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o and i forgot you can either buy this collection over the psn store 39.99 for none playstation plus members and like 35.99 if ur a playstation plus member or go to a local retailer and own disc copy...
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Doom 3 BFG Edition Trophy List
This is a discussion on Doom 3 BFG Edition Trophy List within the PlayStation & Trophy News forum, part of the PS3Trophies.com Headquarters; o and i forgot you can either buy this collection over the psn store 39.99 for none playstation plus members ...
10-04-2012 #21
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That's an odd list. Also, what does BFG stand for?
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10-04-2012 #24
Nice list.
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10-04-2012 #27
All that work...for 64 bronze trophies? No silver at all? Only one Gold? WTF? I know that your trophy count is still inflated, but DAMN!! I remember I had to start the game over due to the fact that I missed one of the lockers. That one should be a silver at least! And the difficultly trophies should still be different colors and percentage points...oh, well. I'll still play it.
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10-05-2012 #29
I want more golds!
10-05-2012 #30
Wasn't the BFG the Bio Force Gun in the original Doom? Then commonly referred to as Big F'n Gun? I don't think I've heard of the G standing for game since it was an actual (well, made-up) gun... I don't know for sure, but I think it has been widely thought to stand for gun.
10-05-2012 #31
Can't wait to get this and play it at some point....
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10-08-2012 #34
will have to buy DLC to get silver, gold or a plat
10-08-2012 #35
cant wait. doom is a cult classic with a laundry list of controversies
10-10-2012 #36
yep quality trophies, not quantity, highest level with the least amount of trophies
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Hi. Would anyone like to boost the MP trophies?
My PSN ID is : Tofu_In_Space
or PM me so we can discuss how to boost. it seems the only complicated one would be 2 kills 1 gun.. i've tried this already online and the rocket launcher has pitiful splash damage.
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Total Awards: 11Does anyone want to co-op Doom and Doom 2 on the highest difficulty setings? Add me
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Just got this game and had been playing for a couple hours and realised no trophies were popping , just looked at them WTF its hardly rewarding to do the game on Nightmare for a fucking bronze , no chance I am bothering with platinum on this one but with that said its a class game and playing it in 3D is simply amazing , had heard about bad ghosting but not the case at all its fantastic quality 3D , my only gripe is the vibration when shooting is far too low and makes the guns feel less powerful
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Sheikh Hasina Wajed, the opposition leader, told a rally on the steps of the parliament building in Dhaka, the capital, that she would lead "a fierce campaign to bring down the government".
Bangladesh has already been crippled by 40 days of strikes and often bloody unrest. Diplomats contacted in Dhaka said the walk-out by opposition MPs could unleash even more riots and street clashes between supporters of the rival politicians. An eight-hour general strike has been called for today.
Ms Zia's rivals are demanding that she step down before her term ends in 1996 and turn the country over to an impartial caretaker president. It is still possible that the Prime Minister will accept these ultimatums. Bangladesh has been virtually ungovernable since last February, when the opposition began its boycott of parliament, complaining that the 1991 elections that brought Ms Zia's Bangladesh National Party to power were rigged.
"We've tried our best but without results," Ms Hasina told the rally. "The Prime Minister has shown utter disrespect for the people's plea for a clean vote." The personal animosity between the two women is tangled up with Bangladesh's post-independence
history. Ms Zia's husband was one of the military officers responsible for executing Ms Hasina's father, Bangladesh's first leader, before he, too, was killed in an army coup.
A corridor for compromise does exist, however. The Prime Minister has agreed to resign before the elections, but she has not specified when.
Nor was it agreed in heated talks between Ms Zia and the three main opposition parties - Ms Hasina's Awami League, the Islamic fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami party and the Jatiya Party, which backs the deposed former ruler, Hossain Ershad - who should sit in the caretaker cabinet. Ms Hasina is pushing for a cabinet with ministers picked from the main parties, but the Prime Minister is reported to favour a temporary government made up of non-politicians.
If Ms Zia chooses to fight it out, according to diplomats, she would have the constitution and her parliamentary majority on her side. One option is for her to hold by-elections in the empty parliamentary seats. Another is to ask President Abdur Rahman Biswas to dissolve parliament immediately and hold new elections.
Her rivals would prefer to wait a few months once her party has cleared out of government. That way, opposition MPs say, the ruling party would have fewer chances of cooking the election results.
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The Plains Of Iron
Gray land beneath gray sky.
They stretch beneath a sun the color of dried blood, always waiting at eternal late afternoon. The vast flatness is broken by occasional low, worn, hills, or bisected by a flowing river of red dust. Copses of trees appear sporadically, as gray as the grass, as gray as the hills, as gray as the sky. The only colors here are iron gray and rust brown.
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They're revising the SAT yet again. I'm sure you've heard about it. If not, here's a summary of the changes:
- 1600 scale: 800pt Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, 800pt Math, and optional, separately scored essay similar to the ACT
- No guessing penalty
- Essay measures a student's ability to analyze a source text
- Elimination of words like "munificence" and "prurient" in favor of more functional vocabulary
- Source documents originate from a wide range of academic disciplines, including science and social studies
- Each exam will include a passage drawn from the Founding Documents of America or the Great Global Conversation they inspire
- Breadth of mathematical concepts will be narrowed to a more linear and fundamental few, so that "Students can study these core math areas in depth and have confidence that they will be assessed" (The College Board). Categorized as 1) Problem Solving and Data Analysis, 2) Heart of Algebra, and 3) Passport to Advanced Math.
- Calculator permitted on select portions of test
- Available physically and digitally
This announcement upsets me and, as The Prospect's resident provocateur, I've written a ranty op-ed to tell you why. Before I begin, I want to provide you with a bit of a disclaimer: I have a very good SAT score. I do not come from a low-income family. I'm part White and part Asian, (which is not considered to be a minority in the admissions universe). My SAT-hating comes from the position of all that privilege, and I ought to call attention to that.
I would also like to say that this is not a holistic hate-fest. I like that they're making the essay about actual analysis rather than formulaic word-vomiting and "canned" stories and facts. I like that they're getting rid of the obscure and irrelevant vocabulary words that strategy often can't solve. I like that they're putting equal weight on mathematical and linguistic concentrations because, for international applicants, 1/2 of a test in their non-native language is a lot more manageable than 2/3. That's about the extent of my good graces.
So. This announcement was made in early March by David Coleman, the current president of The College Board and one of the primary architects of the Common Core. He feels that updating the SAT is necessary because it has "become disconnected from the work of our high schools" and must begin to promise students that "studying their course material in high school, not taking extracurricular test-prep courses that tend to focus on test-taking skills, is the way to do well on admission tests and succeed in a rigorous college curriculum." Basically, the SAT is molding itself to more accurately evaluate students' ability to absorb and apply the information that they're actually learning in school.
Here's the immediate problem I have with that information alone. The back of the current blue book literally says "The SAT does not test logic abilities or IQ. It tests your skills in reading, writing and mathematics – the same subjects you're learning in high school." …So what are we trying to achieve? The man who altered the SAT to fit suspiciously Common-Core-esque criteria is the guy who built, and must defend the Common Core. This, along with the fact that the ACT recently surpassed the SAT in terms of test-takers, raises a ton of questions about Coleman's (and the Board's) agenda.
The new SAT looks a lot more like the ACT, in terms of both content and style (insert relative goals here). Many students appreciate the differences between the two, as they allow them to lean towards the test that best represents their learning-style and skills. Why change the SAT only to diffuse these advantages and make it more similar to its currently existing counterpart? The situation screams "business ploy." The same concept applies to its ties to the Common Core. Strengthening the relationship between SAT scores and implementation of the Common Core will draw the same business, support, and money that the current Test Prep industry already receives to a program that desperately needs it. However, I only mention these affiliations to bring them to light and spark conversation. I am in no place to make any proper assertions regarding The College Board's motives in announcing these changes and would like to assume that their intentions are the best.
Shaping the SAT to better evaluate our ability to master information learned in school is the foundation of my issues with the change.
Components of an application that display a student's ability to absorb and apply information learned in school: THEIR TRANSCRIPT DOCUMENTING FOUR YEARS OF THIS ABILITY, AP test scores, IB test scores, SAT II test scores, GPA, class rank, letters of recommendation.
Components of an application that display a student's ability to spontaneously use a variety of information/skills learned in school to solve unique and challenging problems in a limited amount of time: SAT score, ACT score
Hopefully you see what I'm getting at. I'm a huge fan of holistic admissions. You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who isn't. And honestly, I feel like the US undergraduate system does an awesome job at it. In practically every other advanced country around the world, you take your exit exam, receive a score, and that score determines whether or not you're eligible for admission to a given university -no ifs, ands, or buts.
Here, we're given the opportunity to submit transcripts, leadership positions, volunteer work, extracurricular activities, awards, personal essays, supplements, work experience, AP/IB/SAT II scores, letters of recommendation, supplemental letters of recommendation, and literally anything else you can imagine under the "Additional Information" section. That's a lot of information about you. It would be difficult to make it more holistic. The changes being made to the SAT are making it better at measuring something we already measure, and worse at measuring what it attempts to currently evaluate. This strips it of its identity, importance, and relevance to college applications, and fails in three main ways:
Most SAT-haters complain about the fairness of measuring a students' entire "scholastic aptitude" with a number, four hours, and a Saturday morning. I've already discussed my feelings about that: it's one component of your application, can be taken up to three times and superscored, in addition to practice tests that can be taken an unlimited number of times. I think that's more than fair. The intrinsic value of the score itself, however, is often combated by a study that concludes that a student's GPA better predicts his or her college performance than his or her SAT score. That's fine.
I just don't understand why it's so frequently used as evidence for the removal of the SAT from college applications. Surely a student's GPA and SAT score is a better predictor of college success than GPA alone. Revamping the SAT to better achieve this purpose is not unnoble, but unnecessary, especially with the popularization of test-optional schools. The relationship between a student's GPA and SAT score is critical to admissions officers.
First, the SAT remains the only constant data point in a student's application. GPA, though reliable as a whole, fluctuates significantly based on the rigor and grading scale of different versions of the same class that can't be expressed on paper. For this reason, a challenging, reliable SAT that measures a distinct skillset is especially necessary for larger universities. Ask UCLA, who received almost 100,000 applications this fall, to spend the same amount of time evaluating each student as a tiny liberal arts college. That's not just unreasonable, that's impossible. As the SAT becomes easier to master and loses its unique evaluative criteria, it becomes less reliable in critical situations. This has led to a lot of chatter about the beginning of its demise. That is really bad. We don't like that.
Many claim that the new SAT will be easier, with its more predictable, "masterable" format and content. If indeed it becomes easier for the average student to score better, as the College Board appears to have intended, the playing field will not be made equitable. If a high score becomes the norm, top colleges will simply heighten their expectations. End of story. It's impossible to predict the change in score distribution, if any, but one thing's for sure; admissions are not becoming less competitive any time soon. This leads me to my next point…
THIS. IS. NOT. GOING. TO. CLOSE. THE. SOCIO-ECONOMIC. ACHIEVEMENT. GAP. Wealthy families are not going to stop being wealthy, nor are they going to stop spending their money on test prep for their kids.
If they're attempting to close the achievement gap by merely making it easier to score higher, scores will only be evaluated more harshly. If the entire country is suddenly getting amazing SAT scores, the SAT loses its value completely and we might as well get rid of it. Which, as I already expressed, would be bad.
Enough said.
The extent to which test prep is helpful is really debatable. (Read this article for some interesting opinions that I won't cover here.) This pretty legit looking study, conducted in 1999, states that standard commercial test prep increases a student's score by an average of 21-34 points, a number so small that it could be considered statistical error. Then again, this company guarantees a minimum 240 point increase, or your money back. There's obviously some huge ambiguity in this situation and I'm not afraid to say that I have no idea what to think.
My parents signed me up for this two day SAT prep course, as well as had me meet a few times with a woman who helped me diagnose my "problem areas" and hone my skills. And from my personal experience, it was all bull. The course was a total gimmick that provided really unhelpful ways to "game the test" that could only be applied for like…one question every time. The "consulting" was equally pointless because I am quite capable of independently analyzing the set of data that describes my last test, diagnosing my own problem areas, and honing my own skills. My score did not increase by any significant margin as a result of ever-demonized "test prep" (which, admittedly, is not representative of the most rigorous programs out there). What did end up working was sitting down with a beat-up blue book, some free online resources, and just putting in the work.
The College Board's collaboration with Khan Academy to provide free SAT prep is a totally sweet and helpful idea. But suggesting that it'll do anything to close the socio-economic achievement gap is completely ridiculous. Free SAT prep is nothing new. Khan Academy itself already has free SAT math videos, though less formal and comprehensive as the new program will be. Any student can buy a prep book for $3 at a used book store. If they don't have $3 to spare, there are free webinars, video tutorials, written tutorials, planning services, blog posts covering all the "tips" given in fancy prep programs, free sites upon free sites upon free sites covering all of this stuff in amazing and effective detail. If a student lacks internet access, there are prep books at the library. They could borrow one from an upperclassman. I'm sure that upperclassmen and teachers would be more than happy to tutor or answer questions. All available. For free.
Which leads me to think that the relationship between race, socio-economic status, and SAT score, is not something that can be remedied by changing the SAT. It is quantitative evidence of racial discrimination, gender bias, income inequality, educational ineffectiveness, poor communication between prestigious universities and high-achieving, low-income students, and other injustices far too deep and complex to have anything to do with institutional error. Blaming The College Board for this is bad. The College Board pretending that they can fix this is bad.
I'll try to keep this short and sweet.
The current SAT is hard because it requires students to utilize a dynamic set of academic skills to rapidly solve unexpected and sometimes abstract problems. The new SAT will eliminate the "mystery" that has caused so much anxiety and replace it with questions that are closely related to Common Core standards and more familiar to students. I have already talked about why I dislike this method of evaluation. I also fear that the new test is less intellectually demanding than the old one.
A few examples:
- The guessing penalty, despite the fact that it makes us sad, was implemented to ensure that students earned the score they got because they knew the answer, not because they guessed. I like that. We are getting rid of that.
- I'm afraid that intensely familiarizing students with test style and material beforehand will shift the evaluated skills from nonroutine comprehension to recall, which is a much more basic measure of cognitive ability and a lower standard than I would prefer US students to aspire to.
Not-so-unknown-or-fun-fact: We perform worse academically than basically every other advanced nation in the world. People like to cite Finland's system as an educational model because apparently there's very little homework, teachers are really well-qualified and get paid a lot, and there's very little standardized testing. Except during their senior year of high school. In which they take a fifty hour examination called the Matura, in which one of the recent six hour essay prompts was "Why is it difficult to achieve peace in the Middle East?" But no one talks about that aspect of the distant utopia. Other developed nations have their own versions of this test; America's has the lowest standards and it shows.
Whether the changes to the SAT make it easier can only be determined in time, but, based on the information provided, it's certainly not getting any harder. This is concerning on the scales of individuals wanting to push themselves, the success of American education as a closed system, and competitiveness on a global scale.
I get it. I really do. The race to college is mysterious and stressful and unfair and all-consuming and exhausting. I'm experiencing all of it. And there's an elephant in the room: when is it going to stop? Harvard's acceptance rate has plummeted from 16.1% in 1989 to 6.2% in 2013. It cannot possibly continue to drop at the same rate unless it wants to end up with a negative amount of students. Even at a slower rate of decrease, the population of students who want to go to Harvard is increasing, while the number of spots available is unlikely to change.
How much more competitive can we become? Are we really going to continue until acceptance rates drop to 3%? To .03%? Something has to give, and the new SAT is an attempt at a baby step into the ambiguous future of admissions. As a student and as an intellectual, I remain in opposition. As a human, I am grateful for the efforts to let us breathe easy.


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The Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference, one of three (the others Indiana-Michigan Amish Mennonite, and Western Amish Mennonite) conferences (Mennonite Church) organized among the more progressive Amish Mennonite congregations after the Amish Mennonite General Conferences (Diener-Versammlungen) of 1862-1878 had been discontinued. The Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference, covering the territory east of Indiana, actually Ohio and Pennsylvania, was organized in 1893 and held its last session in May 1927. The formal merger with the Ohio Mennonite Conference to form the Ohio Mennonite and Eastern Amish Mennonite Joint Conference took place on 9 December 1927.
In 1927 it had 19 organized congregations (several had more than one meetinghouse) with a baptized membership of 5,187.
Ten of these were in Ohio:
- (Fulton County at three places;
- Oak Grove at West Liberty;
- South Union at West Liberty;
- Walnut Creek in Holmes County;
- Martin's Creek in Holmes County;
- Oak Grove in Wayne County;
- Orrville in Wayne County;
- Beech in Stark County;
- Plain View in Portage County;
- East Orwell in Ashtabula County.
Nine were in Pennsylvania:
- (Conestoga in Lancaster County;
- Millwood-Maple Grove in Lancaster County;
- Allensville in Mifflin County;
- Belleville in Mifflin County;
- Mattawana;
- Maple Grove in the west at New Wilmington;
- Westover, Maryland;
- Oyster Point, Virginia;
- Long Green, Maryland.
The conference customarily met annually the last week in May. It contained an unusual number of large and strong congregations with many able leaders both in the conference and in general church work. Among these were:
- John S. Mast (1861-1951) of Morgantown, Pennsylvania;
- S. E. Allgyer (1859-1953) of Aurora, Ohio;
- A. I. Yoder (1866-1932) of West Liberty, Ohio;
- E. B. Stoltzfus (1860-1942) of Aurora, Ohio;
- E. L. Frey (1856-1942) of Wauseon, Ohio;
- Jacob S. Gerig (1866-1964) of Smithville, Ohio;
- C. Z. Yoder (1845-1939) of Smithville, Ohio;
- O. N. Johns (1889-1975) of Louisville, Ohio;
- Isaiah W. Royer (1873-1968) of Orrville, Ohio;
- Aaron Mast (1880- ) of Belleville, Pennsylvania.
Report of the Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference. Constitution and Appendix 1893-1911 (Sugarcreek, Ohio, 1911).
Report of the Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference. Constitution and Appendix 1912-1919 (Sugarcreek, 1920).
Report of the Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference. Constitution and Appendix 1920-1924 (Scottdale, 1924).
Report of the Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference. Constitution and Appendix 1926 (West Liberty, 1926).
Author(s) | Harold S Bender |
Date Published | 1955 |
Cite This Article
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Bender, Harold S. "Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1955. Web. 26 Mar 2017. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Eastern_Amish_Mennonite_Conference&oldid=104374.
APA style
Bender, Harold S. (1955). Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 26 March 2017, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Eastern_Amish_Mennonite_Conference&oldid=104374.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Kitchener, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, pp. 130-131. All rights reserved.
©1996-2017 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


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Quality pair of Qing dynasty bowls. The bowls measure 5 diameter at the top - is 2 ¼ high and the base is 2 diameter. In the base, there is the reign mark of Emperor Qianlong, 1736-1795. The mark is definitely apocryphal as there are so many superb copies of these early imperial porcelains on the market today. We will be conservative and date it to the late 19th Century to very early 20th century - a beautiful bowl. It is in excellent condition with minor minor flake on one rim just the normal wear on the rim of the foot and a couple of very tiny brown spots in the center of the inside of the bowl that occurred in the firing. Excellent matched pair.
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Sumo Overkill (3.5e Prestige Class)
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{{#set:Summary=Sumo wrestlers are big, tough guys who take a lot to take down. This guy's unstoppable. |Length=8 |Minimum Level=7 |Base Attack Bonus Progression=Poor |Fortitude Save Progression=Good |Reflex Save Progression=Poor |Will Save Progression=Good |Class Ability=Other |Class Ability Progression=Separate }} {{#set:Allowed Alignments=Lawful Good}} {{#set:Allowed Alignments=Lawful Neutral}} {{#set:Allowed Alignments=Lawful Evil}} {{#set:Allowed Alignments=Neutral Good}} {{#set:Allowed Alignments=Neutral}} {{#set:Allowed Alignments=Neutral Evil}} {{#set:Allowed Alignments=Chaotic Good}} {{#set:Allowed Alignments=Chaotic Neutral}} {{#set:Allowed Alignments=Chaotic Evil}}
Sumo OverkillEdit
" | Wrauhhh! When I get up to you, I will crush you eventually! | " |
—Dulustar Graff, Gray Elf Sumo Overkill, Dulustar Graff's Guide to Appropriate Battlecries |
The Sumo Overkill is an unstoppable behemoth of flesh.
Becoming a Sumo OverkillEdit
Characters pursue the idea of being a Sumo Overkill because they don't like the idea of being stopped by anything.
Base Attack Bonus: | +3. |
Hit Dice: | 7. |
Feats: | Sumo. |
Base Saving Throws: | Will +4 and Fortitude +8. |
Special: | Must eat seven bowls of rice in one sitting. |
Level | Base Attack Bonus | Saving Throws | Special | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fort | Ref | Will | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st | +0 | +2 | +0 | +2 | +2 Constitution, Poison Immunity, Ability Damage Immunity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd | +1 | +3 | +0 | +3 | +2 Constitution, Disease Immunity, Ability Drain Immunity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd | +1 | +3 | +1 | +3 | +2 Constitution, Death Immunity, Breath Immunity, Negative Level Immunity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4th | +2 | +4 | +1 | +4 | +2 Constitution, Mind of Flesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5th | +2 | +4 | +1 | +4 | +2 Constitution, Spell Resistance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6th | +3 | +5 | +2 | +5 | +2 Constitution, Trap Immunity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7th | +3 | +5 | +2 | +5 | +2 Constitution, Damage Reduction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8th | +4 | +6 | +2 | +6 | +2 Constitution, True Death Immunity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class Skills (Skill Points::2 + Int modifier per level. |
Class FeaturesEdit
All of the following are class features of the Sumo Overkill.
Constitution Bonus (Ex): Every level of Sumo Overkill increases her Constitution score by 2.
Poison Immunity (Ex): At level 1, the Sumo Overkill's immense stomach makes her immune to all kinds of poison.
Ability Damage Immunity (Ex): At level 1, the Sumo Overkill's sheer mass makes her immune to all kinds of ability damage.
Disease Immunity (Ex): At level 2, the Sumo Overkill's mighty marrow makes her immune to all forms of disease.
Ability Drain Immunity (Ex): At level 2, the Sumo Overkill's sheer vitality makes her immune to all kinds of ability drain.
Death Immunity (Ex): At level 3, the Sumo Overkill's sheer force of person makes her immune to death effects.
Negative Level Immunity (Ex): At level 3, the Sumo Overkill's sheer force of being makes her incapable of suffering negative levels.
Breath Immunity (Ex): At level 3, the Sumo Overkill's sheer size of lung makes her no longer need to breathe.
Mind of Flesh (Ex): At level 4, the Sumo Overkill's sheer mass of skull makes her immune to mind-affecting effects, and cannot be stunned, dazed, confused, frightened, shaken, cowering, panicked, or paralyzed.
Spell Resistance (Ex): At level 5, the Sumo Overkill's girth confuses the weave of magic. She gains spell resistance equal to her hit dice plus her Constitution modifier. If she already has Spell Resistance, she may add half of her Constitution modifier to that value instead.
Trap Immunity (Su): At level 6, the Sumo Overkill chooses to escape mere traps, pits, and prison planes. Thus, she cannot be entangled, and her flow of time cannot be stopped (such as by temporal stasis or imprisonment). In addition, with a 1-hour purely mental action, the Sumo Overkill may bring herself and up to her heavy load to any point she has been on any plane. Effects that prevent teleportation or planeshifting into an area can stop this effect, but effects that prevent leaving are ignored.
Damage Reduction (Ex): At level 7, the Sumo Overkill's flesh finally becomes amazingly tough. She gains Damage Reduction X/-, where X is her Constitution modifier. This Damage Reduction stacks with other sources of Damage Reduction.
True Death Immunity (Ex): At level 8, the Sumo Overkill becomes so dense, the gravitational pull of her soul pulls her back to life. While she is dead, every day there is a 1% chance she will come back to life with a fresh new body in a completely random place on a random plane. This causes no level loss.
Campaign InformationEdit
Playing a Sumo OverkillEdit
Combat: Like a tank, without the cannons.
Advancement: Something that can do things other than survive.
Resources: Sumo Overkills tend to gather in particularly intense Sumo Wrestling matches.
Sumo Overkills in the WorldEdit
" | Me go "bump". Dey go "Wheee!" | " |
Sumo Overkills fit wherever they feel like, and don't you forget it.
NPC Reactions: NPCs may be a bit annoyed at the humongous demand for rice.
Sumo Overkill LoreEdit
Characters with ranks in Knowledge (Geography) can research Sumo Overkills to learn more about them. When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.
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16 | Sumo Overkills acquire a remarkable number of immunities. |
21 | Sumo Overkills can escape even being chained to a wall in a dungeon in a demiplane within Carceri. |
26 | Truly powerful Sumo Overkills cannot be killed. |
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- 05-26-2008, 11:20 AM #1Member
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Java n viruses
Hi I also kinda new to Java I'm using it to implement my university project.
There was an instance where my comrades started bragging about their programming skills and of course I couldn't be left out with my little Java but now had to make it a mountain (by the way I'm ex-Visual Basic). The issues went down the virus lines n some talked of what their viruses would do, since I hadn't thot along those lines in java I had to sum it with a win, I thus pointed out that their viruses are limited to Windows as their codes are platform independent but the ones we write in java can basically attack any OS. Now this was agreed because of platform independence of java which they hear of but know nothing about.
Ok as one who knew about platform dependence I thot : java progs need JRE so can I really write a virus in java to attack any OS.
Pls Somebody to answer this and shed more insight.
Java was carefully designed.
Creating a virus = Business(Anti Virus)...
Are you planning to create your own Anti-Virus?Last edited by sukatoa; 05-26-2008 at 03:42 PM.
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Not really into viruses
I'm not really willing to go down that load but if I knew smt bout it it wouldn't hurt.
Does that mean Java prg can't act as viruses coz of the whole JRE issue


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Ryuuji is about to start his 3rd year of high school and he's really excited, there's just one problem, his eyes make him look like he's always giving people dirty looks (no not sexually). This makes everyone think that he is a delinquent, even though he's not. Enter Taiga, a short girl with and even shorter temper, Ryuuji apparently picks a fight with her and gets his ass handed to him. At the end of the day he find Taiga sneaking around their homeroom, then she flips out when he gets his bag, trying to steal it form him. When he gets home he finds out why, Taiga had put a love letter in his bag that was meant for his best friend Yuusaku. Then she sneaks in the middle of the night and attacks him, but she fails, and Ryuuji accidentally revels that he has a crush on Taigas best friend Minori. So they both decide to team up to help each others love life. What I really like about this story is that it's not a love triangle and it's not a harem, it's somewhere in the middle like a love square, or a love pentagon with the addition of Ami. For about the first 20ish episode everything is fun and light hearted, with both Taiga and Ryuuji not getting anywhere with their respected love interests, but around the end of episode 19 the shit hits the fan and everything is suddenly dramatic. You know what that's fine, in fact that's great that's what I was expecting and wanted out of this show, it's just that the transformation from light hearted comedy to serious drama was a little fast and I would have preferred that it was a little more gradual, but it's a small complaint and this show has a solid romance story behind it.
Again like in my DRRR review not to much to say, the animation is nice and does its job. There was a slight dip in quality during action heavy scenes, but it wasn't Gonzo bad so I'll let it slide. Over all it looks quite nice...moving on.
The music fits well, but it mostly forgettable, MOSTLY, because this soundtrack has one of my favorite anime songs EVER i.e. Lost My Pieces, which you should all go listen to right now, and that's about it for the OST. The voice acting, well I couldn't really say since I was too busy reading subtitles to notice, so I guess that means it gets a free pass on this one.
The characters are quite nice in this show with the two leads being very good. Taiga is a your typically Tsundere, and Ryuuji is your typically misunderstood nice guy, but it's more about their interactions with each other that really makes this shows characters special in my heart, and no I don't feel weird saying that Taiga is FREAKING ADORABLE...ahem. The secondary characters include both Taiga and Ryuujis best friends, who are both likeable enough, and Yuusaku's childhood friend, who is a huge bitch when she was introduced, but she did slowly start to work her way into my heart, and by the end of the show was also quite likeable. While Minori and Ami both do get some pretty damn good character development, especially Ami oddly enough, I didn't really feel Yuusaku got quite enough time to develop, yeah there was a whole arc about him wanting to be rebellious, but that was really all the development and for the rest of the series he's on comic relief, good comic relief mind you, but he could have been done a little better I think. Again though, small complaint that didn't really take too much away from the show as a whole.
In conclusion, Toradora is a solid romantic comedy, with a lot of drama near the end. This is probably one of the best romantic dramedys I have seen. Now the question must be asked is it as good as Clannad After Story, the anime by which all other romantic dramas must be judged, no it's not, but it's not to far behind. So if you like romance you will not be disappointed, if you like slice of life stories or Tsundere characters you will like this, if you're into drama you might have to wait a little but it's still worth your time. Overall it's good, go watch it now.
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"Shelter Island" by Carla Neggers
What better place to hide from a deranged stalker than a ramshackle cottage on a desolate coastal island? But two men have followed Dr. Antonia Winters to her refuge. One simply wants her. The other wants her dead.
"Capsized" by Sharon Sala
Her cover blown, DEA agent Kelly Sloan miraculously escapes a Mexican drug kingpin's yacht and certain execution. After washing up on a Galveston beach, she awakens to a handsome rescuer and a two-million-dollar bounty on her head. Now Kelly and her Texas Ranger must race to bring down Dominic Ortega…or die trying.
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The BBC have once again issued a warning to all fans to beware of internet imposters claiming to be David Tennant or Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith.
It seems that an increase of reported cases of alleged "Tennants" and "Smiths" has lead to the BBC issuing a clear statement that neither actor spends any time on chat sites, Facebook or other networking sites or web forums or discussion groups.
Let's face it, it's pretty unlikely either would have the time, isn't it?
A BBC spokesman said:
"Do not be fooled by these impersonators – it will never be David Tennant or Matt Smith online."
"They wouldn't want fans to think that anyone who uses these are talking to the real actors," he added."For their own safety, we would strongly advise all Doctor Who fans to ignore any such postings.
The motive behind anyone claiming to be a television hero is of course rather suspicious – and when that television hero is an icon to millions of children… well there can't be many genuine reasons for making such ridiculous claims.
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You are hereStiperstones
As with many tales regarding in Britain about the Devil, this one also has him carrying an apron full of stones, in this case from Ireland. He sat to rest upon what is now called The Devil's Chair and is the highest rock on this ridge. As usual, the apron strings break and he drops his load of stones. This story is the usual tale told to explain the positioning of certain groupings of stones.
If it is not the Devil carrying stones in an apron it is usually giants. A cairn of stones upon the ridge is supposed to have been formed when a giantess who was stealing some stones from the Devil, dropped them from her apron. This time her apron string was cut by the Devil to prevent the theft.
Another legend surrounding this area refers to a prophecy that should the Stiperstones sink back beneath the earth, then England will fall into ruin. In this case the Devils Chair is the stone on which the Devil sits whilst trying to push the stones back under the ground.


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Session framework improvements
The following tickets call for improvements in session logic: comment:ticket:5549:5, #2548, #3304, #1180, #6791, #6941.
Some of the tickets are interrelated, some of them pose security risks.
Additionally, sessions are not thread-safe (see http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_frm/thread/a7d42475b66530bd) and are missing a single method to destroy the session (ad-hoc workaround: iterate through all session keys and delete them one by one).
Also, the relationship between request.user
and sessions should be clearly defined to avoid overwriting the user key in session.
See also the discussion at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/fbcfa88c997d1bb3 .
Other projects to draw inspiration from: Beaker.
A coherent solution should be provided to all these issues by refactoring django.contrib.session
should be a secure session framework that
- will not be re-used under any circumstances (#6941), is protected against key collisions (#1180) and session hijacking (#6941),
- supports concurrency by using locking throughout (as Beaker does, think mod_wsgi with threads and AJAX), see also Threading improvements,
- supports destroying sessions (no dangling data nor session ID should remain),
- supports controlling session lifetime (comment:ticket:2548:9 describes the use case),
- has a well-defined relationship to request.user.
Session and user relationship
I haven't checked the code, but as far as I know, the user is stored in session. This is of course entirely reasonable, but the relationship should be documented to avoid overwriting the user key in session. The general session should remain to be tied to browser (re: jacobkm: Also, there's the question of whether the session is tied to the browser or to the user -- we're a bit muddled there currently), there should perhaps be a user-specific data bucket to store additional user-specific attributes if required that will represent a 'user session' -- something in the lines of extra_attributes
dict in the user class. That would allow destroying the data bucket when user logs out, but retain the browser session -- this is the main problem of #6941, where coupling is needed but missing.


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If the DRM guys get their way the system will be connected to the 'net in some form so they can control what you do with the media.
Copy registers to your player so you can't pass it on Time limited versions Play limited versions Record of viewing habits to target advertising System inserts ad breaks into programming - only joking Actually what'll happen is some mechanism to insert the experience of seeing the program into the brain without needing to make the programme at all. This is personal, each viewer would need to pay, copy protected as there is nothing to copy, fast - no need to sit in front of a 3 hour film. In reply to Re: The next successful successor to DVD as a medium for video will be:
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NOSA Sprint Cars Add Extra Boom to Thurdsay Night Thunder
NOSA Sprint Cars Return to NCR
By Mike Spieker
ADA, MN- The much anticipated return of the Northern Outlaw Sprint Association to Norman County Raceway is this Thursday, June 27. It will mark the first time since 2005 that NCR has hosted a 410 Sprint Car race. Average speeds of these 900 horsepower machines are estimated to be 100+ mph on the fast, high banked 3/8th mile track. The series seems to always have a great car count, with usually about 20 cars no matter where they race at, and the same is to be expected at NCR. All the heavy hitters will be in attendance, including 5-time World of Outlaw STP Sprint Car Series champion, Donny Schatz. Schatz will be running his yellow Schatz Motorsports #15 Sprint Car, which captured a runner-up finish to Thomas Kennedy at Nodak Speedway in Minot, ND earlier in the season.
Who to Watch For:
Donny Schatz- The North Dakota born racer is almost always considered a favorite when he climbs into the cockpit of a sprint car.
Schatz is currently seated second in the World of Outlaws points standings, won back to back races at Jackson Speedway (MN) & Knoxville Raceway (IA) on June 14th and 15th before bringing home respectable fourth and seventh place finishes at River Cities Speedway ( Grand Forks, ND) & I-94 Speedway (Fergus Falls, MN).
Austin Pierce- Pierce is on top of the NOSA point standings by a narrow 8 point margin. His best finish of the year is a second and looks to improve that stat by one position as the series heads into Ada.
Lou Kennedy Jr.- The multi-time NOSA champion always seem to run strong; even more so on 3/8th mile tracks. Kennedy won three of the four sprint car specials at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, ND- which is a 3/8th mile track just like NCR.
Chris Shirek- Last year's NOSA series champion can step in victory lane on any given night.
He's not afraid to stand on the gas and make moves most guys wouldn't. That mentality may pay off for him on Thursday night.
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Genealogy in Eboli
If you know (or you think) that your ancestors were from Eboli, you could find info about your Italian family at Registrar of Vital Statistics in the City Office or at the parishes.
Registry offices in Campania and in Salerno province were established in early 1800: it means that you could find information in Eboli registrar as of that date. |
Before to start your genealogy research in Eboli, we suggest you to read our tips for your search . They are useful to search in Campania and in Eboli too.
In the next picture you can see the demographic trends in Eboli from the Italian Unification (1861).
It could be important to know if the last name you are investigating is a frequent surname in Eboli. As more your surname is common in Eboli, as more it could be difficult to find the right info about your ancestors in Eboli archives if you have not exact dates.
It could be useful for you to know that some of the most common surnames in Salerno province are:
Alfano, Amato, Annunziata, Apicella, Bruno, Califano, Caputo, Cirillo, Coppola, Cuomo, D'Amato, D'Ambrosio, D'Angelo, De Luca, De Martino, De Rosa, Esposito, Ferraioli, Ferrara, Gallo, Giordano, Greco, Grimaldi, Iannone, Lamberti, Landi, Manzo, Marino, Napoli, Pagano, Palumbo, Pellegrino, Pepe, Rinaldi, Rizzo, Romano, Ruggiero, Russo, Santoro, Senatore, Sessa, Sica, Sorrentino, Tortora, Trotta, Vitale, Vitolo, Volpe.
Church archives in Salerno province may instead contain even older information, but they are far less accessible from abroad (and almost impossible by email).
Then,parishes send information not easily.
If you have the opportunity to visit Eboli and Salerno province, you could plan to investigate churches' archives by yourself, but from abroad is very difficult to obtain any result unless you find a reliable local help.
Another important source of information is the "Archivio di Stato" (National archive) in Napoli(Naples).
In any case, never give up! Probably the distance from your country and Italy, some difficulties in understanding and in translation, could complicate your search but this should not discourage you.
It's important to plan your activities to carry on with simple goals (eg. search for a single date of birth, the name of an ancestor, the date of a marriage, etc.)
If you are interested to start or to continue your genealogy research in Eboli, or if you have questions regarding your family in Eboli, just leave a message below, we will answer you by email
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My mothers family name is Gibbone. Her grandparents emigrated to the US in the 1880's. Her fathers Uncle was Augustine Gibbone who was an Archbishop in Eboli. There is supposed to be a Monastery with the name Gibbone. Is there such a building or info on Augustus Gibbone.


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Dear Carolyn:
I'm about to break up with my fiance of five years. I'm nervous, but I have friends supporting me and I'm pretty sure I can handle it.
Everyone knows my fiance, and people frequently profess how great they think he is. How am I going to explain to everyone I know that I'm scrapping the relationship and life plan I've been working toward for five years, without going into the gory details? I have the uncomfortable feeling that if I did share the gory details, I'd get a lot of minimizing and apologism that I really don't want to have to deal with.
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
"Yes, he is great — we just weren't as great for each other as we may have seemed." That validates your fiance and others' opinions of him, and also drives home the point that no one on the outside can ever know what goes on between two people.
And then slam the door shut on any further discussion. It's no one's business but yours — and exceedingly painful business, no doubt. Hang in there.
I'm sure at least some of my family genuinely like him; he and my father have a lot in common and get on very well, enough that I'm mildly worried they'll remain friends/in contact. He lives on a different continent, which means it won't be MUCH contact regardless, but also means I have to explain to everyone I've ever met why I'm no longer intending to move out of the country.
Breaking Up, again
No, actually, you don't: "Nope, not moving — radical change of plan! How about those Nats?" If anyone presses further, the next step is your best "I'm humoring your clueless self" smile, and "It's a long story . . . " and for the terminally clueless, " . . . one I'd rather not tell."
You really, really, really don't have to explain yourself to third parties. Really.
Hi, Carolyn:
Getting married in three weeks. My future mother-in-law had a dress made for me in another country. So, so sweet.
However — it doesn't fit, and I look like a sausage in it. I took it to a dressmaker. She said she'd have to take it apart and remake it in order for it to fit and can't guarantee it will look good. I don't want to go through all of that trouble with a million other things to do.
I also don't want to hurt my mother-in-law's feelings. This is a great time to exercise some honesty, but I'm having a hard time gathering my [spine] to do so. Can you give me a quick phrase that I could approach her with, to let her know I've decided to use my backup dress, without ragging on the handmade dress?
Back Off, Please?
Just say it doesn't fit, and the dressmaker you consulted wasn't optimistic. Say you've dreaded telling her because you think the dress and gesture were both beautiful.
The dukes-up tone of your signature, by the way, doesn't come through in your letter — so please also make sure it doesn't sneak in anywhere else.
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Canadian actor Ben Hollingsworth is a married man after exchanging vows with his fiancee on Saturday.
The Suits star wed lingerie designer and exercise teacher Nila Myers in Malibu, California, in front of family and friends, including Vampire Diaries actors Nina Dobrev and Zach Roerig.
He shared his excitement with fans in a series of Twitter.com posts over the weekend.
Today is the day. I woke a boy and will go to sleep a man. I am so lucky to have found the woman I love and I want to grow old with.
— Ben Hollingsworth (@hollingsworthb) November 10, 2012
Tomorrow is the big day!!! Rehearsal today with my family and friends. I am marrying the girl of my dreams and I couldn't be happier!
— Ben Hollingsworth (@hollingsworthb) November 9, 2012
The couple got engaged just two months ago on the actor's 28th birthday in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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As a result, many think that Connolly's best target is still Murphy, another subject of much discussion.
Most recently, rumors flew that Murphy had come this close to taking a job offer from the Patrick administration. The story — "wishful thinking" by other at-large candidates, says one Murphy aide — revived the perception that Murphy, a strong and early supporter of Governor Deval Patrick's candidacy, is now a short-timer on the council, just waiting for the right opening at the State House.
That rumor may not be true, but it does offer a reminder: Murphy has Patrick in his corner. That could make him much tougher to beat this year, and is already helping Murphy in his stronger-than-usual fundraising.
Connolly himself may be uncertain about whom he should be targeting. He insists that he is running for votes, and not against any incumbent — but he has not yet released any platform of issues, which suggests to some that he is still deciding where his opening lies.
Michael's big decision After topping the ticket again in 2005, the fourth at-large incumbent, Michael Flaherty, is considered safe for re-election. Nevertheless, he's the candidate being talked about the most.
Flaherty clearly wants to run for mayor in 2009 — even his staff talks about it openly — and many assume he's definitely in that race, even though his fellow councilors stripped him of the council presidency this year.
But some wonder whether Flaherty has gotten cold feet about directly challenging Tom Menino for his office.
"Does he have the balls to go the route of Peggy Davis-Mullen and Maura Hennigan?" asks one long-time City Hall observer, referring to the last two challengers clobbered by Menino.
Or perhaps more important, do enough funders and organizers have the balls to support him?
Everything Flaherty does these days is viewed, within City Hall, in the context of that anticipated 2009 mayoral campaign, including a number of apparent attempts to improve his inner-city cred.
Flaherty surprised many this past week, for instance, when he voted with Team Unity and Mike Ross in a defeated proposal to allow non-citizens residing in Boston to vote in city elections.
Many also point to Flaherty as the hand behind Carlos Henriquez's challenge to Turner. Henriquez, a 30-year-old community activist, came to work for Flaherty as a constituent-services aide two years ago. Should Henriquez win elected office in Roxbury, it would provide an influential ally in that neighborhood, which would be a huge benefit to Flaherty in a mayoral run.
But Flaherty openly supported Ego Ezedi, who ran against Charles Yancey in 2003, while other elected officials in Dorchester and Mattapan — and particularly Turner — rallied around Yancey and labeled Ezedi a tool of white politicians such as Flaherty. Yancey won.
The same fate now seems likely to befall Henriquez; in fact, Henriquez admits he is distancing himself from Flaherty to improve his chances.
That said, Flaherty's inability to expand his influence into minority neighborhoods may be pushing him toward a decision that the mayor's office is not in his future. Several council staffers say that Flaherty was planning a run for state senator (despite the significant pay cut) when it appeared, early in August, that Jack Hart was going to leave his seat to head the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council. Flaherty's interest in a Senate seat, to some minds, indicates a change of career path from future mayor to future congressman.
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Even though the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banner imports from Ranbaxy's Mohali plant, the DCGI has said that it found no major discrepancies at the plant
Singapore: India's Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has said that under the country's Drugs and Cosmetics Act, it has found 'no major violations' at Ranbaxy's Mohali plant that has recently come under the US regulatory scanner.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had earlier this week banner imports from the company's Mohali plant citing over 11 cGMP violations. The DCGI has however said that it found no major discrepancies at the plant.
"We had carried out inspections of products and services in the concerned manufacturing units of Ranbaxy, and have found no major discrepancies. Hence there are no violations by the company under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Ranbaxy operations will continue in India as usual," Mr G N Singh, India's Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) told the media at a conference on Accountable health held in New Delhi.
The FDA had claimed that Ranbaxy had failed to properly investigate its observations on various violations at the Mohali plant even though the regulatory body said that it found a black fibre in one of Ranbaxy tablets, suspecting it to be an employee's arm hair.
Ranbaxy's Dewas unit in Madhya Pradesh and Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh are the other two units that have come under the US drug regulator's scanner in the recent past. In May the company also pleaded guilty with the US Department of Justice and made a $500 million settlement accepting to have sold adulterated drugs in the US market.
Peter Wetton 22 September 2013 at 10:11 PM
I had to refuse to accept poor quality Ranbaxy capsules from my Loblaw pharmacy in Canada. I work as a consultant in the pharma industry and was shocked at the poor quality of Ranbaxy product. I have to agree with FDA in this instance
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The 6-foot-2 attackman led the nation in scoring in each of the last three seasons with 57 in 2005, 67 in 2007 and scoring 65 this past spring. The 67 goals scored in 2007 was the fifth-best all-time for goals in a season in NCAA history; his 57 in '05 set an NCAA record for goals by a freshman. (via Bryant Athletics)
Because of the now infamous Duke rape scandal that rocked the lacrosse world, Zack Greer was not allowed to play during the 2006 season in Durham. After the dust had settled, Greer was given one extra year of eligibility by the NCAA. With that 5th year, Greer could have easily returned to Duke and continued his dominance at a big-time program with lots of national clout. Despite many people welcoming him back to his old program, Greer felt the need to pack up and bring his game to a school in Rhode Island. Why?
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Bryant University will begin its first year competing in Division I in 2008-09. The Bulldogs posted a school-record 14 wins during Pressler's second season with the Bulldogs this past spring, guiding Bryant to its first-ever NCAA (Division II) tournament appearance. (via Bryant Athletics)
Greer was immediatly embraced by his new teammates and quickly named a team captain upon his arrival in Smithfield. His decision to stick by his coach was an inspiration for both his new teammates and everyone in Lax Nation.
On a personal note, I had the honor of meeting Pressler when I attended the "3-Day February Vacation" Bryant Bulldogs Lacrosse Camp. Pressler was an amazing teacher and the facilities were unbelievable. The field was fantastic and the campus was just as good, too. In the end, it was not surprising that Greer would want to play for Bryant and continue learning from Coach Pressler.
You can catch Zack Greer adding to his historic goal tally this February 16th when the Bulldogs face-off against Virginia at 4:00 PM.
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Title | Introduction |
Publication Type | Book Chapter |
Year of Publication | 2008 |
Authors | Juvan, Marko |
Series Editor | Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven |
Translator | Pogačar, Timothy |
Book Title | History and Poetics of Intertextuality |
Series Title | Comparative Cultural Studies |
Chapter | One |
Publisher | Purdue University Press |
City | West Lafayette, Indiana |
Keywords | intertextuality |
Abstract | Introduction (Chapter One) from: NEW FROM "COMPARATIVE CULTURAL STUDIES" (Steven Tötösy de Zeptenek, series editor), Purdue University Press Marko Juvan: History and Poetics of Intertextuality. In his book History and Poetics of Intertextuality Marko Juvan argues that intertextuality is constitutive of all textuality and that it may be foregrounded in literary works, genres, or styles such as parody. Juvan surveys the field in order to ground the poetics of intertextuality in the history of its idea and presents its development as general intertextuality (from Kristeva to New Historicism) and citationality (from Genette's late structuralism to the present text theory). He also discusses the concept's precursors since Antiquity (imitatio, influence, etc.). In modern times the concept emerged in the 1960s from a radical theory of writing. Based in Derrida's deconstruction, the notion and practice of intertextuality implied a relational and transformative character of identity, meaning, subject, text, and socio-historical reality. In consequence, the notion gained currency in postmodernist aesthetics while in literary studies it has been transformed from its transgressive content into a detailed descriptive methodology. However, by bringing citationality into focus, practices of intertextuality suggest that literature is an autopoetic system, living on cultural memory, and interacting with other social discourses. The poetics of intertextuality Juvan proposes in his book is based mainly on semiotics and it elucidates factors determining the socio-historically elusive border between general intertextuality and citationality (encyclopaedic literary competence, paratext, etc.). In his analysis Juvan explores modes of intertextual representation. He stresses that in intertextuality pre-texts evoked or re-written in post-texts figure as interpretants of the latter and vice versa. Juvan's analysis suggests that intertextual derivations and references have become common in literary culture as citational figures and genres. Marko Juvan has published a truly intertextual book on intertextuality: his book History and Poetics of Intertextuality defines and analyzes Kristeva's and Bakhtin's concept in an etymological, literary, and intercultural context, thus laying bare its linguistic, philosophical, and social roots. His carefully argued analysis not only deals with the history of intertextuality, but at the same time reveals the relevance of this key concept of semiotics to poetics and culture theory in the best possible exemplification of comparative cultural studies. — Peter V. Zima, University of Klagenfurt Marko Juvan teaches literary theory at the University of Ljubljana and he conducts research at the Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. His interests and publications include literary and cultural theory (intertextuality, literary discourse, cultural identity, literary field, canon, literary historiography, genre criticism), European romanticism, and twentieth- century Slovene literature. In addition to numerous papers in learned journals, his recent single- authored book publications include Intertekstualnost (Intertextuality; 2000), Vezi besedila (Textual Ties; 2000), and Literarna veda v rekonstrukciji (Literary Studies in Reconstruction; 2006). He edited or co-edited Romantična pesnitev (The Romantic Narrative Poem; 2002), Writing Literary History (with D. Dolinar, 2006), and Hybridizing Theory and Literature (with J. Kernev Štrajn; 2006). Timothy Pogačar teaches Slavic languages and literatures at Bowling Green State University where he is chair of the Department of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages. He is editor since 1994 of Slovene Studies: Journal of the Society for Slovene Studies, and translator from Russian and Slovene into English. His main interest in Slovene literature has been the works of Ivan Tavčar. His translation of Visoška kronika is forthcoming. CONTENTSAcknowledgments vii ORDERSYou may order the book from Purdue University |
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Regulation of Charitable Gift Annuities
Degree of Regulation:
Issuance of charitable gift annuities is regulated under Section 627.481 of the Florida Statutes.
A charity must have been in continuous operation for at least five years. A segregated reserve fund is required.
- Years of operation – five years continuous operation.
- Reserve fund – segregated reserve fund required.
- Annual reporting – sworn statement required.
- Rates must be calculated to provide 50% of the residuum to charity (ACGA Rates satisfy this)
Actions Required for Exemption:
Notification to the State Insurance Department is to be made by the date on which a charity enters into its first annuity in the state.
Disclosure and Agreement Content Requirements:
A charity is required to include a notice to donor in the annuity agreement.
Suggested Language for State Disclosure:
"This annuity is not issued by an insurance company, is subject only to limited regulation by the State of Florida and is not protected or otherwise guaranteed by any government agency."
Agreements for annuities issued by Florida state institutions of higher learning shall include this additional disclosure:
"This agreement is the entire contract between the parties, with rights and responsibilities of each party to the other as set forth herein. The donor or annuitant shall not have recourse against any assets of the state other than any funds or assets donated by, or funds derived from any assets donated by, the donor as set forth herein."
Reserve Requirements:
The segregated fund must maintain assets at least equal to the sum of the reserves on its outstanding annuity agreements plus a surplus of 10%. The reserve amount is to be calculated following assumptions set forth in Sec. 627.481(2)(a)1.b. . A deduction in reserves may be made for any portion of the annuity risk that is reinsured by an authorized insurer.
Investment of the segregated reserve fund is limited to no more than 50% equities (including mutual funds) and no more than 10% may be invested in any one stock or fund. A charity incorporated outside of Florida must invest the reserves for its Florida annuities in accordance with Florida's investment restrictions. At its option, a charity may create a segregated reserve fund just for its Florida annuities. Otherwise, if the Florida reserves are held within a larger "all states" reserve fund, the Florida portion of the reserves must meet the specific investment restrictions.
Annual Reporting: Deadline for Submission
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Failure to comply with any of the statutory requirements may result in issuance of a cease and desist order.
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Jeff Pricher will get an apology, one year after calls for his firing frequented City Council meetings.
City Council will read a letter of apology to Pricher, the former fire chief, in its 7 p.m. meeting Monday at City Hall.
Pricher resigned in April 2011 after six years as fire chief, following weeks of pressure over charges that he had mismanaged the department. In light of budget restraints in early 2011, Pricher worked as half-time chief for about two months, before resigning outright.
His supporters had countered that Pricher had delivered hundreds of thousands of dollars of grant revenue to the city and elevated the quality of emergency service response during his tenure.
"It is with deep regret and a grateful spirit that I write this letter. The City shares in this regret and sincerely apologizes for the accusations that you have received regarding misappropriation of funds and malfeasance of office," Mayor Lance Masters wrote in the letter.
"It was an entirely regrettable situation and the city deeply apologizes," Masters wrote.
Following Pricher's resignation, most of the volunteer base of the fire department also resigned, but in recent months the volunteer cadre has been fully restored, under guidance by interim fire chief Devon Wells and a group of officers that includes Jess Zerfing, who was appointed interim chief after Pricher left.
Pricher is one of those volunteers and was appointed an officer under Wells' interim emergency services management plan, which is still undergoing modifications. The department now has 21 volunteers.
Also, on the agenda, Council will swear in Brad Lorang, appointed last week to council to fill out the post vacated by Eva Zerfing, who resigned in March.
The council is also scheduled to take action on establishing a City Council sub-committee on public safety, which will direct ongoing efforts to improve public safety services, in association with the city administrator and fire chief.
The apology letter to Pricher is part of an out-of-court settlement between Pricher and the city's insurance carrier.
Masters and Council Member Tom Cramblett are the only two members of the current City Council who were in office at the time of Pricher's resignation.
Masters was a council member at the time, and is on record as having defended Pricher's performance.
In addition to then-mayor George Fischer, the council was made up of Kevin Benson, Tiffany Pruit, Don Haight and Zerfing. Pruit, Haight, Benson and Fischer were recalled by voters in September 2011.
The chief appointed officer at the time of Pricher's departure was interim city administrator Rich Carson, who was hired after administrator Bernard Seeger resigned in February 2011. Paul Koch, the current interim administrator, started work in July 2011.
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Middle Eastern investors pouring billions into property market in this European city
Middle Eastern investors account for 17 percent of investments in London's property market (File Archive)
London continued to attract the attention of Middle Eastern investors as investment increased from 7.5 per cent of total investment in 2012 to 17 per cent in 2013, according to the recent research from global property advisor CBRE.
The UK capital recorded the highest ever yearly total seen in Europe for a single city in 2013 to cement its position as the region's number one investment destination.
Outside of London, Middle Eastern investors spread their capital across the continent, namely in Dusseldorf and Paris and to a growing extent some of the recovering Southern European markets, as well as Russia. Both Middle Eastern and Asian investors recorded their highest ever annual total of European real estate investment with nearly 10 billion euros ($13.75 billion) worth of transactions each in 2013.
Nick Maclean, managing director, CBRE Middle East, said: "Property markets and commercial real estate in particular across Germany and the UK is witnessing the strongest growth since the financial crisis and we anticipate further commitments from Middle Eastern investors in the future. London, in particular, is capturing the lion's share of capital mainly attributed to its transparent legal system, stable political and economic environment and above all liquidity – key factors in attracting investment."
A strong finish to 2013 took total commercial real estate investment volume in Europe to 165.6 billion euros ($227.6 billion), an increase of 30 per cent on the previous year's total. The Q4 2013 total of nearly 61 billion euros (Over $84 billion) was the highest quarterly figure recorded in Europe since Q4 2007.
The final quarter of the year normally sees the highest level of investment, but the activity seen represents significant acceleration in the rate of growth.
According to the report, despite the strong growth in total investment activity in 2013, the average deal size recorded remained essentially unchanged at 27million euros ($37 million). Average deal size has been rising very slightly over the last few years, but on the whole the increase in total investment volume has been achieved mainly through an increase in the number of transactions.
Buyers from Asia accounted for 22 of the transactions over 100 million euros ($140 million) and recorded an average lot size of 126 million euros ($174 million). This was only just ahead of buyers from the Middle East, who accounted for 21 of these largest transactions and had an average lot size of 120 million euros ($165.5 million).
The economic recovery in the UK continued to spur investment growth with London leading the way capturing over 23 per cent of the total European market with 32.2 billion euros ($44.4 billion) worth of transactions in 2013.
This is the second consecutive year of strong growth in investment activity with year-on-year increases of 45 per cent (2011 to 2012) and 43 per cent (2012 to 2013). On a quarterly basis, investment in London increased every quarter last year with Q4 2013 up 73 per cent on Q3 2013.
Coincidentally, two transactions tied for the position as the largest CRE transaction in Europe in 2013. Both were in London, both were agreed right at the end of the year and both were for £1.7 billion (€2.0 billion, $2.8 billion). In one case the buyer was from Asia (Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC) and in the other the buyer was from the Middle East (St Martins, which is owned by the Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund), notes the report.
Simon Barrowcliff, executive director, Central London Capital Markets, CBRE, said: "London had a phenomenal year with the total value of investment reaching pre-global financial crisis levels. Looking forward to 2014, it is unlikely that the market will repeat this performance. Although cross-border investor demand, particularly from Asia, is getting even stronger, there are constraints on the supply side that will probably limit investment activity."
"Beyond London there remains scope for further growth in investment turnover in 2014. The UK had a remarkable year in 2013, particularly the last four or five months when investment activity jumped sharply.
"The rest of the UK saw a staggering 75 per cent year-on-year increase in the total value of activity as investors searched for yield. The improving UK economy is enhancing the prospects for commercial real estate in the rest of the UK and encouraging even cross-regional investors to venture outside London."
Germany continues to perform well with five cities featuring in CBRE's top ten of European investment markets.
Paris again occupies the second place, with over €11 billion ($18.3 billion) of commercial real estate investment activity, while Moscow has been a regular at the top of the list of most liquid markets in Europe for the last four years.
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Bill C-323 (Historical)
An Act to amend the Federal Courts Act (international promotion and protection of human rights)
This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.
This bill was previously introduced in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session.
Peter Julian NDP
Introduced as a private member's bill. (These don't often become law.)
Introduced, as of Oct. 16, 2013
(This bill did not become law.)
This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.
This enactment amends the Federal Courts Act to expressly permit persons who are not Canadian citizens to initiate tort claims based on violations of international law or treaties to which Canada is a party if the acts alleged occur outside Canada. It also sets out the manner in which the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal can exercise their jurisdiction to hear and decide such claims.
All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, provided by the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.
Peter Julian Burnaby—New Westminster, BC
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-323, An Act to amend the Federal Courts Act (international promotion and protection of human rights).
Mr. Speaker, I am happy to re-table my bill on corporate responsibility. This was formerly Bill C-354 in the 40th Parliament. The bill is called the international promotion and protection of human rights act.
This is an innovative bill which mirrors the U.S. alien torts claims act. It has given rise to a very healthy and ongoing debate in civil society. It has been developed in close co-operation with Nick Milanovic, who is the adjunct professor at the Department of Law at Carleton University, and Mark Rowlinson, counsel for the United Steelworkers. The bill has been endorsed by the Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers and many other civil society groups, experts and concerned Canadians.
The bill calls for extending the authority of the Federal Court system to protect foreign citizens against a broad range of human rights violations committed by Canadian and non-Canadian corporations and persons operating outside Canada. It would allow lawsuits in Canada for a host of universal human rights violations, such as genocide and torture, as well as activities that significantly destroy the environment or violate key international labour rights.
Canada's judicial system protects Canadians from abusive conduct by corporations or individuals and should no longer permit some Canadian corporations to violate human rights abroad. These continue to be committed abroad with impunity by some bad apples, some Canadian mining companies and other companies. This has an impact and, as a result, we need to ensure that we have a court system that responds to the needs of these foreign nationals.
The bill is an important step in expanding the jurisprudence to protect citizens living abroad from human rights abuses that take place. I hope the bill will get broad support from all members of Parliament.
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