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Named after the famous player Tophats, Tophatstan is known to be one of the strongest countries on the map. It has 5 cities, each uniquely descriptive of his playstyle, his likes and dislikes. It has access to many of the important zones of the map, as well as ports to reach the other areas on the map.
Named after the famous player Tophats, Tophatstan is known to be one of the strongest countries on the map. It has 5 cities, each uniquely descriptive of his playstyle, his likes and dislikes. It has access to many of the important zones of the map, as well as ports to reach the other areas on the map.
Representing Valkyria we have The GrandMaster and The GrandSlave, previously known as 'G.R.O.M' and 'Aspect' respectively. Valkyria are currently in first place this season, with many of their competitive games being in the 2v2 format. Grom will be looking to tilt West in his clan's favour as Germany, with Aspect hoping to shake up East with Turkey.
Over to the Mortal Kombat side now we have Mauzer Panteri and Eagle pairing up to contest Valkyria. Eagle will be up against Grom, while playing as the United Kingdom, and Mauzer will be seeking victory in the east as Ukraine. Mauzer and Eagle have continued to lead Mortal Kombat together, maintaining the well-known duo that is ever-present in atWar.
Turn 2 shows us each player's Turn 1 expansion, for those newer to the game. Starting off with west, Eagle goes for Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain as his first turn, avoiding Paris, perhaps anticipating a rush from Grom. That prediction proves to be correct as Grom sends 23+ units and his General to Paris as part of his first turn. Grom additionally takes Czech Republic, but is contested and loses in Austria to Mauzer, who appears to be playing Sky Menace. He also expands to Moscow, Belarus and Lithuania within his first turn. Aspect opts for a modest Turkey expansion by stacking Greece, Bulgaria and Romania while double walling Ankara.
In the following turn, each player tries to expand as much as possible in the fight for income and reinforcements. Grom expands from Paris to the French ports of Nantes and Bordeaux, posing a threat to both Madrid and London. He moves his general back to Hamburg, along with a stack of infantry. This is a major threat to London, but a rush is unlikely due to Mauzer's stack in Warsaw. Eagle decides to stack Belgium which he takes without contest, as well as capturing Zaragoza and Barcelona, making capturing Rome next turn a possibility, but an unlikely one, due to Aspect's ability to stack it and Grom's high pressure. Mauzer's stack was clearly targeted by Aspect, but Mauzer manages to escape to Warsaw and gain five reinforcements. Aspect now gains Balkan control.
This turn proves to be a huge turning point in the game. Aspect eliminates Mauzer's stack in Warsaw and Grom maintains full Germany, as well as expanding to Norway. Eagle now has a choice to make; should he capture Paris with his stack, or go for Berlin? It's clear Mortal Kombat need to make a play this turn to salvage the game, especially since the next turn is reinforcements turn.
And that's a wrap with victory going to Valkryia. Grom holds Paris and Berlin while also capturing Eagle's capital of London, while Aspect maintains control over the entirety of the Balkans, Turkey, Poland and Russia South.
This turned out to be quite an interesting and fast paced Coalition War. Good game!
5. 5k Tournament Announcement
Due to some confusion over name changes in the tournament, the end of round 2 has been extended to Sunday, May 20th. The reward for the winner will be 1000 Protocoins, with a smaller prize for 2nd and 3rd place.
The current standings in the tournament are as follows:
All participants in the tournament have been notified of their opponent. Good luck and have fun!
Map Review: LukeTan
SP - What is it good for?: Sascha
Clan War Report: Wheelo
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DU hockey postgame notes from St. Paul: Pios clinch NCAA bid, freshmen shine …
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Done trying to figure out the PairWise Rankings and what it means to DU, but I'm told the Pios will at least get an at-large bid on Sunday and compete in its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament beginning next weekend at one of four regionals. At 7:35 p.m. CT, they were 10th in the PWR, which equates to a No. 3 seed. Don't think the Pios care who they play. Confidence is high.
Because of Jason Zucker and Luke Salazar's late-game heroics in today's 3-2 OT victory over Michigan Tech, I didn't write much on freshman wing Ty Loney, who I thought was the No. 1 star in the WCHA Final Five quarterfinals at the Xcel Energy Center. Loney had just one shot (goal) but added the game-tying assist and was plus-2 on the Drew Shore-centered line, with Salazar.
Loney, 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds, is the son of two-time Stanley Cup winner Troy Loney, whom I met today upon entering the building. Ty Loney obviously has great genes and size for his age, but he was a healthy scratch in six of DU's first 11 games this season. DU coach George Gwozdecky joked that he was so behind at the start of the season, he didn't think young Ty, who turned 20 on March 1, "could keep up" in practice.
Loney has 10 goals and 20 points — a fine freshman season.
Also didn't have room to give freshman goalie Juho Olkinuora the required love in Friday's game story. He had 27 saves in a game that proves how much the program likes him — he started a tournament game with win-or-go-home stakes. "I felt good. It wasn't one of my best games, I'd say. There was stuff that I could clean up," Olkinuora said.
Sophomore Sam Brittain is expected to start in Friday's semis against Minnesota-Duluth. He and "Jussi" have been rotating regularly and are undoubtedly a nice luxury. "Like I've said before, we boost each other and make each other better," Olkinuora said." Whoever is in net, you know there aren't going to be any easy goals. I feel like it's a good situation."
DU junior defenseman Paul Phillips suffered a leg injury on his first or second shift and was getting an MRI performed after the game, in which he did not finish. If he can't go Friday the Pios will be limited to five D — including freshmen Joey LaLeggia, Scott Mayfield and Josiah Didier. Seniors John Ryder and John Lee are playing mega minutes and the young guys are playing exceptionally well. Phillips also didn't play most of Sunday's game against Wisconsin, after getting banged up against the boards, so going with five D is nothing unusual for this group.
Also want to get some Jason Zucker stuff out of the way, even though it's also in the game story.
"Certainly, he's got a great release and scored a big goal for us today," Gwozdecky said of the OT winner. "Jason and I had some discussions after the first period and after the second period, trying to analyze and help him get better in the game. I think he'd be the first to admit that he didn't have a great game tonight . . . Certainly we'd like to be able to see him, along with some of his other teammates, play more of complete game (today)."
Finally, this from Salazar. The 5-foot-nothing, 155-pounder has scored a goal in his last three games, and has four in his last five. He has been a late-game hero in three consecutive 3-2 OT victories, scoring the third-period tying goal March 3 at UNO and the OT tally Sunday against Wisconsin.
"We've been down or tied in the third period the last few games and don't want to change our game plan," Salazar joked. "I've pretty much just been lucky."
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They come from Fred & Friends, makers of all-around fun things. Eight, nine-ounce cups come in each $8 pack. You get a toucan, a zebra, a shark, and an iguana for your one creepy friend, among other exotic beasts. Surprise your guests who were probably expecting boring Solo cups. [Amazon via HiConsumption]


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Stephen Colbert's super PAC is sitting on nearly $778,000 in cash, and five-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader knows exactly where to spend it.
On Ralph Nader.
If only Colbert would listen.
The longtime consumer advocate told TheWrap in an exclusive interview that he has been trying to get the "Colbert Report" host to donate the money remaining in Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow's coffers to the nonprofit American Museum of Tort Law he plans to build.
Also read: Stephen Colbert Recruits John Lithgow, Celebs for Super PAC Ads (Video)
Dedicated to personal injury and other tort cases, the museum will go up in Nader's hometown of Winsted, Conn. Nader announced the plans, and started fundraising, 14 years ago.
"Since he deals with wrongful injuries and reputations night after night, there must be a little humor here," Nader told TheWrap. "Tell him we'll name the courtroom after him."
There's just one problem: Nader can't get to Colbert, even though Nader feels responsible for the Comedy Central host's success.
In 2004, while Colbert was hosting "The Daily Show" during the birth of Jon Stewart's first child, Nader was the interviewed guest. A year later, Colbert got his own show.
Also read: Stephen Colbert Gets Fed Approval to Be a Super PAC
"He did so well that they gave him his own program," Nader said. "So you'd think he'd be accessible to me, right?"
Apparently, wrong.
Even as Colbert trolled the Republican presidential campaigns as a possible third-party candidate during the primary earlier this year, Nader — once the nation's perennial third-party runner — couldn't get in touch with him.
"Forget it, forget it," he said. "It's almost impossible to reach celebrity media these days."
A spokesman for Colbert and Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow did not respond to repeated emails and phone calls from TheWrap requesting comment.
Nader did tell TheWrap that he was happy to see Colbert satirize the growing role of money in electoral politics and draw attention to a candidate outside the two-party nexus.
"Since our elections are for sale at ever-higher auction prices, it's good that he did this satirical effort to highlight the absurdity of it all," Nader said.
Colbert first announced the formation of his own super PAC during a March 2011 segment of his show. He set up a company in the regulatory oasis of Delaware called Anonymous Shell Company and began raising funds for a farcical campaign.
After briefly declaring his candidacy for "President of the United States of South Carolina," Colbert launched a series of ads urging voters to cast ballots for Rick Parry — a spinoff of then-candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Later, he threw his support behind Herman Cain, the pizza mogul who was widely mocked for his candidacy and seemingly far-fetched tax plans.
Also read: Stephen Colbert PAC Ad: Rick Parry (With an 'A') Is Their Man
While he scored around $1 million for his PAC, the $778,000, according to an SEC filing, is what's left after advertising and expenses.
So far, Nader seems to be one of the few people gunning for the funds. But Colbert has floated at least one idea about how to spend it.
After real-estate-mogul-cum-reality-star-cum-political-blowhard Donald Trump offered President Obama $5 million to a charity of his choice to reveal his college and medical records, Colbert made Trump an offer.
The comedian said he'd donate $1 million to a charity of Trump's choice — if he allows Colbert to dip his testicles in his mouth.
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Hortonworks Connector
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- Fusion login configuration file
- Configuration
The Hortonworks Connector is a MapReduce-enabled crawler that is compatible with Hortonworks Data Platform v2.x.
The Hadoop crawlers take full advantage of the scaling abilities of the MapReduce architecture and will use all of the nodes available in the cluster just like any other MapReduce job. This has significant ramifications for performance since it is designed to move a lot of content, in parallel, as fast as possible (depending on the system's capabilities), from its raw state to the Fusion index. The Hadoop crawlers work in stages:
Create one or more SequenceFiles from the raw content. This can be done in one of two ways:
If the source files are available in a shared Hadoop filesystem, prepare a list of source files and their locations as a SequenceFile. The raw contents of each file are not processed until step 2.
If the source files are not available, prepare a list of source files and the raw content, stored as a Behemoth document. This process is currently done sequentially and can take a significant amount of time if there is a large number of documents and/or if they are very large.
Run a MapReduce job to extract text and metadata from the raw content using Apache Tika. This is similar to the Fusion approach of extracting content from crawled documents, except it is done with MapReduce.
Run a MapReduce job to send the extracted content from HDFS to the index pipeline for further processing.
The first step of the crawl process converts the input content into a SequenceFile. In order to do this, the entire contents of that file must be read into memory so that it can be written out in the SequenceFile. Thus, you should be careful to ensure that the system does not load into memory a file that is larger than the Java heap size of the process. In certain cases, Behemoth can work with existing files such as SequenceFiles to convert them to Behemoth SequenceFiles. Contact Lucidworks for possible alternative approaches.
The processing approach is currently "all or nothing" when it comes to ingesting the raw content and all steps must be completed each time, regardless of whether the raw content has changed. Future versions may allow the crawler to restart from the SequenceFile conversion process. In the meantime, incremental crawling is not supported for this connector.
Hadoop installation and configuration
The connector services must be able to access the Hadoop client in file
$HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop, so it must either be installed on one of the nodes of the Hadoop cluster (such as the
nameNode), or a client supported by your specific distribution must be installed on the same server as the connectors. The Hadoop client must be configured to access the Hadoop cluster so the crawler is able to access the Hadoop cluster for content processing.
|Instructions for setting up any of the supported Hadoop distributions is beyond the scope of this document. We recommend reading one of the many tutorials found online or one of the books on Hadoop.
This connector writes to the
hadoop.tmp.dir and the
/tmp directory in HDFS, so Fusion should be started by a user who has read/write permissions for both.
Permission issues
Using any flavor of Hadoop, you will need to be aware of the way Hadoop and systems based on Hadoop (such as CDH, MapR, etc.) handle permissions for services that communicate with other nodes.
Hadoop services execute under specific user credentials: a quadruplet consisting of user name, group name, numeric user id, numeric group id. Installations that follow the manual usually use user 'mapr' and group 'mapr' (or similar), with numeric ids assigned by the operating system (e.g., uid=1000, gid=20). When the system is configured to enforce user permissions (which is the default in some systems), any client that connects to Hadoop services has to use a quadruplet that exists on the server. This means that ALL values in this quadruplet must be equal between the client and the server, i.e., an account with the same user, group, uid, and gid must exist on both client and server machines.
When a client attempts to access a resource on Hadoop filesystems (or the
JobTracker, which also uses this authentication method) it sends its credentials, which are looked up on the server, and if an exactly matching record is found then those local permissions will be used to determine read/write access. If no such account is found then the user is treated as "other" in the sense of the permission model.
This means that the crawlers for the HDFS data source should be able to crawl Hadoop or MapR filesystems without any authentication, as long as there is a read (and execute for directories) access for "other" users granted on the target resources. Authenticated users will be able to access resources owned by their equivalent account.
However, the Hadoop crawling described on this page require write access to a
/tmp directory to use as a working directory. In many cases, this directory does not exist, or if it does, it doesn't have write access to "other" (not authenticated) users. Therefore users of these data sources should make sure that there is a
/tmp directory on the target filesystem that is writable using their local user credentials, be it a recognized user, group, or "other". If a local user is recognized by the server then it's enough to create a
/tmp directory that is owned by that user. If there is no such user, then the
/tmp directory must be modified to have write permissions for "other" users. The working directory can be modified to be another directory that can be used for temporary working storage that has the correct permissions.
Configuration for a Kerberos Hadoop cluster
Kerberos is a system that provides authenticated access for users and services on a network. Instead of sending passwords in plaintext over the network, encrypted passwords are used to generate time-sensitive tickets which are used for authentication. Kerberos uses symmetric-key cryptography and a trusted third party called a Key Distribution Center (KDC) to authenticate users to a suite of network services. When a user authenticates to the KDC, the KDC sends a set of credentials (a ticket) specific to that session back to the user's machine.
To work with a Kerberized Hadoop cluster you must have a set of credentials. These are generated by running the "kinit" program. The datasource can be configured to run this program, in which case, the following information must be specified: the full path to the program, the Kerberos principal name, the location of a keytab file and the name of the file in which to store the ticket.
Fusion login configuration file
The Fusion login config file required by the datasource configuration parameter
login_config is a Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) configuration file which needs to be present on every mapper/reducer node which will inject data to Fusion.
Here is a sample file that describes the structure expected by Fusion:
FusionClient {
com.sun.security.auth.module.Krb5LoginModule required
FusionClient is the application name and can be set to anything. Be sure to set the
login_app_name parameter to the same value if you change it. The other parameters can be configured as required and the
keyTab value should point to the location on the node where the keytab file can be found.
When entering configuration values in the UI, use unescaped characters, such as
\t for the tab character. When entering configuration values in the API, use escaped characters, such as
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If the group I'm working with ever gets stuck on the "the Vision thing," the following is a piece of advice that I offer them. If you have the time and the proper setting, you could also turn this into an actual activity where the group leaves the classroom in search of something that inspires them. When they return, ask each individual to share what it is that they found inspiring and why.
Creating and communicating a Shared Vision with co-workers is one of the most difficult challenges a leader will ever face. The Vision behaviors are some of the least frequently demonstrated, and the hardest to implement, as measured by the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI). This is no easy task to accomplish.
So, let's stack the deck in our favor! The next time you find yourself needing to Inspire a Shared Vision-be it as simple as the description or completion of a project, or as complex as the future of your department or organization-get out of the office! Most office environments are designed for maximum productivity, but not necessarily for maximum creativity. Switching out the workplace for a less conventional atmosphere can make this creative challenge a lot easier. Take a lunch break and head over to the local museum. Walk around and notice what other inspired people have done in the past, and are doing these days. Often, there are even local artist displays where you can view the work of inspired people residing in your area. Just half an hour spent looking at these works can provide real inspiration for you and your team, and provide fuel to create a more compelling vision of the future.
Try this the next time you need a little inspiration! Your team will be glad you did, and the vision you create will be more compelling and inspired than if you'd stayed in your office and attempted the work.


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I never understand this stuff. Why pick on just him? Oh sure, this was a big "no, no" to leak embargoed trial results early, but others hinted at tidbits from this big trial, too. This is not the first time scientific meetings have had to deal with leaks in the age of the internet. Why single him out? What about this from the Wall Street Journal Health Blog at 25 Mar 2007 @ 11:38 PM:
Interventional cardiologists the Health Blog spoke with – including Leon's colleague Gregg Stone of Columbia University, who ran major Boston Scientific and Abbott Labs stent studies; Donald S. Baim, the chief scientist at Boston Scientific, and Barry F. Uretsky, who co-chairs part of the confab here – echoed this analysis. Hip replacements don't decrease deaths either, Stone pointed out, but they're still worth doing in many patients to improve quality of life.Note that these comments were also made before the COURAGE trial was released. Not that I really care. But should they be reprimanded, too? They were big dogs in this trial, weren't they? Or was the reprimand less about Marty Leon and more about the New England Journal of Medicine?
Maybe the real reason Martin Leon, MD was singled out was another reason: the Journal's impact factor.
Dr. Leon is well known in Cardiology circles. Dr. Leon knows people and industry. He is likeable. When Dr. Leon speaks, people listen. And people write articles. And articles that reference the New England Journal of Medicine are what are needed to increase the Journal's impact factor.
(British Medical Journal - 3/07) The impact factor has become the global currency for a journal's scientific standing and, by implication, of the papers it publishes. Available at the click of a mouse (http://scientific.thomson.com/isi/) from the Institute of Scientific Information and updated every year, the impact factor has three decimal place precision and an impressive range from close to zero to over 30. Some journals delight in flaunting their impact factors, and when the big names such as Nature do this you could be forgiven for believing that the impact factor is both credible and important.And the worst point of all of this, is that the impact factor can be manipulated during a rebuttal process sanctioned by the ISI:
Sadly, this is not the case. Even superficial scratching beneath the hype shows this currency to be so seriously debased that only the naive could attach any value to it. A journal's impact factor is derived as the total number of citations of all its eligible articles (full papers and reviews) published during the previous two years, divided by the total number of eligible articles. The basic assumption that this ratio reflects the journal's scientific quality has been challenged on many counts, including the heavy citation of reviews, self citation, and period of measurement. It doesn't even matter if a paper turns out to be rubbish—or even if the only reason for citing it is to point this out—because all citations count and contribute equally to the journal's impact factor.
This system of negotiations—or, as (the Institute of Scientific Information) ISI's Ms McVeigh prefers it "discussions or clarifications"—has made journals far more cognisant of how editorial decisions can affect impact factors. As well as monitoring cases in which ISI gets it wrong, editors are using this knowledge to their advantage. By keeping the numbers of scholarly articles as small as possible, journals can maximise their ranking. "Every time you get a number you get people working out how to make it work to their advantage", admits Dr (George)Lundberg (editor of JAMA). Several artefacts can influence a publication's ranking in journal lists. Review articles or letters are generally cited more than research papers, so boosting review content can make journals perform better in the ranking. Inclusion of news articles, editorials, and media reviews that are among articles considered "non-source" by ISI can win a journal citations without increasing the denominator. And journals can, of course, deliberately try to inflate self citations by asking authors to reference papers in their journal.The need for inflating impact factors in journals that report clinical research cannot be overstated:
There has been a haemorrhage of clinical academic staff from universities during the past 10 years—mirroring the existence of the research assessment exercise—and wide ranging cuts in specialist teaching available in medical schools, with some subjects now completely absent. Professor Rees says 1000 members of staff have been lost from medical schools, most of them clinical researchers. He attributes this damaging decline to the fact that papers reporting laboratory based research get published in journals with generally higher impact factors than their clinical counterparts, so universities selectively return those sorts of papers for departmental evaluations in the research assessment exercise and funding for clinical investigation decreases as a result.What is clear is that in the age of the internet, print journals, like newspapers, are losing readership. The internet is fast becoming doctors' source for information. So journals are eager to keep up their relevance in such a wired world.
And nothing sells news like bad news - and drives up an impact factor - like the reprimand of one of their own.
23 Apr 2007 - Update: It seems others realize that Wall Street always seems to know the results of these trials before they're released:
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In this tutorial you will learn how to control the AD5206 digital potentiometer using Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI). For an explanation of SPI see the SPI Library reference.
Digital potentiometers are useful when you need to vary the resistance in a circuit electronically rather than by hand. Example applications include LED dimming, audio signal conditioning and tone generation. In this example we will use a six channel digital potentiometer to control the brightness of six LEDs. The steps we will cover for implementing SPI communication can be modified for use with most other SPI devices.
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The AD5206 is a 6 channel digital potentiometer. This means it has six variable resistors (potentiometers) built in for individual electronic control. There are three pins on the chip for each of the six internal variable resistors, and they can be interfaced with just as you would use a mechanical potentiometer. The individual variable resistor pins are labeled Ax, Bx and Wx, ie. A1, B1 and W1. For example, in this tutorial we will be using each variable resistor as a voltage divider by pulling one side pin (pin B) high, pulling another side pin (pin A) low and taking the variable voltage output of the center pin (Wiper). In this case, the AD5206 provides a maximum resistance of 10k ohm, delivered in 255 steps (255 being the max, 0 being the least).
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Grand Junction's Redlands Mesa tops Colorado courses "you can play"
Golfweek magazine has released its annual state-by-state list of "Best courses you can play."
Ten courses are listed for Colorado. Here it is:
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2. Red Sky — Fazio Course, Wolcott
3. The Broadmoor — East Course, Colorado Springs
4. Devil's Thumb, Delta
5. CommonGround, Aurora
6. Lakota Canyon, New Castle
7. The Broadmoor — West Course, Colorado Springs
8. Red Sky — Norman Course, Wolcott
9. Haymaker, Steamboat Springs
10. Bear Dance, Larkspur
My take: It's hard to argue against that list. I believe Colorado warrants a list of at least 15 public/daily-fee courses (Arizona has 25). For my next five, in no particular order, I'd include some of my favorites: The Ridge at Castle Pines North (Castle Rock); The Heritage at Westmoor (Westminster); Fossil Trace (Golden); Walking Stick (Pueblo); and Raven at Three Peaks (Silverthorne).
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- The last open Office Hours of the spring semester will be held 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 and Thursday May 1 in 105 Career Services Center, University Park. Students can drop by with any questions regarding Peace Corps service.
- The final Peace Corps Information session of the 2013-14 academic year will be held 4-5 p.m. Thursday, May 1, in 103 Career Services Center. This particular information session is special, as attendees will listen to a talk by Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Hannah Grow, a 2011 Penn State alumna, who just last month finished serving as a health volunteer in Nicaragua. Come out to hear about Hannah's adventures and learn about how you can make a difference in the world after Penn State.
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Bread is in drastically short supply after most of the bakers who were Egyptian labourers, fled to their native country as unrest worsened.
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It has become so frustrating to try and drive around in search of one's needs in the Libyan capital. Tripoli residents are feeling the sting of shortages resulting from the three-month uprising that took off from Benghazi in mid-February.
The shortages are affecting daily life as international sanctions have begun to be felt and many supply routes have become unstable. The shortages are not just in food and commodities, but also of skilled people in some sectors to keep the city running smoothly.
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Along the road linking Tripoli to Libya's western border with Tunisia, long fuel lines were visible in a series of coastal towns. Libyan-plated cars crowded gas stations in two small Tunisian towns close to the border, and a taxi driver there complained that shortages in Libya were driving up the price in Tunisia.
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In our continued effort to improve safety on our campuses, we would like to inform you about a few safety updates throughout Newport-Mesa Unified School District (NMUSD). For a more robust look into school safety, we encourage you to visit the NMUSD Safety Webpage at www.nmusd.us/SchoolSafety.
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NMUSD staff, in conjunction with our district's security consultant, fencing expert, and school site administration conducted physical site safety reviews at each of our schools to determine potential enhancements to improve physical school security.
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The Sheppey Cluster is an amalgamation of the three establishments; Elmley, Standford Hill, and Swaleside.
Standford Hill is on the site of an ex Royal Air Force station.
The prison was first used in 1950, but the current accommodation was built in 1986.
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In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well—some inspired by a weekly theme and some not, but always songs worth hearing.
As Smog, Bill Callahan has made some truly lovely—albeit occasionally pretty same-y sounding—tunes. He's released 12 records as Smog, 11 of them on Drag City, and while they're all pretty goddamn good, all the music kind of blends together (in my mind, at least) to form this serene but beautiful clump of melancholy tracks. That's how, even though I've been listening to 1997's Red Apple Falls pretty much exclusively lately, I've found myself obsessed once again with "All Your Women Things" off 1996's The Doctor Came At Dawn.
Callahan's ode to lingerie, "All Your Women Things" is a nearly 7-minute master class on how to write a song about love, loss, and breasts. Callahan rues, in that unmistakable baritone, that he ignored a woman he's lost either because of a breakup or a death, saying "Well it's been seven years / And the thought of your name / Still makes me weak in the knees." He bemoans the fact that he ignored "your left breast / your right breast" and marvels at "All your bridges and bras / Your cotton and gauze / All your buckles and straps / Releases and traps." It would be incredibly romantic if it weren't just unbelievably heartbreaking. (It's also a little bit creepy, as Callahan songs are wont to be. In the bridge, he says he's gathered all the woman's leftover lingerie and made "a spread-eagle dolly.")
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- Using interests to map to the many various themes/calls, etc.
- Working out who to approach on specific projects.
- Working out what happens elsewhere and how to make the most of that knowledge.
Please make sure you spend some time to look at the available resources below to get an idea of the system:
Justification of Resources: Best Practice Fri 2 Aug 2019 10:00 Finished
- Overview and background
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- How to structure and write a justification
- Good / bad practice
- Examples (UKRI / EC)
Pathways to Impact Thu 11 Jul 2019 09:30 Finished
- United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) requirements for impact in a grant application
- Do's and Don'ts in writing a pathways to impact
- Impact support initiatives at Cambridge
- Pathways to mpact assessment exercise
Research Funding Team: An Introduction Mon 24 Jun 2019 10:00 Finished
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- Research Professional (RP) and funding opportunities (how to use RP, how RF Team use it and annotate it)
- Restricted calls policy and process
- PVC and VC support letters policy
- Brief intro to other areas of responsibility and activity (institutional funding grants, funder relations, etc.).
Symplectic Elements: An Introduction Tue 9 Jul 2019 14:00 Finished
- Introduction to the data Research Information Team hold on research outputs and their provenance
- Introduction to the tools that can be used with them
- Outlining the types of insight/intelligence that can be gathered from this activity
- Opportunity to explore with the trainer what sort of data/insight/intelligence would help you in your work to help inform future direction of travel
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Justin H. Piatt - Well, here we are again. Time to review the Muppet film that has received perhaps the most criticism of all Muppet films.
I have to admit, this was difficult for me. There is so much in this movie that I love, but so much in it that I also… very much don't love. This article will also be much more detailed than the previous two, as I feel there is more to defend… and more to criticize. Let us consider the silver lining of the Bog of Eternal Stench that is…
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
(This could be a long one.)
The Bad:
1. The first thing I'll point out is that when I first watched this movie, I liked it a lot. It wasn't great, but it was good. Then when I watched it on DVD, I liked it even more! … But wait… I'm supposed to be listing bad points here, aren't I? Well, this is a bad point. It's bad because with most Muppet movies, you're supposed to find more and more to love about the film each time you watch it. With The Muppets Wizard of Oz, I find more and more to dislike about the film each time I watch it. Sad, but true. I used to wonder why so few people enjoyed it. Now I understand, unfortunately.
2. Miss Piggy's "Cuddles!" I feel as uncomfortable during this as Dorothy and Pepe—Er, Toto seem to.
3. Pepe. I like Pepe, but he's kind of annoying here. Like he takes up too much of the movie. I really wish Rowlf had played Toto, and they had found another role for Pepe to play.
4. "Those are my nipples." Cringe! I know it's been said before, but you would have been disappointed had I not brought it up, wouldn't you?
5. The Kalidah Critics. A great concept that was poorly executed. Rather than being funny, Statler and Waldorf are just plain mean here. Again, it was a great idea. A nice reference to the book, but… wow, you feel worse for Fozzie in this scene than at the worst moments of The Muppet Show's first season.
6. Dorothy's Don King hair. Maybe it's just not my kind of humor. Is there actually such a thing as hair humor?
7. "What happens in Emerald City stays in Emerald City." Not only an overused joke, but also an overused phrase, and one that disturbs me every time I hear it.
8. Dorothy is re-born! Or rather, Osbourne. I laughed at this the first time I saw it, but since… Golly, do I hate this joke! I'm also not fond of the Muppets initially teasing Dorothy for her "table cloth" of an outfit. Although, seriously Dorothy, what were you thinking with that one?
9. CGI-effects. The CG Wizard always bugs me. The effect is poorly done, and I think it could have been much more interesting to do it all live. A live woman, a chicken puppet, a ball of fire. And you're telling me they couldn't have hired a real dragon? … Oh. They couldn't hire a real dragon? *ahem* Sorry. … Um, I'll also add here that I don't like the corny delivery the Wizard gives when he's computer generated.
10. "The Witch is In the House." I love the scene, (I'll delve into that more in a bit) but much of the song sounds very awkward. The lyrics sound like they were written in a hurry, sort of last minute. I know, because I've written songs like that. And Miss Piggy's performance is… well, a little awkward as well. Props to Eric Jacobson for taking the song on. As far as I'm aware, Frank Oz never performed a scene like this with Miss Piggy, so Eric really had no frame of reference here. The fact that it seems like Piggy at all is very commendable.
11. "Oh-wah-ta-foo-ly-am." Jeez, what an awful, awful, unoriginal trick that only 3-year olds find funny. I suppose it's kind of funny that the Flying Monkeys actually fell for it, and Crazy Harry's "That's comedy and magic!" line is funny, but… still… A terrible bit.
12. Angel Marie. Great in Muppet Treasure Island, just awful here. I don't much like it that Fozzie can take Angel Marie out just by tickling him. And the "Spank me" line? Cringe!
13. Quentin Tarantino's cameo. It was really pointless. Broke the pacing of the movie.
14. Pepe's "going cyclone" to reveal the Wizard. I don't think it was as funny as they intended. It's nice that "Toto" reveals the wizard for who he is, as with the actual Wizard of Oz story, but… well, I just don't like this part. Next!
15. Penguins are unisex? Huh? Well, maybe the joke was funny the first time you heard it, but it gets under your collar now, too, doesn't it? Said unisex penguins are always great, though, aren't they? Don't worry, I'll stop asking you questions now. … Or will I?
16. This is the first time there has ever really been an out-and-out evil character in a Muppet movie. And the character was played by Miss Piggy, no less. This was a mistake, I think. There should always be some redeemable quality to a Muppet character (or even a character in a Muppet film). Perhaps the only character to come close to being this evil was that Martin Price guy from The Muppets Take Manhattan, and I didn't like that scene either. (No, Mel Brooks' character in The Muppet Movie does not count. That was just silliness!)
17. The framing of most of the movie is very weird. I really don't like it. Kirk Thatcher's a brilliant writer, but his directorial style leaves much to be desired here. I will say, however, that his directing skills have greatly improved since this was made. Love his work on Muppets.com and the Give a Day, Get a Day commercials.
18. The movie also has some story and pacing issues. There's some confusion about what exactly Dorothy wants. Is she going to Oz to get home or to become a star? If it's to become a star, why does she suddenly realize she wants to go home? If it's to go home, why is she singing on the Wizard's show? Well, I won't worry about it anymore. I'll just put this out of my mind whenever I watch the movie, and just enjoy the following…
The Good:
1. While I wouldn't list this as a good point, and would have overlooked it entirely, but I wanted to defend Ashanti. Many have a problem with her in this movie. I don't understand that. I don't see anything wrong with her performance. I don't love the casting decision, but it certainly wasn't a bad one. She interacts well with the Muppets, better than some of the guests on The Muppet Show. … Anyway, I don't want to spend a lot of time here. Just wanted to point out that I'm pro-Ashanti in this movie.
2. "The National Weather Bureau has raised the twister alert from right-foot green, to right-foot yellow." Funny line!
3. Pepe. Sure, he's listed as a bad thing, but his wit adds a lot to the movie for me… Yes, at the same time that he annoys me. But, who can resist a proud nudist? And one who's so very naughty, okay. You did catch that off-color joke about the teddy bear, didn't you? You didn't? Well, perhaps you should watch the movie again.
4. The Dark Side of the Moon reference. For those of you who have actually experienced Dark Side of the Rainbow, I must say… isn't it just creepy? Um, unfortunately it doesn't really work with the Muppet version… Line's still funny, though. As is the "'80s band" summary.
5. This film follows the original story much better than pretty much any other version of the Wizard of Oz released. And the Munchkins being played by rats was a nice touch, since it allowed Rizzo more screen time while keeping certain story elements intact. (Go read the book if you don't know why this is so. 'Tis good.) In addition, LOVE the Munchkin jingle! "Calling all Munchkins! Let's do lunchkins!"
6. I like how much fun Kermit seems to have playing the Scarecrow. In fact, I think Kermit, Gonzo and Fozzie are all wonderfully cast as the Scarecrow, Tin Thing and Cowardly Lion. But then, who else would you cast? (I know, I know. Scooter as the Scarecrow. Crazy Harry as Tin Thing. Sam the Eagle as Cowardly Lion. I know, I know.) I also love the design of each character. Very well done, Muppet Workshop or Puppet Heap or whoever was making the puppets at this time. And this is really the first time since The Great Muppet Caper that the three were used as a team again. Love that.
7. HA! The value of Fozzie's wallet is increased by the fact that it's Velcro. *giggle*
8. Evil bunnies. Evil bunnies should be everywhere in the Muppet universe. Just wish they had popped up again later in the movie, maybe to help fight against the Wicked Witch.
9. "When I'm With You." I like this song. Kinda catchy, sweet, fun. And, hey! The Muppets are singing again! Whoo-hoo! And I always crack up over the line "Cashmere is washable!" It's so random, pointless, and perfect. Pepe: "I don't have any rhymes for this, okay, so… Cashmere is washable!"
10. Poppyfields. Groovy, baby! The Electric Mayhem's song, though lacking in the lyrics department, was fun. And the scene's also kinda funny.
11. The secondary Muppet casting. I love Scooter, Bunsen, Beaker and Sam at Emerald City. Perhaps Sam is not the funniest here, but he is well cast. And the initial introduction of Scooter as the "Wizard" is pretty funny. And when are Bunsen and Beaker's experiments unfunny? … Oh, right. When they involve Kelly Osbourne.
12. Frank Oz reference. Fanboy says: "Ack! Kermit just said Frank Oz's name! Eeeeeeeee!" (Freak out; faint; die)
13. Johnny and Sal as the Wicked Witch's main henchmen. Hilarious! And love that Johnny's kind of in love with the Wicked Witch of the West. "No, sugar patch! How could it be?"
14. Love Fozzie's volunteering Kermit to stop the Wicked Witch! Poor Kermit. Typical Fozzie. Love it!
15. "The Witch is in the House." I love the scene! The song is awkward, but the scene is really amazing. I love all the Flying Monkeys, the lighting is great. The action is good. When I first saw this, it made me think, "Yes, I do want to work for the Muppets." I should also point out that the Flying Monkeys are great throughout (most) of the film.
16. "The agony of de-feet!" Yes, Johnny. It is a great pun.
17. "Do you know what I do to pests?" "You welcome us as part of an unconventional multispecies family?" You know something? I love Rizzo. I don't think I realized just how funny he was until I started writing this series of articles. Steve Whitmire, you are indeed a genius with that rat. "Eh, Munchkin, actually."
18. Quentin Tarantino's cameo. Do you have any idea how much good is also bad in this movie? Wow. Well, anyway, I really do like the scene itself. I love Kermit's reaction to Tarantino. And his excitement over affordable entertainment reminds me of The Muppet Show days.
19. Jeffrey Tambor. (Hey! I wrote Tamboy again!) The very awkward yet pompous nerd that the Wizard turns out to be is a great character. And the revealing of the wig is pretty darn funny.
20. Piggy's flirting with Kermit at the end. Dunno. Just like it.
21. And, finally, the ending makes ya feel good, don't it? And, no, not just because it's the end (Stop that, you Kalidah critics!). No, Dorothy reaches her dream, the Muppets get to sing and dance and celebrate as they do best. Okay, so the song's not the greatest, but it's still a nice little ending.
Well, initially I was going to make this a four-part series, and I was going to review Hey, Cinderella! Initially, because I remembered disliking it. Then I just re-watched the show and… well, now I guess I like it. Most of it. I still have problems with it, such as how the main focus of the program is entirely on the humans rather than the Muppets. In fact, you could have left the Muppets out altogether and tell basically the same story (couldn't do that with Muppet Treasure Island, all ye nay-sayers!). However, I don't think this is enough to base a review on… even though I just did review it.
Wow. This turned out to be a lot longer than I intended it to be. So I guess I'll stop writing now.
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ROCK HILL, S.C. (May 29, 2013) – The newly-formed strike tandem of Mike Magee and Chris Rolfe proved the difference as the Chicago Fire trumped the Charlotte Eagles (USL-PRO) 2-0 in the 3rd Round of the 100th edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Wednesday night on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C.
The Fire will host the Columbus Crew in the 4th Round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup at Toyota Park on Wednesday, June 12. Time is TBA. Tickets for the Fire – Crew Open Cup tilt go on-sale on Thursday, May 30 at noon via Ticketmaster and by calling 888-MLS-Fire. The match is Bonus Game 2 for Fire Season Ticket Holders.
Fire head man Frank Klopas trotted out a first team lineup featuring the club's newest acquisitions Baky Soumare and Magee. The visitors controlled the match from the opening whistle, utilizing the lion's share of possession to take the lead in the opening minutes.
In the 11th minute the Fire capitalized on the team's industrious start as Fire defender Gonzalo Segares sent a driven ball to the back post. Magee, making his Fire debut after being acquired from LA Galaxy for the right of first refusal for midfielder Robbie Rogers, met the ball with enthusiasm and headed it past Charlotte goalkeeper Eric Reed to give the four-time Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup champions a 1-0 advantage.
The home side looked to bounce back from the early deficit when Jorge Herrera played a measured ball into space for Shaun Francis charging in on goal. The former Columbus Crew defender took a touch a clanged his effort off of the crossbar.
Charlotte came close again in the 52nd minute as Fire defender Austin Berry collided with Eagles midfielder Sam Asante in the offensive third. The ball trickled to Stefan Smith but Fire 'keeper Paolo Tornaghi rushed off his line to clear away the fifth-fifty challenge from the Antigua and Barbuda forward. Tornaghi earned his second career shutout while donning a Fire shirt.
The Fire put the game away on a wonderstrike from the boot of Rolfe in the 57th minute. With the Fire on the attack, Rolfe and Magee combined to drive toward goal. Magee fed Rolfe in stride and the Fire's second all-time leading scorer smacked a dipping ball that pierced the back of the net to give the Fire a 2-0 lead. The strike was Rolfe's first for the Fire in the U.S. Open Cup and his 50th goal across all competitions for the Men in Red.
The Fire return to MLS action when they host Eastern Conference rivals D.C. United at Toyota Park on Sunday, June 2 at 4:00 p.m. CT (UniMas/My50/La Ley 107.9 FM). Tickets are available by calling 888-MLS-Fire or by visiting www.Chicago-Fire.com.
- With the win, the Fire improve to 30-11-4 all-time in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup since the club's foray into the tournament in 1998.
- After being acquired Saturday from the LA Galaxy, Mike Magee made his Fire debut.
- Chicago Fire captain Logan Pause made his 24 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup appearance. With the start Pause ties Fire goalkeeper Zach Thornton for second most all-time appearances in the Open Cup. With his next appearance the Fire veteran will tie Fire Original C.J. Brown for most Fire appearances in the Open Cup.
- Chris Rolfe notched his first Fire goal in the U.S. Open Cup. The Fire previously scored a goal for the Fire Reserves (PDL) in 2004.
- Fire defender Baky Soumare made his second start in his second stint with the Fire after being acquired via trade from the Philadelphia Union last week.
- Paolo Tornaghi got his second career U.S. Open Cup start.
- The Fire were without the services of Sean Johnson who was with the U.S. Men's National Team in Cleveland for its match against Belgium.
Chicago Fire Head Coach Frank Klopas
Thoughts on the team's performance...
"It was great not only for Mike to have a good game and score but also for Chris Rolfe. I think games like this are never easy, you see around the world just the upsets that take place and there are great opportunities for teams like Charlotte to compete again MLS teams and also for players to showcase their abilities. More than anything we had to take the game very serious, which we did but it was a great night. The facilities here were great, they're a great team and we kept a clean sheet and so it was nice for us."
On the play of the attacking four...
"I think Mike had a lot to do with the success in attack. He connected a lot of passes and he's already thinking a couple steps ahead before the ball comes. He's a guy to connect and play with and so he helped all around. I think Alex also in the middle, his ability to be on the ball and kind of dictate the possession and rhythm of play was good. More than anything it was a good effort by the group and now we move on. We wanted to make sure we were focused and took this match seriously so I give a lot of credit to my players."
On facing Columbus in the next round...
"We shift our focus back to the league and D.C. United for Sunday now but we're looking forward to getting to play this tournament at our home stadium against a rival in Columbus."
Chicago Fire 2 – 0 Charlotte Eagles
Chicago Fire: Paolo Tornaghi; Jalil Anibaba, Austin Berry, Baky Soumare, Gonzalo Segares; Logan Pause © (Jeff Larentowicz, 46'); Dilly Duka, Alex, Patrick Nyarko (Joel Lindpere, 52'); Chris Rolfe (Sherjill MacDonald, 72'), Mike Magee
Substitutes not used: Alec Kaan, Michael Videira, Hunter Jumper
Charlotte Eagles: Eric Reed; Ben Newnam, Matt Gold, Fejiro Okiomah, Shaun Francis; Stephen Okai, Juan Guzman (Drew Yates, 75'); Jorge Herrera, Sam Asante, Nate Thornton (Sergio Villasenor, 45'); Stefan Smith (Christian Meza, 59')
Substitutes not used: Brock Duckworth, Christian Ramirez, Evan Harding, Nick Courtney
Scoring Summary
CHI – Mike Magee (Gonzalo Segares) 11'
CHI – Chris Rolfe (Mike Magee) 57'
Misconduct Summary
CHI – Baky Soumare (caution) 39'
CHA – Sergio Villasenor (caution) 85'
Referee: Lance Jacob Vanhaitsma
Assistants: Jeff Muschik, Jude Carr
Fourth Official: Mark Buda
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When H&M announced that Maison Martin Margiela would be its next collaborative brand, well, we here at Bloginity were more than just a little dubious, to say the least. We have friends who reside outside the fashion world; we know people who throw the phrase "Who on earth would actually ever wear that?" around like it's their job, a phrase typically reserved for the likes of highly experimental houses like Margiela. It's an audacious choice for the retail giant, but now that the whole collection has hit our inbox, we can say now that the results make this a real fashion no-brainer.
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The older I get, the more I appreciate a good power steering setup. And why not-the less effort needed to make my truck turn, the better. But unlike a manual setup, where my hands were quick to report any possible problems-whether in the box, the suspension, or the tires-power assist can sometimes mask those little indications (at least for me). In the past, the only time I gave any attention to a power steering system was if I heard that unforgettable whine or felt any pulsating in the steering wheel. Other than that, if it was quiet and smooth, it worked. But was it working correctly? Up until now, I thought it was.
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Seeing that the rag joint and slip yoke on the column were all but done with, I called the steering experts at Borgeson Universal to see what they thought. Instead of replacing the OE components, they suggested a trusty set of splined-to-Double-D (DD) joints, especially since I was already using an ididit column. Since I tend to drive the truck more like a sports car at times, they suggested I swap the old worn-out Saginaw box for a quicker-ratio one-except they were out of stock at the time. Borgeson steered me to one of their major dealers, CPP, who just happened to be right down the street from me, but more importantly, had the Saginaw 800 I needed on the shelf (Borgeson is currently in stock, as is CPP).
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