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Some people are exaggerating the active sound. You really can't even tell because it's the actual sound of the engine simply enhancing the sound coming from the engine bay. It's not like you turn a corner, step on the gas, and all of a sudden you hear the sound of a Ferrari V12! I do think BMW should have add an option within Idrive to turn off Active Sound, although 9 out of 10 drivers would probably just leave it on. It enhances the driving experience, the refined cabin mutes the sounds you don't want while active sound allows you to hear the sounds you DO want. I also like how when listening to B&O system loud, you can never tell there's any "engine noise" coming through the speakers distorting your sound. Quite clever system IMO. I thought Active Sound was step backwards for BMW until I got my M6 and now see how it's implemented. I haven't noticed a "fake" engine sound while driving.
I can see this being true what you said. how you cant really tell. its more of the principal to many people.
i don't understand how they couldn't enhance the cabin with natural engine noise though.
cant say i have never heard anyone say a stock E92 m3 or E60 m5 was to loud from factory or allot of times to quiet (
engine wise not exhaust
) . what happen that made BMW HAVE to use this system ? was it maybe this new FI engines were not producing the sound BMW wanted? were the old engines just more vocal by nature ?
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You have no understanding of the concept of pro-life if you think pro-life means valuing a fetus/baby over a woman. Pro-life is about life in all instances.
By taking bodily autonomy away from women!
And murdering abortion providers!
And bombing clinics!
And removing federal funding for breast exams and cervical cancer screenings simply because the organization also provides abortions!
Pathetic. You know, the notion of stereotyping a diverse group of people based on unfounded assumptions sounds awfully familiar … oh wait. Racism? Sexism? Newsflash: the vast majority of pro lifers are not terrorists, and do not condone such actions. Neither do we believe that legitimate medical procedures should be affected because of the abortion debate. Please stop misrepresenting pro lifers, and focus on the actual arguments at hand.
Yeah, you know what?
This isn't unfounded.
The majority of pro-lifers aren't terrorists but they create the environment that allows for pro-life terrorists to flourish. Pro-lifers that refer to abortion as murder and imply (or straight up say) that it deserves to be punished, or refer to abortion providers as "baby killers", or feel it's appropriate to misuse private medical information to send letters to family members of patients announcing that the patient had an abortion…none of that is factual but if creates an environment that allows people to truly see abortion as a form of murder (which it isn't, as defined by law) and decide to take this issue into their own hands in the form of clinic bombs and guns pointed at abortion providers heads.
Pro-lifers spit out all this vitriol and hate and violent rhetoric about abortion but then stand by and hold up their hands when someone actually takes them at their word. Pro-lifers are responsible for creating pro-life terrosits and there are LOTS of pro-lifers who may not necessarily blow up a clinic or murder a doctor themselves but they'll be happy about it because the doctor was stopped or the clinic has been shut down. It doesn't matter what the means of doing it are as long as abortion is taken away.
And even if you don't want to believe that, pro-lifers DO support legislation that teaches abstinence-only sex ed. They DO support legislation that puts restrictions on birth control to completely ban it. They DO support denying funding to organizations that provide abortions even though those organizations provide life-saving preventative care in the form of cancer screenings and referrals.
It's not pro-life to remove funding for breast exams when breast exams could save people's lives. It's not pro-life to remove funding for pap smears to check for cancerous cells. People die when you remove those programs. If pro-lifers REALLY cared about life in all instances then they wouldn't want to take away funding that saves lives. If pro-lifers were truly concerned about life in all instances then they would support legislation that increases comprehensive sex ed (since that is one of the biggest factors in lowering the abortion rate) and greater access to contraceptives.
But they don't because pro-lifers want to punish people who choose to have sex.
Abortion IS a legitimate medical procedure. Do you have a medical degree? Only a physician should decided what are and are not legitimate medical procedures. And if abortion is truly not a legitimate medical procedure, why don't pro-lifers also protest elective plastic surgery? People certainly die from complications from that much more than an abortion, which is one of the safest surgeries a person can have.
It's not misrepresentation when it's true.
Thank you.
I'm so damn sick and tired of this "generalizing pro-life is bad" bullshit.
They are religious terrorists. Deal with it. If you don't like that, don't identify with that group.
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Striped Rashguard Set
A far cry from a classic bathing suit, this rashguard set is perfect for the little girl who's ready to roll around in the sand. Bonus: Ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) 50+ will protect her skin from the sun. $25, http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=35362&vid=1&pid=827835Baby Gap
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He'll go goo-goo for these cute little froggies, and you will too. (Seriously, we can't get enough of them.) Plus, sizes up to 24 months have a lining for diapers. $24, http://www.bodenusa.com/en-US/Baby-Swimwear/71142-BLU/Baby-Blue_Frog-Baby-Bathers.htmlMini Boden
Tutu Polka-Dot Swimsuit
You can forget all about swimsuit struggles -- this one looks like it came right out of her dress-up trunk. And even though she'll be slathered with sunscreen, this suit comes with UPF 50, so she'll be that much safer. $17, http://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=54738&vid=1&pid=837198&scid=837198012Old Navy
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This is quite possibly the cutest thing we've ever seen. Plus, he'll have a blast reinventing Jaws for you (even though he's never seen it). $30, http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=35381&vid=1&pid=829918Baby Gap
Polka Dot Swimsuit by Kate Mack
Sure, it's a bit of a splurge, but it's worth every penny when baby's looking so perfectly retro. $58, http://www.barneys.com/Polka-Dot-Swimsuit/500936192,default,pd.htmlBarneys
Anchor Printed Swim Trunks
Your little pirate is already a mini ladies' man, so why not flaunt it with this "Ahoy Ladies!" print. $13, http://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=54743&vid=1&pid=811181&scid=811181002Old Navy
Pink Fruit Salad Fifties Swimsuit
This ruffle-skirt one-piece is good enough to eat and simply screams summer. $24, http://www.bodenusa.com/en-US/Baby-Swimwear/71143-PNK/Baby-Pink-Fruit-Salad-Fifties-Swimsuit.htmlMini Boden
City Threads Comic Word Swim Trunk
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Butterfly Dot Two-Piece Bikini
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Oraison, written in 1937 by Olivier Messiaen for an ensemble of Ondes Martenots (an early electronic keyboard instrument using a ribbon and a ring to change pitch), was one of the first compositions written for electronic instruments exclusively.
But that historical fact is not the only thing that makes this music so special.
There's a very special timeless, otherworldly, alienating feeling in this composition... even after 70+ year of technological advances.
It's the perfect blend of a strange, previously unheard instrument, and the composition especially written to use it.
Recently, Richard Lainhart transcribed Oraison for his Buchla 200e synthesizer and Haken Continuum Fingerboard controller, and has shared this performance on YouTube and Vimeo. Because of the 'tactile' way of playing the Haken Continuum Fingerboard, the piece retains its original, almost human voice-like feeling.
I heartily recommend watching this video, all 10 minutes of it. It's beautiful, and a fascinating sight to see Messiaen's 'Oraison' performed on this unique instrument.
I might as well quote Richard Lainhart's full comment (as sent to the ambient mailing list):
"From the time I first touched the Haken Continuum, I'd dreamed of using it to play a composition by Olivier Messiaen called "Oraison". I first heard "Oraison" years ago as a student of electronic music, and had fallen in love with its simple, beautiful harmonies and profound sense of mystery.
"Oraison" is not only a lovely piece of music, but has historical interest too - it may be the first piece of purely electronic music written expressly for live performance.
"Oraison" ("prayer") is from a suite of pieces for six Ondes Martenot called "Fete des Belles Eaux" ("Celebration of the Beautiful Waters"), composed for the Paris International Exposition in 1937. The Ondes Martenot was among the first electronic instruments, and is still among the most expressive.
The Continuum's own expressive qualities seemed at least the equal of the Ondes Martenot's, while allowing for polyphony and the possibility of performance of the work by a single player. I transcribed "Oraison" for my Buchla 200e/Continuum system, programmed the modern system in homage to the sound of the Ondes Martenot, and now offer this performance to you."
Oraison, composed by Olivier Messiaen in 1937 for six Ondes Martenot, transcribed for Buchla 200e synthesizer and Haken Continuum Fingerboard controller and performed by Richard Lainhart in 2009.
If this performance raises your interest in more Richard Lainhart music, the recently released "The Deep Blue of Twilight" , available through Bandcamp (listen, download, donate what you think it's worth) might be a good starting point.
This album, full of comforting deep drones, deserves a review in itself...be sure to listen to it after you have listened to Oraison.
(BTW - If you're interested in how the original Ondes Martinot performance of Oraison sounds: here's another YouTube link).


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New Technology is Addressing the Challenges and Future Direction of Women Interventional Cardiologists in the Cath Lab
- Volume 21 - Issue 7 - July 2013
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Perhaps recognizing the risks, not many women physicians choose interventional cardiology, and, as a result, issues related specifically to radiation exposure in pregnancy are rarely discussed. In the United States, only 5.9 percent of interventional cardiologists are women, according to an analysis published in 2010.1
Interventional cardiologists know the risks inherent in radiation exposure and are exposed to more ionizing radiation than physicians in any other medical specialty. As such, all of us on the cath lab team, including staff, should know the steps needed to minimize risks. First, we limit exposure by being smart about the use of radiation, and second, we use mechanical solutions, such as shielding, and, if possible, robotic percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Occupational challenges in the cath lab
A recent study raised our risk awareness by suggesting that interventional cardiologists may be at increased risk of developing brain cancer. Researchers in the Department of Interventional Cardiology at the Rambam Medical Center and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa, documented a disproportionate number of left-sided brain tumors, suggesting a possible link between exposure to ionizing radiation and brain cancer.2
The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) recommend that pregnant women limit their exposure to ionizing radiation as much as possible. Over the course of a pregnancy, the NCRP says exposure should not exceed 5 millisieverts.
Some female interventionalists or cath lab team members may choose not to do any procedures in the cardiac catheterization lab during the first trimester or for their entire pregnancy. This decision is a personal choice and can, of course, be a difficult one to make. If a pregnant woman decides to abstain from scrubbing in the cardiac catheterization lab during pregnancy, her colleagues will be called upon to fill the gaps in the schedule. Often, in a business dominated by males, this can be a challenge for all involved. Finding a practice that will offer some flexibility in this situation is imperative for any female interventionalist or cath lab team member considering starting or expanding her family.
The February issue of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions — the official journal of Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) — outlined some of the general and simple steps all interventional cardiologists and the cath lab team can take to reduce occupational exposure to radiation. These include "minimizing fluoroscopy time and the number of acquired images; using available patient dose reduction technologies; using good imaging-chain geometry; collimating; avoiding high-scatter areas; using protective shielding; using imaging equipment whose performance is controlled through a quality assurance program; and wearing personal dosimeters so that you know your dose."3
SCAI's Women in Innovations (SCAI-WIN) section is dedicated to fostering the development of female interventional cardiologists in training, practice, and research. For the female operator, SCAI-WIN recommends continued training in radiation protection and the use of lead shields and aprons, among other precautions. SCAI-WIN has pointed out that a 0.25-mm lead apron absorbs about 96% of scatter radiation, and a 0.5-mm lead apron absorbs about 98%.4 Other steps include limiting fluoroscopy time, avoiding extremely angulated views, reducing the number of frames per second and cine images, SCAI-WIN says, the article "Occupational Radiation Exposure: Equipment Selection for the Female Operator."
Women should customize their protection to account for anatomical differences such as breast size, bone density, height, and weight, says SCAI-WIN, suggesting that they consider whole body shields, or at least a protective apron that provides complete chest coverage to protect the left breast, left arm, and, for pregnant women, double coverage for the ovaries and uterus. The lead should be custom fitted to provide a snug fit and avoid any gaps in protection.
All of these steps listed above can be classified under the category of being smart about radiation. Yet in their research, Roguin and colleagues point out that while lead aprons are designed to protect the trunk and thyroid, the operator's legs, arms, neck, and head are not fully protected.
"Given that the operator's head is, at best, incompletely protected by drop-down shielding, it would not be surprising that the left side of the brain —which is closest to radiation exposure in most interventional procedures — would be at greater risk of the induction of radiation-associated tumors," Roguin and colleagues report. In their study,2 the researchers document that 85% of brain cancers were left sided and random chance would have produced a more equal distribution.
"We can only speculate that this disproportionate pattern of left-sided lesions reflects the effects of a differential dose distribution of radiation exposure in interventionists who typically work with the left side of the head in closest proximity to the primary x-ray beam and scatter," they write. In fact, the head of the typical interventional cardiologist gets exposed to 20 to 30 mSv each year. This level of exposure is nearly 10 times greater than the level of exposure received by the entire body, researchers said.5 The left side of the head gets twice the exposure of the right side.6
Roguin and colleagues report that several studies have shown that the dosage of ionizing radiation among interventional cardiologists is higher than that of any medical staff using x-rays.
Aside from hazards of radiation exposure, another occupational hazard in interventional cardiology is back pain. After years of practice, back pain and joint problems are common. Lead aprons weigh, on average, seven to fifteen pounds and, over time, can contribute to serious painful back, neck, and spine pathology. Unlike the hazards of radiation exposure, which generally go undetected until late in life, the pain associated with carrying the weight of lead case after case, year after year, can be a constant reminder of the occupational hazard in our profession. For the reasons described above, robotic PCI is developing a niche in interventional cardiology.
Robotic-assisted angioplasty
In the PRECISE trial, Giora Weisz and colleagues enrolled 164 patients at nine sites, including Northeast Georgia Heart Center. PCI was completed successfully without conversion to manual operation, and device technical success was achieved in 162 of the patients (98.8%), with no device-related complications.7 The CorPath Robotic PCI system was FDA cleared in July 2012 for use in PCI.
In our practice, robotic-assisted PCI is the preferred modality for select patients. The system allows an operator to sit in a shielded cockpit to advance and position coronary guidewires, balloons, and stents, using a touch screen and joystick controls. This system allows for precise positioning of guidewires, balloons and stents. With robotic PCI, the interventionalist gets minimal radiation exposure, and just as important, the benefit of improved ergonomics. The operator can perform almost the entire procedure while seated and without wearing a lead apron.
Our practice has been fortunate to be part of a pilot study to evaluate the use of robotic-assisted angioplasties as part of the CorPath PRECISE, FDA IDE trial. The results of the trial preceded the FDA clearance of the system for use on patients in July 2012, and we have been using the CorPath System (Corindus Vascular Robotics) since that time.
The results of this multicenter study showed that a coronary intervention with a robot (in this study, the CorPath System) was safe and feasible and that radiation exposure for the operator was 95.2% lower than the levels found at the traditional table position.7
In addition, there were no device-related complications, and clinical procedural success was achieved in 160 patients (97.6%). Four patients (2.4%) had periprocedural non-Q-wave myocardial infarctions. There were no deaths, strokes, Q-wave myocardial infarctions, or revascularization in the 30 days after the procedures.
If one cardiologist is doing multiple interventions per day, and each one takes anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours or more, then the stress on the physician adds up over time, along with the exposure to radiation. Using this system, the operator benefits from improved ergonomics and greatly reduced radiation exposure. In fact, while sitting in the cockpit, the amount of radiation to the interventionalist is negligible. The system may also allow for less radiation8 and fluoroscopy time to the patient.
Robotic-assisted angioplasty in practice
For select patients in our practice, robotic-assisted PCI is the preferred modality. There are six interventional cardiologists in our 21-physician group. Each of us has been trained in robotic angioplasty, which not only decreases our radiation exposure and the time we spend on our feet wearing lead, but also helps optimize stent placement by allowing for very fine adjustments in stent position.
As we know, precision of stent placement is important to procedure outcomes.9 Not every intervention is amenable to robotic angioplasty, but the benefits to the physician and the patient are real. Over the course of weeks, months, and years, radiation exposure is cumulative. As technology addresses a positive and long-term effect on the health of interventional cardiologist while improving the precision of the procedure, robotic-assisted angioplasties have been well received in our practice.
Robotic PCI and the impact on cath lab staff
In a robotic PCI procedure, the technologist loads the equipment and injects contrast when needed. As a result, the cath lab staff remains in the room for the same amount of time for a robotic PCI procedure as he/she would in a traditional PCI procedure. As we become more comfortable with loading and unloading the equipment, we expect the cases to shorten and staff time in the room may change.
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Sentieri Selvaggi: Sentieri Selvagi Plays Gavin Bryars & Philip Glass
Sentieri Selvaggi reveres these two elder statesmen of minimalism. And that's about all there is to it.
Wednesday, February 9 2011
Philip Glass: Kepler
The iconic American composer gazes at the stars through the opera looking Glass.
Tuesday, November 2 2010
Philip Glass: Violin Concerto No.2 "The American Four Seasons"
Hold on a second... this ain't no Vivaldi concerto!
Sunday, March 1 2009
Woolf at the Door
Both Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and Michael Cunningham's The Hours offer an illuminating look at the choices we make, the roles we play, and the hours that hinge our lives together.
Wednesday, September 3 2008
Maximum minimalism
Monday, September 24 2007
Acclaimed composer Philip Glass is far from finished
Tuesday, July 10 2007
Various Artists: Healing the Divide
This disc of performances by Tom Waits, Philip Glass, the Dalai Lama, and others for the Tibetan Health Initiative is an admirable but curious release.


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Hey guys! It's my first music game! I included lots of great soundtracks for you to play along to the beat of.
Earn stars as you play songs to unlock new levels! Unlock all of the stars and you'll be able to play a bonus minigame!
Compete for the best total score, which is sum of all your highscores on each song, in a real time ranking system right from the main menu.
Get in to the rhythm and play along to visually stunning animations that react to how you hit notes as you play. And of course, featuring tons of awesome and efficient particle effects.
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Rated 5 / 5 stars May 9, 2012
Great game,great music,great beat,great graphics,great gameplay.Awesome.
And right click on the game for an achievement...
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Rated 5 / 5 stars May 8, 2012
Great game, unique also, i would love to see games like the 2nd lvl where you fight a buncha ships but whether it hits you or you hit it and such is based of something completely different.(if you know any games as such lemme know k thx =D)
i think there should be a strobe light warning though for people prone to seizures(or did i just miss it?)
I managed to get up to rank 00498/49372
Rated 4 / 5 stars May 6, 2012
Great tracks, great game (although sometimes very confusing) Overall, great!
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Great game but strains your eye
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars May 3, 2012
I love what you did, this game is going in my favorites :D My only problem (which is why my rating is 4.5) is that the star system isn't what I thought it would be :/ On the second song, I have a high score of a little over 4,000,000, but i only got 4 stars. Where I re-played the song and got a score of 3,800,000, and I got 4 stars. Other than that, great game and I hope you can make another soon :D
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Pickled Cucumber Salad
I love cucumber salad when Surferman takes me for sushi. From lots of recipes, I've developed this one to make and enjoy at home. It's crunchy, refreshing and a great way to get an extra serving of vegetables into your day.
Pickled Cucumber Salad
cucumber washed and sliced thin
carrots washed and sliced thin (optional)
radishes washed and sliced thin (optional)
daikon radish washed and sliced thin (optional)
I always make a huge batch. My family loves it and we happily eat it all week.
3/4 cup rice wine vinegar
1/4 c. fish sauce
1 tsp grated giner
1 tsp chopped garlic
2 tsp brown sugar
These are the ingredients you might not have on hand. I buy the Fish Sauce in the "oriental section" at the grocery store. It is a thin brown liquid. I understand it's made from dried fish, which doesn't sound super appealing, but give it a chance. It has a salty taste and is really the magic ingredient in this salad. The Ginger paste comes from the produce department. It's refrigerated. You can grate fresh ginger instead. The paste is soooo easy though.
Slice the vegetables into a plastic or glass container. I use a hand-held mandolin to slice the veggies thin. Use cucumbers and add the other vegetables as available.
I scrub the vegetables well, but don't remove any of the peels.
Mix dressing ingredients together and pour over vegetables. Stir well and let sit (the longer the better) before serving.
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arcaniadia6 said...
I still don't get why people complain about frost mages so bad. If you have no resilience, yes they can hurt, but so do most classes, and with the recent frost nerfs our damage is pretty pathetic, doing at most18k damage during DF agaisnt someone with decent resilience.
nikdaheratik said...
They complain because, even as a DK, there's an incredibly small window to actually kill them, and if you have equal resil you lose 1-1 because they can just keep kiting you and when you catch up, you still can't pop that little ice barrier.
That being said, the real solution is to CC them and hit them last, or bring in a hunter.
Not to quibble too much, as I know Frost Mages are much better 1v1 right now than many other classes, but Ice Barrier is only a 12k absorb (and that's with a glyph); it scales very badly with gear, too. Our defences come more from our kiting ability.
I'm a pure PvE Mage, and I support Druids getting root removal on shifting back. It was a stupid change.


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Fixing WebContent Problems in Eclipse
By default, a 'Dynamic Web Application' project in Eclipse will put the non-code resources (pages, WEB-INF, META-INF, etc.) in a folder under the project called WebContent.
Exporting .war files or publishing to a server works just fine, as Eclipse knows what WebContent represents, and what should be done in order to deploy it.
The trouble comes when you want to create a new WebContent folder (which you might want to do if you're going to start using Maven as a build tool on an existing project – Eclipse no longer knows where the resources are and your exports stop working.
If you end up in this situation, you can fix it if you know where in the Eclipse config the declaration of WebContent is. Problematic if you deleted the old WebContent folder already as the declaration gets tidied up (by my experience anyway).
The fix is very simple. Say you want to declare /src/main/webapp as your new WebContent folder
1. Open the .settings folder under the project (if you can't see it in the Project Explorer view, use the Navigator view)
2. Open the file org.eclipse.wst.common.component
3. In the wb-module tag, add a new entry as follows:
<wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp"/>
Here's an example of a basic file to put that into context.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project-modules id="moduleCoreId" project-version="1.5.0"> <wb-module deploy-name="MyProject"> <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/> <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp"/> <property name="context-root" value="MyProject"/> <property name="java-output-path" value="/MyProject/build/classes"/> </wb-module> </project-modules>
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I believe you can (and should) do this through the GUI –
Your Project > Properties > Deployment Assembly
And to have say 'WebContent' in your project root folder and thus avoiding the navigation through all the directories just to open your jsp/jsf files is easy too.
New > Folder, name 'WebContent' (or whatever) & add an alias to the directory.


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The Northwest baseball team opened the season Thursday against Aledo in the Azle Tournament. Though falling to Aledo 5-0, the Texans ended the tournament 3-3.Head coach John Herrick is happy with his team's start."After the first weekend, I am proud of what we've done," he said. "We started off kind of shaky but picked it up toward the end."This is Herrick's first year at Northwest, but his 30th year coaching. He is using that experience to improve his squad."Our emphasis right now is working on changing some things that some of the guys have learned in the past," he said. "It has helped our success that they have been willing to change and have put in the hard work."The team is heavy on upperclassmen, but many are new to varsity."We have 21 on varsity with nine seniors and six juniors. Not many of them have a lot of varsity experience and several were called up late last year," Herrick said. "We are starting a majority of our seniors and they are playing really well.Several players had strong showings over the weekend."Our second baseman Tanner Diminuco and center fielder Victor DeJesus played really well and had a great opening to the season," Herrick said. "Colin Rhodes, our shortstop, played really well for us on Friday and Saturday and ended the tournament strong."Sophomore pitcher Bailey Dovel also had a successful outing."He played 3-4 innings for us against Aledo and even though they beat us 5-0, all the runs he gave up were unearned," Herrick said. "He really pitched well for us."As far as pitching goes, success will be a team effort."It's going to take our whole staff this year," Herrick said. "We are going to rely on everyone to get it done."With the UIL rules cutting games from pre-district play, getting experience is tougher this year."We lost a tournament or three games and that really took away the opportunity to look at a lot of players we would like to see before district," Herrick said.Despite the new rules that are keeping the Texans from playing in another tournament this week, Herrick plans to use the time off to work on fundamentals."It allows us to improve on the things we did not do well this weekend," he said. "We have really good team speed defensively and we hit the ball well. Right now we are really working on the basics like hitting the cutoff man and moving people over when we need to. We are working on becoming better as a team."Herrick is looking to improve last season's District 4-5A fifth-place finish."We would love to go undefeated but now we just want to win the rest," he said. "If we improve every day, we will be very happy with where we are at the end of the season."With district play looming on the horizon, Herrick is focused on the positive."Our teams all had great tournaments this weekend. We are really starting to build things around here," he said. "I am really happy with the kids overall."The Texans open district play March 11 against Keller High School in Keller.
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In September of 1943, the typescript of a private, unpublished narrative was discovered in Corea, Maine, among the belongings of the American modernist painter and poet Marsden Hartley just a few days after his death. This powerful and poignant elegy, "Cleophas and His Own: A North Atlantic Tragedy" - written by Hartley to assuage his grief at the loss of a young man he loved - is now a feature-length film directed by Michael Maglaras and produced by Terri Templeton of 217 Films. The film presents Hartley (played by Maglaras) seated in his makeshift studio in Corea in 1943 where, tired and ill, he recounts to an unseen visitor the tragic story of the fate that befell the Francis Mason family - a family of farmers and fishermen with whom he lived on a remote island in Nova Scotia seven years before. The film uses flashbacks and employs 24 of Hartley's paintings and drawings. Released in 2005.
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Grayson County, TX -- Despite the cold temperatures, the Grayson County Fair saw a great turnout today. It's hard to resist fried food and a merry-go-round. Deeda Payton reports on this year's biggest attractions.
Rides are just one of the reasons families come out to the Grayson County Fair. "We just got here and I think we're gona do some rides. The food's got to be good we're going to try it next."
There's face painting, a giant slide and cotton candy of course. And, you can't have a fair without a merry-go round. But, fair goers say they have never seen a crowd like this before. "There's a lot of people this year versus the last few years and even in the cold weather I was surprised to see this many people."
Men, women and children walked from booth to booth playing games and taking in all the eye candy. "What was the best thing you saw? "The tigers because I've never seen a tiger before and I also saw chicks and they were really small and I never saw chicks before."The white tigers are new to the Grayson County Fair this year. The exhibit is not a petting zoo although you can come in and help feed the white tigers. "It's really cool, I've always liked tigers."
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Outwitters 1.6.1 Update and Bramble
by Alex
Outwitters 1.6.1 is out! Players are loving the new maps with the release of the 2nd gen maps in our previous update. Then they realized the new maps weren't coming up in league play. Oops! This update fixes that. The new map pack should now start appearing in league matches.
On the topic of the recent Bramble buff, we've been listening to feedback and watching match outcomes in aggregate. With most drastic changes to unit abilities or gameplay rules, we see a slight upswing in favor of the new ability as players are typically faster at learning how to use the ability offensively than they are at defending against it. Defensive strategies tend to lag behind any metagame changes as players slowly adapt new tactics and let go of old ones that no longer work. While we do think the new Bramble is strong, we aren't 100% sure if it is broken or a matter of the metagame lagging behind. We would like for the Bramble change to run it's course through this weekend, and come next week we'll look at the data and feedback and adjust from there. We do appreciate our player's patience and support as we work towards a more balanced game!
94 Responses to "Outwitters 1.6.1 Update and Bramble"
You put down the bramble conspiracy from the forums quite nicely just then. What I really want to know though is this: Have the ads been bringing in a decent amount of dough?
Another option to balance the bramble would be to give the opponent one action point for each bramble they kill as a result of killing its parent
The only problem I'm having now with bramble is the replays. :s Other than that, I'm really starting to think the new bramble is fine. Once I suspect a veggie player has produced bramble, I've seen one stategy that's worked for me (and allowed me to overcome my opponent): use a combination of heavies and snipers, and perhaps one or two medics.
Just remember that using bramble can cost a lot of wits too, wits that could have been used to produce units instead of thorn patches. Take advantage of this + stack up on heavies and snipers, and you should be fine against the new bramble
And come to think of it… The other special units like bombshell and scrambler can be equally annoying. Just my opinion
Ballance suggestion:
Create an animation for the vine that is creating a new vine. This will make the bramble more easy to take apart, IF you have good scouting.
Other attributes can stay the same…
. Any match where the new bramble takes the field is incredibly boring and tedious. I will usually forfeit matches simply because I don't feel like taking 50 turns to finish the game.
Heard this idea: buff Scrambler so when they scramble a unit, the HP goes max to 3, but cannot be healed.
As for strategy against the bramble, I agree on heavies and snipers.
Bramble looses again what? Could it be?
What's wrong with simply making bramble vines cost 2 wits?
I see that as the simplest solution.
Even if the Bramble overpowered, and I still think they are, games against (or with) the Bramble are not fun. It's a different game. I miss pre Bramble outwitters.
I'm not a fan of the Bramble. It limits the direction the game is going to go, so it limits the fun. Even if you considered it balanced (which I do not), it's really annoying. I would strongly prefer to see it changed drastically or replaced altogether.
Just one of the few reasons why I think bramble's just fine. I stuck with heavies and a few snipers and I won against bramble.
I hope people give the new bramble a chance. They're actually fun to use AND fight against!
P.S. Of course the same strategy I've mentioned isn't a 100% counter against bramble… but there isn't supposed to be such a thing as a perfect counter…otherwise the game wouldn't be fun altogether.
I actually dislike bombshell more than the new Bramble. A couple of bombshells protected with soldiers also force a very limited defensive dragged out game that is even more boring than fighting off thorns (which is starting to be more and more fun when learning new strategies). The biggest reason bombshells don't ruin the game for me is that masters and titans don't seem to use them much so I rarely have to endure such games anymore.
Also the feedbacks should get a little buff in my opinion, I always have a hard time when trying to use them and have pretty much given up on them. Maybe an extra hp for the scrambler would do it?
The new bramble is completely out of hand.
Yes perhaps the solution to squash the complaints is to now buff another team like scrambler/feed backs brain dude. I never play them (which is why I don't know name) because the special is too weak.
I agree on bombshell. I've found myself risking all to kill one ASAP or face a out of hand game.
Bramble needs another week of testing IMHO. People are now learning how to fight him and perhaps it is finally balanced after all. There are always annoying ways to use a special and that gets filtered out as you rank. It is frustrating playing a game you know you have the upper hand on but just have to hack through plants to win. But this is a different issue … long live the plants!
The problem with bramble is he can move the distance of field in no time. Limit his movement to just two spaces at a time. That is he can plant one vine 2 spaces away and no more vines after that one outside of two spaces. Also let scouts see past them !
The new bramble is fine. It's the bombshell that ruins the games!
I'm a veggienaut buff. The bramble has finally achieved equilibrium with the other specials. So I get how that challenge will irk other players who can't adapt. It's new hit points mean it can actually be defensive. And the pricking ability mean it isn't inert. Big cheers.
Evolve or die. The new Bramble is fine.
Every special has a very accessible weakness. Sometimes this depends on which race you're using. Sometimes it's just paper rock scissors and you have to play the game you're dealt.
Bramble can move quickly across the map. Agreed. BUT you have to remember, the trade off for that is that it woul cost a lot of wits that could have gone to producing units instead.
And it's completely pointless to allow scouts to see past thorn patches because that would defeat the purpose of their being for defence…
Take some time to think about the new bramble, and please just leave it alone. It's fine.
Vines are painful because they make a game last forever. They aren't insurmountable, they're just boring, and unfortunately you put that boring into a game.
I really enjoy the new powers that has been added to the bramble. People are complaining way much. Yes. We all know the bramble can get quite annoying but if I can defeat one myself, I am pretty sure anyone could because I am positive I have way more losses then wins. Suck it up and enjoy it.
I'm surprised that Bramble can build root systems over holes in the ground. That is too big an advantage (and strange) according to me.
Boring is when a pumped up bombshell forces a standstill.
But ultimately, boring is when a player is unable to adapt new strategies, loses to updates such as the new bramble, and baby-whines about it.
Yes, bramble disregarding holes feels more like a bug to me and makes it needlessly hard to cut them off on some maps. Should definitely be fixed.
Rather than brambles being "parent / child", how about making them contiguous? Also, I don't think that having a bramble in front of you should fog your view. Units should be able to see over the bramble.
And, rather than maturely debate a situation, arrogant people tend to use terms like 'baby-whine' to put down people who don't agree with them.
One attack per round via a bramble is a good idea
What? Bramble vines costs just 1 wit? Really??? Are u kiding me???
Bramble is fine, it's finally able to hold its own and actually be worth somthing, unlike bombshell, which has been OP since day one bc it's too difficult to break the defenses AND kill the bombshell, but I digress, I like the new bramble, both playing as, and playing against, people just need to learn how to defend it, it's not OP just new!
Just to point out a small issue I encountered many times :
Chat not sending messages all the time
I notice that sometime my chat messages aren't sent
when I check the game after sending one, there's no message.
I notice it's happens more often when I write a message after I send my turn.
But in both situation, some messages doesn't reach their purpose
Ps; sorry for my poor English, it's not my first language.
Did those people fighting brambles happen to be facing two? It's so cheap to build vies. It's like allowing u to build 4 seahorse a while still being able to build a soldier…seriously?!
3hp for each vine!?!?!???? You sniper or heavy is dead after killing just one!
For those complaint against bombshell maybe allow it to shoot every other round?
Bramble in the hands of a skilled player can be at your base and cover your spawn points in one round on small maps. That makes other players play defence straight up which will put off many new players ! Don't allow bramble to cover important spots or unmovable spots plus have less hit points as well.
New bramble has taken some fun out of the game…js
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New Bramble is gettin REALLY OLD!
Could you change the 4-5 day turn limit to like 3 days instead? 4-5 days is pretty long to be afk.
I'm suspending all bramble opponent games until the bramble issue is fixed. It is getting SUPER old!
Bramble games are very tedious. It wouldn't be that big of an issue but it seems every opponent is using them. The game is not as fun.
I started playing after bramble was changed. He doesn't seem to be OP. Bramble games usually take longer and can be kinda tedious but my strategy which is to make lots of soldiers and a couple of snipers seems to work quite well. I think bramble is fine as he is even if he can be really annoying sometimes.
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Glazed Pork Ribs with Horseradish Apple Slaw
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- Calories: 469
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- Fat: 23g
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- Cholesterol: 154mg
- Sodium: 846mg
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- Fiber: 2g
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- 3 pounds baby-back pork ribs
- Kosher salt and pepper
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- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
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- 1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
- 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
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- Heat grill to medium. Season the ribs with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Place on grill, cover, and cook 20 to 25 minutes, turning often, until cooked through and tender.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the Worcestershire, mustard, and brown sugar. Baste the ribs with the sauce during the last 5 minutes of cooking.
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Servings: 8
Prep Time: 2 hours 30 min
Cook Time: 10 min
Difficulty: Easy
1 box gluten-free graham crackers
5 tablespoons organic butter, melted
2 cups organic fat-free milk, such as Horizon
2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
2 tablespoons sugar substitute, such as Truvia
1 teaspoon salt
2 beaten organic eggs, such as Cage Free
2 cups shredded organic coconut, plus more for sprinkling
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup heavy organic whipping cream
1/2 cup shredded organic coconut
2 tablespoons sugar substitute, such as Truvia
For the crust: Crush or grind the graham crackers. Add the melted butter to the crackers. Once mixed, press the mixture into a 9-inch pie pan with back of a spoon. Make sure the crust is even throughout. Place the crust in the refrigerator.
For the filling: Bring the milk, flour, sugar substitute, salt and beaten eggs to a boil on low to medium heat, stirring occasionally. Once the mixture starts boiling, remove from the heat; the consistency should be thick. Add the coconut and the vanilla and blend together. Then pour in the chilled pie crust. Place the pie in the refrigerator, 10 to 20 minutes.
For the topping: Whip the cream until the consistency is thick. Add the coconut and sugar substitute. Put the mixture over the chilled filling and then sprinkle extra coconut on top! Chill for at least 2 hours.
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E-commerce has grown more than 400% in the past decade. The reasons are obvious: Shopping in your underwear and getting a great price is better than driving to the store and ducking behind aisles to avoid acquaintances But there is still much more growth possible in e-commerce, and you might be surprised by the next market it will disrupt: groceries.
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Many investors have written off Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) since the stock reached dizzying heights of more than $700 per share in September 2012. Since then, Apple stock has lost over 40% of its value, and those same investors are asking the question: "Is Apple a smart value play?" Let's review both sides of the argument.
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I've been plagued with the same question for months now. Is the market crazy to value Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) around the $400/share mark (as it is trading for as of the date of this writing) or am I crazy to think the company still has a lot of life in it? I'll present both sides of the argument and let you tell me.
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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a problem we would all like to have. How does it spend $170 billion? That is the amount in cash reserves the company is likely to have by the end of 2013. Well, I've got some ideas.
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As an engineer, 3D printing has been on my radar for quite some time. Only recently though has it been thrust into the mainstream as "The Next Big Thing". The concept is easy enough to understand. It has been used in local dentist offices for years as a way to make custom-fitted crowns for clients as they wait. 3D printing was likely used to prototype the phone in your pocket more »
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Pick the winners, don't pick the losers. That's the name of the game, right? With that in mind, some might say don't even worry about the losers. Your focus should be on the winners. Isn't it easier to pick the losers? When a company fails, don't we all say we could see that coming from a mile away? I can't tell you who will more »
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Jimmy had two rules about investing. He could make decisions to buy or sell within the bounds of the rules, but he stuck to the rules no matter what. We'll get to those rules in a minute, but first ... a little background.
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This makes it a hands down contest. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has it as the world's most macho world leader.
Putin's latest feat had him diving into Lake Baikal in M-1, the mini-submarine that in 2008 set a world record for the deepest dive into a lake. Putin went to 4,600 feet and remain submerged for four hours. Afterwards, he commented on the beautiful flora and fauna of the lake.
"I could see how Baikal is, in all its grandeur, in all its greatness," Putin said.
Russian journalists asked if Putin's next adventure might be to the International Space Station, but Putin demurred saying there was plenty to do on earth.
Over the last few years, Putin has engaged in numerous activities cementing his reputation as a politician-adventurer.
He has fished bare-chested, holds a black belt in judo, tagged a tiger in Siberia, tagged a Beluga whale and now ridden a submarine to the depths of the world's largest lake.
What more is there to expect from Russia's strongman? He has clearly mastered the importance of image in politics. Now the only thing that eludes him is the principles of democracy.


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It makes sense that 47-year-old Spencer Tracy would fall head-over-heels for twentysomething Lana Turner. The fact that they marry and that the union eventually sours sounds reasonable enough, too. But Turner's reasons for leaving Tracy are unclear. Not only doesn't Zachary Scott appear as the kind of man anyone would trust, the heretofore very level-headed Turner's sudden flightiness and resentment seem utterly contrived. Why the sudden change? Perhaps Sinclair Lewis' original novel gives the answer, but MGM's version certainly doesn't. And to compound matters, the film completely wastes the talents of Mary Astor, which is truly unforgivable.


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It's time for our annual game: How much is really in the U.S. military budget?posted by homunculus at 12:35 PM on February 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
As usual, it's about $200 billion more than most news stories are reporting. For the proposed fiscal year 2009 budget, which President Bush released today, the real size is not, as many news stories have reported, $515.4 billion—itself a staggering sum—but, rather, $713.1 billion.
Sorry, I meant the most expensive air force or the most powerful air force; yes, I was well aware that in sheer numbers the force is reduced but the destructive power per unit is a full order of magnitude higher than in WWII (and the price is almost two orders of magnitude greater, per unit!)We have the largest air force ever in the history of the entire worldUh, the USAAF in WW2 had 100,000+ combat aircraft.
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A Community prayer vigil will be held at Community Clubhouse in Crisp County on Sunday, September 14,2014 at 7pm.
A school bus rollover is an accident we certainly hope never happens, but if it does, Cook County first responders are ready.
Fifteen students and a bus driver participated in a school bus crash exercise Tuesday. Firefighters even cut through the bus to rescue students.
Some students were treated on scene while others were taken to Memorial Hospital of Adel.
Several agencies took part in the drill.
"If we need to correct any kind of action that we saw from the basic response time all the way down to loading the patients to cutting them out of the bus and it's also for the students if they're on the bus maybe they can help other students in that time," said Cook County EMA Denny Folsom.
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In the February 20th, 2013 issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine, a certain one-shot manga story became quite the buzz among Japanese manga readers. It was a one-shot that truly reflected the cruel nature of humanity as a whole. Yoshitaka Ooima's "Koe no Katachi" (The Shape of Voice) is a very emotional tale that simply says this: everyone and anyone can be capable of bullying.
The story covers a young girl in Japanese middle school named Nishimiya Shouko, who happens to be deaf. She introduces herself to her class, but is met with jeers as she is blamed for bringing the class down because of her disability. Nishimiya is repeatedly bullied to the point where her classmates started to mess with her hearing aids. However, she tries to be polite towards a male classmate named Shouya Ishida, who finds her creepy regardless. It's all fun and games until the principal tells the class about a complaint from Nishimiya's parents regarding the broken hearing aids. Ishida becomes the scapegoat, despite everyone being guilty of bullying her in the first place. He then gets bullied and feels depressed. Both Ishida and Nishimiya get into a fight over the latter's "weak nature". Nishimiya transfers to another school afterwards. Ishida learns that she has been sticking up for him after he was kicked out by his clique by wiping his desk free of derogatory graffiti written by his former friends. The two would meet 5 years later, where Ishida learned sign language to redeem himself and officially build a friendship with Nishimiya.
What Koe no Katachi reflects is the notion that bullying is cool, according to middle schoolers. It helps to raise one's social status and that's the most important thing for a child to survive in school. After all, everyone yearns for a sense of power and belonging. Most children fall for this because of their inability to emotionally comprehend complex situations.
The worst part about all this with relation to the story is how the homeroom teacher implicitly encourages bullying. He calls Nishimiya "baggage" and ignores what his students do, unless it gets really violent. Is he from a school of thought that bullying is a process of life? Sadly, adults are often criticized for looking out only for themselves. The homeroom teacher probably wanted to preserve his image out of a fear of being disliked/disrespected by his students. Everyone knows how intimidating a group can be to a single outsider.
What's interesting is whether the most possible solution for a bully to stop being a bully is for them to get what is coming to them. Even people will realize when their time is up. Ishida begins to have second thoughts about his actions after being bullied and starts to wonder if this was how Nishimiya felt. As they say, people should try living in other people's shoes to see what the other side can look like.
Koe no Katachi was deemed too controversial as it is a reflection of the Japanese school system. Thankfully, Kodansha had the guts to say "You know what, this story HAS to be told and we need this talent to shine." The best part in the end of the story suggests that people's voices need to be heard and understood. We have to look past any stereotypes we may have and listen. It makes you realize that a lot of people in this world focus on nothing but talk, talk, talk. Yet by hearing and listening to other perspectives from peers, we grow and become more understanding.
Kodansha, thanks for listening to whoever or whatever gave you the green light to publish Koe no Katachi and making the shape of your voice sharp enough to take a stand.
EDIT: The story has become so popular that IT'S GETTING SERIALIZED! Great geniuses really shouldn't be held under wraps. Way to go, Kodansha!
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The holiday season means bad weather, unwanted gifts, overeating, and ... family trips.