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Pundits have long been predicting that the presidential election will be much closer and much meaner in 2012 than it was in 2008. Closer it now is.According to the RCP Poll Average, the race is now a virtual tie: Incumbent Obama now leads by a mere 1.8 percent over Romney, whereas challenger Obama led McCain by 7.6 percent exactly four years ago. It will certainly revolve around a very different array of issues—much less argument about the war on terror and GOP performance, and a lot more about the stagnating economy and Democratic performance.
In one respect, however, the next election will be a replay of the last: There will be a historically large divide in the preferences of younger voters (under 30) versus older voters (65+). In 2008, this divide (21 percentage points) was wider than in any election since the advent of age-bracketed voting data in the 1960s. The second-biggest divide (16 percentage points) was back in 1972, when nearly half of all young voters voted for McGovern while older voters went overwhelmingly for Nixon.
I've been tracking generational leanings in the polls pretty carefully. The Pew Research Center has issued several reports (most notably, The Generation Gap and the 2012 Election) exploring this divide, and Time followed up with its own cover story ("The New Generation Gap"). More recently, Mike and Morley, Forbes, The New York Times, and many others have also weighed in.
Bottom line: Every generation is today a bit more favorable toward Obama than they were in 2010 and a good deal less favorable than in 2008. The partisan gap between the Democrat-leaning young and the Republican-leaning old, however, remains as strong as ever—at around 20 percent.
Back in 2008, the big story was how and why today's rising Millennial Generation voted by a large and decisive margin for the Democrats. This fall, the media focus may shift. The big story could be how and why today's angry, aging Silent Generation put the Republicans over the top. The relevant parallel here is 1972, when Nixon was able to split the young Boomer vote with McGovern—and then crush McGovern with all voters over age 30. (Nixon's popular margin in 1972, 23.2 percent of the electorate, is the fourth largest in U.S. history.) Romney, of course, cannot hope for Nixon's margin. But the basic logic still stands. Romney doesn't have to win the youth vote; he just has to contain youth losses enough so that his huge advantage among older voters puts him ahead.
The 2012 election will hinge on the collective choices of five generations of voters, each with a different collective life story shaped by its own location in history. Let's take a look at how each of these stories is likely to determine the outcome. (Throughout, I will borrow shamelessly from Pew's wonderful cohort-tracking research and graphics.)
Because this piece turned out to be pretty long, I'm going to break it into two posts. This post will look at the generations themselves. The next will look beyond generations to the election outcome.
At the very elder edge of the electorate is the G.I. GENERATION, born between 1901-24. (Sample leaders: John Kennedy, LBJ, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Sr.) With its youngest members now age 87 and older, the G.I.s today comprise just 2 percent of likely voters. Except during the late 1960s and 1970s, this "greatest generation" has always heavily favored the Democrats, having come of age as huge supporters of the "big government" presidency of FDR. Indeed, in every election from 1994 to 2004, the peers of Jimmy Stewart were more likely than younger Americans to vote Democratic. [See the "Roosevelt" chart on this page from the Pew study.] Even in 2008, according to Gallup, Obama ran almost even with McCain among these overwhelmingly white 80+ voters—better than he did with any other age bracket over 40. Apparently, generation trumps age when it comes to racial bias. Prediction for G.I.s in 2012: slight edge (3 percent) to the Democrats.
Now let's turn to the "young old." Dominating the ranks of retirees is the SILENT GENERATION (born 1925-42, today age 69 to 86), comprising 13 percent of likely voters. (Sample leaders: Robert & Ted Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, Gary Hart, John McCain.) Coming of age during the Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy presidencies, when Americans generally were voting Republican, the young, conformist Silent leaned more Republican than the rest. While the Silent produced nearly all of the most famous civil-rights leaders and "good government" reformers of the post-war era, they have never favored a strong executive (no Silent has ever been elected President) and have tended to return to their GOP roots as they have grown older. In seven of the last nine elections, they have voted more heavily than other Americans for Republicans. [See the "Truman" and "Eisenhower" charts on this page.]
Since 2008, the Silent's pro-GOP tendency has widened considerably, along with their unhappiness with the direction of the country. Polls show the Silent are upset not just because they are "angry" at government (they are twice as likely as Millennials to say this), but also because they are "uncomfortable" with positions they associate with younger Obama Democrats on issues such as immigration, marriage, homosexuality, religion, and the Internet. The Silent are the least-immigrant generation (per capita) in American history, and they grew up at a time when the rules of life were clear and simple. Today they are disoriented by the bewildering diversity of today's younger generations, and they can't figure out what the new rules are.
Most Silent recognize that are doing well economically compared to younger Americans. But they worry that America is losing its sense of exceptional "greatness" and gaining an addiction to endless public debt—faults they attribute more to Democrats than to Republicans. Many fear the nation is headed back toward the Hard Times they witnessed in their childhood. According to recent Gallup surveys, the Silent favor Romney by 14 percentage points. Prediction for the Silent in 2012: large margin (15 percent) to the Republicans.
Occupying midlife and already surging past age 65 is the BOOM GENERATION (born 1943-60, today age 51 to 68), today comprising 31 percent of likely voters. (Sample leaders: Bill & Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Al Gore, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Condoleeza Rice.) Boomers came of age during the social and cultural upheavals that rocked America during the late '60s and '70s—giving them a fixation on vision and values that defines them even to this day as a generation of individualists and culture warriors (left versus right, "blue" versus "red"). As they grow older, Boomers increasingly call themselves "conservative," but not necessarily Republican.
First-wave Boomers (today in their 60s) have more years of education than younger Boomers, have done better economically, vote more reliably, gravitate to humanist or mainstream churches, and vote more for Democrats. Last-wave Boomers (today in their 50s) experienced a rapid fall in SAT scores and college attendance, lag far behind first-wavers economically, vote less often, veer toward atheism or "born-again" evangelicalism, and vote more for Republicans. In recent elections, first-wave Boomers have tilted to the Democrats; their younger brothers and sisters have favored the GOP. [See the "Kennedy/Johnson," "Nixon," and "Ford/Carter" charts on this page.] In recent months, Gallup shows Boomers favoring Romney by about 5 percentage points. Prediction for the Boomers in 2012: medium edge (5 percent) to the Republicans, with red-leaning last-wavers slightly overpowering blue-leaning first-wavers.
Today's emerging leaders and the parents of most school-age kids belong to GENERATION X (born 1961-81, today age 30 to 50). Gen Xers now comprise 35 percent of likely voters, a slightly larger share than Boomers. Gen X's share should be much larger, but their tendency to vote less often than older generations dilutes the impact of their raw numbers. (Sample leaders: Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Chris Christie, Kirsten Gillibrand, Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal.) The left-alone children of the Consciousness Revolution who later came of age during an era that stressed free agency, personal ownership, and survivalism, Gen Xers have mixed feelings about the two parties. Xers like the social and cultural liberalism of Democrats (whatever "works for me" is perfect), but they also like the economic conservatism of the GOP (hey, don't even think about picking my pocket!).
Like Boomers, they show a strong political trend from oldest to youngest, but it's in the opposite direction. First-wave Xers, born in the early 1960s, first voted during the early Reagan years and have thereafter leaned heavily to the GOP. (Just over 70 percent of today's state governors and members of Congress born from 1961 to 1965 are Republican—the biggest partisan tilt of any five-year cohort group.) Late-wave Xers came of age with Clinton and now lean more toward the Democratic Party. [See the "Reagan/Bush" and "Clinton" charts on this page.] According to recent Gallup polls, Generation X favors Obama by 1 percentage point. Prediction for Gen Xers in 2012: dead even, with GOP-leaning first-wavers exactly neutralizing Democratic-leaning last-wavers.
Finally comes the youngest generation of voters, the adult members of the MILLENNIAL GENERATION (born 1982-93, today age 18 to 29), comprising 18 percent of likely voters. (As yet, they have no national political leaders.) Twenty years ago, they were the special and fussed-over "Friends of Barney." Today, they're telling older Americans to share their toys and put a smile on their face. For Millennials, the team comes first: They are more likely than older voters to favor strong communities, urge consensus solutions, trust "big government," and shrug at paranoia over privacy. With their trademark confidence, Millennials embrace many of the social trends (related to race, ethnicity, religion, homosexuality, and the Internet) that older voters find threatening. Millennials are the least likely to believe such trends undermine patriotism or family cohesion. They are the most likely to be optimistic about America's long-term future.
This outlook puts Millennials decisively in the Democratic camp, with roughly two-thirds of them (66 to 32 percent) voting for Obama over McCain in 2008 and (according to Gallup) a smaller yet still impressive margin of three-fifths of them favoring Obama over Romney today. [See the "Bush/Obama" chart on this page.] The big question is whether the waning enthusiasm Millennials now show in re-electing Obama—combined with the extra fervor Silent and Boomers show in defeating him—will allow the GOP to prevail. Nonwhite Millennials are as overwhelmingly pro-Obama in 2012 as they were in 2008 (roughly a 60 percentage point margin). Yet Democrats should worry about the recent Pew finding that, among white Millennials, the 10 percentage point margin for Obama in 2008 has been fading away and nearly disappearing over the past year. If young whites split anywhere close to 50-50 in 2012 (remember, non-Latino whites still comprise 60 percent of this generation), then it hardly matters what young minorities do: The GOP will possess an almost insuperable advantage. Prediction for Millennials in 2012: very large margin (20 percent) to the Democrats, led by a 4-to-1 advantage among young minorities.
It's always great to have the young on your side. After all, youth represent the future. In the decades to come, if the Millennials stay their political course, they would confer a huge advantage to the Democratic Party. But in the next election, they are still outnumbered by two larger generations of voters (Gen X and Boom), and they may well be outworked by a more energized generation of seniors (the Silent). The young can sometimes lose elections, and lose them badly. It happened in 1972, when the Boomer youth who voted for McGovern were overwhelmed by all the midlife and senior voters (the G.I. and Lost Generations) who favored Nixon.
Two years later, of course, Nixon resigned. The age gap closed almost entirely by the next election and pretty much stayed closed all the way until 2008. As if to close the circle, many of the Millennials who now favor Obama are children of the same young "peacenik" Democrats who once voted for McGovern. That's what makes elections so fascinating—their power to surprise and to reveal, both who are today and who we will become tomorrow.
If you do all the arithmetic with the voter shares and margin predictions cited above, you will find that my overall prediction is for a dead-even tie between Obama and Romney. Meaning: The 2012 winner is going to have to put together a generational scorecard that is, in some combination, better than the figures I have revealed.
How likely is it that Obama or Romney will put together that scorecard? I look at that in the next post.


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Six Core CPU Speed: AMD vs. Intel, A Second Look
A couple of weeks ago, I did an initial look at running spreadsheets in Excel 2010 on six-core processors from AMD and Intel, but at the time, I only had a couple of systems to test with. I've now had a chance to try out a number of different six-core systems, both using standard frequency CPUs and overclocked versions.
My basic conclusion hasn't changed, and it's not too surprising: Intel provides more performance, both overall and clock-to-clock for most tests, but AMD's CPUs are a lot less expensive.
Details after the jump
For these tests, I used a variety of systems, but the CPU and the associated memory system are responsible for the performance differences, as all the tests were loaded into memory (thus not using the hard drives at that point) and Excel doesn't take particular advantage of advanced graphics cards. The different CPUs have different amounts of cache memory as part of the chips themselves, and that probably does account for some of the difference. All were running 64-bit Windows 7 and 32-bit Office 2010.
The systems I used included:
- A Dell Studio XPS 7100 running a 2.8GHz AMD Phenom II X6 1055T, with 6 GB of DDR3 memory.
- A "white box" systems equipped with a 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom II X6 1090T with 4 GB of DDR3 memory.
- The same system, overclocked to 3.4 GHz. (Unfortunately, that was as fast as we could reliably get the system to run using AMD's Overdrive software).
- A "white box" running a 3.2 GHz Intel Core i7-970, with 4 GB of DDR3 memory.
- A Polywell system with a 3.33 GHz Intel Core i7-980X, with 12 GB of DDR3 memory.
- An AVA Direct system running a 3.33 GHX Core i7-980X, overclocked to 4.5 GHz, with 12 GB of DDR 3 memory.
- An older Gateway FX with a 2.5 GH Intel Core2 Quad 9300, with 4GB of DDR2 memory; for comparison purposes.
Most of the people who overclock systems do it for gaming, not for running huge spreadsheets, because heavy spreadsheet users typically want corporate support, but it does work.
Here are my results:
There's no question that all the six core processors did better than the four-core one, and in general, the Core i7 outperforms the Phenom II X6. But the magnitude of that difference varies tremendously depending on the type of calculation. Monte Carlo simulations in particular took great advantage of the Core i7's six core, 12 threaded capabilities; and certain calculations within a Pivot Table also were much faster . But in other Pivot Tablet operations or when running a very large real-world spreadsheet that includes a big data table -- one that often takes hours to run on older systems -- the difference wasn't as large, though the Core i7 systems were still faster. It looks like most of the time, the data table only uses a maximum of four threads.
As I've said before, this points out the importance in the way that applications, and just plain models, are written in this new parallel computing envionrment. Some tasks easily take advantage of multiple cores and threads. Others can be rewritten to be more parallel. But many don't, and instead depend mostly on single-threaded performance.
And, of course, there's a huge difference in prices among these CPUs. AMD's list price for the 2.8 GHz Phenom II 1055T is just $199; and the 3.2GHz "Black Edition" 1090T is $295. Intel's list price for its six-core Core i7 processors are much higher, with the 3.2 GHz 970 at $885 and the 3.3GHz 980X is $999. Of course, Intel also offers four-core processors for much less, as does AMD.
Overall, you'll get better performance from the Intel line, but if you want the best performance at $199, the Phenom II 1055T is your best bet.
Here are ExtremeTech's reviews of the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition, Intel Core i7-970, and Intel Core i7-980X.


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A new poll of likely New York voters shows Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo continuing his lead over Republican challenger Rob Astorino, still largely unknown statewide.
The Siena College poll finds 60 percent would vote now for Cuomo and 23 percent for Astorino, the Westchester County executive.
The poll shows 61 percent have a favorable view of Cuomo, while 61 percent have no opinion of Astorino, down from 69 percent a month ago.
The telephone poll last week of 774 likely New York registered voters has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.
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For comptroller, 57 percent pick incumbent Democrat Tom DiNapoli and 26 percent choose Republican Bob Antonacci, the Onondaga County comptroller.


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Part of the fun of traveling is being in a completely different place. But if you have asthma, a new environment can seem less fun. There's always the worry that something unexpected may cause an asthma flare-up. Luckily, some simple preparation can help you be ready.
Make sure your asthma is well controlled. If your asthma has been flaring up, check with your doctor before you go on your trip. He or she may need to adjust your medicine or ask you to come in for a visit.
When packing, remember all medicine you're taking for your asthma, including quick-relief and long-term control medicines. Keep all medicines in your carry-on bags. It's also a good idea to pack a little extra medicine than you think you might need. That way, you don't run out if something unexpected comes up.
If you're leaving the country, get a letter from your doctor that describes your asthma and your medicines. This can help you with airport security or customs.
It's also a good idea to know the generic names of your medicines. These are the chemical names of the medicine, not the brand name the drug company has given it. If you need to get a refill in another country, the medicine might have a different brand name. Your pharmacist or doctor can give you the generic names of the medicines you take.
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Hey, I changed the minimum level requirements for RFK and BFD from 17 to 15 and 19 to 10 respectively. After running them on my lowbies I noticed that their values of 17 and 19 were incorrect. ~RaGiNsOuLz 23:17, September 6, 2008
Got a quick Question : The page states "Numbers after the instance name indicate the minimum level to enter, if known; and the recommended level range (in parentheses).
- Ragefire Chasm (RFC) 8 (13-16, 20)
- The Scarlet Monastery:Armory (SM Arm) 20 (33-37) (?)
- The Scarlet Monastery:Cathedral (SM Cath) 20 (37-40) (?)
My question is what is up with the 20 on the end of RFC and the (?) on the end of SMs? -Ledeas 10:40, October 2, 2009
1. I've put RFD after SM, because a lot of people do the quest to kill Amnennar the Coldbringer after completing the SM quests. (Bring the Light) (Bring the End)
2. I've put ST after ZFK and Maraudon, because there is a chained quest that leads you from ZFK into ST. (Screecher Spirits)
3. I've gone through the Blizzard instance information and updated the levels recommended.
4. Since patch 1.10 the player cap in LBRS / UBRS has been dropped to 10, and the player caps have also been dropped in BRD, DM, Strat and Scholo.
5. The Blizzard instance page has some correct level recommendations and some old ones. Reverted this page back to the correct values according to the current meeting stone restrictions.
(Zamael@Frostmane 2/5/06) 02:44, May 2, 2006
Updated level requirements for ZG and MC. I only updated the Zone In requirement.
While I didn't update it I'd like your feedback, for the heroic Outlands, one would assume the zone requirements are the same as their non-heroic counterpart, but it's pretty darn hard to prove this. Any thoughts? LikwidFlux 13:55, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Raiding lower level instances Edit
I don't think you can raid any of those lower level instances anymore. It hasn't been like that for quite some time I think. I'm fairly certain the only things you can raid instance-wise is BRS, MC, AQ, ZG, and now Naxx.
- According to [1], the limits are still 10 player for many of the instances, thus, raidable. :) -- Kirkburn 23:25, 18 July 2006 (EDT)
Instance CascadeEdit
I noticed something that was mathmatically incorrect, the bars do not properly represent the suggested levels. For instance, UBRS is a lvl 58-60 instance. The bars suggested this covers two levels, after all, 60-58=2. However it actually covers three levels: 58, 59 and 60. Because of this, I added 10 to most of the bars' width ('10' being 1 level's width). I also attempted to fix the lvl 70 instances, however this did not correctly work because 10 is too narrow for 1 character. (also, I'm not certain how well this resolves on other browsers/resolution) It was a little confusing before, and though I believe my addition is an improvement, I don't think it is quite up to par. Fealuinix 10:18, 5 March 2007 (EST)
Update: Okay...actually, it doesn't seem to be the character width throwing things out of alignment ...it's something else. CSS n00b --> Fealuinix 10:23, 5 March 2007 (EST)
It seems LBRS has been altered such that the graphic doesn't match the text level range. Which is correct? And is that the right thing to do with UBRS? --ObiChad 13:33, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
Would it not be easier to read (and more logical) to have the level range inside the boxes, like the Zones by level page? --Niightblade (talk) 06:40, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm thinking a reworking of how it looks is needed too, and a better examples description to go along with it. I'll start working on what a different format would look like.--Ewolfg1 (talk) 10:34, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
I like this page for it helps you to find out n what order you should do the instances. However, a clean-up is needed as the second section contains almost the same information as the first. LarsPensjo 03:05, 1 March 2007 (EST)
- I simply removed the rednundant section and added some sub sections to the existing material. -- LarsPensjo 08:01, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
- I like the idea of having a section that says at what level you can enter the instance. I get asked this question a lot and never know the answer. --ObiChad 13:32, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
- I simply removed the rednundant section and added some sub sections to the existing material. -- LarsPensjo 08:01, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
Regarding the Outland comment added, I know it's possible to get summoned to Outland, so do we know for a fact that all Outland instances have a level requirement of 58? Is it possibly lower? And aren't some certainly higher? Old Hillsbrad requires that intro quest to enter and that isn't attainable until 66 I think. Thoughts? --ObiChad 12:21, 23 March 2007 (EDT)
Heroic difficultyEdit
I felt that there needed to be some way to add the heroic difficulty settings to the existing dungeons. I have done so on the two first Hellfire Citadel dungeons as a way to start a discussion about how it should be done. I would very much like some feedback on the idea. Since I could find no place that actually lists suitable level ranges to the heroic mode dungeons I used common sense to rate the two dungeons that I have added so far. I can see one problem when we come to the lvl 70 range normal mode dungeons as the heroic mode dungeons levels would overlap. Any ideas on how to solve that issue? -- Karney 06:01, 9 March 2007 (EST)
- I agree that information about the heroic instances are needed, and it is a good initiative. However, the original way the diagram was drawn, it could be used as a guide in what order to do the instances. With the current layout, it is no longer growing difficulty futher down. What I also wonder, is if there is any difference of difficulty between different heoice instances? -- LarsPensjo 07:02, 9 March 2007 (EST)
- Considering that there is no official word on the difficulty level of the heroic dungeons, apart form the fact that they should be significantly harder, there is very little to go on concerning the level suggestions. Once people start doing more Heroic dungeons I am sure that we will get a better feel for them. As for the growing difficulty level layout, I did think about that as well. I'm not saying that this is the best solution or even a very good one. I primarily made the alteration to get the discussion going. However that being said, the heroic dungeons are a bit tricky to place. Either we consider them as the same dungeons as the ones before, like we have in the reputation diagrams, Cenarion Expedition for example, or we consider them entirely new dungeons and place them where they should be in the list. The latter option will mean a massive increase in list length, although that might be prefered since we avoid overlapping difficultyratings around lvl 70. -- Karney 07:59, 9 March 2007 (EST)
- There is a slight difference in heroic mode dungeons, but not to warrant an indentation I think. Rather than entering 2 heroics, I'd vote for entering the instance blocks, Hellfire Citadel, Auchindoun, etc. in a heroic entry. They require the same reputation to enter, so they fit in a single entry. As far a difficulty goes, I've not seen all of them yet, maybe someone can add to the list:
- Bulwark - medium - mostly easy, second boss hard, final boss requires tank with good fire res
- Slave Pens - medium - hard trash pulls, easy bosses, second healer & nature resist aura recommended for boss
- Underbog - easy - second healer recommended, kiter must, rather easy on the whole
- Steamvault - medium - second healer must, bosses hard without a lot of damage, warlock recommended
- Shadow Lab - easy - most trash and first 2 bosses are like normal, only the big single enemies are tough
- Mechanar - easy first story, from what I heard harder after that medium to hard
- Botanica - someone has to have 275+ arcane resist, or you won't see the second room
- --Gorash 11:59, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
Keyed Instances? Edit
Is there a symbol we could add for instances that require keys? I see pages about keys (The Master's Key) and a page listing instances that need keys (Instance attunement)... It'd be nice to tie this in here somehow.
(I'm a n00b here, by the way, sorry if this is redundant.)
Summoning Stone Edit
Be great to see a summoning stone range. The 'you are to low/high' is always a pita. Especially for backwaters instances.
- From Meeting Stone: "Note that the summoner and the person being summoned must both meet the suggested level range for the dungeon for the stone to be usable. The second person, who clicks on the portal to finalize the summon, can be of any level." I'd assume the level range in parenthesis is the level range you need to fall under. Kadaan 22:18, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
LFG System Edit
With the new LFG system, one clicks on the green button and can choose from a selection of recommended instances. Even if other instances are allowable, they won't be available through this method. As I move up through new levels, the list of instances through the LFG system changes accordingly. The order in which new instances have appeared in that list (and later dropped off the list) is following some other logic than the one listed here. Does anyone understand this order? I can only say for sure it is NOT the same as the order here. Thank you.
Minimum levels Edit
AQ at 50 and Naxx at 51 I find very hard to believe. Kirkburn talk contr 20:17, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
- Fail@u - [2] - Recommended != minimum -—The preceding unsigned comment was added by MuuGi (talk • contr).
The page lists Kara as having a minimum level of 68, but I'm 99% sure you can't begin the quest chain to get key till you hit 70. Kadaan 22:15, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
If anyone reads this...it is confirmed as being 68...Blizzard changed it the quests to start at 68 due to Druid Flight Form...which means they can run Arc at 68 therefore being keyed at 68...they probably wouldn't actually raid at 68, but nonetheless druids can be keyed at 68 Acecow 18:36, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
For Heroic dungeons, it is possible to go into some (only been to one myself) at level 62. See [3] as proof of it, was Underbog. Sacarasc 05:22, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
I would think that the level required for Heroics would be the same as their non-heroic counterparts...you'd just have to be keyed with the corresponding faction...thus the only real limitation to the heroics is TK due to the flying mounts...and of course finding a group that would run a non 70 through a heroic(which...there's really no point in that) Acecow 06:56, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
Regarding Onyxia's Lair: Should the page be modified to show that Horde can't actually enter until level 55? The attunement chain can't be picked up by Horde players until that level. CorradinFarwind 15:18, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- I'm pretty sure when you try to zone in and don't meet the requirements, it says you have to be 55, in a raid, and carrying the key. Horde can't start the attunement quests until 58. I'm certain that neither faction can get in 50-54. Xenophilius (talk) 20:41, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
2.3 Instance changes Edit
Is there a page yet to track the new suggested level ranges for dungeons? I'm gonna add something on the bottom of this page to hopefully get the data discovery process going. Added SFK based on blue post in forum. Added RFD based on level 39 mobs moving to level 36. In WC, at least one level 21 boss is now a 20. Not sure about the final level 22 boss. --ObiChad 03:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
- The Outland instance recommended levels seem to have the pattern of level of first mob encountered as the low number and level of last boss as the high number. I'm using that idea on the new 2.3 suggested levels. Oh, and I have specific boss level changes if people are interested. --ObiChad 19:33, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Mob level ranges needed:
RFC - confirmed (unchanged)
WC - need confirmation on Mutanus
SFK - confirmed
BFD - need confirmation on Aku'mai
RFK - need confirmation on Charlga
Gnomer - confirmed
SM - all sections confirmed
RFD - confirmed
Ulda - need confirmation on Archaedas
ZF - need confirmation on Chief Ukorz Sandscalp, Shadowpriest Sezz'ziz, and Gahz'rilla
Mara - confirmed
ST - need all bosses other than Hazzas and Morphaz
BRD - need confirmation on Magmus, Princess, and Emperor
LBRS - confirmed
DM - confirmed (unchanged)
Strat - confirmed (unchanged)
Scholo - confirmed (unchanged)
- Should we just get rid of the top list, since it's now pretty pointless?Minionman 04:23, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
- Yea...if someone could do that...or give the ok for some to do that...twould be nice Acecow 18:34, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
- Done. I've added VC at the reported enemy range from The_Deadmines, and Stocks from Stormwind_Stockade, but I haven't verified those ranges personally. Please let me know if I've made an error or left anything out. EDG 05:12, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Difficulty of Vault is debatableEdit
I noticed that 10/25 Vault is listed as "80+" but in reality, most players find they are more likely to find difficulty in the 5 player heroics than on Vault. I'd personally mark it as "80" but leave the heroics as "80+". -Howbizr (talk) 22:44, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Bad Format? Edit
I can't see the article properly example. Maybe the info should be re-design to be access for all browsers. --Killogwil (talk) 21:45, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Instance short namings and abbreviations Edit
I never saw on my realm someone to name, for example, "Nexus Heroic" as "H-Nexus". Rather it would be "Nexus Hc" --FractalizeR (talk) 07:38, October 28, 2009 (UTC)
- Different servers use different abbreviations. Grizzly Hills US often uses H-instance and Instance Heroic - conversely, I've only seen 'Hc' once. H is most common on our server, HTOC HDTK HUK HUP H Oc etc. It's interesting to have variety, but don't just assume your server is the law of the land. Sariko (talk) 18:40, November 21, 2009 (UTC)
Dungeon Finder range requirements Edit
I'd suggest to add the level range required to use the dungeon finder. This range is shown in the finder but would be nice to list it here as well - possibly within {} or <> after the "recommended level range"? Just noticed this was different the other day but don't have access to characters of all levels to find what the dungeon finder shows - will add what I have soon. Is handy for lower-level characters to know when they can go to certain dungeons via the finder. Mycroft IV (talk)
- Agreed, I'd also vote to scrap the arbitrary 'recommended level' - it's unsourced and subjective, and in most cases is probably the DF range, moved in a level or two either side. paulbrock (talk) 02:14, January 28, 2010 (UTC)
Indents, bar width and bar placement. Edit
What is the significance of cascading indentations on this list?
Why do some of the lines have the highlighted bar before the explanation and some have it after?
Is there some significance to the width of the highlighted bar?
- The cascading indentations and width show the level range while the explanation before/after are to reduce the chance of a horizontal scroll bar on low resolution monitors. Tyriar T C 19:41, February 9, 2010 (UTC)
Dungeon Level RangeEdit
I would prefer it if no one changes the level range of the dungeon - mob level ranges were taken from wowhead so have yet to be verified, as well as the minimum level to enter - but the level ranges of the dungeons were lifted directly from the in-game LFD tool and so reflect Blizzard's idea of what the level range is. Stockades and BFD were intuited, since those two were the only dungeons I had no characters in that range for. If anyone has a character that has access to the LFD tool and knows the level range for those dungeons as per the LFD tool, those can be updated. Raylan13 (talk) 15:47, December 1, 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks, Tindelli. Throwing the link in here for future ref: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1127129847 Raylan13 (talk) 17:42, December 1, 2010 (UTC)
Magtheridon's Lair is missing from the list of BC raids
- If something is missing feel free to put it in, thanks Tankingmage (talk) 11:52, September 4, 2013 (UTC)
Lvl requirement on BC heroic instances Edit
I allready changed two times the minimum level to enter the bc heroic instances, both times my changes were set back, i didnt do it again. Since 7.0 you cant enter the bc heroic instances if you are not lvl 70. —This unsigned comment is by 18.104.22.168 (talk • contribs) 10:45, November 11, 2016. Please sign your posts with ~~~~!
- For raids, I believe that's the case, but I don't think it's for dungeons. Raylan13 (talk) 23:01, November 11, 2016 (UTC)
Recently I have been updating the entry levels for the Burning Crusade instances (mainly the heroic ones). There was a request for citation on the fact that only The Blood Furnace allows for entry at the lower than expected minimum of level 70 to enter.
In the picture you will see first a level 56 character trying to enter, it states the required minimum is 58 (this is for normal). Then I invite another char into a group, change the difficulty to heroic (a level 56 does not have that option yet after all) and try again. This time it is clearly stated the minimum is level 58 for heroic difficulty. For every other Burning Crusade heroic this has been patched to 70, but it seems they have forgotten about this one (for now).
[09:59:45] You must be at least level 58 to enter.
[10:00:18] [Dooietruus-Que] has invited you to join a group.
[10:00:21] Dungeon Difficulty set to Heroic.
[10:00:21] Looting set to Personal.
[10:00:21] Loot threshold set to Uncommon.
[10:00:25] You must be at least level 58 to enter on Heroic Difficulty.
Now I am unfamiliar with citations etc in the actual page, so maybe someone can assist with fixing that. :)
TheProfoundOne (talk) 08:13, June 12, 2017 (UTC)
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One in 25 criminal defendants who has been handed a death sentence in the United States has likely been erroneously convicted. That number—4.1% to be exact—comes from a new analysis of more than 3 decades of data on death sentences and death row exonerations across the United States.
"This was a very carefully done and carefully considered approach," says statistician Bruce Levin of Columbia University, who was not involved in the new study. "The analysis was quite sophisticated, and the authors were transparent about both their assumptions and methods."
Putting a number on the rate of false convictions among criminal defendants in the United States is complicated by the fact that many false convictions are never identified and there's no central, national database that tracks most types of criminal cases. A number of lawyers and judges, however, have publically claimed that the false conviction rate for all crimes is almost negligible—including a written comment by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in a 2006 concurring opinion, citing a rate of 0.027%. But such assumptions usually take the total number of all exonerations in the country and divide it by total number of felony convictions—an incorrect calculation because most false convictions, especially for more minor felonies, are never revealed.
To calculate a more accurate false conviction rate, Samuel Gross, a law professor at the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor and a former criminal defense lawyer, decided to focus on one small subset of criminal cases: those that result in death sentences.
"Every case where you have a death sentence is recorded in a national database," Gross says. "And the rate at which errors are detected in death penalty cases is orders of magnitude higher than in other cases." Defendants on death row have better access to attorneys, he notes, and more attention and resources are generally devoted to ensuring that their convictions are accurate.
Gross and his colleagues gathered data from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit organization that tracks executions, on all 7482 death sentences in the United States from 1973 through 2004. But even among death sentence cases, dividing the number of known exonerations by the total number of defendants wouldn't give an accurate estimate of all false convictions. In a third of death row convictions, defendants are resentenced to life in prison after appeals, usually within about 5 years. And after being resentenced, their access to resources that could help them prove a false conviction drops.
"Nobody doubts that the group that is removed from death row and resentenced includes more people who are actually more likely to be innocent and would be exonerated if they remained on death row," Gross says. Indeed, he and colleagues calculated that resentenced defendants are eight times less likely to be exonerated than those on death row. In addition, once someone is executed, dies of natural causes, or commits suicide, the chance of being exonerated drops to nearly zero.
To calculate what the total rate of exonerations would be if all death row defendants remained on death row indefinitely and had equal access to resources, the researchers turned to statistical techniques normally used in medical studies. Although only 1.6% of defendants who had been sentenced to death were actually exonerated between 1973 and 2004, 4.1% of defendants were likely falsely convicted, the team reports online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Because the number is an extrapolation, it doesn't reveal exactly which defendants—out of those resentenced for life or executed—were falsely convicted.
"The main message is that false convictions are not rare events," Gross says. "It's something that's going to keep happening on a steady basis, and it means we should work hard to try and avoid it."
David Dow, a law professor at the University of Houston Law Center and founder of the Texas Innocence Network, a group of lawyers that represents death row inmates and works to reveal false convictions, says the number doesn't surprise him. "This is really the number that people who have spent a lot of time doing capital work have intuited," he says. "The larger hope is that it finally reaches people who have been resisting the acknowledgement of this reality, which is that we make a somewhat significant number of mistakes."
The rate of false convictions in death sentence cases can't be generalized to other criminal cases, Gross points out, but he hypothesizes that the rate is similar for all serious, violent crimes.
The new calculations don't offer any insight into what most often leads to false convictions, or what can be done about them, but he hopes that illuminating the rate will lead to new efforts to study these areas.


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the tutorial is very interesting, but i have the same problem with colour balance. with the flames in a different layer nothing happens. i have to flatten the image, for to colour it. and in this way i lose the advantage to have the flames in a separate layer. any tip?
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Some of the issue here might be around the fact that for step 6 you appear to show Colour balance for Shadows twice. I'm assuming it should be Highlights, Shadows, Midtones? I tried that real quick and it seemed to work ok, so I'm not sure what the problem could be otherwise...
Hi, I hope this thread is stilll active : / I found your firebrushes today and I love them. I seem to be missing out on something though because I'm not able to use the Color Balance parameters with the effect I want? Maybe it's a lack of Photoshop knowledge but how do I use these brushes in an existing photo without having to use blendmodes like overlay which destroyes the effect (caused by the black background)? I've tried using a layer mask and the "Blend If" function but the results are only mediocre.
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Transportation for Older Adults Requires a Tapestry of Funding Sources
By Jana Lynott , August 07, 2013 07:59 AM
"We desperately need that service in our community, but how do we fund it?" is a common complaint I hear across the country as communities try to meet the growing demand for transportation services.
A recent publication, Weaving It Together: A Tapestry of Transportation Funding for Older Adults, addresses this important question. The report by the AARP Public Policy Institute highlights seven case studies that show how transportation providers in diverse communities combine federal grants with state, local and private-sector funding to enhance services.
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When budgets are tight, transit managers have two choices: Reduce service or think outside the box. Those featured in the report chose the latter. They have successfully marketed their transportation services to medical clinics, human service agencies and Native American tribes.
Medical Motor Services of Rochester, N.Y., forged partnerships with Wegmans, a grocery store chain, to provide a fully subsidized shopping shuttle for older adults. It also negotiated with a private nursing home to transport residents from hospitals to the facility within one hour of discharge. The largest source of Peoplerides' (Marshalltown, Iowa) revenue comes from contracts with organizations and private companies (including a hospital) that subsidize routes. "Shopping around its services" has enabled River Cities Transit to offer service in 12 counties in central South Dakota. In and surrounding Pierre, it provides service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year - a rare feature in any community, especially a rural one.
Others are taking advantage of the built-in flexibility of federal transit grants. For example, localities must match operating grants dollar for dollar. In communities where budgets are tight - and that's most communities today - transportation service doesn't always fare well against competing needs. Pelivan of Big Cabin, Okla., has forged a partnership with a Jiffy Lube, which changes the oil in Pelivan's vehicles at a discount. The value of this service counts toward Pelivan's local match requirement.
As shown in the infographic, local funding, which includes public- and private-sector support as well as passenger fares, comprises a substantial portion of the featured providers' operating budgets. However, there are still challenges to overcome. DARTS in rural Mississippi had to turn away federal funding because of insufficient local matching funds. Peoplerides had to raise fares.
One answer to these funding shortfalls is to offer taxpayers the opportunity to fund specialized transportation services. This is what voters in Marin County, Calif., chose to do three years ago when they voted to raise their vehicle registration fees by $10 a year. Thirty-five percent of the net revenue is dedicated to "improving transit for seniors and people with disabilities."
As large numbers of boomers age into their post-driving years, the ability of transportation providers to tap into multiple sources of public and private funding will be the ticket to sustaining and growing their service.
Also of Interest
- How the Affordable Care Act Can Provide Transportation for Older Adults
- Walking Shapes Our Bodies and Our Lives
- Reconnecting Small Town America by Bus
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When trying to prove that a particular instance of a problem like graph coloring or SAT is unsatisfiable, generally one explores the search tree using an algorithm like DPLL and the proof of unsatisfiability consists of the exhaustive exploration of the search tree - i.e. try an partial assignment of values to variables, do propagation and if the domain of a variable becomes empty, you know the assignment does not satisfy the instance so you backtrack. By propagation I mean, one looks at every constraint and then for every variable in the constraint, one prunes the values in the domain of the variable which are not part of any model satisfying that particular constraint.
My question is that how hard in terms of computational complexity is to find a search tree proving infeasibility of minimal size, i.e. if the size of the search tree is $S$, then how hard is it to find the minimal such search tree given that the size of the input is taken as $S$ (Note - that can be much larger than the size of the original problem, exponential in the worst case).


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|January 13, 2009 01:59 PM EST
SYS-CON Events, producer of the 2nd International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, to be held March 30-April 1, 2009, in New York City, has announced the submissions deadline for its Call for Papers. Suitable topics include all aspects of providing or using massively scalable IT-related capabilities as a service using Internet technologies (see list of Suggested Topics below).
The Cloud Computing conference theme this March is "The Delivery of IT Resources as Services" - with 100+ breakout sessions by leading industry CEOs and CTOs whose companies already recognize that what today's companies need above all is to be able to build infrastructures that can scale up or down at a moment's notice.
Over the next five years, IDC expects spending on IT cloud services to grow almost threefold, reaching $42 billion by 2012 and accounting for some 9% of total software sales. More importantly, spending on cloud computing will accelerate throughout the forecast period, capturing 25% of IT spending growth in 2012 and nearly a third of growth the following year.
Cloud computing helps IT cut infrastructure costs while adding new features and services to grow core businesses. Clouds can help grow margins as costs are cut back but service offerings are expanded.
Sessions should be devised with a view to helping delegates learn about what thousands of companies are already using for a competitive advantage - while controlling costs and gaining flexibility and economies of scale.
Submit Your Speaking Proposal Today!
Help plant your flag in the fast-expanding business opportunity that is The Cloud: submit your speaking proposal today!
Suggested Topics
Proposals are welcome on any and all related topics, including:
- SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
- Web-scale Computing
- Cloud Platforms
- Automation
- Secure Cloud Computing
- Cloud Reliability
- Elastic Computing
- Cloud Computing & Privacy
- Cloud Databases
- Scalability
- Fabric Computing
- Cloudbursting
- Cloud Storage
- Green IT
- High-Performance Computing
- Service Management
- Moving Towards Cloud Standards
- Grid Software
- Private vs Public Clouds
- Internal Clouds
- Managing Cloud Services
- Compliance Issues
- Cloud Dataflow
- Government Cloud Computing
- Cloud Building
- Mobile Cloud Computing
- Cloud Brokerages
- Will Microsoft Buy Citrix?
- Virtualization Conference & Expo 2009 West: Call for Papers Closing
- Virtualization Will Be the Highest-Impact IT Trend Through 2012
- Will VMware Still Exist in Five Years?
- Amazon's Cloud Covers Europe
- Beyond Virtualization to the Reliable, Dynamic Data Center
- If VMware Is "Virtualization 1.0" Is Microsoft the Avatar Of "Virtualization 2.0"?
- Cisco Aims Higher Even Than Cloud Computing
- Scalable Pricing in a Scalable World
- Trusting the Cloud: Timing and Adoption of Cloud Technologies


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Located on the upper deck – Explorer Class cabins feature a king size double (that can be converted to singles) and a twin basin en-suite. Cabin size is 15 square metres.
Other features include large panoramic windows, amenities fridge, in-cabin entertainment and satellite telephone.
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Other features include 2 portholes, in-cabin entertainment and satellite telephone.
Located on the middle deck – River Class cabins feature a king size double (that can be converted to singles) and en-suite.
Other features include large panoramic windows, in-cabin entertainment and satellite telephone.
The platform for dining on-board the True North is sustainable, organic and very Australian cuisine. The ship's menus are also destination inspired and feature the very best of locally sourced ingredients.
Signature dishes might include the revered barramundi, mud crabs cooked on the beach at sunset and, Spanish mackerel served as sashimi in the ship's lounge.
Whilst cruising in the Kimberley, hometown highlights can include delicious mangrove jack and finger-mark bream, seasonal yellow-fin tuna, Yeeda estate beef, more than 20 different varieties of Kimberley honey and mangos from Broome, West Australian lamb and Margret River black pig.
If you're looking for experienced and knowledgeable fishing instructors look no further than the guides aboard the True North. Regardless of whether you are a beginner or an 'expert', you will benefit from our 'local' knowledge ensuring unequalled opportunity from the remote Kimberley to untouched West Papua and the rarely fished islands of the Eyre Peninsula.
Adding yet another dimension to adventure, most cruise itineraries on the True North also feature an onboard helicopter!
Carrying guests in air conditioned comfort, the ship's helicopter provides unique opportunity to witness grandeur; unique opportunity to fish billabongs that have never been fished; unique opportunity to discover your very own wilderness! Now it's not uncommon for the guests to embark with some uncertainty about flying in a helicopter – however it's always a different story when the time comes for disembarkation.
Ask about the True North's 'heli-picnics' - these are an unforgettable way to enjoy the quintessential Aussie barbeque!
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Your cruise aboard the magnificent True North will feature specialist guides and a naturalist. The ship's naturalist will present entertaining and engaging interpretative sessions within the wilderness area of exploration. Every cruise aboard True North presents an exclusive opportunity to travel with our highly respected experts. They will present a full and exciting commentary on art, culture, history, flora and fauna of the Kimberley region, West Papua & Papua New Guinea as well as other stunning destinations along the Australian coastline.


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- Two international judges have resigned in the past 6 months from the court
- They have complained of difficulties with Cambodian officials
- The problems concern the investigation of two cases yet to come to trial
- The court was set up to try serious crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge
An international judge has resigned from the special court set up in Cambodia to try people accused of committing atrocities under the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s, saying his Cambodian counterpart was obstructing efforts to investigate cases.
The resignation by Laurent Kasper-Ansermet, announced Monday, is the second departure of an international judge from the court in the past six months amid tensions with local officials.
His predecessor, Siegfried Blunk, resigned as international co-investigating judge in October, complaining that statements by Cambodian government ministers about two of the court's cases threatened to undermine proceedings.
Those same two cases, known as Cases 003 and 004, are at the heart of the dispute between Kasper-Ansermet and You Bunleng, the national co-investigating judge for the court.
"Judge You Bunleng's active opposition to investigations into Cases 003 and 004 has led to a dysfunctional situation," Kasper-Ansermet said in a statement attributed to him on the court's website.
Prosecutors for the court filed submissions in September 2009 asking the judges to begin investigating five people, whose names have not been disclosed publicly. The submissions were divided into Cases 003 and 004.
Based on a French concept, the two investigating judges of the court, one international and one Cambodian, are responsible for collecting evidence to decide whether people charged by prosecutors should be brought to trial.
Kasper-Ansermet, a Swiss citizen, said You Bunleng had "constantly contested" his authority to investigate the two cases. He said You Bunleng had refused to discuss the cases with him during an informal meeting and had also issued written orders to him demanding that he immediately cease his "unlawful activity."
Kasper-Ansermet "considers that the present circumstances no longer allow him to properly and freely perform his duties," according to the statement, which said his resignation will take effect May 4.
You Bunleng was not immediately available for comment on the matter.
The tribunal, known as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, began its work in 2007 after a decade of on-and-off negotiations between the United Nations and Cambodia over the structure and functioning of the court.
In 2010, it issued its first verdict, convicting Kaing Guek Eav, commonly known by his alias, Duch, of war crimes, crimes against humanity, murder and torture.
At least 1.7 million people -- nearly a quarter of Cambodia's population -- died under the 1975-1979 Khmer Rouge regime from execution, disease, starvation and overwork, according to the Documentation Center of Cambodia.
Opening statements in the court's second trial, Case 002, began in November. In that trial, four former Khmer Rouge government ministers face charges of crimes against humanity and genocide.


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Here we observe Mike Napoli lumbering around on the sidewalk, shirtless and without a care in the world. The resolution's shitty, but the beard is a dead giveaway. Someone yells at him to put his shirt on, as if he has a spare shirt in his pocket. The Napoli grumbles and turns around. But there is no beer here, Michael. You must keep walking.
Previously: Mike Napoli Had A Wild, Drunken, Shirtless Saturday
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This game is set in the future in a colony on a cold planet that's now occupied by a mutated-cockroach-looking alien species. They don't come in peace and are hellbent on making your colony their new home. It's a top-down (angled 60 degrees) shooter coop game.
There's not much to be said here except four modes: Easy, Normal, Hard, and Insane. This game rewards
...has been out for a while. Until now, I decided to hold off on posting a blog about it until I "mastered" (imo) the game.
A few points I feel like writing about in this blog:
- The NEW special infected (and uncommon)
- Tricks and Shortcuts
- Realism
- Idiots
The NEW special infected - Chargers, Jockies, and Spitters --
oh my%@#$ you, Charger!
The new special infected definitely added a wrench in the usual campaign and versus strategies.
Decided to make a blog about this game; expect one for Mass Effect 2 next week.
****Nothing really informative in this post. I made it because I'm killing time before my next clan match.****
Lately, I've been ignoring Left 4 Dead 2 for this game. The first time I laid my hands on this game, around Christmas, I noticed a few different elements:
- Maps are more complex - Being aggressive will still get you a lot of kills, but now will result in more deaths.
- Campers
Lately, my friends and I have been farming chests in New Haven for legendary weapons. Now why would we waste hours upon hours to obtain the best weapons in the game? Because most of us have at least two level 50s with at least four maxed out weapon proficiencies per char. Plus, dueling in the game just became more unbalanced. (Siren phasewalk now kills in one hit. So activate on duel, melee, win.)
So far, this is my current collection:
PEARL Weapons
Borderlands is a great game. It adds a touch of rpg to the fps genre and succeeds where others failed. It's fairly short, only requiring two days to beat the first playthrough completely (all quests) with a partner. It took a total of 4 days to max out to 50, and 3 days to beat the second playthrough completely ("hardmode").
Current builds I use:
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Two extraordinary reasons for a visit to the Museo Ferrari in Maranello
Maranello, 16 July – An opportunity to see a 250 GTO, the most sought-after Ferrari in the world, together with a 250 SWB, Stirling Moss drove to victory in the Tourist Trophy, the 250 Tour de France, which dominated the legendary race in France, as well as the stunning 250 Breadvan prototype, Count Volpi di Misurata letGiotto Bizzarrini and Piero Drogo built to compete with the official cars from Maranello, is something more unique than rare. Until September these extraordinary cars and many more collector's items can be seen at the Ferrari museum in Maranello. 2012 is the year of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the GTO, but also the 60th of the first car bearing the name 250. The museum is ready to celebrate these two jubilees in a very special way.
The other reason to visit the Museo Ferrari in Maranello (the museum is open from Monday to Sunday from 9:30am to 7pm) is an exceptional exhibition about the life of Gilles Villeneuve, where his most significant single-seaters, but also the 308 GTS, are shown, the car he used to drive in record time from Monte Carlo to Maranello. Furthermore there are numerous documents, relics and films provided by the Giacobazzi family, former sponsors of the Canadian driver. The exhibited items enable the visitors to understand why Gilles was loved so much by the fans as well as Enzo Ferrari.


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ATLANTA PITTSBURGH BALTIMORE BIRMINGHAM BOSTON HASKINS & S E L LS PORTLAND PROVIDENCE SAINT LOUIS BROOKLYN SALT LAKE CITY BUFFALO CHARLOTTE CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO CHICAGO SEATTLE CINCINNATI TULSA CLEVELAND WATERTOWN DALLAS BULLETIN DENVER DETROIT JACKSONVILLE KANSAS CITY BERLIN LONDON MANILA PARIS LOS ANGELES SHANGHAI MINNEAPOLIS NEWARK E X E C U T I V E O F F I C ES NEW ORLEANS 30 BROAD STREET. NEW YORK HAVANA NEW YORK MEXICO CITY PHILADELPHIA MONTREAL VOL. X NEW YORK, MAY, 1927 No. 5 Every Job THERE are many famous passages in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." Many of them might serve admirably as inspirational slogans for accountants. There is one which may be appropriate or inappropriate, according as use of it is made: "The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones." No vocation, profession, or means of livelihood depends more for its success upon the character of service rendered than the profession of accountancy. Any mistakes in getting at and reporting facts, errors in judgment, carelessness in setting down figures, bob up eternally to damn the reputation of an accountant who offers his services to the public. On the other hand, nothing establishes and increases the prestige of an accountant like a piece of work well done. Modern practice may have to combine professional and commercial elements. The purely professional type may starve in his devotion to an ideal. There is no reason why an accountant should work for nothing. But there is every reason why he should keep constantly before him his professional duty and be guided by a sense thereof. In the building of a professional practice, whether on a scale large or small, mistakes are bound to occur, and errors are bound to creep in. Where is the engineer who has not been guilty of mistakes in judgment? The great bridge over the a Good Job Saint Lawrence River, outside of Quebec, crashed to ruin twice while the project was under way. The engineers made mistakes. But one of the finest spans in the world finally was completed. In the early days of abdominal surgery, a surgeon cut off a piece of the intestine instead of the appendix. But today a human being may live without a stomach because surgery did not stop with that mistake. Some lawyers have advised their clients badly, but the legal profession has become one of the most honored of the learned professions. The accountancy profession may be chargeable with its share of errors. The evil growing out of some errors may live on and on. But every mistake should be a lesson and contribute something to the betterment of the work. Likewise, it should serve as a reminder that the reputation which a firm enjoys is founded on the sum total of what it does. If the poor work is greater than the good work, the reputation will be evil. By the same token, if good work prevails the reputation will be good. If success in accountancy is to be achieved, every job must be a good job. Whether it be profitable, or unprofitable, is beside the point. The greater consideration is the character of the work done. If slogans are needed as a force to spur one on to constant effort and unceasing vigilance every hour of the day, what could be better than "Every job a good job"?
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White Sox Beat Twins 5-3
CHICAGO (AP) — Alejandro De Aza hit two homers, and Jose Abreu had two hits in his major league debut to back Chris Sale and lead the Chicago White Sox to a 5-3 season-opening victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday.
Sale got the win, pitching five-hit ball into the eighth.
Paul Konerko got a loud ovation before what was likely his final opener, although he wasn't in the lineup. The White Sox started the season with a win after losing 99 games last season.
Abreu doubled on the first pitch he saw leading off the second inning against Ricky Nolasco and scored on De Aza's two-run homer to give Chicago a 2-0 lead.
He also drove in the go ahead run with a single during a two-run third after Minnesota's Kurt Suzuki tied it with a two-run single in the top half.
No game today. Game two of the series is Wednesday afternoon, 12:40 pre-game on KROC AM.


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Festival's Distinguished Patrons
The five Distinguished Patrons of the 2010 Cherry Creek Art Festival were Emanuel Martinez, Cleo Parker Robinson, Jack Finlaw, Carol Hiller and Maruca Salazar.
A Denver native, Martinez became involved in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s, and three of his works completed during that time are now part of the permanent collection in The Smithsonian's Museum of American Art. He exhibited in the 1991, 1992 and 1996 Cherry Creek Arts Festivals and is the recipient of both the Governor's and Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts.
Robinson, also a Denver native, is the founder and artistic director of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, a troupe that has performed before audiences worldwide. She also is the recipient of numerous awards for artistic excellence, and is committed to using dance not only to entertain but to develop character, self-esteem and young minds. Her company's annual "Granny Dances to a Holiday Drum" performance is one of Denver's most popular events.
Finlaw was appointed director of Denver Theatres & Arenas in 2003, after completing a two-year term as chair of the Opera Colorado board of trustees. He has a law degree from the University of Denver and was the city's point person during construction of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.
Salazar, a native of Mexico, became executive director of Museo de las Americas in 2009 and is the third person to hold that post in the museum's 21-year history. An artist herself, Salazar is the former arts coordinator for the Denver Public Schools and is married to artist Daniel Salazar.
Hiller has served as director of volunteers for the Cherry Creek Arts Festival every year since its start, recruiting, scheduling and managing a corps of hundreds. She does the job so well that as many as 85 percent of the volunteers return the following year.
Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314 or email@example.com; also, GetItWrite on Twitter


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Student Support
At the heart of Kristin's values is a belief that the best education does more than simply instil knowledge in the minds of students. By nurturing the mental, physical, emotional, spiritual and social well-being of our students at Kristin we enable them to grow and develop to their potential, while offering support in a safe and positive environment.
Because the needs of our students differ between the age groups, each school is structured in a way to best support the needs of its students. In the Middle School this structure is evident in the Senior Leadership team where the three Assistant Principals oversee Teaching and Learning, Pastoral Care and Administration and Communications.
Five Deans support our students in the Middle School. Students in Year 7 are under the care of Mrs Deborah Plummer and transition to their House Dean during Term 4 for the rest of their time in the Middle School. These skilled and experienced teachers oversee the well-being of students in their care and are a point of contact for parents. As students progress through the Middle School, their House Dean remains with them, providing stability, familiarity and consistency throughout their four years in the school.
In Year 10 all students will meet with their Senior School Dean in preparation for entering into Year 11. This handover helps students with the transition to the Senior School and their subject choices.
Wellness Centre
Kristin offers a purpose-built Wellness Centre that encompasses health, counselling, chaplaincy and attendance. The Well-Being team works in collaboration with students, staff and parents to enhance well-being at Kristin. We aim to create and maintain an environment where individuals can flourish and achieve their full potential.
ICT Helpzone
An important branch of Information Services at Krisitn, our skilled and helpful ICT team is available to support students with queries relating to our Digital Learning Programme and BYO devices. ICT Services is located on the first floor of the Library Information Centre (LIC). Whilst on campus, students can visit during the school day. During Term Breaks, visits are welcome however appointments are necessary.
Opening Hours: Monday-Friday (during term time), 8am-4.30pm
09 415 9566 Ext 2414
International Student Support Services
In addition to general support, the Deans and the International Services team work closely together to ensure all International Students feel welcome at Kristin. Student Visa holders can expect the following assistance from the International Services team:
- Orientation guidance
- First Language assistance
- Home-stay selection and monitoring
- Visa renewal advice
- Student progress interviews
- Parent/guardian communications
International Students at Kristin >>
Four Houses encompass all students and teachers at Kristin and form a significant part of the Kristin culture. The House spirit is most evident at school events such as Athletics, Swimming Sports and House Music.
Apollo – Blue
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Mariner – Green
Saturn – Yellow
From the point of enrolment, students remain in the same house throughout their time at the school. Where possible students are enrolled in the same House as their siblings/parents when a family history exists.


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Art Eats Offers Dinner at Storm Bistro and a Winnipeg Art Gallery Exhibition Tour
Looking for a different night out? How about a delicious dinner in a rooftop restaurant followed by a tour of an art exhibition? The Winnipeg Art Gallery's Art Eats offers a three-course dinner at Storm Bistro, followed by a tour of the exhibition Winnipeg Now. It takes place from 6 to 9pm on Thursday, October 25 and November 29.
Winnipeg has an international reputation as the art-making centre of Canada and Winnipeg Now shows why. The 13 artists represented either live or have lived in Winnipeg and their work will surprise and challenge Gallery visitors. Artists include filmmaker Guy Maddin filming in the Gallery in the newest stage of his Lost Films project. Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan will be performing unconventional readings from a story-telling corner. Then there is the magical forest of KC Adams' porcelain forest of corporate-lit trees. Michael Dudeck links the conventions of museum display with ritual performance in his role as a queer artist witchdoctor, while Kent Monkman uses the diorama format of the natural history museum to investigate his own background as a gay, aboriginal artist. Other artists in the show are Sarah Anne Johnson, Dominique Rey, Paul Butler, Rodney LaTourelle, Marcel Dzama, Jennifer Stillwell, and Daniel Barrow.
Tickets for Art Eats are $40 for WAG members and $45 for non-members. Gratuity is included although wine and spirits are not. Tickets are available online at wag.ca; by calling 204.786.6641, ext. 227; or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Previous Art Eats programs have sold out, so early purchase is advised.
Art Eats offers a fixed menu which is posted in advance at wag.ca. Anyone who has dietary issues or restrictions should contact Storm Bistro at 204.948.0085.
The Winnipeg Art Gallery is grateful for the support of the following Centennial sponsors: BMO Financial Group, The Winnipeg Foundation, the Department of Canadian Heritage, TD Bank, James Richardson & Sons Ltd., MTS Allstream, Johnston Group, Air Canada, RBC Royal Bank, PACART, Great-West Life, Friesens, Manitoba Culture Heritage and Tourism, City of Winnipeg, Investors Group, Scotiabank, Volunteer Associates of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Storm Bistro, Manitoba Lotteries Corporation, Ernst & Young, Fort Garry Hotel, KPMG, Lawton Partners, Loewen, Parrish & Heinbecker, Aikins Law, AON, Cambrian Credit Union, Manitoba Blue Cross, National Leasing, CP Loewen, North West Company, NRG Management. Media sponsors: Winnipeg Free Press, CTV, CBC, Pattison Outdoor Advertising, 103.1 Virgin Radio, 99.9 BOB FM, Doowah Design, Visual Lizard, Esdale Printing, Radio-Canada, Travel Manitoba, Tourism Winnipeg, Midcan Production Technologies.
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The Winnipeg Art Gallery is celebrating its centennial year with an unparalleled series of exhibitions, programs, and events promoting the power of art in life. As Manitoba's leading art museum, the WAG is home to over 26,000 works of art spanning ten centuries, including the world's preeminent collection of contemporary Inuit art.
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