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When it's time for you to get a virtual private server (VPS), you'll have to decide between a Linux VPS and a Windows VPS. There are a number of benefits and perks with either one of the operating systems, so knowing what you require is the first step in deciding between the two. Although Linux is the more popular one of the two operating systems, some applications do require that you have a Windows VPS hosting service.
What Makes Linux and Windows VPS the Similar?
Regardless of the operating system that runs on your server, both Linux and Windows will work the same way. Your entire server would be divided into partitions to allow different users to have access to server resources, such as space, bandwidth and dedicated memory. Both operating systems allow administrators to create slices in order to run applications individually, without affecting other partitions. You will also have access to tradition options such as domain add-ons, emails, databases, PHP-support and more.
As mentioned before, there are certain applications that can only be run on a Windows powered server and likewise for Linux based servers. A few of the most common Windows only applications include the following,
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- Visual Basic Development
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If you are just starting to use virtual private servers for your website or business, you will often times find the Windows user-interface much easier to understand and use. The graphical interface is what makes the navigations seamless and effortless to use. A Windows powered VPS hosting service will allow you to host applications that need ASP.NET or ASP to run. This is something that Linux servers will not be able to help you with. Another great feature that Windows brings to its users is the Remote Desktop feature which allows you to access your user-interface from any computer in the world. Additionally, a Windows VPS will support a range of Microsoft server applications including MS Access, MSSQL, Exchange and SharePoint.
Perks of Using a Linux VPS
Linux is by far the most popular operating system used for web servers and one of the primary reasons is cost. It is also cost efficient for hosting companies to use Linux powered servers to offer hosting rather than having Windows servers. Unlike Windows applications, most of the Linux applications are either free or cost very little. Licensing fees can be quite high for Windows servers, but that is not the case with Linux servers. With a broader variety of applications and a larger group of supporters for Linux, you'll have better online support for technical issues.
Case sensitivity is another difference between the two operating systems. On Linux systems, all files are case sensitive, so vpshosting.html and VPSHosting.html are recognized as two different pages. However, on a Windows server both those pages will be considered as one. We can't really say that a Linux VPS is more secure than a Windows VPS, as they are equally secure. The level of security comes down to how the server is setup, the variety of applications that are running on it and whether or not everything is up-to-date.
When deciding between a Linux and Windows VPS, you want to first think about your requirements, including the applications you will be running on it. If your website will require ASP, you will definitely need a Windows VPS. It's never fun switching hosts, so make sure you make the right decision the first time.


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In conjunction with the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the U.S. Department of Labor has re-named and re-launched DisabilityInfo.gov as Disability.gov. Available at http://www.disability.gov , the site offers comprehensive information about programs and services to better serve more than 50 million Americans with disabilities, their family members, veterans, employers, educators, caregivers and anyone interested in disability-related information.
The new Web site integrates content from 22 federal agencies and will be managed by the Labor Department. The former DisabilityInfo.gov site was revamped with social media tools to encourage interaction and feedback, and new ways to organize, share and receive information. Visitors can sign up for personalized news and updates, participate in online discussions and suggest resources for the site. New features include a Twitter feed, Really Simple Syndication feeds, a blog, social bookmarking and a user-friendly way to obtain answers to questions on such topics as finding employment and job accommodations. Additional tools will be added during the months ahead.
"Far more than just a directory of federal resources, Disability.gov is a meeting ground for Americans to learn, respond and communicate about a wealth of critically important disability-related topics," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "The new site has been vastly enhanced to provide more information in as efficient and interactive setting as possible."
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The death of someone you kind of know but aren't really close to is always an odd thing. Beyond sharing your sympathy with that person's loved ones, it's never immediately clear what to do. That's probably why so many people take a death of that sort and make it all about their own problems, their own mortality, their own weird stuff. I grew up in a small town, where everybody kind of knew everybody, so when there was a death, there was always an uncomfortable attempt to properly calibrate the levels of grief. Ramp things up or obsess over yourself too much and you'd seem insincere. Admit that you felt bad about the whole thing but didn't really know the person all that well, and you could seem like an asshole.
I like a lot of the individual elements in tonight's episode of Community, but I'm not sure it works all that well as a whole. I'm still not a fan of the "Chang takes over the campus" storyline, and too much time is spent on that and its form of broad comedy. Broad humor can work in this show, but I'm never going to be someone who thinks the best solution for comedy is a crazy riot setpiece that goes on and on and features kids breaking out the pepper spray. In theory, I like the idea that this episode tests the group's reactions to Greendale first dicking them over, then tossing them out. Greendale is the heart of the show, a place that both forgives and rejects, and the stuff with the characters getting tossed out is an intriguing direction for the show to go.
But if we're being honest, the last act of this episode just proceeds too rapidly, especially when compared with the Starburns memorial that makes up the entirety of the second act, or the sequence cutting between the study room and the Dean's office that makes up the first. (An episode shot entirely on existing sets? I smell cost-saving measures!) First, the group talks the Dean out of blaming them for the riot. Then, he's replaced by the Shadow Dean (which I am going to call him, and you can't stop me). Then they're hauled before the board and expelled. Then they get pissed at each other and their situation. Then, there are some callbacks to "Remedial Chaos Theory," and Troy and Abed make sure the group realizes they'll be fine because they're all alive and together. It's very, very fast, and I'm not sure a single one of the emotional payoffs lands because the show is so anxious to get on to whatever's next. Presumably it's setup for something, but what?
It is, in a way, the equivalent of a serialized drama's "moving the pieces around on the board" episode. Episodes like this place a lot of weight on whatever comes next, because if the conclusion to all of that piece-moving is suitably moving or devastating, it will make everything that came before seem better in retrospect. (The example I always like to use is Lost's "Follow The Leader," which is a messy episode of television, but it leads into the absolute insanity of the fifth season finale, so all is forgiven. Perhaps a better one would be the entirety of Justified's third season, which was a good—if cluttered—season of television and full of piece-moving episodes that became great because of a tremendous season finale.) I haven't been entirely sure about Community's experiments in serialization this season, but I've been playing wait-and-see. This is the first episode that makes me think such elements were probably did more harm than they were worth, but, of course, if the final four episodes are any good, they'll make all of these concerns moot.
Serialization in comedies is a hard thing to pin down. Since television comedies need plot so little, serialization—which is very, very dependent on plot—has been the sort of thing they haven't tried much of. For the most part, TV comedy serialization is done via very loose character and story arcs—Sam and Diane start dating; Dunder Mifflin is having financial troubles; Jerry and George are doing a TV pilot. There's nothing there as ambitious as anything you might see on a serialized drama. Even the most serialized of them—that Seinfeld plot—is something that was more an overriding concern for the season than it was an ongoing arc. It dropped in every few episodes, and when it wasn't present, nobody seemed to care very much about it.
I find it fascinating that both Community and Parks & Recreation have launched intricate, season-long storylines this season, and that those storylines have created situations where the shows struggle under their weight, even as they allow for all manner of forgiveness from fans. For instance: Last week's episode featured several scenes where Troy seemed irritated with Abed taking the lead in the Law & Order scenario they were playing out. Finally, the show was dealing with the repercussions of the pillow fort episodes! Or was it? Did anybody intend for us to read things that way, or were we just reading into it because we could? Serialization is kind of a crutch in that way, because it allows TV writers to hand-wave away stuff we might otherwise wonder about. Tonight has another example of this: When Troy and Abed pull the group back together with their concluding speech, is that paying off of their pillow fort war or Abed's growing sense of empathy, or is it just a convenient way to end a down episode on an up note? Just how much can you say, "Oh, they have a plan" before you're creating plans that don't exist?
I don't want to sound too down on the episode. There's plenty of good stuff in the non-Chang scenes, though the group's sheer anger over having to attend summer school on a technicality felt a little forced. (That said, I liked Annie and Pierce's angry speeches the best, and the episode really cemented what a strong back half of the season Alison Brie is having.) The first act was some strong stuff, with Britta's attempts to help the group cope mostly going very awry (in amusing fashion) and the Dean's realization that he was going to have to break more bad news to "Jeff and the group" being one of my favorite gags of the episode. I also liked Garrett singing "Ave Maria" and the content of the final scene in Troy and Abed's apartment, even if the story placement of it was a little wacky. And it's hard to go wrong with a Starburns death montage using entirely greenscreen footage.
But even here, I find myself wondering just what we're trying to get at. Britta's been shown to be at least semi-competent in several earlier episodes, so why is she suddenly the worst grief counselor ever? What's up with Jeff's emotional overwroughtness this season? You can say that both of these things are isolated gags that are there to drive comedy, and I'd mostly agree with that. It's funny to watch Britta screw things up, and it's funny to see the normally cynical Jeff realize how much he cares about something—even if he cares about it in the sense of not wanting to have to do it. But you can't introduce these one-scene/one-episode ideas, but also suggest the whole season is building toward something. That makes it seem more suspect when Britta was bumbling but basically competent in previous episodes, but is now getting everyone to envision puppies on fire. It's funny, but for what?
If this all sounds like I'm being needlessly hard on the show, I am. As stated, if everything wraps up in two weeks (two weeks!) in a way that pulls together all of the plot threads from the season and makes them work, we probably won't worry too much about some of the weaker episodes that got us there. It's worked for many a drama series, and it can work for this show and Parks & Rec. I chuckled quite a few times at "Course Listing Unavailable," and if it wasn't the funniest episode of the season (by a long shot), it still offered some interesting moments and some good gags. If the show sticks the landing, then future viewings of this season on DVD will put much less weight on this episode, allowing it to stand alongside the season's other half hours as more or less equal.
But at the same time, I found myself wanting more space, wanting everything to feel less cluttered. I opened this piece up by talking about death, and I think it's telling that in an episode in which a somewhat major recurring character dies, his death is almost incidental. That's a really funny idea if handled properly, but it gets buried under a bunch of plot mechanics. There's a reason that TV comedies so rarely do heavily plotted stuff, and that's because every second you spend laying out the plot is a second you spend not telling jokes. Comedy arises from spontaneity, and having a rock-solid plan is the enemy of that. I wanted more time to breathe. I wanted more time to not mourn Starburns.
Stray observations:
- This is the rare case where I talked myself down on a grade as I wrote something. Since I know you all love to talk grading more than anything else, please tell me just how wrong I am. With impunity.
- Focusing so much of the late season escapades on Chang's army just strikes me as a really, really dangerous idea, since it could so easily blow up. Maybe it won't, but that's two episodes that have focused heavily on the device that I haven't liked as well as the others.
- I liked every single joke about the lizard, but I especially liked how sad Troy was by the lizard's death.
- This was another good Shirley episode. I liked her response to the Dean asking if she wanted to sing something, then her attempts to find something nice to say about Starburns.
- Joel McHale saying "Starburns" as two words is never going to stop being amusing to me. I wonder if that's intentional, or if he just has trouble saying it as one word?
- I think it's telling that my biggest laugh, however, came from the pizza guy saying, "There are other timelines?" again. I love that pizza guy. He should become the character who gets a spinoff.
- Well, folks, we're down to the last two weeks of the season, and I'd be very surprised if we don't have some indication of whether the show is coming back or not next week. I continue to think the odds are stacked in favor of the series' renewal (because it's held up fairly well against the onslaught of daylight savings time, all things considered), and I'd even go so far as to say the odds favor the show's renewal about 85/15. But I'm not going to lie and say it's certain. If the show's canceled, we'll know going into the season finale, so at least I will have ample time to prepare a 50,000 word eulogy. Then we'll turn the comments section into some weird Viking funeral pyre and set everything on fire. 2012!


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Who would have thought that, in the 21st century, one would be able to regularly blog about or even tweet regarding acts of church vandalism in Spain? From Madrid to Barcelona and beyond, it seems that every week there is a new story of uncivilized, sometimes politically motivated, acts of violence against the fabric of the Church. As appalling as these events are however, it is extremely important to stress that cooler heads must prevail when reporting on these events. Not every physical attack on a church building comes about as a result of political action.
Recently for example, I learnt of a new act of vandalism in the historically important city of Burgos, located in central Spain. Two 13th century statues on the main entrance portal of the church of San Esteban (i.e. St. Stephen) were decapitated sometime late on Holy Thursday or early in the morning of Good Friday by an unknown person or persons. San Esteban was built between the 13th and 14th centuries, and is considered by some architectural historians to be the most important example of Gothic church architecture in the city after the Cathedral of Santa Maria La Mayor. It was declared a National Monument of Spain in 1931, and at the present time it serves as the Altarpiece Museum for the Archdiocese of Burgos.
This morning Spanish authorities announced the capture and charging of an individual in connection with the case. The heads of the statues of St. Peter and St. Lawrence were recovered by the National Police from the individual, and these have been returned to the church for restoration. The defendant is a local man, who had been arrested and charged recently with antiquities theft in another matter, but was out on bond at the time of the San Esteban incident.
From the beginning the Archdiocese of Burgos has been very careful not to jump to the conclusion that this was an anticlerical act, and expressed its belief that this was probably an act of theft. Vandalism of ancient churches to feed the black market in looted antiquities is a problem throughout Europe, and Spain is no exception. When the incident was first reported, a spokesman for the Archdiocese noted the important detail that the heads were taken away, rather than left at the scene, as would normally be expected from leftist vandals. Nor was there any accompanying graffiti or other indications to suggest that the vandalism was a politically motivated act.
A similar, commendable restraint was shown by the Archdiocese of Barcelona and local authorities last week, when the sacristy of the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia was torched by a mentally ill man. Neither the Archdiocese nor the police alleged that there was any connection between the individual and leftist anti-Catholic actions. By taking this cautionary approach in Burgos, Barcelona, and elsewhere, the Church is doing exactly what it needs to do, even if authorities are often powerless to prevent vandalism – politically motivated or not – against its property.
There is a trait in the Spanish character at all points along the socio-political spectrum to jump to conclusions about the cause or motivations behind an act, which at the moment the Church appears to be avoiding institutionally, unless there is undeniable proof of an anti-Catholic motivation. Perhaps the most famous example in recent years of the Spanish tendency to form an opinion with insufficient evidence occurred on March 11, 2004, when the Madrid subway system was bombed three days before national elections were scheduled. The conservative government and some elements of the media immediately blamed ETA, the Basque separatist group, which denied all involvement – and admittedly the charge against them seemed rather bizarre to outside observers at the time, including this writer, since attacks like these are not the usual m.o. for ETA.
Through subsequent investigation it quickly came to light that the Madrid subway attacks were carried out not by Basque separatists, but rather by Muslim terrorists. The public reaction against the conservatives for making ETA the scapegoat for 3/11, as the subway bombing has come to be known, was harsh and swift; the small lead which the conservatives had enjoyed as the election was drawing to a close completely evaporated. This catapulted Mr. Rodriguez Zapatero and the Spanish Socialist Party into office, where they remain at the present time.
There is without question a rising sentiment of anticlerical fervor in Spain, and this needs to be addressed both through engaging those who seek to harm the Church, and by insisting that civil authorities do their job to maintain law and order. However, the bishops, the media, and the laity need to act with restraint when assigning blame to acts of Church vandalism. Tarring with too a wide brush will only hurt the perception of the Church in the court of public opinion, creating a "boy who cried wolf" situation. And it is among the members of the law-abiding public, Catholic or not, where the real power to combat deliberate acts of anticlericalism resides.
on the entrance portal of San Esteban in Burgos, prior to last week's vandalism


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The Chicago Fire Soccer Club embarks on the second leg of their 2010 preseason campaign when the club resumes training Monday in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Fire will challenge 11-time Mexican Primera Division champions Chivas de Guadalajara in a closed-door exhibition match on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 12:30 PM CT as the build-up to the Fire's 2010 MLS regular season continues.
The Fire kicked off the 2010 preseason with a productive two weeks in Phoenix, AZ. The trip to Phoenix yielded victories over the Vancouver Whitecaps, 4-1, and Arizona Sahuaros, 1-0, in their first exhibition matches of the 2010 preseason campaign.
After two weeks of training and two matches in Phoenix, Fire head coach Carlos de los Cobos trimmed the preseason roster from 36 players to 28. De los Cobos will continue to evaluate talent in Mexico as he works toward finalizing the Fire's 24-man roster by the March 1 MLS compliance date.
Of the 28 players on the Fire's updated preseason roster, Corben Bone, Joao Baptista and Andrew Dykstra will all remain stateside while the rest of the squad settles back into two-a-days in Guadalajara. Bone, the Fire's number one pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft, suffered a right knee contusion (bone bruise) during a collision early in the Fire's exhibition match against the Vancouver Whitecaps last Monday. He will remain in Chicago to receive physical therapy and his progress will be monitored day-to-day before he returns to the team. Dykstra has left rotator cuff tendinitis. The second-year goalkeeper out of Virginia Commonwealth University will remain in Chicago for physical training and is expected to return to training shortly. Cape Verdean midfielder Joao Baptista, who is on trial with the club, will remain in Boston due to visa issues and will meet the team in Jackson, MS for the third leg of the Fire's 2010 preseason tour.
While in Mexico, the "Men in Red" will utilize the facilities of Club Deportivo at the Universidad de Guadalajara from Feb. 21 to March 4. In addition to the friendly match with Mexican side Chivas de Guadalajara, the Fire will play a second exhibition while in Mexico on Wednesday, March 3 against an opponent to be named at a later date.
The closed-door exhibition against Chivas will give the Fire an opportunity to play one of Mexico's best teams. Chivas has won its first seven matches at the beginning of the Clausura season -- a club record. Following the Fire's two-week camp in Guadalajara the team will depart to Jackson, MS for a week of training in suburban Ridgeland, MS. The Fire will play their fourth exhibition match of the preseason when they face off against Brimstone Cup rival FC Dallas at M&F Bank Stadium on Sunday, March 7, at 3:00 PM CT.


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text: Pubdate: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL) Page: A1, Front Page Copyright: 2009 Sarasota Herald-Tribune Contact: http://www.heraldtribune.com/section/opinion04 Website: http://www.heraldtribune.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/398 Author: Anna Scott Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Marijuana - Medicinal) A MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACE-OFF Marijuana is the only drug Cathy Jordan says helps her fight Lou Gehrig's disease. The 59-year-old mother smokes two joints every night to relieve depression and muscle spasms, and to boost her appetite. "It's keeping me alive," said Jordan in an interview at her home in Parrish. "Anti-depressants made me a zombie and other drugs had bad side effects. The crime is that people like me can't get it legally." Floridians could vote for the first time next year to allow marijuana for medical use. A petition drive, started last week by an Orlando woman whose father has Parkinson's disease, would make the drug legal for any condition as prescribed by a doctor. The last time such an organized effort to legalize marijuana occurred in Florida was 1997, just one year after California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana. But in Florida the petitioners fell hundreds of thousands of signatures short of getting to a state referendum. This time the movement faces some of the same roadblocks, such as opposition from law enforcement and a lack of support by the majority of the medical community. But the climate has become more favorable in ways that could shift the balance. A dozen other states have approved medical marijuana since Florida last tried to get it on the ballot, and four state legislatures are currently considering proposals. Federal law, while it has prohibited marijuana since 1937, is also shifting: Last month, Attorney General Eric Holder said the federal government would stop raiding marijuana distributors in states where it is legal. And Florida's proponents, People United For Medical Marijuana, hope they can make the argument that legalizing the drug could create tax revenue and jobs to lift the state economy. Kim Russell, the founder, suggested $200 million a year could be gained in tax revenue. In every state where medical marijuana has been on the ballot it has been successful, with the exception of South Dakota, where it barely lost with 48 percent of the vote. The challenge in Florida will be slightly steeper because the state requires a 60 percent majority vote. Getting the proposal on the ballot remains the biggest concern for proponents. The state political action group, People United for Medical Marijuana, needs to collect 676,811 signatures from registered voters in 10 months. Jordan and her husband, Bob, collected signatures back in 1997 on Manatee Avenue and said it was "nearly impossible" to get even 25 a day, and that many people were scared to sign their names to a document linking them to marijuana. Instead of relying on sick people or patient advocates to get the word out, Russell is focusing on college students and social networking Web sites such as Facebook -- a tactic that could either help mobilize a statewide army or provide an easy target for opponents. One of the main arguments against legalizing medical marijuana is that the effort is a veiled move to improve access to the drug for anyone who wants it. Bill Janes, director of Florida's Office of Drug Control, and the Florida Sheriff's Association have already come out against it. "When we increase the availability of marijuana we increase the availability for young people," Janes said. "What this petition doesn't address is how the marijuana will be controlled. Will we just allow random growing of marijuana?" More than 4,800 people, many of them college students, have joined the Facebook page in support of the petition, which the Florida Division of Elections recently approved, and Russell said hundreds of students at campuses around the state have agreed to pass petitions. The campaign manager is Joshua Giesegh, a 20-year-old who said he is taking the year off from University of Central Florida to focus on marijuana advocacy. He is also a proponent of legalizing the drug for recreational use. "I used to be one of those people who believed all the lies about marijuana that you learn in D.A.R.E," an antidrug program offered in schools, Giesegh said in a phone interview. "Then I watched my grandpa die of cancer. He wouldn't eat anything. I don't want anyone else to suffer like that." People United For Medical Marijuana is not affiliated with national or professional fundraising organizations, and Russell said raising money will be the biggest challenge. She estimates they need up to $5 million for advertising and administrative costs, declining to say how much has been raised so far. In the drive for signatures, state government leaders could potentially pose a threat, as they have generally grown less tolerant of marijuana. Last year the Legislature voted to strengthen laws against illegal growers. Janes said the tax revenue estimates by the petitioners were overblown and assumed use of the drug would become widespread. Florida's petition leaves it to the Legislature to decide how to regulate distribution and sale of the drug. While California's bare-bones law has led to what some critics say is overprescription of marijuana, more current laws, such as the one that recently passed in Michigan, have guidelines meant to ensure only the truly ill will be able to get it. In California, marijuana is sold in private shops called dispensaries. In other states patients with prescriptions for marijuana are required to carry ID cards, and it is only allowed to be grown by the patient or a designated caregiver. Medically speaking, studies have shown benefits from marijuana, particularly for glaucoma and tremors. It has also been shown to increase appetite and alleviate the nausea caused by cancer treatments. But the major medical associations have stopped short of endorsing it. The American Medical Association in November reconfirmed its decade-old policy that more research was needed. But it did assign a task force to take a closer look. Dr. Jameel Audeh, a Sarasota oncologist, said back in 1985 when he was in training, marijuana was one of the best ways to relieve nausea in cancer patients. But now there are legal drugs he said work as well, including a legalized pill containing a synthetic version of the ingredient found in marijuana, THC. The potential health problems caused by marijuana, such as lung damage, outweigh the need for it, Audeh said. "For cancer patients, this would only be needed for a very narrow group, if anyone, and I'm not sure that justifies making it legal because of all the other problems it would cause," Audeh said. A terminally ill cancer patient in Sarasota, who asked not to be identified because he does not want to be targeted by police, believes marijuana has kept him alive two years longer than doctors expected. He does not grow it himself because of the risk of getting caught. Instead he relies on gifts from friends or dealers who charge up to $100 a week. Mainly the drug helps with his mood and appetite, he said. The cancer started in his esophagus and spread to his lungs, stomach and liver. When smoking marijuana became painful because it made him cough, a friend made a vaporizer from a heat gun and a plastic bag. "Cancer is a fight against appetite and keeping weight on," he said in an interview at his home. "If you can keep the weight on you can stay alive longer." To anyone who thinks it should be illegal, he urges compassion. He is 61 and has two children. At just over 5-foot-10, he weighs only 145 pounds. "It gives me a quality of life I wouldn't have without it. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake


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Ann Curry bid a tearful, emotional goodbye as co-host on NBC's "Today" show Thursday morning.
"For all of you who saw me as a groundbreaker, I'm sorry I couldn't carry the ball over the finish line. But man, I did try," Curry said, her voice shaking.
"I never expected this is how I would leave this couch after 15 years, but I am so grateful," she said.
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Curry's co-host Matt Lauer said she had "the biggest heart in the business."
"You put that on display every single day for almost 20 years. Most importantly, you've made us better, and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts," he said.
Curry had earlier confirmed to USA Today that she was leaving the long-running morning show after one year as co-host.
The veteran journalist will get a new multi-year contract, remain a "Today" anchor-at-large and lead a seven-person staff to produce news specials for NBC News franchises, she told USA Today and reiterated on Thursday's "Today" broadcast.
No announcement has been made on who will replace Curry in the co-host seat.
Her exit comes after weeks of media speculation about the 55-year-old journalist's fate. ABC's "Good Morning America" broke NBC's 16-year ratings winning streak in April.
"We had a many-year run in first place in total viewers, and it got snapped, but since then, every week in the past month we've started a new streak," NBC News President Steve Capus told USA Today. "This isn't about streaks; it's about consistent performance, and we want to continue to build the 'Today' show."
Curry also dismissed the notion that ratings were a factor in her "Today" departure.
"I know I am not to blame for the ratings worries," she told USA Today. "And my bosses have said to me there are many factors involved."
The rumors that swirled around her exit "hurt deeply," Curry said. She said she had walked into Capus' office "expecting to say goodbye," but was told "there is far more to do."
Curry was Lauer's third co-host, following Meredith Vieira and Katie Couric.
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HIV: Reaching Global Goals? December 1, 2011Posted by ToYourHealth in Global Health, Public Health.
Tags: disease prevention, Health, HIV-free, HIV/AIDS, politics, Search for a Cure, World AIDS Day
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Thirty years of an infectious pandemic, drug research, public health education, and counseling have brought us to the point where we boldly announce the goal of an HIV-free generation in the next three years. This may seem attainable as HIV is a preventable disease. Personal behavior changes will determine the rate of infection. Assuming we will curb behaviors of all people who engage in IV drug use and unprotected sex, especially at a time when economies are struggling, is delusional.
Greece's troubled economy has seen new infections rise by 52% in 2011, and that rate is expected to increase to 60% by the end of the year. (The US rate of increase is about 7%.) The rate of injected drug use is increasing because people can no longer afford other methods, and there have been heavy cuts to prevention in the form of free needles. The World Health Organization recommends 200 per year per user and Greece is handing out only three. Mobile testing units which frequently hit areas of high prostitution and drug use have ceased, in lieu of free-standing facilities in "posh neighborhoods," out of reach of those who need them most. Drug therapy is becoming more unattainable, and according to Reuters and the National School of Public Health,
Antiretroviral drugs cost Greece at least 1,000 euros per patient a month. For the state to pay for all those people would cost just over 130 million euros a year. According to Christianna Rizopoulos, who collects data at the Hellenic Center's HIV office, there is talk among health professionals that the government plans to cut its contribution for drugs to 600 euros per treatment per month, so patients would have to foot almost half the bill.
And this at a time when unemployment is up, hovering around 20%.
Outlooks for the US economy project at least a decade, maybe two, for recovery. Currently, there are over 250,000 Americans unknowingly carrying the virus. Fear of stigma prevents many from being tested, even though access to care is fairly good. Hillary Clinton's hope of zero new infections by combining prevention techniques may work on paper, but realistically it's a pipe dream until economies stabilize.
The government is not going to stop new infections. YOU are. David Scondras, CEO and Founder of Search For A Cure/HIV Treatment Advocacy, explains how you can protect yourself:
For confidential testing, find a site near you by entering your zip code. Pass it on.


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This is the thread over here to show your whole hearted support to Munaf so that he can get better by sunday. This is our only way to get Munaf ready by Sunday, and all our chances of winning against Australia depend on his health. I know it's silly but, trust me you'll be thanking me when we reach the semis.
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|Object information
Channelling magic
Most witches and wizards from the age of eleven who have not had their wand broken or made unusable for any given reason.
- "Every single wand is unique and will depend for its character on the particular tree and magical creature from which it derives its materials. Moreover, each wand, from the moment it finds its ideal owner, will begin to learn from and teach its human partner."
- —Garrick Ollivander[src]
A wand is a quasi-sentient magical instrument through which a witch or wizard channels her or his magical powers to centralise the effects for more complex results. Most spells are done with the aid of wands, but spells can be cast without the use of wands. Wandless magic is, however, very difficult and requires much concentration and incredible skill; only truly advanced wizards are known to perform such magic.[1]
Wands are manufactured and sold by wandmakers, the most famous of these in Great Britain being Ollivander and Gregorovitch. Each wand consists of a specific type of wood that surrounds a core of magical substance. Although the wand cores may come from the same creature, or the wood may come from the same tree, no two existing wands are exactly alike. The study of the history and the magical properties of wands is called wandlore.
Magic and wandsEdit
Magic with a wand is usually performed with an incantation, but more experienced wizards can cast nonverbal spells, which conceal the spell until cast and may thereby prevent an opponent from adequately protecting him- or herself in time. Wands are referred to as "quasi-sentient" because their being imbued with a great deal of magic makes them as animate as an inanimate object can be.[2] Wizarding laws say no creature is allowed to have the use of a wand exept humans themselves.
Wands and wandloreEdit
- "The wand chooses the wizard... it's not always clear why."
- —Ollivander talking to Harry Potter[src]
Wandlore is a specific class of magic that refers to the history and magical properties of wands. Mr. Ollivander claims that it is a "complex and mysterious branch of magic."[3] The idea that a wand chooses the wizard and can switch allegiance is a part of wandlore.
Materials Edit
Most wands are long, thin rods of wood with a magical substance embedded into their core. Among the woods used are holly, sycamore, ebony, hawthorn, fir, hazel, pear, oak, cherry, vine, rowan, cedar, ivy, rosewood, blackthorn, willow, elm, ash, mahogany, yew, birch, aspen, and elder. The cores that have been documented are phoenix feather, dragon heartstring, Veela hair, unicorn hair, Thestral tail hair, Kneazle whiskers, Troll whisker, and Kelpie hair[4]. The wandmaker Garrick Ollivander mentioned that he did not use Veela hair because it made for "temperamental" wands. Other magical substances may be used for cores, but none have yet been specified.
Other important characteristics of a wand are its length and its rigidity, ranging from "unyielding" to "springy." All these different factors have various effects on the character of the wand, but these rules are subtle. The characteristics of a wand also seem to have some influence over which kinds of magic the wand is particularly suited for. For example, James Potter's wand was "excellent at Transfiguration", and Lily Evans' wand was described as being nice for Charms work.
The exact process of making a wand is not known. Likely, it is as difficult and complex as wandlore itself.
General wand propertiesEdit
- "Wands are only as powerful as the wizards who use them [...]'"
- —Hermione explaining to Harry Potter[src]
In almost all documented cases, the wand chooses the wizard who matches its character because the wizard may have difficulty or be unable to perform magic if his or her wand's characters conflict, or the magic may be sub-par to magic performed with a matching wand.[3] Although Ollivander says that wizardkind can channel their powers through almost anything, optimum results can only be achieved with those they have a natural affinity for. When trying out different wands, a wand that is not suited to its wielder will usually not do anything at all. However, a warm feeling is an indication of having chosen the right wand, and the wand sometimes emits a few sparks or does some similar, small sign of magic.[5]
Because numbers have known magical properties, a wand's length, much like its core, may symbolize something about its owner. For example, the wand of Tom Riddle, a reputed Dark wizard, measures 13½ inches, and thirteen is commonly an omen of misfortune or evil in the folklore and religion of various cultures around the world. Wands that are unusually short, anything less than 9", tend to belong to people "lacking" in personalities, Dolores Umbridge being a known example.[6] Wands are generally 9 to 14 inches in length although they can be as short as 7 inches and as long as 18 inches.
Wands can take new masters. When a wand's master is disarmed, stunned, or killed, the wand may accept the old master's attacker as its new master, swaying its allegiance over to the wizard who won it from its preceding owner. This phenomena is mostly observed in the Elder Wand, which, according to Albus Dumbledore, only respects power. The Elder Wand will transfer its allegiance even if its defeated master is not in possession of it at the time. No other wand is known to share this trait.[3] Most wands are attached to their masters and will not easily discontinue their allegiance with the previous master, if at all. Indeed the original bond seems unlikely to be severed; if it were, then a defeated witch or wizard would be better served to acquire a new wand rather than continue using it because it would no longer perform at its peak for them — yet they don't. Furthermore, wands forcibly taken in circumstances of purely competitive or friendly nature or stolen without attacking the previous master will not change allegiance.[6]
A wand keeps a record of all the spells used, which can be checked upon via the Priori Incantatem spell. This is a prime reason why criminals who wish to act discreetly would not use their own wands to perform illegal spells, fearing the record would betray them; instead, they could borrow someone else's wand to act with impunity, letting the other owner take the fall.[7][1] The record seems to be rather intricate, as Peter Pettigrew took Voldemort's wand in fear it might reveal his treason, suggesting the wand has such records (such as branding the Dark Mark onto Pettigrew himself).[8]
Spells and physical damage can break wands, greatly reducing their magical abilities. Even when repaired, the wand's magic will not improve and the wand may break again while performing magic; wands held together by something like Spellotape can backfire. The Elder Wand is able to completely repair broken wands, although this ability may be lost if the current master dies undefeated because most of the wand's power would disappear with him.[3]
In addition wands seem to possess the capability to, at least partially, function underwater as was demonstrated when Harry Potter attempted to use a Revulsion Jinx to free himself from the grip of several Grindylows. However Harry noted that instead of "sending sparks at the Grindylows" it "pelted them with what seemed to be a jet of boiling water". This implies that spells function differently in an underwater environment.
Wands are quasi-sentient: although they cannot think or communicate like a human, they can perform certain actions through their own will. This ability may be how they choose their wizard or witch and also explains Harry's wand's autonomously acting against Voldemort.[3]
Acquiring a wand Edit
Most witches and wizards buy their first wand when they are eleven--just before starting their magical education. Most English wizards and witches buy their wands at Ollivanders Wand Shop in Diagon Alley, where they may try out multiple wands until they find the one that suits them, or rather, the wand finds the wizard that suits it. Some witches and wizards, especially those from poorer backgrounds, are left to use wands that did not choose them but chose a member of their family: Ron Weasley, for example, uses his brother Charlie's old wand when he begins his first year at Hogwarts.
Rights of usage Edit
Such non-human beings as goblins and house-elves are prohibited from owning or using wands. For goblins in particular, this prohibition has been a point of contention with the wizarding community and caused some outbreaks of violence. No known formal prohibition exists against Muggles possessing a wand; they would be unable to use them anyway since muggles don't possess magic, but a Muggle's possession of a wand could be considered a breach of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy.
Any underage wizards or witches who are expelled from school are forbidden from practicing magic any further, and their wands will be confiscated and destroyed. Rubeus Hagrid's wand suffered such a fate, though it was somewhat repaired and kept inside his umbrella, and he is allowed to use that much. Gellert Grindelwald was expelled from Durmstrang, but he managed to maintain his wand (or procure another one) suggesting the wand confiscation only applies to Hogwarts students. Of course, any criminals arrested and imprisoned lose their wands as well: Barty Crouch Jr. claimed that he was not allowed a wand since Azkaban; though their wands seem not destroyed but simply stored away because Bellatrix Lestrange managed to retrieve her old wand after escaping prison.
During the last year of the Second Wizarding War, the British Ministry of Magic was overthrown by the Death Eaters, and new laws were put into effect. Muggle-born witches and wizards were regarded as having "stolen" their magic from "real" witches and wizards, and their wands (which were also considered stolen) were confiscated. Those who were not imprisoned were usually left destitute.
Many makers of wands exist, but Ollivander is the best known and most experienced in Britain. The wandmaking establishment has been making wands since 382 BC and is in Diagon Alley, London. Mr. Ollivander went missing in the summer of 1996[1] until discovered by Harry, Ron and Hermione and rescued by the house-elf Dobby in 1998: he had been kidnapped by Death Eaters on Voldemort's orders. Ollivander thereafter tells Harry about the Elder Wand and how a wand passes ownership.
More British wandmakers exist, for example, Jimmy Kiddell, but their wands were stated to be not as good as Ollivander's.
Another notable wand maker was Mykew Gregorovitch, who had made the wand of Viktor Krum and once wielded the Elder Wand. In 1997 he was tracked down and questioned by Voldemort in Voldemort's quest to find the Elder Wand. Once Voldemort finished questioning Gregorovitch, he murdered him.[3]
According to legend, Death created the Elder Wand, the most powerful wand in existence, from the branch of an elder tree. Albus Dumbledore, however, believed that Antioch Peverell was more the likely creator.
Known wandsEdit
|Albus Dumbledore
|Thestral tail hair
|The Elder Wand, one of the Deathly Hallows. Also known as the Deathstick and the Wand of Destiny.
|Bellatrix Lestrange
|Dragon heartstring
|This wand is described as "unyielding;" passed into the possession of Hermione Granger after the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor in 1998.
|Sir Cadogan
|Blackthorn (according to legend)
|9" (according to legend)
|Troll whisker (according to legend)
|Combustible (according to legend)
|This wand was broken during Sir Cadogan's encounter with the Wyvern of Wye. However, Cadogan still tried to combat the beast even with a broken wand, which led to his victory when the wand pierced the Wyvern's tongue and ignited its stomach fumes.
|Cedric Diggory
|Unicorn hair
|This wand was "pleasantly springy"; hair from particularly fine male unicorn (seventeen hands high), which nearly gored Mr. Ollivander with its horn after he plucked its tail hair.
|Celestina Warbeck
|Phoenix feather
|Celestina Warbeck's wand is mentioned in the lyrics of the title track of her best-selling album, You Stole My Cauldron but You Can't Have my Heart.[9]
|Dolores Umbridge
|Dragon heartstring
|This wand is described as "unusually short;" broken by a centaur's hoof in June 1996 in the Forbidden Forest.
|Draco Malfoy
|Unicorn hair
|Reasonably springy
|This wand passed into the possession of Harry Potter after the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor in 1998 until Harry came into possession of the Elder Wand and mended his first wand.
|Fleur Delacour
|Veela hair
|In this wand the core is a hair from Fleur's grandmother, who was a Veela.
|Garrick Ollivander
|Dragon heartstring
|Slightly bendy
|Gilderoy Lockhart
|Dragon Heartstring
|Slightly bendy
|Harry Potter's wand (wand #1)
|Phoenix feather
|Nice and supple
|"Brother" to Voldemort's wand - the core tail feathers are both from Fawkes; broken in December 1997 while fleeing from Godric's Hollow; repaired with the Elder Wand in May 1998.
|Harry Potter (wand #2)
|This wand was taken from a Snatcher by Ron Weasley in 1997, and used by Harry until 1998, when he took Draco Malfoy's wand.
|Hermione Granger
|Dragon heartstring
|This wand was confiscated when the trio was captured by Snatchers in 1998.
|Horace Slughorn
|Dragon heartstring
|Fairly flexible
|James Potter
|This wand was "excellent for transfiguration."
|Lily Evans
|This wand was "nice for Charm work."
|Lucius Malfoy
|Dragon heartstring
|This wand was kept in a snake-headed walking stick that Lucius carried; "borrowed" by Lord Voldemort and destroyed by Harry Potter's wand during the Battle of the Seven Potters in 1997.
|Mary Cattermole
|Unicorn hair
|This wand was confiscated by the Muggle-Born Registration Commission in 1997.
|Believed to have been English oak
|Minerva McGonagall
|Dragon heartstring
|This wand was most likely purchased from Ollivanders in 1947 when she was eleven almost twelve.
|Neville Longbottom
|Unicorn hair
|This wand may have been one of the last wands Mr. Ollivander sold before he disappeared in 1996.
|Peter Pettigrew
|Dragon heartstring
|This wand was owned by Pettigrew only since Ollivander had been kidnapped of 1996; passed into the possession of Ron Weasley after the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor in 1998.
|Quirinus Quirrell
|Remus Lupin
|Unicorn hair
|Ron Weasley (wand #1)
|Unicorn hair
|Ron's brother Charlie's old wand; severely damaged in September 1992 after a run-in with the Whomping Willow.
|Ron Weasley (wand #2)
|Unicorn hair
|Purchased with his father's winnings from a Daily Prophet draw. Taken from him by Snatchers and replaced with Peter Pettigrew's wand.
|Ron Weasley (wand #3)
|Dragon heartstring
|This was Peter Pettigrew's wand. During the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor, Ron took this wand from Pettigrew and used from then on, as his own wand was taken by Snatchers.
|Rubeus Hagrid
|Rather bendy
|This wand was snapped in half when Hagrid was expelled from Hogwarts during his third year - the pieces are certainly hidden in Hagrid's pink umbrella.
|Silvanus Kettleburn
|Phoenix feather
|Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort)
|Phoenix feather
|This wand is "brother" to Harry Potter's wand - the core tail feathers are both from Fawkes.
|Viktor Krum
|Dragon heartstring
|Quite rigid
|This wand is thicker than usual, and made by Gregorovitch.
Behind the scenesEdit
- Wands used in the Harry Potter films are shown to have clear handles for wizards to hold onto them such as the bone handle of Voldemort's yew wand. The books however do not describe such handles. In fact all the pictures by Mary GrandPré in the American editions depict all wands as thin rods. However this is only supported by Harry's feeling that his wand is a "strip of wood" compared to a dragon, and Harry's wand being described as pencil like, when he steps on it in Bathilda's house. [10] This is contradicted in the same chapter in Deathly Hallows, during Voldemort's flashback of the night he murdered Lily and James. ..."he fingered the handle of his wand." Thus it could simply be how Harry felt about his wand at the moment, comparing it with a pencil in terms of proportion and efficiency.
- Also, in the films, the wands are shown a couple of inches longer than they are shown in the books. The films seem to include more gestures when using a wand, not just waving it and pointing it. The different styles were shown properly in the film version of the Battle of the Department of Mysteries.
- It is theorised that the wand's length is proportional to the wizard's height: the longer the wand, the taller the wizard, and the shorter the wand, the shorter the wizard. Although this pattern is generally supported (eg, Dolores Umbridge's short wand, Rubeus Hagrid's long wand) this may not always be the case. For example, Draco Malfoy, despite being tall, had a relatively short wand. However, J.K. Rowling stated that wands are generally shorter when witches or wizards are lacking in personality, rather than size.
- J. K. Rowling used a Celtic calendar to assign certain types of woods to Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Harry Potter based on their birthdates.[11]
- In the first and second films, wands look quite plain. The appearance of wands drastically change in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, in which the wands are given distinctive shapes and carvings, reflecting the owner's personality.
- Devon Murray, who plays Seamus Finnigan in the Harry Potter films, has the record for breaking the most prop wands. He broke eighty of them. [12] Dan Radcliffe himself broke and damaged almost as many due to his habit of drumming with them.
- J.K. Rowling has said that Muggles cannot use a magic wand, yet residual power stored in a wand may discharge at odd moments, having potentially disastrous effects for a non-wizard.[13]
- Wands are often buried or burned when the owner dies.[14]
- The right to carry a wand at all times was established by the International Confederation of Wizards in 1692, when Muggle persecution was at its height and the wizards were planning their retreat into hiding.[15]
- Although Harry's wand is known to be made of holly (an almost white wood), his prop wand is significantly darker, suggesting a different wood. However, other wands appear to be varnished or coloured, so this isn't necessarily a break in continuity. Wood is a matte material so most if not all wands in the movies have some kind of colour treatment.
- It is interesting to note that Viktor Krum's wand and Hermione Granger's first wand have the same length and the same core.
- In the LEGO Harry Potter releases, wands were created using a repurpose of the lightsaber piece used for LEGO Star Wars. The wands are thick, long and almost bigger than a character.
- There was at least one known business that specialised in tuning wands to improve their performance. Repair services were also available.
- Wands have been used a total of 763 times in the books, according to Pottermore.[16]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard
- Quidditch Through the Ages
- Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book
- LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter for Kinect
- Harry Potter: Spells
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Motorbike Escape
- Pottermore
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Harry Potter LEGO Sets
- Wonderbook: Book of Spells (Also simulates use of wand via PlayStation Move controller)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- ↑ 24 December 2007 PotterCast Interviews with J.K. Rowling
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- ↑ Pottermore
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pottercast 131
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- ↑ Rumours! section of J.K. Rowling's Official site
- ↑ Inside the Magic: "Singing Sorceress: Celestina Warbeck and the Banshees in Diagon Alley at Universal Orlando" on Youtube
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter Seventeen
- ↑ Extra Stuff at J.K. Rowling's Official Site
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2:Behind the Magic
- ↑ The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real), pg 83
- ↑ The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real), pg 104
- ↑ Quidditch Through the Ages (real), pg 28
- ↑ https://www.pottermore.com/features/the-great-wand-o-graphic


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A couple things I need to straighten out here:
■When doing Base Damages for weapons, please do it with a level 1 enhancement (of any kind) and with a class that does 100% damage (e.g. Warrior). If you're unable to do that, then please put "N/A (Needs Enhancement)" I'll be removing any base damages that are incorrect.
■PLEASE use the templates, and make sure you have all the correct information. I've been seeing a few people rushing the pages, making it look sloppy, or by doing it in multiple edits. Making a wiki page is not a race, so please do it correctly.
■Parent pages and adding tags. I've seen many pages either without one or the other, or both. If you don't know how to do those, feel free to PM me, or any of the other mods/helpers, or read the AQWWiki Editing Guide if you're new and don't know anything at all.
Thanks everybody, and let's keep our wiki neat and organized! ~Rickyb20
Updated the AQWWiki Editing Guide with a checklist of things to look for when creating/fixing pages, for your convenience. ~Hina
Battle Pets: Read this ^-^
Please do NOT create Nulgath related pages. They're all Miltonius pages and just need to be renamed. ~Hina
Reminder: We prefer single weapon screenshots of daggers. All daggers are dual wield, and all daggers say "dagger" on them at least twice. The second weapon is considered unnecessary, such as helms on armors /etc. The easiest way to get it is using the airguitar emote. ~mturf
Previous Announcements
- Hide Previous AnnouncementsRegarding Limited Quantity Shops;
Often users updating the wiki spend a lot of their gold and ACs on items they're only going to take a screenshot of and sell for your benefit. When it comes to LQS however, that is unlikely to happen. We don't want to ruin your chances of buying the item yourselves. So please be patient, someone will buy it, and we will get a good quality image, it just might take a little longer. Good look getting your items, I'll see you in the queue. ^-^
Please for all items (even Cyber Hunter) only use screenshots taken from in game, not taken from staff previews or original artwork. If we're slow at getting an image we can always poke TLH.
I'm pretty sure this has been mentioned before…but I'll mention it anyway. Base damage for weapons needs to be recorded at 100% damage, meaning you need to equip a class that attacks at 2.0 speed. ~Hina
For helpers, the list has been merged into the site members page, linked on the side bar under "Tools". ~Hina
I'm seeing rare tag adding as a problem, because people seem to be very trigger happy with rare tags and adding it to everything…on every page…on every link…. The purpose of the rare tag is to show that whatever the Rare tag is on is not available anymore in game. That's why there's one BIG rare tag up top. Hence, adding mini rare tags to everything inside the page is just redundancy. So if a page is rare, one big rare tag will suffice (you can make that happen by tagging the page "rare" using the tag function down at the bottom of any page, right beside the Edit button). Every other rare page has their own BIG rare tag, so there is absolutely NO need to add rare tags to every link on every page. The only exception is with items linked on monster pages or locations that have rare AND non rare monsters on it, things like that. Also, indexes are used for this purpose. They will contain all appropriate tags. ~Hina
We're looking for a bit of help around the wiki. If you're interested in being part of the wiki team, feel free to post here. ~Hina
Character pages now link to the wiki! :D When you click on an item on a character page it will link to the wiki in the form of a search. Basically it'll act as if you were searching for the item in the search box in the top right. Not as good as direct links to the actual page, but AE did it this way so they didn't have to do a spell check on item names…and you KNOW how bad they are with that ;) So yea, just an update on that ^^ cheers. ~Hina
I know this probably goes without saying, but here's a statement to make it official: Unlike other daggers, we DO want images of both daggers if they do not match each other (Such as Hollowsword And Shield).
Updated the first post in the New Releases topic. Please read it before posting in it. ~Hina
Please read this post regarding adding and removing thanks.
Please note that "Unknown" at this time is not a rarity. You can add the rarity field and "Unknown", but please do not add thanks.
Since people are still making the same mistakes with images I'm going to make this here where everyone can see it. Armor images are supposed to be taken without Helms, Capes, Pets, and preferable using Unarmed. If you cannot use Unarmed pick the smallest weapon you can find or wait for someone else to put up the image. Un-equip everything possible except the armor, do not leave your helm on regardless of if it's your "look". Do not take the image upstairs in Yulgar's as it cuts off part of the very bottom of the armor, there are plenty of other places that they can be taken. If you don't know how to take an image properly look at some of the images done by Hina, mturf, or myself. I'm tired of images having to be replaced when they could have been done correctly the first time if the person takes the time to prepare instead of rushing to be first. ~TLH~
When copying/pasting '09 pages to their '10 pages, make sure the info is correct, don't just copy and paste everything cuz many of them say '09 in their descriptions or have old "rare" tags in them that don't belong on the '10 pages. Please be careful with this. ~Hina
Just a quick little note for everyone. I've made an AQWWiki Editing Guide to help you out with working on the wiki. If you're unsure about how to do something, have a read through. If what you're looking for is not there, make a post, and I'll get on it! ~Hina
When creating a "rare" version of an existing item, like the Arcane Orb and Arcane Orb (Rare), make sure there's an actual difference, don't just clone the page and tags. Otherwise, the rare page would be pointless. If an item is no longer an AC item, like a bunch of Miltonius' items, make sure it doesn't have the AC or Rare tag on the new page. ~Hina.
Please do not remove "Thanks" on pages yourself. PM mturf or Hina and we will look into the issue ourselves.
Weapons DO have base damage stats. Please read this post.
In preparation for my birthday, I decided to let you all know that I'll be leaving for quite some time. In another announcement, I also plan on stepping down as a "Moderator" on the Wiki. Not that it matters since I didn't do all that much. Bye everyone. - Nightly
Alrighty, since the last announcement was made a month ago, I'll mention a few things that really shouldn't have to be mentioned if you've read the rules/guidelines. First off, I'm still seeing people remove the [[include image-tags]] line when creating pages, which means they obviously did not read my last announcement. Second, regarding the whole resizing images deal. If you're going to do that, please provide a working link. It doesn't help if the image is not viewable. Third, some people are really slacking on page creation. If you're not going to provide a decent amount of info (like the location, price, description, etc. which is literally just looking in game and sticking the info into the page and requires very little effort) or using the templates correctly, don't bother. Then there's editing images, providing incorrect info, removing old info, etc. etc. etc. Just don't do it. Lastly, please read the previous announcements below for older issues (there are a lot), so you don't fall into those pitfalls. I will start handing out warnings to those who don't follow the rules AND guidelines. K, I'm done :P ~Hina
I'm seeing a lot of the new pages, if not every one of them, being made without the "[[include image-tags]]" line and instead replaced by the image link. Please do NOT remove this line. It's there for the sole purpose of making adding/removing image tags easier. Read the Wiki How-to/Q&A thread for more info on what it does, if you haven't already. To add an image tag, just use the "tags" function down at the bottom of the page rather than adding in the link. (i.e. to add a Member Only tag, add the tag "member" to a page, and it will automatically appear on the page, as long as the [[include image-tags]] line is at the top. No need to add the image link.) ~Hina
Stop editing images. Crop only. Even if you're trying to get rid of some text, don't. We have these rules for a reason and beside that, it looks terrible. If you can't do it with a crop, don't do it. ~mturf
Guys, stop removing old info please. If your going to edit something with new live info, USE THE STRIKE-THROUGH TAG. This is an encyclopedia, we try and keep all info. Look at the Beta Beserker prices to understand what I mean.~TLH~
Guys, when you're posting on the forum, make sure you're posting in the right forum and thread. Don't go posting every question and "fix request" onto the New Releases Thread. This thread is for the New Releases page ONLY. Everything else has their respective threads to be posted into. ~Hina
The PTR content is going live. DO NOT replace existing images. It does not matter what the color of monster names are. Only edit the info if necessary (i.e. HP/Damage of monsters, weapon base damage, etc.) Rarity has also been added to the templates, as well as room limit (max number of players in a room). If we see ANY unnecessary changes, we will be sending warnings and/or bans.
Also, we will be changing up the format of image tags. Please check the forums regularly for updates on a few things like the wiki how-to, rules, etc.
I will not repeat myself on this. If you rush to get pages up and do not properly take the image and are only doing it for the credit, don't post. Period. Rushing to be the first person to post something is not allowed and I will start issuing warnings for it. This is NOT a race, competition, or anything else along those lines. Do not let me catch it happening any longer. ~TLH~
Also, note that PTR info is forbidden on the main wiki. That belongs ONLY on the PTR pages. Anything taken from the PTR will be removed, and poster WILL get a warning from now on (3 Warnings = ban). We can't stress this enough. Please DO NOT take anything from the PTR server whether it'd be for weapons, locations, monsters, or anything. It does not belong on the main wiki. (And if you look below, you can tell TLH is pretty upset with his blood red text, so if you want to avoid trouble, I suggest you don't do it) . ~Hina
Do not take any dagger images on the PTR servers. Only use the live servers for dagger images at this time. Also do not take any images from character pages unless they show the ENTIRE weapon. Missing pieces of a weapon don't make for a useful image. ~TLH~
Reminder to all AQWWiki members, please read the rules and guidelines on the wiki forums to avoid any unnecessary mistakes or rule breaking. Either of those can result in a reminder, warning or ban, depending on the circumstances. ~Hina
AQWWiki has been up for a year! Happy B-day AQWWiki! I would personally like to thank everyone who had a helping hand in keeping the wiki up-to-date, and also the original team (March 11th) that created this wiki over a year ago :D The wiki has changed quite a bit over the year, but it can definitely continue to grow and get better. If there's anything you would like us to do to help you make using this wiki easier, or if you want us to add/remove/change info to pages, or anything like that, feel free to tell us about it on the Wiki Suggestion Thread and we'll try to make the changes to the best of our abilities =) ~Hina
Nightly here! (Bet you didn't expect to see me ;P) If you'd like to keep an eye on all the people thanking you/us/me then go here:
=AQW= March 11, 2010 Design Notes - Wiki Wiki Wiki! It's a Wiki Birthday!
Also, as rule 10 states, BE ACCURATE (and use templates which are at the bottom of this page). Triple check your edits before clicking the Save button. Use the Preview button often and whenever possible to check your page before submitting the edit. I don't want to see separate edits for adding changes to a page and adding your name. I also don't want to see multiple edits trying to get the code to work properly. There are templates to use, and other pages to follow if you don't know how to do something. You can also view the Page Source under "Options" to check the code of an existing page, and copy/paste any code that you think you need if you don't already know how to do it.
The following are a few examples of things you shouldn't do:
1. Creating misnamed pages. Make sure the page you create and info in it is accurately spelled (unless the typo exists in game)
2. Forcibly remove someone's lock if they are editing a page. This is rude and unneeded and will result in a warning/ban.
3. Creating pages just to get your name on the page. There's no point in creating a page and/or leaving a template there with little to no information. This includes just posting pictures, or just the template, etc. If you have little information to give, let someone else create the page. If I see this happening I will delete the page, and if need be, I will create the page myself and lock it, so any info that needs adding will need to go through an admin/mod (check site members link on the sidebar to see a list of admins/mods/members on this site). So if you're one of these people, change your habit, because you can be sure your info/name will not be on the page you contributed to if you don't.
4. Adding your name separate from your edits. If you really wanted to add your name, you would have done so in the same edit. If you "forgot" to add your name, that means you don't care enough to add your name as you edit a page. Adding your name alone is not considered an edit that contributes to the page, and your name will be removed. If you re-add your name to the page after it's removal, a warning will be sent. If the problem continues, you will be banned.
5. Do not delete old images of graphics that are no longer in game. If something has had a graphic update so it looks totally different, create tabs and keep both images. Do not delete the old image and add the new one. This is a collection of as much information as we can get, deleting old things doesn't work towards that end.
6. Don't edit any images you're adding. Cropping them to only show the item in question is the only alteration allowed. Using paint to do that is fine, but don't alter them in any way beyond that. Adding websites to the corner, altering the colors, or removing the background itself isn't allowed.
Any questions or comments can go on our forums, which is linked to on the sidebar and top menu.
Remember, it's not a competition, it's a service to help AE and the public.
In an AE first, we have decided to host the Encyclopedia on a wiki, instead of on the Battleon Forums, as the format of the wiki makes it easy to navigate. We hope you enjoy this and find it useful.
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