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NEW YORK -- Mark Loretta played just one season for the Red Sox, general manager Theo Epstein letting him go to make room for a kid second baseman named Dustin Pedroia. No shame in that.
Loretta, probably best remembered for his Patriots Day walk-off home run in 2006, was teammates with third baseman Mike Lowell that season, and also played with catcher Brad Ausmus with the Astros and Dodgers.
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Worst circus ever! Do not waste your money on this!!!!!!
Fantastic outing and a real highlight for our visiting interstate family: 8 of us aged four to 54. The acts were varied - clever, visually lovely, funny and, at times, amazing. (Couldn't believe the contortionist!) All in all, a really nice atmosphere with lovely, friendly acrobats and performers. Highly recommended!
We saw the show last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. We laughed so hard at the clowns and the amazing acts of the talented troop! The man who fits his entire body into a bottle was incredible! We loved every second of the show.
First of all, if you want to purchase this, do not buy the VIP tickets. Buy the cheapest one. There is no point at all, there is only like 6 rows of seat and sitting at VIP is a huge waste of money. Sitting at the front is not comfortable at all, since we have to lift our head up to watch (just like being at the front in cinema). You can see clearly at the very back, trust me. Second of all, the seats are cheap plastic portable chair on top of grass. So, dont expect it to look like a stage at all. Lastly, the performance is boring. The clown act is cliche and the people who are supposed to accrobatic stuffs look like bunch of amateurs. The things they are doing are amazing if you saw one of your friends doing that. We clapped our hands just because we have to, not because we are amazed by the show. The man who can fit on a box, is the only amazing stuff about the performance. I watched a circus at caufield couple of years ago. I paid $35 for mid row seats (same price with pointcook latino VIP) and I was amazed by the show. They're highly entertaining, very skilfull and so much fun to watch. It's even held in big proper stage with proper seats. I dont know whether the caufield price is too cheap or this latino show is too expensive. For me, to call this thing circus is an overstatement. In conclusion, don't expect anything from this show. If you want to watch, grab the last row. They're half the price + you dont have to lift your head to watch.
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text: The ongoing mystery of the magnetosensing cowsRobbie Gonzalez11/15/11 10:05amFiled to: animal behaviorZoologymagnetoreceptionbiologyPhysicsScienceMagnetic alignmentHynek burdaPavel NěmecdhertJelinekPekarekPavlicekTop341EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Back in 2008, a team of German researchers published a paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that claimed to demonstrate that cattle, when resting or grazing, actually align their bodies along the Earth's magnetic fields. Advertisement The team's results — which were based on satellite imagery of over 8,500 cattle from different regions around the globe — were compelling, but a recent attempt to replicate the researchers' findings has failed, inciting some pretty serious scientific squabble. So where does the great magnetic cow debate stand today? The original findings, presented by a research team led by zoologist Hynek Burda, used images acquired from Google Earth to demonstrate the cows' magneto-reception capabilities. Advertisement "Amazingly," wrote the researchers, "this ubiquitous phenomenon does not seem to have been noticed by herdsmen, ranchers, or hunters. Because wind and light conditions could be excluded as a common denominator determining the body axis orientation, magnetic alignment is the most parsimonious explanation."At the time, the team's findings garnered quite a bit of media attention — something that apparently rubbed some researchers the wrong way."When in 2008 [Burda and his colleagues] started to announce their surprising findings in [the] mass media, we got the impression that this is not the way science should be made and we took a closer look," says Lukas Jelinek, an electromagnetic-field researcher and one of the authors of the recent replication study. "We found out that it is not as fantastic as it was presented." Sponsored Using a new set of Google Maps imagery of around 3400 cattle, Jelinek and his colleagues concluded that the cows simply weren't lining up, and chalked the first team's findings up to things like poor quality of Google satellite photographs, lack of blinding in their evaluations, and subconscious bias.But according to Burda and his colleagues, Jelinik and his team have been looking at the satellite imagery all wrong. Burda says that half of Jelinek's data has to be thrown out, because it features cows near high-voltage power lines, which his team hypothesizes can disrupt magneto-sensing capabilities in cattle. What's more, Burda's team investigated the behavior of cattle in herds, while Jelinek's team analyzed individual cows. By the time Burda and his colleagues got finished cleaning up the Jelinek data, they found that it actually supported their original findings that cattle can, in fact, magneto-sense. Advertisement Advertisement So where does this leave us? When Nature News asked Sönke Johnsen (who studies magneto-reception at Duke University but was unaffiliated with either group's investigation) for his opinion, he sided with Burda and his team's initial findings:[Johnsen] says that at least some of the images in question should probably not have been analysed. He also suggests that the proper unit of evaluation is probably the herd, as the alignment of individual cows in herds is unlikely to be independent. Overall, he says that the original results, "while mysterious, still stand".[PNAS and Comparative Physiology via Nature News]Reply34 repliesLeave a reply


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Rotary's ShelterBox program delivers survival kits to disaster areas
Rotary assistant governor Mike Mira shows a Shelter Box tent and a stove that is delivered with it to disaster areas. GARY S. HATRICK
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July 31, 2013
July 31, 2013 at 09:30 AM
ZEPHYRHILLS - The Zephyrhills Rotary Club helped with relief efforts for victims of an arms depot explosion in the Republic of Congo in April 2012 - all through a large green box.
Along with other Rotary Clubs, the Zephyrhills Rotary donated money to ShelterBox USA, an international disaster relief organization that provides shelter, access to clean water and life-saving equipment immediately following disasters.
When disaster strikes and homes are lost, Rotary clubs are among the organizations that seek to help disaster victims through a partnership with ShelterBox USA.
The organization sends ShelterBoxes to the disaster areas to provide relief supplies for victims.
A ShelterBox is a large green box, usually weighing about 120 pounds, that contains a tent that can temporarily house about 10 people, along with a stove, dishes, pots and pans, a solar light, a water purification system, blankets and other items needed to survive. It also contains a backpack with coloring books and other activities to keep kids busy in the aftermath of disaster.
At a recent Rotary meeting, local Rotary Assistant Governor Mike Mira showed club members photos of their ShelterBox tent "on the job" in the aftermath of the arms depot explosion.
The club has since donated another box that has not yet been used.
The boxes are sent out with trained emergency response teams, Mira said.
"The emergency response teams are the key to the whole thing," Mira said. "We don't just send stuff, we're sent with the boxes."
Team members get the boxes through customs and ensure that they go where they should, help erect the tents and show the people how to use the equipment.
The initiative began as the project of a Rotary Club in Cornwall, England, in 2000, according to Mira.
It was a small but growing effort to respond to worldwide needs, but its effectiveness blossomed after the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. In 2012, the ShelterBox USA organization became Rotary International's first project partner in the 108-year history of the organization.
"Some of the projects are 50 boxes, sometimes 100 boxes, sometimes a couple thousand and sometimes 30,000," Mira said.
Mira said the 2010 Haiti earthquake challenged ShelterBox USA to pursue greater disaster preparedness.
"When the earthquake hit in Haiti in 2010, we actually sent 28,417 boxes and an additional 8,000 tents. We sent everything we had," he said. "We needed 100,000 of them, that's how devastating that earthquake was. There were people in old makeshift cardboard tents."
The staggering need in Haiti caused ShelterBox USA and the Rotary Clubs to reassess their readiness and to set a goal of having 50,000 boxes ready to use at any time.
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ShelterBox USA has deployed 122,000 boxes since 2000. There is an average of about 24 disasters a year, Mira said. They range from natural occurrences such as earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and tsunamis to manmade disasters such as families displaced by conflict or accidents.
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ShelterBox also responded in the United States after the tornadoes in Oklahoma earlier this year.
The organization responded to needs in rural areas where people did not think they could take advantage of FEMA shelters because they needed to stay close to work or their farms. "People were living in their overturned cars," Mira said.
Although ShelterBox tents are supposed to be temporary, Mira said there are people still living in them in Haiti.
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A second bishop was dramatically removed from the Catholic hierarchy in Ireland over child sex abuse scandals tonight, with another three senior clerics expected to face the same fall from grace.
Scandal-hit former bishop of Cloyne John Magee, a one-time Vatican aide and the only cleric to serve as personal secretary to three popes, quit the day-to-day running of parishes across rural Cork in March last year.
The 73-year-old, from Newry, Co Down, faced scathing criticism after the church's own watchdog found he took minimal action on accusations against two of his priests and branded his child protection inadequate and dangerous.
But it took more than a year for his fate to be finally sealed after Pope Benedict announced his shock resignation.
He follows bishop of Limerick Donal Murray out of the hierarchy with under-fire Bishop of Kildare James Moriarty, and auxiliary bishops of Dublin Eamonn Walsh and Raymond Field expected to have their resignations formally accepted.
Cardinal Sean Brady, himself criticised over his role in investigations into dead paedophile priest Brendan Smyth, thanked John Magee for his clerical work but insisted the victims of child abuse were most important.
"I wish to acknowledge the long and varied ministry of Bishop John Magee in the Church," the All-Ireland Primate said.
"I thank him for his contribution to the work of the Irish Bishops' Conference over the past 20 years, particularly in the area of liturgy. I assure him of my prayers at this time and wish him good health in his retirement."
The Cardinal added: "However, foremost in my thoughts in these days are those who have suffered abuse by clergy and those who feel angry and let down by the often inadequate response of leaders in the Church."
Bishop Magee, who served as private secretary to three different popes, apologised when the watchdog's report was first published on the internet the week before Christmas 2008 but initially refused to resign.
His daily duties were taken over by Dermot Clifford, Archbishop of neighbouring Cashel and Emly, last year.
In a statement the resigned bishop said he wanted to sincerely apologise to victims of abuse in Cloyne.
"To those whom I have failed in any way, or through any omission of mine have made suffer, I beg forgiveness and pardon," he said.
He said he takes full responsibility for child protection failures and pledged to continue working with Judge Yvonne Murphy's inquiry into the handling of abuse allegations in the diocese.
"I also sincerely hope that the work and the findings of the Commission of Investigation will be of some help towards healing for those who have been abused," he said.
"I welcome the fact that my offer of resignation has been accepted, and I thank the priests, religious and faithful of the diocese for their support during my time as Bishop of Cloyne, and assure them of a place in my prayers always."
His departure differed from that of Donal Murray who offered to quit last December after being criticised in the Murphy inquiry into the Dublin Archdiocese over failures to report child abuse. His resignation was accepted within 10 days.
John Magee, 73, was at the centre of an explosive report on child protection in the Diocese of Cloyne, compiled by the Catholic Church's national board for safeguarding children, and published before Christmas 2008.
It detailed how the Bishop failed to inform authorities about abuse allegations.
The accusations centred on two priests in Co Cork. The first revelation, made by a serving priest in December 2004, claimed he had been abused by another priest when he was a young boy.
In a separate accusation, a second unnamed priest was accused of molesting two teenage girls over a five-year period, abusing a 14-year-old boy and of having a year-long sexual relationship with the boy's mother.
Victims' groups were further angered when it was published on the internet on a Friday evening the week before Christmas, accusing authorities of attempting to bury the report and a lack of transparency.
A second audit by health chiefs published in January 2009 found the Bishop failed to tell authorities one of his priests was under investigation for abuse. At the same time he claimed he was fully compliant with child protection guidelines.
The first Cloyne report revealed gardai were not alerted to the child abuse claims for six months. It said the diocese did not name the alleged perpetrator to gardai, but named the alleged victim, also a priest.
In the second case, it took the diocese eight years to call in gardai after allegations were made against a priest in early 1995.
In all, Bishop Magee issued three statements refusing to resign before bowing to pressure two months after the report was published.
Archbishop Clifford said: "I would like to thank Bishop John Magee for the cooperation he has given me since my appointment as apostolic administrator to the Diocese of Cloyne.
"I wish him all God's blessings in his retirement. I ask for the continued prayers and support of the lay faithful, priests and religious of the Diocese of Cloyne for all those who have suffered abuse."
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Starting next week, we'll be posting all of the content for our Read This Next title on Thursday. You'll get the extended preview, the translator interview, and the review all at once, giving you plenty of material to read over the weekend . . .
We were planning on implementing this change this week, but, well, since I was responsible for most of it, we're a day behind. (So typical, I know.)
Anyway, this week's book is The Splendor of Portugal by Antonio Lobo Antunes, one of my personal favorite authors. Rhett McNeil translated this from the Portuguese, and Dalkey Archive Press is publishing it on September 20th.
This novel is one of Antunes's best, and features four narrators: Carlos, Rui, and Clarisse, and their mom, Isilda. A once wealthy, prestigious family, everything fell apart for them in Angola during the War of Independence, and the three kids ended up returning to Portugal and leaving their mother behind. Most of the book takes place on Christmas Eve in 1995, as Carlos waits for his brother and sister to join him for dinner.
Click here to read an extended preview, which is from the middle of the book, and focuses on Rui, the challenged youngest son of this once well-to-do family. It's a great section, and one that does a great job in illustrating Antunes's unique style.
Also available is an interview with Rhett McNeil:
RM: I expected that the process of translating this book would be frustrating at times, given the complexity of the language, the constant repetitions with variation, the abrupt changes in narrative voice and story line, etc., but it was surprising to me how emotionally exhausting it was. As you say, this is an extremely dark book, in which hatred and regret and resentment permeate nearly every aspect of the characters' lives, from the macro-level of the post-colonial political situation in war-torn Angola to the micro-level of the family and the individual psyche. For some reason, the act of bringing this stuff over into English, of saying these often hauntingly sad things for the first time in English, really took it out of me emotionally, even more than it had when I read the book. Perhaps grappling with the meaning and rhythm of each phrase (there aren't really sentences in any proper sense in this book) and giving it some sort of tangible existence in English made me something of a co-conspirator with Antunes, giving linguistic reality to things that normally have only a vaguely defined, purposefully hidden existence in the dark recesses of consciousness. Certain phrases or images would stick with me for a few days as linguistic puzzles or experiments in literary form, as I tried to find the best way to express them in English; by the time I decided on a final form, the full import of the phrase, the aesthetic or emotional impact of a given image or line would hit home. The image of a child shot dead, collapsing into a "crumpled heap" on the ground, "like an overcoat slipping off the hook of a coat-stand," for instance.
And finally, here is a link to a full review of the novel.
As I mention in the review, I actually just wrote a really long piece about Antunes for Quarterly Conversation—one that does a better job of discussion what's most interesting about Antunes's work. I'll definitely post about that as soon as it's published.
Splendor of Portugal is the tenth book by Antonio Lobo Antunes to appear in English translation, and the seventh that I've reviewed. Which, in some ways, makes this difficult to write. Not to mention, I just wrote an epically long piece on Antunes for a forthcoming issue of Quarterly Conversation. It was one of those articles that I poured all my thoughts and ideas into.
But flipping through my marked up copy of Splendor of Portugal, which first came out in Portugal in 1997 and is coming out in Rhett McNeil's caustic, accomplished English translation later this month, it's pretty easy to get all excited and want to share the brilliance that is Antunes's writing.
Of his more recent novels (and yes, I know that 1997 isn't all that recent), Splendor of Portugal is one of the most accomplished and well-constructed. It's got all components of a traditional Antunes book: vitriol against Portugal stemming from the Portuguese Colonial War, a solitary man too damaged to connect with his family and wife, a family that's totally broken, all told in a polyvocal fashion that jumps around all over in time and place.
There are two primary plot lines grounding this novel. The first takes place on December 24, 1995 in Portugal, where Carlos—the oldest son of a once well-off family—waits for his brother and sister to join him for dinner. Of course, he hasn't spoken to either them in fifteen years after having sent Rui, his emotionally challenged younger brother off to live in a home, and having chastising his sister for her taking of wealthy lover after wealthy lover. But, with his relationship with his wife all but dead, and a stash of unopened letters from his mom (the kids left her behind in Angola when they came back to Portugal), he decides to reach out to them.
Here's a bit setting that up that also highlights the sort of "all at once" style Antunes uses throughout the book. Carlos is "talking" to his wife:
until the smoke dissipated, Lena reappeared little by little with her fingers outstretched toward the breadbasket
"You haven't seen your siblings in fifteen years"
so that all of a sudden I was aware of the time that had passed since we arrived here from Africa, of the letters from my mother, first from the plantation and later from Marimba, four little huts on a hillside of mango trees
(I remember the regional administrator's house, the store, the ruins of the barracks shipwrecked and sinking in the tall grass)
the envelopes that I kept in a drawer without showing anyone, without opening them, without reading them, dozens and dozens of dirty envelopes, covered with stamps and seals, telling me about things I didn't want to hear, the plantation, Angola, her life [. . .]
His mother's letters reflect the other main narrative thread, which recounts Isilda's story in Angola after the kids leave, covering the period from July 24, 1978 through December 1995, when things go from bad to worse to even worse.
If this novel is about one thing, it's about the complete falling apart of society, a family, one's life. It is entropy written novel sized. It is bleak, occasionally funny in a sick way, and very poetic. As you can see in the quote above (or in the long excerpt at Read This Next) the punctuation is pretty damn unique, and the book just simply flows, pulling you into the heads of its various characters and throwing events from various points in time at you, along with phrases from other characters, minor forays into the consciousness of yet other characters, etc.
This sounds daunting, but as Rhett says in this week's interview, it is a book that teaches you how to read it as you go along. Part of the fun of reading Antunes is being swept into his world, and puzzling things out as you go (like, who is Carlos's real mom?).
The one drawback to this book—the same drawback to most of Antunes's books—is that once he establishes his technique, it remains pretty much unchanged throughout the novel. Part of the brilliant of The Sound and the Fury is the range in tone and style between Benjy's part and Jason's. It's like four completely different consciousnesses expressed on the page. In Antunes's works, he frequently uses that general technique of having each character speak their piece, but they all do so in very similar ways. The content, the individual tragedies, are all unique, but the style of presentation doesn't change from Carlos to Rui to Isilda to Clarisse. It's an effective strategy, one that poetically paints the portrait of these four people, but it can come off as a limitation in a 500+ page book.
That all said, you should read this. And Fado Alexandrino, The Land at the End of the World, Act of the Damned, and The Inquisitors' Manual. Antunes is one of the greatest living writers and it's a fantastic situation that so many of his works are available in English.
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The West is not yet won in the NFL, but it's winning.
Teams from the two Western divisions climbed a combined 13 spots from last week in ESPN's NFL Power Rankings, with teams from their Southern counterparts falling 23 places in all.
NFL Power Rankings: Week 6
That was the theme for the week after John Clayton, Paul Kuharsky, James Walker and Ashley Fox joined me in casting ballots heading into Week 6.
The top five teams remained in the top five, with New England overtaking New Orleans for the second spot after Walker, the AFC East blogger, dropped the Saints two places to No. 4 on his ballot. Walker also made a statement by ranking the Dallas Cowboys 11th, four spots higher than anyone else ranked them.
"Of all the NFC East teams, I think the Cowboys are the most believable," Walker said. "I don't trust the Redskins' offense or the Giants in general. And the Eagles may have dug themselves too big a hole. Dallas is getting healthy and can be pretty good once it puts it all together."
There was significant volatility outside the top five, with the San Francisco 49ers climbing a league-high seven spots following their 48-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They would threaten the top five with a victory at Detroit in Week 6.
The bar is considerably lower for the Cincinnati Bengals. They can get to 4-2 and likely continue their methodical climb in the rankings with a victory over Indianapolis. The Bengals are the only team to move up every Tuesday since Week 1 (32, 30, 28, 27, 21, 20).
And now, a closer look at the rankings heading into Week 6 ...
Rising (13): San Francisco 49ers (+7), Pittsburgh Steelers (+5), Minnesota Vikings (+4), Oakland Raiders (+4), Buffalo Bills (+3), Kansas City Chiefs (+3), Seattle Seahawks (+3), Dallas Cowboys (+2), Washington Redskins (+2), Cincinnati Bengals (+1), Miami Dolphins (+1), New England Patriots (+1), St. Louis Rams (+1).
Falling (11): Houston Texans (-6), Arizona Cardinals (-5), Tampa Bay Bucs (-5), Tennessee Titans (-5), New York Giants (-4), Indianapolis Colts (-3), Jacksonville Jaguars (-3), New York Jets (-3), Cleveland Browns (-1), New Orleans Saints (-1), Philadelphia Eagles (-1).
Unchanged (8): Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, San Diego Chargers.
Deadlocked: We broke two ties this week. The Giants prevailed over the Cowboys at No. 14 based on the second tiebreaker, overall record. The Dolphins edged the Rams at No. 30 based on the fourth tiebreaker, previous ranking.
Like minds: All five voters ranked the Packers first. Only one spot separated votes for the Patriots (second or third on all ballots) and Colts (31st or 32nd on all ballots).
Agree to disagree: Seven spots separated high and low votes for the Cowboys. Nine other teams produced high-low disparities of at least six places. Let's take a look:
Cowboys (7): Walker ranked them 11th, higher than any voter ranked them. Fox ranked them 18th, lower than any voter ranked them.
Chargers (6): Sando, Walker and Fox sixth, Kuharsky 12th.
Texans (6): Kuharsky eighth, Walker 14th.
Giants (6): Fox 13th, Sando 19th.
Buccaneers (6): Kuharsky 14th, Sando 20th.
Jets (6): Walker and Fox 15th, Sando 21st.
Eagles (6): Clayton 18th, Fox 24th.
Seahawks (6): Sando 17th, Clayton and Walker 23rd.
Panthers (6): Walker 22nd, Fox 28th.
Power rankings histories: These colorful layered graphs show where each NFL team has ranked every week since the 2002 season.
Ranking the divisions: Teams from the NFC North rank 12.2 on average, well ahead of teams from the runner-up AFC North (13.9). The chart below shows how each voter ranked each division on average. Highest votes in red. Lowest votes in blue.
A voter-by-voter look at changes of at least five spots since last week:
Sando: Giants (-11), Texans (-6), Buccaneers (-6), Jaguars (-5), Seahawks (+7), 49ers (+8).
Clayton: Texans (-7), Titans (-5), 49ers (+6), Steelers (+7).
Kuharsky: Buccaneers (-7), Bengals (+5).
Walker: Texans (-8), Buccaneers (-7), Cardinals (-6), Giants (-5), Vikings (+5), Raiders (+7), Steelers (+7), 49ers (+7).
Fox: Falcons (-5), Texans (-5), Buccaneers (-5), Chiefs (+5), Vikings (+6), Steelers (+6), Raiders (+8), 49ers (+8).
For download: An Excel file -- available here -- showing how each voter voted this week and in past weeks.
The file includes a "powerflaws" sheet pointing out potential flaws in voters' thinking by showing how many higher-ranked opponents each team defeated this season.
A quick primer on the "powerflaws" sheet:
Column Y features team rankings.
Column Z shows how many times a team has defeated higher-ranked teams.
Change the rankings in Column Y as you see fit.
Re-sort Column Y in ascending order (1 to 32) using the standard Excel pull-down menu atop the column.
The information in Column Z, which reflects potential ranking errors, will change (with the adjusted total highlighted in yellow atop the column).
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I'm not coming, but read it anyway. 3 hr set up for a 3 hr sale.....how long
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You're going to need to move the house in order to plant all those palms.
Somehow I'd bet that's alright with you.
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> not cold, exactly, but not warm. overcast for sure. mostly just crummy.
> i've spent most of the day sorting, editing, and filing photographs of my
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> filed my income tax. checked the licuala palm to make sure it was still
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Elementalist at the top, no doubt, at least for one or two months.
Guardian among the top 3, people are always talking about them and i always see a bunch of human guardians during beta weekends. Plus, they seem to be getting some buffs for their ranged attacks.
Ranger will become very popular if they fix the pets. Sometimes they just won't attack the enemy.
Engineer at the bottom yes. I really wanted to create an Engineer but they seem to have the worse long range dps (900-1200) in a game where ranged dps is important on a lot of situations. Also, no weapon switch, only a few weapons to choose from and weapon kits just don't seem to make up for it.Still, they can be very effective at defending places, supporting other players and fighting at medium range. I wouldn't be surprised if they became popular after a few months.
OK, I want to elaborate on some things.
First off, and I realize this is sidetracking the thread a bit, but I HATE the "if you can't go melee you should just go quip a bow and be ranged" argument. Either one of two things is true:
Originally posted by terrant
OK, I want to elaborate on some things. First off, and I realize this is sidetracking the thread a bit, but I HATE the "if you can't go melee you should just go quip a bow and be ranged" argument. Either one of two things is true: Melee combat is gimpt to the point of unplayable; in which case we as players should be communicating that to the devs and getting it fixed. Melee combat is fine, in which case discouraging people from trying to learn how to play it properly is a disservice to them. I STRONGLY feel it is the second. I've played a sword+pistol, melee mesmer since BWE1. Currently in his upper 20s, and can solo or do group content with the best of em. PvE AND PvP. I have melee'd in WvW and been successful. I've seen many others do it as well. It's harder than ranged, yes. But there's great rewards, and what's more there's a need for it. My only irritation is that, if anything, ranged have it way too easy against heavier content, like say Shadow Behemoth who all but ignores them. Second off, a quick breakdown of teh classes and why I chose certain ones as being more or less popular. Ele- first off, it's the ONLY traditional nukey class in the game. Others can nuker, but either not as well, or they're a class we'd never imagine being a rankged nuker (longbow warrior for instance). Also, I swear 99% of the damage on the ground in WvW is meteor spam. Guardian- The, Most. Survivability. Period. And people missing a "true" healer or tank tend to flock here. Ranger- Let's face it, hunters are popular in every game. No different here. Warrior- Quite popular in sPvP right now due to thinks like the 100 blades builds. Thief- Based mostly on anecdotal dats from BWEs, but I saw a lot of thieves. Mesmer- I saw a decent number of Mesmers, but the current gimpy state of Illusions and Shatter make the class unappealing to many. Necro- I saw surprisingly few necros in BWE. I think people saw Ele and NEcro side-by-side and decided Ele felt stronger. Engi- weapon skills overall are weak; kits are great but some work strangely, and take time to unlock. Engi starts slower than any other prof and feels unfocused.
I wonder though, how many people are like me and are trying other professions but planning on playing Necro on release?
Originally posted by InfinityD
Wild guess: Thief > Elementalist > Warrior > Mesmer > Ranger > Guardian > Necro > Engineer
Definitely a pretty close guess.
It's really hard to say. On first look, I would put Engineer & Guardian at the bottom of the list.
However, as people play the game more, I expect this to change. A lot of the flashier classes are also harder to play. Most thieves suck, and don't know how to dance the fine line between getting in & doing damage, and avoiding being hit. My list would probably be something like:
Elementalist -> Warrior -> Ranger -> Thief -> Guardian -> Necro -> Mesmer -> Engineer
I think this because some of the 'cooler' classes (ie mesmer) are also harder to play, and I suspect a lot of people to end up rerolling, because they don't understand the class. When it comes to more traditional playstyles, elementalist, warrior, & ranger are right at the top. They are perhaps the easiest classes to get into, and play fairly decent with.
Thief and guardian take a little bit more skill (though thieves are definitely harder than guardians to play), and mesmer & engineer are perhaps the hardest to figure out, being as they are not only a lot more hybrid than the other classes, but shine in non-conventional roles, and require players to constantly be changing what they are doing to be effective.
Starting off it will likely be...
Elementalist > Ranger > Thief > Necro > Warrior > Mesmer > Guardian > Engineer
Though chances are as classes are played, it will shift a bit around. Typically people will follow a general trend in games and flow with it. Normally I'd put the Elementalist below ranger/thief but I have a feeling it will be up top this game just do to the 'chit chat' sparking more interest in it. Give it some time and I'm sure that will change a lot though, engineer probably staying at the bottom.
Melee is more then fine, don't know where this "melee UP" mentality is coming from.
1. Elementalist
2. Warrior
3. Guardian
4. Thief
5. Ranger
6. Necromancer
7. Mesmer
8. Engineer
Asura Engineer for me! Been playing Engineer all Betas and enjoyed it a lot
Solo Mobs use Rifle
Group mobs use Pistols/Shield
Party up or D.E I use the kits and turrets.
Originally posted by GriselBrand
Melee is more then fine, don't know where this "melee UP" mentality is coming from.
I don't get it either, considering 2 of the professions that have the best melee sets (Ranger and Guardian) are considered rather overpowered right now and Warrior using melee is the ultimate pubstomp profession.
interesting my 3 favorite classes necro, mesmer, and engineer are at the bottom of many of these lists:P
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Based on WoW experience, I'd say:
1 - Warrior
2 - Ranger
3 - Guardian
4 - Thief
5 - Elementalist
6 - Mesmer
7 - Necromancer
8 - Engineer
A survey with 3700 people about which class they played as their main during BWE2. While there might be some changes, I blieve the trend will remain pretty much the same at launch.
Originally posted by Magnum2103
Originally posted by GriselBrand
Melee is more then fine, don't know where this "melee UP" mentality is coming from.
I don't get it either, considering 2 of the professions that have the best melee sets (Ranger and Guardian) are considered rather overpowered right now and Warrior using melee is the ultimate pubstomp profession.
During bw1 and bw2 i played my ranger using melee weapons most of the time. Why? Kills faster. Melee does more damage (a lot IMHO) but requires more skill, specially on PVP and large events, those mobs can get really strong if there is a lot of people around.
If 2 noobs fight each other 1 on 1, the one using a ranged weapon will win most of the times. If 2 skilled players fight each other, 1 on 1, the one using melee will win if the situation favors melee and loose if the situation favors ranged, environment and other factors can make a lot of difference.
I played a lot of mmo's during release and it's always the same, people favor one class or playstyle over another then developers change stuff or players learn new tricks and the FOTM changes. Wait a few months and people will be complaining ranged dps is too low .
Engineers feel really weak right now. Most toolkits have AoE based attacks, so the attacks aren't as strong as the focused attacks that the pistols and rifles offer. The grenades, mines, and timed explosives are pretty weak. Elixir guns are weak. The turrets aren't strong at all. The most viable builds I saw were ones where players just chug elixirs and shoot guns. I'm still reserving a spot in for an engineer character, but I hope they make some changes to them. Without all the gadgets for me to use I don't see a reason to play the class over the others.
No way that Elementalist is making it into Top 4 most played. Trends don't change much from one MMO to another, the squishy mage classes are never played much even though they are usually great in both PVE and PVP. In no particular order I'd say the top 4 would be:
Necro - Warlock / Survival style caster, will naturally be extremely powerful in 1v1 along with having the "evil" feeling to it.
Warrior - Biggest selection of weapons + heavy armor and top HP, very likely selection for people who favor melee
Ranger - The type of class thats considered to have a very cannon RPG feeling and very favored by solo players due to the use of pets
Guardian - A great selection of DPS/Defense/Healing abilities, while all classes have DPS and Support abilities the guardians have the largest selection to choose from. Also have the classic paladin feeling with Melee/ Heavy Armor / Healing that's very overplayed in other MMOs.
I think everyone is right about the Eng being the least popular mainly because thier kits are just too weak and it doesn't seem like Anet is serious about buffing them.
Warrior will probably be most popular.
Elementalist will be most played for sure in BWE it was like every 4rd player was Elem. Cant say about Engineer least played. I think in first Few months maybe Engineer will be the one least played. and new players in a hope of easy life will roll Guardian warrior "tanks" and most probably will switch in a few months for Engineer and Guardian will be least played back to back with Warrior. as they require some skill to be good. Same goes for Necro Sure it will be heavily played by ppl who thinks Minions is like Hunters pets in WoW you just summon 5 of them and faceroll ppl will be disapointed in a few months and they will always be on forums saying necro need buff or somethg.
Elementalist nothg special and has lots of different colors in animation not like others with 1 main color (pink green )
I plan on Playing a Ranger and a Necro just for the fun of it, since there is no end game raiding of any importance it leaves all the classes open to play what you like and not worry so much about what is needed, PvP of course will be a different story with all the kiddies switching every 5 mins to the most OP class.
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Warrior has allways been most peoples first choice. With the other generic MMo classes Mage and Thief closely following.
In GW2 we will see Mesmer and Engineer being the last classes chosen at release.
Much tough with the early adapters that play a game straight from the release, will depend on the ballancing in BWE3
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Originally posted by Aerowyn
my guess would be engineer for least played.. seems many don't have the patience to learn to play them.. they also seem lowest on every large class poll I have seen
I woud say the same. Thought I would love the engineer but without weapon swapping they just feel limited compared to the other classes and the turrets don't make up for it in my humble....
I kinda agree, its all about patience and learning to play them.
Engineer was the first class I played in BWE1, upto level 8 and I was rather underwhelmed. When I tried the other classes with weapon swapping it made it look even worse and I forgot about it....
Then in BWE2 I went back and played it some more as I didnt want to ruin the fun for myself at launch on the classes I had decided I would be playing at launch.
I switched to Pistol/Shield and got up to level 15 and started to really "feel" it. Once you start getting the toolbelt abilities and gadgets the class becomes really versatile as you effectively have 4 "weapons" based on the toolbelts you have equipped, since they completely replace your skillbar with new skills specific to that toolbelt. Its a very clever idea and once people start to master it I think the engineer will be a very powerful class. It has some serious potential.
Unfortunately, I, as many others, didnt have the patience to learn how to play the Engi during the BWE's....
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At release people start characters based on what they know, the in-game descriptions, and teaser videos.
At the end of a month after release we predict following ranking:
Elementalist - Classic caster-nuker, very recognizeable playstyle, very flashy skill descriptions and videos.
Guardian - The descriptions and teaser videos portray an OP and invulnerable class. (Most likely class to disappoint)
Warrior - A familiar role to many people and usual first chose of your average male gamer.
Ranger - Most obvious pet class and jack of all trades type.
Mesmer - Mechanic/playstyle is non-traditional and unfamiliar to many. The descripton is somewhat more understandable than those of the remaining classes.
Necromancer - Even more non-traditional mechanic and vague role. Attractive to goth/horror type personalities.
Engineer - Most gimmicky and most dependent on unknown items and mechanics. Least compelling description and teaser videos.
Thief - Least understandable set of skills and mechanics.
Choices will shift after release and time passes. Before any massive class nerfs roll in, the preferences will shift to be based on performance instead of hype. Based on alot of reading of Beta player commentary, and viewing many Beta videos this is what may eventually emerge:
The classes other than Warrior, Elementalist and Ranger rely on gimmicky skills and may see popularity drop with time
The Ranger, Mesmer, Necromancer and Engineer appear to be pet class variations and developers universally keep pet's nerfed. Only the Rangers overall flexibility makes up for ineffective pets.
The Mesmer, Necromancer and Engineer appear more dependent on what they 'summon' compared to the straight up damage dealer classes (Warrior & Elementalist).
The Guardian skill descriptions and video teasers portray them to be a sort of tank and defensive buff totem, however in Beta gameplay they appear as a sort of flashy but less powerful Warrior.
Originally posted by Mephster
Most - Elementalist because people are most familar with it from the original. Least - Thief and Warrior because they will get tired of getting pummeled in large events because meele doesn't stand a chance at close rage in large events.
warrior least class played??? nah, will be one of top3 play classes. your argument is ridiculous, you know warrior can do amazing damage with rifle right? why dont you say elementalist will be gona the least play class too? thief? thief can do amazing damage with pistols, any class can do melee or ranged almost at same level.
and stop that non sense DE BS because everyone know Arenanet already say will change bosses DE to hit much more times ranged, for now they focus almost 100% time on melee guys. even with this changes no one can be always on melee range because isnt suppose to be that way, never was and never will, you do that and you will die over and over again.
why do you think every class can have ranged and melee skills?????
seem someone think GW2 is like other MMORPG where this classes are useless on ranged, you can even see a elementalist doing insane melee damage, a ranger on melee hit like crazy, same too with Necro.
on others forum you can see lot of pools about this theme and you can see almost class are almost equal (element and warrior the most played classes but no one will notivce the diference in game) exception is engineer, where have a ratio of almost 2 elementalist for 1 engineer.
if someone think any class will have 30% of total players is very wrong, unless Arenanet OP so much a class that many will go play that class. for now most of classes are separated for 2-5% of players, this is pointless in game since no one can tell the diference
What happens when you log off your characters????.....
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Definitely will be Mesmer and Engineers with the least played.
The most played? Elementalist closely followed by Warriors.


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Quantified biomarkers aid glioma resection
December 12, 2011 | Medical Physics Web
Having developed an algorithm that takes five biomarkers into account, Professor Keith Paulsen's team hopes to detect tumour tissue with significantly higher accuracy.
Buried Threat: Military Tests Device to Find Unexploded Bombs
December 8, 2011 | InnovationNewsDaily
U.S. military has funded new technology that can better track buried threats from past wars. Professor Fridon Shubitidze and his colleagues have created computer algorithms capable of sorting through the low-frequency electromagnetic signatures of buried explosives.
Dartmouth engineering professor earns DoD Project-of-the-Year award
November 30, 2011
For technology that could help rid battle sites of unexploded bombs, engineering professor Fridon Shubitidze received a Project-of-the-Year award yesterday at the Department of Defense's (DoD) 2011 Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop in Washington, D.C.
State Prostate Cancer Coalition Funds Cancer Center Research
November 22, 2011 | NCCC
A $5,000 grant will help fund a collaborative research project conducted by Dartmouth engineering professor Ryan Halter that uses electrical bioimpedance to distinguish dangerous prostate cancers from those that pose little threat to a man's health.


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