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Dirigeants et directeurs
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Ravi Saligram - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and director of the board
Ravi Saligram was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a director of Ritchie Bros. in July 2014. Prior to joining Ritchie Bros., Mr. Saligram was CEO, President and a member of the board of directors of OfficeMax Incorporated, (2010 – 2013), an omnichannel provider of workplace products, services and solutions. From 2003 through November 2010, Mr. Saligram served in executive management positions with ARAMARK Corporation, a global food services company, including President of ARAMARK International and Chief Globalization Officer and Executive Vice President of ARAMARK Corporation. From 1994 through 2002, Mr. Saligram served in various capacities for the InterContinental Hotels Group, a global hospitality company, including: President of Brands and Franchise for North America; Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director, Global Strategy; President, International; and, President, Asia Pacific. Earlier in his career, Mr. Saligram held various general and brand management roles at S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. in the United States and overseas. Mr. Saligram earned an MBA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and an electrical engineering degree from Bangalore University, India. Mr. Saligram serves on the board of Church & Dwight Co., Inc., and sits on its Governance Committee.
Sharon Driscoll – Chief Financial Officer
Sharon Driscoll joined Ritchie Bros. in July 2015 as Chief Financial Officer, following 17 years of senior executive experience at companies such as Rexall Pharmacies Canada (Katz Group Canada), Sears Canada Inc. and Loblaw Companies Limited. Most recently, Sharon was Executive Vice President and CFO at Katz Group Canada Ltd., where she was responsible for all financial operations, including capital allocation, financing strategies, treasury operations, regulatory compliance, risk management and financial talent development. Prior to Katz Group, Ms. Driscoll was Senior Vice President and CFO of Sears Canada Inc., one of Canada's largest retailers.
Ms. Driscoll is a Chartered Professional Accountant and has a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from Queen's University.
Todd Wohler - Chief Human Resources Officer
Mr. Wohler joined Ritchie Bros. in January 2015, and brings over 20 years of experience across multiple geographies and industries. After earning a degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech, Todd began his career at Schlumberger, a global oil and gas technology company, where he worked in many different branches of the company in the US, Paris, and London during his 20 year tenure. Todd has also served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Quintiles Transnational, as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at ARAMARK for ARAMARK's international business, and as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at United Water. Over the course of his career Todd has been instrumental in building global teams and organizations that have excellent track records of success. He has developed and implemented transformational HR strategies and recruited hundreds of executives and leaders for organizations across the globe in multiple industries.
Greg Owens – Group President, New Sectors & Ventures
Greg provides the overall leadership for the strategic relationship with Caterpillar and also leads both Kruse Energy and GovPlanet. Prior to joining Ritchie Bros., Greg was Chairman and CEO of IronPlanet, Greg served as Managing Director at Red Zone Capital, a Washington, D.C. private equity firm focused on strong revenue growth opportunities. Prior to that time, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Manugistics Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:MANU), where he doubled annual revenues to $300 million for the supply chain management software company. Before that, he served as Global Managing Partner, Supply Chain Management at Accenture (NYSE:ACN) where he was a founding member of the company's supply chain group.
Greg also serves, or has served, on several outside boards including 3VR, Guardian Analytics, S1 Corporation, SecureWorks, Xeeva, PRGX, Ally Commerce and Serena Software.
Greg holds a B.S. in Industrial Management from Georgia Institute of Technology and serves as a Trustee on the Foundation Board as well as the Scheller College of Management Advisory Board.
Karl Werner – President, International
Karl Werner joined Ritchie Bros. in 1996 as Territory Manager for the Olympic Peninsula and Alaska. In 1999 he was appointed to Regional Manager for the Northwest US and in 2004 transferred to the company's corporate head office as Senior Manager, Strategic Projects. In 2005 he was appointed to Divisional Manager, Auction Operations. In 2008 he was appointed to VP of Auction Operations and most recently held the position of Chief Auction Operations Officer.
Mr. Werner came to Ritchie Bros. after 10 years of operating a heavy-haul transport company. He has a strong background in real estate development and operations management. Karl sits on advisory boards for various strategic partners.
Jeff Jeter – President, Sales U.S.
Jeff leads Ritchie Bros US sales organization with a team of regionally based territory managers as well strategic account managers focused on targeted industry verticals. While at IronPlanet, Jeff led US and international sales and new business planning activities including identifying strategic initiatives and driving new market launch initiatives. Prior to joining IronPlanet, he served as Senior Principal at PRTM Management Consultants where he helped lead PRTM's customer experience consulting for Fortune 1000 companies. Prior to joining PRTM, Jeff was Senior Vice President of Marketing for Manugistics Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:MANU) where he executed global marketing strategies and managed the company's new business development and sales operations initiatives. Jeff has 25 years of experience in sales, marketing, and international business, including two international assignments for Iomega, a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) and leader in innovative storage and network security solutions for small businesses, home offices and consumers.
Jeff holds a B.A. from Wake Forest University and an M.B.A. from Mercer University.
Brian Glenn – SVP, Sales Canada
Brian Glenn is the SVP and Head of Sales, Canada with Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers and is responsible for the Ritchie Bros. industrial sales team across Canada. He has more than 30 years of experience in the equipment industry—previously working with Union Tractor and Valley Blades before coming to Ritchie Bros. in 1997. Brian started with Ritchie Bros. 15+ years ago as a Territory Manager and has risen up the ranks through every sales management position available, now serving as the head of the sales for Canada.
In Brian's 15+ years with Ritchie Bros. he has worked as a Territory Manager, Area Manager, Regional Manager, Divisional Manager, Vice President, Senior Vice President and now SVP & Head of Sales Canada.
Marianne Marck – Chief Information Technology Officer
Marianne Marck joined Ritchie Bros. as Chief Information Officer in April of 2016. Prior to joining Ritchie Bros, Ms. Marck was Senior Vice President, Retail and Digital Technology at Starbucks Coffee Company. Ms. Marck has over 15 years of executive experience relating to technology and digital platforms working with companies such as Blue Nile Inc., the Walt Disney Internet Group, and CNET Networks.
Education/Professional Designations: BA, Mathematics from Mills College in Oakland, CA.
Doug Feick - SVP, Corporate Development and Integration Optimization
Doug leads mergers, acquisitions and strategic development for Ritchie Bros. and also is driving the integration of the IronPlanet merger. Prior to the merger with Ritchie Bros, Doug served as SVP, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer for IronPlanet. Prior to joining IronPlanet, Doug served as Executive Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel at ChoiceStream, Inc. where he managed all legal matters and was responsible for business and corporate development activities, including strategic partner negotiations and deal structuring. Prior to ChoiceStream, Doug was Vice President, Corporate Development and Associate General Counsel, International at Yahoo!, Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) where he first started and ran Yahoo!'s international legal group and then co-ran Yahoo!'s domestic and international corporate development activities. Doug has over 25 years of legal and business experience.
Doug graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from Miami University and a J.D. from the University of Southern California School of Law. Doug is a member of the State Bar of California.


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Joint statement of US Airways and American Airlines
Jan 04, 2013, 06:39 EST
TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE : LCC ) today issued the following statement:
American Airlines and US Airways, with participation of committee counsel for the Unsecured Creditors Committee, are pleased that they have completed discussions with the Allied Pilots Association and US Airline Pilots Association intended to develop a framework for the terms of employment for pilots, as well as a process for pilot integration, in the event of a merger between AA and US during restructuring. This memorandum of understanding was approved by the Allied Pilots Association's Board of Directors and by USAPA's Board of Pilot Representatives. This memorandum of understanding will assist all of the stakeholders, including the Boards of AMR and US Airways, in making an informed decision as to whether a merger should ultimately be pursued. The MOU is one of several elements to be considered before a decision on a merger can be made. Details regarding the MOU are still covered by the terms of a non-disclosure agreement so they cannot be further disclosed at this time.
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US Airways
US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates more than 3,000 flights per day and serves 195 communities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Central and South America. The airline employs more than 32,000 aviation professionals worldwide, operates the world's largest fleet of Airbus aircraft and is a member of the Star Alliance network, which offers its customers more than 21,900 daily flights to 1,329 airports in 194 countries. Together with its US Airways Express partners, the airline serves approximately 80 million passengers each year and operates hubs in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Phoenix, and a focus city in Washington, D.C. at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Aviation Week and Overhaul & Maintenance magazine presented US Airways with the 2012 Aviation Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) of the Year Award for demonstrating outstanding achievement and innovation in the area of technical operations. Military Times Edge magazine named US Airways as a Best of Vets employer in 2011 and 2012. US Airways was, for the third year in a row, the only airline included as one of the 50 best companies to work for in the U.S. by LATINA Style magazine's 50 Report. The airline also earned a 100 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality index for six consecutive years. The Corporate Equality index is a leading indicator of companies' attitudes and policies toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees and customers. For more company information visit usairways.com, follow on Twitter @USAirways or at Facebook.com/USAirways. (LCCG)
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Banishing Explosive Sparks in Underground Mines
Vintage space technology was dug up recently to make mines around the world safer by reducing the risks of explosions.
Deep beneath Earth's surface, mining equipment is just like much other modern machinery – computer screens show the operators what's going on. Under ordinary circumstances, glass screens would be ideal.
But in a mine, "Glass is difficult, because it breaks too easily," says Johannes Koenig, an engineer at German mine-equipment manufacturer Marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH.
Plastic screens, though, have a major drawback: they build up a static charge when touched, potentially creating a tiny spark like the one you get when you walk across a carpet then touch a metal door handle.
In mines, sparks can be disastrous. That's because tunnels filled with clouds of fine coal or mineral dust are explosions waiting to happen. So screens made of scratch-resistant plastic must be protected in some way.
Marco engineers worked with ESA Technology Transfer Network's MST Aerospace to find a solution. With MST's help, they connected with MAT PlasMATec GmbH in Dresden, Germany, who years ago developed coatings for space.
"We saw that the coatings developed by PlasMATec for spacecraft could provide an intelligent solution to Marco's mine problem," saidDr Werner Dupont from MST Aerospace.
Space technology gets new life
PlasMATec's experience with transparent coatings stretches back to before the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. Engineer Andreas Mucha was part of a Soviet-era team that pioneered indium–tin oxides (ITOs) to coat lenses and windows for spacecraft.
Similar coatings were used later on ESA's SOHO satellite for thermal control of the payload pointing towards the Sun, and on Galileo's laser retroreflector array.
Now used in everything from liquid crystal displays and touch panels to solar cells, ITOs conduct electricity and can be applied to surfaces as a transparent, thin layer.
The aerospace use of the technique was first developed for a space camera built by Karl Zeiss Jena for the Soviet space programme. In 1976, the Soyuz-22 manned spacecraft carrying the East German MKF-6 multispectral sensor camera spent eight days in orbit, taking nearly 2500 pictures of Earth. Later, another MKF-6 camera was mounted on Russia's Mir space station.
Dr Mucha and his colleagues coated the MKF-6 lens with a very thin layer of ITO – just a few hundred nanometres thick – to give it a tiny bit of electromagnetic resistance. In space, the coating allowed the lens to be heated slightly via an electric current, to prevent condensation.
Space experience was the right solution
PlasMATec's experience from Mir helped them to repurpose the transparent layer of indium and tin for Marco's mining equipment.
"We coated their polycarbonate screens with basically the same conductive iridium–tin oxide layer we once developed for the lens of the MKF-6 space camera," explained Dr Mucha.
The conductive coating prevents electrostatic charge from building up on the screen, in turn banishing sparks – and preventing underground explosions.
"A conductive film gives the possibility to have no electrical charging – or sparks – if you brush it with your hands," Dr Mucha said. "It's a different purpose than for space, but the same process."
MST Aerospace is the German partner in ESA's Technology Transfer Network set up by the Agency's Technology Transfer Programme Office in 13 European countries, supporting non-space industry to identify solutions among the thousands of ready available space technologies.


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I forgot how to send a ticket directly to the support team I've gotten views on my thread but the problem isn't solved on a few different things I click on like stable or common exchange in hot events I get logged out I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the Wartune app but that didn't work
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Every ecommerce site needs video, which helps drive interest and engagement from consumers, but how do you know if videos actually bring any money to the bottom line?
As a general rule, shoppers love videos, since they show off products in a way that still images can't.
But how can site owners know if all the work they're putting into videos is actually generating a return on investment?
Thanks to the popularity of online video, especially within social networks, eccommerce companies are upping the quantity of videos on their websites.
Measurement of video's impact on the business is key, but many marketers may not fully understand how to gauge this impact.
Here are some guidelines to use when figuring out if videos are actually attracting viewers and encouraging conversions. While it may take some time to establish a system for measurement, once it's set up, it should run itself.
You may also be able to have your video solutions provider create a measurement solution for you.
Create control groups
The best way to measure the effect of videos on visitors is to compare the actions of shoppers who see videos to the behaviours of shoppers who do not see videos when visiting a specific product page.
In order to do this, you need to establish a control group: visitors who will see the same product page, but one that does not contain a video. All other page visitors will see video and be able to view it.
The size of the control group depends on factors such as how much traffic your site receives, and how quickly you want to see the results. However, according to best practices, the longer a test is run, the more accurate the results will be.
By setting up your control group, you'll be able to see isolated information about how video affects the visitor, as all other circumstances should be the same.
You can then look at the effect of video on conversion rates by comparing the conversion rate of the control group with the conversion rate of the video group.
You can also use the control group to measure the effect of the presence of video – whether it's viewed or not – on conversion rates. You might be surprised to discover that even just the appearance of video on a webpage increases conversion rates, even if the video is not clicked on and viewed.
To get this measurement, simply look at the number of page views for products with videos, compared to the overall number of video views, and then look at the number of page views for the control group.
Another metric you can measure with the control group is time spent on site, including how many pages are viewed by each group, as well as the amount of time spent on each of these pages.
You'll probably discover that video keeps shoppers on your site longer, and that they'll visit more pages. Higher engagement is good, of course, because it translates to more sales.
Conduct A/B testing
While using control groups will show you the measured impact of ecommerce videos, it can't tell you the effect of different variables within a video. Once you know if videos are having a positive impact, continual A/B testing can help you get even more ROI.
Videos have many elements for which you can conduct A/B tests. For example, you can test background music and which specific style works best (e.g. classical, high-energy rock, etc.), voiceovers (should you have it or not; should voices be male or female), and different calls to action (buy now; free shipping this week).
In order to effectively A/B test, you need to have more than one video version per product. You can't accurately A/B test anything between different products, since shopper behaviour for two separate products won't allow for a true comparison.
Once you have created two video versions, place them on your site so that each version is shown to a percentage of your visitors. Now you can determine which variables have the biggest impact. To get a precise reading, it's best to test one variable at a time.
You may find out that small changes in video elements can make a big difference. One of our retail clients tried adding a "play" icon to the first frame of every video thumbnail image.
After A/B testing thousands of page views, we found that the addition of the icon greatly increased video views. This seemingly minor adjustment to the video player had a significant impact on the retailer's sales.
Remember that different video components can impact conversion rates uniquely across your product set. Therefore, the version that converts the best on a per-product basis should be selected and promoted.
There are tools that automate this process, making the video optimization process seamless as well as beneficial to your bottom line.
Measure the indirect benefits of video
While the overall impact of video on the bottom line can be measured, there are also some factors that are tougher to measure yet can be enlightening.
For example, videos can be a good tool for strengthening brand reputation. Video makes your online storefront look more professional and trustworthy, which gives shoppers more confidence to buy.
There is also a social marketing benefit, since video is often shared and liked on social networks. Additionally, the presence of relevant video on your site contributes to better search engine ranking, which can draw more traffic – and visitors are also shown to click on SEO links when a video image is present, so you get a double-benefit.
When you've done the hard work to add video to your site, it's important to see if it's paying off.
Measuring and testing is an ongoing process, but the payoff is a better online experience for your customers, a stronger reputation for your brand, and ultimately, a nice boost to your bottom line.
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In our experience customers aren't really using product video as a means to shop – the mistake made by many brands is with repeat content and length of footage as a contributing factor to this.
I don't agree video is a richer or better way of showing product over images (and why would I as a photography consultant!) as carefully considered data/insight driven images work across multiple platform and devises matching shoppers habits, which you couldn't say for video.
Brands have distracted themselves with disproportional investment in richer media, without testing its value as this article addresses well.
Whilst images are the forgotten as a REAL sales driver, partially down to the lack of understanding of its use and role within the purchasing cycle for consumer shopping on-line AND any alternative product display having been tested.
My view would be to conclude any measurable ROI on video AFTER you've measured the impact of your product images first…its cheaper.
We've had a ton of success with our videos although we haven't conducted any type of A/B testing. We know this because customers will often reference our videos which are currently only on Youtube when we talk to them on the phone. But I agree wholeheartedly in the added benefits of videos, especially with more complex products that aren't easy to find. it definitely helps shoppers during the touch, taste, and smell part of the buying process per se.


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All anabolic steroids suppress natural testosterone production. However, the rate of suppression often varies greatly from one steroid to the next. Although it does suppress natural testosterone production, Primobolan's rate of suppression is much less dramatic than many anabolic steroids. In a therapeutic plan, it is actually possible to keep the total rate of suppression below 50%. This could be low enough to keep some from falling into a low level condition despite the reduction. However, performance level doses will be another story. Dramatic suppression is all but assured with such doses making the inclusion of exogenous testosterone extremely important. Men who do not include exogenous testosterone will more than likely fall into a low testosterone condition. Not only does this carry numerous possible bothersome symptoms, it is extremely unhealthy. Women, despite needing testosterone will not have a need for exogenous therapy when using Primobolan.
Once the use of Primo and all anabolic steroids has come to an end, natural testosterone production will begin again. You will find this is one of the easiest steroids to recover from when it comes to testosterone production. Most men are encouraged to implement a Post Cycle Therapy (PCT) plan once use is discontinued. This will speed the recovery process up. It will, however, not return you to normal on its own. This will still take time. However, a PCT plan will ensure you have enough testosterone for proper bodily function while your levels continue to naturally rise. Those who do not implement a PCT plan, while they may recover it will take far longer. There's really no reason to forgo the PCT process if you're going to be off cycle for any decent length of time.
An important note on natural testosterone recovery. Natural recovery assumes no prior low testosterone condition existed. It also assumes severe damage was not done to the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Testicular-Axis (HPTA) through improper steroidal supplementation practices.
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Chicken and turkey are considered "hot" foods in Chinese medicine. If you are giving your baby chickin treats they can cause this problem.
Do you give your baby a chew toy or a marrow bone? Sometimes they need to get anxiety out and if they don't have anything, they chew on themselves.
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Standardized Tests
What Is Required?
Middlebury College requires applicants to submit standardized testing, but there is some flexibility in our testing policy. Students must submit either the SAT, the ACT, or three SAT Subject Tests in different academic disciplines (Math I and Math II, for example, do not qualify as two distinct Subject Tests). We do not require the SAT Essay or the ACT Writing tests. It is the candidate's responsibility to have all his/her scores sent to Middlebury from the appropriate testing service or to confirm that scores appear on his or her official school transcript.
Middlebury will "super score" standardized test results—we will accept the highest score from each section of the SAT, the ACT or SAT Subject Tests, regardless of sitting, and sum the best scores across sittings of the same test. We do not combine results from different forms of testing—i.e. results from the SAT and from SAT Subject Tests.
Students applying to Middlebury may use the College Board's Score Choice option, but we encourage applicants to submit all sittings of their standardized tests since our policy uses a student's highest individual section scores regardless of sitting.
Submitting Scores
Students may submit self-reported scores at the time of application (more details coming summer 2018), or request that the testing service or the school/college counseling department submit scores directly to Middlebury College. All enrolling students must submit official scores for verification after a deposit is made.
Early Decision I: latest test results accepted are the October test dates for both the SAT and ACT
Early Decision II and Regular Decision (and Early Decision I applicants deferred to Regular Decision): latest test results accepted are December for both SAT and ACT
How Important Are Test Scores?
While standardized test scores are used in evaluating applicants' academic profiles, they are not the defining element in our decisions. Middlebury's Admissions Office is aware that a range of factors can affect test scores, including socioeconomic background, test preparation, schooling, and financial and educational resources. We also recognize that many students will not be in a position to take multiple tests.
Our admissions process is a holistic one in which all factors are weighed. So, a student's essay, teacher recommendations, co-curricular activities, personal background and story, and unique individual characteristics are all important to us; ours is not exclusively a numbers-driven process.
The New SAT
The College Board recently modified the SAT I and the redesigned test was made available in March of 2016. We accept results from both the "old" SAT and the redesigned test, but we will not "super score" across the different versions of the test.


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I recently rejoined the game after a year hiatus and I haven't found many good low oil opponents, in fact I'm at 30 wins and 3 losses at the moment with 1v1 on the normal maps. So I figured I'd make a guide to teach some of the basics, including build orders that actually work, so there are more decent opponents around.
Learning the Map:
First things first and it's the most important thing. Once you join the game, look at the map, look very closely. All the yellow squares are oil locations and you should do your best to memorise them. There can be no turtling inside your 4 oil base, you must push every oil aggressively. Some maps have green dots, these are oil pickups that give 100 power each.
Another consideration are scavengers, which can be annoying to deal with. You should check if they're blocking any obvious oil locations. They'll usually have at least one oil in their base, which is beyond the scope of the initial oil rush. However sometimes you can rush trucks past them to gain oil in the middle of the map, more on that later. If they are turned off, don't worry about them, but do be worried of the other player, this usually means they're going to be rushing.
Lastly check how defensive the map is. There are some non official maps where defensive play can pay off, such as Confrontation. Usually the bigger the map and the more cliffs with ramps on your side, the higher the chance you'll be able to deal with the initial rush.
Only press ready when you're confident you know all the oil locations, you shouldn't use excuses like, "Hey I don't know this map".
Build Order:
Use the shift key to queue up build orders, very useful since the initial 10 minutes is micro intensive.
The standard build order that I use in 1v1 is:
1 Factory + 5 trucks.
2 or 3 research labs. (I highly recommend 3 in T1 1v1, but in 2v2 etc, you can get away with 2.)
2 generators
1 command centre
1 generator
The trucks you manufacture should:
1st helps with base.
2nd gets base oil.
The last three will get oils at the locations you memorised earlier.
Initial researches:
All 3 starting techs. The first two will rush for research mod and power generator mod as soon as possible. To do this:
Power mod: > Engineering > Engine > Power Mod.
Research mod: > Sensors > Sensor Tower > Command Nexus > Research Mod
Noob Mistakes:
Not going factory first. - You won't be able to capture the oils you need quickly after the base build up.
Building power generator first. - You have enough power to start off that you can forgo this for now.
Command Centre first. - You should not need the map function, just zoom out.
Building more than one factory. - Do this MUCH later, your power is very restricted. This isn't a high oil guide!
Not using shift to build. - Makes you verrrry slow. Always hold shift to build stuff!
Initial Oil Rush
Now that you have sent trucks to capture oils beyond your free ones, you should expand aggressively, any oil you can get without scavengers shooting at you, go for them! You memorised the oils on the map right? During this time you will need to research MG Towers, do not bother with the bunkers. You have two choices here, go for the 4th research lab (Which you can use to research the factory/cyborg techs later) or spend the time researching it with your weapon's lab. The results are very pleasing, MG Towers start with heavy MGs, even if you have not researched them yet!
Build 2 MG towers at the most contested oils. usually the ones that are nearest to your opponent. Do this even if they have claimed the oil already and you see no trucks around. It's easy pickings after the MG towers go up. But what should you do if your opponent is already building an MG tower there? First right click and hold to show the HP, if there's no yellow, they're building with low power. (This is usually the result of a poor oil push, too much research or second factory) In this case, build the MG tower behind the truck and make sure your truck is behind the tower so it cannot get shot. The result is the enemy truck exploding and you repairing your own tower, which will kill the enemy one, even if they send more trucks to counter.
MG Towers destroy any tactic at this stage in the game, always make sure your trucks are not getting shot while building them. If the map has one entry to middle, consider a tower there for denial.
Special note about scavengers blocking the middle:
On some maps, the most obvious example being the official Roughness map, you won't be able to get to the middle because a Scavenger base will open fire on you. In this case, no problem. Group 3 or 4 trucks together then go around the camp to get to the middle. You'll lose a few trucks in the process, but getting all that lovely oil in the middle? That's usually the game winner right there!
Random barrel spawns:
Sometimes random barrels spawn over the map, always be on the look out when you have some time when you're not clicking, they can appear anywhere, even on impassable terrain. These give 100 Power each and on low oil, extremely valuable, since it's likely you'll dip into negative energy in the fear future.


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There were no shortage of issues coming from the latest GMs meeting Tuesday. But while some of those issues were league-related – including goalie fights; the extension of overtime; and the new playoff format – other issues were specifically related to unfortunate teams.
There were no shortage of issues arising out of the latest GMs meeting at the NHL's Toronto office Tuesday. But while some of those issues were league-related – including goalie fights; the extension of overtime; and the new playoff format – other issues were specifically related to unfortunate teams and those issues were not positive.
One of the first to leave the meetings late Tuesday afternoon was Oilers GM Craig MacTavish, who had a fire to extinguish in the form of the comments made a day earlier by Igor Larionov, the agent for Edmonton star winger Nail Yakupov. Larionov told ESPN.com that Yakupov, who has been a healthy scratch on multiple occasions in his sophomore professional season, was open to a trade. But after a frustrated MacTavish challenged the ESPN reporter who broke the story via Twitter, he denied there was anything at all to trade rumors involving Yakupov and chalked up the youngster's struggles to the common development patterns of fledgling NHLers.
"It's not a friendly league to young players," MacTavish said. "It's a veteran league and young players are going to have their ups and downs. It's just common sense. I don't know what the big deal is. It's a bit of a distraction for us to have to answer to these comments, but I don't know the basis of the comments. I'm only reacting to some twitter feed.
"Our feelings about Yak are we like him. I like Yak a lot. I don't feel any different today than the day that we drafted him. I feel like he's going to be a great, dynamic scorer in this league. Did I assume it was going to happen in his first 60 games in the NHL? Absolutely not."
Shortly after MacTavish headed for the airport, a similarly grim Steve Yzerman came out of the elevators to meet the media. He didn't have an unhappy star to worry about; rather, the Lightning GM had to face an immediate future without his team's superstar center Steven Stamkos, who underwent successful surgery earlier that afternoon in Boston to stabilize the right tibia he fractured Monday against the Bruins. Yzerman wasn't ready to put a timeline on Stamkos' return from the injury and acknowledged it's not going to be possible to simply go out and acquire a replacement for Tampa Bay's top player.
"Realistically, there's nobody in our organization, there's nobody apart from a handful of players in the league who we're not going to be able to get anyways, that can fill the role that Steven's playing for us," Yzerman said. "We'll see how we do as a team and we'll look at every option there is to fill the void."
Yzerman, who is also Canada's architect for the men's hockey team at the 2014 Sochi Games, wouldn't speculate as to whether Stamkos (who would have been a lock to make the squad) could still be named to the Canadian team's roster in the hope he could return to the ice in time for the tournament, which starts Feb. 8. He generally preached patience any time a question was asked about a particular player (P.K. Subban, for instance) and stressed there was a lot of hockey to be played before final Team Canada roster decisions are made Dec. 31.
Otherwise, the GMs discussed fighting in the game – and in particular, fighting between goalies – but no new rule was agreed on and the general sense provided by GMs who spoke to media was that there's no substantial rule on fighting as a whole. That said, some GMs made it clear the issue of goalie fights wasn't going to fade away.
"We talked about goalie fights and we're going to discuss it again (at the next GM meetings) in March," Red Wings GM Ken Holland said. "I would say the general consensus in there was that we're OK with where fighting is right now. With regards to goalie fighting, we'd like to do something. We don't really like to see goalies fighting."
Holland continued his battle to extend the overtime portion of games from the current five-minute period that precedes a shootout. But there were variations on how to do that. Holland prefers five minutes of 4-on-4 action followed by five minutes of 3-on-3 play. But the GM group also explored a number of other options, including the possibility of extending overtime to seven or eight minutes. No formal decision was made on a format change, but the issue will be revisited at the next meetings.
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WASHINGTON — More than a decade has passed since Michael Moore released his pro-gun control documentary "Bowling for Columbine," and the director says he's saddened that the nation has not made enough strides toward ending violence in schools.
"I never thought I would have to, a decade later, stand here and say that that film of mine did no good. That to me is personally heartbreaking," Moore said Tuesday night while on the red carpet at National Board of Review Awards.
His 2002 documentary, which won an Academy Award, was inspired by the 1999 Columbine High School shootings in Colorado.
Moore says he has no interest in making a film about last month's shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 children and six adults dead.
"No, I've made the film I wanted to make with 'Bowling for Columbine.' Every word in stands true to this day, which is the saddest thing," he said.
The Sandy Hook tragedy has reignited the national debate on guns; President Barack Obama has appointed Vice President Joseph Biden to help come up with a solution.
The "Fahrenheit 9/11" filmmaker said that certain weapons need to be banned, and gun ownership should always require a license.
"The short term solution is we have to ban the assault weapons, ban the semiautomatic weapons, ban the magazines that can hold more than ten bullets. That's it. That should be the bottom line of what we need to start with," he said. "We should be licensing everybody with a gun. I have to have a license for my dog. I have to have a license for my car. If you're going to do my hair later you have to have a license … We don't require a license to own a firearm?"
He also said America's violence issue runs much deeper than gun control laws.
"We are a violent people," said Moore. "We as Americans believe it's OK to kill people. We believe it's OK to invade a country that had nothing to do with 9/11. We think it's OK to invade a country where we think Osama Bin Laden is and he's in the other country. So we just go in and we just kill. And we have the death penalty, we sanction it. Not talking about the insane people now. We're talking about out government which is of, by and for the people — says it's OK to kill people. So why is it a surprise when the unhinged, who live in the same society, go 'I feel like killing some people today?' I think we need to take a look at ourselves."
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Joe Jonas Debuts New Tattoo
Joe Jonas shows off his new tattoo in a pic from Instagram.
"Two ropes (two parents) makes four ends (four brothers)," the 23-year-old musician wrote alongside the snapshot of his new ink and the meaning of it.
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ACME: Apple blanks St. Henry
ST. HENRY — Wapakoneta's Josh Apple threw just one pitch during the entire varsity baseball season.
That pitch resulted in a long fly ball during a 19-3 loss to the Minster Wildcats in mid-April.
Monday, Apple threw 79 pitches in an ACME game at St. Henry.
Those pitches resulted in a complete-game, two-hit, shutout win over St. Henry.
Apple allowed a pair of doubles, one in the second and one in the seventh, and didn't allow a runner past second base. He struck out four and walked just two.
"I was just throwing it across the plate," Apple said. "That's what I was doing. I was just letting them (the defense) work."
"It's a reflection on him," said Wapak coach Willie Sammetinger of Apple.
"The kid works hard. He wants to play. He threw a nice game."
Wapak struggled offensively but managed to produce just enough runs to win, plating one each in the third, fourth and fifth innings.
Dylan Knoch was hit by a pitch to lead off the third and stole his way to third before scoring on Keaton Zwiebel's groundout to short.
Brandon Miller led off the fourth inning with a double and scored when St. Henry pitcher Kent Stammen hit Chase Culver with a pitch with the bases loaded.
Wapak's final run came in the fifth when Brandon Schreiber hit a one-out triple and scored on Miller's sacrifice fly to center.
But Wapak could only manage three hits for the game and hit a lot of fly balls.
"That is a reflection of our bats were slow tonight," Sammetinger said. "Part of it is we didn't have a good batting practice tonight. We kind of lolly-gagged a little bit. I'm a firm believer in you play how you practice.
Marshall Gerlach has a solid game at third base for Wapak, recording two put-outs and six assists at a busy third base.
"He was making some plays," Apple said.
Said Sammentinger, "He's a vacuum cleaner."
Wapak improved to 6-0 on the season. But it faces a stiff challenge with 11 games in the next 13 days.
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ddabrahim wrote:I like the combat this way a lot better but I'm not sure if the JKLI keys are the best. It would be more comfortable with the arrow keys in my opinion.
The boss fight seemed fun at first but then after I have killed that monster in the hands of the girl I was not really sure what am I supposed to do. The little red dudes was keep spawning and when I was shooting the girl I noticed the white bar in the corner decreasing but always when it reached 0, it recharged. I didn't have much time to try it more so for now I failed with the boss but don't really know why.
By the first boss fight I had only 2/10 bags. Unfortunately I don't have much time to try to get 9/10 would be nice if more people would give it a try but seems like this community is about "how to" questions and answers only, nobody care to comment on each other games and help to improve with suggestions
An other thing I have noticed is that the difficulty of the levels is vary. Sometime the levels are more complex with lot of enemy then suddenly a small room with a single enemy only. Also most of the time the enemies just doesn't move but shoot the bullets. If you have time, maybe you should design the level creation and enemies to increase difficulty. You could for example make the enemies move around, not to move toward the player but move around. Up and down, left and right. You could also add 1 or two different enemy types to every x room with a different style of shot to make it more interesting.
Hey thanks for taking the time to test it and send feedback and yeah here the community is quiet.... but just that quiet because according itch.io stats peolple come from here to play but it would be nice if they make comment it help us improve the game.
I'll take your suggestions into account and see what I can add before the jam ends but if enough people show interest in the game I will continue to improve it and add more stuffs that I have in mind but had to cut because its a jam
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Some news from their press release (http://www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=86& ... referrer=2):
Consistently developing new approaches to solve warfighter challenges with robots has made us a trusted DARPA partner," said Helen Greiner, co-founder and chairman of iRobot. "Through this program, robots that reconstitute size, shape and functionality after traversal through complex environments will transcend the pages of science fiction to become real tools for soldiers in theatre."
Sounds impossible? I hear there are already some prototypes in labs at MIT and Harvard which will give iRobot a hand in this one ... bring on the T-1000s!


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13 Phantasms and Other Stories by James P. Blaylock is a book I forgot I owned. I must have bought it recently, because it is the April 2003 printing. But when? Where? Why?
Why is perhaps easiest to guess at. Blaylock is one of the many writers I have long been meaning to read. Long ago, I read his story "Unidentified Objects" because it accomplished the nearly impossible: it was included in an O. Henry Awards collection, after having been published in Omni. A science fiction story published in a science fiction market reprinted as one of the best short stories of the year in a mainstream collection. When I discovered that O. Henry volume in the local library, I held it like an egg containing an earthquake. I thought: If an SF story can make it into an O. Henry Awards collection, it must be the greatest story ever written by any human being in history.
I read the story and didn't think much of it. "No wonder it didn't win any SF awards!" I said to myself. "It doesn't explain how the spaceships work!" I decided that any SF lauded by non-SF readers must be nambypamby, hoitytoity, pretentious junk.
Perhaps that's why I bought the book. "Unidentified Objects" was published in 1989. I am a very different reader now than I was fifteen years ago. I expect I bought the book because I wanted to know what had so desperately upset my younger self.
All the collected pieces of our imagistic memory seem sometimes to be trivial knickknacks when seen against the roaring of passing time. But without those little water-paint sketches, awash in remembered color and detail, none of us, despite our airy dreams, amount to more than an impatient ghost wandering through the revolving years and into an increasingly strange and alien future."Unidentified Objects" is one of those stories that makes defenders of the science fictional tradition pound their fists against dilating doors and retreat to shelves of mouldering Analogs to regroup. (Blaylock would not hold this against them, and the title story of the collection is a gentle homage to such folks, though it does suggest they need to mail themselves back to 1947.)
The beauty of "Unidentified Objects" is that the fantastic elements are not ambiguous, but the realistic ones are. I never doubted the science fictional ending, but nearly everything else in the story is left incomplete, ambivalent, a welter of suggestion.
Blaylock has won and been nominated for a number of awards, including two World Fantasy Awards for short fiction, but this story doesn't seem to have garnered much notice within the SF world, and certainly no notice comparable to inclusion in an O. Henry Awards collection. Here, then, we seem to have a story which is publishable within a science fiction market but appeals more to people who don't read SF than people who do. I would happily give this story to anyone who told me they hate SF, because it is evocative and quirky, an affecting exploration of nostalgia and the passage of time. The writing is excellent, with some sentences and paragraphs so carefully balanced that the addition of one word would ruin them. There is nothing within this story that could ever embarrass the SF genre.
Except it doesn't tell you how the spaceship works. It doesn't imagine a carefully-extrapolated future world or a bizarre and complex far future galactic empire. It doesn't explore alien biology or anthropology. It doesn't have any wizards or wyverns, dark lords or dwarfs. It is not set in an obviously alternate reality. No Great Beings peer from beyond the shadows, sending us colours from outerspace. The reader does not come away with a sense of wonder. If anything, there's a sense of loss and confusion, the smallness of any individual life.
Could this story have been published outside of the SF markets? Anything is possible, but it would probably have been difficult, because most mainstream editors would, I expect, want the science fictional ending, understated as it is, made more "realistic". They might have published it anyway, though, because it's such a fine example of all that can be accomplished within a short story by a writer in full control of his craft. Certainly, most mainstream fiction magazines are not limited only to publishing stories of the most stringent realism, though most SF magazines, by their nature, are limited only to stories which have at least a hint of an SF element.
Samuel Delany has said that SF is the most encompassing form of writing, because any sentence could appear in an SF story, whereas "mundane" stories are limited to sentences which make sense in the "real world". Our publishing practices, though, turn this equation around: mainstream markets are welcome to publish any sentences they want, while SF markets can only publish sentences which add up to a story that is at least marginally SF.
Hence, while SF is the most encompassing form of writing in theory, in reality it is considerably more limited than mainstream fiction.


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Hillary Clinton announces support for same-sex marriage
(CNN) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced for the first time Monday she supports marriage rights for same-sex couples, saying that "gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights."
"America is at its best when we champion the freedom and dignity of every human being," Clinton said in a video produced by the Human Rights Campaign.
The former first lady, U.S. senator, and 2008 presidential candidate had previously backed civil unions and partner benefits for same-sex couples, but had stopped short of a full endorsement for marriage. That was the position of most Democratic primary candidates that year, including President Barack Obama.
During her tenure as secretary of state, Clinton avoided taking political positions, as is customary for the role.
Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, wrote in an opinion article last week that he supported the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, the law he signed in 1996 that defines marriage as a legal union between a man and a woman. It also denies federal benefits to same-sex couples in the nine states where same-sex couples can now legally wed.
In the video released Monday, Hillary Clinton said her time traveling the world as America's top diplomat "inspired and challenged me to think anew about who we are, and the values we represent to the world."
Those values, she said, must include full equal rights for gay and lesbian Americans to marry.
"Full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship," she said. "That includes marriage. That's why I support marriage for lesbian and gay couples. I support it personally and as a matter of policy and law."


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What is an endowed chair or professorship?
It is the highest academic award that the University can bestow on a faculty member, and it lasts as long as the University exists. Thus, it is both an honor to the named holder of the appointment and also an enduring tribute to the donor who establishes it.
The Benefits:
Endowed faculty professorships and chairs are crucial for recruiting and retaining the highest-quality faculty. The greatest institutions have the best minds, the most-creative researchers and the most-engaged teachers. Building a mighty base of faculty talent enriches the academic environment, which attracts the brightest students.
Recognizing the continued contributions of senior-level faculty as well as providing funds to push the frontiers of their scholarship are key functions of the endowed positions. The funds can propel research, help pay student workers or create opportunities for collaboration with scholars around the world.
One professor or chair can touch hundreds of lives through the courses they teach, the students they mentor, or through their own academic work. Having endowed faculty means students get to rub elbows with the most talented scholars in the world. Students have the opportunity to work in research labs, for example. They do not learn only from textbooks, but from the real world of innovation and discovery.
In a rapidly changing world, corporations realize the pace is often driven by the private sector, but much of the long-term thinking, basic research and most fundamental discoveries occur inside universities. Corporations support endowed chairs to give back to institutions that provide them with creative talent. The relationship also connects corporations with professors, researchers and students who can inspire innovation and creative ideas in a competitive environment.
Donors provide funds for the overall improvement of the University, but some have personal interests in specific areas of study. By funding endowed chairs, donors can convene the brightest minds to focus on particular problems or issues and spur advances in those areas.
Q & A about Endowed Chairs
Q: What does an endowed chair do for the University?
In American higher education, endowed faculty professorships and chairs have become the gold standard for recruiting and retaining faculty. The reality is that if we wish to keep the very best faculty, it's crucial that we have endowed professorships and chairs. That has become an expectation of truly exceptional teachers and scholars. No question, UT Dallas is in the hunt, competing for, recruiting and retaining the very best scholars in the nation. This tool in our toolbox — endowed faculty professorships and chairs — is essential if we are going to continue to excel as an institution.
Q: What does holding a named chair mean to a faculty member?
One of the key ingredients of endowed professorships and chairs is faculty recognition. The other really important aspect of a faculty chair is that the money that the chair generates is available to faculty members to advance their instructional programs, to develop new research ideas, to fund students' work and generally to make innovative advances in their own portfolios of scholarly work.
Q: Why do donors make gifts to create and endow professorships and chairs?
The reasons for giving are varied, but the common denominator is that people care about the world around them. One reason is that the donors understand the great strategic importance of such gifts to the University. But another important reason is that donors care about advancing the field in which they're making the gift. The donor might be a corporation or company that knows the world is changing rapidly, and nearby they need the most talented professors, researchers and students available to them. Individuals may have more personal reasons. It may be, for example, that a parent had Alzheimer's and the donor wishes to make the world a better place for people who are suffering from that disease. They may want to make a gift to advance research in that field, to educate and train more students who can help solve the mysteries that Alzheimer's or another medical condition creates.
Q: How many more endowed chairs do you think UT Dallas needs?
The very best universities in America often endow a third of their faculty positions. So as UT Dallas continues to grow and change, our need for endowed faculty professorships and chairs will continue to grow. Ultimately, our goal is to have something on the order of one-third of our faculty holding endowed professorship and chairs. Why? It's our goal to be among the very best universities in our nation and our world, and that means we have to have the best talent. Endowed faculty professorships and chairs make it possible to recruit and retain that talent.
MEDALLION AND CHAIN: The symbolic mark of an endowed chair or professorship is the medallion. On the front of the medallion is the name of the chair, the name of the school in which the chair resides and the University name and seal. The medallion is hung on a chain symbolizing responsibility and authority.
THE SEAL: The seal of The University of Texas at Dallas features a shield that is divided into two fields, the upper and the lower. In the lower field is the historic wreath — the right half of which is an olive branch, the left half a live oak branch — and the star of the Great Seal of the State of Texas. In the upper field is an open book indicating an institution of learning. The shield rests in a circle and contains the motto, "Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis." The late Dr. Edwin W. Fay, a former head of UT Austin's Latin department, provided the motto which is a terse Latin rendering of the famous quotation from Mirabeau B. Lamar: "A cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy."
THE CEREMONIAL MACE: The mace is a ceremonial staff of authority that administrators and faculty at universities worldwide carry at the head of academic processions. The UT Dallas mace was handcrafted by local woodworkers from part of the more than 500-year-old Treaty Oak Tree in Austin, which is said to have shaded Stephen F. Austin as he signed the first boundary agreement between the American Indians and settlers in 1824. The mace includes silver University seals surrounding a wafer embedded with Texas Instruments' microchips, representing the role of the company in the founding of UT Dallas. A steel band in the headpiece and the metal foot of the staff were fashioned from scientific instruments designed by UT Dallas' William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences. The band was flown aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor in September 1995.
ACADEMIC REGALIA: Students in the medieval universities of Paris, Bologna, Oxford and Cambridge organized into guilds, and gradually their costumes of flowing robes became distinctive for Bachelors (apprentices of arts), Masters (teachers) and Doctors (teachers who had completed postgraduate studies). The academic hood worn by modern day master's and doctoral students derives from the medieval cloak worn over the gown. The color on the outside trim of the hood indicates the degree earned. The colors on the hood lining are those of the university granting the degree.


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And the 2013 Grammy Nominees Are ...
Lots of Frank Ocean and fun.
Enjoyed and/or made it through Taylor Swift's and LL Cool J's banter and musical shenanigans? Good. Let's get to the nominees for the 55th annual Grammy Awards, set to go down February 10, 2013. (And check out our thoughts on the Grammy nominations here. Apparently, it's hard out there for a teen.) Frank Ocean, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, fun., and the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach all scored six. Album of the Year is secretly a contest for rock LP of the year with Ocean's Channel ORANGE thrown in to make it that much nicer when he wins. Best New Artist is a semi-stunner — carefully monitor your neighborhood for livid Carly Rae Jepsen and One Direction fans. And there are tons of first-timers in high places, such as 2 Chainz: Grammy nominee. Here's a long list selected from the 81 categories announced. (Only releases that fell between October 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012 were eligible.)
Album of the Year
The Black Keys — El Camino
fun. — Some Nights
Mumford & Sons — Babel
Frank Ocean — Channel ORANGE
Jack White — Blunderbuss
Best New Artist
Alabama Shakes
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean
Record of the Year
The Black Keys — "Lonely Boy"
Kelly Clarkson — "Stronger"
fun. — "We Are Young" feat. Janelle Monae
Gotye — "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Frank Ocean — "Thinkin Bout You"
Taylor Swift — "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
Song of the Year
Ed Sheeran — "The A Team"
Miguel — "Adorn"
Carly Rae Jepsen — "Call Me Maybe"
Kelly Clarkson — "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
fun. — "We Are Young"
Best Pop Vocal Album
Kelly Clarkson — Stronger
Florence + The Machine — Ceremonials
fun. — Some Nights
Maroon 5 — Overexposed
Pink — The Truth About Love
Best Pop Solo Performance
Adele — "Set Fire to the Rain" [Live]
Kelly Clarkson — "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
Carly Rae Jepsen — "Call Me Maybe"
Katy Perry — "Wide Awake"
Rihanna — "Where Have You Been"
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Florence + the Machine — "Shake It Out"
fun. — "We Are Young" feat. Janelle Monae
Gotye — "Somebody That I Used to Know" feat. Kimbra
LMFAO — "Sexy and I Know It"
Maroon 5 — "Payphone" feat. Wiz Khalifa
Best Alternative Music Album
Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
Björk — Biophilia
Gotye — Making Mirrors
M83 — Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Tom Waits — Bad As Me
Best Rap Album
Drake — Take Care
Lupe Fiasco — Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1
Nas — Life Is Good
The Roots — Undun
Rick Ross — God Forgives, I Don't
2 Chainz — Based on a T.R.U. Story
Best Rap Song
Nas — "Daughters"
Wale feat. Miguel — "Lotus Flower Bomb"
Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T, and 2 Chainz — "Mercy"
Drake feat. Lil Wayne — "The Motto"
Jay-Z and Kanye West — "Niggas in Paris"
Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars — "Young, Wild & Free"
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Flo Rida feat. Sia — "Wild Ones"
Jay-Z and Kanye West feat. Frank Ocean and The-Dream — "No Church in the Wild"
John Legend feat. Ludacris — "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)"
Nas feat. Amy Winehouse — "Cherry Wine"
Rihanna feat. Jay-Z — "Talk That Talk"
Best Rap Performance
Drake feat. Lil Wayne — "HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)"
Jay-Z and Kanye West — "Niggas In Paris"
Nas — "Daughters"
Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz — "Mercy"
Young Jeezy feat. Jay-Z and André 3000 — "I Do"
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Chris Brown — Fortune
Miguel — Kaleidoscope Dream
Frank Ocean — Channel ORANGE
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Anita Baker — "Lately"
Beyoncé — "Love on Top"
Melanie Fiona — "Wrong Side of a Love Song"
Gregory Porter — "Real Good Hands"
SWV — "If Only You Knew"
Best R&B Song
Miguel — "Adorn"
Tamia — "Beautiful Surprise"
Trey Songz — "Heart Attack"
Anthony Hamilton — "Pray for Me"
Elle Varner — "Refill"
Best R&B Album
Robert Glasper Experiment — Black Radio
Anthony Hamilton — Back to Love
R. Kelly — Write Me Back
Tamia — Beautiful Surprise
Tyrese — Open Invitation
Best Rock Album
The Black Keys — El Camino
Coldplay — Mylo Xyloto
Muse — The 2nd Law
Bruce Springsteen — Wrecking Ball
Jack White — Blunderbuss
Best Rock Performance
Alabama Shakes — "Hold On"
The Black Keys — "Lonely Boy"
Coldplay — "Charlie Brown"
Mumford & Sons — "I Will Wait"
Bruce Springsteen — "We Take Care of Our Own"
Best Dance Recording
Avicii — "Levels"
Calvin Harris — "Let's Go" feat. Ne-Yo
Skrillex — "Bangarang" feat. Sirah
Swedish House Mafia — "Don't You Worry Child" feat. John Martin
Al Walser — "I Can't Live Without You"
Best Dance/Electronica Album
Steve Aoki — Wonderland
The Chemical Brothers — Don't Think
Deadmau5 — > Album Title Goes Here <
Kaskade — Fire & Ice
Skrillex — Bangarang
Best Country Solo Performance
Dierks Bentley — "Home"
Eric Church — "Springsteen"
Ronnie Dunn — "Cost of Livin'"
Hunter Hayes — "Wanted"
Blake Shelton— "Over"
Carrie Underwood — "Blown Away"
Best Country Album
Zac Brown Band — Uncaged
Hunter Hayes — Hunter Hayes
Jamey Johnson — Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran
Miranda Lambert — Four the Record
The Time Jumpers — The Time Jumpers
Best Spoken Word Album:
Scott Cresswell and Dan Zitt — American Grown (Michelle Obama)
Bill Clinton — Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
Rachel Maddow — Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
Ellen DeGeneres — Seriously … I'm Kidding
Janis Ian — Society's Child: My Autobiography
Best Comedy Album
Jimmy Fallon — Blow Your Pants Off
Margaret Cho — Cho Dependent (Live in Concert)
Lewis Black — In God We Rust
Kathy Griffin — Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class
Jim Gaffigan — Mr. Universe
Tenacious D — Rize of the Fenix


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Cup with inverted rim
Napatan Period
about 750–270 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri
Overall: 5.1 x 4.5 cm (2 x 1 3/4 in.)
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This small cup has the proportions of a miniature squat shouldered jar. Convex sides bulge outward from the base and then curve inward to a slightly constricted, but still wide mouth. The inverted rim is unworked.
Very small vessels such as this cup are common in grave, tomb, and temple contexts where they could be presented with offerings or as model offerings in and of themselves. They are thus often called "model vessels." They are most often made of medium to coarse grades of clay, and shaping is often poor and irregular. Frequent irregularities or asymmetry in shaping reflect fast work and mass production. Knife-cut or cord-cut bases are common, though rounded bases occur as well. Some are simply twisted or pinched off at the base, leaving an awkward base that does not allow the cup to stand upright on its own.
From Nuri. 1916-1918: Excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.
(Accession Date: August 18, 2006)
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Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition


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Niagara County Community College hosted more than 800 students from 22 Western New York school districts at Tech Wars 2013 on Wednesday. Competitions ranged from RC Heavyweight Sumo Robotics to 3D Modeling and CO2 Car Races.
The results were as follows:
Tech Wars 2013 overall standing:
High School: Grand Island, 1st place; Tonawanda City, 2nd place; and Cleveland Hill, 3rd place
Middle School: Grand Island,1st place; Mill Middle, 2nd place; Niagara Falls, 3rd place.
Individual Winners/High School:
Vex - Robotic game
Kidwind- Wind turbine
On-site 3D Parametric Drawing 11-12 grade
On-site 3D Parametric Drawing 9-10 grade
Large Structure Bridge
Hockey Robots
3D Solid Modeling (drawing) Drop-off
2D Drafting Drop-off
Architectural Design
Heavy Weight Sumo Robots
King of the Hill
Seismic Towers
Musical Instrument
On-site Engineering Challenge
T-Shirt Design
Individual Winners/Middle School:
Mouse Trap Car
CO2 Car
Balsa Bridge
Autonomous Robot
Mini-Sumo Robot
Kidwind - Wind Turbine


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All these areas work together to foster an environment that promotes high quality teaching and learning in an urban context of significant demographic diversity. Given the broad scope of Academic Affairs, and the wide range of activities supported by the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, we invite you to use the navigator to your left to connect to the location that interests you.
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Leanna Kossack Day
Submitted: 01/25/2013
- A young girl in the Northwoods battling cancer will be remembered forever. Tomorrow will be Leanna Kossack Day in Rhinelander. Mayor Dick Johns made it official this morning. He handed out a proclamation to the Kossack family on behalf of the Rhinelander community. "Therefore I Richard Johns, Mayor of the City of Rhinelander, do hereby proclaim Leanna Kossack Day here in Rhinelander. All citizens join in a special location in honor of Leanna Kossack." "To have to go through that is awful and to see your friends and family, businesses, and even people you've never met in your life just really stand up and pull for her. It's an amazing feeling." Says Leanna's stepfather, who accepted the proclamation on her behalf. She'll be at the benefit her family's holding in her honor tomorrow. A bake sale runs in the open business next to Sackett's on Brown Street from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Then, the benefit starts at Bugsy's in Downtown Rhinelander at 2 p.m. and runs until midnight. The raffle drawing will be at 8 p.m.Donations will go toward Leanna's medication and also to other children battling cancer.
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In a case being prosecuted in Florida, a former dentist has plead guilty to supplying a number for high-profile athletes and celebrities with various steroid and performance-enhancing drugs. Among the names being pulled out of his business records is Paul Teutul Sr. of Orange County Choppers and the popular television show American Chopper.
According to the seized documents, Paul Sr. received dozens of prescriptions for steroids and HGH (human growth hormone). The scripts for these drugs were written by the plaintiff in the case, Dr. James M. D'Amico, along with three other Florida physicians, culminating in over a four years of use.
This news of course comes as virtually no surprise to anyone who has ever watched the show American Chopper.


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Giggleswick under new ownership
A landmark Starkville gift shop recently reopened under new ownership as the store's founding owner decided this year seemed like the perfect time for a change.
Olivia Loftis married Ted Loftis and moved to Starkville in 1980. In the fall of that year, she started freelance decorating work out of her home. In 1982, she opened the Americana Workshop on Washington Street.
In September 1985, she moved the business to Main Street and renamed it Giggleswick.
The name's origin
Last week, Olivia Loftis recalled the origin of the name and reflected on her time in business in the city.
Deb Shafer – who also recently retired from her advertising business, Dux D'Lux – came up with the the name Giggleswick from visits and studies in England, Loftis said.
Giggleswick is a village in north Yorkshire County.
The almanac says it's England's most peaceful and enchanting village.
"So we called our shop here Giggleswick – Starkville's most enchanting gift shop," Loftis said.
The store's founders leased the space where Fashion Accent is now, then bought the larger, adjacent building in 1997. Six years later, Giggleswick relocated to Highway 12, where it stands today.
This year marked 30 years in retail in Starkville for Loftis.
"...There never seems to be a good time, a convenient time to do something else, but 2010 just seemed like the perfect time ... for us," she said.
She also said it was a perfect time for Janet and Al Massey – the new owners – and for Starkville.
"In retail I have seen this year increased consumer confidence," Loftis said, citing increased retail sales taxes and numerous businesses opening in the community.
"I'm really grateful for the Lord's blessing and the favor of the Starkville community," allowing her to be here for 30 years and "fulfill one of my life dreams," she said.
In a statement she said: "It has been a tremendous pleasure to celebrate life's happiest gifting moments."
Loftis says she looks forward to spending more quality time with family – including grandchildren – and friends.
"My next life goal is to learn Biblical Hebrew, to read the word for myself and understand it," she said. Loftis says she's doing some self-study at home in the language and hopes to attend some conferences and seminars.
She noted the store changed ownership 25 years to the month it opened as Giggleswick.
The store officially changed hands Sept. 1.
The Masseys reopened the store under their ownership Sept. 9.
"Our customers are going to be thrilled and very pleased with what they see when they come in here," Loftis said.
"I was also glad to learn that a lot of our customers already knew the Masseys and had visited and shopped with them before," she said.
The new owners will honor previously-purchased Giggleswick gift cards, Loftis said.
'The Other Side'
Massey family was in the funeral business for 50 years, said Janet Massey. They sold the funeral firms in 1998.
In January 2004, Al and Janet Massey purchased the local, downtown hardware store in Noxapater, where the family resides, after the store was open for about 27 years.
"We like to buy 30-year-old businesses," Al Massey said.
There was a vacant former drug store and doctor's office next door to the hardware store, Janet Massey said. They built a gift store in the space and called it "The Other Side," she said.
The store opened in May 2004.
The Masseys have 7,500 square feet of retail space in downtown Noxapater.
"We carry a lot of the same lines that Mrs. Olivia carried here," Janet Massey said.
"...I've been an admirer of this store, Giggleswick, for many years. ... This is a dream come true for me too. I never would have imagined in my wildest dreams that ... I would have this opportunity," she said.
"It's quite an opportunity to come in behind somebody that's been successful for 30 years," Al Massey said.
'Very excited'
"...We sell... top-quality lines. ... That's certainly what the reputation has been here at Giggleswick. I just felt like it would really enhance both of our businesses to expand. I feel like this will help us even in our Noxapater business," Janet Massey said.
"...We're very excited to be in Starkville and want to be part of the Starkville community," she said.
The Masseys are making some changes to Giggleswick. They're adding a full children's shop in the Wigtwizzle section of the store and The Other Side at Gigglewick, Janet Massey said.
They've also done some remodeling, including new flooring and fixtures.
The store's customers "are going to be so pleased. They are going to love the Massey family. They are delightful people. They are seasoned business-people and experienced retailers. ... They are bringing their expertise and all these new sets of eyes and hands to just create ... more great and wonderful things for the Giggleswick customer," Loftis said.
The Masseys' daughter, Leah Cheatham, and their daughter-in-law, Erin Fulcher, will be involved in managing the business.
The store hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
The phone number is 323-GIFT (4438).
Information about the store can be found online at http://www.giggleswick.com/ or on Facebook by searching for Giggleswick.


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CASTL Program - Opportunities for Students at SJSU
A university education provides learning opportunities for students in three key areas:
- General education courses where students gain broad knowledge in the sciences, social sciences, humanities and human development.
- Major courses which provide opportunities for gaining in-depth knowledge in a specific area.
- Co-curricular experiences, such as club leadership, lectures, sports, discussion groups and other activities that provide opportunities for learning and self-development.
The structure of most universities is often at odds with helping students to become strong integrative learners. Universities are organized by disciplines where, for example, the accounting professors may rarely interact with the English professors. Faculty and staff must be versed in the learning objectives of the general education curriculum so as to bring it into the courses they teach to help students to make the connections that broaden learning. Current events should be brought into classes. Students should be asked how they think, for example, a biologist might interpret a literary work. Such activities will help students in building the important connections in their knowledge base that will expand and enrich what they know and what they can do with that knowledge.
San José State has some longstanding practices to help foster integrative and liberal learning and as part of its current strategic planning activities, has others in the developmental stage. Our integrative and liberal learning practices and activities include:
- SJSU Studies - upper division general education courses that are organized around
a theme to promote integrative learning and deeper understanding of lower division
general education knowledge
- See page 35 - 43 of SJSU's GE Program [pdf]
- Service Learning Courses - several courses are identified as service learning that
must meet certain requirements to ensure that the service component is meaningful.
- Center for Service Learning
- University Policy S02-3 Policies and Procedures for Designating Service-Learning Courses
- MUSE and Success in Science - First Year Experience ( FYE) program for students.
- Humanities Honors Program- this four-semester sequence for freshmen also includes a living community option.
- Campus Reading Program - many faculty use the selected book in their classes which enables students to view the book from multiple perspectives. There are a variety of activities about the book including discussion groups, lectures, workshops and other media forms including a dramatic production.
- Mosaic Cross Cultural Center - this center provides students with a range of activities and programs that help them to better understand people different from themselves, develop leadership skills and gain a better understanding of themselves and today's world.
- Center for Faculty Development - offers a variety of programs and workshops including strategies for promoting integrative learning
- Team SJSU Studies - a Fall 2007 pilot project that is part of SJSU's strategic planning. Cohorts of upper division students will be placed in integrated two-course sequences that meet all of the SJSU Studies (advanced GE) learning objectives. Each cohort will focus on a theme, such as global warming or social justice. There will be a culminating project that requires problem solving and community involvement.
- Students Actively Integrating Learning (SAIL) Plan - another strategic planning program will prepare students to conduct their own reflective assessments of themselves as integrative learners. They will begin their SAIL plan in their FYE, review it again in the mid-point of their studies and again in a culminating experience. An additional benefit of the SAIL Program is the opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to learn more about the relationship and co-evolution of learning and belonging in college. SAIL will be implemented in selected FYE courses in Fall 2007.
- Partnerships - SJSU is also involved with higher educational organizations working
to promote understanding and effective use of integrated and liberal learning strategies.
- Carnegie Foundation's CASTL Leadership Project ( Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
-SJSU is a participant in this project
- SJSU Project Proposal [pdf]
- AAC&U's Liberal Education and America 's Promise ( LEAP) Campaign - SJSU is a partner in this project.
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Music and praise at See You At The Pole
Many students participated in See You At The Pole this year, with many showing up for morning prayer around 7 a.m. at the Sweetwater High School flag pole on Wednesday morning, Sept. 26, 2012. Sweetwater High School student Dallas McFaul led the group in songs, also playing his acoustic guitar. "AWAKEN" (from Ephesians 3:14-21) was the theme this year for the annual global day of student prayer. This is the 22nd anniversary for See You at the Pole, a student-initiated and student-led movement that started in the Ft. Worth suburb of Burleson, Texas in 1990. SYATP brings students to their school flagpoles to intercede for their leaders, schools and families, asking God to bring moral and spiritual awakening to their campuses and city. To celebrate the student's efforts and what God is doing on Sweetwater school campuses, the Sweetwater Youth Ministers Alliance has organized a post event rally called the Saw You at the Pole Block Party. The block party will be held Wednesday evening, Sept. 26, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. downtown on Oak Street. All area junior high and high school students are invited to attend. Hotdogs, games, music and prizes are just a few of the things one could expect at the event. Guest performer, rapper and artist Brian Burk of Lubbock will be performing and delivering the night's message. The worship team from Trinity Baptist Church will close the event.


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