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Enterprise2.0 is the use of emergent social software tools to improve knowledge sharing and collaboration within and between firms, their customers and partners. This paper proposes that Enterprise2.0 is a double‑edged sword and should be adopted cautiously. Emerging trends in e‑business are specialisation and collaboration, creating a diverse population of organisations, each tightly defined by its core competences, interacting in a constant sequence of transient relationships, each motivated by a particular market opportunity. These dynamic business networks depend on the establishment of appropriate platforms and global standards to enable smooth interaction between the service components, in particular, appropriate metadata such as ontologies. The dynamism of such an interconnected yet free‑ wheeling economy is constrained unless risks relating to investment in a new business relationship are reduced to levels where the risk‑reward ratio favours agility rather than inertia. For its advocates, Enterprise2.0 techniques promise to contribute to the evolution of dynamic, agile, collaborative e‑commerce. However, its egalitarian and permissive nature creates challenges. Folksonomies allow a more customer‑centric view of an organisation's value proposition but may also undermine carefully devised official ontologies. Collaborative filtering may provide a mechanism for mitigating risk but the trust created is dependent upon the perceived credibility of the reviewers. A high profile example of an initiative designed to facilitate dynamic e‑commerce which failed due to unsatisfactory classification of its members and the perceived risk of interacting with unknown reputations is examined. Recent academic research and practical applications that address these conflicts are reviewed.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) – Tech stocks put in a broad slate of gains Wednesday, led by Groupon Inc. after an appearance by CEO Andrew Mason at a technology conference.
Another notable gainer was Workday Inc. WDAY, +1.04%, which rose 2.6% ahead of its first earnings report as a public company — due after the closing bell.
Groupon Inc. GRPN, -1.85% continued with its recent revival, rising almost 12%, to close at $4.42 after an appearance by Mason that followed media reports of the company's board of directors considering a change in the top job.
Mason told the Ignition conference by Business Insider that "it would be weird if the board wasn't discussing if I were the right guy for the job." He noted that Groupon's stock has fallen about 80% since it went public in last November, but said, "If I ever thought I wasn't the right guy for the job, I would fire myself." See The Tell for more about Mason and Groupon.
The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.17% ended the day with a gain of almost 24 points, to close at to 2,991. The Morgan Stanley High-Tech Index US:MSH and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index SOX, +0.17% both closed with gains of about 1%.
Apple AAPL, +0.14% shares slipped about 0.3% to close at $582.94. Another tech hardware maker Dell DELL, -1.05% was down more than 0.6%. During the previous trading session, various media outlets reported that Apple fired an executive in charge of its mapping application that has garnered poor reviews since its launch with the iPhone 5 in late September.
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We knew there was a reason we dug men in kilts—according to new research, they're probably a lot more fertile than the average man.
The Scottish Medical Journal published a report showing that too-tighty whities have been associated with fertility issues since the 80s and tight clothing below-the-belt in general has been linked with increased testicular temperatures since the 90s. (For maximum fertility and sperm health, balls should be three degrees cooler than the rest of the body, the report says, and snug undies can increase between-the-legs temps by 3.5 degrees.)
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Royal Hoax Tragedy: Australian Radio Station Cancels Show of Prankster DJs
(SYDNEY) -- The Australian radio show that pulled the prank call on Kate Middleton's hospital last week has been canceled, according to a statement from Southern Cross Austereo, which owns 2Day FM.
The hosts of the show, Mel Greig, 30, and Michael Christian, 25, who were responsible for the call, will not return to the airwaves until further notice, the statement said. The network also ordered a company-wide suspension of prank calls.
Southern Cross Austereo said it tried to contact the hospital several times before airing the segment. But the hospital said there were no calls.
"Following the hoax call, the radio station did not speak to anyone in hospital senior management or anyone at the company that handles our media enquiries," a spokesperson for the hospital told ABC News.
The Australian radio station has come under fire for its antics gone wrong before.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority launched an investigation into 2Day FM in July 2009 after the station broadcast a lie-detector test with a mother and a daughter regarding the girl's sexual activity, despite the girl's protests. In the segment, which was part of the Kyle and Jackie O Show, the 14-year-old girl revealed to her mother that she had been raped when she was 12, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
After the revelation, host Kyle Sandilands said, "Right ... is that the only experience you've had?"
The segment ended with host Jackie O'Neil's apologizing.
The rape allegation was investigated by police but later called off by the teenager. As a result of the investigation, however, the Kyle and Jackie O Show was suspended for three weeks.
Sandilands came under fire later that year after he said actress Magda Szubanski, who was a spokeswoman for weight-loss company Jenny Craig at the time, could lose even more weight if she went to a concentration camp, the Australian reported. Szubanski is of Polish descent. Sandilands quickly apologized for the comments.
The station was also investigated in April 2009 for a segment called "Heartless Hotline" in which a mother of five children, four of whom were disabled, called in to win tickets to the Sydney Royal Easter Show. The woman was offered seven tickets unless another listener called to claim them within 30 seconds. When another listener called in, the mother of five had to argue with hosts in order to keep the tickets.
Also that year, the station staged a prank in which it raised funds for the parents of a disabled child. The station claimed to have raised $150,000 for the family but when the parents contacted 2Day FM to claim the money, the station gave them the names of listeners who had pledged donations. The parents were only able to collect $50,000.
ABC Australia's program Media Watch recalled one of the Kyle and Jackie O Show pranks in which it told a Cambodian-Australian woman, Saveth, it would bring her niece, Dana, to Australia. But the day before the station was to fly Dana to the country, it told Saveth that it would put Dana behind one of three doors when she arrived and if Saveth didn't choose the right door, Dana would be flown home. When Saveth picked the wrong door, the women pleaded and cried until the station finally told them Dana could stay.
As for the most recent episode, the two Australian radio DJs who prank-called the London hospital where Middleton was being treated last week said they were "shattered" and "gutted" after the nurse who answered their call apparently killed herself.
Shock jocks Mel Greig, 30, and Michael Christian, 25, cried as they spoke to Australia's Channel 9 overnight in their first public interview since Jacintha Saldanha, 46, the nurse who last week connected the pair to the duchess' room, was found dead Friday morning.
"I'm shattered, gutted, heartbroken," Christian said. "Mel and myself are incredibly sorry for the situation and what's happened. I had the idea. … It was just a simple harmless phone call. It was going to go on for 30 seconds. We were going to get hung up on."
The host of the 2Day FM radio show pretended to be Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles, asking for an update on Middleton's condition when they called up King Edward VII Hospital in central London. With no receptionist on duty overnight, Saldanha answered the prank call and put it through.
"It was just something that was fun and light-hearted and a tragic turn of events that I don't think anyone had expected," Christian said.
Saldanha was found dead Friday morning after police were called to an address near the hospital to "reports of a woman found unconscious," according to a statement from Scotland Yard.
Investigators have not said how she might have killed herself.
Greig cried today when asked about the moment she heard of the death of Saldanha, a mother of two.
"It was the worst phone call I've ever had in my life," she said through tears. "There's not a minute that goes by that we don't think about her family and the thought that we may have played a part in that is gut-wrenching."
The DJs said they never expected to get through to Middleton's nurse and assumed, "the same phone calls had been made 100 times that morning," Christian said.
Grieg said, "We wanted to be hung up on with our silly voices and wanted a 20-second segment to air of us doing stupid voice. … Not for a second did we expect to even speak to Kate or even have a conversation with anyone at the hospital. We wanted to be hung up on."
The global backlash against the duo has been fierce, from online death threats to calls for prison time. Their radio station has announced it is banning phony phone calls altogether.
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Last May in Oaxaca, one of Mexico's poorest states, members of the national teachers' union began a strike for higher salaries, which led to an encampment in the city's central square. The Mexican government initiated a repression of the teachers' struggle, which then expanded into a large coalition of more than 900 groups and organizations called the A.P.P.O., which in Spanish stands for Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (pronounced wa-HA-ka). The A.P.P.O. demanded the resignation of the conservative governor, Ulisés Ruiz. After months of protests, the tensions escalated and led to government-backed violence.
On Nov. 25, 2006, on the pretext of controlling a peaceful demonstration organized by the A.P.P.O., a Mexican federal police force executed a well-planned, highly coordinated attack designed to crush the people's legal right to assemble and voice their opinions. Fully armed and armored, wearing gas masks, shields and helmets, the Federal Preventive Police (P.F.P.) responded to provocations initiated by infiltrators identified by professional journalists as non-uniformed, off-duty policemen. As the police stormed the area just north of Oaxaca's Zócalo (main square), they fired tear gas canisters at a fleeing crowd that included street vendors, workers, passersby, women and children.
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A 50-year-old single mother of three, just leaving work, testified on Dec. 18 before the Rights Action emergency human rights delegation: I couldn't see, I was trying to find my son. They [the federal police] grabbed me, shoved me against the pavement, handcuffed my hands behind my neck and hurled me onto a pile of other women. They kicked and beat us if we moved and kept us that way for almost two hours. Along with 140 other men and women, she was charged with sedition, instigating a mutiny and destruction of public propertyall federal offensesand was taken by helicopter a day or so later to a prison in the state of Nayarit hundreds of miles away.
All of the 141 detainees transported to Nayarit and federal facilities in the state of Taumalipas and Estado de Mexico had been handcuffed, beaten, stripped of most of their clothing and robbed of all their personal possessions. Yet according to testimony before the human rights delegation, more than 80 percent of them had no connection whatsoever with the A.P.P.O. Those incarcerated included a man who had come to the center of town to pick up his daughter from dance class, a man walking down a side street to a bus stop because his car was locked in a parking garage and a woman shopping for Christmas gifts who, in trying to flee the tear gas, broke the heel of one of her shoes and fell. Like the others she was handcuffed, beaten and thrown into the pile of detainees. The federal police made no attempts to identify any of those they detained.
The tear gas was so thick we were all crying and trying to run away. All of a sudden there were police in front of us as well as behind us. They'd surrounded us. The only ones to escape were those who hid somewhere, a 40-year-old housewife who had come to the Zócalo to meet her teenage son told the civil rights delegation.
The police brutality did not end with the apprehensions. The armed P.F.P. continued to beat and kick those piled together outside the convent of Santo Domingo. As temperatures dropped to near freezing, the police stripped those they had apprehended of their sweaters, coats and shoes and hurled them face-down into the beds of trucks to haul them to the state prison in Tlacolula, near Oaxaca City. They spit on us, kicked us, tortured us. They slammed our heads against the truck bed, they told us to say our prayers, we'd never see our families again. I was covered with blood, a tearful 19-year-old college student told the human rights delegation.
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In the prison, 40-some miles from the capital city of Oaxaca, the federal police and state prison guards photographed the detainees. Finally, nearly 24 hours after the apprehensions had begun, the police let their prisoners have food and water before transporting them in military airplanes and helicopters to federal installations in the states of Nayarit, Taumalipas and Estado de Mexico. Several observers who managed to evade being arrested reported seeing at least three persons slain, but federal and state authorities denied that any deaths had occurred.
Throughout the city of Oaxaca and neighboring communities, residents desperately sought information about those who had disappeared. A caravan of family members, friends and relatives drove or took buses to Tepic, where 91 of the people who had been arrested were locked up. Most of those arriving were not allowed to visit the prisoners because they lacked proper identification, nor were the prisoners allowed access to legal representation. Nayarit officials protested that the federal government had no right to bring Oaxaca's problem to Nayarit, but families in Tepic opened their doors to the distraught visitors and fed and housed them.
Before the alleged rioters were released under bond (reportedly paid by Ulisés Ruiz's state government), they were forced to sign confessions that no longer included the crimes of mutiny and sedition, but did include robbery and destruction of public property. The signers included a widow who can neither read nor write and Pedro Valdez, a Mixtec Indian who not only cannot read or write, but who neither speaks nor understands Spanish.
Records Destroyed
During the police attack several buildings were burned, including the government archives that houses financial and tax records. For reasons that neither the Oaxacan state nor the Mexican federal government has explained, all of the archives had been moved except those detailing the current and previous governors' financial dealings, which were being audited because of allegations of multibillion dollar fraud. Spokespersons for Oaxaca's Governor Ulisés Ruiz told the Mexican press that the fire had been started by A.P.P.O. protesters hurling Molotov cocktails into the building. Physical investigation of the burned out facility, however, verified that even Joe Namath in his prime could not have thrown a Molotov cocktail far enough to start the conflagration, leading some to conclude that it had been set from inside.
Although the federal police force is under the jurisdiction of Mexico's president Felipe Calderón and Government Secretary Francisco Ramírez, neither has made any effort to investigate the violent apprehension and assault of innocent civilians. Various officials from President Calderón's Partido Acción Nacional, including Senator Felipe González, applauded the federal police actions, citing the need to show a firm hand against lawbreakers like the coalition protesters.
The A.P.P.O. was formed after Oaxaca municipal police raided a sit-in organized by Section 22 of the statewide teachers' union. The coalition includes participants from a variety of nongovernmental and indigenous organizations. Since its formation, police and paramilitaries allegedly acting on behalf of the state government have assassinated at least 20 persons, including the American photographer Brad Will. At least 100 other persons have disappeared and are presumed to be either imprisoned or dead. Teachers have been dragged out of their classrooms, handcuffed and arrested; and persons associated with the Popular Assembly have been detained and beaten. A government-sponsored radio station openly encourages Oaxacans to burn buildings associated with the Popular Assembly and to attack assembly members in their homes.
Propaganda issued by both state and federal authorities insists that calm has returned to Oaxaca and that the state is now safe for touristsfor tourists perhaps, but not for Oaxacans. The arrests, the beatings and the disappearances continue. So does the resistance. I never was part of the blockades; I never took part in the marches, the 50-year-old widow quoted above told the human rights emergency delegation. But now I'll be in the marches, she said, I'll support A.P.P.O. Innocent people suffered terribly. I don't want things like that ever to happen in this state again!
Robert Joe Stout was a member of the Rights Action emergency human rights delegation to Oaxaca in 2006. His most recent book is The Blood of the Serpent: Mexican Lives (2003).
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At first glance, the MacBook isn't all that different from its iBook elders. But the first thing that does clue you in to the fact that you're looking at shiny newness is the MacBook's keyboard, which physically separates each key from its neighbors with a tiny moat of plastic. And while I've always assumed that this keyboard was mostly an attempt to rid those glossy screens of keyboard imprints (Apple's website touts the fact that they sit flush with the bed), Apple also apparently feels that it's just a damn fine-looking keyboard as well.
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In a purse bags for school, a woman becomes feminine, which in turn reflects on her man, who immediately becomes manly. Want to see a real man by your side, become a real woman.
9. Relaxation.
When a woman puts on a long skirt or purse bags for school – she naturally relaxes. This is a very important condition for a woman. After all, it is in a relaxed state that a woman gets the very best from life. No need to stop horses to gallop and go to a burning hut! Not feminine. Voltage adversely affects the female beauty, both internal and external.
10. Convenience.
In the purse bags for school is comfortable. Many people cram into their favorite jeans, as my mother used to say "with soap" and we are not talking about comfort here; on the contrary, wearing tight pants, blood circulation is disturbed in the pelvic organs. The skirt does not constrain the movement, it is comfortable and convenient.
11. Love for yourself.
To wear skirts and purse bags for school will have to love yourself! Yes Yes exactly. Skirt always obliges. Must be a woman. Do you have the courage to love yourself? The easiest way to put on jeans, a jacket and run, trying to keep up with the imposed stereotypes. In order to wear a skirt you need to grow bolder, you need to prepare, you need to be a woman. And only in a dress or skirt can a woman be a woman to the tips of her nails.
12. George Sand, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel – the women with whom the reincarnation of femininity into masculinity began, because it was from them that the fashion for women s pants began. In trousers, a woman broke into the world of men, gradually losing her feminine charm and lightness. Have you noticed that now on 30 women in trousers – 1 in a skirt. This is a personal observation. But since ancient times it was believed that a long skirt not only decorates a woman, but also protects, gives her strength and energy. Learn our reasons to wear a purse bags for school and maybe your life will change soon!
So you want to go out once to the street and see feminine women and courageous men. But, as you know, you need to start changing the world with yourself.


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I hope you get to have a lot of today!
Sometimes it IS about the numbers!!!
I hope you get to have a lot of today!
Sometimes it IS about the numbers!!!
Have a safe trip and enjoy today, for it is your's! Eh?
Happy Birthday!
Why not live life like it is your last day....instead of pretending to be a member of the Peter Pan Club and believing you will be around forever.
That's OK, I'll catch up in the fall. Have fun and see you sometime.
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"life is short...make a mess of it!"
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TOWNSEND — Over the last few years, early death from cancer has visited the Townsend Fire/EMS Department. First Capt. William Hamilton was downed by pancreatic cancer. Two years ago, Lt. Donald Amadon succumbed to colon cancer.
"We're all pretty close. We grew up together," said Lt. Bill Elliott. He, along with a team of other firefighters and emergency medical service members, are organizing the third Townsend Fire-EMS Relief Association Golf Outing to honor and remember their fallen comrades.
"All proceeds will benefit the Massachusetts General Hospital Pancreatic and Colon Research Center," he said.
The organizers are very pleased with the ongoing success of the tournament held at the Townsend Ridge Country Club. In just two years, they have donated $30,000 to the research center. Last year, the event was filled to capacity. Late registering teams had to be turned away.
Mass. General signed on as the main event sponsor last year. Not only does the prestigious hospital provide assistance organizing and promoting the event, it sends a four-member team to play during the tournament. Anyone from a doctor to someone on the administrative staff might take part, Elliott said.
Golfers do not have to be a member of a team to play the afternoon of Sept. 7. Filling out a form available online will set solo players up for the day. "They can just send it in and they'll be teamed with someone else," he said.
"Put a team together. Don't wait till the last second. We'd like people to come out and help. It's a cause that affects everybody in town," Elliott said.
The $115 entry fee covers not only a round of golf, but also a shared golf cart, complimentary driving range balls, the firemen's chicken barbecue, a sleeve of golf balls and a golf towel.
Wachusett Brewery has donated cases of beer. At two holes along the course, golfers will be offered a beer, water or soft drink.
Townsend Ford, for the third year in a row, is offering an F150 pickup truck as a prize for a hole-in-one. No one has yet won a truck during the tournament. "Tom Cleary (owner of the dealership) said they would do it each year. That's a nice thing," Elliott said.
The golfer getting closest to the pin and with the longest drive will also win prizes during the tournament. A raffle and silent auction of sports memorabilia will be held during the meal.
Nongolfers can get in on the festivities, too. When registering, competitors can sign friends and family members up for the meal at $10 per ticket.
For $100, individuals or businesses can sponsor a tee and have a sign placed nearby. The driving range is the big sponsorship, Elliott said. A large sign in the visible area costs $500.
The firefighters will cook the meal and Bailey's Bar and Grille will provide table settings and bar service. Bailey's manages the food service at the club.
"They're nice people. They really are. They wanted to do more for us and we had to slow them down," Elliott said.
The Fire/EMS Relief Association will donate the proceeds to Mass. General, and keep a small percentage, under 20 percent, to get the ball rolling for next year. "You have to have up-front money," Elliott said.
The event and the check presentation are part of the glue that keeps the families and firefighters together. Some family members will be at the tournament and some will be present when the donation is made.
"It means a lot to us because when we turn in that check we make sure both families are there," he said.
For information on registering for the Sept. 7 golf outing, visit http://tfdemsgolf.com/.
Those interested in volunteering can contact Brett King at 978-423-5323 or Bill Elliott at 978-597-6712.


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OKLAHOMA CITY – July 31, 2008 – Oklahoma state employees will be appreciated for fifth consecutive year at the annual "State Employee Night Out at the Brick". The event will showcase the Oklahoma RedHawks vs. the Las Vegas 51s at 7:05 p.m on August 1st, 2008.
"The 'State Employee Night at the Brick' gives state employees the chance to relax and enjoy a free night of excitement with their families," said Mark Mitchell, General Manager, OK.gov. "With all the hard work that they do, they definitely deserve an event like this." �
The annual game is sponsored by OK.gov, Oklahoma's official Web site, found online at http://www.ok.gov. Oklahoma state employees and their families have been invited to attend the game free of charge. Also, as part of a pre-game event, Oklahoma state employees will get to pal around with RedHawk's mascot, "Rowdy", from 11a.m. to 1p.m. on Thursday, July 31, 2008, at the state capitol.
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WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, Sept. 25 from 1-2 p.m. ET, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (@EEOC_OFO) and the U.S. Department of Labor (@USDOL) will host in a live "Tweet Chat" in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of The Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Rehabilitation Act makes it illegal to discriminate against a qualified employee or applicant with a disability in the federal government and in federal contracts and subcontracts.
Members of the public can follow the conversation on Twitter and join in: #REHABACT
The EEOC is the federal government agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws in the workplace. Further information about the EEOC is available at www.eeoc.gov.


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I never got around to picking up a T6 helm. At first it was a better upgrade for the hunters and shaman than it would have been for me so I passed on it. Then it stopped dropping altogether. Then I got the helm from Illidan so I really didn't need the T6 helm and I passed on it to other people for offspec. But now I have gotten the other T6 stuff out of Sunwell and I feel incomplete since I only have 7/8 T6 now. But here is the real problem: Hyjal sucks. Its a terrible instance and I hope I never go back to it again. It is fun the first couple times you do it, but after 3-4 times, it goes downhill fast. And now they buffed the hell out of the Archimonde encounter. For the life of me I don't know why. A guild that has been killing him for months will still occasionally go in there and wipe over and over and over because the fight is totally unforgiving and it has the super-fun randomness that comes with AoE fear. (Super-fun randomness is not actually super-fun).
The Archimonde encounter has gone through a bunch of revisions. I think the current version is the 3rd distinctly different version of the fight. Before I go into what is different and why it sucks, I will run through the basic mechanics of the fight. There is an ability called Doomfire and Archimonde uses it liberally. A spot of fire spawns on the ground and picks someone at random and chase them until they make an abrupt turn at which point it will pick a new random person. If the Doomfire touches anyone they get a DoT on them that deals ridiculous amounts of fire damage over 45 seconds. The strategy for Doomfire is to run in a straight line away from the boss when it is targetting you and just keep running until the fire stops. What you don't want to have happen is the fire to target a new person and loop all over the place cutting people off and running through the tank/melee. If done perfectly there will be a bunch of straight lines of fire running radially away from the boss which makes them a lot easier to avoid. There is also an ability called Grip of the Legion which is a curse that Archimonde puts on people that does ridiculous amounts of shadow damage and needs to be decursed. Air Burst is a super fun mechanic that targets one person and hits everyone within a couple yards of that person and shoots them up and back. Like way up and maybe 30-40 yards back. The only way to survive the fall is to click on an item that you get before the encounter starts that acts like a mage's slowfall but only lasts for 3 seconds so you need to time it just right. There is also an AOE fear which hits everyone and it can make you run straight through a Doomfire.
So, between Doomfire and Grip of the Legion, there is a lot of burst raid damage and with AoE fear it can sometimes be very hard for healers to keep up with the damage and/or be in range to heal a person. And here is the rub: everytime someone dies, Archimonde gains an ability called Soul Charge. Depending on the class of the person who died, Soul Charge acts differently, it can be a DoT, a silence or increases damage taken by the raid by 50% and all three different version of Soul Charge have a direct damage component when they are first applied. When your raid is new to the encounter, a single person dying usually leads to a chain reaction of Soul Charges killing people and you wipe. When you are comfortably farming the encounter, a Soul Charge is probably 50/50 for causing a chain reaction and wiping the raid. In short, having a single person die has a pretty good chance of leading to a wipe.
There were a couple of things that made the encounter manageable. The Doomfire targetting people meant that you could run it away from the raid. That meant that it would act relatively predictable and it would be relatively easy to stay far away from so you wouldn't go into it during a fear. But they took that away. Now it will just be completely random in where it goes. There was a deadzone around the boss where fire wouldn't spawn which meant that melee would never get terribly screwed by Doomfire appearing directly on top of them. They took away the deadzone, now melee are screwed. And you used to be able to do the fight with relatively stable positioning. The range people would be running all over the place avoiding Doomfire, but the tank would never have to move. But now, the tank is targettable by Air Burst which means that it is entirely possible for the tank to be getting knocked around map forcing the entire raid to reset its positioning.
Basically, Blizzard took one of the most random and difficult encounters in the game and made it harder and more random. And to boot, it is at the end of a poorly designed and entirely unfun instance. So I sit here, with 7/8 T6 and I don't think I will ever go back and get the helm. Hyjal, and especially Archimonde, are so bad that even my obsessive compulsive desire to be complete won't overcome it.


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"Go and be evangelists for America." – Glenn Beck
"I preach Christ crucified." – Saint Paul
There were hymns. There were shouts of "amen". There was a preacher. There was a congregation.
But the object of worship on August 28 was not the God of the universe who is actively involved in restoring all things to Himself…and it certainly wasn't Jesus Christ.
The object of worship at the Restore America rally was the false god of religious nationalism—a god with borders, a god with enemies, and a god with a terrible memory.
Much has been said about the suddenness with which evangelical Christians have embraced TV personality Glenn Beck as a religious leader, (some are calling him a prophet), particularly in light of the fact that he is a Mormon. This of course reveals the fact that the fundamentals of this religious movement have nothing to do with theological considerations and everything to do with political considerations.
The fundamentalists I knew as a child would have dismissed Beck as a cult leader, but this is a new kind of fundamentalism. It matters not to the conservative evangelical members of Becks' "Black Robe Regiment" that their leader (according to their convictions) is estranged from God and will spend eternity in hell. To them, his relationship to God matters little in comparison to his relationship to America.
America—with its history of slavery, misogyny, genocide, and corruption—is worshipped as a sort of infallible source of "Christian" values, the Founding Fathers elevated to the level of deities. (I find it ironic that women in this religious movement are calling for an ideological "return" to colonial America when colonial women were forbidden to vote!) Rather than depicting Jesus Christ as the example of faith, hope, and charity, Beckians depict Samuel Adams, George Washington and Ben Franklin as a sort of holy trinity, the embodiment of Christian values.
Of course, the contrast is striking.
Jesus taught us to love our enemies. The founding fathers killed their enemies.
Jesus insisted that his Kingdom had no borders. Religious nationalists say America is a "chosen nation."
Jesus said "turn the other cheek." Beck's followers say, "Don't tread on me."
Jesus grew his Kingdom through sacrifice. Political leaders grow their kingdoms through politics, power, and war.
As Greg Boyd says in his excellent book, The Myth of a Christian Nation, "The Kingdom of God is not a Christian version of the kingdom of the world. It is, rather, a holy alternative to all versions of the kingdom of the world, and everything hangs on kingdom people appreciating this uniqueness and preserving this holiness."
So how do followers of Jesus in America preserve the uniqueness of the Kingdom when religious nationalism is on the rise?
I waited a while to write this post because I had hoped that time would provide an answer to that question that didn't involve shouting or tears. Frankly, my frustration with Beckianity has made it hard for me to think clearly about this issue, and I am confronted daily with my own tendency to judge, belittle, and even hate those who use the name of Jesus in this way.
In fact, on the day of the rally I actually yelled at my poor mother for not being more outraged.
We were on the phone making plans for the evening when she casually mentioned watching the whole thing on TV.
"How can you watch that without getting angry?" I demanded.
"Because if I've seen this once, I've seen it a million times," Mom said. "It's no big deal. It will pass....You guys wanna come over for steak?"
"No big deal!" I shouted. "Are you kidding?! They're basically taking the Lord's name in vain! Preaching a false gospel! Worshiping an idol!"
"Oh I know. Your dad's firing up the grill, so you better get on over here."
I hate to admit that Mom was right, but as I've considered the proper response to Beckianity, the best I can come up with is this: We have to go on living out the alternative, knowing that Beckianity is just a fad.
Political movements come and go, but the Kingdom of God goes on forever. Nations rise and fall, but Jesus Christ remains Lord. As Christians, we have a history that is older than America, older than the Enlightenment, older than Constantine. The names of our most esteemed leaders will be long forgotten when every knee bows and every tongue confesses that the crucified Lamb is King.
As tempting as it is to cast Beckianity as a formidable foe worthy of a fight, it's just not. Compared to the Kingdom, it's small, it's forgettable, it's like the grass that browns and withers in the hot October sun.
May this perspective turn my anger into pity, my pity into compassion, and my compassion into love.
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The future of many businesses depend on the sustainability of water resources, which are increasingly under pressure. Consumer awareness and investors' increased scrutiny of corporate water risks have resulted in stronger expectations that companies should reveal their 'water performance'.
"Water quality and its sustainable use is an urgent global problem. There is a pressing need for clear principles and tools for achieving and demonstrating progress towards sustainable water management," said Anne-Léonore Boffi at the launch of a new report "Water for Business: Initiatives Guiding Sustainable Water Management in the Private Sector", jointly developed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
"Many initiatives have emerged around sustainable water management for business. This is a positive signal that water is moving up the corporate agenda. We aim to help companies identify which initiative will best suit their needs," said James Griffiths, managing director of Sustainable Forest Products, Water and Ecosystems at the WBCSD.
The new report identified 16 initiatives or tools, driven by business leaders, civil society and governments, which have emerged since 2006. It includes the WBCSD Global Water Tool, which helps companies map their water use and assess water risks and opportunities across their global operations.
Water for Business is not an exhaustive overview; it tries to concisely capture business-relevant initiatives that are addressing the challenge of better defining sustainable water management. These can be through different approaches, including guidelines, tools, measurement methodologies, and communication and stewardship schemes.
The report includes a glossary of water terms separated into broadly used and understood terms, terms linked to specific initiatives and finally terms that are currently not well defined or are controversial. "In dealing with water it is important that stakeholders communicate clearly and effectively, using a common language to affect real changes in water management and to support credible reporting", said Paul Wiegand, from the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI), which helped prepare the glossary section.
This guide is aimed at helping business identify which initiatives and approaches will most suit its needs, and to help developers of schemes understand opportunities for increasing impact through consensus building and joint action. "There is a real opportunity now for business and advocates of sustainable development to work together, to accelerate learning and action that will help in responding effectively to water challenges around the world," said Mark Smith, head of IUCN's Water Programme.
The information in this report is organized around three main sections:
• A matrix characterizing the initiatives and tools in terms of the main issue of concern, geographic focus, leading agent and multi-stakeholder approach.
• Factsheets summarizing the individual initiatives and enabling comparison.
• A companion glossary of key terms and definitions in the area of water management, together with key references used.
The main issues of concern have been divided into three categories:
• Tools that support the identification of risks and opportunities related to water use and impacts.
• Initiatives and tools that aim to help business (and other organizations) measure water use and assess water-related impacts.
• Approaches to developing response options, addressing questions such as how to report, what to disclose and how to recognize responsible water managers through certification schemes.
"We have selected these categories because we believe that they constitute a logical sequence: from understanding risks to accounting for water use and assessing impacts and then exploring how to respond", said Mark Smith from IUCN.
IUCN and WBCSD are committed to updating this overview as initiatives mature and progress, or new ones emerge. This report should be seen as a "living document" and will be kept in an electronic format.
• Anne-Léonore Boffi, Assistant Project Manager, Water, WBCSD, E-mail: [email protected]
• Mark Smith, Head, Water Programme, IUCN, E-mail: [email protected]
• Paul Wiegand, Vice President - Water Quality, NCASI, E-mail: [email protected]
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Butler is expected to have its top scorer back on the court Saturday against Temple.
Guard Rotnei Clarke has missed the last three games with a severely sprained neck. Team trainer Ryan Galloy says Clarke has been cleared for the game after returning to full-contact practice Thursday and remaining symptom free. If there are no changes Friday night or Saturday, Clarke will be permitted to play, Galloy said in a statement released by the team Friday.
Clarke is averaging 16.3 points. He was injured during the first half Jan. 12 at Dayton. The ninth-ranked Bulldogs (16-3, 3-1 Atlantic 10) beat Dayton, Richmond and No. 8 Gonzaga without Clarke, but had a 13-game winning streak end Wednesday night with a 54-53 loss at La Salle.


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248. All the neophytes and their godparents should make an effort to take part in the Masses for neophytes and the entire local community should be invited to participate with them. Special places in the congregation are to be reserved for the neophytes and their godparents. The homily and, as circumstances suggest, the general intercessions should take into account the presence and needs of the neophytes.
This paragraph always intrigued me. In a mature faith community, why would participation look different for the main community on the Sundays of the Easter Season (remember the definition of the "Masses for neophytes.") than other Sundays? I hope that the full participation envisioned here is mainly the integration of the newly baptized into the exterior expression and interior focus called for by the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
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You will need to attend all three dates listed in the program title.
This workshop series is intended for all women who are having a multiple birth and their partner/support person. It is relevant for parents of expectant multiple birth, whether this is the first (or subsequent) pregnancy. There are three workshops in the series.
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- Feeding multiple babies and support at home
- Hospital tour
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The Great War Exhibition, created by Sir Peter Jackson, is a fascinating journey year by year through the First World War to commemorate the role New Zealand played and for the public to experience the challenges faced by our brave soldiers.
The transformation of the former Dominion Museum and National Art Gallery in Wellington to house the Great War Exhibition was a challenging project from the outset. WSP Opus was commissioned by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage to scope and assist in the design of an exhibition located on the main level of the three-storey building predominantly occupied by the Massey University College of Creative Arts (COCA).
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At Rio Tinto Kennecott, we mine essential elements that make modern living possible. Our products are used in cell phones, computers, CAT scans and hybrid electric cars. Nearly everything used today relies on materials we produce.
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Brominated Fire Retardants
For those unmotivated by the threat of obesity, there's a new reason to get up off the couch and eat less fatty foods: Fire retardants used in polyurethane foam furniture have been linked, in experiments with rodents, to endocrine disruption and damage to developing nervous systems. Known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, these chemicals stick around in the environment and accumulate in animal fats. So, what we eat is one likely source of exposure-but where we sit may be another. In humans PBDEs are appearing in increasingly high levels, according to four studies by researchers at the Environmental Working Group, University of Texas, Indiana University, and California Dept of Toxicology and published in 2002. The neurological impact on children exposed in utero is of particular concern, researchers say.
In the Indiana study of American mothers and infants, accumulations of PBDEs in breast milk and blood were from 20 to 106 times higher than those found in a similar Swedish population. PBDEs have also been found in blood and breast milk in women in Japan, Germany, and Canada. What's especially alarming, researchers say, is that PBDEs are molecularly similar to PCBs, chemicals that have been shown to cause brain and nervous system in children whose mothers ate contaminated fish. Though banned in 1978, PCBs still persist in the environment, and fish remain a potent exposure path. In a worldwide dispersal pattern akin to that of PCBs and DDT, PBDEs have been measured in San Francisco Bay fish and harbor seals, Greenland fish and mussels, Great Lakes gulls, Lake Ontario trout, polar bears near the North Pole, ringed seals from the Canadian Arctic, and beluga whales near Baffin Island. A 2001 University of Wisconsin study of salmon from Lake Michigan found some of the highest levels of PBDEs ever reported. Lower levels of PBDEs have been found in chicken and other meat.
Besides food, the other significant exposure routes are most likely house dust and air contaminated by PBDEs released from couches and other everyday consumer products. In addition to polyurethane foam furniture and mattresses, PBDEs are used in plastic casings for computers and other office machines, televisions, hair dryers, industrial textiles, and carpet pads.
U.S. body concentrations are by far the highest, and they are doubling every few years. As it is, Swedish levels, having increased fivefold every seven years, were enough to spur the EU to ban PBDEs beginning in 2004. California is the first state to have legislated a ban, to start in 2008. Worldwide production of Penta-BDEs, the form of PBDEs most readily absorbed by living organisms, nearly doubled between 1992 and 2001.
In 2001, the Americas used 15,650,000 pounds of Penta-BDEs, compared with 331,000 pounds each for Europe and Asia. Although Penta levels are highest in the Americas, there are reasons for consumers in Asia and Africa to be concerned, given the widespread environmental dispersal of PBDEs around the globe.
What Consumers Can Do
- When buying new products, especially for infants, young children, or pregnant women, seek those that are PBDE-free, particularly in mattresses and upholstered furniture. One safe option: a mattress or futon of cotton wrapped with wool, a natural fire-retardant. All of IKEA's furniture is PBDE-free, as are Toshiba computer casings.
- Watch out for crumbling or exposed foam areas on furniture or carpet pads; replace or recover.
- Demand that products containing PBDEs be labeled as such.
- Ask the EPA to phase out all PBDEs, and conduct research into possible health effects of other chemical fire retardants.
- If breast-feeding, continue to do so. The benefits of breastfeeding to child intellect and bodily health have been found to outweigh the risks of exposure to contaminants, which pose more danger in utero, doctors say.
- Make sure that home and workplace are equipped with working fire alarms, which are essential-even though they, too, at this point, contain PBDEs.
As part of a new partnership with The Green Guide Institute (www.thegreenguide.com), World Watch will be including this new feature throughout 2004. This issue's piece is by Green Guide Editor Mindy Pennybacker.


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Each of the nearly one in six* Marylanders struggling to afford enough food for themselves or their families has a story to tell. Voices of Hunger and Hope provides a forum for people throughout the state to talk about the challenges they face, how they manage or overcome their hardships, as well as an opportunity to share their successes.
In April 2011, Maryland Hunger Solutions launched the Voices of Hunger and Hope project. We are talking with people in Maryland who have benefitted or are currently benefitting from the federal nutrition programs, including SNAP (called the Food Supplement Program or FSP in Maryland and formerly known as Food Stamps), WIC, School Breakfast Program, the Afterschool Meal Program, and the Summer Nutrition Programs.
These interviews will provide valuable insight into the struggles that many Marylanders encounter and the importance of the federal nutrition programs to help eradicate hunger, increase access to healthy foods, and move people out of poverty. We are extremely grateful to those who have shared their stories with us and we look forward to hearing from more Marylanders throughout the state.
If you or someone you know is interested in sharing their story, contact Brooke McCauley at firstname.lastname@example.com or (410) 528-0021.
*Food Hardship in America – 2010 Data for the Nation, States, 100 MSAs, and Every Congressional District, Food Research and Action Center, March 2011


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UAlbany Men's Lacrosse Repeats as America East Champions with 20-11 Victory over UMBC
UAlbany Men's Lacrosse Repeats as America East Champions with 20-11 Victory over UMBC
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STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Last season, UAlbany defeated UMBC by nine to secure the America East title. In 2014, the Great Danes did it again. UAlbany took down UMBC 20-11 in Stony Brook to earn its second-consecutive America East title and sixth in school history.
"We are thrilled to be champions again, what an unbelievable effort from our team, from our faceoff guy and then our defense, and then our offense took over in the second half," said UAlbany coach Scott Marr, who has been at the helm for all six of the school's America East titles.
With the victory, UAlbany (11-5) has earned an automatic qualifier into the NCAA Tournament starting next week. The selection show will be tomorrow on ESPNU at 9 p.m.
Lyle Thompson, named to the AE All-Tournament Team earned eight points in the game, off three goals and five assists, to total 114 for the season, tying the NCAA Division I single season points record set by Steve Marohl of UMBC in 1992.
"It is not a thought in my head, but it is an honor to have my name in the history books," said Thompson. "But it is more important for us to get the win today as a team."
Miles Thompson earned America East Tournament MVP, scoring seven goals and two assists today, after earning 18 goals and four assists in the tournament. His 18 goals and 22 total points are new conference tournament records.
The duo also set a new NCAA Division I first, becoming the first pair of teammates to each score over 100 points in the same season. Lyle Thompson has 114 points, while Miles Thompson currently has 106.
"One of our goals was to win the America East championship, but a bigger goal is to win the NCAA," said Miles Thompson.
"We have been working on this all year, and we are excited to go back to the NCAA," added Ty Thompson, who had four goals today.
In addition, Doug Eich and Blaze Riorden also were named to the AE All-Tournament Team. Eich, after earning the game-winning goal yesterday, caused two turnovers and had an assist. Riorden earned the victory in the cage with 10 saves.
For UMBC (8-7), Pat Young led the team with three goals and an assist. Matt Gregoire had a hat trick. The loss went to Connor Gordon, who had four saves and allowed 13 goals in 38:37 of play.
UMBC controlled the faceoff-X early, with Young finding the net on a hard shot over Riorden's shoulder. UAlbany countered quickly, forcing turnovers after lost faceoffs to keep control. Lyle Thompson emerged from behind the cage after a ground ball to score, then Miles Thompson added another after getting knocked to the ground by a double team and scoring on his back. That goal gave Miles Thompson his 100th point of the year. After another turnover off the faceoff, Tim Cox burst away from his defender and scored straight away. Nate Lewnes stopped the run with a man-up goal, then UAlbany countered with two rocket shot goals from Ryan Feuerstein and Miles Thompson, leading 5-2 after the first quarter.
Déjà vu in the second quarter as UMBC got the faceoff and Young scored again in the period's opening minute. About six minutes later, Gregoire added one after a teammate drew a double team, as UMBC pulled within one. With 6:25 left in the period, Lyle Thompson scored after using a hard stutter step to shake off a defender behind the cage, emerging and scoring. On a man-up chance, Miles Thompson passed to Ty Thompson right next to the goal for the catch and shoot score. As UAlbany tried for the last shot, UMBC forced a turnover and tried to clear. Eich picked up a pass at midfield, threw to Ty Thompson, who fired from long range and scored just as the clock hit zero to put UAlbany into the locker room up 8-4.
UAlbany struck first in the third quarter as Matt Garziano placed a pass perfectly to Miles Thompson next to the goal circle for the score. UMBC kept control of the faceoff and scored two-straight from Ty Kashur and Young. UAlbany countered by peppering the cage for six-straight goals: Miles Thompson, Feuerstein, Cox, Lyle Thompson twice then Miles Thompson scored in succession to build the lead to 15-6. A Joseph Impallaria goal off the faceoff for UMBC stopped the UAlbany run. The Great Danes put the lead back to nine with a Thompson trio connection: Miles Thompson forced the turnover, passed to Lyle Thompson, who passed to Ty Thompson for the score, making it 16-7 at the end of the third.
UAlbany did not let up in the fourth quarter, starting the period on a 4-0 run. Garziano scored on a pass from Miles Thompson, then the latter scored from Lyle Thompson. After Ty Thompson scored from the pass from Bennett Drake, Miles Thompson delivered the 20th goal on a behind-the-back shot from Lyle Thompson. Lyle Thompson earned his 114th point with 10:23 left in the fourth quarter to tie the NCAA Division I single season points record. UMBC finished the game on a 4-0 run, but UAlbany held for the 20-11 victory.


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