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Fall comes early to Santa Monica AYSO: August. That's when teams are formed & practices begin. If you haven't already registered, please do so now by selecting the Registration tab above. We will once again have over 1500 kids taking the fields this fall. With that comes:
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We'd like to thank the volunteer members of our Regional Board, Division Commissioners, and Coaching & Referee Administrators who have donated thousands of man hours since April orchestrating registration, balancing teams, training coaches and referees, and making preparations for this season. Thank you in advance to all the coaches, assistant coaches, referees and team managers who will get us smoothly through this season's games. We are a 100% volunteer organization. The success of our organization is directly tied to the participation of our volunteers. If you see something that can be improved, please don't hesitate to tell us how you think you can improve it. Everyone PLAYS. Everyone VOLUNTEERS.
Before leaving for the fields, double check your game schedule to know which game field you will be on. Most of our locations have multiple fields. If it has rained within 24 hours, also check the Field Status before you go.
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We've created a top 10 list of reminders to help everyone enjoy the season. Whether you are new to our program or a returning veteran, please take a brief moment to look it over. View the top 10 list here.
If we all do our part, we are confident that as in years past, we will have a terrific soccer season and our children will once again have a great experience. Please join us in helping to provide our kids, our volunteers and parents with a fun, fair, safe and family friendly experience.
See you on the pitch,
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Depending on their size, creatures can be knocked down by winds of high velocity. Creatures on the ground are knocked prone by the force of the wind. Flying creatures are instead blown back 1d6 × 10 feet.
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Level: | Sor/Wiz 7 |
Components: | V, S, XP |
Casting time: | 1 standard action |
Range: | See text
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Area: | See text |
Duration: | See text |
Saving Throw: | None; see text |
Spell Resistance: | Yes |
A limited wish lets you create nearly any type of effect. For example, a limited wish can do any of the following things.
- Duplicate any sorcerer/wizard spell of 6th level or lower, provided the spell is not of a school prohibited to you.
- Duplicate any other spell of 5th level or lower, provided the spell is not of a school prohibited to you.
- Duplicate any other spell of 4th level or lower, even if it's of a prohibited school.
- Undo the harmful effects of many spells, such as geas/quest or insanity.
- Produce any other effect whose power level is in line with the above effects, such as a single creature automatically hitting on its next attack or taking a –7 penalty on its next saving throw.
A duplicated spell allows saving throws and spell resistance as normal (but the save DC is for a 7th-level spell). When a limited wish duplicates a spell that has an XP cost, you must pay that cost or 300 XP, whichever is more. When a limited wish spell duplicates a spell with a material component that costs more than 1,000 gp, you must provide that component.
XP Cost: 300 XP or more (see above).
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The greenhouse gas rule you've never heard of, the Deferral Rule, was shot down (barely) by the D.C. Circuit last week. See Center for Biological Diversity v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 11-1101 (D.C. Cir., July 12, 2013). The opinion offers a wonderful primer on greenhouse gas rulemaking and describes the Timing Rule, the Tailpipe Rule and the Tailoring Rule. It also explains in great detail numerous doctrines concerning agency rulemaking. And it balances on the edge of a knife. There is an opinion (Tatel, J.). There is a concurring opinion (Kavanaugh, J.) that joins the opinion but goes even further, and which additionally states that "I believe, contrary to this Circuit's precedent, that the PSD statute does not cover carbon dioxide." Opinion at 24. And last, there is a detailed dissent (Henderson, J.) that addresses the arguments of the opinion to good effect. If one is looking for definitive guidance this opinion will not suffice.
Even without the Court's decision, the rule would have died a year from now anyway. The rule we are talking about is found at 76 Fed. Reg. 43,490, Deferral for CO2 Emissions From Bioenergy and Other Biogenic Sources Under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Title V Programs. To those less tied to formality, it is the Deferral Rule. Under the Deferral Rule, EPA delayed for three years regulation as stationary sources under the Clean Air Act emitters of "biogenic" carbon dioxide while it further assessed the subject. Biogenic CO2, is biologically derived CO2, as opposed to CO2 derived from fossil fuels. It includes emissions from burning landfill methane, combustion of municipal biologically derived solid waste, fermentation processes for ethanol manufacturing and the burning of biomass.
Biogenic CO2 is not discernably different in the atmosphere from that derived from fossil fuels. Its difference lies in its context. Biogenic CO2, when considered over time, may have a neutral or even reducing effect on total CO2 emissions because, for example, while the burning of biomass releases CO2, the growing of biomass pulls CO2 out of the atmosphere and sequesters it. On the whole, facilities burning biomass might actually result in less CO2 emissions. The purpose of the Deferral Rule was to permit EPA to spend some more time studying biogenic CO2 so as to avoid issuing regulations that accomplished little.
In its rulemaking EPA offered three doctrines as justifications for its rule: the de minimis, one-step-at-a-time, and administrative necessity doctrines. The de minimis doctrine allows an administrative agency to grant regulatory exemptions "when the burdens of regulation yield a gain of trivial or no value." Opinion at 13. The one-step-at-a-time doctrine allows an agency to proceed in a "piecemeal fashion." Id. And the administrative necessity doctrine allows an agency to "avoid implementing a statute by showing that attainment of the statutory objectives is impossible." Id. at 15-16. The absurd results rule, which EPA set forth in its brief, rejects the interpretation of a statute that would produce an absurd result. Id. at 17.
The Court rejected all four theories. The de minimis doctrine only applied to permanent exemptions, as the EPA conceded. Id. at 13. Accordingly, it did not apply. The dissent disagreed. It saw the exception as available, particularly when the statute "expressly does not regulate "minor" sources that cause little harm because they release below-threshold levels of pollutants." Id. at 35.
Application of the one-step-at-a-time doctrine was found to be arbitrary and capricious because EPA did not set out how it intended to achieve the statutory goal: "We simply have no idea what EPA believes constitutes 'full compliance' with the statute. In other words, the Deferral Rule is one step towards … what? Without a clear answer to that question, EPA has no basis for invoking the one-step-at-a-time doctrine." Id. at 15. The dissent was not buying: "just as EPA proceeded gradually in regulating GHGs under the Tailoring Rule, EPA has delayed its regulation of a specific GHG via the Deferral Rule. The fact that EPA is required to take action does not preclude it from phasing in the action using the step-at-a-time method." Id. at 33.
The Court found fault with the administrative necessity theory because EPA did not explore what the Court referred to as the "middle-ground option," requiring permitting except where the source took steps to reduce its biogenic CO2 emissions. Because EPA had an "obligation to adopt the narrowest exemption possible, it should have explained why it rejected an option that would have reduced emissions from sources the Deferral Rule permanently exempts." Id. at 16-17.
Last, there was the absurd results rule, which EPA sought to apply "because 'emissions of CO2 derived from certain forms of biomass may not only fail to endanger public health and welfare, but in fact may benefit the public by reducing the net emissions of CO2,' …[and] it would run afoul of congressional intent to regulate them." Id. at 17-18. The Court found, however, that EPA did not utilize this rule in its rulemaking, notwithstanding passing references. Simply put, "[t]hese passing references [fell] far short of satisfying EPA's 'fundamental' obligation to 'set forth the reasons for its actions.'" Id. at 18.
The concurrence, as noted above, did not believe CO2 was even regulated by the statute. But that had been previously decided to the contrary and "that's water over the dam in this Court." Id. at 25. As to the issue before him, that answer was easy: "EPA simply lacks statutory authority to distinguish biogenic carbon dioxide from other forms of carbon dioxide." Id. at 21. In sum, EPA was required to address emissions of CO2 and there was no part of the statute that allowed "EPA to exempt … emissions of a covered air pollutant just because the effects of those sources' emissions on the atmosphere might be offset in some other way." Id. at 22.
The last point raised by the dissent, in our view, sums up the entire case: what was the point? The dissent would have dismissed because the case was not ripe. First, it needed to be fit for review. The rule was temporary and by July 2014 EPA would either have let the rule expire or issued a new rule, one that the petitioners might like, but certainly one that would have been informed by the additional three years of research. Id. at 38. Second, deferring decision would work no real hardship to petitioners. Only one facility had been identified as being able to avoid permitting as a result of the Deferral Rule. The dissent pointed out that the facility enjoyed no more than the previous status quo: "the hardship of which the petitioners complain is hyperbolically overblown. The Deferral Rule does not deregulate scores of polluters. Instead, it temporarily maintains the theretofore long-time status quo for a limited number of stationary sources that – until July 1, 2011 – had never been subject to regulation as a major source under PSD." Id. at 42.
In our view, substantively, this decision accomplished little. A rule that was going to expire next year, expires this year. Parties seeking to rely on a decision by esteemed arbiters of the law find the arbiters completely at odds with one another. But that may be the true significance of Center for Biological Diversity. Notwithstanding that "the task of dealing with global warming is urgent and important at the national and international level," id. at 25, consistency of approach is by no means assured in any arena, including the courts.
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Moody's Says Mexico Ruling Party Changes Help Credit Outlook
Nacha CattanA preliminary decision by Mexico's ruling party to lift internal barriers against taxing food and medicine and increasing private investment in the oil industry is "credit positive" for the nation, according to Moody's Investors Service.
The proposal to change the bylaws of President Enrique Pena Nieto's party is "one of the elements that would have to be present for us to contemplate an official higher rating," Mauro Leos, a Moody's senior credit officer, said in an interview today, adding that it would not lift Moody's Baa1 rating on Mexico on its own.
The decision by Institutional Revolutionary Party leaders requires a final vote in the party's March 1-3 national assembly and approval would constitute another credit positive event, Leos said by telephone from New York.
Pena Nieto has pledged to lift growth by boosting tax collection and breaking state-run Petroleos Mexicanos's oil monopoly after eight years of production declines. Changing the bylaws of the party, known as PRI, would give Pena Nieto the option, not the obligation, of presenting bills to expand the items covered by the nation's value-added tax and amend Mexico's Constitution to let companies sign joint ventures with Pemex. The president hasn't announced specifics for his planned legislation.
Party documents currently state that the PRI "won't accept applying VAT on food and medicine" and that it supports "the principle of a nationally integrated oil industry that conforms to what is established in Articles 25, 27 and 28 of the Constitution." Both phrases would be stricken under the proposal.
Moody's rating puts Mexico, Latin America's second-biggest economy, in the same category as Russia, South Africa and Thailand.


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The Difference Between Resilience & Sustainability? A Zombie Apocalypse
The green movement needs to focus more on resiliance. And we can take notes from those surviving zombie take-overs.
Multinational Corporations Collaborate On Finland's Urban Sustainability
Companies including Toyota, TNT, Acciona, Siemens, and UTC are helping a city in Finland to work toward urban sustainability.
Multi-Storey Prefab Office Building Delivered By Barge
Normally, prefabricated buildings are limited by the rules of the road; in this case, the Finnish prefabber NEAPO built the entire building in a shipyard and delivered it by barge to a site on Hirvensalo island near Turku, Finland.
Property Rights Are Not Absolutes. "Everyman's Right" in Scandinavia.
When I wrote about what I learned from trespassing as a kid, I argued that property rights—though most likely necessary—are tools to achieve a certain end, not ideological
Flatpack Table Assembles Like House of Cards
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Parts from Endangered Species Used as Fishing Lures
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The RaceAbout Electric Car in Action (Made in Finland by Students!)
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Finnish Food at Hel Yes! a Pop-up Resto at the London Design Festival
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The Dark Threat of Ecofascism
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The Lace Collection, Matteria shows off the romantic side of eco-design
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RaceAbout Electric Car From Finland Ready to Compete in X-Prize
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It's that time of year when many people will be sending out greeting cards for Christmas or other religious holidays. I have often been asked the "correct way" to insert a card into the envelope. I am always amazed when people who consider etiquette and manners as out-dated and of little use, nevertheless want to do things properly when faced with tradition and rituals.
Greetings cards are of no small expense and trouble, so it is worth some extra care when assembling them. Consider how the recipient will open the card and how to enhance the whole experience. When inserting the card into the envelope, the front of the card should face the back of the envelope so that when the flap is lifted or slit open, the attractive face of the card is revealed. Most people will be holding the envelope in their left hand and extracting the card with their right, so insert the card so that it will come out the right way up to read. In the case of a typical card that has the fold on the left hand side (i.e., to be opened like a book), this means inserting the fold first with the front of the card facing the back of the envelope.
If the card has any embossing or embellishment, this method will also protect the face of the card from the pounding it would receive from the post office sorting and cancelling machinery. (Some cards with embossed fronts now even come with 'card protector sheets' to insert over the design to also help protect the card from the wear and tear of the post.)
But not all cards are folded on the left side. What about tent-style cards, folded on the top?
Insert these the same way: fold first and facing the back. If you insert a card with the fold along the top edge, there is the risk that it will be damaged or cut if the recipient is using a letter opener. If you are enclosing anything with the card, (a photograph, perhaps, or some cash in a birthday card), inserting the card fold first will ensure than the enclosure comes out of the envelope with the card and does not slip out unnoticed and perhaps get thrown away.
Please don't stress too much over how the card goes into the envelope but do be sure to personalize each card to the recipient, perhaps adding a few words of greeting beyond the printed text. Receiving a good quality envelope carefully addressed by hand and with a stamp, (never franked), creates a sense of anticipation. To find within a card with only a signature appended to the printed text is a disappointing letdown.
Let these guidelines enhance the pleasure you get by sending and receiving cards and when you receive a card that has been put in the envelope "upside down and backwards," please ignore such trivial details and enjoy the sentiments and the thoughtfulness of the sender. In the words of Emily Post writing in 1922, do not "give too much importance to nothing."


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Update: Killer appeals conviction for Surrey trucker's 1998 murder
A man found guilty of murdering another during a botched break-in in Surrey nearly 16 years ago has appealed his conviction.
Gary Donald Johnston was sentenced to life in prison in 2011 for the second-degree murder of trucker Vic Fraser in March 1998.
During the trial, the court heard that Johnston was robbing resident Jeanie Fraser's home in the Bridgeview area when her brother, Vic (pictured at left), interrupted him. The two had met before and initially greeted one another kindly.
But Johnston panicked, taking knives from the kitchen and stabbing Vic in the neck several times. He then kicked the 41-year-old and threw a clay pot on his head before stealing his wallet and fleeing.
During sentencing, the trial judge said Johnston could have simply left the home that day, but instead committed a "remorseless, brutal, sustained and violent attack."
Johnston wasn't arrested for the Surrey murder until 2009, after he admitted the crime to an undercover police officer in a Mr. Big-style sting.
At a B.C. Court of Appeal hearing Monday morning in Vancouver, however, Johnston's lawyer Brent Olthuis argued there were inconsistencies between what Johnston told the crime boss and an alleged confession he gave to his brother. The number of weapons used differed, for example, as did details about how he gained access to the house.
Mainly, Olthuis said, the trial judge erred in not giving more scrutiny to evidence from Johnston's brother Michael Johnston, a cocaine addict who was in custody at the time that he gave a statement to police saying Gary told him he murdered Fraser.
Michael's lack of memory at trial, said Olthuis, made it almost impossible for him to be properly cross-examined and the detailed account he gave to police years earlier raised the question whether it came from his brother's confession or his own first-hand knowledge of the murder.
The Crown was expected to counter the arguments Monday afternoon.
Jeanie Fraser said though it was painful for her to relive the horror of her brother's death, she felt compelled to attend the appeal hearing.
"I have to go because this is my brother, who's not here to defend himself," she said.


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EUCARPIA organizes section and working group meetings throughout Europe each year. During these meetings devoted to particular crops or cross-cutting topics, specialized up-to-date knowledge and methodology are exchanged among leading scientists and conveyed to practical plant breeders.
Every four years, the General Congress is held together with the general assembly. These congresses are an opportunity for all EUCARPIA members to discuss subjects of a wider interest. They provide a forum for presentation of the problems and challenges which plant breeding faces today and in the future. The next congress takes place 28 August to 2 September 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Founded 1956 and officially seated in Wageningen (The Netherlands), EUCARPIA provides considerable impact on improving international contacts in plant breeding research for nearly 60 years.
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NEW YORK, NY, May 24, 2012 – Ogilvy & Mather North America was ranked as the most effective agency in North America by the Effie organization at its annual awards gala recognizing "Ideas that Work." In addition, O&M client IBM was named as the most effective brand by the Effie organization and the second most effective advertiser in recognition of the eight Effie awards won and the success of that work in delivering results.
O&M won a total of 18 Effie Awards, including five Gold, eight Silver and five Bronze. The total number of awards and the points awarded for Gold pushed Ogilvy & Mather to the number one most effective agency brand in the annual Effie Index rankings for North America. WPP was ranked as the most effective holding company in North America.
"Effie is the gold standard in awards representing not just great work but great work that gets results," said John Seifert, Chairman & CEO of Ogilvy & Mather North America. "It is a great honor for Ogilvy and our clients to have demonstrated such great success where it counts – with work that sells – something our founder David Ogilvy espoused every day."
The agency and its client IBM won a total of eight Effies, for the Smarter Planet campaign and the IBM Watson campaign.
"It is encouraging to see work that resonates with IBM Clients and the world at large recognized for its business and brand building effectiveness," said John Kennedy, VP Corporate Marketing for IBM.
Three Gold Effies went to campaigns for IBM on behalf of "Watson" and "Smarter Planet" initiatives. Gold was also awarded to O&M Chicago for Truvia Sweetness Stories. In additional, IKEA's The Life Improvement Store was awarded Gold at the Shopper Marketing Effie Awards.
Work for IBM also won five Silver Effies. O&M Chicago won a Silver Effie for CDW's People Who Get IT campaign, and O&M New York/O&M Chicago received a Silver Effie for UPS's We Love Logistics campaign. Two Bronze Effies were awarded to O&M Toronto for Dove's Singin' in the Rain. A Bronze Effie was also awarded to O&M Atlanta for Zoosk's Online Dating, Your Way campaign and to O&M New York for IKEA. Neo@Ogilvy contributed to several of the agency's Effies as well as the Bronze Effie for Lenovo.
Ogilvy & MatherOgilvy & Mather is one of the largest marketing communications companies in the world. Through its specialty units, the company provides a comprehensive range of marketing services including: advertising; public relations and public affairs; branding and identity; shopper and retail marketing; healthcare communications; direct, digital, promotion and relationship marketing. Ogilvy & Mather services Fortune Global 500 companies as well as local businesses through its network of more than 450 offices in 120 countries. It is a WPP company (NASDAQ: WPPGY). For more information, visit www.ogilvy.com.
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That isn't even remotely true. You're clearly either out of touch in JP or stateside.
It's much more like shopping at Gap in the US.
Not to mention most of Club Monaco's clothing is made in China @ the RL factory. CM is nothing amazing, they do sell some exclusive items from other US brands but the quality is only a step above Uniqlo at best.


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Starting from the time you move out of your parents' house, a number of things happen that signify your independence. Some of these things, like sleeping over at a boy's house, are unquestionable perks. But others, like living with roommates, come with a wide range of unforeseen disadvantages. For instance, who's had a roommate who somehow never remembered that rent is always due on the first of the month?! (Answer: Everyone.) Luckily, I'm here to help! Space Relations is a new weekly feature that will expose the not-so-fun aspects of living with roommates and offer pointers about how to navigate sticky situations without losing a friend or giving up and moving out.
But before we get into the nitty gritty of all that drama, allow me to introduce myself and explain my roommate credentials. I'm a New York transplant originally from the South, and I have had a grand total of 15 roommates over the span of 10 years. That's a lot of roommates, people! And no, there weren't any communal living exercises where a half-dozen people lived together at any given time, so my experiences all come from your average two and three-bedroom (and dorm) living arrangements.
Now I know what you're thinking: "Fifteen roommates doesn't make you qualified to give advice. It just means you suck to live with!" But I promise that's not the case. What I've learned over the years is that everyone has qualities that make him or her the best roommate in the world … as well as the most unbearable one. And that's why figuring out how to deal with basic things like dirty dishes can be so frustrating. It's hard to talk to roommates about chores, or loud music, or floating condoms in the toilet, without sounding like their mother. And nobody leaves home so they can live with another version of their judgmental, nagging mom.
Throughout the past decade, I've lived with quiet types, loud types, drunken types. Sometimes, inexplicably, a single roommate can be all of those things rolled into one, depending on the time of day. (Hint: Those times of day are not what you think!) A few of my roommates remain my best friends to this day. A few lasted less than a year. One changed her name and sexual orientation…twice. But only once while we lived together. There have been screaming matches, cleaning wars, disputes about borrowing a hairbrush. And yet, amazingly, I survived them all. I know I'm not the only one out there who's thought to herself, "Wait, I lived with that singer who practiced her scales all night for an entire year?" Looking back, it seems pretty incredible. Granted, I did live alone for a year to "detox" from Crazy Roommate Syndrome, but that year hardly registers in all the memories I have – good and bad – of living with others. Somehow those memories stand out more.
By far the most consistent thing I can report from the trenches is all the complaining I did. No matter how good a friend the roommate was, or how infrequently he or she was home, I complained to anyone who would listen about the things that sucked about living with roommates. Of course, no one cared about my whining, but a few patiently listened, offering advice so that perhaps the next go-round, I'd use Craigslist more wisely. I'd consider a person's occupation, such as "drug dealer," before inviting them into my home to live. I'd know to simply keep ALL of the cotton balls in my closet, so that no one else could use them. Or to turn the bathroom doorknob if I wanted to be respectful, versus not turning it at all – ka-CHUNK! – if I wanted to passive-aggressively get back at someone sleeping. (Just kidding. Passive-aggressive games are soo beneath me!) Tidbits like these, combined with my years of "doing time," have helped to provide clarity on roommate situations, and to this day I just want to spread that knowledge like a virus. A virus that you could get from the dorm showers if you're not careful.
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== New Content ==
- Added a new Corrupted Disciple Alt Avatar: Reborn Disciple
* It is said the power corrupts and now you can see the effects of absolute corruption as Newerth's Corrupted Disciple gives himself fully to the deamonic power within and in consumes him completely and he is reborn as a being of dark energy!
* Releases on 11/02/12
- Added a new Zephyr Alt Avatar: Twista
* Twista is one of the mighty Air Elementals of Newerth. His is a lonely lot in life, always drifting from place to place never making any friends. But now he has found the Legion, always willing to accept new warriors against the Hellbourne. They welcomed the Wind Warrior into their ranks only to find that he is more than a bit of a blowhard!
* Releases on 11/02/12
- Added a new Flint Beastwood Alt Avatar: Flint Spellslinger
* Not every hunter needs to use weapons to bring down their prey. Flint Beastwood has mastered the art of firethrowing and now brings its destructive power to bear on his enemies!
* Releases on 11/07/2012
- Added a new Solstice Alt Avatar: King Animus
* Animus is the King of the Lizardfolk - A Lizard Man by day and a Bestial Frilled Dragon by night, beware the power that he brings to the battlefiled! This Avatar is exclusively available for fans of Heroes of Newerth on Facebook!
* Releases on 11/06/2012
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* Releases on 11/06/2012
- Added a new Jeraziah Skin: Crusader Jeraziah
* Jeraziah has returned from the frontlines a changed man. In his new Crusader Armor he is bringing the fight back to the Hellbourne Assassins no matter their creed!
* Releases on 11/05/2012
- Cyber Valk celebrates 180 days since release. Enjoy the new price of 250 Gold or 500 Silver coins
- Crematorium Balph celebrates 180 days since release. Enjoy the new price of 250 Gold or 500 Silver coins
- Scorcher celebrates 60 days since release. Enjoy the new price of 390 Gold or 1500 Silver coins
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- Halloween has concluded in Newerth
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- Demonic Pathogen: Duration rescaled from 1/2/3/4 to 2/2.5/3/3.5
- Demonic Pathogen: Damage rescaled from 60 to 40/50/60/70
- Illusions now proc damage from Curse of Ages at 33% less damage than Chronos
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- Summon Malphas: Cooldown decreased from 165 to 160/150/140
- Malphas: Movespeed increased from 325 to 325/350/375
- Sol's Conviction: Cooldown decreased from 18/14/10/6 to 6 seconds
== Item Balance ==
Harkon's Blade
- Mana Cost decreased from 75 to 50
- Recipe Cost decreased from 950 to 925
== Bug Fixes and Optimizations ==
- Fixed Magic Armor displaying an incorrectly rounded number
- You can now mouseover a Hero icon on the scoreboard to show a tooltip
- Chat channels now throttle how often you can use autocomplete
- Herodex will no longer look incorrect when logging out and in
- Public Games 'Cancel' button fixed to work correctly
- Fixed a bug where death tips were not being removed between games if the chosen Hero does not change
- Advanced game options hides with Public Games properly
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Can you provide a source for that? I keep up on blue posts to a criminally insane level, and I don't ever remember Blizzard saying that Act 3 has a mix of 62/63 mobs, and Google is providing no relevant information. The only mentions of that I can find in a Google search is someone that says it on Diablofans, (someone else in the thread asked him for a source and he didn't respond) and this thread.
The way I see it, that's a pretty damn big deal. That would even mean that not all act 3 monsters originally had a chance to drop ilvl 63s, before item drops were changed to allow them to drop in all acts. And I've always considered that to be a baseless myth.


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Easter egg hunt at the Governor's Mansion
Easter came a little early at the Governor's Mansion Saturday morning. Governor Sam Brownback and First Lady Mary Brownback hosted children …
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Tulips are blooming in Wamego for the 27th annual Tulip Festival.
Gary Woodland became just the 5th golfer in the history of The Masters to shoot on 30 on the front nine.
Spring is officially here, Saturday was the first day for the Downtown Topeka Farmers Market. More than fifty vendors from Topeka and across…
The Minnesota Twins used a 5-run 4th inning to run away from Friday night's contest against the Kansas City Royals.
TCU belted three home runs, two of them by Kevin Cron as the Jayhawks lose to Horned Frogs in Lawrence.
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Fan account (with photos) of Wednesday night's Buffy Sing-a-Long in Los Angeles, at which Joss and Marti put in a surprise appearance. Variety has a write-up as well!
June 21 2007
'Whedonphilia: Joss Whedon Takes Over PDX.'
Alternative newspaper The Portland Mercury talks up the "Weekend of Whedon" -- the Buffy Sing-a-Long and the Can't Stop the Serenity Screenings -- coming to Oregon this Friday and Saturday.
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Metro Detroit Serenity Screenings.
These will take place at the Landmark Main Art Theatre August 25th and 26th. (See schedule at bottom of page.)
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· An Emergency Shelter will be opened at the Cheshire Senior Center at 240 Maple Avenue as of 7:00 a.m. on Sunday. There will be one bus operating only for emergency transportation to the shelter, until conditions become too dangerous. A second Emergency Shelter will be opened at Cheshire High School should it be necessary. These shelters are for emergency housing only; residents are reminded to bring their own provisions, medications and necessities.
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Chaired by Angela Lunczynski-Hamilton (board vice president for Maryland CASA and procurement manager for Coca Cola, Refreshments Inc.), the resort-style event will feature dinner, dancing and spectacular views of Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
"As a former CASA volunteer, I am so pleased to be able to offer the use of the Penthouse here at Silo Point, which provides a wonderful backdrop for what is sure to be a great evening," said Pat Turner of Turner Development, the event's key sponsor along with Nixon Peabody. "Maryland CASA serves the state's most vulnerable children and I'm happy to support their efforts."Guests can enjoy cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and a Maryland-style Surf and Turf buffet prepared by Chef Egg, a Maryland-based private chef, culinary instructor, food demonstration specialist and host of the "Cooking with EggTV" Internet show. Adding to the fun will be music from DJ Kevin Silate and a silent auction offering the chance to bid on art, dining, entertainment, sports and travel items.
Event proceeds will be used to help Maryland's children in the foster care system find safe and permanent homes. Last year, more than 1,400 CASA volunteers served more than 1,500 children in Maryland. But with 10,000 children under court protection, 9 out of 10 of them have no advocate speaking up for their best interests.
Tickets include admission, food, drinks and entertainment. The cost is $75 per person or $140 per couple before July 1, or $85 per person and $160 per couple afterward. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.MarylandCASA.org or call 410-828-6761 or 888-833-2272.


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Measurments Of BBB Breakdown In The Pathogenesis Of Psychiatric Disorders
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BBB dysfunction has been indicated in some groups of schizophrenia patients by measuring increased albumin and immunoglobulin (IgG) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels. Most of the authors described a raised protein level in 5-20% of the schizophrenic patients (Muller & Ackenheil, 1995). Increased S100B levels were demonstrated in the serum of patients suffering from schizophrenia as well as depression, and this may reflect increased BBB permeability. Furthermore, this increase remains in those patients who develop a residual state with relevant negative symptoms, whereas S100B levels normalize in recovering patients (Shalev, Serlin & Friedman, 2009). CSF albumin and CSF IgG values correlate significantly with some of the SANS (Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms) subscales and the SANS total score, this shows the correlation between BBB permeability and behavioral changes. It is important to say that although negative symptoms are often signs of chronicity of the disease, the abnormal CSF findings in Muller's experiment (1995) are not related to the duration of the disease, because the patients were quite young and the duration of the disease was less than 3 years.
The investigators hypothesize that a primary vascular pathology, which leads to BBB breakdown, will result a leakage of serum-derived vascular components in to the brain tissue and may cause brain dysfunction such as disturbed thinking processes, mood and behavior, as we can see in psychiatric patients.
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Psychosis |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Observational Model: Case Control Time Perspective: Prospective |
Official Title: | THE ROLE OF BBB BREAKDOWN IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS |
Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years to 65 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria: Psychotic, affective disorders or anxiety disorders patients admitted to Soroka Medical Center from the psychiatric hospital or self admissions to the Psychiatric department.
Patients were evaluated by study psychiatrist. Signed informed consent by the patient or his legal custodian. Subjects Age 16-65 years.
Exclusion Criteria:1. Patients with neurological disease, including epilepsy, ischemic stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, etc.
2. Drug or alcohol abuse. 3. Patients that will need anesthesia in order to perform the MR study (not including patients who are already ventilated).
4. Patients with metal foreign body, or other contraindication to MR (according to the MR regulations).
5. Tourists or foreign residents that long terms follow up is not feasible for them.
6. Patients with renal failure / any other kind of kidney problems. 7. Pregnant women. 8. Patient with brain-injury. 9. Suicidal patients/patients with high risk for suicide/violent patients or patients that their condition might deteriorate due to participation in this study.
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01396850 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
sor497310ctil |
Study First Received: | July 17, 2011 |
Last Updated: | July 18, 2011 |
Keywords provided by Soroka University Medical Center:
Psychotic Patients |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Tipo documento: | Book |
Tutti gli autori / Collaboratori: |
Dorothy Parker |
Numero OCLC: | 610288 |
Note: | Published in 1944 under title: ... Dorothy Parker. |
Descrizione: | xxvii, 610 pages 19 cm. |
Contenuti: | Part one: The original portable as arranged by Dorothy Parker in 1944: The lovely leave ; Arrangement in black and white ; The sexes ; The standard of living ; Mr. Durant ; The waltz ; The wonderful old gentlemen ; Song of the shirt, 1941 ; Enough rope (poems) ; A telephone call ; Here we are ; Dusk before fireworks ; You were perfectly fine ; Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street ; Soldiers of the republic ; Too bad ; The last tea ; Big blonde ; Sunset gun (poems) ; Just a little one ; Lady with a lamp ; The little hours ; Horsie ; Glory in the daytime ; New York to Detroit ; Death and taxes (poems) ; The custard heart ; From the diary of a New York lady ; Cousin Larry ; Little Curtis ; Sentiment ; Clothe the naked ; War song (poem). Part two: Later stories, reviews and articles: Later stories: I live on your visits ; Lolita ; The bolt behind the blue : Play reviews: From Vanity Fair, 1918-1920 ; Henrik Ibsen: Hedda Gabler ; Oscar Wilde: An ideal husband ; Leo Tolstoi: Redemption ; Edward Knoblock: Tiger! Tiger! ; J.M. Barrie: Dear Brutus ; Sem Benelli: The jest ; Actors' Strike Benefits ; Pierre Louys: Aphrodite ; John Drinkwater: Abraham Lincoln : From The New Yorker, 1931 (as substitute for Robert Benchley): Kindly accept substitutes (The Barretts of Wimpole Street, by Rudolf Besier) ; Just around Pooh Corner (Give me yesterday, by A.A. Milne) ; No more fun (The admirable Crichton, by J.M. Barrie) ; A few minutes of your time (The silent witness, by Jack De Leon and Jack Celestin) ; Valedictory (Getting married, by George Bernard Shaw; Lady beyond the moon, by William Doyle; Right of happiness, by Roy Daavidson). Book reviews: Constant reader: from The New Yorker, 1927-1933: The private papers of the dead (Journal of Katherine Mansfield, edited by J Middleton Murry ; An American Du Barry (The President's daughter, by Nan Britton) ; Re-enter Margot Asquith-- a masterpiece from the French (Lay sermons, by Margot Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith; The counterfeiters, by André Gide) ; A book of great short stories (Men without women, by Ernest Hemingway) ; The professor goes in for sweetness and light (Happiness, by William Lyon Phelps) ; Madame Glyn lectures on "It," with illustrations (It, by Elinor Glyn) ; The socialist looks at literature (Money writes!, by Upton Sinclair) ; The short story, through a couple of the ages (The best short stories of 1927, edited by Edward O'Brien) ; Mrs. Post enlarges on etiquette (Etiquette, by Emily Post) ; Poor, immortal Isadora (My life, by Isadora Duncan) ; Re-enter Miss Hurst, followed by Mr. Tarkington (A President is born, by Fannie Hurst; Claire Ambler, by Booth Tarkington) ; A good novel, and a great story (The last post, by Ford Madox Ford) ; Literary Rotarians ; Excuse it, please ; Our lady of the loudspeaker (In the service of the King, by Amiee Semple McPherson) ; The compleat bungler (The art of successful bidding, by George Reith; Home to Harlem, by Claude McKay) ; Ethereal mildness (Appendicitis, by Thew Wright, M.D.; Art of the night, by George Jean Nathan; Etched in moonlight, by James Stephens) ; Mr. Lewis lays it on with a trowel (The man who knew Coolidge, by Sinclair Lewis) ; These much too charming people (Debonair, by G.B. 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Valentine Debacq Gaudel; The American in Europe; How to get all you want while travelling in Spain, Hugo's simplified system) ; Not even funny (An American girl, by Tiffany Thayer; Background [Vol. 1 of Intimate memories], by Mabel Dodge Luhan). From Esquire, 1957-1962: Best fiction of 1957: Edmund Wilson: The American earthquake; Jack Kerouac: The subterraneans ; Edna Ferber: Ice Palace ; George P. Elliott: Parktilden Village; John Barth: The end of the road; Vance Bourjaily: The violated; Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita ; Ellery Queen: The New York murders ; Truman Capote: Breakfast at Tiffany's; John Updike: The poorhouse fair ; James Thurber: The years with Ross ; Katherine Anne Porter: Ship of fools ; Shirley Jackson: We have always lived in the castle -- Uncollected articles: Good souls -- The artist's reward -- The siege of Madrid -- The middle or blue period -- Variations on a theme, by Somerset Maugham. |
Titolo della serie: | Viking portable library. |
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Dynam ESC programming
I have a Dynam 40A ESC and the manual is very confusing and as well WRONG.
I made a video for programming it. The video is for a Dynam Helicopter but the information I give is useful for anyone who has this ESC. I have this same ESC on another 450 helicopter. I had purchased the ESC from dealextreme. Dynam 40A ESC at Dealextreme Here's a link to the Dynam ESC manual: http://www.mycoolheli.com/files/DynamESC.pdf In the BRAKE settings, it should be wait for the 4 beeps (not 5). And each time you do it, it TOGGLES the setting Here's the vid:
Programming Dynam ESC by stick
I have a manual issued by World Models for their ESCs. In desperation, I tried programming the Dynam 18A ESC by following the instructions and Lo! and Behold! ... it works.
As follows: 1. Enter programming mode Switch on Tx, move throttle to full on, connect controller (this will need the procedure shown in the video to avoid binding) Wait for the beep-beep (about 2secs) Wait 5 secs for the special musical tone of 5 notes You are now in programming mode 2. Select items You will get 8 tones in a loop. Each tone is the selector for a particular item value as follows: beep Brake beep-beep Battery type beep-beep-beep Cutoff Mode beep-beep-beep-beep Cutoff threshold beep----- Startup mode beep----beep Timing beep----beep-beep set all to default beep----beep---- exit 3. Select item value You get the 8 tones in a loop. You select the item by moving the stick to throttle closed within 3secs of hearing the selector tone. You then select the required value according to the table below tone beep- beep-beep beep-beep-beep Brake off on Batt type Lipo NiMh/NiCd Cut mode Reduce Shut down Cut Thres Low Medium High Startup Normal Soft Super-soft Timing Low Medium High Select the required value by moving the stick to throttle open when you hear the required tone. You will then hear a four note musical tone and you are back in the 8 tone loop. 4. Exit programming Wait till you get the Exit tone (beep----beep----). Close the throttle within 3 secs. Maybe you can make an extended video which shows all of this? |
I received a different and much more sophisticated ESC manual with my RTF Dynam E-Razor 450 (40A ESC) than what is linked in the first post (which is the same one listed on Dynam's website) but follows closely, if not exactly, the steps outlined in post #2 above. I struggled/failed to program the ESC with the original Dynam TX but after upgrading to a DX6i and programming another ESC on a new heli, I revisited the Dynam ESC programming and had success with this manual. Since I'm new to this forum, I can't add attachments yet and share directly, but PM me and I'll share the actual PDF.
In hind sight, I think the main reason I think so many people struggle with programming the ESC with the original Dynam TX is the bind procedure and the throttle cut toggle switch. My kit also included additional troubleshooting paperwork alluding to this theory. |
Dynam ESC programming
Manual attached. Hope this helps.
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