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Moin WeWork, Moin Hamburg
Moin Hamburg,
In celebration of our inaugural community in Hamburg, we're taking over WeWork Stadthaus for the week. Bringing together our favourite brands and friends from across the city to offer a week-long series of events, exhibitions, food and drink, plus more.
From industry networking events with Hamburg's greats to an evening takeover with Startup Grind, you don't want to miss this. All the events are FREE to attend, all you have to do is RSVP below to get your name on the list.
Rise and Grind: Coffee Pop-up
Monday, March 5th, 9:00 - 18:00 pm
Come down to WeWork Stadthaus on Monday and get your caffine fix on! Our space will be opened up to everyone, so you can pay us a visit and try the WeWork experience. While you're here have a tour of the building and enjoy a barista made coffee (or two). It's all complimentary so be sure to RSVP.
WeWork Stadthaus, Axel-Springer-Platz 3, 20355 Hamburg
Desgin pop-up session with Sternglas & B-Lage
Monday, March 5th, 12:00 - 16:00
We are hosting some of Hamburg's hottest design pop-ups in WeWork Stadthaus for an afternoon of retail therapy. Join us, free of charge, while Sternglas and B-Lage showcase their latest designs.
WeWork Stadthaus, Axel-Springer-Platz 3, 20355 Hamburg
Meetup x WeWork: better together
Tuesday, March 6th, 18:00 - 21:00
Genuine human connection is at the heart of our community, which is why WeWork and Meetup have come together. To celebrate our new bond, we're inviting all Meetup groups in Hamburg to host their gatherings in our space. It's totally free of charge and we'll even be providing the beer and snacks.
The evening is open to anyone interested in events, community building, and networking.
WeWork Stadthaus, Axel-Springer-Platz 3, 20355 Hamburg
Wellness Wednesday
Wednesday, March 7th, 14:00 - 17:00
Hard work requires the need for balance. Therefore, we are dedicating a day to nurturing our well-being: Wellness Wednesday. Highlights include a session with London Meditation Centre followed by an inspirational Wonderwoman Circle. The afternoon also offers massage, a juice pop up, and a health talk. Come along and find your inner balance!
14:00 - 15:00 > Talk with London Meditation Centre
15:00 - 16:00 > Circle of Wonder Woman
16:00 - 17:00 > "How to live healthier" talk with Lebeleicht
17:00 - 18:00 > Yoga class with Clemens
13:30 - 16:30 > Massage session with "Feel the Difference"
WeWork Stadthaus, Axel-Springer-Platz 3, 20355 Hamburg
Shine x WeWork
Wednesday, March 7th, 19:00 - 21:00
WeWork bring the Shine Movement (the international experience) to Hamburg for one night only! Join us for a night of conscious entertainment with live music from local artist Maciek, a thought provoking talk, guided meditation, and healthy, tasty food.
WeWork Stadthaus, Axel-Springer-Platz 3, 20355 Hamburg
WeWork and Startup Grind ft Ratsherrn
Thursday, March 8th, 18:00 - 20:30
In collaboration with Startup Grind Hamburg, WeWork present an evening of conversation with local startup founders. We invite you to join us for a panel discussion featuring Jonathan Kurfess, CEO and founder of Appinio, and Lina Wüller Founder of RebelAtHeart and Ovy App. The event will explore the topic of 'Scaling Startups: stories from the Hamburg ecosystem' and will be moderated by Serhat Kaya from Startup Grind Hamburg.
WeWork Stadthaus, Axel-Springer-Platz 3, 20355 Hamburg
Detox to Retox - The All Organic Route
Friday, March 9th, 12:00 - 14:00
Are you health nut? A lover of all things green, vitamin rich, and organic? Or do you have more of a sweet tooth? Perhaps you're even looking for a bit of the "strong" stuff to top off your week? Have no fear, there is something for everyone this Friday at WeWork. We'll be hosting snacks and juices from Mad About Juice, a pancake and crepe bar from Kräp, and, to top it all off, we'll be slinging our speciality WeWork cocktails. Come on down to WeWork Stadthaus for a festive Friday with a treat and tipple to suit all tastes.
WeWork Stadthaus, Axel-Springer-Platz 3, 20355 Hamburg
Spend a day with us in WeWork
Monday 5th - Friday 9th March, 9:00 - 18:00
Come down and work alongside our Stadthaus community this week - the day is on us.
WeWork Stadthaus, Axel-Springer-Platz 3, 20355 Hamburg


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Male or female: Seems simple enough, but these categories which were assigned to us at birth carry with them a whole lot of social and cultural meanings and expectations. In this section, we look to unpack some of the media's baggage around what it means to be a boy or girl, man or women.
Despite the fact that men are the most frequent protagonists in all forms of media, we sometimes have trouble defining what exactly makes a man. In this section, we explore how masculinity and maleness are constructed by the media.
Simone de Beauvoir said "One is not born a woman, but becomes one." This section analyzes how various media contribute to creating an ideal femininity and how we buy into it.
This lesson introduces students to some of the myth-building techniques of television, by comparing real world (s)heroes with TV world (s)heroes and by looking at stereotypes in the world of TV (s)heroes.
In this lesson students explore the relationship between athletes and advertising through a number of different activities.
In this lesson, students discuss television programming aimed at children and how girls and boys are portrayed in it. Students illustrate what they dislike about portrayals of girls or boys and then create their own TV character who will counter the illustrated negative portrayals.
These lessons are an adaptation of Grade 8 lessons from the Curriculum Healthy Relationships, by Men For Change, Halifax, Nova Scotia, a 53-activity, three-year curriculum designed for teens.
Students will discuss the concept of human rights and then learn how these ideas led to the drafting of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In this lesson, students identify stereotypical images of girls and women as represented by female action heroes.

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Fisher, who is in his 38th year with the Catholic University women's cross country and track and field teams, has guided the Cardinals to tremendous success throughout his tenure. Fisher earned Capital Athletic Conference Cross Country Coach of the Year honors four different times with the most recent coming in 2006, and last year, he received Coaching Staff of the Year accolades from the Landmark Conference at the indoor track championships.
The 2011 cross country campaign saw CUA place second at the season-opening Albright Invitational, and then earn a third place finish at the conference championships. Camelia Mayfield and Laura Kinley posted top-ten finishes to earn All-Conference honors, with Mayfield later going on to earn All-Region accolades.
Fisher did some of his finest work during the 2012 indoor track season, guiding the Cardinals to an impressive third place finish at the conference championships. For their efforts, Fisher and his staff received the Coaching Staff of the Year award.
At the outdoor championships, Kelly Carioto and Mayfield were named the Landmark Conference Field and Track Athletes of the Meet, respectively, with both student-athletes capturing two individual championships.
In the classroom, 27 of Fisher's student-athletes were named to the Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll. Carioto received Academic All-American honors, and Carioto and Mayfield were named to the Academic All-District Teams. The cross country team was also honored as an USTFCCCA All-Academic Squad.
During the 2010 cross country season, Fisher directed CUA to a number of impressive performances, beginning in the fall when two of his student-athletes, Madeline Cronan and Mayfield, earned All-Landmark Conference cross country honors after posting top-12 finishes at the conference championship. Cronan then went on to earn All-Region accolades with her 28th place finish. Off the trail, the Cardinals were honored with 2010 Division III All-Academic status by the USTFCCCA after earning a cumulative GPA of 3.10 or better and scoring at the Regional Meet.
The 2011 track season saw Fisher mentor Carioto to the Landmark Conference and ECAC indoor shot put championships. It marked the first time in over a decade that CUA produced an ECAC champion. Carioto also went on to receive Academic All-District accolades. In addition, seven of Fishers's student-athletes were named to the All-Landmark Conference Teams, and on four occassions during the 2011 indoor and outdoor seasons Fisher had one of his student-athletes named a Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week.
During the 2009 cross country season Fisher guided the Cardinals to a first place finish at the first-ever CUA Invitational, which was the first race Catholic University hosted in over a decade. The Cardinals also won the Hood Invitational, behind a second place finish from Remy Ball '10. Ball then went on to earn All-Region accolades following a top-35 finish at the NCAA Regional Meet.
Fisher made a positive impact on the CUA program right from the beginning. He led the Cardinals to the Mason-Dixon Conference Cross Country Championship in 1979 and next went on to lead them to the 1982 and 1984 NCAA South/Southeast Regional Titles. Fisher's 1982 team placed 11th at the NCAA Division III Championships. When CUA was a member of the Capital Athletic Conference Fisher coached three Runners of the Year as well as three Rookies of the Year.
In track and field, Fisher coached the first CUA woman (Carolyn Hughes Brady) to be named an All-American (1981-82) and helped her become the only woman in school history to win a national championship (1982 NCAA 800-meter outdoor title). Fisher also coached track star Janet Muckenthaler, who was named 1998 NCAA Woman of the Year for the District of Columbia. Hughes Brady and Louise Mallet-Kelly, a member of the 1984 NCAA Regional Championship squad, are both members of the CUA Hall of Fame.
Fisher enjoyed an outstanding running career at CUA as he was a member of two Mason-Dixon cross country championship teams (1973-74) and one indoor track title winning squad (1973).
Fisher also ran a leg on a two-mile relay team that placed fifth at the 1973 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. His outstanding performances earned him AAU (1973) and NCAA (1975) All-American honors.
Fisher, who competed for the Cardinals under former men's track and field coach Jerry McGee, is a firm believer in the many benefits of athletic competition.
Fisher graduated from CUA in 1975 with a degree in elementary education and later earned his master's degree in education from Morgan State University. An eighth grade social studies teacher in Howard County, Md., he is also the CEO and founder of First Generation College Bound, Inc., a company that has helped more than 750 students become the first people in their families to attend college. FGCB also hosts tutoring sessions and homework clubs for students of all ages. Thanks to Fisher's dedication, the organization has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in support from various civic groups in the D.C. area.
Fisher and his wife, Pat, live in Laurel, Md., and have two children, Mya and Joseph.


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Colbie Smulders discussed her laid-back fitness goals during an interview for the April issue of Self magazine.
While the 31-year-old How I Met Your Mother star showed off her toned body in a spread for the magazine, Smulders said during the interview she only worked out to "feel stronger."
"I've never been the person who's like, 'I've got to get a four-pack of abs!' And I'm not the type to go to the gym and run on the treadmill for 45 minutes and then lift weights. I try to take an exercise class twice a week," she explained.
She revealed that her favorite class was The Bar Method because "I'm not a sweaty mess when we get to my favorite part of class -- the end."
The Canadian actress takes a similar approach to nutrition, eating well as often as she can but adding pasta in every two out of seven meals.
"My usual day: a green smoothie for breakfast -- if I want to get fancy, it's eggs on arugula -- fruit for a snack, a salad with protein for lunch, and fish and quinoa for dinner," she said. "I'll have pasta two out of seven meals. And if I have 3 bites of my husband's (she's married to "SNL" star Taran Killam) mac & cheese, I don't kill myself! I just slow down and enjoy it, instead of shoveling it in my face."
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Jain religion is the oldest religion in the world. 24 Tirthankar starting from Adinath Rishabhdev led Jainism in this Avasarpini era. Motto of Jainism is to liberate oneself from all Karmik bondage and to attend salvation. Besides religion Jain is also a community and society. Jain community is an ancient community that has very rich tradition and culture.


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This establishment is a hotel with features typical of an Andorran high mountain chalet, with a lot of wood and stone. It is recommended for a romantic holiday or for fun among friends and comprises a total of 40 guest rooms. Guests are welcomed into a lobby with 24-hour reception and a hotel safe. On-site facilities include lift access, a café and bar. WLAN Internet access and room and laundry services are provided. Guests arriving by car can leave their vehicles in the nearby car park or parking garage (fees apply).
The hotel's guest rooms all come with a south-facing private balcony, which overlooks the ski slopes, as well as a complete bathroom with shower and hairdryer. In-room facilities include satellite TV, a direct dial telephone, double beds, central heating and in-room safes are available for a fee. The hotel does not have any triple rooms, interconnecting rooms or extra beds.
The hotel has a fitness centre with a heated indoor swimming pool, a hot tub and a sauna, and fees apply to all of these activities. A gym and massage service are also provided.


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Dark roots: New Batman leaves fun behind
How do you like your Batman?
That's important to consider if you're in doubt about seeing Batman Begins, the new movie that's essentially a prequel to the quartet made between 1989-97.
Those obsessive fans of the original comic books, most of whom weren't born when they debuted in 1939, will cheer director and co-writer (with David S. Goyer) Christopher Nolan (Memento, Insomnia) for returning the story to its dark roots. Generations raised on the 1966-68 camp TV series or the recent movies that existed as showcases for over-the-top performances by guest villains will have a different reaction: Nolan's taken the fun out of Batman.
In place of a single villain there's such a plethora you'll be thoroughly confused by the time Mr. Big is revealed in the last third of the picture. In place of simple Good vs. Evil there's a lot of philosobabble ("To conquer fear you must become fear") about such things as the difference between justice and revenge, most of which is negated when we learn what a twisted definition of justice the speaker has.
Christian Bale, having regained the weight he lost for The Machinist, makes an excellent Bruce Wayne. He's one of several Brits in the strong cast, most of whom– except Michael Caine– play Americans.
Flashbacks establish young Bruce's fear of bats and how it led to his parents being murdered in an alley by a mugger. His father (Linus Roache) was one of a long line of do-gooders dating back at least to the Civil War era, when the Underground Railroad ran under Wayne Manor.
The Waynes also have a financial empire headquartered in the tallest building in Chi– er, Gotham. Wracked by anger and guilt, young Bruce goes away, returning 14 years later when his parents' killer is up for parole. Bruce intends to kill him but is beaten to it by someone working for crime boss Carmine Falcone (Tom Wilkinson, channeling Rod Steiger). Falcone also pays a respected psychiatrist, Dr. Jonathan Crane (Cillian Murphy), to get his men off on an insanity defense.
So Bruce leaves town again after checking in with Alfred (Caine) the butler and Rachel (Katie Holmes), the housekeeper's daughter and Bruce's best childhood friend, the Waynes being so liberal. This time he mingles with the criminal element, winding up in a prison camp in Bhutan. There he meets Ducard (Liam Neeson), who arranges his release and puts him through a training program like Uma Thurman's in Kill Bill, but with more ninjas.
Back in Gotham, where he's been declared legally dead, Bruce fashions the Batman persona to mete justice to criminals the police can't– or won't– touch. Wayne Enterprises is being run by Richard Earle (Rutger Hauer), who's about to take the company public. He agrees to let Bruce have a dead-end job in the Applied Sciences department under Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), who does research and development on items the company will never produce but which will be very useful to Batman.
If Fox's function reminds you of Q in the Bond films, that won't be the only non-Batman flashback you get from Batman Begins. As Bale, wearing a cowl and a scowl, rises and falls hundreds of feet in seconds on a retractable wire you'll think of Spider-Man, as you will when he hangs upside down (but not for kissing), has a climactic fight on a speeding elevated train, and reveals his dual identity to the woman he loves.
Bale's blue-black, comic book superhero hair is styled like Anthony Perkins', so you've got Psycho meets American Psycho. Now that's scary!
What little fun there is in Batman Begins comes, as in Revenge of the Sith, from knowing where things are headed: that experimental car will become the Batmobile, Sgt. Gordon (Gary Oldman, excitingly understated) will become Commissioner Gordon, etc.
Bruce has a complex moral code. "I will not become an executioner," he vows, but if he has to kill he'd rather kill a good person for the right reason than a bad person for the wrong reason. In one of the big action scenes the entire Gotham police force (to whom Batman is not a hero) is chasing the Batmobile, and if no one is killed it's a miracle.
When it's all over I defy you to explain the villain's logic in targeting Gotham, and why we're supposed to cheer when death and destruction are confined to the ghetto, given the prevailing social liberalism theretofore.
A lot of the technical work is as expert as you'd expect from Nolan, even though he's never worked on this scale before, but some of the chaotic fight scenes are disappointing. At first it seems genius when Batman strikes and the quicker-than-the-eye action reflects the confused point of view of his victims, but when the same approach is used in flat-out fights it's bad filmmaking. That fight on the train, for example, looks like two dark shapes moving rapidly toward and away from each other accompanied by thunking noises, but we never get a clear shot of one man landing a punch on the other. (So it's not Cinderella Man, even though it's about a hero rising during depressed times.)
Speaking of noise, there are no pop tunes this time around. The loud score, attributed to both Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, is best described as industrial orchestral.
Some major critics are going bats over Batman Begins, but I can't go along. It's got a lot of virtues but coherence, consistency, and fun aren't among them.


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Anno 2070 Discussion
Trainer Tools and Resources
Numpad 1: Add Wealth
Numpad 2: Add Licenses
Numpad 3: Building Modules
Numpad 4: Transfer Tools
Numpad 5: Massive Resource
Numpad 6: Heal Units/Ships
Numpad 7: Weak Units/Ships
Numpad 8: Super Units/Ships
Numpad 1: Add Wealth - press this key and you have more wealth.
Numpad 2: Add Licenses - press this key and your licenses increase.
Numpad 3: Building Modules - you need to visit your warehouse at least
once. Press this key and you quickly have 1000 modules. This is
useful for when you are building and run out and need more. Press
this key and keep building.
Numpad 4: Transfer Tools - you need to visit your warehouse at least
once. Press this key and you quickly have 1000 tools. This is
useful for when you are building and run out and need more. Press
this key and keep building.
Numpad 5: Massive Resource - this has 3 settings. This works on the current
warehouse or trade depot you have open AND on the items that you
are currently viewing. Toggle ON and it will quickly maximize the
amount of resources you have. You must have already had at least
ONE resource for it to increase. Toggle again and all resources
visible get set to 10. Toggle again to turn it off.
Numpad 6: Heal Units/Ships - the currently selected ship/unit will be healed back
to 100% health. Works on both ships and buildings.
Numpad 7: Weak Units/Ships - the currently selected ship/unit will be have very
little health. In fact some buildings will auto-demolish. Works on both
ships and buildings.
Numpad 8: Super Units/Ships - this sets the health of some units and most ships to
a very large number. Also keep in mind that some of your ships will also
gain super speed once they pick up at least one item while in super mode.
You can quickly explore the entire map or move from place to place while
this is active.
This trainer will allow you to customize the keys if you desire! Use our
Trainer Customizer to accomplish this! Download it from our trainer
troubleshooting page (link below).
Having trouble getting the trainer to work? Visit our forums at www.cheathappens.com
and check out our TRAINER TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE for helpful tips:
AUTHENTICITY NOTICE (Does not apply to PROMO or FREE trainers):
In an effort to maintain the integrity of the files downloaded from our site and to prevent
illegal file sharing, this trainer will perform an authenticity check while in use. This check
requires an Internet connection and the trainer will not run if a connection is absent or if the
trainer is blocked by a security application. NO INFORMATION, PERSONAL OR OTHERWISE, IS SENT TO
CHEAT HAPPENS DURING THIS PROCESS. This check is only performed on trainers that have been
personalized for individual use, not our PROMO or FREE trainers. If you want/need to use the
trainer offline, please go to our trainer troubleshooting page for instructions on how to obtain
an offline key to avoid online checks.
EDIT: tested all options, and have not found any problems so far (as expected), great work as always!
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Thank you guys so much for all you do! Can't wait to see more releases for this game in the future.
I remember having to unlock stuff in other ubi games anno 1404 and settlers, which after playing for weeks, i hadn't unlocked everything.
It might not be possible, as it may be linked to online stuff, in which case, we can jsut use the trainer to hasten career progression on a bit
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Prairie Lakes Country Club & Inn
Prairie Lakes offers a 9 hole golf course and a full service restaurant and hotel. Hotel and Golf packages available and banquet facilities. Golf opens daily at 7:00am and the restaurant is open 11:00am - 10:00pm daily. Call for seasonal hours.
Casino Bingo is the best charity bingo in the area. Thousands of dollars in prizes are awarded each night. You'll find great food, big progressives and electronic gaming equipment.
Mid-America's most exciting 1/4 high banked raceway. Come & watch drivers compete in furious side by side stock car racing action. Family fun entertainment where kids under 11 are free!
Described as a Canyon Course complete with bluffs, valleys, hills and hundreds of trees. It is a challenge to both the beginner and the seasoned golfer and is recognized by many players as one of the finest 9-hole facilities in the country. The Club House offers a friendly atmosphere and includes a Pro-Shop, full service bar & restaurant with panoramic views of the Course and outdoor patio.
This 18-hole championship course has bent grass greens, tees, and fairways, plus a full-service pro shop.
Welcome to Dwight Country Club. Located just 70 miles southwest of Chicago, DCC offers a quality golf and dining experience set in the quiet and calm of the cornfields of Central Illinois.
This public course has tree-lined fairways and a hilly terrain. There is a creek and lake that come into play on six holes, and out-of-bounds stakes on just about every hole.
Introducing Nettle Creek Country Club in Morris, Illinois. Nettle Creek is links-style golf in a beautiful prairie environment rich with wildlife. Renowned on the Chicagoland golf circuit for its fabulous greens, this upscale, 18-hole championship course is an easy drive from the populous Naperville-Bolingbrook-Plainfield area and just 18 miles west of Joliet on I-80.
Welcome to Edgebrook Golf Course, your number one option for a round of golf in Sandwich, Illinois. Edgebrook Golf Course is located just west of the Chicagoland area, which allows us to offer a convenient location along with an uncrowded feeling of true serenity. In addition to a fantastic course, our facility also boasts two practice putting greens, one chipping green and fully-lighted driving ranges with all grass tees and six target greens. Here at Edgebrook we also offer season golf passes, lessons and special deals for your next golf outing.
The 18-hole course features 6,355 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72 . The course rating is 70.0 and it has a slope rating of 123. Designed by Dick Wherli, the Bourne golf course opened in 1990.
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excellent and clean work! I gotta say my favorites are Fisto, Ice Hacker and the Palace Guard!
excellent and clean work! I gotta say my favorites are Fisto, Ice Hacker and the Palace Guard!
now taking commissions! take a look!
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Oh my effin... Wow! Those are freaking amazing!!!
Sale/Trade//Feedback//MOTU Customs// MOTUC Albums//MOTU Fans Puerto Rico Chapter
I got lazy...So here is a link to my NON MOTU Collection!
Collection and NON MOTU Customs
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Amazing collection, this is what the 30th anniversary should be!
Now available for commissions.
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They are all excellent! I like the Masks of Power demons the best.
Outstanding work!!!! From one customizer to another I must say these are really impressive. I've always loved the Alcala mini-comics and you've done an excellent job of bringing those characters to life.
It's been a while since I've checked in here at the customs forums... but I'm glad I finally did. These are amazing!
My feedback thread: http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...d.php?t=202402
Wonderful creations.
My Fan-Fic projects:
Eternia: The Dark Years: Enter Eternia a world that has fallen to the hands of the Evil Horde.
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My art (mostly MOTU related ) please feel free to comment.
those are all so nice. not so fond of the original armor on fisto, but i like everything else. great work
you can see pics of all my projects on my facebook page. facebook.com/don.schomer or email me :[email protected]
Great work! I love the color on Stratos and the embellishments to Skeletor.
At this time, I'm not taking commissions or selling any of my customs. Sorry everyone, I'm just a tease.
These look amazing! I want pretty much all of them.
Really, I don't know what to type. Just amazing & brilliant. Great paint & use of parts. I love them all. Oh how I want more mini comic guys.
The Space Mutants are missing something CRITAcal!
This collection is a MASTER PIECE...Also a MUST HAVE!!!
Stunning. That's all I can think to say. I love your varied choice of characters; having the necessary staples like He-man, Skeletor, etc, with random goodies like the Kex Queen, palace guard, masks of power guys, Ice hacker. That collection itself is a work of art, not to mention the individual peices that make it up.
Btw, that's the He-man that I want on my shelf. The MOTUC one is a little weak sauce for my taste. I would have prefered a straight toy adaptation (more accurate face and hair) or the comic version like you have here, but given the choice, i'd rather your version. Very nice work.
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Outstanding work all around!! Where did you come up with the heads for Masks of Power guys?? I did notice some of the small details missing from the green demon and the tail from the Ice Hacker. Gorgeous paint apps!!
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Amazing and stunning work! They are are all so clean and the sculpting is perfect. Fantastic!
Thanks alot. The masks of Power dudes were really tough ones . The heads tails and waists are sculpted. And truly.. I hate sculpting ( maybe thats Why the Ice Hacker hasn't one yet )
And in the Comic the two demons Change their Design Details from
One Site to the Next. On the Cover page the Green demon has no ears , the purple demon no Black chest hair on the Next page they have all of it. The mask itself looks like a Green horse and a Pink fox ^^. so i had to take the Design that i personally happy with.
Amazing! thanks for sharing
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Man, oh man. Some amazing work here!
My personal favourites: Red Beast Man (the flocking is a nice touch), Adam (stellar custom), Kex Queen (who knew she would look so cool in figure form?), Palace Guard (great use of the Kronis head). Stratos looks awesome too, although he's missing his belt.
Great thread!
Geez those are so sweet. Really an amazing bunch of customs. Very neat work. Great paint. Just awesome.
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Is the Ice Hacker's head a modified Battle Cat?
And Fisto's head, is that all original sculpting?
The Ice Hacker Head is a panthor Head
Fisto: you thought i sculpted the hole face? Oh my that would Be awesome and i would Be very proud no that's King randors Head. I just Cut off the crown und a piece of His Head und sculpted New hair
Wow,just can't stop looking at these amazing customs. ! Really digging He-mans new head sculpt as well as Fistos. I'd much prefer these two versions.
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That Skeletor is down right incredible. I also like the hair on He-Man.
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The double Victoria Cross awarded to Captain Noel Chavasse during WW1 has been sold privately to Lord Ashcroft for a reported £1.5million.
The VC and Bar was sold by St. Peter's College, Oxford which was founded in 1929 by Captain Chavasse's father, the Reverend Francis Chavasse, and had been gifted the medals decades before by the Chavasse family.
These medals will no doubt be the star exhibits at the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum which will house Lord Ashcroft's VC collection, as well as 50 other VC's from the Museum's own collection.
Captain Noel Chavasee was the medical officer attached to the 10th (Liverpool Scottish) Battalion, The King's (Liverpool)Regiment during the First World War and was the only man to be awarded 2 VC's in this conflict.
Chavasse was first awarded the VC for his actions on 9 August, 1916, at Guillemont, when he attended to the wounded all day under heavy fire.
On 30th July 1916, The battalion was moved into the Somme battlefield near Mametz. The plan was for the battalion to be in reserve for an attack on Guillemont on 31st, but they were never used. The next week for the men was spent digging communication trenches. On 7th August, the battalion received orders to take part in an assault on Guillemont at 4:20am on the 8th. The battalion was part of 166th brigade and was again in reserve. The attack by 164th and 165th brigades was successful on the right but in the middle and left, it was held up. The Liverpool Irish in 164th Brigade appeared to be cut off near the railway station. The 166th were ordered to attack at 4:20am the following morning. The preparation for the attack didn't go well. The guides failed to turn up, and while waiting for fresh guides, they were caught in German shelling which caused casualties. Eventually the guides arrived but they only had the vaguest idea of the route. The battalion reached the jumping off trenches with only minutes to spare.
The attack was to be made past Trones Wood and Arrowhead Copse to capture the German front line trench and on into Guillemont. The attack started under a German bombardment of the trenches and no-mans-land. Heavy machine gun fire swept Death Valley and pinned down the attackers. In all four attempts were made by the battalion but all without success. The failed attack cost the Liverpool Scottish dear, out of a starting complement of twenty officers and about 600 men, five officers were killed, five were missing and seven wounded. Of the men, sixty nine were killed, twenty seven missing and 167 wounded. This attack was made over the same ground that 30th Division which incorporated 89th Brigade attacked on 30th July, 1916 with enormous casualties. 89th Brigade was manned with three Battalions of the Liverpool Pals. The Scottish must have known the men who lay so thickly on the ground over the ground they were attacking. What this did to their morale does not need any explaining.
During the action, Noel was wounded by two small shell splinters in his back, despite this, he performed the deeds that were to gain him his first VC. The evening of the attack saw Noel and a party of volunteers in no-mans-land helping bring in wounded men. He got as close 25 yards (23 metres) to the German front line where he found three men. This went on all night and throughout all this, a constant rain of snipers bullets and occasional bombing swept no-mans-land.
The battalion went back to a rest area at Valines west of Abbeville, Noel was granted sick leave to recover from his wound. He rejoined his battalion on 7th September near Delville Wood. Back in the thick of the fighting, he was again out rescuing men and treating those brought in to his Casualty Clearing Station. In early October Bishop Chavasse received a letter from Lord Derby which despite being "absolutely forbidden by War Office Rules" he informed the Bishop that "one of your sons in the RAMC attached to the Liverpool Territorials" had been forwarded to him and he "had the honour of forwarding his name to His Majesty for the bestowal of this magnificent Order (the V.C.) and I cannot tell you how pleased I was to do so". The Bishop wrote immediately to Noel who replied (with some scepticism) ".. till I see it in print I will not believe". He told no one else in the battalion.
The battalion moved from the Somme back to the Ypres Salient in the Weiltje sector, it was even more battered and grim than he remembered it. By this time, news started to reach the battalion of awards following the action at Guillemont. Two of Noel's stretcher bearers had been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and two more the Military Medal then on 26th October, 1916 the London Gazette announced that Noel Godfrey Chavasse MC, RAMC had indeed been awarded the Victoria Cross. The Scottish received the news on 28th October and a celebration ensued, the officers held a dinner for Noel in a chateau at Elverdinghe. The citation in the London Gazette read:
Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, M.C., M.B., Royal Army Medical Corps.
For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty.
During an attack he tended the wounded in the open all day, under heavy fire, frequently in view of the enemy. During the ensuing night he searched for wounded on the ground in front of the enemy's lines for four hours.
Next day he took one stretcher-bearer to the advanced trenches, and under heavy shell fire carried an urgent case for 500 yards into safety, being wounded in the side by a shell splinter during the journey. The same night he took up a party of twenty volunteers, rescued three wounded men from a shell hole twenty-five yards from the enemy's trench, buried the bodies of two Officers, and collected many identity discs, although fired on by bombs and machine guns.
Altogether he saved the lives of some twenty badly wounded men, besides the ordinary cases which passed through his hands. His courage and self-sacrifice, were beyond praise.
Chavasse's second award was made during the period 31 July to 2 August 1917, at Wieltje, during the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchedaele).
The offensive was scheduled to start on 25th July but due to several factors, it was delayed until 31st July. On 20th July, The Scottish moved away from their training camp and back to the familiar ground at Weiltje. The preliminary bombardment for the offensive had already started and the Germans replied by shelling the roads and communication trenches which caused 9 deaths in the battalion as they moved up to the front line. Mustard Gas and high explosive shelling caused a further 145 casualties in the next few days. On the 24th July, the battalion were relieved and they moved back to make good their losses. On the 29th July, they battalion moved forward to its assembly positions, ominously, the fine weather now broke and the rain, which was to turn the battlefield into the infamous quagmire, started. Noel, moved into the dugout at Weiltje. This was no simple scrape but an excavation large enough to hold several hundred men and deep enough to be safe from artillery. It even had its own generator to supply power for lighting and more importantly, water pumps.
The attack started at 3:50 am on 31st July. The Scottish were by this time already in open ground and made good progress towards their first objective and they pushed on towards the Steenbeek, a stream that crossed their route. As they crossed it, they were held up by uncut wire in front of them and by heavy machine gun fire from Capricorn Trench. One of the two tanks detailed to aid in the assault came up at 7am and despite being put out of action very quickly by three direct hits from a German field gun, it managed to break through the wire and by 7:45am all the battalion's objectives had been taken. Noel had moved his aid post forward with the attack and set it up in a captured German dug out at Setques Farm. The area was subjected to intensive German fire but he stayed put. The dugout was small and it served only as a patching up station before the wounded were sent further back Noel had been injured in the head by a shell splinter as he stood up and waved to indicate the position of his aid post. It is possible he suffered a fractured skull in this incident. After being dressed at the Weiltje dug out, Noel returned, despite advice to stay put, to his aid post. His stretcher bearers had been busy and Noel was very busy until sundown. As night fell Noel picked up his torch and went searching the wrecked landscape for survivors, it was raining again by this time.
Early the following day, Noel found himself a German captive who was a medic and the two of them worked hard to treat wounded men in the impossible conditions of mud, blood and water. Noel went to the door of the dugout to call in the next man when a shell flew past him and down the stairs, killing the man who was waiting to be carried away by the Field Ambulance. Details get very confused at this point, Noel may have received another wound but he carried on. The official history of the Liverpool Scottish has it that Noel was wounded twice more in the head. One stretcher bearer had been sent to the aid post to tell Noel to return. Despite intense pain, "The Doc refused to go and told us to take another man instead". There is no doubt that at about 3am in the morning of Thursday 2nd August, 1917, another shell entered the aid post, Noel was sitting in a chair trying to get some sleep. Everyone in the aid post was either killed or seriously wounded. Noel had received four or five wounds, the worst being a gaping abdominal wound from which he bled profusely. He managed to crawl up the stairs and out of the dug out and crawled along the (flooded, muddy) "road" until he stumbled across a dugout occupied by Lt. Charles Wray of the Loyal North Lancs Regiment who sent for help and later sent an account to his local paper.
Noel was sent to Casualty Clearing Station No. 32 at Brandhoek, which specialised in abdominal wounds. He was operated on immediately and after all the shell splinters had been removed he was patched up. He regained consciousness and he spoke to a Colonel Davidson who reported "He seems very weak but spoke cheerfully". It was not to be a happy ending however as Noel died peacefully at 1pm on Saturday 4th August, 1917. Three years to the day since the outbreak of the war.
The Citation for the second award read:
The award was announced in the London Gazette on 14th September, 1917. It read:
Though severely wounded early in the action whilst carrying a wounded soldier to the dressing station, he refused to leave his post, and for two days, not only continued to perform his duties, but in addition, went out repeatedly under heavy fire to search for and attend to the wounded who were lying out. During these searches, although practically without food during this period, worn with fatigue and faint with his wound, he assisted to carry an number of badly wounded men over heavy and difficult ground. By his extraordinary energy and inspiring example was instrumental in rescuing many wounded who would have otherwise undoubtedly succumbed under the bad weather conditions. This devoted and gallant officer subsequently died of his wounds.
Captain Chavasse is buried in Brandhoek's New Military Cemetery. His grave (Plot 3, Grave B15) has had several memorials over the years, the current headstone was erected on 28th April 1981. It is the only headstone in the world to have two Victoria Crosses engraved on it. The inscription "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" was selected by his father. This cemetary is looked after by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission who do such a wonderful job in many countries of the world.


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Most major corporations comprise numerous companies bought along the way to create their empires. The financial statement reflects the financial results for all the entities it bought as well as the original assets of the company.
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As you can see, these major transactions are all critical for determining whether a company made a profit or loss from its activities. Eliminating assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenses from public view makes determining a subsidiary's financial results nearly impossible for shareholders or creditors. But if these transactions were included, the value of the parent company's stock would be distorted, because these transactions would be counted twice. The shareholders of the parent company would not know the true value of the company's assets and liabilities; the income statement would not reflect the company's true revenues and expenses.
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Course curriculum includes solfege training, music theory, vocal production, and ensemble skills. Repertoire spans choral literature from the classics and master works to jazz and show tunes. The Choraliers perform two full-length productions every year, each featuring a formal concert portion and a fully-costumed, staged musical revue or Broadway show.
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its with davis marine insurance, albany ky. 800-977-0723.the carrier is atlantic speciality insurance co.
any exclusions or limitations on that policy? is it lakes and rivers only? I am just trying to reconcile this in my noggin'
"Dirt dwelling" - that is a new term. Made me laugh - also made me feel like a hobbit.
We talked to dozens of insurance companies, and each had a different far-fetched excuse for hanging up on us: Wooden hull? Horrors. Brackish water? Even worse. Southeast coast? Certain disaster. On and on. State Farm was willing to write liability-only and it wasn't unreasonable, but could not offer hull insurance. So finally, after years of frustrating search, we found that Amica would write hull insurance. Perhaps due to the unconventional nature of our craft, we needed to get a survey. You might give them a call: 1-800-892-6422, extension 45506, Ms. Miller. No claims, so I don't know how they respond, but beggars can't be choosers, right?
How about a list of the good reasons for living aboard.......
1. The feeling of freedom.
2. The gentle rocking of the boat at anchor.
3. The pleasant sound of the crabs eating the Barnacles off your hull, putting you to sleep.
4. The enjoyment of having a friend enjoy a libation with you on the bow/stern.
5. The fun of wearing nothing but shorts all day and night. (Most women excepted)
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'The G3's flagship feature is its 5.5-inch, 2,560-by-1,440 screen—the highest resolution you'll see anywhere. '
'Improved interface'
'The slim screen bezels and tapered edge design also help the LG G3 feel reasonably trim when held. '
'It's unsurprising that performance is smooth and nippy the vast majority of the time.'
'The Desire 510 is wicked fast for such a basic smartphone!.'
'Subpar display.'
'Screen is not amazing.'
'Colours are a little cold, but I've certainly seen worse.'
$300 price tag its wallet-friendly for an unlocked phone
Largest display in a Nokia Lumia phone so far
Good value, Decent performance
4G smartphone on a budget
'The screen is extremely detailed, sharp, and for the tech geeks - pixel density comes at the whopping 468ppi.'
'Cased in a metal body, it's staggeringly good looking.'
'It looks and feels like a high quality product with styling and design that equals the iPhone 5. '
'This combined with the new sensor means that the One has been designed with low light photography clearly in mind. '
'The hardware is quirky at best and awkward all around, while the software is often frustrating.'
'Its movements are more fluid than Android, it looks good and it is clearly a system that has been worked on over a significant period time – not one Jolla has simply knocked-up over the last six months.'
'The Acer Liquid S2 is a great big phone with lots of features and good core specs. '
'The real star of the show when talking about the Acer Liquid S2 is the 13MP camera, capable of 4K UHD video recording. '
Acer's phablet gets a speedy specs upgrade
Good design, 4G connectivity, Excellent value for money
LTE module, high contrast, good images
High pixel densitiy screen, over 250ppi
Impressively lightweight smartphone
Crisp, clear screen, Snappy performance
Unique two devices in one hybrid
Really is a good deal
Fast performance
Good call quality
Solid build quality
Strong call quality
Great camera performance, speedy data speeds on LTE
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We've spent the last half-day or so completely enamored with the latest release from the fine peeps over at Tapbot, Tweetbot. Typically, a new Twitter client isn't anything we would get excited about, as there are probably hundreds out there, and the free Twitter for iPhone does the job well enough anyway. However, we've been impressed with every other app that Tapbot has put out. We're talking about things like Calcbot, Weightbot, Pastebot, and the awesome Convertbot. So when they released Tweetbot after working on it for over a year, we had to check it out.
It's difficult to describe everything that Tweetbot does, but if I had to sum it up with one statement, I'd say "It just makes sense." Oh, and also, it's a joy to use. While the official Twitter app has been suffering from feature bloat (going so far as to try and force a trend bar on us,) Tweetbot is a refreshing throwback to what made Tweetie great in the first place. They've even managed to make lists actually useable and convenient, rather than a clunky add-on, by giving each its own timeline.
We highly recommend Tweetbot -- get a look at the video above that walks through its interface. Pretty slick, right? You can get it now for $1.99 in the App Store.
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Facebook brings event check-ins, unfriending to iPhone app
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Facebook yesterday updated its iPhone app to version 3.4, bringing enhancements to the News Feed and notifications UI as well as the option to check-in to Facebook Events on the go. For unfriending that cannot wait until you get back to your desktop, the app adds that, too.
The signature feature of the update, of course, is the mobile check-ins for Facebook Events. We previously reported that Facebook added another layer to its location-based functionality by including a check-in icon available on the day of a given event. The company had pledged to launch the feature soon on the iPhone and their mobile site. Yesterday's update fulfills that pledge.
Formerly, the only way you could check in to a Facebook Event was through Facebook Places, which entailed checking in to locations as you would with Foursquare or Gowalla. Now users can check-in to events themselves, opening up new possibilities for companies and individuals. For example, you could arrange contests at events.
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Twitter concedes, finally removes Quick Bar from iOS app
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After a rather rough start, Twitter on Thursday said it will remove the Quick Bar from its iOS app, which provided users with updates on trending topics.
Though the Quick Bar - referred to by some as the "Dick Bar" after CEO Dick Costolo - had "incredibly high usage metrics," Twitter has opted to remove it from the app rather than continually update it.
"Rather than continue to make changes to the QuickBar as it exists, we removed the bar from the update appearing in the App Store today," Twitter creative director Doug Bowman wrote in a blog post. "We believe there are still significant benefits to increasing awareness of what's happening outside the home timeline."
The Quick Bar was added to the app earlier earlier this month as part of an upgrade that also made it easier to access features like photos, trends, and links. It sat above a user's Twitter feed and displayed one of the days' current trending topics. Tapping the word would take you to a list of recent mentions.
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Google has been in the location game for years now, but services like Foursquare and Facebook Places have been producing buzz faster, in part based on their mobile apps. Google has had their service, Google Latitude, integrated in Android handsets for some time now, and they've finally released an iPhone app to compete with the other already established players. With 9 million active users, mostly because it's baked into their Google Maps product, they have a somewhat credible offering. So far, Latitude has been mostly a passive service that people use when looking for local search results, or browsing a map. This is a model that's much different than Foursquare, Gowalla, and Facebook Place, which are all about checking in to a specific place rather than just showing a physical location.
The Latitude iPhone app keeps using that passive model, where the app shares your location automatically with your friends, even in the background, as long as you allowed them to view where you are. You can also browse the map and see where they are in real time. It can be argued that such a passive system is the wave of the future, as people tire of constantly checking into a location app, but it sure doesn't produce the same amount of hype for the service, so it remains to be seen which service people will decide to share their locations with.
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Posterous iPhone app now available
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One of our favorite social sharing and blog sites, Posterous, just released their official iPhone app today. Focusing on being the only app you'll need to share everyone online to all your favorite sites (think Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and the like,) you can download the Posterous app now for free.
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Push Notifications coming to Twitter for iPhone
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If you've been waiting for push notifications to become a part of Twitter for iPhone, it looks like that day is finally coming. Twitter is currently testing push notifications in anticipation of rolling it out to the masses in their next update, which should be available when iOS 4.1 gets released next week.
Facebook 3.2 for iPhone brings Places location check-in, background uploading
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We all knew it was coming, but Facebook has finally released their location check-in methodology with the release of their Facebook for iPhone 3.2 app. The new 'Places' feature let's you check-in Foursquare/Gowalla-style into venues that are around you. You can also track the locations of your friends as well, to see what others in your social graph are up to. One seemingly annoying feature is that Places even allows you to check other people in with you, and that is on for every account by default. Of course, you can manually turn that feature off, but shouldn't that be the default option?
Also new in 3.2 for phones running iOS 4 is background uploading of photo and video content, so you can start an upload and jump out of the app to something else while things continue. All iOS version also pick up new in-app privacy management features as well.
We've been trying to test out all the new hotness, but just about every area we go into on the new app results in some sort of error message. We'll keep trying.
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Fring on iPhone 4 brings Skype video calling over 3G and WiFi
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Hey, don't look now, but if you've been wanting to use your iPhone 4 front camera to do video calling outside of FaceTime (and on 3G,) the newly updated Fring app is where you'll wanna look. They updated so that you can do a video chat with any Skype user or anyone else running Fring, and you can do it over Wi-Fi or 3G. Now the cool thing here is that you can do video chats with people who are sitting at their computers connected to Skype, this isn't just iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 like FaceTime currently is. The call quality will vary depending on your connection, but still, its another video calling option, and the app is free. You can download Fring now from the App Store.
Oh, and please don't drive while video calling. That can lead to all sorts of trouble.
Twitter for iPhone (Tweetie 3.0) now available
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Tweetie has been pretty much universally recognized as the best iPhone Twitter client since it launched, and Tweetie 2.0 took it to the next level. In fact, it was so good, that Twitter decided to buy the app outright, rather than building their own iPhone app. News soon came that Tweetie would become "Twitter for iPhone" and would be made free (Tweetie sold for $2.99) to anyone who wanted it. Well, today is that day, as Tweetie 3.0 has been released with new features (we've got a list of them after the break) and is now simply known as Twitter. It's full-featured, it's the official Twitter app for the iPhone, and therefore it will have access to more Twitter resources than any other Twitter app out there. We recommend it highly, and you can download it now.
Twitterfific for iPad 1.0.1 released
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Our current favorite iPad Twitter app, Twitterrific, has just been update to version 1.0.1, which includes a bunch of bug fixes and new features. Here's the list:
New Features:
- Support for Instapaper via Settings app.
- Support for 3rd party push services like Boxcar.
- Audio notification control via Settings App.
- Support for screen names vs real names via Settings App.
- Support for old style RTs – Forward to Followers in reply actions.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a popover bug that could cause timeline scrolling to lock up.
- Fixed a bug that allowed direct messages to be re-tweeted.
- Fixed a bug that allowed direct messages to be marked as favorites.
- Fixed a crashing bug that could occur when viewing certain tweets.
- iTunes and map links now open properly in the mini browser.
- Subscribed Twitter lists now appear in the sidebar.
- Fixed a display problem when opening "full" TwitPic images.
- Fixed several display bugs associated with device orientation.
- Updated the scroll indicator to white for improved clarity.
- Several graphical tweaks & improvements.
- Security improvements.
You can grab, or upgrade to, the new version now in the App Store.
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Completion rates for on-campus courses are only slightly higher than those for online courses, according to a new report from the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET).
The survey, Managing Online Education 2013: Practices in Ensuring Quality, found that among all responses on-campus course completion rates were 3 percent higher than online course completion rates. When comparing completion rates only from respondents representing institutions offering both on-campus and online courses, rates for on-campus courses were 5 percent higher.
Among 10 completely online institutions surveyed, only four provided completion rates, which averaged 89 percent, significantly higher than the 81 percent average completion rate for on-campus courses among all respondents.
Though the study's authors did suggest that the higher completion rates at online-only institutions may point to lessons to be learned from them, they also noted that, "The finding on course completion rates were based on the data presented to us. Due to the large number of non-responses, drawing firm conclusions about these rates must be done with caution."
Other key findings of the report include:
"Institutions with online courses are taking many steps to improve both the instructional and out-of-class experience both for faculty and students," wrote Russell Poulin, deputy director of research and analysis at WCET, in an executive summary of the findings. "Much effort is spent on adopting and implementing practices that are based on 'best practices' developed by local, regional or national groups."
"As is the case with all of higher education," Poulin added, "there is room for improvement. Perhaps the needed improvement is not as much as some critics might claim."
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|Krell Evolution 202 Stereo Preamplifier
|Friday, 01 June 2007
Page 1 of 3Introduction
I have owned various Krell amplifiers in my reference systems over the years, each providing hours upon hours of listening joy. Recently, Krell has released a new top-of-the-line lineup of gear under the Evolution moniker that speaks to those for a need for the best of the best and a willingness to pay for it. The review system under evaluation is comprised of a $10,000 Krell Evolution 505 SACD player with 24-bit 192 DACs, a $15,000 Krell Evolution 202 two-chassis stereo preamp and the monstrous Krell Evolution 900 monaural amplifiers at $20,000 each, or $40,000 for the stereo pair as reviewed. My review samples are done in Krell's signature silver finish, which is breathtakingly beautiful out of the rack and poised on a simple table as it is installed in my reference system.
To start, it is important to note that the Krell Evolution 900 power amps are nothing short of huge. With a travel schedule that has me out of the country more than in the States over the past two months, I hired Simply Home Entertainment to come out and set up my Krell Evolution system in a way that simply and neatly bypasses my reference installed home theater. The SACD player was installed above the two-chassis preamp on a modern-looking table to the right of my seating position, which came out more elegant than expected. The amps were placed by two strong men beside my Wilson WATT Puppy Version 7 loudspeakers. Connections were made one of two ways during the review. The first was with Krell's proprietary CAST system. Alternatively, the system was wired with Transparent Reference XL interconnects. The Krell Cast system is a unique system that allows for one voltage gain stage throughout the audio chain. In the world of absolute audio, less is always more, and I found the CAST system to be a very unique solution that I recommend any careful listener to audition. I also used Transparent Reference XL cables for the speaker connections. At this level, each gradation of high-end cable is easily audible, even to the untrained ear. Technology
Starting with the power amps and without getting too geeky, these Krell mono blocks have a lot of goodies under the hood. Most notable are the massive 6000 VA power supplies, which surely make up quite a bit of the weight of each beefy amplifier. Krell's CAST system boards also add to the unique design of the amps, allowing your entire Krell audio system to act as one in terms of the way they are connected. There are microprocessors that monitor the inner workings of the amp in order to protect your investment when you may have had one too many sips of Macallan 30 during a loud, late-night listening session. Krell's Current Mode speaks to the overall design of the amp, which allows the component to operate in the current domain rather than the voltage domain, unlike most other high-end amps. Krell's Active Cascode Topology reduces distortion by doubling or tripling the amount of active devices used in a gain stage, resulting in the Evolution's very clean and fast sound.
The preamp is a dual chassis model like the Krell Evolution 2 and the Mark Levinson No. 32 which, among many benefits, allows the designer to keep the potentially noisy power supply away from the sensitive electronics in the controller unit. The $15,000 202 also operates in Krell's CAST system and is a fully balanced design. The volume control is ultra-sexy, with a truly great feel. The volume "pot," if you will, is computer-controlled by a 16-bit balanced resistor ladder, creating smooth volume transitions and resulting in no audible noise from the volume control.
The Krell 505 SACD/CD player is a $10,000 dedicated audio machine that uses some of the finest digital to analog conversion money can buy. The player is, not surprisingly, wired for a CAST connection and is built like a tank. The metalwork is so tightly machined that the player feels more watch-like than a high-end SACD/CD player. In fact, when a disc spools up, you can barely hear it with your ear to the side of the player. Strangely, a player at this price point cannot play a DVD-Audio disc but it can play CD, SACD, MP3 CDs and many other discs.


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