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Series 1 on Social Media in Highly Regulated Industries
Some in the financial industry think it simpler to abandon social media, but for most, they are stuck in a difficult juxtaposition as they are expected to grow their book of business, but then told they cannot use all the tools available to do so. My Edwards Jones money manager is forbidden to use Facebook for business, and the company won't allow her to have access to the site from her office. Merrill Lynch just recently began allowing their employees to use LinkedIn, but under strict guidelines.
With social media in full swing these days, what is it that keeps the highly regulated industries from swimming with the rest? The difference might be in the government regulations rather than in the social medium. Banks are regulated by the OCC, investment firms are regulated by the SEC and other industries like legal and real estate are heavily regulated at the State level. The biggest challenge is that companies would need to monitor online activity for all of their employees and make sure no laws are broken, or invest in social media training as a matter of prevention. This costs money, but does the cost outweigh the benefit? Facebook and Linkedin have already been shown to be rich oil fields of prospects and clients, so how can these companies maneuver safely and confidently within those realms?
For several years, I worked with a large family owned real estate company headquartered in Connecticut, where we immersed more than 2000 agents in social media training. This occupation is about relationships, yet agents were fearful of the platform, mainly because they could not grasp how to use it. I heard more than once, "I don't want people to know my phone number, my address" To which I replied "isn't it the same as posting a sign with your face and phone number in front of your customers' houses?"
On a similar level, companies are fearful of employee missteps online where everything published can be tracked. Every highly regulated industry has guidelines for conduct, but now these guidelines must be extended to social media channels. Training on acceptable use of social media, and monitoring, must be implemented to ensure those guidelines are followed.
Social media has already knocked on the door of each and every company and will not go away. Time will tell who manages to work within strict regulations to take advantage of the growth opportunities of social media, and who gets left behind.
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"A vast number of congregational leaders know that when they deal with evolution, they are also dealing with job security."- Joel Hunter
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The idea of "research programs" helps explain why it's so hard for people of different origins perspectives to understand each other, and even harder to change positions.
If you read Ecclesiastes carefully, Solomon is not saying that knowledge and learning are bad; he's saying they're incomplete.
Many arguments claiming to prove the existence of God have been proposed throughout the centuries. A popular argument is that, since all effects come from causes, there must have been a "first cause" that is outside the material world—an "uncaused cause". The response to many of these arguments, however, is: "If God created the world, what created God?
Is Christianity anti-science? Can Christians be good scientists? Is science the only source of true knowledge? Pastor Dave Gustavsen of Jacksonville Chapel addresses these issues.
A short guide to where BioLogos fits in the origins debate.
President Haarsma reflects on our big interview with Bill Nye, and explains how it relates to our mission.
We need safe places in which to raise the complex issues of submitting wholeheartedly to the authority of God's Word in the Scriptures while wrestling with the important findings and perspectives in the natural sciences.
By getting rid of the miracle stories in the Bible, Bultmann and his followers hoped to make the Christian story more palatable to modern man. Although I recognize the emotional weight of this sentiment, I am not convinced that it is an intellectually coherent approach, mainly for reasons of self-consistency.
From 2012: The dictionaries I checked don't define the term, "theistic evolution," so I offer my own definition: the belief that God used the process of evolution to create living things, including humans.
From 2012: Many secular and many evangelical voices agree on one 'truism'—that if you are an orthodox Christian with a high view of the authority of the Bible, you cannot believe in evolution in any form at all. New Atheist authors such as Richard Dawkins and creationist writers such as Ken Ham seem to have arrived at consensus on this.
From the archives: With From the Dust, it was our goal to help Christians see the complexity of the issues raised by modern science, as well as help them to courageously engage with the theological conversations happening within the sphere of Christian culture today.
Theology needs science, but science needs theology; there can be no two-state solution.
In this video originally featured in March of 2012, Dr. David Finch, a biologist at New York University, discusses his thoughts on both Creationism and the effects of "new atheists" like Richard Dawkins.
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Contemporary Christian artists Chris Tomlin and Big Daddy Weave will kick off Fun Fest's Sunset Concert Series on Thursday night, July 18.
Tomlin has earned 18 Dove Awards, three Grammy nominations, 10 No. 1 radio singles, one platinum and three gold albums. His album "Burning Lights" was the fourth Christian album to place first on the Billboard 200 charts, and his song "Whom Shall I Fear" was ranked No. 1 on the Christian AC Charts for 14 weeks.
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What is time?
I was thinking the other day that we all measure time by the distance around a center axis. Our earth time is measured by the length of days to orbit the sun as our axis. Our solar system rotates around an axis as do other galaxies. So my thought was how does time get measured at the central point of the measured axis? What is time in the very center of any axis? Can it be measured? Just thinking.
Thadeus Frei
Aug 8 2011: Brian, you just thought of a very important theme, the circle. The center of the universe (metaphorically) is every where. And so lets take one center... you, you are at the top of the mountain looking at everything but what does the center of a world of movement do, it doesn't move. This center is the point where eternity and movement are connected.
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sorry for the poor explanation but I am in a hurry.
Aug 9 2011: I would not apologize for your explanation. I think that you have explained it very well. That is where I get to thinking how BIB is BIG and how small is small. Thanks.Aug 11 2011: thadeus sir, I challenge you to produce a true circle as they do not exist.
Aug 11 2011: can math prove it does exsist?Aug 18 2011: todd, metaphors like the circle are a translation of the self. We measure things by observation so naturally there are limitations. When the time comes to put the abstraction into reality you draw a new figure, a symbol.In the same sense, there are no numbers. There are only symbols of numbers, but we still work with them as if they were numbers. My definition above does not derive it's full meaning in a physical sense but more of a metaphorical sense. Your thoughts?
Matt Hintzke
Jul 28 2011: Time is just our perception of how entropy unfolds in our universe. As the entropy gets higher, which it always does, time unfolds within our minds. You could almost say time is just a figment of our imagination. However, how do you interpret this famous theory:
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If there is no one to see the moon, no instrument, person, or animal, then does it exist? If yes, prove it.
Jul 28 2011: assuming there is ever a momment where there is no one.Jul 30 2011: Hey if a tree falls on the forest and no one hears it it still falls because we see it laying on the ground. I do not thing many trees grow horizontally on the ground but I could be wrong!!!Aug 17 2011: I stumbled across a couple of articles you might find of interest, one of wich seems to contradict the verse i quoted earlier.-All things connetected are that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star.- the AUG.,2011 edition ofscientific american on page 83 the author refers to symetry and locality. I wonder what Borrahs thoughts are on locality if he believes a photon can cross an infinite distance in finite amount of time?Also Brian an article in the AUG.13th,2011 edition of science news on page 12 "a cloak in time" . And you might look at Set. 2011 sky & telescope on page 47 is a neat wave form pattern wich is the orbits of the moons of jupiter their axis center is the orbit of jupiter around the sun and a frequency wave pattern is also what you could observe about the vibration of lets say quartz when you apply stimuli maybe some free electrons. in sky & telescope you will find references to universal time UT. have you researched coordinated universal time.? what about the reward offered for a reliable marine clock , back when sailors worried about falling off the edge?Aug 17 2011: Time is the progression of the fourth dimension. We measure this in units. The space between any two units of time is an infinity unto itself.
This will blow your mind. The smallest unit of time varies depending upon where you choose to measure it. This is because the passage of time is the equivalent of a zero-dimensional entity (a photon) crossing one dimension of space. (One Planck unit) Gravitational wells (such as the gravity of a planet... etc.) stretch space causing it to take a little longer for zero-dimensional objects to cross a single dimension of space. In other words, time slows down. This is why you age slower on Earth than you would in space.
The intimate mechanics of how the forth dimension (time) progresses are outside of my field of knowledge. I have no idea exactly "how" a photon moves. If this knowledge exist maybe someone could shed a little light on it? How does a photon cross an infinite amount of space to reach the next one-dimensional point?
It hurts just thinking about it.
Aug 17 2011: Hello Borrah. You made me smile with your closing sentence. But your definition is profound. Thanks for sharing with me your thoughts and ideas. I believe it is the sharing of thoughts that help us all grow intellectually.
Aug 17 2011: I actually spent a great deal of time trying to answer this question myself in years past. It is true that forums are a great place to learn!Aug 15 2011: sorry it has been so long icant recall the title of that particular book. might i suggest you try another route ? I have found that a good question is more profitable than a tousand answers. Rather than attempting to understand time endeavor to more carefully observe nature more closely biology chemistry physics astronomy astrophysics remember that all things connected are that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star..O.K.? Also look up Buckminster Fuller, i believe thats the correct spelling, he developed the geodesic dome and carbon 60 is named after him bucky balls and then look up the fellow who came up with fractal geometry that is very powerful . then study absolute zero you will find something called a bose einstien constant, recently a lab passed a laser through a substance at very near zero degrees and it was slowed significantly o.k.? now look at relativity and the speed of light study these things taking notes and remember this man created the inch and man created the minute if an inch no longer is an inch then what is it and the minute? Ask your own questions brian i am on the fringe i believe the speed of light is like the sound barrier no barrier at all. Get back with me man
Aug 15 2011: Thanks Todd. These are some very deep subjects and I have been reading more and more along these lines. I am also wondering is Einstein's understanding of the speed of light, really a correct formula or is the speed of light like you stated, No Barrier at All? It seems to me that the more we study the more we do not understand. One question leads to another and another, etc. With the speed of technology, we are able to see farther than before, look smaller than before and it just puzzles my mind, if Time is a measurement, How big is big and how small is small??????? It seems to me to be an infinite distance either direction you start looking at. Thanks for the insite. Many more thoughts to consider.Aug 11 2011: issac assimov postulated the big bang happens perhaps billions of times a second each bang with a degree of difference we percieve and attempt to measure as the forward progression of time. I assume he also was just thinking.
Aug 11 2011: Hello Todd. I have read many of Issac Assimov Science Fiction, but none of his other books. Do you happen to know what book this came from? I would be interested in reading more to help me understand or try to understand what Time Is? If you could share with me, I would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.Jul 31 2011: Before I started study at the institute, which studies the time, for me it was just time interval on the clock. I could not imagine that the time may be living substance - it can be felt, especially in humans. that you can feel the acceleration time, deceleration time in yourself, in other. And it turns out he lives inside the brain. I record the passing time by the brain. By all devices, we measure only the time intervals rather than time itself, and by the brain we can feel it itself. It is like intuition, or the feeling that you are in an accelerated space, where events are going fast, or you find yourself in a padded, totally retarded action, where time passes very slowly. Very interesting thing!!!
Ahmed Hatem
Jul 31 2011: people measured time by day, night then invented clocks, then we measure time by second, milisecond, femtoseconds.....etc
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we use smaller unit as the speed become higher so we didn't use the axis of galaxy to measure time use a smaller system and the more the speed is higer the more the system become smaller
I think we will depend on the axis of the nucleus
just imagination :)
Jul 31 2011: I agree. That all time measurements that we have come up with are due to the measurement of distance traveled around an axis point. Thanks.Jul 30 2011: Time and space are not "conditions" in which we live but modes by which we reason. We have chosen to label distance travelled in some dimension outside of/ or entwined in x,y,z Time. Based on some assumptions at atomic levels.
James Turner
Jul 30 2011: Time to me is either the passing of the cycles of nature (ie day /night, seasons etc.) or a way of coordinating activities so we get together with others to share life experiences or get tasks done so we can do other tasks and live life. Sounds hokey I know but I cannot go to the store and buy a bottle of time, a box of century, or a pound of decade. It is much like when we would send some one to buy twenty feet of firing line, or two gallons of prop wash from airplane blades. A construct if you will to make the universe more useful
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Jul 31 2011: I really like your answer. It cannot be held onto. It cannot be purchased. It cannot be retrieved. Only moving forward as we perceive it now. Thanks.Jul 28 2011: to me time is the perception of energy.
Jul 30 2011: I agree to some degree but what type of energy?Aug 11 2011: wow.I am reading a wide variety of ideas about the nature of time and i am shocked no one has yet to mention the speed of light. speed of course refering to a certain distance traveled in a particular time. right?LOL O.K. I almost forgot the study on absolute zero and the bose-einstien effectAug 21 2011: My challenge to produce a circle i assure you was in good faith, i must often gaurd against my impulse to be a bit colorful in my attempts to convey a thought.., If in his quest to better understand time, Brian were to focus, primarily, on the orbital path of a body, such as our earth, about a central axis, he may be severly limiting his possibilities for discovery , and, that he might look at the works of Buckmenster Fuller who developed the geodesic dome for the 1932 worlds fair and who after bucky balls the fullerine carbon 60 was named..It was my thought that i might observe a dramatic shift in brians thought process were he to investigate some varied aproaches to this topic. Certainly, if the circle were of central importance to his aproach he should attempt a solid understanding of the circle. for instance, the number pie ,wich trails off into infinity curiously enough, allows for our concept of a smooth flowig circle, it can also be said that our concept of time also allows for this illusion of a smooth flowing circle. Have a nice day. I remain teachable, the realization of ignorance is the beginning of knowledge.Aug 21 2011: Whatever you make of it! It's like life itself measured not by the breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away!Aug 17 2011: Hello Todd,
Thanks for the information. I will look into this and do some more looking into what others have said. It is a very open topic, and brings many things to the table to consider. Thanks for sharing with me the knowledge that you have collected to allow me to grow. Somehow, we are all in this together. Thanks.Aug 3 2011: Time is an idea, some tool invented to be used for the mind...Jul 30 2011: Time is a product of our ego. Our ego is false. Time is false. It is not linear, it is a circle, always repeating, always recurring. When we destroy the ego we experience what is not of time.
www.gnosticteachings.orgJul 29 2011: Time is what you make in it and of it ! Be in the present is the only time that's count. As much time can be still as much it can be in motion. Time is what's you make of it !Jul 28 2011: Time, stacking the moment, the now?Jul 28 2011: relevant http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/07/end-of-time/Jul 28 2011: But then the question begins, How BIG is BIG and how small is small. At what point of the center of the axis will there be no movement? No distance traveled like on the outside of a circle. What is in the very center of an axis that is used to measure time? Other Galaxies? Other Dimensions? Just wondering.Jul 28 2011: Time is simply movement.


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The former chair of the Harvard University physics department muses on how faith gives meaning to his scientific work.
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With From the Dust, it was our goal to help Christians see the complexity of the issues raised by modern science, as well as help them to courageously engage with the theological conversations happening within the sphere of Christian culture today.
It should be noted that indeterminacy does not imply that God does not have foreknowledge of future events. Christians ought not to be uncomfortable with the idea of God interacting with his creation through chance.
In this talk, Professor Plantinga addresses the fact that many contemporary thinkers—including many theologians—believe that God cannot perform miracles, providentially guide history, or interact in the lives of people, as these activities would be contrary to science. Plantinga, on the other hand, makes the case that this popular view is mistaken; excluding divine action in the world is not a central feature of natural science itself, but a philosophical or theological preference that has been added on to science (and can just as readily be removed). Plantinga concludes that it is completely logical to accept the miracles of the Bible and support contemporary science.
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In today's video, Oxford physicist Ard Louis discusses the famous debate between renowned evolutionary biologists Stephen Jay Gould and Simon Conway Morris over the idea of evolutionary convergence.
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Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.
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I'll start with my pet project at the moment, High Priest Thekal (Zul'Gurub). Anybody familiar with the fight will know that Thekal comes with 4 adds in the first phase – two non elite tigers, an elite shaman Zealot Lor'Khan and an elite rogue Zealot Zath. The trick to phase one is that Thekal and the two adds need to die within a few seconds of eachother in order to have Thekal enter phase 2.
This is the build I've been experimenting with: Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft
In this build I've avoided many damage boosting talents in order to gain as much pet survivability as possible whilst also ensuring that there's a steady supply of focus to my pet to ensure uptime of special abilities and focus dumps. As solo farming multi-mob pulls relies heavily on volley spam I'm also considering experimenting with going a little higher in the MM tree for Barrage, but I'm not sure whether the extra points I'd have to spend getting there are of much value considering what I'd lose in the BM tree.
Utilizing an 80 gorilla, this is the pet build I've been testing: Pet Calculator - Wowhead
You'll note with the pet build that it's purely for physical damage mitigation as there's little magic damage in the encounter, and I also picked up Lionhearted to reduce the amount of time my pet is incapacitated when he's blinded.
I also wear 2 set Tier 5 (hands and legs) for the set bonus:
The bosses themselves don't hit very hard. Mend Pet and the T5 2 set bonus is more than enough to keep my pet alive. The problem is Zealot Lor'Khan periodically heals the lowest health member, and with a gorilla the only interrupt (of sorts) I have is Intimidation, which has proved to be rather unreliable. I tried using a spore bat for Nether Shock (28 sec cooldown talented) but the problem was that the Sporebat cannot hold agro on all the mobs with the constant healing going on, without constantly tabbing and attacking everything which is a massive detriment to dps time.
The strat that I'm working on at the moment is as follows:
1) Pull boss + adds to pet
2) Kill first non-elite tiger
3) DPS second non-elite tiger down to 70%
4) Chain spam volley over the top of the group.
The point to that is not to interrupt the heals, but to force Lor'Khan to heal an insignificant target. With the non-elite tiger always having the lowest HP the heals are predictable, allowing me to volley down the mobs slowly but surely.
The group is tanked about 15 yards from me so I'm out of range of blinds, and whenever my pet gets blinded I generally eat a few hits (allowing mend pet to tick a few times to bring my pets health back up), feign death, allow my pet to regain agro and then bandage. Generally bandage seems to come off cooldown every time my pet gets blinded so I keep my HP up that way. If things get hairy, pop BW so my pet doesn't get stunned.
I'm still working on this strat, best I've been so far is all mobs circa 15%, but some unlucky movement by my pet after a blind to uncleared mobs caused two axe-throwers and a whole bunch of tiger cubs to become engaged - resulting in my pets fast demise. At this stage I think the plan of attack at 10% will be to wait until the tiger is healed, pop BW, intimidate Lor'Khan and attempt to burn all three down with chain volley spam. The jury's out though, there may be a better way of doing it.
I'd love to hear other peoples experiences with ZG and particularly solo farming MC, Onyxia and AQ20 if you've ventured that far.
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Bloodlord: Took a while but was doable with some bandages. Burn the raptor down and then get ready to blow cooldowns until Enrage wears off. My pet came very close to dying at this part though he might have done a little better if he was 80. After the enrage, it was smooth sailing, with the occasional bandage after my pet was feared or he hit me a couple times during the focus thing (Mend Pet seemed to trigger it).
Bat Aspect: Very easy after I figured out to mana burn her. While she's in bat, Viper Sting until she's OOM, which will take a few minutes, then just burn her down. The bat adds were easy to AOE, though I found that if you feign while they're on you they just despawn. During Troll phase, she can heal whenever she's above 200 mana, so keep Viper Sting ready. Stay out of the fire bombs and bandage when needed.
Snake Aspect: Very easy, nothing special. The snake adds at the start have very little health and died in a few seconds of AOE. Just burn him after that.
Tiger Aspect: I wasn't able to get passed phase 1 either. I got them all a bit low but the random damage on me from when my pet was blinded or gouged (the gouge is a threat wipe too I believe) was too much to keep up with for how slow the boss mobs were going down. Maybe if you drained Lor'khan's mana until she was OOM and then burned Thekal?
Panther Aspect: I don't think this is possible. The mark on you makes all the panthers focus on you and they have just enough health to not die to Explosive Trap and a single Volley. They only hit for 15-30 damage but with 15+ on you it adds up. I was able to kill them all but I was completely empty at the end, and with repeated reapplying of the Mark on you, there's no time to bandage.
Hakkar: Without all aspects down I don't think this is doable. The threat wiping gouge and frenzy are just too much to keep up with. I got him to 80% during one try but with a dead pet. Until someone figures out how to kill Panther and Tiger aspects, this probably isn't possible to solo.
I didn't even try Jin'do or the Spider Aspect. Killing Spider wouldn't make Hakkar any easier as it's just a stun that I didn't even notice.
Posted 28 January 2009 - 03:05 AM
The only other raid I've tried is AQ20 - Buru, Rajaxx, Moam, and Ayamiss are either not doable or not worth the trouble.
Fankriss is very, very easy, just run around him in circles and you'll never eat the sand trap.
Ossirian is doable, but hard - you need to time things well and err on the size of caution. He will kill your pet in several swings when he's enraged, so the key is to keep him in range of the crystals at all times. When I did it, I would time it so I was near a new crystal when his debuff was down to 15-20 seconds, to give myself margin for error. There's a number of thing that can go wrong: he can choose to use his Cyclone (aggro drop) on the pet and chase you, he can knock your pet back and run out of crystal range, you can run into a roaming tornado, etc. You will occasionally take damage when he drops aggro and FD is down, so pots/bandages are a very good idea. Not very difficult, but it takes concentration as a single mistake will usually kill you.
Posted 28 January 2009 - 03:21 AM
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Posted 28 January 2009 - 07:52 AM
and the ones that FD is not up for, you can Deterrence (even easier now, I did it when Deterrence has half the cooldown and twicethe mitigation). You won't take more than half your HP in damage or so, and you can just bandage up.
I've had problems with that. When my pet gets blinded and they aggro on to me, I've had Thekal + adds evade and reset after using deterrence. I assume that it's because he can't hit me and with my pet incapacitated it registers with no one on the threat table?
Posted 28 January 2009 - 10:15 AM
Bat boss: Hold the dps and drain her from mana before she changes form. Feign whenever bat adds come and they'll despawn. After she's drained just nuke and step out of fire whenever you get hit by it.
Snake boss: Kill adds first and kill the boss. Very easy.
Spider boss: Pull from maximum range and try to stay at that during the whole fight to reduce chances of poison on yourself. Feign adds to the pet if there comes more than 1, otherwise use trap and melee. Kill adds before they grow. During spider form your pet will be webbed, use BM, Feign, Deterrence and Master's Call to get boss back to the pet.
Bloodlord: Kill raptor first and then Bloodlord. Nothing hard about it really. If your pet does get gibbed during enrage, you can easily resurrect it before you die yourself.
Tiger: Kill small tigers first, drain the shaman and dps them all low, after which you can volley. Phase 2 is easy.
Panther: Volley kills adds very efficiently. Whenever you get low on mana or health use AotV, mend pet and feign. Adds don't come out when you're feigned and your pet can stay alive for very long against the boss. When your bandage debuff has run out you can stand up and bandage before the adds get to you and then volley the pack down. I got her down on my first try, so shouldn't be hard.
Hakkar: With aspects down it's just a matter of staying below your pet on threat and nuking the boss down.
Kurinnaxx: Send pet in, stand behind the bug and strafe after every couple of shots to avoid sand trap. Mend pet isn't affected by the healing debuff.
Rajaxx: Kill the leader first in the trash packs. Hold back after every knockback on the boss so your pet gets aggro after threat wipe.
Moam: Just drain and nuke, very simple. Adds go down very fast.
Ossirian: Usual tactic of pulling him to the crystals for debuffs. If you wipe, run through the whole area and click all crystals which haven't despawned yet, since they will get bugged if they stay up for the next try. Pay special attention to the starting crystal, I had 12 bugged crystals up there at some point. Ptherwise it's just hoping that everything works out.
Onyxia: Phases 1 and 3 are easy. During phase 2 nuke as much as you can, bandage when she starts casting fireball on your pet. Avoid deep breaths as usual and remember that you can stay feigned for quite long to let the bandage debuff run out.
Posted 28 January 2009 - 02:56 PM
As I am planning on doing as much as I can myself and I've read that for Onyxia (don't know about others) a ferocity pet is much better than my gorriladin.
Posted 28 January 2009 - 03:15 PM
Posted 28 January 2009 - 04:26 PM
I've also found that a Crocalisk seems to work better for Onyxia then a Gorilla for phase 2 whelp control due in large part to the damage shield being a more consistant source of threat generation on the whelps as well as actually killing the whelps faster. The cooldown isn't a big factor either (even as non BM) as it typically has 10-15 seconds left on it when the next wave of whelps spawn.
Edit: Anyone have any luck with the first boss in Kara? I can get to him no problem as Survival but between Rider and Horse my pet dies extremely fast. Haven't yet tried doing this fight as BM. Similarly, has anyone tried doing Heroic MGT for the mount/pet off Kael? First boss isn't hard but the packs of 5 are a handful (managed to snag my 2p t5 yesterday doing a guild TK mount run so that should help with the larger pulls).
Posted 28 January 2009 - 04:57 PM
The reason I mentioned it is because (from my knowledge) you spend most of P2 pretending to be dead, and a ferocity pet's Bloodthirsty keeps itself up more.
I used a gorilla for all of those. Haven't even considered using a ferocity pet, but now that you mention it, it might make Onyxia phase 2 go faster, which means less time for her to Deep Breath.
Posted 28 January 2009 - 05:02 PM
The reason I mentioned it is because (from my knowledge) you spend most of P2 pretending to be dead, and a ferocity pet's Bloodthirsty keeps itself up more.
That may be true but a Tenacity pet with Roar of Sacrifice will allow the hunter themself to stay up and dps which would bring about a much shorter phase 2.
Posted 29 January 2009 - 03:05 PM
Kurinnaxx: Send pet in, stand behind the bug and strafe after every couple of shots to avoid sand trap. Mend pet isn't affected by the healing debuff.
This isn't true, the debuff most certainly does affect Mend Pet. Tried to solo Kurinaxx not minutes ago.
Posted 29 January 2009 - 07:22 PM
Do you have a solution to the bugged crystals? After a while it becomes hard to not get one that doesn't give him a debuff. Or at least I have had that issue.
They do bug out sometimes, the key is to give yourself time to get to another one if your first choice breaks.
I've had problems with that. When my pet gets blinded and they aggro on to me, I've had Thekal + adds evade and reset after using deterrence. I assume that it's because he can't hit me and with my pet incapacitated it registers with no one on the threat table?
Honestly, I haven't tried with the new Deterrence - it's possible that it would cause him to bug, though it seems weird - 100% avoidance tanks "worked" in BC, why not now?
Posted 29 January 2009 - 08:35 PM
Posted 30 January 2009 - 01:32 AM
can someone give a good gold table for the bosses? and which bosses are most profitable, considering the 3.08 gold drop nerf.
off the top of my head, the last time i checked the most profitable soloable boss was the one in ZG that you fish up. Can't remember his name! He was worth ~500g a kill because he has a 25% chance to drop the book which allows mages to turtle cc (as opposed to sheep). that book goes for over 2k consistently on ah.
Posted 02 February 2009 - 04:37 AM
Kurinnaxx: Send pet in, stand behind the bug and strafe after every couple of shots to avoid sand trap. Mend pet isn't affected by the healing debuff.
This appears to no longer be true.
Posted 02 February 2009 - 11:13 AM
Posted 02 February 2009 - 02:26 PM
I have killed Thekal as a Survival Hunter in full epic lvl 80 PVP gear. Definitly do able but much more challengening than doing that with BM or MM Specc.
I would like to understand your statement , in what way is it easier to kill Thekal with a MM spec ?
Posted 02 February 2009 - 02:27 PM
I would like to understand your statement , in what way is it easier to kill Thekal with a MM spec ?
Most likely Silencing Shot to interrupt the healing.
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GREEN WEDDING GUIDE: Gifts & Favors
Welcome back to Inhabitat's Green Wedding Guide! So far in this summer series we've covered eco-friendly jewelry, locations, invitations and now we're bringing you our tips and suggestions for eco-friendly gift giving. Favors, gifts and registries are sometimes thought of as the bane of a green wedding. It can get overwhelming to plan details of sustainability into an eco-friendly wedding — let alone find meaningful gifts that aren't a load of eco-guilt. Some fight the gift giving, but giving and receiving is fun, and there are many easy ways to make wedding gift exchanges more environmentally friendly.
Registries are a delicate topic and difficult for many couples to discuss and decide upon. These days most couples have everything they "need," not to mention it feels weird to ask your guests for gifts as a requirement of their attendance. But every smart eco couple should definitely create a registry — otherwise you'll end up with a slew of bowls, platters, and scary expensive blown glass vases that you don't need or want. This is your chance to get the good Calphalon pans you've dreamed about that will last you forever. You can also ask for practical stuff like tools, camping gear, rugs, a composter – just make sure you ask for quality products that will last — and are made from eco-friendly materials. You could also register at green design retailers like Re:Modern, Branch, GreenDepot, even Target has a lot eco-friendly items now. Another popular registry is to ask for donations for a bigger item – like a home or a honeymoon. If you are picking and choosing gifts from all over or are asking for donations, you can also use MyRegistry.
When you ask friends to be a bridesmaid or groomsman, you may be asking them to travel, pay out-of-pocket expenses and give up a weekend. Sure they want to do it because they love you, but don't forget to thank them in some way. Attendant gifts should be meaningful, but you don't necessarily have to give them jewelry or engraved pocketknives. If you want to get them something, choose well-built things that will last, made from local companies, and/or eco-friendly materials. You can also treat them to a night out, a show, massage, spa treatments, baseball games, or even their flights or lodging for the wedding. Be thoughtful and don't skimp on these items, after all they are your best friends.
And finally we conclude with favors for your wedding guests. Every bride feels it necessary to give something to her guests – a small treat to show her appreciation. Favors do not need be large and extravagant. In fact, they should be small enough to carry home at the end of the evening or packable and non-perishable, especially for a destination wedding. Is there a great candy shop in your home town, an organic honey, or a specialty salt? Local handmade products or delicacies make great gifts. How about something that everyone needs and will actually use? We love these "All the Better to Kiss You With" organic lip balms in vintage tins, and your guests will certainly remember and appreciate this little favor when each time they soothe their chapped lips. Potted flowers used as table decorations also make lovely favors, and less for you to deal with the day after. Tree seedlings are a nice idea that encourage people to plant a tree, and also a special way to commemorate your marriage. Two good suppliers of tree seedlings are Arbor Day Foundation and Tree In A Box.
Both Matt and I balked at the idea of a registry. Since we already live in such a tiny cabin, we really don't have room for anything else, not to mention we don't need anything else. Sure we wanted things like a new saute pan and a table saw, but need it – no. Since we didn't want to get lots of unnecessary gifts like coffee makers, china or crystal, we asked our guests to donate to our dream home. To help people grasp the idea behind it, we registered with MyRegistry.com and created fake items, like a bedspread or a tree with a price associated with it, so people could write us a check and say, "Here's money so you can plant a tree when you build your house." Naturally, we'll be saving that money in the highest interest CD we can find until the day comes to build our new home. Many of our family and friends were more than generous, but I'd have to say my favorite gift was a family treasure – the last painting my great Aunt ever painted. Now that is something I will treasure forever.
Coming up with a gift that appeals to all of your bridesmaids is like finding a needle in a haystack. Mine are all so different, so I had to find a gift that was customizable for all 4 girls. I found the perfect gift after searching Etsy.com for purses made from upcycled leather. The bags made by FoundByNicki are so amazingly beautiful and unique – each one handcrafted from old leather jackets, skirts and upholstery material. In fact, I also bought 4 clutches to give as gifts for some wonderful ladies who threw Matt and I a "Stock The Bar" wedding shower. Matt, on the other hand, wasn't as lucky to find wonderful handmade, upcycled items for his groomsmen. After much debate we decided on sturdy weatherproof binoculars, which we knew the boys would use and have forever.
As for the favors, I will admit, we may have gone a little overboard. Since it was a destination wedding, my mom and I decided that each couple needed a welcome bag with goodies inside. The bags were printed on fair-trade organic cotton with our wedding logo by Say It Green, inside there were a custom printed reusable steel water bottle, organic lip balm made by Bubble & Bee (local Salt Lake company), a packet with details for the weekend, and snacks for hiking. On top of that, guests got to take home our table centerpieces, which were lovely potted flowers in terra cotta pots we got from thrift stores and friends.
Like many brides I had mixed feelings about creating a registry, but I knew that if I didn't create one, I would end up with all sorts of stuff that I didn't need and didn't want. So I created a registry online with eco design retailer Branch, and picked out some things that I knew we would need, like bamboo bowls and cutting boards. Since my hubby and I didn't really need too many physical goods, we also provided an alternative to giving "things" through a donation section on our registry. We picked our favorite four charitable organizations and encouraged those guests who were interested to donate money to charity instead.
I have been to my fair share of weddings where favors have tended to be somewhat unnecessary and useless tchotchkes, (which is just a waste of money and time, not to mention resources), so I decided that if we were going to have favors at our wedding, I wanted them to be something that people could actually use. My clever eco wedding planner Nelle Johnston, came up with a fabulous idea to make place-cards for guests that doubled as luggage tags – made from recycled computer chips! Who can't use a sturdy and elegant luggage-tag, right?
We also decorated tables with small potted orchids, bouquets from the wedding ceremony, and small stalks of bamboo, and encouraged guests to take home the living foliage at the end of the night. I saw lots of guests walking off with the potted plants, (some with several pots) and it made me happy to see that the people who wanted the plants REALLY wanted them — and I knew they would treasure them and take care of them. Of course, this is also much less taxing on the environment as well: to have everything get reused and nothing go to landfill. It also made our lives easier in terms of cleaning up decorations at the end of the night –there wasn't a lot to clean up, because our guests cleared everything out for us!
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September 14, 2010 at 1:38 pm
You'll also find "green" items at large department stores. I found many items and listed them on my wedding registry. Since you put together your own registry you will have a little more control of the gifts you will receive.
September 25, 2009 at 10:55 am
What a wonderful article on eco-friendly wedding favors & gifts! It's exciting to see more eco-chic choices available to "green" brides. In the spirit of using our business to affect positive social change, we were also inspired to offer a fair trade artisan gift gallery for wedding and bridal party gifts.
I have spent countless hours "hand-picking" eco-friendly wedding specialties to provide a convenient, online eco-wedding boutique for environmentally conscious couples planning a gorgeous and green wedding. Whenever possible, we work with suppliers who share our commitment to environmental and social responsibility. For more green wedding ideas, visit http://green-wedding.net/
September 19, 2009 at 11:38 am
Thank you for a great article on wedding gifts and favors. Good Fibers specializes in bath towels, linens and bedding made from organic cotton and bamboo. We have a gift registry available on-line and give the option of having gifts tied with a ribbon, wrapped in a towel and a card with the givers name. All items will then be placed in a large basket that can be used for storage later. Thus avoiding all the waste associated with wrapping and the extra boxes. Thia also condenses shipping and the environmental impact of transporting the gifts. We also provides couples with a list of the gifts purchased and the purchaser to help tracking and making thank yous easy and organized. If we all make changes in the small things it can add up to big environmental benefits. Thank you again for your article
September 19, 2009 at 1:40 am
In addition to gifts and favors, there are eco-friendly items available for every facet of your wedding. This earth friendly event shop offers everything from centerpieces to place card holders, favors and paper products. If you are looking for a unique and environmentally conscious decor items for your wedding, please check it out!
July 24, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Hi Bridgette – thanks for mentioning us in your post. If you readers want to know more about what it means to buy a bag or shirt that is organic and fair trade, they can visit our site to learn more.
Essentially, it takes about 0.3 lbs of chemical fertilizer and toxic pesticides to make a conventional cotton bag or shirt. Additionally, that cotton bag or shirt is typically manufactured in sweat shops where poor workers are paid depressed wages.
At Say it Green!, we *only* offer bags and garments that are 100% organic (no toxic pesticides) and fair labor/fair trade (workers are paid a fair wage and have a range of rights protected). We do this because we wouldn't feel good about offering our products in any other way. At the site (which is entirely wind-powered), you will see that we have a range of organic, fair labor/fair trade products available that you can personalize with your own designs, digital pictures, and text.
That is the short version. To learn more, please check out our site and click on the "Organic" and "About Us" tabs.
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July 20, 2009 at 3:19 pm
This is Scott Ellingboe , co-founder and CEO of The Honeymoon, the first of the online honeymoon registry companies out there and one of the companies that began the whole 'alternative registry' concept. As so many couples are getting married later in life, alternative registries that deviate from the traditional offerings of decades past have continued to grow in popularity. Many of us have a balanced approach to business and want to give back in a variety of ways. I applaud all of the companies that do.
Thank you.
Scott Ellingboe
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July 19, 2009 at 7:53 am
Thank you for mentioning the benefits of a honeymoon registry and describing the attributes behind this increasingly mainstream registry option for engaged couples.
It is great to see how popular the honeymoon registry is becoming. When Traveler's Joy first started accepting Members over four years ago, we realized there was a large number of engaged couples that were not satisfied with the diversity of the traditional wedding registry market. Since then, the honeymoon registry has become a mainstream option for brides and grooms and the industry has experienced significant growth.
We are proud to have helped thousands of couples travel to destinations they may never have considered – a great feeling for everyone at Traveler's Joy.
I encourage you to contact us with any questions about our service. Most importantly, enjoy your honeymoon!
Best Regards,
Brandon Warner
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Screening Room, a 1970s television series that aired in Boston, invited independent filmmakers to screen and discuss their work on a commercial affiliate station.
This episode of Screening Room features Suzan Pitt.
An animator and painter whose surreal films have gained her worldwide acclaim, Pitt pushes the boundaries of the animated form, sometimes working with live actors or using animation in operatic stagings. She has exhibited at the Whitney Museum of Art, the Holly Solomon Gallery in New York, and the Stedlijk Museum in Amsterdam, and she currently teaches at the California Institute of the Arts.
Presented as part of the Visual Arts Center's Focus Group series, which centers on experimental film in its various formats, including but not limited to 16mm, 8mm, and digital video.
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"I'm here because you called. I'm here because I am a part of your history," notable civil rights activist and musical icon Harry Belafonte declared Friday to a crowd of hundreds of demonstrators inside the main rotunda of the Florida capitol building.
The rally, billed as #theTakeover, was one of a number of demonstrations staged by the Dream Defenders since the group took residence in the capitol on July 16 in an ongoing sit-in to call attention to what they are saying is the 'systemic criminalization of black and brown youth.'
The protesters are calling on Florida Governor Rick Scott to hold a special session of the legislature to repeal the controversial Stand Your Ground law, address the dangerous and ongoing practice of racial profiling, and amend the "war on youth that paints us as criminals and funnels us out of schools and into jails."
"We understand that we have to go right to the source of power and we have to fight with them in order to make real change," protester Daniel Agnew recently told YES! Magazine. "That's why we're at the state capitol, because that's where things change."
Over the weekend, the Defenders' camp was buoyed by a number of faith-based organizations and students from up and down the east coast. Since occupying the capitol building, the sit-in demonstrators—whose numbers fluctuate from 15 or 16 to over 100, depending on time of day—have been busy building and organizing for upcoming demonstrations.
"I'm doing this because I believe that Florida has been shown that they don't really value the lives of our youth, with the school-to-prison pipeline and forcing our kids out of school and into drug programs or into house arrest," said protest organizer Jabari Mickles. "Social injustice is going on in the state of Florida and black and brown young people are disproportionally penalized. We need change if we actually say we care about the future of Florida, and not just the future of people who have money."
"[W]hen you're talking about racial profiling and the school-to-prison pipeline in general, you're talking about disenfranchising a whole class of citizens and making them second-class citizens," added outreach organizer Melanie Andrade. Andrade points out that—though the Stand Your Ground rule has become a central rallying theme—these conversations have been occurring since before the trial and that the problem goes far beyond that legislation.
"Stand Your Ground isn't what put the bullet in Trayvon. The culture that Zimmerman was brought up in—this whole environment of safety first, everybody is scared of people, people profile each other and don't even realize it—that whole culture is what we're talking about."
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott's (R) effort to save his state's Medicaid program money on the backs of the poor just backfired.
In 2012, the Scott administration lobbied the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to allow it to limit the number of times that Medicaid beneficiaries can frequent emergency rooms to six visits. The Obama administration rejected that request, arguing that it constitutes a violation of the Social Security Act by placing "an arbitrary limit" on a legally mandated benefit, and that it has the potential to harm poor patients,...
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) faced hecklers angry with his leadership on immigration reform at a Friday Tea Party summit in his home state.
According to reports, Rubio was met with cries of "No amnesty!" as he gave an address during the opening session of the Americans for Prosperity's Defending the American Dream Summit in Orlando.
The Florida senator joined a handful of other potential 2016 Republican presidential contenders, including Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, at the summit on Friday. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will keynote Saturday's closing session.
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Civil rights icon Harry Belafonte joins mass rally against discrimination
"I'm here because you called. I'm here because I am a part of your history," notable civil rights activist and musical icon Harry Belafonte declared Friday to a crowd of hundreds of demonstrators inside the main rotunda of the Florida capitol building.
The rally, billed as #theTakeover, was one of a number of demonstrations staged by the Dream Defenders since the group took residence in the capitol on July 16 in an ongoing sit-in to...
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When Florida lawmakers recently voted to ban all Internet cafes, they worded the bill so poorly that they effectively outlawed every computer in the state, according to a recent lawsuit.
In April Florida Governor Rick Scott approved a ban on slot machines and Internet cafes after a charity tied to Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll was shut down on suspicion of being an Internet gambling front -- forcing Carroll, who had consulted with the charity, to resign.
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Fourteen-year-old Tremaine McMillian didn't threaten police. He didn't attack them. He wasn't armed. All the black teenager did was appear threatening by shooting Miami-Dade police officers a few "dehumanizing stares," and that was apparently enough for the officers to decide to slam him against the ground and put him in a chokehold.
During Memorial Day weekend, McMillian was rough-housing with another teenager on the sand. Police approached the teen on an ATV and told him that wasn't acceptable behavior. They asked him where his parents were, but MicMillian attempted to walk...
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The Florida teenager who was arrested two weeks ago for causing a small explosion on the campus of her high school will not be charged with a crime. Kiera Wilmot, 16, was arrested by police in Bartow, Florida, after conducting an unauthorized science experiment which lightly damaged an eight ounce plastic water bottle.
At the time, Wilmot faced possible charges for "possessing or discharging weapons or firearms at a school sponsored event or on school property." If she had been convicted, she could have faced up to five years in prison.
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Two top Democratic fundraisers in Florida have committed to providing the money and know-how to get the question of legalizing medical marijuana on the state ballot in 2014.
"I'm prepared to keep raising money and writing checks until I get the signatures to put it on the ballot," attorney John Morgan said late on Tuesday.
Morgan, who routinely hosts presidents and national political figures at his Orlando-area home, recently signed on as chairman of People United for Medical Marijuana-Florida, a grassroots campaign that operated on a shoestring until now.
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On September 17, 2011 Occupy Wall Street coalesced into sudden view, built from long work by many organizers, the promptings of Adbusters magazine, and the accumulated frustration, anger and desperation of decades of escalating class warfare by financial and corporate elites against ordinary people. A small group of young people near Lake Worth, Florida recognized themselves in the actions of the mostly young people in New York, and began to plan their own Occupation.
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Internal email messages uncovered by Health News Florida reveal that Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) is knowingly citing inaccurate cost estimates to justify his refusal to expand Florida's Medicaid program. Though the governor's office is fully aware that the numbers are wrong, Scott continues to use them anyway, the documents show.
Florida, which has one of the highest rates of uninsurance in the nation, could extend health coverage to about one million low-income residents by accepting Obamacare's optional Medicaid expansion. But the governor — an ardent Obamacare opponent — has...
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Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was elected as the state's chief executive as a Republican and then ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate as an independent, announced on Twitter on Friday night that he's switching to the Democratic Party.
The announcement fanned speculation that Crist was gearing up to seek to regain his old job from Republican Gov. Rick Scott in 2014.
Crist sent out a Tweet that said, "Proud and honored to join the Democratic Party in the home of President (at)Barack Obama!"
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As the St. John Progressive Missionary Baptist Church vans pulled up to the C. Blythe Andrews library polling place to let congregants out to vote, a line already snaked out the voting entrance. A table was set up on one end of the library's parking lot where volunteers served fried fish and hush puppies. A DJ blared gospel music that could be heard blocks away. It was after-church Sunday, the first and only Sunday of "Souls to the Polls" in most of Florida, and the second...
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On the last day to register for the 2012 election, new Democratic voters outnumber the GOP by six-to-one or more.
Don't get depressed by the latest polls with Mitt Romney pulling ahead in Florida or by reports of the GOP's plans to steal the election there by falsifying Democratic voter registration files. Tuesday is the final day to register to vote for the presidential election in Florida and Democrats have trounced the GOP's efforts to register voters.
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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Seeking to capitalize on his commanding debate performance last week, Mitt Romney tried to turn the enthusiasm of large crowds during a three-day visit to Florida into momentum to carry a state that, by all accounts, is crucial to his path to the White House.
His effort to capture a state that President Obama won in 2008 came on a day when the usual pattern of the race was reversed: while Mr. Romney has been criticized by some Republicans for spending too...
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Despite the heat and threat of thunderstorms, about 500 African-Americans are gathered in Rowlett Park for an end-of-summer day of barbecuing, dancing and playing cards. It's the fifth annual Old School Picnic, a community park jam that brings together two black neighborhoods that were torn apart when the College Hill and Ponce de Leon public housing projects were razed in 2000. Earlier that morning, President Barack Obama held a massive campaign rally in nearby St. Petersburg, trying to turn out every last...
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Florida elections officials said Friday that at least 10 counties have identified suspicious and possibly fraudulent voter registration forms turned in by a firm working for the Republican Party of Florida, which has filed an election fraud complaint with the state Division of Elections against its one-time consultant.
The controversy in Florida -- which began with possibly fraudulent forms that first cropped up in Palm Beach County -- has engulfed the Republican National Committee, which admitted Thursday that it urged state parties in seven swing states...
By Matea Gold, Joseph Tanfani and Melanie Mason | LosAngeles Times Politics 29 Sep 2012 Hits:1293 Florida
In a partial victory for voter rights and immigrant groups, Florida residents who were mistakenly removed from the voter rolls this year because the state classified them as noncitizens will be returned to the rolls and allowed to vote in November.
The Florida Department of State, which initiated the review of noncitizens on the voter rolls, also agreed Wednesday to inform the 2,625 people on the list who are eligible to vote that their voting rights had been fully restored. Still unresolved is whether Florida...
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Florida's Republican governor Rick Scott loathes Obamacare so much that he turned down $40 million in federal health care funds that would keep hundreds of disabled kids at home with their parents, rather than warehoused in nursing homes. So says the Department of Justice, whose civil rights division recently investigated the situation in Florida.
ABC News reported this weekend that, in a letter to Florida's attorney general, the Justice Department cited the case of a "5-year-old child, a quadriplegic after a car accident, who had been...
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On September 12, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida and partner organizations will host a coalition of individuals impacted by restrictive voting regulations in Florida sharing their stories about combating disenfranchisement and informing voters about their rights at "Let Me Vote: The Faces of Voter Suppression Become the Voices of Voter Empowerment." The event marks the launch of the ACLU of Florida's "Let Me Vote" campaign, part of a nationwide ACLU program of the same name aiming to get accessible,...
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"Politics is the Art of Looking for Trouble, Finding it Everywhere, Diagnosing it Incorrectly, and Applying the Wrong Remedies"
Didnt make it through the whole thing. I dont see the problem.
Bill Belichick on "putting the tape on"
The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures, along with requiring any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause.
Its bull****, bleeding heart liberal, propaganda like this that is causing more problems for our officers than they already have. All it does is make their jobs way more difficult.
Nice job posting this nonsense Michael Moore. Im sure he paid the kid, told him what to do, and set the whole thing up. Hell, its probably not even cops on the audio. Wheres the video at?
Told you bitches. It wasnt Michael Moore, just a wanna be Michael Moore. Whole thing was a set up. The Kid and the Stepfather should both be arrested and serving time right now for baiting police, purposely enciting them, making them look bad, and wasting their time when they couldve been somewhere preventing or solving other crime. The whole thing was premeditated.
So they thought it was a good idea to make this kid look like a drug dealer and demonstrate that the police would do a solid job in catching him? Make him give a bunch of smart ass answers and demonstrate the police are tough on punks? Well done dip****s.
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"The 16-year-old behind a controversial stop-and-frisk audiotape released Tuesday got the idea to make the recording from his stepfather"
In what world does finally smarting up and recording your harassment after you've been getting harassed constantly constitute a set-up? The fact is he got stopped unlawfully, as well as forcibly searched for no other reason than being a minority youth walking down the street. Unless all that needs to constitute you as a drug-dealer now is to be a minority youth walking down the street. No one forced those cops to act the way they did, no one forced that cop to threaten to break the kid's arm. Those cops abused their power & they shouldn't be trusted to serve and protect the people.
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