a foundation for future growth.
With today's release we have begun this transition. Our new character experience will support title specific images, quotes, and keywords. Moving forward we will no longer support character filmography, biographies, videos, character lists or polls. To aid in this transition, we are temporarily retaining our prior character experience until Dec 6th. This will provide our users time to archive any character lists, polls or biographies which they previously created or contributed towards. If you wish to migrate any character lists or polls, we recommend rebuilding the content with an image list. Existing character lists can also be archived by selecting the "Export this list" option. During this transition, we have temporarily retained the character search option, but will suspend support after Dec 6th. In the coming months, we plan to re-enable character search based on our new experience.
We understand this is a significant change which was made only after careful consideration. We appreciate your understanding.
Here is an example of the new experience
I believe this is a tragic mistake. How to find all films TV episodes with any of the following characters:
Jesus Christ
King Author
Flash Gordon
King Kong
Harry Potter
As of right now, just search for the character on imdb! It generally works great and provides information that it is hard to find any other way. WHY delete this? Is it hurting anyone or anything? IMDB is a great service for both DEEP FANS and general users. This feature works reasonable well for BOTH. It's already here. Why kill it?!?
Sadly, the character pages depend upon old technology that IMDb is forced to phase out. I'm not happy about this, since it adversely affect the polls. I hope that the IMDb technical staff will provide an alternate means to search for characters in the future.
In the interim, you can use Google search as a less than perfect substitute.
For instance, to search for "Jesus Christ" enter the following in the search box:
site:imdb.com "Jesus Christ"
What, relational databases don't work any more? Because that's what they're populating the pages with, whether they're using an actual database for it or simply static pages built such a way as to mimic that functionality. (And it should not be that difficult to recreate identical structure in a database if the latter. All you need is some scripts and time to run them, and time you have because you can first create the complete structure and only then make it live.)
Upon reading the Upcoming changes... thread, however, it seems to me that the whole site has been built as a patchwork of (at the time) hyped-up technologies or home-brewed kludges without any larger design, each with their own particular system, instead of doing things right. It also seems that now the hardware on the system with the character information is dying or the system is reaching its EOL one way or another and so, rather than doing the right thing this time by importing the data in the new system, the IMDb is (again) taking the easy way out and simply scrapping the data along with the old system. In its place, it seems, they are scraping together a feature on the new system that sort of looks like the old without its actual functionality with promises that all will be well at some unspecified future date. That's what this seems to me.
I simply don't see a way to look at this and not think this is simply poor change management and intentionally throwing away data and features that could be fairly easily preserved. All it really takes is some scripting and processing time for it to run, unless they've really screwed the pooch.
Changes to character pages
Would IMDb please return them to their original formats. Thank you.
It helps when you want to see else has played the characters in other adaptations eg
Sherlock Holmes, Dracula etc. It also makes it easier to find the titles of these movies or tv adaptations
Have you given any consideration to something that I suggested on the old message board system soon after you first introduced Character pages - that you restrict them to those that have something on the character page (some trivia or a full biography). There are too many IMHO where you have a Character page that doesn't say anything much about the character, just giving a filmography. That leads to confusion with too many different characters on the same page
Why would you want to do a fool thing like this? I mean, why? I oddly just want the regular old imdb, read the cast, crew, reviews. You know, information about a film like you've done for 25 yrs.
R.I.P., Wackjobs.
Doesn't this page help?
That is one of the 4 listed when searched for character Captain Marvel.
It's idiotic to expect all the character pages to be filled to the brim with useless trivia, as you seem to have been doing. Those things are a bonus. The real gem are the connections on the page and now you're removing them? I mean seriously, I've yet to see a change on IMDb that hadn't made the user experience worse.
Of course one of the reason why the character pages weren't perhaps used as much as they could have is that you, IMDB, did not improve them. For example, there was a longstanding problem with them that you couldn't get a full list of all the episodes with that character in them. It was always limited in length and the longer version removed the actor information. That resulted in not being able get the list of all the actors playing that character easily. An example would be Laurie Forman in That 70s Show: I don't think the character page ever listed Lisa Robin Kelly, because of the episode limit. And the full list removed the actor information. I reported the bug, but nobody f@*king cared.
The thing is, if you, the IMDB, want to stay as the go-to resource for movies, you need to support and come up with more of the sophisticated uses, or the users will find alternative resources and leave you behind. (Well, you're at least throwing out people who like Kevin Smith's movies by removing a very nice resource for the characters in his universe.) The connectedness of the information and access to those connections is the very thing that sets you apart from run-of-the-mill movie sites and now you're destroying it.
You may think that the cast lists and forums are your core, but you of all people should know that discussion forums and the database of information is surprisingly easily rebuilt elsewhere by crowd-sourcing, if you manage to piss off the community and drive them away. That's how you did it in the first place. With decisions like these, you're a myspace waiting to happen.
Can you help us understand why the Character pages must be removed before the new Search functionality will be implemented? Are you re-using the character codes, so that doing a character search would get mixed results if you leave the existing pages in place?
(I don't see any evidence of that yet, since ch0000574 is the code for Bugs Bunny under the old hand-built page http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000574/, but when I open the new version for one of his titles, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119160/characters/nm0123354? the nm0123354 is for the actor voicing Bugs, and I don't see the ch-code anywhere.)
Also, can you explain how you will build a good automated search for a character's filmography? Especially for something like a religious figure, whose name is frequently adopted by the general population. Ex: searching for Jesus won't just yield portrayals of the religious figure.
Because I couldn't find a way to automatically archive all the character pages there, I was going to suggest people start saving character pages to web.archive.org But I think that's only useful to view later if you know the url of the archived page you want. If you eliminate the ability to search for the removed pages, I suppose Google search could help with that, but I'm not clear how long they keep dead links.
Thanks in advance.
What you should be doing is something like this: First you build the database and copy all the information (and this can be scripted easily), then you check to see that everything was copied right. After that you set up scripts to catch up to the current state of the old pages (as they may have changed in the meantime) and the procedures to update the old pages and the new database simultaneously. Then you observe that the system works properly, write and format the new pages that use the dynamic system (that hopefully isn't too reliant on client-side scripting) and come up with the server configuration to retain the old URL scheme on the new system (or change all the links, but that's stupid because it breaks every link on other websites). Then you test it in-house. Only after that do you swap the old live version with the new test version. And, finally, now that the old version is fully static, you make final backups of the old content. (And yes, I'm assuming the new version of the site makes automated backups and generally does the right thing performance-wise, etc.)
The thing about the character pages is that you could easily just initally copy all the additional content and the links in the list of titles to the database and then make the pages dynamic (or semi-dynamic) - even if the old pages are fully static. That way you wouldn't lose anything. You could easily pull in the quotes dynamically by matching the character information in each quote in a title against the character information in the title page and even generate new character pages for them if they do not already exist. It just seems so obvious and easy to do, so I don't get this.
So if someone of you out there is really listening to me and trust me I am not the kind of person who spends his time babbling about politics on social media or similar crap like this, I am telling you don't make this change.
It's my sincere request, please let this particular feature be as it is.
But couldn't you also find that out by checking the filmography for Kelsey Grammer where you would soon spot a show called 'Frasier' where Kelsey also played "Dr. Frasier Crane"?
Would you be so kind to please reconsider that change and not take away a great feature?
I think rather than taking time to change the character pages the time could be spent sorting out the problems.
Very disappointed and a tad annoyed.
-character Used to denote a character's appearance in a title. The formatting should be presented as the name of the character first, followed by "-character". So, for Star Wars, we'd list Han Solo as "Han-Solo-character". This can be used for both fictional characters, and fictional portrayals of real life people (including when someone is playing a fictionalized, scripted portrayal of themselves). Please note that if the character is recurring in a series the character keyword should only be added to the parent and not individual episodes.
FAQ: List of Live Character Based Polls Recast as Image Based Polls
Please provide this information for your new image polls based on live character based polls. These polls may have the same title as the existing live character based polls. They will be treated as any new poll suggestion.
Get Satisfaction Thread:
Image List:
*No place for IMDB Contributors to discuss titles and get to know other IMDB Contributors.
*No place to find out information dedicated to Specific Characters. No place for us to view Movie Quotes dedicated to Specific Characters either.
*It's now much harder to link things in Trivia Items, easier it is to simply type in names than remember weblinks for pages.
Well, most visitors will not even notice the reductions and downgrades...
by Jeorj Euler
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IF all of this was on the Old IMDb Boards
there could be millions of comments & complaints
Perhaps that is why IMDb decided to delete the Boards and hide changes and such on GS
where most Users do not know about or want to sign up
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Now 82,950,000 Users
IMDb member since December 2017
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To be literal, I'd have to disagree.
The quantity of users to chime in with disapproval
would max out at about 500 or so, a higher number than here,
but still low and certainly not millions.
I don't why you're taking note of search results that only show what is going on, on GS.
by Jeorj Euler
Found a few posts on this topic on other sites
without GS ...
as you remember ... IMDb Boards had a limit of 600 posts per thread
Started out with no limit and ...
Most replies to one post -
8,900 on Feb 15, 2002 and many more each week
"Jennifer 'Love' Hewitt-Yay or Nay?"
mollymae1 : Thu Dec 30 12:11:40 1999
Reply number 8,255 by ACT1 : Mon Dec 31, 2001
Listed in "Actors & Actresses: Discuss your favorite performers." Message Board
Star_Hero http://www.imdb.com/user/ur4251683/boards/profile/
Tue Mar 29 2005
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0329101/board/thread/17236596 - Freddy vs. Jason
2,306 replies
[Post deleted] This message has been deleted by an administrator - Mon Jan 28 2008
Message Boards started May 7 1999
New Message Boards started Aug 6 2002
"We have decided to disable IMDb's message boards on February 20, 2017"
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Dhalgren, people who are unaware of the situation will not understand why you want to boycott,
and rest assured, most of the people who visit the IMDb site are unaware.
by Jeorj Euler
IMDb does not care if 10,000 users want to boycott
952,643 Users Registered in November 2017
Fri Dec 01 2017 http://www.imdb.com/user/ur82844702 29,998 registered
Sat Dec 02 2017 http://www.imdb.com/user/ur82874700 35,550
Sun Dec 03 2017 http://www.imdb.com/user/ur82910250 36,250
Mon Dec 04 2017 http://www.imdb.com/user/ur82946500
Now there are.. http://www.imdb.com/user/ur82960000
Only a few actually do anything on IMDb and less at SG (56,310 Members)
IF IMDb removed the POLLS - Then there would be heaps plenty complaints !!!
Maybe I see your point. I'm not too sure. Even if a lot of web stuff surfaced addressing the matter, I still might not be convinced, but at least I would have something to work with. My interpretation of the lack of voices on the matter is that awareness of the matter is extremely low. You can't care if you don't know.
As stated above, quote pages of pages don't have any option of viewing quotes that are only spoken by specific characters.
That said I hope to have back pages about significant characters who spanned multiple works, such as D'Artagnan, the Popes, the POTUSes, Robinson Crusoe etc.
I was using these character lists to know which episodes of particular shows had the character my daughter likes in them. Like, which episodes of The Lion Guard have Simba? Stuff like that. And now I cant. I don't really see how I am getting any satisfaction from any of this.
As this destruction continues, I will spread the word against the site and encourage a boycott through my contacts in the film and television industry. Shame on you for spoiling this once great resource.
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The act of separating persons or things from profane use and dedicating them to the service of God (Exod. 29: 1; 2 Chron. 31: 6).
In modern usage, consecration (e.g. of a church) is the rendering of thanks to God; and a declaration of the function of the person or thing for service, as in the OT.


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