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want 1000 meter distance for cheap a 7mag is a good buy 165 nozzlers and think a medium to fast burn powder loaded up to 3000 ft per second.I bought a 7 mag Remington ADL with a 4x12 scope for 350 dollars the other day. the 30-06 still has lots of reload brass out there. My model 72 Winchester packs a recomended 172 grain( it was designed for the Army Olympics in !972 when the US Army took on the Ruskies in a world shoot.
the 375 is a good rifle also. for 300 meters the 44 mag with tungsten insert penetrates 1/4 inch of steel. i ve spent 3 years trying to get a chey-tac .409 man! are they hard to get.my .50 Barret is a real winner though its in AZ ready for use by my family.
you can find .50 bullets for the 50 in Lake havasue AZ on the Colorado river as they used that whole area for 50 cal testing during the war. theres a Gravel Co. there i used to buy my bullets then reloaded them into brass.
Buy a used whatever. More cost, less ammo storage. Not a good trade off.
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If I was limited to one single weapon, I would choose the Springfield Arsenal M1A. The 308 Winchester, or 7.62x51 MM NATO round is sufficient to hunt anything short of large dangerous game. The rifle itself is inherently accurate at any feasible range within the limitation of the catridge. The cartridge lends itself well to handloading, and has too many projectile choices to even begin to list here in this forum. The weapon is highly versatile. You have many option for accessorizing if that was your forte'. I personally use an AR-10 manufactured by Rock River Arms. Model LAR-8. Excellent, accurate weapon. Easy to maintain as opposed to the M1A. So, either one works well. Each has it's drawbacks. But these are easily off-set when you consider the functional capacity that they can be deployed in. Defense or hunting, you could do alot worse than either platform.
At a gun show one of the dealers was making speeches about caliber choices. He points out the 308 NATO round is the most available. It also is largely because it has fairly good range. He said the winchester mag and the 338 Lapua have a little longer range but the cost and availability of rounds is a disadvantage if thinking for militia defense. My 308 is the Remington sniper rifle version. I also have the AK47 for the same reasons. But when the dealers are warning of the issues of supply and cost this should have weight. The 50Cal semi auto is on my wish list for stopping trucks. The Navy Seal hero with 150 terrorist kills used the winchester 338 Mag and the 338 Lapua. Chris Kyle in his book "American Sniper" points out the 338 Lapuo will stop a truck just as well as the 50cal. He says the best way to stop a truck is to kill the driver. But of course in a civil war situation, one needs to use reserve in case the truck is a friendly. Kill the truck. I picked up a 200 round pouch of 308 surplus from the German Army. That seller said it is great quality. Because of extremely high demand all sorts of ammo are hard to get. Buy what you can and keep buying.
On a facebook survival page the person "Libertas Semper" reports on is 5.56 ""The Ar in the middle with the sand colored bottom is mine too and it actually matches a different upper but that upper that is on it for the picture is my sniper platform for 5.56 and it can hit golf balls at 565 yards"" So with its sniper setup it works. Also just hit someone anywhere with it and they are out off immediate combat.
For short range patrol, camp defense, and in home security I have matched a 9mm S/W parabellum with a Marlin 9mm camp rifle. Needless to say they both have many mags. For tactical recon and LRPs I prefer the SKS. Cheap to shoot, takes a beating and keeps on ticking, mega capacity mags are plentiful and cost effective. Accuracy is iffy but if you can get it sighted in once smacking the barrel up side a tree won't shake it. It is a real good weapon to start with because it is cheap and readily available. A bazillion yellow, brown, and blacked skinned warriors can't be wrong. {8<{)
maybe someone should start a defensive perimeter thread. I see very little info here and its truly important. 3 years ago i had the info given to me about drones.( we discussed using models for area defense. now those models are even more finally tuned and advanced.
My suggestion is to look into our vietmnam era traps and perimeter defense mechanisms along with the new computer age and the ability to extend the perimeters out to over a mile in size.
I would be happy to pursue that on my web site if there isn't a spot here but my number one "goto" guy is on his 7th tour in the sand box, number 2 guy is a guest of the state of Tennessee at present! I think it is a great idea to focus a discussion on basic home/base defense.
Good info. {8<{)
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Concorde Passenger Flight Folder
This is a highly desirable original document folder/stationary kit/information pack. Sealed and unused.as presented to passengers on scheduled flights. Contents include: Racing green Concorde embossed stitched folder, Concorde embossed notebook, Concorde embossed writing paper and envelopes, original Concorde flight certificate, Concorde postcards and a Concorde information and history booklet. The folder itself is very stylish as you would expect for Concorde having room inside for pens and business cards.
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Concorde Silver Luggage Tag
This hall marked silver luggage tag is brand new in original presentation box and was offered to a select number of Concorde passengers. They were exclusively designed, made and hall marked in England for Concorde in small numbers with the Concorde logo raised in the silver work. It is 4.5 inches long and 1.75 inches wide and comes with the original certificate. It has an attaching loop and an oval address sheet (rigid plastic) for recording name, address etc on one side. On the other side is an artwork design. It is high quality, as you would expect, and would make a wonderful additiona collection, a unique gift, or simply to use personally for your luggage or brief case. Unlike the luggage tags in our Concorde Collection section these are the original Concorde collectable items and we now have just a few left including a few signed by Chief Concorde Pilot - Mike Bannister.
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Concorde BA and Smythson Branded Stationery and Pen Set
These delightful top quality sets were produced by renowned 'stationer to the royal family' Smythson of Bond Street. They were designed as on board gifts for Concorde passengers.
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Concorde Signed Mounted Engine Blade
This flown engine blade was removed from the engine of one of BA's Concorde aircraft during servicing. Mounted on a wooden plinth with felt base and featuring a polished chrome plaque reading "Concorde Engine Blade' - Mike Bannister - Chief Concorde Pilot". It has been hand signed by Mike Bannister at our offices. A great gift for a Concorde or aviation enthusiast and also a great investment. It comes with a certificate of authenticity supplied by British Airways.
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High Pressure Compressor Vane
This is a Rolls Royce Olympus 593 Turbojet engine High Pressure Compressor Vane. This is a flown item that powered BAs Concorde fleet and the blade shows signs of use. It was manufactured by Rolls Royce and has the Olympus 593 part number B430542. The dimensions of this item in centimetres are approximately 15.5 x 4 x 4 and it weighs approximately 400g. These are used components so may show signs of surface scratches, discolourations, as a result of pushing Concorde through the sky at Mach 2.. These may be polished out or left as testimony to the service they have seen.
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An original part from Concorde. This Electro-Luminescent Cockpit Control Panel was used on Concorde aircraft in British Airways commercial fleet. The item is identified by the following Concorde Part/Ref number 66-7653-000 Iss B. It is dated December 1982. It shows the controls for several settings and lighting in cabins and deck. It comes with a British Airways Certificate of Authenticity.
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The Wolves (4-5) erased a six-point halftime deficit to tie things up at 50-all after regulation and 56-all following the first overtime, where the Falcons (7-3) had chances at the buzzer in both situations.
Ultimately, it was a little too much size and too much depth, as the Falcons were just able outlast UWG when Quincy Hill couldn't connect on a 3-pointer to tie as time ran out.
"We just had a difficult time scoring the ball. This is the first time playing at home that we didn't have offensive pop and energy in the first half. I've got to blame the loss against Paine having us doubt ourselves a little bit. We had to work through that. We were only in the game the second half because of our defense. We could have been down 16 to 20 points. That we were down six points, you have to give your defense credit for that," UWG coach Michael Cooney said.
Regardless of the result, the UWG coach was pleased with his team's effort coming off a poor showing Saturday and with a break coming up.
"We didn't lose because of lack of effort, but we do have to get better. We have to get better offensively, and that's the hard part. Taylor [Cochran] is a sophomore, Sean Boston is a JUCO player that just got here. Brett [Seljak] and Quincy [Hill] are the only two guys that really are returning with minutes, along with Thomas [Higginbotham]," Cooney said.
West Georgia opened the second half on a 6-0 run with Hill and Higginbotham scoring three points each to pull even at 26-all. From there, it was a back-and-forth affair, with the Wolves taking their first lead of the game at the 13:30 mark as Cochran's 3-pointer put UWG up 31-28.
The Wolves went 1-of-2 in a pair of late trips to the free-throw line to tie the game, but ultimately it was free-throw shooting that doomed UWG. For the game, it went just 18-of-32 from the charity stripe with situations in regulation and both overtimes to win the game at the line.
"Offensively right now, we just don't have Lavon Gray inside, we don't have Da'Ron Sims. The closest thing we have is Sean Boston, who's a wing. We're trying to manufacture baskets going to the rim and you've got to continually attack the basket. When you do that, you're going to get fouled and you've got to make your free throws. [Tuesday] we didn't make them," Cooney said.
Boston had the big game for the Wolves with 14 points and 15 rebounds for the double-double, while Quincy Hill led the team with 16 points and Cochran added 12.
West Georgia will be off for almost two weeks before returning to the court in a road game against Columbus State on Dec. 30. For this team, a break could be just what the players need.
"We've been going pretty hard. There haven't been any fish on the schedule. They've all been Division II regional games. [St. Augustine's] is a CIAA team, then conference games. The best thing we can do for our guys is give them a week off, let them be home with their families, rest up, get in the hot tub and feel better about themselves. Then we have to come back and get back to work," Cooney said.


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Much like my old friend head cheese, sweetbreads have a very misleading name. They are neither sweet nor bread. At least head cheese is is half accurate: it has lots of head in it. Sweetbreads are most commonly the thymus gland or pancreas from cows, sheep or pigs. It took me quite a bit of searching my area, but I eventually found veal sweetbreads frozen from a local butcher. Based on the shape of them, I would say mine they were "throat" sweetbreads or thymus gland.
To say they are unpleasant to look at is an understatement.
I was almost afraid to handle this lump of impossibly soft meat. It felt like a one of those water-filled snake things you had when you were a kid.
There is a quite a bit of preparation time required for making them: they have to be soaked in salty or acidic water, then poached, then finished with some other technique. I went for fried.
After they are poached in milk, you can remove the outer membrane from each of the individual lobes of meat. Once I separated the pieces, it resembled a pile of fleshy cheese curds.
After stripping off what seemed to be endless amounts of membrane, it was time to fry them up. Like many of you, I am a firm believer in the idea that fried=good. Once I allowed a moment for them to cool, I popped one into my mouth. The texture was incredibly soft and smooth. I hesitate to use this analogy but the flavor was a lot like chicken. Not very strong at all, certainly meaty but not a huge punch of flavor at all. It certainly didn't taste like other organ meats. A quick dip on some sriracha mayo and the second bite was even better.
Overall, they were very tasty, but I'm not quite sure I would go through the effort to make them myself again. However, if I saw an interesting preparation at a restaurant, I would not hesitate at all to order them.
Sweetbreads get a solid "Try It"– with a recommendation to let someone else make them for you.


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Sorry, can't resist quoting you ;-). Not true A.S. determines distance, level, multiband EQ, phase and depending on the level of Audessey in the Denon sets a host of sub characteristics. Also x-overs, LFE cutoff, speaker size and I'm sure a few other things are set as well that I have forgot about.
Batpig and JDSmoothie are for sure rolling their eyes and can chime in if I missed something or called something the wrong thing.


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Intoxicated Man is the first of two albums by Mick Harvey, presenting the songs of Serge Gainsbourg, sung in English. It is followed by Pink Elephants.
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Mos Def – Umi Says (FaltyDL Edit) (1999/2013)
Black on Both Sides is the debut solo album of American rapper Mos Def, released October 12, 1999 on Rawkus Records. Prior to the album's recording, Mos Def had collaborated with rapper Talib Kweli for the duo's studio album, Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star (1998), which raised high expectations for a solo effort. Black on Both Sides features an emphasis on live instrumentation and socially conscious lyrics.
Sugar – Come Around (1993)
Beaster was Sugar's 1993 EP. The songs were recorded at the same time as the band's acclaimed first album, Copper Blue, however, it has a much denser, heavier sound than that record. The EP is a loosely conceptual work built around dark religious imagery. "JC Auto" is short for "Jesus Christ Autobiography." The Judas Cradle, also known as the Judas Chair, was a torture device allegedly used by the Spanish Inquisition.
David Bowie – I'm Afraid of Americans (1997)
"I'm Afraid of Americans" is a song and single by David Bowie from the 1997 album Earthling. The song, co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno, was originally written during Bowie's studio sessions for the 1995 album Outside but was not released until a rough mix appeared on the soundtrack to the film Showgirls, and was subsequently remade for Earthling. Bowie describes the feelings behind the song: "It's not as truly hostile about Americans as say "Born in the U.S.A.": it's merely sardonic. I was traveling in Java when its first McDonald's went up: it was like, "for fuck's sake." The invasion by any homogenised culture is so depressing, the erection of another Disney World in, say, Umbria, Italy, more so. It strangles the indigenous culture and narrows expression of life." "I'm Afraid of Americans" originally appeared as a rough mix on the soundtrack to the film Showgirls (in which the chorus is "I'm afraid of the animals" instead of the later "I'm afraid of Americans") and was subsequently remade for Earthling. This version and two of the Nine Inch Nails remixes were released on the bonus disc of the Digibook Expanded Edition of Earthling in 2004. The song is sampled for a remix of Company Flow's "Patriotism" when El-P performs it. A CD single for "I'm Afraid of Americans" was released in the United States. The single did not include the album version of the song; instead, it featured remixes of the track performed by Bowie's former tourmates, Nine Inch Nails, and drum and bass artist Photek.
My Bloody Valentine – Only Shallow (1991)
"Only Shallow" is a song by the shoegazing band My Bloody Valentine. It is the opening track and second single from the band's second studio album, Loveless (1991), released on Creation Records. Written by Kevin Shields and Bilinda Butcher, "Only Shallow" features Shields' distinctive guitar sound—a technique known as "glide guitar"—characterized by heavy use of a tremolo bar while strumming.
Ozzy Osbourne – I Just Want You (1994)
Ozzy is the world's biggest Beatle fan. "I Just Want You" started out, on the original demo recording, with a "Strawberry Fields" flute motif cycling through the verses, eventually building to a heavy chorus with drums and guitars (listen to the "demo version" above). Ozzy fought to keep those elements in, but producer Michael Beinhorn erased all Beatle references when he cut the studio version of the song. [Source]
Ozzy Osbourne: vocals
Zakk Wylde: guitar
Rick Wakeman: keyboards
Michael Beinhorn: keyboards
Geezer Butler: bass
Deen Castronovo: drums
Produced by Michael Beinhorn. Recorded by Paul Northfield at Guillaume Tell Studios (Paris), Right Track Recording (New York), Bearsville Studios (Woodstock), Electric Lady Studios (New York). Mixed by David Bianco.
From the 'inspirational cassette tape' (that also included Nine Inch Nails) that Michael Beinhorn sent to the writers:
Jeff Buckley – So Real (1995)
"So Real" is the third single from Jeff Buckley's 1994 album Grace, and also had an accompanying video. Michael Tighe, a guitarist who joined Buckley late in the recording of Grace, brought with him what was to become the main riff on "So Real" that is played during the verses. "Forget Her" was originally on the album track list, but Buckley subsequently replaced it with "So Real". The former, while not appearing on the album, was subsequently released on the second disc of the 10th anniversary Legacy Edition of Grace and is also on the official Jeff Buckley site, with a recent video made of existing footage of Buckley while alive. This video is also found on the DVD that comes with the aforementioned Legacy Edition.
"I love "So Real" because it's the actual quartet that you see in that picture right there that you have on the wall, on the album. And that one I produced live all one moment, the vocal is the first take, all one take. It was three o'clock in the morning."
Jeff Buckley – Lilac Wine (1994)
1David Bowie considers Grace to be the best album ever made, and has said it would be his only "Desert Island Record."
Julian Cope – Beautiful Love (1991)
"Beautiful Love" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Julian Cope. It is the first single released in support of his album Peggy Suicide.
Blixa Bargeld – Soul Desert (Can Cover Version) (1999)
The compilation Pop 2000 – Das gibt's nur einmal features tracks from a twelve-part television documentary about 50 years of pop music and youth culture in Germany. Seventeen artists and bands interpret songs of other German musicians and there will be many surprises, exciting combinations and an unusually amusing journey through Germany's musical history and encounters between generations and styles.


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Upcoming Kent State Stark Music Events
Posted Apr. 20, 2012
Kent State Stark Chorale
Friday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Hall Auditorium
No tickets required
The Chorale, directed by Frederick Locker, will perform a full program of lively selections, including Great Getting' Up Mornin' and Brothers, Sing On. The ensemble of 20 students will be accompanied by Sandra Wallace on piano.
Faculty Recital
Saturday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Main Hall Auditorium
No tickets required
The Kent State Stark Music Department faculty will entertain the audience with a full program of classic selections from notable composers, such as Schubert, Bottesini and Legrand, among others. The performance will showcase the voice and instrument talents of the following Kent State Stark faculty: Laurel Seeds, soprano; Melissa Davis, soprano; Brian Bennett, vibraphone and drums; Daniel Nauss, double bass; Sandy Wallace, piano; and Jerry Wong, piano.
Kent State Stark Concert Band
Tuesday, April 24 at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre
Tickets are required for this free event. Call 330-244-3348 on weekdays from 1 – 5 p.m. for tickets.
Enjoy an evening of classic marches, big band music, theatrical selections and more performed by the award-winning Kent State Stark Concert Band. The ensemble, comprised of talented high school and college students, faculty and community members, is conducted by Richard Kibler. The program will include Exaltations! by William Owens, Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and An American Elegy, composed by Frank Ticheli in memory of those who lost their lives at the Columbine High School tragedy and to honor the survivors.
Studio Ensemble Concert
Thursday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Main Hall Auditorium
No tickets required
The program will feature performances by the following Kent State Stark student ensembles:
Kent State Stark Fusion Ensemble, directed by Mark Schulz
Kent State Stark Fusion Ensemble, directed by Jeremey Poparad
Wednesday Night Beatles Ensemble, directed by Dan Nauss
Friday Afternoon Delight Ensemble, directed by Erin Vaughn
Workshop in Lyric Theatre
Friday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre
No tickets required
The eight talented students of this ensemble will give theatrical performances of musical selections from various stage favorites, including Les Misérables, Little Shop of Horrors, Sweeney Todd and Wicked. Workshop in Lyric Theatre is directed by Melissa Davis and Sandra Wallace will be accompanying the students on piano.


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How to Beat Roulette - American vs European Roulette
When I look at my gambling career and how to beat roulette, I've played roulette less than any other table game. The reason is simple: American roulette has a higher house advantage than most other casino games.
Moreover, since I am proud of following sound casino mathematics while gambling, it's only logical that I would play low-house percentage games like craps, baccarat and blackjack instead of winning at roulette.
However, over the years I've spent a considerable amount of time in Europe and have played in many casinos, especially in France. I've always been amazed at the popularity of roulette. In France and Italy, this game is taken very seriously by professional gamblers.
The theoretical roulette probability in European roulette is a low 1.35%. This is actually lower than our popular game of craps which is 1.40% and much lower that American roulette which is 5.26%.
Typically, American roulette has double zero wheels which translate to a 5.26 house percentage. European wheels are single zero, which cuts the house percentage to 2.63.
In the European casinos if you make an even money bet, that is red-black, odd-even, high-low and the ball lands on 0 (green), you are offered two options:
- You can lose half of your bet.
- You lose nothing, but your bet stays as is for the next spin, which then decides whether you win or lose.
This second option is called "en prison" (in prison). Your bet is imprisoned by a tiny cage placed over your bet to distinguish it from the other bets.
In Europe the "en prison" option is overwhelmingly chosen over losing half you bet. With the single zero wheel it doesn't matter if the half bet loss or en prison is used, the house percentage reduces to a meager 1.35% which helps at winning at roulette. Again, this is lower than craps which is 1.40.
Armed with this low house percentage, European gamblers have successfully played roulette for many years. And believe it or not, playing our casino roulette strategy in teams at some of the smaller casinos resulted in breaking the bank frequently. Some of the smaller casinos in France have banned this type of play.
But I could see that some modifications would have to be made to accommodate the American wheel in order to show how to beat roulette. These modifications have been worked on for the last two years. I have finally perfected this system so it can be successfully played in American casinos. In addition, some American casinos, like the ones in Atlantic city, have adopted the European rule of returning half your bet on even money bets if the ball lands on zero or double zero. This cuts the roulette probablity to about 2.63%
After making the appropriate adjustments in the betting pattern and testing, you now have a winning roulette system. The key to the success is in the way the betting pattern is manipulated. Moreover, you will play simultaneous even money bets. These bets will act a s both a natural hedge and an effective parlay.
Bottom line, you cannot play this way with any other table game. True, in craps you can play both the don't and the do sides and in baccarat you can play both the banker and the player. But if you play both bets at the same bet size they naturally offset each other for a net zero result. In black jack there is only one bet. Yes you can play more than one hand but these hands are independent of each other.
However, in roulette you can bet even money on red-black, odd-even and high-low and take advantage of making these bets at the same bet size without them always offsetting each other. These bets which are only available in roulette leave you with a natural hedge and parlay strategy. Play smart and learn with our gambling strategy.


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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Where outer space meets the Middle East, a whole new world on a magic carpet ride, or in a Ferrari.
When I was a child I never thought I'd grow up to be a time traveler. Being able to get into an air vessel and arrive in a different part of the world on a different day seemed impossible. Little did I know, I do it all the time now when crossing the international date line. I think when I landed in Dubai though, I must have landed in the distant future. The U.A.E. is the most space aged, futuristic place I have ever seen. The buildings, architecture, and man made islands were incredible. Everything looked straight out of a Star Wars movie.
When we arrived to Dubai I was so jet lagged I could barely stand up in the customs line. They pulled me aside for what they called a random search. They went through all my bags and eventually found my medicine kit. The official called over his supervisor to interrogate me on how, why, and where I got the medicine. Why I had it and how I got it. All over a small bottle of Ibuprofen. I expressed that it was for minor headaches but they didn't believe me. Then when they found the Sudafed severe cold and allergy antihistamines they just about threw me in a cell. I expressed it was simple over the counter medicine for mild symptoms. They eventually let me go when my boss came over to harass them on what they were doing and why they were holding me up. Thank goodness for him, because they let me go shortly after. I'm not sure if it was a random search, or if I just looked like a walking zombie after a 27-hour journey to get there.
Our hotel was beautiful and had a very unique and different feel. Here's a picture of the hotel the artist was staying at, taken just after the sun went down. The nightclub at the top reminded me of the starship enterpriselookout deck. It's in the distance, behind the Porsche.
There were so many amazing cars like this. I saw a brand new Bentley on my way from the airport. There were Ferraris, BMWs, and Lexuses all over the place. Lots of money everywhere. Some residences were more like a palace, with their own gates and guards. The journey to the venue was like Disney World, on the Autobahn, in the future. In this picture here, you can see where the freeway meets the desert, and where to get a Harley too, for when you're not using the dirt bikes.
During load-in there was a carpenter on the dock who was cutting metal pipes to size for the stage. He had no safety equipment on at all. As he was cutting into the metal, sparks were flying right into his face, and he had no safety protection of any kind. Occasionally he would look away but I couldn't believe how confident he was to stare directly into the blade as the sparks and metal shards flew in every direction. I thought to myself, this guy is either brave or stupid, I'm leaning more towards stupid. He did a good job though. Here's the stage just before the show, presented by Dudu Face.
We had some time after finishing our load-in, so we headed over to the souk, just across the water. This market had a total Persian feel. It reminded me a lot of Disney's Aladdin. All the dresses looked like something Jasmine would be wearing, and the buildings looked ideal for a quick getaway for an Aladdin style dine-and-ditch. I didn't see any flying carpets, so instead I bought a mini hookah and a teapot that I rubbed a lot. No genie appeared, but I did get a blister. I walked around for hours, never really finding anything I liked. Got a few knickknacks and souvenirs though, and some cool pictures.
I was able to barter with one guy, offering him only 20% of his offering price and he actually accepted. It's not like that in a lot of places. In some countries you can bargain down to around half usually, in a market like this. This was definitely the lowest I'd ever negotiated anybody down though. The guy across the path wouldn't bargain at all. I guess it depends on the person, the item, and the shop. And of course how much he likes the item and if he thinks he can sell it to someone else for more. Or maybe the guy just needed rent money, or a refill on his hookah.
The gig went smooth, even without the guitar tech, or any stagehands all day. Luckily there were 16 eager men after the show to load the gear though. Plus it only took about 30 minutes to tear down & 2 hours of waiting to get the gear into a truck, but it was a nice food break for all 17 of us. Later that night I was oil spotted for the first time, that's when the only thing left from the ride is the oil on the pavement. Not because I was late, but because my supervisor was so tired and ready to go after a very long day. He actually left two of us behind, causing us loads of grief, and much wasted time to figure out a way to get back to the hotel, even though we were carrying our own luggage, the bosses wardrobe, and other staging equipment that night. What a drag, actually 3 drags, to get all the gear to the curb. I'll never forget that night, there are definitely pros and cons to every gig.
Pictures of The Burj Khalifa skyscraper, a world-class destination and a magnificent centerpiece of Downtown Dubai. Dubai's new urban masterpiece was featured in the recent release, Mission Impossible 3. At over 2,716.5 feet and more than 160 stories, Burj Khalifa holds the record for the tallest building in the world, tallest free-standing structure in the world, highest number of stories in the world, highest occupied floor in the world, highest outdoor observation deck in the world, and tallest service elevator in the world. The building was so tall I had a hard time getting it in one picture frame. We actually went inside and had drinks where we watched the largest fountain in the world and enjoyed the beautiful nightlife and weather. There were beautiful women in every direction, some of which I was informed were "working". I must have missed that OSHA meeting that approved high heels and short skirts.
Here's a video of the fountain show that would play every 15 minutes or so. It was very much like the Bellagio's fountain show in Vegas. As the world's largest performing fountain, the Dubai Fountain in Downtown Dubai has attracted over 47 million visitors since its launch in May 2009. The music accompanying the spectacle changes with each performance, from classical to contemporary styles. Set on the 30-acre Burj Khalifa Lake, the fountain shoots water jets as high as 500 ft, & is 900 ft long. I did however change the music to one of my songs. It is the featured track for the Tricknology Video Series, written, performed, & engineered entirely by me.
If any real city on our planet can claim an active stake in creating the urban landscape of the future, it's probably Dubai. There's artificial islands arranged in the shape of the world The new arch bridge is one mile long and 670 feet tall, with 12 lanes for traffic, it carries more than 2,000 vehicles per hour in each direction. The people were very nice, and the sites were out of this world. This would definitely be an amazing place to revisit, but next time I'll leave the Advil Cold & Sinus at home.
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Hey everyone, it's that time of the year, when we all seem to come together and celebrate with loved one's!
Sadly, this sometimes means dealing with family drama. Here are 4 tips to surviving holiday family drama -- via Hellobeautiful.com.
1. Be Considerate: Conflicts often start when a person is inconsiderate and disregards the needs or desires of another person. If there is a shortage of pecan pies and you've already had two slices, fall back and don't gobble the last piece as tempting as it may be. When Uncle Charlie wakes from his nap and inquires about why his favorite pie that he didn't even get a bite of is gone, trust that your family will be sure to let him know that you not only ate the last piece, but you had already had four slices. They WILL exaggerate the number, and Cousin Kim will stir the pot by rolling her eyes and recalling everything you've ever done - regardless of how long ago - that was remotely inconsiderate. Be mindful of others and avoid all of that and any other situations of the like.
2. Keep the Conversation Lighthearted and Merry: Maintain the cheery vibes by talking about all the good times and funny memories. As much as everyone misses Grandpa' Earl, try not to go into how you wish he was here and all that soft stuff. It'll only spark sensitive emotions and get some feeling blue and others feeling a little angry. It'd be a tragedy for your aunts and uncles to get into it all over again about how Granddaddy really wanted to distribute his belongings and who was supposed to get what, even though he didn't leave a will to confirm any of their assured claims. Do everyone a favor and stay away from all touchy subjects. And if you see your Cousin Bobby's 12-year fiancé Felicia going there, like she so often does, quickly change the subject!
3. Don't Show Up with Your Boo That No One Likes: Relationship trials are inevitable because people aren't perfect. But as much as your family members know this, they still don't like your man since you told them what transpired between the two of you last month. No one will care that you two resolved the matter and are in a happy place now. Give them time to get over what he did, and don't jeopardize the joy by asking him to accompany you to Granny's house. Someone, more than likely your overprotective big sister, will bring up the past feud and ask you why he's there directly in front of him. You'll feel the need to defend him, and before you know it, the two of you are going back and forth. A cousin from the other room will try to resolve the matter by reminding your sister of her own marital troubles and encouraging her to give him a chance. Your sister will demand that she mind her own business and there you have it: a heated argument and an awkward, unwelcomed-feeling boyfriend - who'll later express his frustration to you in the car for telling y'all's business in the first place. Your fam will get over it with time, just not this soon. He should be good to go by Easter.
4. Control Your Kids: We all love the babies, and the Holidays wouldn't be the same without their giggles and pitter-pattering throughout the house. However, please have a conversation before leaving your home and once again before getting out of the car, reminding your kiddies to be on their best behavior. If they choose to still cut up once you arrive, be sure to check them immediately. Not addressing their misbehavior will only annoy your family members and eventually one of them will react. You will more than likely get offended and angry that someone else popped your child. No one will run to your defense, as they all grew tired of your child's fascination with jumping off furniture, putting his/her contaminated hands in the food and annoying the other children to tears. This will result in you feeling like an outcast, and everyone else will silently contemplate if they'll extend the invite to you and your Bae-Bae kids on New Year's.


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Freddy Kruger probably wouldn't die as often as he does if he just killed them already. But that's just not his style.
In some ways fighting Destroyah is worse because he doesn't want to give you any breathing space, he attacked a mourning Godzilla. Spacegodzilla would have just sat there and laughed at his salty tears.


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If you're looking for a good tennis read to enjoy over the holiday weekend, you might want to think about checking out Jimmy Connors new bio, The Outsider.
While much has been said about the more scandalous issues — his storybook romance with tennis legend Chris Evert, to his battles with gambling and fidelity that threatened to derail his career and his long-lasting marriage to Playboy playmate Patti McGuire — there is much more to be gleaned from the book.
For the first time, Connors talks about growing up in St Louis and how he came to rule the game with his radically aggressive style of play and bad-boy antics that turned his matches into prizefights. In 1974 alone, he won 95 out of 99 matches, all of them while wearing the same white shorts he washed in the sink of his hotel bathrooms. Though he lived the rock star life away from tennis, his enduring dedication to his craft earned him eight Grand Slam singles titles and kept him among the top ten best players in the world for sixteen straight years—five at number one.
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An Interview With Beth Shaw
By the summer of 2003 the number of Americans practicing yoga reached 15 million, up from just 5.7 million in 1998. With someone turning 50 years of age every 8 seconds, this kinder, gentler form of mind/body exercise may be around for a while.
U.S. commercial health clubs have captured their fair share with approximately 2.2 million members practicing yoga, up from 400,000 in 1998 according to IHRSA.
We believe history will note that Beth Shaw was one of the individuals responsible for splintering yoga away from the heavy spirituality component and focusing on its splendid fitness capabilities. She developed an exercise protocol which borrowed from the tried and true posses of yoga but introduced more modern safe movements incorporating what physiology has taught us. This fitness form of yoga has more appeal with fitness directors of health clubs.
Beth is the creator and founder of YogaFit as well as author of YogaFit . Originally a New York native she moved to the Pacific shoreline in 1989 where she took her first yoga class in Torrance. She immediately used it to cross-train for her daily running routine. She went on to become a certified yoga instructor in 1993.
She began teaching in health clubs and soon discovered yoga classes were focused more on philosophy--not the physical aspects of fitness, per se. She wanted to create a style that worked with both aspects and trademarked YogaFit.
In 1994, Shaw opened her YogaFit studio in Hermosa Beach, California. She brought her extensive background and training, which included certifications in White Lotus Hatha Yoga, Integrative Yoga Therapy, Reebok Cycling Instructor as well as a degree in health marketing.
Today, Beth's company trains fitness instructors how to teach yoga, has over a dozen DVDs and CDs on the market and travels internationally presenting. She is regularly featured on television and in magazines. Her company has now trained over 50,000 instructors Worldwide.
Below is a transcript of a recent interview
Q: Why do you think yoga so popular today?
Beth Shaw: Blame it on Madonna! But Seriously people need a kinder, gentler way to exercise. It offers so many benefits and options - great for the body, the mind and the spirit.
Q: Somehow your YogaButt program does not sound "kinder or gentler"
A: OK you got me - YogaButt is neither - it's a kick ass workout that makes you sweat and lifts your butt. Its incredibly popular and great fun.
" You should really practice [yoga] at least 3 times per week to see benefits However even a short 10 minute session when you sit at your desk and work over a computer all day can be extremely beneficial - like any exercise some is better than none. "
A: The top three styles are:
YogaFit: safe user-friendly fitness oriented flow style practiced at about 85% of all health clubs in the U.S. Offers modifications and options - suitable for all levels
Bikram: Practiced mostly at Bikram studios - a sequence of 26 postures, each done twice with the room heated to about 114 degrees Fahrenheit . Challenging and hot - good for detox.
Ashtanga: Practiced at traditional yoga studios - a rigorous set of flowing postures that create strength and flexibility. Not for beginners
Q: There's less movement to the practice, how does yoga therefore strengthen and tone the muscles in the body?
A: By working systematically using flowing moves and static holds, strength, endurance, balance and flexibility result. Yoga uses all the muscles in isometric holds. Aerobic conditioning comes into play with deep breathing and anaerobic work is done by holding postures for longer periods of time. It is the perfect exercise for body, mind and spirit.
Q: Can someone use yoga as the primary form of exercise and still get benefit?
A: Yes it is the perfect stand-alone exercise and an even better cross-training tool - cardiovascular activity like walking, running or cycling are best in combination with a yoga program.
Q: Can yoga be a cardio workout?
A: It can be depending on the style - YogaFit, Ashtanga and YogaButt in particular offer cardio benefits
Q: What are the benefits of yoga to athletes?
A: As we mentioned, yoga is the perfect cross training tool and helps balance out imbalances caused by other activity - for example - running creates tight hamstrings, sore hips and tense quads- Yoga postures can help loosen the hamstrings, open the hips and relax the legs - Yoga is great for cross-training!
Q: How often should someone practice yoga to see major benefit?
A: You should really practice at least 3 times per week to see benefits - if you open the body and don't stay consistent it will tighten back up again - every other day would be ideal. However even a short 10 minute session when you sit at your desk and work over a computer all day can be extremely beneficial - like any exercise some is better than none.
" [The misconception is] that you need to be flexible, that you need to be a pretzel, that you can't eat pretzels (or drink beer) if you are practicing. That [yoga is] a religion - it's not, and you can - not everyone can live on top of a mountain and eat tree bark either… You can still do yoga! "
A: That you need to be flexible, that you need to be a pretzel, that you can't eat pretzels (or drink beer) if you are practicing. That it's a religion - it's not and you can - not everyone can live on top of a mountain and eat tree bark either… You can still do yoga!
Q: If someone is just starting a yoga program do you suggest a video or an actually "live" class?
A: Videos are great for learning the basics and getting comfortable before venturing out to the gym or a studio. A class is also great to for motivation, group energy and having someone watch your form and advise you on your progress.
Q: What should one look for in an instructor or a class?
A: Look for a teacher who encourages individuality and modifications. To assume that everyone in a class can do or should do the pose in the same way is a ridiculous assumption- everyone's got a different body and different levels of flexibility. A teacher realizes that and accommodates accordingly. A good class should be safe - offering warm up, work and cool down phases. A good teacher never aggressively adjusts or belittles a student to make them feel less than successful. A great teacher helps people move at their own pace -
Q: How has yoga affected your life?
A: Its given me the opportunity to give back, support the fitness community, make a difference in people lives and see some really cool places around the World. It has transformed every aspect of my life - I am a type A person from New York City so you can just imagine
Q: What's the best city for Yoga?
A: Anywhere there's a YogaButt Class [smile].
Q: Why do you do yoga?
A: Running a business , even a yoga business is incredibly stressful - yoga keeps me balanced.
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Do you ever get that feeling where you don't want to talk to anybody? You don't want to smile and you don't want to fake being happy. But at the same time you don't know exactly what's wrong either. There isn't a way to explain it to someone who doesn't already understand. If you could want anything in the world it would be to be alone. People have stopped being comforting and being alone never was.
At least no one will constantly ask you what is wrong and there isn't anyone who won't take 'I don't know' for an answer. You feel the way you do just because. You hope the feeling will pass soon and that you will be able to be yourself again, but until then all you can do is wait.
Life is short. We have no time to do the things we truly want to do, the things we really need to see. With all the technology we have these days, we have become disconnected and impersonal. We simply reach for the computer and can talk to someone you have never met or chat it up with an old friend a million miles away. No longer do people search for the comfort of a familar touch or the happiness of two people sharing a good laugh. Phones, texting, email, internet…they distance us from who are right in front of us.
There is a place, a time and moment for everyone. We have a destiny waiting for us in every new face and each new experience. We cannot depend on technology for all our needs because frankly, they weren't meant to fulfill them. They weren't meant to replace our friends and family. We are meant to seek out adventures and excitement; whether that be in the form of a family or a lifetime of travel or a little of both.
I know where I stand and what I want from this life. It is scary though, because I don't know how to reach out and grab it all.
Someday, I will stand upon the highest mountain, I will touch the oldest tree and take in the greatest moments of history. I will find so many new moments that will exhilarate my body and keep my mind fresh. I know this to be true… what I cannot know though, is who will be with me to experience these things. Time can only tell me who I will share this life with.


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By Janis Ian
The Dads (surely you remember them from previous articles) are worried that their son, Jason, will grow up with no sense of tradition. It's difficult enough parenting as a gay couple, striking new ground with every step; the child needs some sense of continuity. Not wishing to inflict their own religious stereotypes on him and being more inclined to paganism (or priapism) than to regular churchgoing, they've decided to teach him the religions of the world. Christianity seems a good place to start, since many of Dad 1's forebears were Catholic priests. "Besides," they reason, "if we start early, he'll have more time to get over it later on."
By Jeff Walsh
When Elizabeth Katz was 14, she had an experience that forever changed her life. "I had an experience I don't think very many people have," she says, now 18 and a first-year student at Vassar College.
"It was some sort of voice in the back of my head," she says. "I was sitting on my bed, alone in my room and the little voice said: 'Hey, know what? You're gay.' And it was just boom, everything made sense.
By Jeff Walsh
Before I was born, Janis Ian was making beautiful music. And with her spare, acoustic recent album "Revenge," the tradition continues. Going into the interview, I was more familiar with her humorous and poignant columns in The Advocate. For some reason, although I had picked her CDs up in stores, I never bought them.
Sam's Easter post made me start thinking a little more about my own struggles with weight, and I though I'd write a little bit about them.
When I tell people about my weight problems they think I'm just trying to get attention, or that I have a mental problem. But I'm not--I really do have a problem, it's real, and I have to find a way to fix it.
im gay and i have been hideing it for a long time... irecently have told my sister and mother about it and i was gonna ask them for help... bc i dont want to be gay anymore- its un-christan like... anyway they fliped out...and i feel that i have let mother down... i feel that she has no trust for me anymore...i like women along with men...i dont want that!! ive found two things that help me get through this and theyare writing dow all my feelings and most importantly talking to god. if anyone has anything else that helped them plese tell me. imhurting and i cant do this on my own..
Happy Easter, for those who celebrate this day!
Today is a special day for me, no only because it's Easter Sunday, but it's also my one year anniversary of writing my first journal on here. So much has changed in the last year that it's hard for me to believe at times.
It feels so wrong not filling my voids with the touch of another man. It was always my first instinct. Replace pain, anguish with tactile sensation. The smooth skin of another man as he made love to me was so gratifying, so emptily yet perfectly satisfying. I miss the touch, I miss the adventure, I miss the excitement. But now all I'm left with is nicotine and fleeting satisfaction. I'm trying to find my way back to the higher road, but I can't help but feeling I belong on the lower path. Why do I desire such greatness, yet aspire to destroy my own prospects?
You know, girls loving girls makes so much more sense to me. I don't know why. It seems pure somehow. Holy or something. Corny right? But it's true.
I've been working on a poem. I don't usually do that--work on writing. But I'm putting together these phrases into a letter to Girl. Girl is the one I'm waiting for. Now I sound schizo, but oh well.
Is it weird that I kind of like boys but I also feel like a lesbian? There's something nice about the word when I say it out loud. "I'm a lesbian." I'm terribly confused.
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So im 14 years old im a boy and i think i am a bisexual.I have more non sexual feelings for women and more sexual feelings for men. For example i would love nothing more than a big house and a wife and kids!But then i have these fantasies about men.ive never actually been in a relationship with a man because to be honest the thought knocks me sick but ive had a few relationships with girls but nothing serious at all.


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The new ones are impossible without temps, they don't make them easier they are made with them in mind.And yet there are people screaming for SE to nerf VWNM temp items and stuff because they think it's cheating and making them "too easy".
It just hit a new low for me...
An afk pink THF who died at the start of a Kaggen fight, and stayed dead for the duration, was rewarded with a shiny new body...
Yea the VW drop rate's are utter garbage, i've done about 138 fights and ive gotten 2 pieces of gear, Mantis Eye and Ganesha's Mask....
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Realistically, the problem isn't the drop rates at all. You guys need to stop saying the drop rates are the issue, while at the same time talking about how common it is to have one person get 4-5 of the same thing.
The issue is the drop distribution. And the distribution is what SE claims is awesome, and allows you to earn [SIZE="6"]FIVE TIMES AS MUCH LOOT[/SIZE]. Obviously, that's a complete crock, because the devs have no idea what the players consider "loot".
the devs look at the loot pool and see: a couple of awesome, rare pieces of armor, weapons, or magian trial items, crafting resources that give good, but not as awesome as the actual armor, crafted armor versions of the NM drops, and awesome, rare crafting resources like high level logs and ores.
What they forget is:
1: Players have NEVER wanted or hoped to get rare crafting materials like logs and ores from difficult nms. They have always been the "junk drop" that end up getting thrown away or sold to vendors for pocket change.
2: They killed crafting when they introduced synergy, so the number of crafters who actually benefit from being able to procure rare, high level source materials is rather low, because the number of high level crafters who actually profit at all from their craft, let alone profit against the initial investment required to use those high level logs/ores, is miserably close to none of them. Except for cooks and dragon meat recipes, high level crafters pretty much have to get lucky, or level a completely different craft (synergy) to turn a profit.
3: By forcing the entirety of the random loot pool to be divide up into individual rewards that can't be traded around, it completely negates the backwards logic that we could possibly leave VW with five times the reward of previous NM systems. They intended for this system to prevent 1 person from getting the entire pool, but in reality, this system makes 1 person getting the entire pool (in terms of reward value) the only common result, and eliminates the players' ability to at least assure the one person who gets the reward can actually benefit from it.
No matter how awful drop rates were in the past, at least the players had some control over who got what when something did drop, VW eliminates that one saving grace of a low drop rate system.
It feels like their intention was either to create a system that prevented ninja lotting (if you want to believe they were trying to be benevolent), or more likely, to create a system that prevented the players from being able to use DKP type systems to determine who gets rewarded, because people who didn't have the time to devote to a group constantly whined about "The horrible HNMLS leaders who always played favorites always". It seems like their thought process was "This is more fair than letting those awful, greedy players try and divide loot like civil adults, because a few random people are greedier than normal"
Basically, the devs have absolutely no idea what types of systems players use to determine fairness of drop distribution, and just assumed that "We're the devs, we know best" when they obviously don't know what they're doing, at all, and have continued to prove the fact that they have no idea what they're doing every update since abyssea.
I suggested a point system where rare/ex gear cant be bought, but the synths for the ah gear, the hmp, the mirrors and such, can be bought with points. This gives meaning to all those runs when your getting nothing but logs because logs are nothing, at least your building towards something.
All rare/ex gear from your chest can be declined and converted into points. This gives meaning to your fifth and sixth duplicate rare/ex.
Do the same thing for WOE, points for coins. Add some great rare/ex gear that cant be bought with points but reward points for steady progress towards a linear goal. Make WOE not a pet job only, dd auto-rr garbage thats no fun.
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Originally Posted by Kincard
Really the problem is that there is just nothing else to do, VW is the only thing to do that you can class as proper endgame now. It's the only endgame event, there isn't very much of it and the rewards are almost nil (random is horse crap too, totally fair someone goes 1/1 and others go 0/200 right?..that's worse than the grind itself. The fights were fun at first but they are boring as shit now due to constant repetition of the same 3 over and over, Jeuno T3 NMs can kiss my ass.
You hate it, you say you won't do it anymore cause it's stupid but there is nothing else to damn well do. So you force yourself to carry on doing it and it makes you more and more annoyed with FFXI. It really is annoying enough to make people quit atm, it's just that bad.
Seriously stop messing around and fix this drop system, it's making people quit or get really fed up. Fix this with the next update please, it's totally stupid now.
I feel there's an internal memo from the dev to the moogle readers here that, at this point, do not repost anything about the vw loot system from the player base, all decisions have been made and are final. Sold as is, no refunds.
Originally Posted by Kincard
The general consensus among the player base is for a change to a point system rather than random drops. But which kind of point system are we aiming for and which would be best to reward players participating and promote longevity of the event? Additionally, should there be random drops of the items we are working to purchase with points, possibly with a reduced droprate? There are several systems for points we can put in place.
1. Global Point System - This is probably the system most are imagining when we say point system. You kill something, you obtain points and trade a set amount for an item, very similar to slaughtering things for gil drops. Lower tiers of NMs would have to be worth significantly less than higher tiers. Otherwise, we'll just happily steamroll the tier 1 NMs for 100 points vs taking time and risk against tier 4 NMs for 130 points. If a body is worth 10k points and the tiers go 1>10>100>1000, 10 tier 4 NMs would get us a body, but if you can't kill the tier 4, you can make do with more of the tier 3 or, heaven forbid, tier 2 or 1.
There are a lot of pros associated with this. If while working on one of your melee pieces and partway through something better is released or the RNG blinks and works in your favor giving you your precious, your points are still able to be used for other items, possibly that nice nuking piece you sort of liked but not as much as precious. This system we know works, it's simple, straightforward and easily tracks progress to what you want. Except for the speed of acquisition this is pretty much perfect from a player perspective.
Developer perspective is somewhat less perfect. If players spend any decent amount of time with this system, they will accumulate points, and probably a lot of points, similarly to how many of us have more Cruor and Dominion Points than we know what to do with. And we all know we would, some of us would need less items than others so would not spend their points, but still come to the event to help others in their group, and of course, a few new people will join, prolonging the event's life a little more, but eventually it will die down as people get what they need and move on to do other things. Generally a designer would want to then release VW Tavnazia or some new shinies for people to want, or both. A lot of people will already have a pool in which to buy the new items and skip the new branch of the event, or do it once or twice for something to kill time. These global point systems have the potential to kill later expansions leaving it dead content.
So are there other possible point systems we can look to? Probably not ones we would be as happy with, but we can try.
2. Magian Trial Point System - Probably could call it a Credit System with how people would react to it, but trying to brainstorm different point systems. This is based per NM. You want Mextli Harness you need to be killing Hahava. Pick an item you want to work towards at the Rift and as you kill it the points fill up. Just as an example Body is 0/20, get 1 point for killing, 1 point for max red light and 1 point for max blue light, so each round is potentially 3/20. Kill 7 times with maxed red and blue light would put you at 21/20 and the Body spawns in your chest. Any additional points above 20 are lost, they do not roll over to the next item you want starting you at 1/20, otherwise we're back to the Global Point System again. Same if you decide you no longer want the item and it's at 18/20 and you want something else, you lose all progress and start at 0/20 on that item 2. If you choose to go back to item 1 it's at 0/20 again. If you forget to pick an item before fighting, any points you would have gained would have been lost. You can pick different items for different NMs without losing progress. Example: Mextli Harness is at 18/20 and your group decided to leave and fight Voidwrought for a bit. You can work on Fazheluo Radiant Mail without losing your progress on Mextli Harness since they are from different NMs. On reflection maybe can halve the accumulated points each time you change items instead so being at 10/20 and then changing makes the new item 5/20.
From a player perspective this would probably be the least liked point system. For one, it is a very wasteful system, any excess points you get are lost. I guess it could be adjusted so if you are at 19/20 and get 3 points during the next battle the additional 2 could roll over to the next item but no additional points would be gained until a new item is picked so you can't do 2 more 3 point battles and start at 8/20 on the next item. If you decide to change your mind what to get partway through, or noticed you picked the wrong thing and need to change your pick, you lose all your progress. If there is nothing you particularly want and don't pick something to work towards, you obtain literally nothing. Second, it puts the responsibility onto the players to work towards their rewards. Not entirely a bad thing, but like there are players who cannot for the life of them remember to bring a RR item, there will be players who will go for the entire event and forget to pick something to work towards.
From a developer's standpoint, this probably works out best. If they add something new, players have to play the content to obtain the new stuff, at least several times over. It can be released at any time from tomorrow to next year without players having a head start on it. They can add a new item to existing NMs or add entirely new NMs paths and players would need to play the content. They probably should add in a bunch of new items to each NM though that players would see as worthwhile. Most VW NMs have like 1-2 items worth getting excluding the 1500 HMP players need to WoE weapons.
3. Group Point System - Similar to the Global Point System except the points can only be used within the same path: Windurst, Jeuno, San d'Oria, or Bastok. Points gained fighting Windurst NMs would only be used towards items along the Windurst path. If you want something along the Bastok path you would need to fight Bastok NMs. It would need large jumps between tiers to prevent players from spamming lower tier NMs for easy points, similar to the Global System. It could be made so that you can use points from one group like Windurst to pay for items from Jeuno for an increased cost as well to prevent total losses in point use.
It's less ideal for players. While they can still work towards a wanted item it would be specific only to that path, however there is no loss in points, outside of "there's nothing more I want from here," but if higher tiers are unlocked or new items introduced in the path the points would be there to be used.
It is more ideal for developers. New paths mean new content for players to play that would not be affected by the player's current standing in previous areas.
4. Tiered Point System - Same as Group Point System except by tier with about the same result. Probably slightly more liked by the players than with the Group System since a lot of the good stuff is from higher tiers. The points for various items and the points gained would probably be pretty equal in each tier since fighting 30 tier 1 have no effect on tier 4 items. The same method of spending more points for items of a different tier could be utilized as well.
5. NM Specific Point System - Each NM has its own points to be used for its own items. It's basically the same as the Magian Trial Point System without the restrictions. If you didn't like Magian System you probably don't like this one, so it's like a choice between getting shot in the foot or stabbed in the foot, not enough difference to really care. If there were more items per NM, it wouldn't be quite so bad. Perhaps like with the Tiered and Group Point Systems an extra cost of outside items could be allowed.
To be honest, Global Points would probably have the highest point value per item of any point systems we come up with. The more restrictions we have in place the lower the cost for items should be. Also, random drops should remain for systems 1, 3, 4 and 5. System 2 is the only one I could see the removal of random drops being reasonable and that one the points should be the lowest of all 5 systems.
So do we as the players see only System 1 as the only logical path to take, or do Systems 2-5 have any merit? Can we come up with anything better than what is written here?
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Peter Worthington has had an amazing life. And his obituary, which he wrote himself, certainly has an arresting opening line.
Sorry I just saw this! Hope you had a great time in China. I am going back home to Hong Kong late July (after graduation) then will be moving to Beijing late August to start my masters in September :)
Hi Anastasia,
Can you confirm what the deadline is for payment on our Reporting retake? June 10th?
It's cash or cheque
What methods can we pay with?
Sorry for the panic - I must have read the date incorrectly :p
So proud of Palmer getting the spalsh!
Good on you all. It is great to see you getting such a good showing for your work. No-one forgets their first byline. It is special.
No worries, I found it just in time and submitted it (hopefully in time for the deadline!).
Thanks Richard
Hi Michelle
I just saw this. I have mp3s of both team's output. I'm around on Monday. Come and find me if it's not too late.
The paragraph ending with "such as electrical devices" should say "such as electrical devices, are not always visible on metal detecting equipment.
Unfortunately, there was an error when the text was copied into the field.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
I have submitted mine but it isn't showing up in My Assignments. Has it definitely gone through?
The principal of freedom of speech gives people the right to dissent to immigration policy, but it also allows other people to react to that by believing that makes them racist.
It's also very dangerous to say that the days of superiority and inferiority have passed. Some people would disagree with you that racial harmony has been achieved, and surely even those who agree understand it's still an inchoate development.
I wanted to use my radio piece from the year 1 newsday, is there anyway of getting hold of this? Can't find it on the site and I forgot to save it on the day?
Fair points, but me and a few other people I know at uni got C's in Maths. I don't think its too easy to be honest.
I agree with a lot of your points there Dec. But here we go again with Sky's announcement that Jamie Carragher will be joining them next season.
Punditry has definitely become too much about former players who profess to know more about the game than someone that has studied, reported and been involved with the game professionally for just as long a period - if not longer.
Not to blow my own trumpet, but there have been many times when I have been watching a game and made a comment about the tactics of a football match or the situation of a cricket match and how it could be altered, only for the exact same comment to be made by one of these ex-pros on commentary. I could do that job!
But as I haven't played at the professional level and gained a reputation of knowing the game because I played professionally, it seems almost impossible to get into it. Ex-pros have a headstart.
Some sports definitely do it better. Cricket does have better commentary on the whole but there are still some rogue ones in there that I cannot stand.
And with Carragher's inclusion the trend looks set to continue for a while yet!
Is this 8th May or the 7th? Because the 7 May is a Tuesday.
The postgrads have a 3 hour exam commencing at 2pm. I think turnout will be low. Can it be re-arranged (again)?
I think the issue is mainly with the co-commentator. They are more often than not absolutely dreadful. Alright have the main one for some stats, figures and something to help you keep in tune with a 0-0, but please get rid of people like Townsend and awful commentatory like: "Chelsea are really dominating here (other team scores), well it's been coming Clive, last few minutes Chelsea have been on the back foot".
It's a well paid job, surely other people can do it well! As Dec says Sports journalists may well be the answer, at least they are trained!
I share your frustration with Townsend... and it's an interesting point about commentary. It has its roots in radio, at a time before live matches were shown on TV at all, and the style hasn't changed much despite the huge leaps in technology. With the emergence of HD and ultra-HD TVs, which make it easy to read the name on the back of every shirt from the comfort of our armchairs (and count every fang sunk into a defender's arm for ourselves), you have to wonder whether we will really need someone to incessantly read out the identity of the player who has the ball and who he is passing it to. Sky+ and the like give us the ability to pause and rewind live TV - or, put it another way, the ability to choose which incidents are replayed and analysed, and how often. The traditional tools of the commentator are becoming redundant.
But having said that, I don't doubt we'll still have them. And live football on TV wouldn't feel quite the same without the occasional outburst of "take a bow, son"...
I'm struggling to see the comparison between horse racing and F1. Just because women jockeys ride in the Grand National (although overwhelmingly it's a male thing), you say ask why this can't be the same?
You cite Katie Walsh, quite rightly. I hope she is an inspiration to young female riders just like Nina Carberry and Carrie Ford (both have enjoyed minor success in the National).
But the difference that those jockeys have is that they are an instrumental part of the stables they hail from. None of them are professionals, they are amateurs by trade. They prepare the horses just like stable lads and grow up with them. The horses will know them better than any professional because they're a part of the team. They muck them out. They cheer when the stable wins and they cry when, touch wood, an accident occurs. They hone the emotion that some horses need.
Just because they're racing competitions that take skill and strength, it doesn't mean they are similar. Horses respond to certain people better than others. Sometimes they happen to prefer a female touch. I don't think you could say that a Mercedes would suddenly kick into gear if you changed the gender of pilot.
Exactly, I agree that it isn't about sexism , although that is the debate that has stemmed from the comments that have been made. It will take someone special because of the fierce competition for one of the few places as a driver anyway, regardless of sex.
As I said, I think women should only compete if they are the best of the best, I don't believe it should be gender balanced or anything like that. It should be based on talent and if there are no women who are deemed talented enough, then so be it but I think drivers like Beitske Visser could be.
As for Susie Wolff, I can't say I knew a lot about her before but someone else I was talking to today did also raise the same point you made, and again, if a female is going to make it I'd like to see them do it on their own merit.
The issue of women in top-level motorsport, never mind F1, is less about the sport being sexist and more about how many women are involved throughout. In nine years of national-level kart racing, I raced against three different girls - more than a hundred guys. There's no more frustration in being beaten by a female competitor than there is a male competitor - it's equally a killer when someone finishes in front of you or mugs you off. So, in terms of what the racing world views women drivers as - rivals, nothing more or less.
What motorsport could do better is lose the false "aw, isn't she doing well?" I'd like to state that Susie Wolff is not the right person for aspiring drivers to look up. She has a rather pathetic record in junior formulae and score points in just one of her seven seasons in the DTM - the German Touring Car championship. Her position at Williams comes largely, if not entirely, because her husband Toto Wolff was previous among the top brass. However, my understanding is the team seriously rate her intelligence and feedback - she has developed into a valuable engineering commodity, but a good racing driver she is not. Certainly not one worthy of a Formula 1 seat.
Similarly, Danica Patrick is a perfectly good driver - you don't win IndyCar races and compete at the front in American single-seater and stock car series without being a good driver. But lauding 12th-place finishes as anything more than an average drive is incredibly patronising because it implies that "she did good - for a girl".
But Visser could be the real deal. ADAC Formel Masters is a series held in high regard and the fact she won two races in her rookie year is impressive.
I think saying it would take a special woman to make it in F1 is to paint a rather negative picture of motorsport. Ultimately it *should* be special drivers occupying the 22 seats on the grid but that's naive in the current climate. Using Visser as the example. She's well-backed, she'll have less trouble finding external financial support should Red Bull not fund her entirely because - sadly - in mainstream media/commercial avenues she will generate added hype, being a woman.
But the important thing is she's talented. Possibly no more talented than the best male drivers in the series but certainly no less talented - especially just because she's a girl.
I'm not sure whether it was bad policy. There is a definite gap between the police and young people and this is Anne Barnes way of dealing with that problem. She won on the manifesto point that she would elect a youth commissioner and I think personally it was a good idea. But there are two points here:
Firstly in an age where social media is everything I was a little bit shocked that Paris' twitter account wasn't looked at. Everyone in the limelight is background-checked, heck even at my job they check what we put on twitter and Facebook. Why wasn't this checked?
Secondly why is her being in the limelight the issue here? She was a 17 year old who applied for a high profile job. This wasn't about to be a job hidden away in an office. She made a mistake.
Definitely. Ann Barnes has to consider her position. She has said that because it was a flagship idea in her manifesto, she will do it again. Well surely this incident proves it was a poor policy.
Heartless PR stunt or genuine hope to get the youth involved; either way it didn't work and she put a 17-year-old in an extremely stressful position.
No surprise there - her position was untenable from the moment the Mail published the story, let alone when a criminal investigation into the tweets was launched.
Fascinated that Ann Barnes doesn't seem to see this as a problem for her own position, though. She turned one of her election pledges into the biggest omnishambles of the new PCC system - and then says she'll do it again.
Wonder how many applications the vacancy will get?


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ABOVE: Exclusive footage of the scene last night at WAC headquarters in Greenwood Village, in the wake of this weekend's news that Utah State and San Jose State are probably leaving the WAC for the Mountain West, Texas-San Antonio and Louisiana Tech are probably leaving for Conference USA, and Texas State may be Sun Belt-bound.
"All hands, abandon WAC! Repeat, all hands, abandon…" [conference explodes]
If you prefer your nerdy conference realignment humor in Lord of the Rings form, I can do that, too:
ELROND: Gandalf, the enemy is moving. Conference USA's forces are massing in the East; its eye is fixed on San Antonio and Ruston. And the Blue Aggies, you tell me, have betrayed us. Our list of allies grows thin!
GANDALF: The treachery runs deeper than you know. By foul craft, Karl Benson is breeding an army in the caverns of the Sun Belt. An army that can move in sunlight, and devour his former conference at speed. Benson is coming for Texas State.
ELROND: This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the WAC! We do not have the strength to withstand the Mountain West, Conference USA and the Sun Belt! Gandalf…the football schools cannot stay here.
In all seriousness, it appears the WAC is well and truly dead as a football conference. The only question is what happens to Idaho and New Mexico State. Either or both may well need to drop down from FBS to FCS, in which case they will probably join an FCS conference and will be done with the WAC in all sports.
If so, that would leave the once-proud WAC with just four schools, none of whom are actually members as of today: Denver, Seattle, UT-Arlington, and Boise State (in everything but football). I hate to say "I told you so," but, well, cue my blog post from November 17, 2010, just before Hawaii announced its defection, titled "Is Denver too excited about joining the WAC?"
"The Western Athletic Conference is an iconic athletics conference associated with the West," said DU Chancellor Robert Coombe. "We are absolutely thrilled — absolutely thrilled — to become a member of the Western Athletic Conference."
"This is a day of celebration," said DU's athletic director, Peg Bradley‐Doppes. "There were some happy tears with our alums coming in. This is a day that we all envisioned. We didn't know when it would happen, but we had the dream. The dream is now a reality." She said joining the WAC was the culmination of a five-year "strategic plan specifically for today, for this purpose, to get into a new conference."
The event — which you can watch here — left no doubt that Denver was overjoyed to earn a spot in the WAC, leaving behind the geographically awkward Sun Belt in favor of a more regionally appropriate, higher-profile conference. But the question must be asked: is DU's joy out of proportion to the actual benefit of its move, at least in basketball terms? …
[After discussing the relative weakness of the then-planned WAC in basketball terms, I added…] There's also the matter of football revenue, and even more important, potential instability in the current conference-swapping climate. Denver doesn't play football…but DU will have to pay very close attention to football-related expansion machinations as they continue to play out over the next several years, because the WAC remains exceedingly vulnerable if things start moving again. …
[Nevertheess,] Denver wasn't going to stay put and let the opportunity offered by the WAC — undeniably an improvement over the Sun Belt — pass it by. So they made the jump, and understandably so. Now they just have to cross their fingers that the center holds…
The center has not held, as became clear the day after I published that post, when Hawaii bolted. And now, things have gotten so bad that it's no longer clear the WAC was, after all, "undeniably an improvement over the Sun Belt." Here's what Yahoo's Dr. Saturday wrote a few minutes ago:
If the league starts to crumble, those perspective teams could back out. UT-Arlington could probably go back to the Southland Conference. Denver also might be able to return to the Sun Belt as a non-football member. Denver left the Sun Belt on good terms and has a great relationship with Benson.
That's certainly a possibility. But are there other options? First things first: could the quartet of Denver, Seattle, UT-Arlington and Boise State possibly be the base for a viable basketball/Olympic league? Without Utah State, there is no marquee team left in that conference, nor any natural basketball rival for the up-and-coming Pios, as the Blue Aggies would have been. Bummer. But can such a horrifically watered-down WAC nevertheless survive? There has been talk of adding Utah Valley and Cal State-Bakersfield, which would bring the league up to the NCAA minimum of 6 members. Maybe another team or two, like potential Great West castaway UT-Pan American, could be added to bring the total up to 7 or 8. That's be a terribly crappy league, but hey, Denver would at least have a really good shot at winning some NCAA Tournament autobids!
Other possibilities include Denver and Seattle finally getting long-coveted WCC invites — that would be, as it has always been, the ideal scenario for the Pioneers — or DU being among a group of WAC castaways seeking refuge in the Summit League. Or the Pios could knock on the Big Sky's door, setting up an in-state conference rivalry with Northern Colorado — if that league is interested in non-football-playing members. But I've heard they aren't.
Ultimately, if the WCC continues to say no, and assuming the Big Sky is also out, Denver will need to decide among three bad options: (1) staying in the WAC and trying to build a viable league (a path that depends on Boise State, in particular, also staying put; but then, the Broncos may not have very many other options for their non-football sports either); (2) joining the Summit League; or (3) returning, hat in hand, to the Sun Belt.
I have no idea what will happen. But we may get a better idea soon. From Doc Saturday:
The WAC — or what's left of it — is holding meetings this week in Scottsdale, Ariz., and the main topic will be the preservation of the conference.
I hope they've got good alcohol at the meeting site, because those people are going to need some stiff drinks.


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This 1954 documentary short presents the famous Musical Ride of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In a display of brilliant horsemanship, scarlet-coated Mounties take their horses through the many intricate patterns of the Ride, performed to the accompaniment of band music.
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