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In praise of beta heroes
Alpha heroes are dead sexy. Let's settle that right now.
I love my alphas! My fallen angel warriors (in my apocalyptic romance series, the Seven Signs) are smart, take-charge fighters who won't take no for an answer. When the End comes, what heroine wouldn't want a hot alpha demon-slayer with a flaming sword on her side?
But not everyone is a natural alpha. We wouldn't want that. If the world was full of alphas, we'd be exhausted from all the stand-offs and dick-measuring. A guy doesn't need that one-track, take-charge gene to be sexy. In celebration of my new book Dragonfly – which has a mighty cool beta hero, if I may say so myself – let's talk about betas. The smart, quiet men. That cool, clever, maybe faintly geeky yet totally hot guy.
Do you doubt me? Allow me to introduce my friends.
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These guys are lovable because they deploy weapons other than brute force. They're smart, and they talk smart – listening to the Doctor figure out a problem is a crash course in just how slow you are. Attack is not their first, best and only form of defence. They might be a bit sheepish about emotional connection – in a disarming, surprised, who-me? kind of way – but they're not afraid of it.
They also know they don't have to lead from the front. Torchwood might be Captain Jack's baby, but they'd all be screwed without Ianto, cleaning up their coffee cups and ordering pizza and oh by the way saving their butts dozens of times.
Especially in sci-fi and comic books, betas have power. Probably because the 'clever stuff' – technology and science – is so important in those stories. Being smart and thoughtful counts for something. We can even do convincing beta bad guys! Loki in The Avengers. Sam Neill's insane physicist (an insane physicist!!! How cool is that?) in Event Horizon. Doc Ock from Spiderman 2. A rogues' gallery of smart maniacs, waiting to baffle you into submission.
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Convinced yet?
But there's more to being beta than shyness, mad science or expertise in IT. And not every hot scientist or wise-ass technician is a beta: look at everyone's favourite genius billionaire playboy philanthropist, Tony Stark – who's kind of an alpha-beta hybrid, really – or super-arrogant Dr Rush from SG:U, who despite his smart-guy exterior is about as tortured-alpha as you can get without actually being an angry six-foot-eight immortal vampire death lord. He's an alpha in a beta's brain. Now I'd like to see that as a romance hero…
But I digress into sexy alpha-ness… My point is: beta isn't just smarts. Beta is an attitude, and it's just as cool and sexy as any alpha can pull off.
Three reasons why betas are as cool (or better!) than alphas
1. A beta is confident, but he's not in-your-face about it. If he says he can fix that broken reactor core or pilot you through that asteroid field, he can. Just don't waste his time by asking stupid questions. If he had more information, he'd give it to you. And don't ask him how he did it. You won't understand.
2. Also, a beta is sensible. He doesn't burr up at tiny provocations. When some other guy makes moves on his heroine? He doesn't go all alpha-cave-man 'how dare you touch MY WOMAN!!' and beat the snot out of someone. He just grins and says, 'Yeah, right. Good luck with that.' Because he knows his lady wants him and no one else. And if she doesn't want him, well, throwing a hissy fit won't help, will it?
3. A beta is thoughtful. He doesn't cut the Gordian knot. He unties it, swiftly and carefully, without calling attention to himself. He's not a walking hard-on – if he seems to act recklessly, it's because he's considered his options and decided he doesn't have any. And that's when you'd better watch out, because he'll kick your unsuspecting butt just as hard as any alpha.
If you're Captain Alpha, care and feeding of your betas is important. Your beta sidekick might be the quiet one, but he's no pushover. He's the guy who writes your crypto or fixes your spaceship, so take care to give him his credit, or you might wake up one day and find he's running your gang just fine without you. And if he gets angry, beware. He'll meticulously plot your demise behind your back. Chances are, you won't see him coming.
And if your nemesis is a beta… well, expect the unexpected when you least expect it. Mad science and evil beta plots come out of left field. His plan might be insane, but it'll be better than anything your feeble wits can come up with. His weakness? Overconfidence. He believes he's smarter than you. The problem is, he's right. To defeat him, you'll need luck as well as alpha brawn.
So bring 'em on. I love both alphas and betas. I love to write both. One day, I'll put them both in the same book, and stand back…
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Great theme! A couple of pre-purchase questions:
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Outstanding work as usual Chris!
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In future versions will you have payment options for the events?
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Booz & Company announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire the international consulting firm Management Engineers (ME) headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. This esteemed consultancy will bring 17 partners and 145 staff to Booz & Company and a highly complementary market position and functional heritage—particularly in auto/industrials and operations consulting in Germany, but also in China, the UK, and the US.
"Management Engineers powerfully reinforces Booz & Company's industry expertise and functional depth in key markets globally, enabling our combined firm to deliver to clients the differentiated capabilities they need to outperform," said Cesare Mainardi, CEO of Booz & Company. "And the fit between our two firms' cultures and strategies is superb. We are both well known as practical strategists who roll up our sleeves to get the job done working alongside our clients. From the first time we sat down with ME, it was clear we shared the same fundamental results-oriented philosophy."
This acquisition, which is subject to a number of closing conditions including the approval of Booz & Company's partners, will draw on strong synergies between the two firms in terms of clients, services, geographic coverage, capabilities, and culture. Assuming all required approvals are obtained, the transaction is expected to close on April 2, 2013.
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Today we'll be looking at the award-winner's big brother, the Crucial m4 256GB. When it comes to SSD technology, a bump up in size almost always results in a bump up in performance. In addition to that, Crucial have upgraded their firmware at least twice, each adding a bit of a performance boost. So let's see how the 256GB model does today!
The Crucial M4 256GB has dropped significantly in price recently, and can be found for as little as $249 online. Compare that to the likes of the 240GB SandForce powered OCZ Vertex 3 at $280, or the Intel 520 Series at $330. In fact, it is probably the cheapest synchronous-flash SATA-3 240/256GB drive you can buy right now. Other drives in this price range will be using slower asynchronous flash.
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Wealthy investors have turned an anxious eye toward Europe as the debt crisis continues to unfold.
According to a survey by Spectrem Group, individuals with more than $1 million in investable assets are more concerned about what could happen in Europe than the possibility of a fiscal cliff as tax cuts and spending cuts expire.
Roughly two-thirds of high-net-worth investors were changing their portfolio strategy based on Europe while just over half, or 51%, made changes in response to the fiscal cliff, according to the report.
As a result 23% of high-net-worth individuals are avoiding stocks and mutual funds with global exposure, and 18% are avoiding fixed-income products from other countries.
The fiscal cliff ranked somewhat lower on investors' minds as a majority believed that Congress would step in to block the fall before as the U.S. approached the fiscal cliff. More than 8% reported being "not at all concerned" about the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts along with federal spending cuts. Forty-four percent were only mildly concerned because they believed that political consensus would work to minimize the effects. Close to 47%, however, were "very concerned" that the nation could slip back into a recession.
In response to domestic concerns, millionaire investors are shifting their portfolios around. More than 30% are increasing cash revenues, and over 15% bumped up their share in "recession-proof" companies. Eleven percent allocated their assets more heavily in tax-sheltered accounts, such as 401(k)s and IRAs.
Spectrem Group's survey, which was conducted in July as part of their Millionaire Corner service, interviewed and recorded the responses of 1,400 investors. The questions asked were related to, but different from those in another recent Spectrem report that affluent investor confidence had hit a new eight-month low.
Mason Braswell writes for On Wall Street.
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GEORGE TOWN: A cartoon exhibition organised by political cartoonist Zunar was disrupted by a group of about 50 people this afternoon.
The group was led by Penang Umno Youth chief Rafizal Abdul Rahim and Gabungan Perwakilan Melayu Pulau Pinang chair Rizuad Mohd Azudin.
They had deemed the cartoons as insulting to Prime Minister and Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak during the 3pm incident.
The group confronted Zunar, whose real name is Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque, and demanded he remove the cartoons.
Police were called in, including the light strike force (LSF), to contain the situation at the concourse area of Komtar here where the 20 drawings were displayed to the public.
Azura Aziz, Zunar's manager, said two drawings were damaged during the incident.
"They told him to remove his books and threatened to burn them," she said, adding a police report would be lodged soon.
The exhibition has since been closed while his other functions in Penang, including the launch of a book on Sunday, is pending discussions following the confrontation.
Later after lodging a police report at the Jalan Patani police station, Rafizal warned the political cartoonist to close his cartoon exhibition.
He said the cartoons were "biadap" (rude) and had insulted and defamed Najib.
Rafizal said the wing will be monitoring the exhibition area at the concourse area to ensure the cartoons were not put up again.
"If he puts them up again we will not hesitate to return and ask him to remove them nicely or through force," he told reporters.


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His last appearance at a main tour final venue was at Telford for the 2002 British Open and he is heading back to the town's International Centre to face Marco Fu in a week's time.
Peter was recognised as a terrific talent when he turned professional in 1991.
This was when the game was open and there were over 600 professionals, so it was tough to make progress but Lines enjoyed early wins over the likes of Martin Clark, Mike Hallett and Willie Thorne.
On his only Crucible appearance in 1998, he lost to John Parrott but made a 141 total clearance.
Lines beat John Higgins in the 1999 China Open in Shanghai and reached his only ranking event quarter-final, where he was beaten 5-4 by Brian Morgan.
His highest ranking was 42nd in the 1999/00 season.
Lines declined in recent seasons but showed excellent form in the UK qualifiers, making two centuries in his first match and three in the last four frames of his second.
In recent times he received coaching and advice from Steve Prest, who sadly died earlier this year.
And Peter's son, Oliver, has also shown evidence of his potential during junior tournaments.
It's good to see a player regarded as a journeyman clawing his way out of the qualifiers to be part of a tournament, although he will likely have to raise another gear to go any further in the event.
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A winnable opener for Lines against Fu, who I think has not yet won this season, but is certainly out of form. Some tasty first round ties in prospect at Telford, Ronnie v Stevens looking the pick. Matthew still needs two frames, if he gets them he could turn Ronnie over as he is still struggling from range and didnt even bag his customary Premier League title. Walden v Higgins, Davis v Hendry are also possibles. Out of the definite draws Williams v Dott has some appeal.
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suggestion dave
put a pic of players like this in your blog instead of folk like higgins when theres one about him....."everyone" knows what higgins looks like....
just a suggestion
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Google images?
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Great win for Peter Lines! Congrats!
Nothing about the Premier League? I know, O'Sullivan fan.....lol
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I am gutted Docherty lost today but thrilled that Davis is through.
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's telecoms watchdog will hold a hearing of complaints by operators about the 2 billion euro ($2.8 billion) auction for fourth-generation frequencies, which was criticized for being too expensive.
The 4G auction in Europe's most price-competitive telecoms market raised four times the minimum set by the regulator and was the most expensive in Europe per head of population.
The head of the regulator, Georg Serentschy, told Reuters on Friday that the watchdog would hear the operators' complaints at their request but could not change the auction results announced this week.
The hearing date is to be decided next week and will be on either November 4 or November 11, three sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
The operators will have to file formal complaints with a court if they want to pursue their grievances.
Telekom Austria, the country's biggest operator, grabbed half the spectrum on offer in the auction of at a price of 1 billion euros, leading to credit downgrades from Moody's and S&P after the company said it would raise debt to pay for it.
Hutchison Whampoa's H3G, the country's smallest carrier, won only 18 percent of the available frequencies for 330 million euros and did not buy any of the valuable 800 megahertz (MHz) spectrum that is ideal for more remote rural areas.
Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile Austria bought the remaining 32 percent of the spectrum for 654 million euros, including a third of the 800 MHz frequencies, with Telekom Austria taking two thirds.
All three operators have complained about the auction process, which required them to submit blind bids to prevent collusion. This required them to bid without knowledge of the extent of demand for any particular frequency block, thereby pushing up the price.
"It was extortion," T-Mobile Austria's Chief Executive Andreas Bierwirth said at an industry event late on Thursday.
But Serentschy said that even when the extent of the demand was revealed to the bidders in the 39th of the 72 rounds, the aggressive bidding did not stop.
"There was no reaction to this strategy - they were still very much on the offensive," he said.
The regulator will present its own analysis of the auction to the media on Monday.
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"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" won't reach theaters until Dec. 14, but just Thursday, the movie's visual effects team made the shortlist for Oscar consideration. Working in the non-digital realm, Academy Award winner Tami Lane supervised all of the prosthetic makeup that had to be applied for the films in Peter Jackson's return trip to Middle-earth. It was a job that kept her in New Zealand for 18 months, but she knew the landscape well — Lane was a key part of the prosthetics team on both "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." The Peoria, Ill., native recently spoke with Hero Complex about getting the tale's coterie of dwarfs ready for their trip to the Misty Mountains and beyond and how Jackson's decision to use the groundbreaking 48-frames-per-second technology created specific challenges for Lane and the other below-the-line professionals.
HC: Were you excited about the prospect of returning to Middle-earth?
TL: Absolutely. I was quite flattered. When I was [in New Zealand previously], I was just one of many prosthetic makeup artists working and I was very flattered that they called me to come back and supervise. I got the call Thanksgiving 2010. [Production managers] Zane Weiner and Brigitte Yorke called me on speakerphone and they asked what I was doing for the next two years of my life. It was a very good phone call. It was amazing, it was on Thanksgiving and it was before I got too drunk.
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HC: How would you characterize a typical day on set?
TL: A typical day, just on the prosthetics team alone, we had a core group of 16 people. The hair team had another 20 some people, it was a fairly large team. I've never done a show this big, having 14 main cast members in just about every day for over 264 days. It was quite a feat, very long hours. We would start probably around 4:30 in the morning, We'd have our first round in, we'd put the prosthetics on first thing in the morning, then we'd send them off. When I say first round, I'm talking about the stunt guys would probably come in first around 4:30 a.m. We'd do the same makeup application on the stunt guys, so all the stunt guys were wearing prosthetics as well. You not only had 13 dwarfs, we had 26 dwarfs just about every day. And that's just for one unit. We had two or three units going any given day. We would start off at 4:30 in the morning and slap a bunch of rubber on these guys and then the nature of my team was I had to require that all my makeup artists be really proficient in hair punching and finishing because all the pieces — 11 out of the 13 dwarfs all had to have the eyebrows hand-punched into the piece, the piece would cover up the eyebrows.
HC: The piece being the prosthetic appliance?
TL: Yeah, the prosthetic appliances, it was a forehead and nose all in one. We would have to glue that on. Of course, we'd cover up [the actors'] own eyebrows, but these dwarfs have their own character eyebrows. So after we would finish in the morning and get them on the set, half the team would go to set and look after dwarfs and make sure everything continuity wise, dirt wise, sweat wise, whatever, [was correct], while the other half of the team stayed and punched the eyebrows on the pieces for the next day because we can't reuse any of the pieces. Once they get taken off, they're totally destroyed.
HC: How much time did you spend on each person?
TL: For prosthetics, each one was different. Our minimal time one was Kili, Aidan Turner. He just basically had a nose appliance, so his makeup artist Katy Fray would pretty much do his makeup in 20-30 minutes and then we'd send him to hair and he'd be getting his wig on for another 30-40 minutes. So he was probably a little bit over an hour total whereas Bombur, the fat guy, he had four prosthetic appliances and his makeup took about an hour and three quarters and that's just for the prosthetics. Then he'd go and get another hour and 15 minutes in hair so all up he was looking at three hours in the chair.
PHOTOS: Meet the dwarfs from 'The Hobbit'
HC: How did you go about designing looks for the dwarfs?
TL: Richard Taylor and WETA workshop had their design process in full swing before I was even hired. They came up with a lot of concepts, and of course ran it through [makeup and hair designer] Peter King as well to get his advice on how to execute these different looks because some of them are pretty outrageous. Nori is pretty outrageous design. By the time I stepped in, basically I was using the characteristics of the actors' own faces and melding it in with the prosthetics and the sculpts that were designed at WETA to create the unified look. Nori, his hair design is pretty striking, it's a great silhouette. It looks like a starfish. It's just very distinctive. When we first saw the designs, I know Peter King went, "Alright, well that's interesting." It's like Bombur, he has a huge braid of hair that comes off his mustache and creates like an O-shape around his chest, it's really heavy. Trying to figure out, how are we going to attach that and make it last through all the antics that the dwarfs get up to through the movies, [was challenging].
HC: Is the makeup uncomfortable?
TL: These prosthetics are actually really comfortable. They're all silicone prosthetics. The technology, we're at a really good space to create really comfortable prosthetics because nothing actually covered up any of the eyes, the nose holes were all free so they were able to breathe. We didn't alter anybody's nasal passages or anything. The pieces themselves, some of them were a little bit heavier than others and would kind of weigh down on the brows. The only discomfort that these guys have is basically, throughout the day, it's like having a light weight on your shoulders. After a few hours you start to get tired, your eyes start to get tired. We have a tendency to help them out by giving them some lifts under the wig, to try to help support the weight of some of these pieces. All in all, I think the pieces were comfortable. Most of the actors after a few hours didn't feel it on their head really. Those guys were troopers for going through what we had to put them through.
HC: How did Peter Jackson's decision to shoot the films at 48 frames per second impact you?
TL: We knew 48 frames for makeup is a nightmare. It just exposes everything, all of our little tricks that we used to get away with with 35 mm, all of our work is under a huge microscope. What we didn't count on was the fact that working with the Epic camera, the colors transfer differently in the camera. So you'd look at the guys in makeup with the prosthetics on and seamless edges, the colors match perfectly. And then when we went to go look at it on the screen, we found out that the camera actually sucked out a lot of the red coloring in the prosthetics — and not just in the prosthetics but in the costumes and the set pieces and all that. We had to figure out how much red to kick back into the prosthetics in our paint job so it didn't look yellow or jaundiced on screen. That was a huge learning curve. I don't think the 48 frames was an issue, it was just how the color in the material transferred within the camera. I had to teach my crew to paint with that invisible eye. I was always in [cinematographer] Andrew Lesnie's tent because there was only one color-corrected monitor on the set. It was a challenge every day.
HC: So, were the dwarfs the most difficult aspect of your job on these films?
TL: We had some challenges with some of the Orcs that we were doing, design challenges, paint challenges. It was always a gift when a new character stepped in and needed some attention. It was always a breath of fresh air to get creative again. Radagast, that was an interesting one we did. Sylvester McCoy, he's a fun character to do. We've seen Gandalf as the wizard, but we hadn't seen another — except Christopher Lee — and this guy was way kooky. He's kind of the forest guy, so we gave him a crooked nose and a snaggletooth. He has such a great face you'd think he had more prosthetics on than he actually did.
HC: Did you work closely with the visual effects team?
TL: Not too much. The visual effects guys, they were always there but… there was no face replacement or anything like that. They were always good fun to talk to on set. Smaug is going to be unbelievable.
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The Arkabutla Lake Education and Nature Center Trail (ARK) Trail is a 1.8 mile lightly trafficked loop trail located near Hernando, Mississippi that features a lake and is good for all skill levels. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round.
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The trail is located in a wildlife sanctuary and consists of 2 miles of woodland walking trails already constructed with future plans for a handicap accessible wildlife demonstration trail. The Trail feature interpretive signs listing area wildlife and tree identification markers. The trail consists of gently rolling hills with little elevation gain and features an outdoor amphitheater that can accommodate small groups for outdoor education classes. Trail-goers will enjoy views of Arkabutla Lake, mixed hardwood forests, swamps and open fields planted for wildlife habitat. At the end of the second loop visitors can get a good view of Arkabutla Lake as the trail winds through the hardwood forest alongside the lake. The ARK Trail is a collaborative effort between the U. S. Army Corp of Engineers, DeSoto County Board of Supervisors, Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc. and the DeSoto County Greenways.
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Beautiful and well-maintained. Will definitely return, but with a couple of garbage bags! Clearly floods on occasion and there's a variety of lake trash washed up in places. What a beautiful resource in hernando!
Pleasantly surprised at how nice this trail is. They have recently built a new pavilion and it looks like there are plans to keep improving it. Lots of wildflowers, which made for butterflies everywhere. A really enjoyable hike!
First Fogg Road is closed so had to detour around. The hike was nice short hike. Lots of spider webs across the trail. A log was down and across the trail at about 1 mile, but was easy to route around.
Pros- Short and can be walked in under an hour easily. It's easy enough that most kids could do it without a problem so it'd be a nice family activity. It's also not very busy. I went on an absolute perfect day for hiking, and I was the only one there. The trail is beautiful and very well taken care of in most places. Overall, it's a nice little trail.
Cons- There is a little bit of trash in some areas, but not enough to really distract from the beauty of the trail. You can also hear the highway towards the beginning of the trail so it can be hard to get that 'secluded in nature' feel, but the sound goes away as you go farther along the path.
Walked this trail on Saturday. It's very nice and easy. Didn't see much wildlife, unfortunately. Will try again in the future.
This is a wonderful Trail. Where it lacks in size it makes up in beauty and convenience. Just a Ten minute drive from Hernando, parking at the trail head and benches along the path. This would be a nice place for a picnic! Oh, and I see deer just about every time I hike this trail.
The cons. This trail, like all trails can get washed out in certain spots after a heavy rain. And though i haven't seen any snakes in the two years i've been hiking here be aware that there is a good chance they are around especially close to the lake.
This is a great short trail. Roughly 50ft per mile worth of climbing and well marked. There are educational signs and boards. So nice just for a time crunch outdoor activity with a few geocache to add as a bonus too.
Great trail. Went back next day and did 2 miles. Will love it when lake comes back up.
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it is a reserve, so no dogs allowed. it was nice short hike other than that.
Has the potential to be a nice little hike, needs more work but I see equipment out there so I believe it's in progress.
Maybe a raised deck walkway toward the water where the lake debris litters the trail? Good scout project!!
This trail is a joke. Who ever started turning this into a nature center is definitely behind. There is trash through out. At one point my son and I followed until we ended up on very unclear path. We had to cross brush that we couldnt tell what we were walking on. I will never come back to this trail.
It was an easy trail. It took us maybe 45 minutes and we weren't walking fast. The lake had flooded some of the areas so we had to walk through the woods until we could get back on the trail, but it was fun.
First trail experience. I had a 7 and 9 year old with me and they did great.
This nature trail was brief but quite beautiful; it was a great spot to sprint back through for a second trip around the trail.
The trailhead is near the Arkabutla dam...highway 301 west is north of the lake; follow it west until you see signs for the Arkabutla dam. Happy trails.
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This was a great trail for our family. We had to leave our dog at home though, no dogs allowed here.


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- Immigration Lawyer: Able to provide legal advice depending on your circumstances and where outside the area of practice, will be able to identify possible legal issues and refer to the appropriate person
- is a current Melbourne immigration lawyer
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- completed a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Bachelor of Finance double degree
- was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria in December 2002
- has been a registered migration agent since June 2007
Note: Only about 25% of migration agents are actually Australian Legal Practitioners.
To illustrate this, in 2018 a registered migration agent with:
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- MARN: 1455555 - has about 4 years experience (2014)
- MARN: 1255555 - has about 6 years experience (2012)
- MARN: 1055555 - has about 8 years experience (2010)
- MARN: 0855555 - has about 10 years experience (2008)
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- has sound knowledge of Australian immigration laws, policies and practices
- acts professionally and in a timely manner
- abides by the Migration Agents' Code of Conduct
- holds professional indemnity insurance
- satisfied character tests (including criminal history checks)
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- provides professional, friendly and personalised services
- maintains complete control of your file, ie our principal, Jay To (not by a paralegal or junior agent)
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Capt. Michael Goodwin, 53, plunged from the roof of a three-story building in the city's Queen Village section Saturday night. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Another firefighter, 28-year-old Andrew Godlewski, was burned while trying to rescue him.
Goodwin, a 29-year veteran, had recently taken the test for a promotion to battalion chief. Executive Fire Chief Richard Davison says the promotion will enhance his family's benefits.
Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers says he had been hoping that Goodwin would one day make chief.
Goodwin is survived by a wife and two grown children. Goodwin's son, Michael Goodwin Jr., spoke to the media on behalf of the family on Monday afternoon, praising his father's love and dedication.
"My dad was a loving man, a caring man, a hard worker, a Navy man, a church-going man," said his son, Michael Goodwin Jr. "He taught me everything I need to know to be a man."
"The real thing I'm going to miss is giving him a hug....putting my head on his chest and feeling that mustache hit me right here on the head and giving me a kiss," added Michael.
Before meeting with the family of Captain Goodwin, Mayor Michael Nutter toured the scene where crews have started tearing down the destroyed building.
"There's not much I can really say. We're sorry, we're hurt, we're in pain, but our hurt and pain is nothing compared to what they're feeling," said Nutter.Meanwhile, a ceremony that had been planned to honor two firefighters killed in the line of duty last April will now include Goodwin.
Bill Gault, president of Local 22, was set to honor Lt. Robert Neary and Daniel Sweeny during the ceremony Tueday at City Hall. Those men died in a five-alarm factory fire in Kensington.
Gault, who grew up with Goodwin, will now add his friend's name to the ceremony.
"The only thing Mikey loved more than this job was his family. He was the guy you wanted next to you," Gault said. "He was a good man."
The funeral plans have also been released for Capt. Goodwin.
A celebration of his life will be held on Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Thursday morning from 9:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Relatives, friends, members of the Philadelphia Fire Department Local 22 and all first responders are invited.
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Then, the funeral for Capt. Goodwin will be held Thursday at noon at:
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2139 E. Cumberland St.
He will be buried afterward at Hillside Cemetery in Roslyn, Pa. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Goodwin's memory can be sent to:
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c/o Local 22
415 N. 5th St.
Philadelphia, Pa. 19123
Anyone wishing to share memories of Goodwin can visit www.lifecelebration.com and post details about Goodwin's life.
Mayor Michael Nutter ordered flags flown at half-staff at all city buildings for the next 30 days in Goodwin's honor, officials said.
A cause of the fire has not been determined.


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Disccusions with Stephen over the past months has had me thinking about a way to help overcome the problem with certain scripts such as Arabic and Thai being too small for him and other people. I didn't like the inline HTML font setting he experimented at the time but recent stuff with IPA and Cyrillic stress marks has given me some ideas.
I'll use this page to test the Arabic:
جِدًّا (jiddan) (djíddan)
- أَكَلْتُ السَّمَكَةَ حَتَّى رَأْسِهَا (ʾakaltu s-samakata ḥattā raʾsihā)
- I'm still trying it out, and so far it looks pretty good. However, now that it's large enough to see clearly, I see a problem...but I don't know if the problem is with the Wiki software or if it's something on my system...perhaps my browser (IE 6) or my OS (Win2K). The problem is with compound diacritics...I can type them correctly in the edit window and they look correct, but after saving they are mangled. In the Arabic name of this article, you should see a double fatha (like an equal sign '=') above a shadda (a sort of 'w'). That's how it appears before saving, but after I save it they are misplaced, and the = is inside and below the w. It is possible to have the = below the w, but this is a different sound (in versus an).
- If this is not a bug in my browser or something like that, then I think we should avoid this combination of diacritics altogether.
- Testing: جدَّا (- over w), جدِّا (- under w), جدُّا (waw over w), جدًّا (= over w), جدٍّا (= under w).
- How do these five examples appear to you? —Stephen 08:56, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I saved this, then viewed it, and it is definitely being changed upon saving. In order to work properly, the shadda (w) always must be typed before the vowel mark. That's how the GPos tables in the Arabic fonts are set up. But after I save the page, the order is switched so the the vowel is first and the shadda comes last. Let me try deliberately mistyping...I'll type the vowel first and then the shadda. If it gets switched, then it should appear correctly:
- Reverse order: جدَّا (w under -), جدِّا (w over -), جدُّا (w under waw), جدًّا (w under =), جدٍّا (w over =). —Stephen 09:25, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Nope, no difference...the order is still backwards. Apparently Wiki does not allow compound Arabic diacritics to be saved in the correct order. At least, I cannot save them using IE 6 in Win2K. —Stephen 09:30, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- It's probably one of two things. 1) The font in the edit window is different to the display font, and they have different quirks. 2) A couple of months ago, the Wikis started to do Unicode normalisation. This caused some problems with Hebrew because many well-known Microsoft Hebrew fonts were designed for an order of vowels and dagesh opposite that dictated by Unicode. Microsoft are apparently updating their fonts to overcome this problem. Perhaps there is a similar issue with normalized ordering of Arabic vowels, shaddas, sukuns, etc.
- I recommend you try playing with the settings in Template:Arabic fonts. I'm on my work computer which is not set up for Arabic and I certainly don't know the script or the Unicode quirks as well as you but I am trying to learn. I also recommend you get the feel of Template:Arabic font size. Both of these can be overridden just for you or by any other user by customizing User:xxxxxx/monobook.css — Hippietrail 14:39, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- The order is actually changing as I save the page. I can copy the saved Arabic word (from either the edit window or the display window, no difference) into MS Word, increase the size and select from any of my numerous Arabic fonts, and then I can insert a space between each of the Arabic glyphs...and the order is clearly reversed from my original "shadda-vowel" to "vowel-shadda." I don't think messing with the Arabic fonts will do any good, because every one of my fonts requires the "shadda-vowel" sequence.
- And in fact, this is the logical order. For any word with a double consonant, you have C (consonant), V (vowel), then CC (double consonant), then V again...like this: j-i-dd-a. The first consonant of the pair doesn't receive any vowel, obviously...the vowel is only for the second of the pair...so you have to type the double consonant first (which is what the shadda does), and later put the vowel.
- I suspect they got confused in the Normalization process because of right-to-left issues. They probably meant to have it save the shadda first, but got the whole thing bass-ackwards.
- It could be that Microsoft was rushing to get things working before the nitty-gritty was finalized with Unicode, or they hadn't got as far as thinking about normalisation at that point. (Normalisation is important for searching as sorting but I'm sure you know all this stuff already.) The only was to see if it's different fonts rendering differently or normalisation having different ideas to font designers, is to check the exact sequence of Unicode codepoints both before and after saving the wiki page. A very good Unicode editor for this is SC UniPad available for download here: http://www.unipad.org/download/ - I would try to test it myself but I think you're the only contributor here who truly understands Arabic script and font design issues, but please report your findings.
- I downloaded UniPad and tested جِدًّا , both before and after, and it showed what I already knew...before saving, I have j-d-{shadda}-{double-fatha}-alif. After saving, it turns into j-d-{double-fatha}-{shadda}-alif. In essence, it means we're now typing the first consonant, then adding a vowel after the second consonant, and only then typing that second consonant after the fact...and the Arabic fonts do not allow this. Both consonants (meaning the consonant + shadda) must be on the page before any vowels are added after them.
- Stretching things out a little to separate the diacritics for you, here is how I type the word "jissan": ( جسّــًا ) ... and this is how it gets switched: ( جسًــّا ). The font's GPos table tells {double-fatha} what to do when it follows {shadda}, but there are no instructions for the reverse order, so one glyph overlays and obscures the other. —Stephen 11:00, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I've just tried asking about the normalisation problems on IRC but the right people are not there now. I have found a very basic discussion of the Hebrew case in English here, and an extensive one in Hebrew here - is your Hebrew as good as your Russian? — Hippietrail 12:56, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I filed a bug report on this if you're interested in following it. In fact you might be the best to field questions from the developers: http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2399
- By the way, I'm very interested in the User:xxxxxx/monobook.css page. Is there a template that I could use, or instructions somewhere? —Stephen 15:01, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- It's annoyingly hard to find good info. There are various pages on meta, you can do a search there or on Google. If you have a look at my file you'll see these important lines:
- By the way, I'm very interested in the User:xxxxxx/monobook.css page. Is there a template that I could use, or instructions somewhere? —Stephen 15:01, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
/* test my experimental font-size template for certain scripts */ .AR { font-family: Courier New; color: green; } .TH { font-family: Courier New; color: blue; }
- I only put the "color" stuff in for quick visual feedback. You'll be most interested in "font-family" and "font-size". I don't know how much CSS you know, I'm just learning myself but the standard docs are for free download from w3c.org. — Hippietrail 17:33, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
There is a Thai test page here: Talk:ตุ๊กตุ๊ก
The Azeri entry[edit]
Is it correct to use the Perso-Arabic script for the Azeri language? As far as I know the Perso Arabic script has not been used for Azeri since 1918 so I'm not sure if it's correct to use the script as an entry? Shouldn't this entry be named "Old Azeri" or something similar to seperate it's script with the one currently used today? I'm mentioning this because it might get confusing for some people when they see the Azeri language written in Perso Arabic script and more commonly with the Latinized script. For example the Ottoman Turkish and the Turkish entries are more clear in their distinctions. Placebo 12:07, 15 July 2010 (UTC)


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According to CEO Dick Costolo, Twitter has become "a remarkably successful business." And judging by the price the company is now charging for Promoted Trends, his statement just might be believable.
That price: according to Twitter's director of revenue, $120,000. Not bad for a company that many of us used to question the financial viability of on a regular basis.
Of course, the fact that Twitter is getting advertisers to pony up six figures for Promoted Trends doesn't mean that they're actually worth it. The brand marketers experimenting with these ad offerings have big budgets, and aren't afraid to experiment with them.
For Twitter to keep the money rolling in long term, there has to be ROI.
So how are Promoted Trends performing?
In the past, reviews of Twitter's ad offerings have been somewhat mixed. But according to VentureBeat, Costolo recently told the audience at the D9 conference in California that Radio Shack "saw a double-digit percentage increase in purchases and exchanges" in the days following its Promoted Trend.
Is correlation cause? Obviously, without more information about Radio Shack's other marketing campaigns ongoing at the time, it's impossible to conclusively attribute the bump in business to the Promoted Trend on Twitter, meaning the $120,000 price tag will still likely look expensive to some.
But Twitter doesn't necessarily have to show that cause is correlation, and advertisers shouldn't necessarily ask it to. As evidenced by the increasing interest in marketing attribution, marketers are realizing that multichannel campaigns need to be assessed holistically.
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If Twitter and marketers can establish a correlation between Promoted Trends and sales, and it's meaningful in any way, it may help change the way publishers and marketers think about various types of ad inventory, and how it should be priced and sold.
What looks expensive may not always be so, and what looks cheap may not always be cheap. We may yet discover that $120,000 per day for a couple of words is a bargain, and a $15 CPM for an in-your-face animated interstitial is a rip off.
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Wow - I never envisaged it would cost as much as $120k per day to run one promoted trend!
The figure seems particularly high considering promoted trends seem to be so poorly targeted half the time. The amount of times I see a promoted trend for brands or events in the U.S when I'm a UK Twitter user is pretty staggering. Does anybody know if Twitter has plans to allow greater targeting of its promoted suite of products by location, or if that will even be possible?
As an advertiser, this would make them much more appealing.
As for Radio Shack's supposed results, I too am a little dubious - I'd be interested in hearing results from a few more brand that have been running promoted tweets and trends. (I wonder how SlimFast fared after its $120k Royal Wedding Promoted Trend!)
I agree that 120k is quite a rip off. I've also struggled to see where Twitter makes it money to warrant its valuation.
As a Twitter user, I don't even look at the promoted trend, never mind ignoring it.
I agree with most of what has been said. It is difficult to see how Twitter has come up with this figure. Right off the bat it seems like an investment that may be too large to warrant the risk.


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