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Knowing Latin and Ancient Greek really helps with these; for example, 'pulchritudinous', meaning 'physically beautiful, comely' can easily be linked to the Latin adjective 'pulchra', meaning beautiful.
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YES! I did it again and I got 6 out of 7!
Me too
I got 3 out of 7, so, I guess its not so bad. it could have been worse like getting none.
It was something new for me. it was fun.
I got 3/7, but I'm only 11 so I supose I did well. What do you think?
I think as a 11 year old you did quite good for you to take the quiz. You probably did better than me.
yea, I got 3 out of 7 too. but some of the words I didn't know and haven't ever heard of.
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good job!!! (WILL)
try to look the words up and then study them.
what ndid I miss in this ? Emmons
This is the first time that I took the quiz and I got 6 right, not bad for a german.
I took it 2x and I got both low scores
Well, I failed that… 3/7 right= I only KNEW 1 and 4, the other was a guess (6)
I know right
sorry I messed up my little sister did that when I wasn't looking!!!
Look at the 'root' word. Goes back to elementary english
Although this doesn't always apply. But, if you are event a bit familiar with any non-English languages, it still helps, i.e. 'Ursprach' from last quiz, I remember from one semester of high school German the word 'spreche' means to speak. "Sprechen sie Deutch?" translates to ,"do you speak German?' Had to do with language somehow.
first time I got a 7/7
most of the words are hard for me
this really helps a lot ^^
don't give up
you can do it!!
Hey there ! I got 7 out of 7, very interesting subject it is.
I got 100%
what did you all get?
they need to make harder words don't you think?
by the way great words dictionary!!!
thank you!!
You must be very clever!!!
Hi Gary!
Try the old elementary school trick, i.e., use the new word in a few made-up sentences, especially ones which make the meaning clear or at least hint at it, and WRITE them down. Writing longhand is much better than typing in terms of fixing things in your memory (this has been studied, not just my opinion). It's a (small) effort, but it only takes ten minutes or so and it really works! Good luck.
Any memory tricks to retain these words, by the time the quiz rolls around I forget a lot.
Gary, application is key. Try to form your own sentences with the words and think of situations (general or specific) where those words might be used.
well then study even harder!!!
you can do it.
don't let anybody tell you that you aren't good enough. I had to learn the hard way. that wasn't fun at all!!!
Hey Gary!
I always thought relating the components of the word itself with its meaning really helps. Take for instance the word "beckmesser:" its meaning is a very scrupulous critic or teacher (normally of music). I then relate the meaning to the word: I see "beck" in the word, so I then relate that with Glenn Beck who IS a very scrupulous critic, who, when he critiques something, always causes a "messer" (or mess :). Hope this helps!
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by Patricia Sellers
Monday's Postcard--detailing an experiment in which female undergrads revealed themselves to be practically allergic to $20 bills placed randomly in a classroom--drew a flood of comments and spirited debate about women and money.
Men, for the most part, said women do fear money. "Why the fear?" asked a Miami reader, Michael D. " "IMHO, it is learned behavior. Girls are bought things, boys are given opportunities to own them."
Other male readers got in their digs: "Next time you should try with a Louis Vuitton bag...wanna see if they act so cool," posted David in London.
Meanwhile, many female readers pleaded that women simply treat cold hard cash with due respect. "Why insist that women behave like men in order to succeed?" wrote Jennifer in Bixby, OK. " Women-run businesses thrive because women value relationship over money."
One of the Georgetown University students who was part of the $20 bill experiment chimed in. "I do not think women fear money," commented Dena in Washington, D.C. "Rather, we feel that money is something that must be earned...Money is a part of success, money in itself, however, is not success."
OK, but is it productive for women in business--who compete everyday with men--to NOT take money that is literally on the table?
I had lunch with yesterday with Rachel Sklar, whose career spans journalism (ex-Huffington Post and Mediate), activism (Change the Ratio) and a social-media startup, Hashable. "Wow this is amazing," Sklar emailed me, referring to yesterday's Postcard. "It reminds me of an experience I had while on the boat at Summit at Sea--a VC was gambling in the casino and flipped me a $500 chip, offering to let me play it and we'd split the results. I immediately said, 'Nope. The results go to charity.' We won $1500. I don't regret it, of course, but I do recognize that the impulse might not be for everyone."
Dr. Patty Ann Tublin is a clinical psychologist who is studying women and money with Susan Wilson, the author of yesterday's Guest Post. Tublin is troubled by the results of the $20 bill experiment: "I would have thought the dysfunctional female attitude towards money was a generational issue--one which had all but disappeared with today's best and brightest young female minds. Apparently not. Is it the female mindset, socio-cultural influences and/or the 'good girl' syndrome influencing women's fears about creating, and keeping wealth? Or is there a genetic correlation (heaven forbid) where money is associated with male qualities such as aggression vs. nurture, etc.?"
Tublin adds: "Professional women I have worked with have literally told me they are 'afraid' to ask their boss for more money because they did not want to be viewed as too greedy, too aggressive, too selfish, not a team player and quite frankly, 'like the men.'"
Stay tuned to Postcards this week for a followup Guest Post from Susan Sobbott, the president of American Express OPEN, which serves small-business customers.
As for Wilson, who began this debate with her experiment and Guest Post, she's thrilled with the passion she stirred up--and also distressed: "How are women's entrepreneurship programs going to get women building large-scale companies and creating global change when our best and brightest women here in the U.S. can't even sit next to $20 FREE dollars? Much less say they want it?"
Wilson's advice to young women who want to succeed in business and beyond: "Money is just a currency and only has the power you give it."
To see the full slate of comments generated by yesterday's Postcard, go to "Are girls afraid of money?"
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[Quote]ahaha probably. I can't even remember who was a troll back then. Maybe that SportsFreek guy or whatever his name was, but he was just stuntin' on all of us. Matter of fact, he didnt actually talk shit at all, he just looked like a fag with 1000000000 sneakers.2 Weeks ago in Off Topic
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lmao I feel u E Styles. Most of the dues on here are underaged lol. I'm sure half the girls posted arent actually underaged but in their early 20s2 Weeks ago in Off Topic
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you're saying that HB in a nutshell is wearing clothes that fit well? My question is when you went to buy that jacket from zellers, what was going through your head? It's a medium, I wear a medium, I should buy it. Do you not realize that brands have their way of sizing? When you buy something, have you never been recommended to size up or down? Do you not see how long your sleeves are? You almost got more stacks on your sleeves than you do on your jeans2 Weeks ago in Off Topic
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[Quote]it's a winter bomber jacket filled with down, I'm sure it's his size. your jacket is 2 sizes too big. you can't even see how high his jeans are, I think you're just using your imagination a bit too much. His denim falls well on his boots and stack in the right places so all in all you lose. Just quit and make another apology thread to me, thenorthside and the rest of the forum you little bitch.2 Weeks ago in Off Topic
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"you should give my our KVAs then." I dont understand wtf you mean by this but just to clear things up, I dont have KVAs. I'm not talking shit about your black jeans, I'm talking about how you go from oversized bomber to stacked denim to high end sneakers. The whole flow of your outfit loses. and yea actually, the tongues on those are hideous and they are 40% why your fit is so bad. Money can't buy style. Btw I know those are sneakers and obviously not blue shoes you wear to the moon and I don't have time to post a fit atm but feel free to comment on one of my older ones that got positive feedback2 Weeks ago in Off Topic
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[Quote]Woolmark bomber? Where the fuck did you find this thing? Sears? It's the biggest flaw in your outfit. You should probably give it back to your dad.You really felt the need to say youre wearing a T by Alexander Wang tshirt? that costs what? 50 bucks? I'm assuming the sweater is w&h. Thats a cool way to wear it bro, peaking out of your jacket thats already too big for you. Your pants. omg your fucking pants.Who the fuck tucks their pants under their sole after tying their shoes as tight as possible.If you're doing it to show off the most tackiest sneakers of all time then you win. Btw give those blue moon boots back to jayjetson Edit. I dont have time to go back 50 pages to find your other fits but I'm sure they suck. I've had some fits myself that people werent fond about, but I took the criticism and dealt with it. I didnt make a post about how butthurt I am that no one likes my fit but loves Wizards2 Weeks ago in Off Topic
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[Quote]you really don't want me to break down your wardrobe trust me. fall back.2 Weeks ago in Off Topic
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Really? says the bitch that feels the need to apologize to the internet? daytona is top 5 percentile of the frailest kids with an HB account, he really has no right to talk smack even though he feels the need to since he can't do it in person. You, crackpipelips, are forever the biggest troll with the weakest closet in the world.2 Weeks ago in Off Topic


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Extremely fast. I have used Intel's 510 and 320 in the past for different computers, but this [relatively] new SSD puts the past ones to shame. Worked right out of the box with no issues.
Had to knock off an egg because compared to other manufacturers (such as OCZ), it is relatively expensive (<$200 vs. $250+) and because sequential write was about half of what was listed, although this could be because I'm not an absolute SSD guru.
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The hotel offers a total of 64 beds, distributed among 27 double or twin rooms, 3 single rooms, 2 studios, a triple room and a four-bed room. All of the neatly furnished rooms come with a hairdryer. Other standard in-room amenities include cable TV and wireless Internet access.
Guests can relax in the hotel sauna.
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* TSX ends down 6.41 points at 12,147.28 * TSX closes week up 0.9 percent * First weekly gain in 8 weeks By Claire Sibonney TORONTO, April 20 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index ended little changed o n F riday but racked up its first weekly gain in eight weeks on improving sentiment about the domestic and global economies. Performance on Friday was mixed, with six of the 10 in negative territory. On the downside, Barrick Gold fell 1.9 percent to C$39.96, Suncor Energy lost 1.4 percent to C$30.99 and Bank of Nova Scotia slipped 0.5 percent to C$54.75. Key names on the upside included Potash Corp, up 1.1 percent to C$43.61, Cameco Corp, which jumped 4.5 percent to C$22.01, and Enbridge Inc, up 0.9 percent to C$39.59. "We actually outperformed the S&P marginally this week, so all in all it has not been a bad week," said Elvis Picardo, strategist and vice-president of research at Global Securities in Vancouver. Helping global confidence on Friday, an improvement in German business sentiment countered nervousness about the euro zone debt crisis and solid North American corporate results propelled what has been a mostly positive earnings season. The encouraging tone in markets started earlier in the week after the Bank of Canada sounded more hawkish than expected, raising its economic growth forecasts for the first three quarters of 2012. The International Monetary Fund also said global growth is slowly improving as the U.S. recovery gains traction and dangers from Europe recede. "Both (the Bank of Canada and the IMF) struck a slightly positive note ... both of them gave grounds for encouragement to investors," added Picardo. "Anything that hints to improving global growth prospects tends to reflect well on the TSX." The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index ended down 6.41 points, or 0.05 percent, at 12,147.28. For the week, the index was up 0.9 percent, following a seven-week fall. "Some people are starting to look at some of these commodity stocks, they feel they've been oversold the last few weeks and they're starting to pick some entry levels in them," said Bruce Latimer, trader at Dundee Securities. On the data front on Friday, the influential German Ifo survey unexpectedly rose for the sixth month in a row in April in a sign that Europe's largest economy continues to outpace peers and shrug off persistent worries about the euro zone debt crisis. In individual company news, Canadian Pacific Railway , Canada's second-biggest railway, which is fighting a proxy battle with its biggest shareholder, rose 0.6 percent to C$76.45 after reporting soaring profit and efficiency gains. In the United States, the S&P 500 was buoyed by solid earnings from McDonald's, General Electric and Microsoft.


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You Have to Stop This
By Pseudonymous Bosch
This book is mystery because the main character, Cass, has to figure out the Secret. Also, there are many mysteries of mummies, and the Secret.
So far, the book has taken place in Cass' home, her school, and at a museum. At the museum, Cass and her classmates went to many mummy exhibits.
Why did Cass' great-great-great grandmother and the Jester leave a lot of precious jewels and objects for her?
Did Dr. Amun (mummy) discover the Secret?
Why did Gloria Fortune Reality replace Grandpa Larry and Grandpa Wayne's antique store?


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This may be me being emotinal cuz my husband is gone but it concerns me
Now i know haiden and logan fight all the time and they dont seem to love each other. But after what i saw before tucking them in tonight.
I sat with both of them and hugged and kissed them.
But logan such a daddys boy is having a hard time. He has been acting out a lot more than he was when daddy was home with us, he is not eating as much either and i can tell he is not getting much sleep. I know how he feels cuz i feel the same way. And today all he asked for was where is daddy, when daddy is coming home, i want daddy, i miss daddy. Every time he said it i hugged him and told him i miss him too and we both cried.
Well they all had one on with daddy on facetime, i let logan talk with him longer cuz he seems to be having hard time with daddy being gone.
Then after i talked with each one i thought maybe logan would feel better knowing his big brother is there for him to. So i asked haiden nicely if he could give logan and hug. He said no and i haiden please and he took my hand we went into logans room. Logan jumped out of bed and tried to hug and kiss haiden but haiden backed away. I tried again and he backed away.
Now i fear haiden and logan are on the way of a bad relationship.


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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy have finally shed the burden of being unable to win the big one. Same for Bill Polian, who until last February held the unofficial title of "best executive never to win a Super Bowl."
No wonder the Indianapolis Colts were considerably more relaxed in training camp this year than last after finally winning that elusive championship.
Dungy was accepting congratulations for hitting the top of the best-seller lists with his book ("crossover appeal for sports, religion and African American," he joked.) And Manning was chortling about losing to Tiger Woods in the semifinals of ESPN's "Who's Now!" competition. ("Did I lose? OK," he said. "I didn't pay much attention.")
But the low-key atmosphere doesn't mask the Colts' problems as they approach the 2007 season, ranked in most preseason analyses (for what they're worth) no better than third in AFC behind San Diego and New England.
The reasons: free-agent losses (linebacker Cato June and two starting cornerbacks); injury (defensive tackle Anthony McFarland) and, most important to Manning, the retirement of left tackle Tarik Glenn.
Not to mention the absence of an experienced running back behind Joseph Addai.
Still, relaxation has been the norm so far.
Take Polian, who built that Buffalo team that lost four straight Super Bowls in the early 1990s.
A year ago, he was replaying the final agonizing minutes of the 20-19 loss to the Giants in the 1991 game (Scott Norwood, wide right). He did it again in early December, when the Colts, struggling to stop the run, hardly looked like a team that might finally get him his elusive ring.
This summer, he is all smiles, brushing off the free-agent losses. "That's the NFL," he says. "We choose the players to spend big money on (Manning, Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne, Dwight Freeney) and draft to fill the holes when we lose others."
But let's give Manning, Dungy and Polian their time to bask in victory.
After all, for the last four years or so, they had to endure the endless chatter about being unable to win the big one: regular-season success only engendered more criticism of postseason failures, perceived and real.
It turns out Dungy was prescient.
Citing Michael Jordan's early failures to get by conference championship games, he said a year ago: "People always take snapshots of people before their careers are complete. Peyton will win. He just has to finish it once and he'll keep going."
Being Dungy, who sometimes seems without ego, he never mentioned himself. But he suffered from the same label, especially since his "failures" were perception more than reality.
As coach in Tampa Bay, for example, Dungy did one of the great coaching jobs ever in the 1999 NFC championship game, going into the St. Louis Rams' dome and holding Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk, Isaac Bruce and "the Greatest Show on Turf" to an 11-6 win. It was achieved only in the final minutes by an offense that had averaged 33 points a game in the regular season and by an "incomplete" pass to Bert Emmanuel on the Bucs' final drive that would have been complete under today's rules.
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With a market cap of has a large market cap size. PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (NYSE: TLK) has been on the stock market since its IPO date on the 11/14/1995. PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk is in the Diversified Communication Services industry and Technology sector. Average volume for PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk, is 209.38, and so far today it has a volume of 297500. Performance year to date since the 11/14/1995 is 55.08%.
To help you determine whether PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk is undervalued the following values will help you decide. P/E is 23.79 and forward P/E is 19.31. PEG perhaps more useful shows that PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk has a value for PEG of 2.73. P/S ratio is 3.99 and the P/B ratio is 5.21. The P/Cash and P/Free cash flow is 19.2 and 23.65 respectively.
At the current price PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk is trading at, 66.99 (1.38% today), PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk has a dividend yield of 1.73%, and this is covered by a payout ratio of 0.00%. Earnings per share (EPS) is 2.82, and this is looking to grow in the next year to 18.84% after growing 6.50% this past year. EPS growth quarter over quarter is 47.00%, and 14.60% for sales growth quarter over quarter.
The number of shares outstanding is 505.53, and the number of shares float is 216.78. The senior management bring insider ownership to 52.50%, and institutional ownership is at 7.50%. The float short is 0.19%, with the short ratio at a value of 1.97. Management has seen a return on assets of 10.70%, and also a return on investment of 22.20%.
The ability for PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk, to deal with debt, means it current ratio is 1.2, and quick ratio is 1.2. Long term debt/equity is 0.37 and total debt/equity is 0.43. In terms of margins, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk has a gross margin of 69.70%, with its operating margin at 35.00%, and PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk has a profit margin of 16.90%.
The 52 week high is -3.32%, with 97.12% being its 52 week low. The 20 day simple moving average is 4.53% and the 200 day simple moving average is 21.94%.
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Since the late 1990's one of the most popular cycling events in Europe is the L'Eroica ride for vintage bikes. A description of it is below from their website:
L'Eroica was born from the love of that cycling which formed a good part of the history and literature of Italy. The idea was to seek out the authentic roots of this fantastic sport, with its great, popular heart, and rediscover the joy in fatigue and the thrill of the challenge. L'Eroica is also a Foundation, the purpose of which is to safeguard the heritage of the white gravel roads of Tuscany. From these romantically modern notions came the idea of the cycling event which started in 1997.
At the starting line that first year were 82 "thrill-seekers"; today L'Eroica stands out as a champion of our environmental heritage, sustainable lifestyle and clean cycling which, looking to the past, points the way for the future: the numbers now participating are testimony to the success due to the passion of the organisers and founders.
The coolest thing is this year there are 5,000 registered riders.
Now flashback to 2011 when fellow cyclist Matt Pendergast from North Bend forwarded me information about the Cino Heroica ride in northwestern Montana. I read his write up on Bike Forums with intense interest and decided it was definitely a ride worthy of my time. The idea of experiencing the back roads of northwest Montana on a 40 year old road bike was just too enticing. Due to missing the cutoff for 2012 I waited somewhat patiently, actually anxiously, for registration to open this year. The ride is limited to 150 riders - 90 new and 60 returning. Fortunately, I was successful in getting in. The first of many restless nights started in March as I contemplated the bike I was going to use and the components for the bike. Of special importance was the gearing as I went round and round in my head on what would be appropriate.
This was the seventh Cino Heroica. The ride is a salute to L'Eroica and early Italian road racing. The organizers describe it this way:
This ride is a celebration of the cycling days of old when road racing in Europe meant racing on unpaved dirt roads over mountain passes, in sometimes horrific conditions. The racers rode steel framed bikes that were built as much for toughness as for speed. They drank wine and smoked Gitanes to quell their suffering. "Nutrition" was real food, like cheese, salami, and a baguette. Suffering was an art form taken to a new level by these riders, as they collapsed into the arms of their handlers at race's end, their faces reflecting something that non-riders will never understand. But at the end of the day, it was all about style, the horrors of the struggle erased by the pasta with truffles, crystal goblets of Chianti and polite conversation.
I finally got around to starting on the bike in April. It is an early 1970's (although some Cino riders thought maybe a late-1960's) Peugeot PX10. At the time this was the top of the line offering for Peugeot in the U.S. This example came to me in the form of a frame from a fellow Bike Forums member who was also newly registered for Cino Heroica 2013.
The build, for the most, part went quite well with only a few hiccups. The original Simplex drive side drop out had been tapped to accept derailleurs other than Simplex but it wasn't done correctly. Two different rear derailleurs - Campagnolo Super Record and a Suntour VX GT long cage - were tried and they wouldn't pivot back to allow the rear wheel to come out of the frame. In the end I went with a Simplex SX630 that was originally from my 1984 Gitane Sprint. The wheelset I had for the bike was from a 1981 Trek 510 I bought at a pawn shop. Unfortunately they were too wide for the frame so I ended up with 1984 Mavic Module E with a Normandy Helicomatic rear hub from my dad's old 1984 Peugeot PSV10. The rest of the bike came together quite nicely and the white cables, bar tape and saddle blended well with the rarer blue frame. Gearing ended up with a 52-42 crankset and a 13-28 6 speed in the rear.
A trial run was done on the gravel and dirt roads of Whitman County in August and the bike handled fantastic with 28c Panaracer Pasela Tourguard tires. It was "sure footed" and tracked well in the gravel. I was definitely encouraged.
September 7th, 2013
Check in at the Kila school was uneventful and, at the same time, fantastic because of all the vintage bikes. All new riders had to be on a "heroic" bike - steel frame, 1981 or older, friction shifters (preferrably down tube), tubular tires (if you had guts to do that), pedals with toe straps. Campagnolo components were in abundance. The day was cool with threatening, menacing clouds. We were all too excited to get underway to really worry about it. Even though I was cold I figured I would easily warm up once we hit the gravel and the riding got a little more intense.
What can you really say about Cino Heroica other than that it's so "cino". That's the most common phrase for the weekend - if you got a flat it was "cino", hit a cow pie (or maybe even a cow - I missed one by 18 inches or so) it was cino, coming into the lunch stop with only two chainring bolts was definitely "cino", draining the beer keg at the overnight stop was positively "cino", wait for a cattle drive and then dodge the cow pies on the road - most assuredly "cino" and on and on.
Lunch is an Italian feast next to a creek on Saturday and in a cow pasture on Sunday with food provided by the riders. Tables are adorned with table cloths and you feast on olives, meats, cheeses, breads and pasta while drinking beer and wine. Rest stops usually had at least two cooler - one with small cans of Coca Cola or Dr. Pepper and the other with beer. That's so "cino".
Mechanical issues abound on a ride like this - heck, we're riding old, if not ancient, bikes. They don't necessarily like deep ruts, potholes, large, thick loose gravel and big downhills with washboard corners. I often didn't know if it was the bike rattling or my body. I suffered one flat at the end of the second day. On Saturday I lost the spring tension on the rear derailleur to it wouldn't pick up slack very well. Hanging the bike from a tree branch in Hot Springs allowed us space to fix that problem. Sunday morning I noticed a really stiff front brake lever. Turns out I was stupid and forgot the ferrules for the cable and the inner lining of the housing had pulled through. Emergency repairs 30 minutes before leaving were undertaken as I swapped the housing around and fished the cable through. The brake was functional but I didn't use it.
Other's had problems too. One person broke a seat post binder bolt, one lost the entire seat and half the clamp assembly to hold it onto the post, another had six flats on Saturday. One of the few single speed riders lost three chainring bolts in the first 30 miles of the ride on Saturday. And, there were the expected broken spokes. It takes a hero to ride 50 miles on a bike with a rear wheel out of true (1/4" wobble or so) and climbing a nasty, steep mountain road in the process.
This is by far one of the most challenging rides I've ever done and also one of the most rewarding. I'll be back for sure. I can't let the mechanical issues and muddy roads at the end of the ride deter me. This was an epic ride with 149 other people who wanted to remember the old days of cycling on dirt and mountain roads and enjoy good company, food and drink. Not much is better than that.
The "Soviet" contingent
Waiting for the pre-race "sermon"
Bike Forums Classic & Vintage members + Phillip
And we're off
You can ride a lot of miles by yourself
Saturday's lunch set up
My favorite climb of the two days - so very scenic
Day 2 lunch in a cow pasture
The goal was the top of the ridge in the background
French "goodies"
One of the coolest bikes - yes, those are wood rims
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If you are caught in a raid, and are not prepared, or you are too low of experience level to survive, you should head to the nearest Protection Zone (Temple, Ship, House, etc.) or go up/down one level.
Tibia is a very dangerous place, with many different creatures living in only marginal cooperation with each other. Sometimes creatures will execute a raid on a nearby town or city. There is usually very little warning before a raid occurs. If monsters are not killed, they will stay until next Server Save.
Raids Editar
City Raids Editar
Ab'Dendriel Raids
Ankrahmun Raids
Carlin Raids - Including Femor Hills
Darashia Raids
Edron Raids - Including Cormaya
Farmine Raids - Including Zao
Kazordoon Raids
Liberty Bay Raids - Including the Forbidden Islands
Port Hope Raids
Svargrond Raids - Including the Formorgar Mines
Thais Raids - Including Thais Lighthouse
Venore Raids
Yalahar Raids
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Grynch Clan Goblin Invasion Editar
The Grynch Clan Goblin raid is a special raid that happens during Christmas time. They drop a nice amount of loot, and therefore many people look forward to this kind of raid. It can happen on any major city.
- Warnings:
- "Goblins of the infamous Grynch Clan are invading city to steal all presents, beware!"
- "The Goblins sometimes have stolen presents with them! Confiscate them!"
- "Return the stolen presents to Ruprecht on Vega at Santa's home for a reward."
- "Goblins of the infamous Grynch Clan are invading city to steal all presents, beware!"
- "Confiscate the stolen presents and return them to Ruprecht on Vega at Santa's home for a reward."
Undead Jester Invasion Editar
The Undead Jester raids appear in any city of Tibia as part of the 'April Month of Pranks' event by CipSoft. They first started on 1st April 2008. It takes until April 14th. From 2009 Undead Jester can drop some new items, such as parts of the Jester Doll.


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Richard Fallon died Thursday at the age of 89.
Fallon helped start the theatre back in 1960, while working as an associate professor at Florida State University.
Fallon talked with school officials about creating a summer theater festival at the Ringling Museum, and the rest is history.
Fallon died at a hospice in Tallahassee. A memorial service will be held on May 29 in Tallahassee.


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The Distraction
In this dark indie flick, a husband, Paul (8 Mile's Evan Jones, billed as Dean Bukowski), struggles to control his unraveling psychological state when he discovers the seamy details about his wife's life before they married. But instead of coping, he develops an unhealthy obsession with a colleague at the company he's temping for (yup, he's unhappy with his career, too). Can any good come from all the negativity enveloping him?


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This Swedish pop band achieved their breakthrough in 1993 with the Denniz Pop -produced worldwide number 1, All That She Wants. The comparisons to a fellow Swedish band seemed obvious - two female vocalists, one blonde, one brunette, and two male musicians, playing catchy dance-inflected pop music. The band, who originally recorded as Tech Noir, was formed by two sisters, Malin Berggren (31 October 1970, Gothenburg, Sweden; vocals) and Jenny Berggren (b. 19 May 1972, Gothenburg, Sweden; vocals), and their brother Jonas Berggren (b. 21 March 1967, Gothenburg, Sweden; programming), with fourth member Ulf Ekberg (b. 6 December 1970, Gothenburg, Sweden; programming). Before their breakthrough the sisters sang in church choirs in their native Gothenburg, while brother Jonas and close friend Ekberg perfected their expertise in new technology. Their chart-friendly combination of pop and reggae was further revealed on Wheel Of Fortune, Happy...


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Britain's top accountancy firms face calls for an Office of Fair Trading investigation after it emerged that they earn hundreds of millions of pounds in services from the firms they audit.
The revelation raises serious concerns of a potential conflict of interest that could bring about a repeat of the Enron accounting scandal. Senior politicians are worried that accountants may go easy on firms from which they receive huge sums in additional income.
Accountants who audited the FTSE-100 companies earned £544.8m in the past year. They raked in a further £264.1m from services to the companies they were supposed to be impartially assessing.
It was a similar situation that led to the collapse of the US energy trading group Enron. Its auditor, Arthur Andersen, set up the web of off-balance-sheet vehicles in which the company's losses were hidden. After its executives were found shredding documents to impede investigations, the accounting firm's reputation was so tarnished it went out of business.
Now research by the independent finance advisory firm Ineum Consulting shows that 26 of the FTSE 100 companies spend more on non-audit services than on the actual audit. Highest is the mining firm Fresnillo, whose non-audit fee is 79% of the £4.26m it hands over to Ernst & Young. There is no suggestion that Ernst & Young's audit of Fresnillo is in anyway compromised.
Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable said: "We have this magic circle of top accountant firms. There is not enough competition. They are required to observe strict protocols and ensure Chinese walls are in place but if there's reasonable suspicion that this is not working, the OFT should look at whether to investigate them."
Kay Ng, a consultant at Ineum, said: "This raises a question of the independence of auditors. The situation may have improved since Enron but they could still be better here in the UK, especially compared with the United States."
All but one of the FTSE 100 companies were audited by the big four of PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Ernst & Young and Deloitte.
PwC audits more FTSE 100 firms than any other practice with 40. A spokesman said: "PwC has all the appropriate safeguards in place to ensure full compliance with independence and ethical standards. There is no evidence that the provision by auditors of non-audit services to their clients has had a negative impact on audit quality. The Treasury select committee made this very point in a report earlier this year. However, there is clearly room for greater transparency and disclosure of the exact nature of the non-audit services provided."
Mark Prisk, Conservative shadow business minister, said: "Clearly, there needs to be careful scrutiny to ensure there's no conflict of interest. The key thing is transparency. That would be preferable to heavy handed regulation."
Prem Sikka, professor of accounting at the University of Essex, said: "Look at a corporate collapse or financially distressed bank. In the overwhelming number, you will find the audit firm was highly dependent on that company because it was selling 'audit-plus' services. This may have played a part in the auditor keeping quiet."
Audit firms are bracing themselves for huge legal claims for their role in the collapse of the global banking system. There are fears one of the big four accountancy firms could cease doing audit work, causing chaos for businesses throughout the world. The Financial Reporting Council's outgoing chief executive, Paul Boyle, told the Guardian two months ago it was conceivable that litigation linked to the banking crisis could force one of the big four out of business.
There are also serious concerns about how accountancy regulators defined balance sheet values. Some argue that so-called mark-to-market accounting aggravated the financial crash by allowing firms to borrow aggressively on the basis that their assets were increasing in value. Mark-to-market also exacerbated the downturn.
New rules are being drawn up but there are rows between US and European regulators as well as the UK-dominated International Accounting Standards Board over the best way to proceed.


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A new study has found widespread migrant underpayment and wage theft in Australia
The Fair Work Commission has slammed an employer for treating a female employee in a manner 'devoid of compassion'
TWENTY-FIVE per cent of Australians do not expect a salary increase this year. According to a survey of more than 1,000 people, respondents expected the following increases in their salaries:
43 per cent 3-10%
31 per cent above 10%
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However, a separate survey of 1,700 employers found that 2 per cent of employers intend to increase salaries above 10 per cent following the next review. Instead, the majority of employers (69 per cent) intended to increase salaries by between 3 to 6 per cent.
Source: Hays
Europe struggles with talent
MANAGING TALENT is the most critical challenge for HR, according to a survey of more than 1,350 executives from 27 European countries. Only 30 per cent of the respondents said they had begun to tackle talent management, while another challenge was identified as managing demographics, the top future HR issue in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, where 250 executives participated.
Source: The Boston Consulting Group and the European Association for Personnel Management
Business becomes entrepreneurial
BUSINESS LEADERS are demonstrating an entrepreneurial leadership style more often, according to a global survey of senior business executives. While 69 per cent of business leaders thought it was important for large organisations to develop a core competence of entrepreneurship, only 28 per cent of Asia-Pacific respondents thought it was very important. Furthermore, 88 per cent of respondents in Africa believed entrepreneurs could be developed compared to 44 per cent of those in the Asia-Pacific.
Source: McKinney Rogers
UK faces pension scheme risks
INCREASES IN rates of life expectancy in the UKhave forced companies to consider the risks of their own occupational pension schemes. Mortality rates over the last 100 years in the UK have improved on average by about 1 per cent each year, while in the last 30 years the rate of increase has been higher, particularly at some ages. Those born between 1925 and 1940 have experienced improvements in mortality at the rate of 3–4 per cent a year. Compounding these annual rates over the 40 or 50 years of a pension scheme, members can make enormous differences to the size of pension liabilities on companies' balance sheets.
Source: Mercer Human Resource Consulting
CSR critical to outplacement
EIGHTY-FIVE per cent of people believe corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a critical component in the selection of an outplacement service and partner. A survey of more than 21,000 outplacement candidates across 19 countries found candidates want social and ethical alignment with core values, personalised approaches to achieving the goals of both the organisation and employee, engagement of separated employees more quickly, and more specific data on displaced employees with more meaningful measurements of candidate success. Results also showed 86 per cent of displaced workers remained in their same communities after leaving their organisations.
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The former Australia international insisted that the third and final Test was there for the taking with the tourists 47 runs ahead going into the third day at Trent Bridge here Sunday.
England lead the series 1-0, with Sri Lanka having posted below par first-innings totals in all three Tests.
Moody demanded that his top order give Muttiah Muralitharan enough runs to bowl at to help them square the series in what could be the legendary off-spinner's last Test in England.
"Now is the time to strike," Moody told reporters after stumps on Saturday.
"It's there for the taking if we're prepared to knuckle down and do the hard work. We're overdue a decent total from our top order. The guys recognise that at times, they have let themselves down and the side too.
"Sunday's a great opportunity for them to put their hands up, make amends and get us a decent total. It would be nice for the attack to have something on the board to bowl to on the fourth or fifth day."
Sri Lanka were 45 for one with Upul Tharanga was 17 not out and Kumar Sangakkara 22 not out at stumps on Saturday. They lost Michael Vandort for five after the left-hander was bowled off the inside edge by Matthew Hoggard.
"We're in the driving seat because we've got the bat and nine wickets in hand but we've still got a lot of hard work to do," Moody said.
"We need to bat well in the first session -- that's going to be the key because England are going to throw everything at us. If we're still batting at the end of Sunday, I'll feel very comfortable going into the fourth day.
"We've come over here to win. We haven't played the most consistent cricket but we've got a chance here to rectify a few things."
Moody praised "wild and wonderful" quick bowler Lasith Malinga, who unnerved the hosts with his unorthodox 'slingshot' deliveries on Saturday.
He dismissed number three batsman Alastair Cook and finished off England's innings by having tailender Jon Lewis caught by Tillakaratne Dilshan.
"He's a unique bowler," Moody said. "He's not going to get his wickets through line and length and patience, which is the traditional way of taking wickets. He's wild and wonderful.
"Thankfully, I don't have to face him -- and I won't be volunteering to jump into the nets and attempt to."
England were bowled out for 229 earlier Saturday, a first innings deficit of two runs, with Paul Collingwood top-scoring with 48. He grafted hard for his runs, facing 184 balls in more than three-and-a-half hours in the sun at the crease, hitting one six.
Collingwood insisted England fancied their chances of sealing their first series win since last year's Ashes triumph at home to Australia.
"If we get a quick wicket we can get two or three and keep them down to a reasonable target," he told reporters. "We just need partnerships in the second innings. We've got a lot of talent out there and we'll be right up for it."
Regular England captain Michael Vaughan is playing his way back to form with his county Yorkshire following a knee injury.
Collingwood knows that either he or Cook is likely to make way should the batsman return for the four-match Test series against Pakistan, which begins on July 13 at Lord's.
But the all-rounder insisted he was not going to let it distract him.
"I know Vaughan's going to come back in -- I'm not silly, I'm realistic about the situation: there's probably a couple of players that are going to lose their place," Collingwood said.
"All you can do is make it as difficult as possible a decision for the selectors. But all my concentration is on doing well for the team and not on the personal stuff."
England's Marcus Trescothick was off the field for Saturday's final session with a migraine but a team spokesman said he expected the opening batsman to be fit on Sunday.


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but those flying dudes(i forgot the name of the guy) does not get affected by Jedi mind tricksReplyDeleteReplies
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Episode 175 has just aired and with that said, the Fairy Tail Anime's 3.5 year run has come to an end. I can recollect the memories of when Fairy Tail debuted back in 2009. At the time, I had difficulties of which anime to start watching, and even to this day, my motto was "If the first episode isn't good enough, the anime is not worth it". I watched the first episode and immediately, a rush of adventure and amazement filled my mind up and I knew this was an anime worth watching. I continued on and up until the 2nd season had started, I had started to read the manga as well.
Fairy Tail ending now may not seem that big of a deal but it grew up with me during the essential times of my life, and knowing that a consistency in my life has come to an end kind of makes me wonder how odd it would feel for a while. Granted, the anime states it will be continued, but it will be a long time coming until the series restarts. With that said, I decided to make this blog to review the anime. Not necessarily critique it but moreso just to remember the good times. And of course, some of the bad. So yes, in a way, it's a critique.
I'm going to try to sound as vague as I can during this "critique" (ok its a critique.) without giving too many details since the content from the anime and manga are very identical and it would not be fair for me to critique the material here since it is anime-only.
Again, this was my introduction to the series and I was completely swept away within the world of Earthland. I thought the performance and the animation of it all was just amazing and the execution of some scenes were simply marvelous. Of course, I didn't have much to compare it by but I just recall having a great time following the series. Also, since I wasn't following the manga, getting spoiled by the Opening and Endings were also fun, and gave me something to look forward to for the next few episodes.
I hadn't exactly started following the manga up until around the episode where OP/ED 6 had debuted, and it was quite an interesting arc to start off the new season with. However, I noticed the anime was not as fast paced, and I had later come to realize that the Anime never intended to continue on to a second season, and due to fan demand, it had. From there on, they limited the number of chapters to 2, as opposed to the 3-5 chapters Season 1 would air. Of course, I still wasn't complaining and I still had fun.
I was eager to see Edolas arc animated, but to my misfortune, it turned out to be one of my least enjoyed arcs, as the first half of Edolas was just ridiculously slowly-paced. The 2nd half of that arc made up for it though, and with the return of Lisanna, Season 3 kicked off without any fillers in between. (Another aspect to why I appreciated the anime~)
It seems as though that the animators have learned their lesson with what they went through when Season 2 aired, and despite using the same amount of chapters per episode, I still found the story to be compelling due to the extra additions, aka "filler scenes", they improvised during the episode. The extensions were great and I also found the animation to have improved in quality.
The filler arc was quite refreshing as well, and the OP/EDs of the "Key to the Starry Sky" arc reminded me of the days I would watch Fairy Tail back in Season 1, where everything would be a surprise and I had something to look forward to. I really enjoyed the fact that they did not completely improvise with this arc and incorporated elements of previous arcs into this arc, since usually, animes that create completely original fillers usually mess it up. I was also happy to see the animation for the filler arc to be on par to Tenrou Island arc's animation.
Now.. this is where disappointment kicks in. See, the only problem I had with Fairy Tail up until this point was that it was not using as many chapters as it used to, but the animation was just fine and I had never noticed it being faulty in Season 4 until several users of the wiki had emphasized the mistakes. From there on, I slowly picked up on it and was very disappointed in the execution of the scenes. They did well with the improvisions but it still lacked the "oumph" it had from Season 3. Plus, the OP/ED of the first half of Season 4 got a bit obnoxious, and it saddened me to see that they had to extend it in inappropriate and unentertaining ways. However, I had hope that the anime was just trying to save their funds and invest it all where it counted: Day 4 of the Grand Magic Games and onwards. The animation of OP/ED 14 may have been great, but the episodes didn't seem to follow that trend. Finally, the anime ended up announcing it's end, which pretty much had me hating this arc.
So yes, we had a wild rollercoaster ride with this anime series, but the anime had ended on a promising note, and has me looking forward to their return. I really hope they come back better than ever and remind me of the good ol' days where they didnt rely so much on the manga, and add their own spice to the scenes like Season 1 had done.
I already miss you, Fairy Tail (Anime) :D Come back to us soon!


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|Nine Schools Competition VI
|Season 1, Episode 13
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|June 28, 2014
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Nine Schools Competition V
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Nine Schools Competition VI is the thirteenth episode of the Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei anime.
The "No Head Dragon", an underground syndicate is eager to interfere in the competition for the sake of their profits and the First High School is their main target. Meanwhile, the students under Tatsuya's care are doing better than expected in their events, drawing the attention of those who still can't acknowledge his talent just because he is a Course 2 student as well as First High School's main rivals from Third High School.


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The child abuse committed within the Roman Catholic Church and its concealment is deeply shocking and totally unacceptable. I am ashamed of what happened, and understand the outrage and anger it has provoked.
That shame and anger centres on the damage done to every single abused child. Abuse damages, often irrevocably, a child's ability to trust another, to fashion stable relationships, to sustain self-esteem. When it is inflicted within a religious context, it damages that child's relationship to God. Today, not for the first time, I express my unreserved shame and sorrow for what has happened to many in the Church.
My shame is compounded, as is the anger of many, at the mistaken judgments made within the Church: that reassurance from a suspect could be believed; that credible allegations were deemed to be "unbelievable"; that the reputation of the Church mattered more than safeguarding children. These wrong reactions arise whenever and wherever allegations of abuse are made, whether within a family or a Church. We have to insist that the safety of the child comes first because the child is powerless.
Serious mistakes have been made within the Catholic Church. There is some misunderstanding about the Church, too. Within the Church there is a legal structure, its canon law. It is the duty of each diocesan bishop to administer that law. Certain serious offences against that law have to be referred to the Holy See to ensure proper justice. Some of these offences are not criminal in public law (such as profanation of the sacraments), others (such as offences against children) are. The role of the Holy See is to offer guidance to ensure that proper procedures are followed, including the confidentially needed to protect the good name of witnesses, victims and the accused until the trial is completed. It is no different from any other responsible legal procedure.
This "secrecy" is nothing to do with the confidentiality, or "seal" of the confessional, which is protected for reasons of the rights of conscience.
The relationship between the administration of church law and the criminal law in any particular state is a point of real difficulty and misunderstanding. Nothing in the requirement of canon law prohibits or impedes the reporting of criminal offences to the police. Since 2001 the Holy See, working through the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, has encouraged that course of action on dioceses who have received evidence about child abuse and which the diocesan authorities are responsible for pursuing. The canonical procedure is best put on hold until the criminal investigation is complete, whatever its outcome. This is what is needed. That it has not happened consistently is deeply regrettable.
In England and Wales, since 2001, the agreed policy followed by the bishops has been to report all allegations of child abuse, no matter from how far in the past, to the police or social services. By doing so and by having clear safeguarding procedures in place in every parish as well as independent supervision at diocesan and national level, we have built good relationships with those authorities in these matters, including, in some areas, co-operation in the supervision of offenders in the community.
What of the role of Pope Benedict? When he was in charge of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith he led important changes made in church law: the inclusion in canon law of internet offences against children, the extension of child abuse offences to include the sexual abuse of all under 18, the case by case waiving of the statue of limitation and the establishment of a fast-track dismissal from the clerical state for offenders. He is not an idle observer. His actions speak as well as his words.
Every year since 2002 the Catholic Church in England and Wales has made public the exact number of allegations made within the Church, the number reported to the police, the action taken and the outcome. As far as I know, no other organisation in this country does this. It is not a cover-up; it is clear and total disclosure. The purpose of doing so is not to defend the Church. It is to make plain that in the Catholic Church in England and Wales there is no hiding place for those who seek to harm children. On this we are determined.
One more fact. In the past 40 years, less than half of 1 per cent of Catholic priests in England and Wales (0.4 per cent) have faced allegations of child abuse. Fewer have been found guilty. Do not misunderstand me. One is too many. One broken child is a tragedy and a disgrace. One case alone is enough to justify anger and outrage. The work of safeguarding, within any organisation and within our society as a whole, is demanding but absolutely necessary. The Catholic Church here is committed to safeguarding children and all vulnerable people.
Vincent Nichols is the Archbishop of Westminster
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CROMWELL, Conn. — This is, as Ray Allen admits, quite a dead period.
The Celtics guard is trying to get a feel for how the NBA lockout should affect his preparation — whether he should kick workouts into high gear, whether he should start getting teammates together for independent workouts at UConn.
He doesn't know if the increase in doomsday predictions — the belief that there will not be a 2011-12 season — actually means something.
But Allen doesn't believe a lost season would end the Big Three era, even if he and Kevin Garnett have only one year left on their respective contracts.
"I don't think so," Allen said yesterday before teeing off in his charity golf tournament at the TPC River Highlands. "They're not going to send us away because possibly we miss a season. We're not going to say we're done and we're not going to play any more. I still have a lot left in me and I'm sure that Kevin feels the same. At this stage of the game, I'm sure he's rejuvenated and he'll be ready to go."
"When you stop so abruptly — it wouldn't be anything I would accept. As far as being ready to play another season, I would just be ready. Especially if you get a whole year off. It's not as if you go into the next year and say I'm done. I'm not going to play anymore. We're competitors. When you lose a season like that, you come back and you're ready to get after it. It will fuel our fire, and enable us to go after it a little more next year."
For now, though, Allen has to cool his heels. Yesterday's tournament, with the proceeds going to Allen's Ray of Hope Foundation, will help fund computer labs in two Hartford schools.
Allen's work already has benefited two schools during the last year in Boston, where each was outfitted with a lab worth approximately $30,000. He would like to add one school per month to the list in both cities.
Between his foundation and workouts, there's plenty to keep him in New England. The lure of international basketball may have caught fire among some NBA veterans, but not Allen.
He does, however, believe that all of the talk — both legitimate and absurd — about players taking their talents overseas is giving the Players' Association some much-needed ammunition.
"It does give us leverage," he said. "Some of the younger players have already proven that they can sign for some money. (Nenad) Krstic signed (with CSKA Moscow). They have a dual option that pays them on a competitive level. It does splice the league up a little bit, where a guy can say I have an alternative."
Allen, who was in his third season the last time the league locked out its players in 1998-99, also believes there is more cause for solidarity this time around, thanks to the owners' desire to abolish guaranteed contracts.
"I believe there's a difference this time because the things that are being asked for us to give back — specifically with guaranteed contracts," he said. "I don't remember the fine points last time, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't guaranteed contracts. Now guys understand we got a deal the last time that works. We didn't particularly like it. It was a compromise we came to.
"Now at this juncture, with the possibility of being able to cut a player if you don't think things are panning out, that's going to affect the legacy of a lot of players. I believe guys feel strongly about not giving that up."
Do they feel strongly enough about that item to forfeit an entire season? Allen doesn't know.
"Hard to say from this vantage point," he said. "Just like in the last lockout, you never know what will happen. I don't believe either side wants to miss a whole season. It gets real when you start seeing the games that are missed. I remember the last time they talked about all of the matchups that were missed, the teams that would have played tonight, and once it came down to that, and you saw what you were missing, you realized it was time to sit down at this table and make it work."