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When you enter the offices of the Goldman, Butterwick, Fitzpatrick, Groff & Fabi Cosmetic Laser Dermatology Center in San Diego, California, you will be greeted with smiles from both patients and staff—and it's not just because managing partner Mitchel P. Goldman, MD, treats his staff of 46 to a Hawaiian vacation every other year, or because he offers free pediatric scar treatment. "It goes back to the very beginning of why I wanted to become a doctor. I just really love helping people, and I love it when patients are happy," he says. "I might get sued by the Lego company for lifting their theme song, but our philosophy is the same—everything is awesome here."
The practice—which offers everything from vein treatments to noninvasive body sculpting and aesthetic laser and injectable treatments—has become one of the most popular high-end dermatology practices in the state.
The Road to Dermatology
The son of an engineer, Dr. Goldman had a deep interest in science from a young age. As a pre-teen, he began spending time with a family practitioner who was a close friend of his father's. "I would literally hang out at the doctor's office with him and watch him see patients, and I just loved the idea of helping people. It really resonated with me," says Dr. Goldman. "Since I was about 10, I never thought I would do anything else. I just wanted to be a doctor."
Always a sharp student, Dr. Goldman graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BA in biology from Boston University and an MD from the Stanford University School of Medicine. But he had a tough time figuring out what kind of doctor he wanted to be.
"Like most medical students, when you get into medical school, you want to walk on water and save the world. When I started out, I wanted to be a cardiovascular surgeon," he recalls. "Then I wanted to be an endocrinologist because I had a great endocrinology professor. Then I wanted to be a pediatrician, until the little babies peed all over me. Then I wanted to be an oncologist."
One day, Dr. Goldman looked around the hospital and noticed that the happiest people were orthopedic surgeons and dermatologists, and something clicked. He knew what he wanted to do. Luckily, he found the perfect mentor at Stanford to show him the way—Susan Weinkle, MD, former president of the Women's Dermatology Society and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS).
"She was the chief resident in dermatology when I was a third-year medical student, and she was an incredible role model," says Dr. Goldman. "She would prance around the clinic—always with a smile on her face, always doing really cool surgical procedures. Then, I did a rotation with Dr. Steve Mandy at the University of Miami, and that's what really clinched it for me."
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This year is somewhat of a good barometer as to where the league will be once LeBron James retires. James not being in the playoffs for the first time in over 15 years has really taken a toll on league-wide ratings.
The television ratings through the first round of the NBA playoffs so far have come in down 18% from last year (per USA Today). The problem is, without LeBron ravaging the Eastern Conference, nobody really cares to watch it.
Out East, a ton of fans were always just fans of LeBron; they were never really Cavs (or Heat) fans, they were simply fans of whatever team James played for. Remove him from said team or conference, and you remove the reason for casual fans to watch.
The only people tuning in right now are die-hards. And yes, I am a die-hard hoop head, so LeBron not being there doesn't affect me. But, ultimately if the only people tuning in are die-hard fans, what do you get? You become the National Hockey League.
Basketball had better figure out a marketing plan and find someone to build the league around once LeBron is done. If not, they will teeter closer and closer into the NHL category and become a niche sport.
Don't hit the panic button yet. The league went through this post Jordan as well. There will be another LeBron who the world gravitates towards, but until the NBA identifies that guy, we could see more dismal ratings come in.
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Reese Witherspoon, Viola Davis And More Stars Reveal Which Female Celebrities Make Great Role Model
Girl power was at an all-time high when celebrities, athletes, and more turned up at New York City's Carnegie Hall to celebrateGlamour magazine's Women of the Year Awards on Nov. 9.
While all the women in attendance were role models in their own right, we couldn't help but ask these talented ladies who they look up to. Naturally, they provided some great answers!
For starters, actress Viola Davis gave a shout out to fellow actress and pal Meryl Streep. "[She] always inspires me as a friend and and an actress," said Davis of the Academy Award winner.
Professional athlete Hope Solo, who was there representing the U.S. women's national soccer team, gave some love to comedian Amy Schumer, who was given the honor of opening this year's ceremony.
"Amy Schumer is incredible and funny and she tackles a lot of the issues of inequality that we face as women and she does it with poise and wit and humor," explained Solo. "I would love to meet her."
Finally, Reese Witherspoon, who was honored with the Hollywood Hero award at the event, had a tough time picking just one inspiring individual. "All of the women that are here tonight are so exciting," said Witherspoon. "I'm thrilled to meet all of them and talk to them about their experiences as women in their particular industry."
Watch the video below to find out what Girl Meets World star Rowan Blanchard, ballerina Misty Copeland, and more had to say about which women they look up to.


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My farm has a strip of land 8 apple trees wide with no trees, rocks, or ponds on it. Is this a bug? I have not unlocked the land yet.
My farm has a strip of land 8 apple trees wide with no trees, rocks, or ponds on it. Is this a bug? I have not unlocked the land yet.
Welcome to the forums.
Oddly interesting what you say. What level is your farm and where is that plot located? Is it across the road and one that requires land permits to open? I think all land plots had something on each of them before they were opened.
Can you take a screen shot and post it here using the image insert?
It is on the main farm, not across the road. My farm is level 34, but it was there before I was this level. My device is telling me "4C2C4ADC-36B4-4101-B967-0D8A8FB7DC01.jpeg: Upload of file failed."
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Occasionally when shopping the DD I come across farms that have unopened plots of land that look like that and was told it is a visual glitch. never seen it happen on my own farm tho so not sure what you'll see after u open one of them.
If I expand to that area, will trees appear?
Sorry, dont know. Youll be able to tell us.
If no trees or rocks appear then u saved urself a bunch of axes, saws n mining tools! Unless you wanted the native farm look....
IIRC, this is most likely a visual glitch. I'm not sure if you opened one of these areas if the trees, rocks, or swampy areas would appear.
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I think that is a section of plots that were open at one time allowing the player to clear it. Then an update came along that made that section into unopened plots. This farm must have been created long ago.
If you notice that the boundaries between those bare plots and the uncleared plots on both sides, are straight, front to back. At times past, one of those boundary lines was the end of farm before the land was expanded.
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Rotate Right with Extend. This instruction is a preferred synonym for
MOV instructions with shifted register operands.
is an optional suffix. If S is specified, the condition flags are updated on the result of the operation.
- Rd
is the destination register.
- Rm
is the register holding the first operand. This operand is shifted right.
RRX provides the value of the contents
of a register shifted right one bit. The old carry flag is shifted
into bit[31]. If the
S suffix is present, the
old bit[0] is placed in the carry flag.
Restrictions in Thumb code
Thumb instructions must not use PC or SP.
Use of SP and PC in ARM instructions
You can use SP in this ARM instruction but this is deprecated in ARMv6T2 and above.
If you use PC as Rm, the value used is the address of the instruction plus 8.
If you use PC as Rd:
Execution branches to the address corresponding to the result.
If you use the S suffix, the SPSR of the current mode is copied to the CPSR. You can use this to return from exceptions.
The ARM instruction
RRXS{cond} pc,Rmalways disassembles to the preferred form
MOVS{cond} pc,Rm{,shift}.
Do not use the S suffix when using PC as Rd in User mode or System mode. The assembler cannot warn you about this because it has no information about what the processor mode is likely to be at execution time.
You cannot use PC for Rd or any operand in this instruction if it has a register-controlled shift.
Condition flags
If S is specified, the instruction updates the N and Z flags according to the result.
The C flag is unaffected if the shift value is 0. Otherwise, the C flag is updated to the last bit shifted out.
This ARM instruction is available in all architectures.
This 32-bit Thumb instruction is available in ARMv6T2 and above.
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Turn any solid surface into a speaker with the innovative iMusic Audiovibe Mega vibration speaker. Simple to set up, plug it into your music source via the 3.5mm headphone jack, place the speaker on a flat surface such as a box, a book or a table, and switch it on to listen to your favourite sounds.
Ideal for listing to your music away from home, the iMusic Audiovibe Mega gives you a big sound experience without having to carry speakers. Straightforward to use, easy to pack and ultimately portable – the perfect practical gift for any music fan that wants the headphone free pleasure of their own music outside of the home.
Suitable for ages 14 years upwards.
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Échappe-toi Laval opens its doors
October 18th, 2018
The Échappe-toi Laval center will be officially inaugurated today, on October 18, in the presence of several dignitaries from Laval, including the mayor's representative, Sandra El Helou, councilor of the Souvenir-Labelle district, the president and CEO of Tourisme Laval, Geneviève Roy and several other leaders of Laval's business and tourism community. The new Échappe-toi Laval center, which will open its doors to the public on Saturday, October 20, is located at 1600 boul. Saint Martin East, Tower B, Laval.
Express Mondor rallies more than 200 people to support the fight against breast cancer
July 9, 2018
For the fifth year in a row, Express Mondor has brought together more than 200 people for its annual golf tournament and fundraising dinner in support of the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation. On June 14, 160 people participated in the golf tournament and 200 gathered for dinner at Club de golf Berthier.
Mila masterplan to accelerate Quebec's Artificial Intelligence development
July 9, 2018
The Strategy for the Development of Quebec's Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem, unveiled on June 21 by the Deputy Premier and Minister of Economy, Science and Innovation, Dominique Anglade, confirms the will to accelerate Mila's growth and strengthen its role as a catalyst for the development of Quebec's artificial intelligence ecosystem. More specifically, this commitment will result in the Quebec government allocating financing up to $80M over the next five years, as proposed by the Artificial Intelligence Steering Committee in its report submitted on May 27.
Green Joy Production will build its new medical cannabis production centre in L'Ange-Gardien
April 30, 2018
Green Joy Production ("Green Joy") will begin construction and development of its new medical cannabis production facility at its industrial site located in L'Ange-Gardien in the Outaouais region. This decision, which follows Health Canada's confirmation that Green Joy has successfully completed the security clearance phase, will allow the company to become a licensed producer of medical cannabis in accordance with the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR).


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The EPRM is happy to announce that the partnership will fund 4 extra projects in 2019. Until this very moment, the EPRM has been funding 7 projects in total, which will increase up to 11.
The 4 selected projects are located in 6 different locations. Taking all new projects into account, the covered mineral scope contains tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold. A short description of each project is presented below. More detailed information about the projects and corresponding tools will be presented soon.
1.) Access to responsible markets, good practices and territorial governance in artisanal mining
This project takes place in conflict and high risk area Chocó in Colombia and focusses on gold. The long-term objective of this project is to portray women in ASM as active leaders in territorial environmental governance and peacebuilding. This will be achieved through 2 short-term objectives, with the following related activities:
Project partners: CI Anexpo SAS, Alliance for Responsible Mining, Fundacion Atabaque
2.) Consolidated Autonomous Due Diligence (CADD) upstream framework
The following project is situated in both Burkina Faso and Bolivia and targeting the minerals tantalum and gold. The goal is to scale responsible sourcing, by placing operators at the centre of the process while securing compliance with the OECD Guidance. It is aimed to realise cost reductions (and as such global scalability) through incorporation of multiple, independent local sources of information into the due diligence process. This will be achieved through standardised reporting templates and guidelines for supply chain operators themselves.
Project partners: Verbatims asbl, BetterChain, Affinor, Power Resources Ltd
3.) Promoting women-led responsible, traceable, safe and profitable Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining by Mtandazo Women Miners Association in Zimbabwe.
This project will proceed in Zimbabwe and Gold and focusing on gold. The long-term goal of the project is to promote women led responsible, safe and profitable gold mining in the Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Sector in Zimbabwe. In order to achieve this, there is a strong focus on due diligence assessment and traceability actions; empowering members to use legal tools to assert their rights; training women miners and gold dealers; and providing technical support to women miners to run profitable mining and gold milling.
Project partners: Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association, Mtanzdazo Women Miners Association
4.) Promoting Responsible Mineral Supply Chains of Designated Conflict Minerals in Uganda
This project will be implemented in Uganda and DRC and concentrates on tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold. The aim of the project is to promote responsible practices and standards in the exploitation of 3TGs in Uganda in accordance with the OECD and ICGLR Frameworks. Furthermore, there is a focus on linking ASM and medium 3TGs mine owners and mineral exporters with financial institutions and international markets for their responsibly mined commodities.
Project partners: Optima Mines and Minerals LTD, National Planning Authority, Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines (DGSM), Africa Centre for Energy and Mineral Policy (ACEMP)


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It's summer and we know you guys got places to go, people to see and vacations to go on. But with all that, how do you keep up with your Jenks tumbling lessons tumbling
hello and welcome to Tulsa tumble talk with justice tumbling company, the one and only Tulsa tumbling show where we, your Tulsa tumbling experts answer the questions that we get from parents and athletes on a daily basis where your hosts Coulton cruise and rusty breadth slur. And we're the owners of justice tumbling company in Tulsa, Oklahoma. What's up guys? We know that you have summer break right now and uh, you guys, like I said, you have places to go, people to see things to do and with all of that, how, how do you keep up with your tumbling? How do you keep up with your skills? How do you keep up with your conditioning? Well, we're going to give you some pointers and we're also gonna reiterate on how to keep your Jenks tumbling lessons stock save. So we don't think that you could totally ditched us.
Yeah. So we're going to be going over how to maintain your tumbling over summer. Uh, but before that, like you said, communication is key. Letting us know or the front desk know if you are going to be, if you're in our rec program, if you're going to be disappearing for a month or a few weeks at a time so you don't lose your Jenks tumbling lessons spot in that class or if you do privates on a weekly basis, let your coach know if you're going to be gone that way. We're just not reserving a spot where we just sit up here. That's where we hang out up here. We get to eat lunch, but yes we can fill those times. So let us know, communicate, communicate, communicate, communicate, communicate, can't stress enough. We know you guys are busy, you've got a lot on your Jenks tumbling lessons minds. Um, let us know so we don't charge you or have to worry about refunding or anything like that.
Absolutely. Now, whenever you go on the summer break, when ever you are, uh, taking a break from tumbling or, or, you know, going to Florida or wherever you might be going, um, we want you to keep up with your conditioning at least to the point where when you're in your Jenks tumbling lessons hotel or you know, wherever you might be, um, do some sit ups, do some crunches, do some hollow holds, do something. Or you're trying to say that when it comes to summer that kids lose skills. Uh, yes, too often, too often it happens. Um, actually we, I just had a private last night and uh, she came back from Florida, they went to Florida and we went to Disney world and universal studios and all that stuff and that she did a lot of walking around. But at night she said that she was very, very active. She would use the gym in there, a hotel. Um, and it, I could, I could tell, I could tell that I was worried because I knew that they were on vacation for two weeks and when she came back I was worried that we're going to have to do a bunch of stuff over again and, okay.
Well I think we talked about everybody, every kid is different. Every kid's different. Some kids can go on summer, go on vacation and, and not affect their tumbling at all. Some kids tumble twice a week, three times a week. That when they do take those breaks at kids throws him off. Yeah. It technique wise or conditioning wise, I've seen it both wise. Right. Being able to last as long. Yeah. Where it's become a conditioning issue cause they don't condition as much or they're just not tumbling as much or just where they come in and there they forgot how to do a certain skill or and have to do refreshers on technique on that. Um, so it's, it can happen both ways, but like Colton said, when it comes to wherever you're at, you can do conditioning. You can use a gym, you can do handstands against the wall. There's definitely stuff you can do on the conditioning side to where coming back conditioning shouldn't really be an issue. But also the, if you want about an f I think anywhere you're vacationing I'm sure everywhere has some sort of tumbling gym, whether it's, whether it's gymnastics or cheerleading. I'm sure they have some sort of gym. And like we always preach, you should be able to take the technique, we train you to any gym.
And you know, it may not have to be a class, it could just be an, an easy open gym to go to. It'll be cool though, cause you're, you're meeting people, meeting other, um, other tumblers, other coaches and kind of showing off what you learn here at justice and, and we're, we're excited about that. Um, with that being said, our technique that we teach you with our attention to detail, you should have the same attention to detail. So whenever you do come back from that summer break or that vacation, um, your Jenks tumbling lessons attention to details, shit and waiver at all, you should keep your Jenks tumbling lessons arms by your Jenks tumbling lessons ears. We surely hope that our curriculum is, uh, is detailed enough that you remember how important those things are. That's how you get, um, and you how it's, how you move up and you progress through justice and uh, and get to the next level. Um, so with every skill that you have, there's, there's a set of conditioning. There's homework that we have. You guys do remember that homework, stay true to that homework. Even if you're on vacation, even if you're going out camping, um, that's is going to help you get right back into the swing of things whenever you come back.
If you are going on vacation and you are one of those Alpha athletes and you don't want to have any breaks or any pauses or any slowdowns in your Jenks tumbling lessons tumbling, ask us what you can do. We'll, we'll write up a personal like summer workout plan for you if that's what you need. Um, but we want our athletes to have that drive to where we don't want that for them to where they want that for themselves.
Yeah. We, we can't push you more than you want to be pushed or, um, or you know, we can't want it more than you do. You have to want it so bad that even when you're on those vacations that you stay on it and you keep, keep her, uh, maybe not tumbling. Um, if there's, if there's that opportunity than great, definitely do that. But there may not always be that opportunity. So if, uh, you know, if you're an athlete that has already mastered backhand springs, um, if, if you're on the beach, backhand springs or one of the hardest things you can do, any kind of tumbling is hard and sand. Um, but I mean, if you've mastered those back hand springs, try to try a few that's going to be really, really good conditioning for you. Or are you gonna find grass somewhere somewhere? Yeah.
There's plenty of time to do back Tucks, backhand spring. Yet if you've mastered those skills, find somewhere to go.
And what's cool is you can kind of catch everybody's attention to at the time whenever you're on vacations, like the people who do backhand springs, um, and flips and stuff, everybody who and all that stuff. So just keep it up and, and uh, I think that's really, really going to help you guys out.
Some of these athletes are on two teams with being a school teams and all stars. So taking the whole summer and not doing anything. If you go on multiple vacations, some kids are hitting multiple vacations or summer camps and ended up taking months off. And when you're on two teams, two competitive teams, especially when you just got out of tryouts, you worked real hard to make a team and then you go on vacations. Now is not the time to be like blocking him back, blocking not conditioning. Cause as soon as you come back, those coaches are going to want you to jump right back into your Jenks tumbling lessons practice
and they will expect it and we will expect it. Um, so hold yourself accountable, have that self discipline, um, and uh, and continue your Jenks tumbling lessons work out. Even if you are on vacation, a man, uh, if you're interested in finding out more about us justice tumbling company, you can check out our website. It's just as tumbling co.com
or are you can find us on Facebook and Instagram. And if you have a Google account, we'd love it if you left us and objective Google review to let us know how we're doing
and we will see you next time on Tulsa tumble. Talk with the one and only Jessica coming.


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Beyond Vision
Beyond Vision has been offering manufacturing services to iconic Wisconsin companies since 1903. Additional services include business supplies manufacturing and fulfillment services to the government. In recent years, the nonprofit has expanded its offerings to include outsourced call center services for local and national businesses, database management services and website accessibility testing.
Here's why:
- Over 20 million American adults are experiencing blindness or vision loss.
- 70% of Americans who are blind or visually impaired are unemployed.
- Over 40,000 people in Milwaukee County alone are blind or visually impaired.
- Every 7 minutes someone experiences vision loss.
Jim Kerlin, Beyond Vision CEO with employees at Beyond Vision
The source of greatest pride for Jim Kerlin, Beyond Vision CEO, is the cultural transformation within the organization. Jim describes the emerging culture as a runway, "a place for a person with vision loss to land or take off in their career; whether they would like to grow internally at Beyond Vision or externally as a teacher or trades worker, we'll help with their career aspirations." More than 50% of employees are legally blind. Beyond Vision employs 105 people at competitive wages in an integrated work environment in all levels of the organization.
"Our relationship with Park Bank is built on a long history of trust. They have never wavered in their support of us and our mission over the decades, despite some very lean years. My board has confidence in Park Bank's financial strength and commitment to our mission."
Park Bank's relationship with Beyond Vision began in 1997 and according to Jim, the bank understands their needs and supports their mission in ways beyond banking. Today, the organization has outgrown their two facilities and are leasing a third facility. The need for space and services continues to grow, so Beyond Vision is embarking on an ambitious journey to build an Ability Center campus that encompasses multiple vision service providers in one location so people experiencing vision loss – and their families – will be able to walk through one door, and find ALL the support they need to live a full, unrestrained life.


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Comparative Politics - Fundamentals (Basic modul)
Module POL10500
This module handbook serves to describe contents, learning outcome, methods and examination type as well as linking to current dates for courses and module examination in the respective sections.
Basic Information
POL10500 is a semester module in German language at Bachelor's level which is offered in winter semester.
This Module is included in the following catalogues within the study programs in physics.
- Catalogue of soft-skill courses
|Total workload
|Contact hours
|Credits (ECTS)
|180 h
|60 h
Content, Learning Outcome and Preconditions
The module introduces the fundamentals of comparative analysis of political systems. It focuses on the main concepts, theories and methods of comparative analysis of political systems. Different political system types, and particularly democracies, will be systematically presented and analyzed comparatively in terms of their structures and institutions (polity), actors and processes (politics) and policies and policy content (policies). The content emphasized is thus: the methods of comparison, system theory, comparative political regimes, majority and consensual democracies, parliamentary and presidential democracies, veto players theory, electoral and party systems, political values and attitudes, interest group and social movement influence, and policy analysis in selected policy areas.
Learning Outcome
After participating in the module's courses, students will be able to: define basic terms, concepts, theories and questions found in comparative political system analysis; to use basic scientific methods of comparative analysis; to identify structural elements of political systems; to understand fundamental operating logics of political systems; and to be able to identify the general conditions and factors determining system dynamics of political communities; and to reconsider criteria to the evaluation of political processes in different contexts.
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Courses, Learning and Teaching Methods and Literature
Courses and Schedule
|Comparative Politics - Fundamentals
Schreurs, M.
Assistants: Janßen, S.
singular or moved dates
|Comparative Politics 1 (Lecture)
Schreurs, M.
Wurster, S.
Assistants: Janßen, S.
Mon, 15:00–16:30, 2370
and singular or moved dates
|Comparative Politics 1 (Exercise)
Ohlhorst, D.
Assistants: Janßen, S.Schmid, H.
|dates in groups
Learning and Teaching Methods
In a lecture format, basic concepts, theories and methods of comparative analysis of political systems will be presented using general examples. In accompanying exercises, these contents will be deepened and extended with the help of specific examples. As part of the course, students have the opportunity to consolidate the material learned with in-depth discussions and comments and to put it into practice themselves with concrete examples.
Course reserve readings, Online-Reader, PowerPoint, Exercises
Detlef Jahn: Einführung in die vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 2. Auflage. VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2013. Hans-Joachim Lauth, Gert Pickel, Susanne Pickel, Vergleich politischer Systeme. Schönigh, Paderborn 2014. Kenneth Newton, Jan van Deth, Foundations of Comparative Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009.
Module Exam
Description of exams and course work
The evaluation for this module will consist of a 120-minute exam in which students will be expected to recall and apply basic theories, methods and empirical findings from the field of Comparative Political Systems without the use of aids (with the exception of foreign students who may use a German dictionary). Content and knowledge application questions will be asked and questions should be answered in the student's own words. The examination questions will relate to the content of the lectures, readings, and exercises.
Exam Repetition
There is a possibility to take the exam in the following semester.


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A Silverstone Auctions sale in Saudi Arabia will feature one of only nine Nibbio Spyders ever built by Zagato
After teasing us with some initial details and images, Ferrari has revealed all about its newest family member
Ferrari has revealed a Portofino-sized V8 coupe, but it's been given a different name to its drop-top cousin and distinct styling
Ferrari has created an Evo version for its 488 racer, featuring a longer wheelbase and overhauled aero
Dressed in a stunning shade of green over a tan interior, complete with a classic gated manual gearbox, this might just be the ideal 355 – and it's for sale with no reserve
Maserati has announced further details of its plans to go hybrid and electric, and the drivetrains will come from Ferrari
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The Ferrari F8 Tributo has been given the inevitable drop-top treatment, with only a slight drop in performance
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Three Ferrari Challenge racers - a 360, F430 and 458 - will go under the hammer at the same auction. Which will it be for you?
Amsterdam-based Vandenbrink Design has made a stunning 612 Scaglietti wagon, and it'll be building them to order
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Debra Colkett
About me
I offer a safe, confidential, welcoming space where you can safely explore your feelings and difficulties. The work I do can be fun, dynamic - and depending on your commitment - it can bring succinct and satisfying results. I recommend an initial assessment, followed by 6 weeks of therapy and then a review. This ensures we stay in focus and you are getting the most out of the Therapy service.
I am fully trained and experienced Art's Psychotherapist in Dramatherapy and Family Therapy. (B.A.Hons, PgDip, MA) I am a full member of the British Association of Dramatherapists (BADth) and Healthcare Professionals Council (HCPC). Dramatherapy is the use of Drama Techniques (not necessarily role-play) with the intention of healing. It can take the form of image making, writing, story-telling, object sculpts, Gestalt and Psychdrama to enable you to make the sub-conscious, conscious. where difficulties can be brought to the surface and healed, giving a voice to buried and suppressed feelings. Talking can be a valuable part of the therapy, but with my approach you will find that you will be able to access your own instincts and place of healing, often non-verbally.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have some 20 years experience working as an Arts Psychotherapist and Family Therapy Worker in a variety of Mental Health settings including Forensic Psychiatric Units, medium secure units for BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder/Self-harmers), Community Rehabilitation Units and Schools. I recently ran the Family Mediation Service for 3 years at a local children's Charity in Colchester and Tendring.
I have adopted a flexible, eclectic approach to Therapy and clients, depending on your individual needs. I work one to one and systemically with children, adults, adolescents and their families. So if you are having problems communicating with, or understanding your kids, please feel free to contact me.
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In 2016, Asia's 50 Best crowned Margarita Forés the continent's top female chef. She oversees several dining rooms in Manila, and Grace Park (1 Rockwell Dr., Makati; 011-63-2-843-7275; dinner for two, $32) is known for its rustic mix-and-match aesthetic and farm-to-table fare. The menu offers a global selection of food, but dishes such as river prawns drizzled with crab-fat butter perfectly capture the fruits of the Philippine kitchen. For a more casual experience, the Midnight Mercato (25th St. and Seventh Ave., Taguig; 011-63-917-840-1152) in BGC is packed with street-food vendors. Anything being cooked on a skewer (cheese-stuffed hot dog, chunks of pork belly, or chicken intestines) will immediately have you feeling like a local.
Nonstop Shopping
Like many cities in Asia, there are tons of malls all over Manila. SM is a homegrown chain, while Greenbelt (Legazpi St., Makati; 011-63-2-729-2137) in Makati is more upscale and houses international luxury labels such as Hermès. While in Makati, check out Marquina Shoemaker (7635 Guijo St., Makati; 011-63-2-752-0194), a brand trying to resuscitate the local shoemaking industry. Loafers, boots, and oxfords for men and women made with leather from tanneries in the city of Valenzuela, north of Manila, can be bought off the shelves or created bespoke.
If you want to pick up an artisan souvenir, such as a traditional barong (a shirt woven from pineapple fibers), or something fun, like a refrigerator magnet of a jeepney (a name for the colorful minibuses you'll find all over the Philippines), you can shop at one of the many locations of Kultura Filipino. But for a unique retail experience, there's nothing like the compact neighborhood of Divisoria (Claro M. Recto Ave., Manila). Between the outdoor market and indoor stores, you can buy almost anything here—apples, swimming-pool accessories, plastic watches. Even if you don't need any of these items, bring some cash; you can use the pesos to pick up a streetside snack like taho, silken tofu soaked in a sugary syrup, or cheddar-cheese ice cream stuffed into a sandwich roll.
Nature's Hideaways
For all that it offers, Manila is still a crowded metropolis that can sometimes overwhelm even the most experienced traveler. More-peaceful retreats are within just a couple hours' drive. Tour operator Uncharted Philippines (702-738-1467; Taal day tours, $180 a person) can sneak you out of Manila to the drastically smaller city of Tagaytay. It's only 40 miles south and feels a world away. Tagaytay is known for Taal Volcano, which, remarkably, is on an island (Volcano Island) within another island (Luzon)—kind of a Russian nesting doll of islands. Active travelers can take a boat to the volcano and then hike up to the rim of the crater for unforgettable vistas.
Afterward, reward yourself at Antonio's (Purok 138, Barangay Neogan, Tagaytay; 011-63-917-899-2866; dinner for two, $100), chef Tonyboy Escalante's fine-dining showpiece inside a mansion, where he serves a global menu of classics, from Filipino lechón (pig skin) to spaghetti tossed with bottarga. Before you leave Tagaytay, pop into Rowena's (Emilio Aguanaldo Hwy., Hill Crest Plaza, Tagaytay; 011-63-46-860-2481; tarts, $1), a shop that sells buko (coconut) tarts.
For time by the water, head to the province of Batangas, another 40 miles south from Tagaytay. The area is full of beaches, most known only to Filipinos. To make the most of a short getaway, do an island-hopping excursion. You can go for it on your own, or Uncharted Philippines can organize an itinerary (from $200 a person, two-person minimum) of spellbinding stops: Anilao for snorkeling; Fortune Island, where you'll find ruins of Greek-revival columns; and Isla Verde's white-sand beach—all truly unforgettable.
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A Standard Approach to Evaluating New Cards
Jan 12, 2018
Magic set releases might be my favorite part of the game. We get to see new cards and speculate what decks can be made with them, debate their individual power level, and of course play with them. There are many different angles to examine the new cards, and I will cover just a few of them in this article.
released in earlier in the year, it introduced a cycle of gods which had a lot of interesting things going on from a card evaluation perspective. In regards to Hazoret, the Fervent, I recall saying something to the effect of "Wow that's a powerful card, but I'm not sure there's a home for it, and it's pretty weak to Grasp of Darkness." I mention this example because these are some of the focal points of card evaluation in my mind. First, I looked at the card's power level in a vacuum, which in this case was incredibly strong. Next, I observed the current standard format and if a strong shell existed for the card, which did not exist at the time of its printing. Lastly, I looked at the potential answers in the standard format, and realized that an efficient two mana removal spell that cleanly answered the card existed.
Evaluating Power Level
Understanding how powerful a card is in a vacuum can be a very simple affair (Glorybringer, Gideon, Ally of Zendikar), or can be complex and polarizing (As Foretold, Approach of the Second Sun). I think if you asked most veterans of the game how they evaluate the power level of a card they would probably say something like "just look at the card" but I will try to be a little more detailed than that.
First, I would look at how similar cards performed in the past, since there is plenty of data on those cards and there is no data for the new card, this is a good basis. Glorybringer, for example, was functionally similar to Stormbreath Dragon as a 3RR costing 4/4 haste flying creature. Stormbreath Dragon was a major player in many standard decks and has even seen some modern play, and was quite effective at its role as an evasive finisher. Glorybringer, in exchange for a protection from a color (albeit a very relevant one in a format that had Chained to the Rocks), and the ability to become larger for seven mana, can deal four to a creature the turn it attacks. Depending on the format, this exchange could be extremely favorable, so it isn't hard to see that this card will be widely played barring some extremely efficient answer or otherwise hateful environment for the card (see the decline in play in Magic Online as more and more people packed four Chandra's Defeats in their sideboard). Using this basis, let's take a look at a
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Azor, the Lawbringer is a 6/6 flyer for six mana that allows you to effectively Sphinx's Revelation when it attacks, but it's only form of protection is not allowing your opponent (or opponents if EDH is your thing) to cast instant or sorceries on their next turn. In recent memory, this seems similar to Dragonlord Ojutai, but it is significantly weaker for a few reasons. For the cost of one more mana, you only get one more power and two more toughness, which for a finisher is not better than simply being able to play it a turn earlier. The built-in protection from removal basically requires your opponent to be tapped out to be guaranteed to untap with him in play. Your opponent has the ability to cast instant speed removal on your turn or can use a creature or enchantment removal spell on their turn. Lastly, let's compare the abilities on attack. Here is where it may be debatable which is better, but I still think Ojutai's Anticipate trigger has the edge here as well. Where it gets complicated is that Ojutai had to connect with your opponents face (and not a planeswalker) to get the trigger, whereas Azor can be chump blocked and you still get the card advantage. However, these decks thrive on having the ability to leave up mana for multiple answers or countermagic to keep the door shut on the game, Azor's ability is extremely mana intensive, and in your combat phase on your turn is not when you want to be tapping out with a blue-white based control deck. Based on all of these factors, I think Azor falls well short of the bar set by its Dragonlord predecessor, but since power level isn't the only relevant part of card evaluation, he could still see the battlefield in Standard. There is room to be worse than Dragonlord Ojutai and still be a playable card.
Sometimes, cards can be so unique that the past example method of evaluation is not applicable. These are the most interesting cards to evaluate, because then you need to use a combination of factors, most notably game theory and probability. Books can be written on this subject so I will keep this short with a simple example from
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The backside of Storm the Vault, Vault of Catlacan is a strictly better version of one of the most powerful cards to ever be printed, Tolarian Academy. However, it takes some work to play with this card that has been banned or restricted in every single format ever made. Let's analyze the front side of Storm the Vault, which is definitely too unique to compare to previously printed cards. The most important part of analyzing a new card is its mana cost. In this case, the mana cost of four and two different colors is fairly prohibitive and the text on the card has to be quite powerful to justify putting this in a typical Constructed deck. The next step I take is to look at what value the card provides immediately. In the case of this enchantment, you will get a Treasure the turn it comes down if you can get a creature through to hit a player (and not a planeswalker). That is an extremely lackluster effect, and one that does not really help your board state in any way. Since we had to invest four mana into this card, this would need to trigger four separate times to pay for itself with just the triggers. Again, this does transform into one of the most busted cards in the game though, so let's look at how this is accomplished, which is ending your turn with five or more artifacts in play. In theory, if you played some artifact token generating cards such as Servo Exhibition, this could transform the turn it entered the battlefield, as well as allow you to use the mana (albeit not on sorcery speed spells) that turn. This does give the card some appeal, and this mana could be used to end the game pretty quickly with cards such as Walking Ballista. This brings us to a major fallacy in evaluating new cards called "best case scenario mentality." Sure, you could have a turn 1 Hope of Ghirapur, turn 2 Heart of Kiran and a turn 3 Servo Exhibition and Bomat Courier, play this on turn 4 and you now have a Tolarian Academy, but what was your opponent doing during this time? It seems like if this was how your turns played out unimpeded, that any curve out of any number of spells would have buried your opponent. Therefore, it is best to analyze these cards with a realistic mindset that not only did your opponent cast spells while you were goldfishing, but casting the best possible cards to interact with your gameplan. How does the card look in this situation? Does it still have some value? If the answer is no, then you have yourself a weak magic card. If your opponent had blockers or simply killed your creatures (or worse still, played a sweeper), this enchantment has no text whatsoever. While there may be a deck that can harness the cards full potential and make it playable, from a raw power level perspective, this card is a major bust.
Potential Decks for the Card
Once we have established the baseline power level of the card, how strong the card is in combination with other cards in the format is the next topic to cover. Where this becomes the most relevant are combo or synergy cards. For example, when the card Scapeshift was printed, it may as well have had no text, because while a mass Crop Rotation is a powerful effect there wasn't really any synergy with it until the card Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle was printed. When I first played magic in the '90s, we wrote on Lion's Eye Diamonds to use as proxies, but after mechanics like Storm and Dredge entered the game, and cards like Goblin Charbelcher and Infernal Tutor, it became one of the most powerful cards in Legacy and had to be restricted in Vintage.
These are two extreme examples to make a point, but it doesn't always have to be as clear cut as this. Sometimes cards are good enough to be played but simply don't have a critical mass of other cards to synergize with. Relentless Dead was an extremely powerful recursive threat, but the card did not see wide play until several sets after it was printed when
provided multiple "anthem" effects for Zombies in Lord of the Accursed and Liliana's Mastery.
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is building on the tribal themes, and Daring Buccaneer is a very aggressive one drop pirate if a potential Pirate-based aggro deck exists. It should be obvious that if you are playing this card without other Pirates, it simply is not constructed worthy. A 2/2 for 2R was not playable in 1993, and it certainly isn't playable now. Looking at just standard legal red playable Pirates, there are quite a few to choose from: Rigging Runner, Fanatical Firebrand, Kari Zev, Dire Fleet Daredevil, and Captain Lannery Storm. I won't bog this article down with the math, and I'm sure Frank Karsten will cover this, but I would feel confident about being able to play this card on turn 1 reliably with about 12 or more other Pirates in my deck (Edit: Frank did the math, 12 other Pirates is good about five out of six times). Therefore, there are definitely enough playables to make this card a reliable turn 1 play and as such, is worthy of consideration. Whether or not a Pirate creature shell is superior to the stock Ramunap Red starts of Bomat Courier, Earthshaker Khenra, and Soul Scar Mage will remain to be seen, but it is certainly worth investigating.
Potential Answers to the Card
Lastly, how the rest of the cards in the format interact from the opposing side should be observed. This is a fairly straightforward concept, and there's no better example than an extremely powerful artifact from
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The Immortal Sun has a lot of business going on, and if you have this in play for more than a couple turns, I would expect you to run away with the game easily. However, this format has an extremely popular two mana answer to the card that many decks are running three or four of in their main deck in Abrade. As such, building a deck around this card carries an inherent risk and will likely result in disappointment when your opponents answer your haymaker with a card that is meant to deal with turn two Longtusk Cubs and Kari Zevs.
Obviously this article only touches the surface of the many facets of evaluating new cards. I hope you enjoyed reading my views on the three most important factors when looking at how good new cards are for Standard. It will be interesting to seef the Rivals of Ixalan cards can provide tribal decks ample ammunition to overcome the energetic menace in the coming weeks.
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Team Massdrop Rivals of Ixalan Limited Primer
[image] Rivals of Ixalan drafts have been firing for almost a month now, but there is still a ton of drafting to do before Dominaria gets here. Team Massdrop finished Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan with a 41-25 Draft record, or a win rate of 62%. At the Pro level, that is really strong. Dating back to the early days of the team we have always focused on strong, structured Limited preparation, and it often pays off. This was our finalized strategy for Rivals of Ixalan draft, from big picture, to how to build successful decks of each archetype, to the full pick order that comes out of our Limited meetings. The One Minute Version [image] The best rare and uncommon threats are miles ahead of the common threats, but the common removal is good. The best rares are those that don't die to removal or win the game even if removed. The format defaults to aggression, but random 2/2s aren't reliably good enough. Attack with 3/3s and evasive creatures and tribally enhanced stuff. You can be...
Feb 15, 2018
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