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Sample the authoritative guidance from Larry Pozner and Roger Dodd in this excerpt from the Masters of Cross-Examination DVD: www.youtube.com
Undermining the opponent's case and discrediting the opponent's witnesses have historically been viewed as primary goals of cross-examination. However, counsel can also use cross-examination constructively to control the opponent's witnesses so that the witnesses will advance the attorney's own theory of the case. This use of cross-examination can be devastatingly effective, yet many attorneys fail to deploy it. With authoritative guidance from Larry Pozner and Roger Dodd, The Masters of Cross-Examination DVD set gives attorneys the practical tools to unleash the power of constructive cross-examination for better trial outcomes. Four DVDs, containing nine lectures, provide detailed guidance on the authors' signature "Chapter Method" of preparing for cross-examination, as well as proven techniques for controlling witnesses.
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Table of Contents
Lecture 1 Changing Your Mindset: An Introduction to Advanced Cross-Examination
Lecture 2 A Thin Stream of Fear: Creating and Controlling Anxiety in the Courtroom
Lecture 3 Assisting Discovery: An Exploration of Constructive Cross-Examination
Lecture 4 Back to Basics: The Three Commandments of Constructive Cross-Examination
Lecture 5 A Rose by Any Other Name: The Importance of Word Selection in a Constructive Cross-Examination
Lecture 6 Before the Courtroom: Preparing for Constructive Cross-Examination
Lecture 7 The Tell-Tale Heart: Improving Control of Hostile Witnesses With Constructive Cross-Examination
Lecture 8 The Chameleon Effect: An Exploration of Looping Techniques in Cross-Examination
Lecture 9 Catch 'Em If You Can: Wrangling the Runaway Witness

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Why Engagement Rings Made With Diamonds
Moving around with a lot of money on engagement rings love and valuable assets has become both symbols. When the engagement sours naturally, both parties want to finish with a rock. The other side breaks up for the question of why engagement rings made with diamonds that looks nice for the person allowed to keep, but the situation often is not simple.
The idea of giving a ring as a sign of engagement in particular is not new. Swap the known modest engagement rings Romans iron; in the next period, they turned next to gold. All you have to get involved in a church wedding and the bride had to get a ring. In addition, couples engagement and marriage had to observe a new waiting period between. That could actually married European aristocrats as they counted down the days to their lovers mind the answer of why engagement rings made with diamonds.
Engagement rings have been around for centuries, the diamond has a rather late addition to the party. For many years, only there weren't all these very diamond in the world market, so it was quite rare for diamond engagement rings. Despite these high-profile public, job 19. Centuries in the diamond front remained silent.
This is a De Beers diamond price support and helped create the illusion of famine, but how the process of diamond that became the need of why engagement rings made with diamonds? We think the old tradition as diamond engagement ring, though; really De Beers rolled out in the late 1930s is the result of a brilliant marketing plan just for this.
The Agency's campaign undoubtedly was one of the most influential of all time. The Agency got the biggest stars in Hollywood wear diamonds and diamond ring as an emerging trend in the leading fashion designers to speak up.


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You simply cannot visit Texas and not try the barbecue. Lucky for you, Houston has really stepped up its game in recent years. After years of being overshadowed by Hill Country power smokers like Franklin, Mueller and Snow's, Houston's pitmasters are serving up notable briskets, ribs and sausage. Here are some barbecue joints we recommend.
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Donaldo needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 28 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
The goal is to attractively present our course content and show that it is a process, not just another course.
Leadership Management Ireland - As per the logo file
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A clean and simple design, easily viewed with pdf reader and, although full colour easily and clearly printed on black and white printer if required.
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Original vector with all layers plus high res pdf plus low res pdf for download
We want a simple glossy brochure outlining our course content. The successful designer will also be asked to use the same design as a basis for a further seven (7) programme brochures. Our corporate colours are PMS 281 and 285 and would expect a design to complement these as they appear in our logo.
The goal is to attractively present our course content and showing that it is a process, not just another course.
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Thank goodness there was no one sitting in this Smartcar when it hit the wall at 70mph, but even though the German-made Mercedes vehicle is tiny, it's built like a truck. Remarkably, the door still opens after that tremendous impact. Maybe the Smartcar isn't a deathtrap after all.
Although we still doubt such a crash would be survivable, this demo certainly changes our opinion of the safety of the diminutive Smartcar. We saw these cars all over the place on a recent trip to Montréal, and thought they looked way-cool, gadgety and almost toy-like. You might be seeing such cars around the United States sometime next year, and you can reserve a 2008 Smart fortwo now for $99. [SmartUSA, via New Launches]


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Accelerated depreciation allows businesses to write off investments in developments such as wind projects rapidly, thereby reducing their tax liability.
However, it could have been worse. There were reports earlier this year the incentive would be scrapped altogether.
In January, director of wind policy at the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said: "Accelerated depreciation will go away in the April."
Launched in the 1990s, accelerated depreciation has been a key factor in the expansion of India's wind sector to more than 14GW of total capacity.
It is hoped developers may turn to India's REC scheme, which has been growing in popularity. September's auction increased by nearly 100% compared to a previous one in July.


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So what is everyones thoughts on this game? I am thinking of getting it as the commercials look good. I have stayed away from the last several Tom Clancy games the last couple of years because I thought the games were horrible.
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his" - General George S. Patton
Enjoying it myself it's a grind type game but the new dlc looks like it's going to make the game even more fun.
It is a grind type game. I enjoyed playing it the first few weeks, but then got tired of all the running around trying to get from mission to mission. I haven't really dove into the Dark Zone, maybe if I get interested in the game again. For now, I'll stick with what I know Battlefield 4. ^_^ And I'd say it was a waste of $93, but if you can prove me wrong, go right ahead.
Oh, btw, what are your thoughts on the new underground DLC? I didn't get it. Don't know if I should bother with it.


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Schmitz said there was still enough money available for offshore finance. However, the terms for this are no longer as generous as they once were.
Banks are less likely to agree longer terms as they have done in the past, with 10-7 years most likely. Also, he said banks would be more likely to back projects in countries with stable energy policies.
He highlighted Germany, UK, France and the Netherlands as among the best countries for invesment.


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Combine ideal weather, the biggest Hughes Stadium crowd in some time and Colorado State's most lopsided win in three years (also vs. UNLV) and it was the perfect setting for a group of visiting recruits Saturday.
The leading name was Kapri Bibbs of Plainfield (Ill) North. He set an Illinois record 520 yards on 39 carries and all seven touchdowns in a 49-43 close call victory over Oswego HS.
Bibbs, accompanied on the trip by his father (always a sign a prospect is very interested) said his phone lit up after the off-the-charts rushing game.
The three-star 5-11 198-pound back committed to CSU in the summer and Saturday's atmosphere solidified the decision. "This is where I want to be," he said. By the way he claims a 4.3 40-yard dash to his credit.
Two other recruits I caught up with were Adarius Rayner, a 6-2, 260-pound prospect from Largo, Fla., who also has offers from Indiana and Iowa State and Darius Johnson, a 6-5, 257-pound offensive tackle from CSU feeder Orlando (FL) Dr. Phillips. Johnson also committed to CSU over the summer.
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This is the fifth post in this series. You can see all of the posts by clicking on the Arts Aftercare tag.
Required Reading: I highly recommend reading the Wikipedia page on Human Trafficking in the Philippines. It will give you better context for my story and the situation in places like Angeles City.
The final destination of our trip was Angeles City, the second largest sex tourism destination in the world. This was a difficult way to end the trip, but at the same time, I'm really glad I didn't start the trip with this. It was a dark, heavy place, and I was definitely out of my comfort zone.
While I was taking pictures in front of a bar on the Walking Street, a man approached me and asked me to take his picture with a group of bar girls (pictured below). After the group shot, and an off-color comment, the man introduced Becker and I to his girlfriend, who is in the next picture. He told us what a great time was waiting to be had in Angeles, and we chatted with him for a few minutes. Before we parted ways, he asked how he could get copies of the pictures I took. He gave us his email address, and after we returned to our hotel that night, we looked him up on Facebook. Turns out, his name is Michael Wiener, and he is a former New Mexico State Senator, and the current County Commissioner in Bernalillo County.
Angeles was a strange place, because for the previous 8 days in the Philippines, we saw very few caucasians. As soon as we arrived in Angeles, we saw hundreds of middle aged and older white men everywhere we went with young Filipino women. I saw some extremely disturbing things, and felt a heavy darkness in Angeles. I don't really know if it is necessary to go into any detail about all of that stuff, but I also don't really feel like talking about it any further. I think these images say what I feel needs to be said.
This is the one picture from this series that is not from Angeles. Pegasus is in Manila, but it fit so well with this series, and I had to find a way to show it. The sign says it all. Pegasus is a high end club that is known for selling very young girls. They charge $500 just to get in the door.
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On the heels of the publication of Nate Dougherty's article in the Rochester Business Journal's 25th-Anniversary Commemorative Edition highlighting Tom Golisano's transition from bold entrepreneur to best-in-class CEO, the Golisano Foundation held its Health Care Leadership Awards luncheon on Oct. 18. There, Tom Golisano and the foundation trustees recognized six remarkable Rochester-area health care practitioners who have made a difference in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities through their practices and involvement with Special Olympics' Healthy Athletes program, which provides front-line health services, education and care at Special Olympics events.
The awards luncheon brought together more than 250 community leaders in health, education, politics, business and disability, along with numerous Special Olympics athletes and their families, to celebrate the dedication of the six awardees. It also was a fitting backdrop for Tom Golisano to present Special Olympics with the first installment toward his recent $12 million commitment to help expand access to community-based health care for more people with intellectual disabilities worldwide.
I mention the article, the event and the gift because while Tom is rightly recognized for his achievements as a businessman, his accomplishments as a philanthropist should not be underestimated. Through his foundation and years of work assisting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, he has raised awareness of the largest underserved population. Throughout the globe, people with intellectual disabilities are the most universally marginalized population-subject to stereotype and stigma at best, isolation and cruel institutionalization at worst.
Thanks to his support and involvement, Special Olympics is building a new, improved and expanded model that will go beyond the episodic health care we currently provide at our sporting events-and Rochester will be on the leading edge of this new programming. The new model will be one that uses those events as the catalyst to ongoing, community-based partnerships that increase access to health care and information for people with intellectual disabilities.
We are significantly ramping up our ability to collect vital data on health disparities facing people with intellectual disabilities so that no one-especially public health officials-can ignore the problem. And we are moving beyond our focus on health care issues that are universal in nature (i.e., vision, dental) and into partnerships that allow us to address regionally acute health issues, including those facing people with intellectual disabilities living in extreme poverty (i.e., TB, HIV/AIDS, malaria, etc.).
In short, Tom's business smarts, coupled with his lack of contentment with the status quo, helped lead us in a new direction. He sees opportunities where others may be complacent and helps organizations to implement effective strategies that both improve and extend their reach. He brings equal amounts of Fortune 500 boardroom wisdom, startup creativity and urgency to the philanthropic industry.
In my dealings with Tom as chairman of Special Olympics International, he has continually and consistently coupled the discipline of a CEO with the optimism of an entrepreneur. And for many non-profits-Special Olympics included-the business approach that he brings to social problems is invaluable. In our case, Tom took his time learning about our existing model for delivering health care at our competitions-and once informed, he pressed us to think differently and aggressively about how we could improve our performance, escalate our impact worldwide and reduce the mistreatment of people with intellectual disabilities.
This mistreatment affects all aspects of life, from being mercilessly bullied in schools to being denied employment and other opportunities. But the most damaging result is the lack of access to health care. The Special Olympics movement engages thousands of athletes with intellectual disabilities every day around the world, and the health horror stories we hear are unbelievable. We see athletes with heart defects that could have been detected in moments with a simple stethoscope, but no one had ever bothered to check. We see athletes with teeth so decayed that every moment in their lives is pain-filled, but they have no dental insurance. We see athletes with such high pressure in their eyes that blindness is imminent, but they had never before had an eye exam.
Arguably, the most heart-rending part of this story is how few people know this problem exists. More than two-thirds of people think that people with intellectual disabilities have the same or better health care than those without disabilities. People with intellectual disabilities have no army of lobbyists on Capitol Hill or in statehouses, no media outlets telling their story, no presence in boardrooms at health insurance companies. Fortunately, Tom Golisano is one voice for this voiceless population. Considering the scope of the challenge and everything he brings to the causes he dedicates himself to, people with intellectual disabilities worldwide are lucky indeed to have him in their corner.
Still, the challenge of ensuring equal opportunity in health care for people with intellectual disabilities remains and much still needs to be done. Thanks to the help of people like Tom, Special Olympics is fighting a dignity revolution, and we need more people working toward making ours a better world. I implore you, if you are a health care professional, to volunteer with Healthy Athletes at your local or state-level Special Olympics; if you are a business leader, partner with Special Olympics and consider hiring people with disabilities in your workplace; and no matter who you are, contact your representatives and demand that they support policies to bring better health to those most in need. Together, we can build a more equitable future for all.
Timothy P. Shriver is chairman and CEO of Special Olympics International.
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We couldn't have asked for our campaign to have gone any better when funding our project through Peoplefund.it, we gained loads of press and managed to raise £40k in just six days. We even managed to meet Hugh who awarded us with a giant cheque!
Road.cc jumped on this story and couldn't wait to tell everyone about our project. http://road.cc/content/news/49570-bicycle-academy-get-their-%C2%A340290-funding-peoplefundit-presented-hugh-fearnley
Bdaily also ran a story on our massive success.
The Bicycle Academy is a new enterprise that will provide people with the skills and facilities to design and make their own bikes.
Can't watch the video? Here's what it said...
"My name's Andrew and with your help I'm hoping to open a frame building school and bicycle workshop.
To many people bikes are a lifeline that make it possible to get food, water, work or an education. Together with the charity re~cycle we've started work on the design of a standard bicycle frame specifically for use in Africa. Every student who takes a course with us will build one of these frames which will then be made into a working bicycle before being distributed to those in need via partnering charities.
At the heart of The Bicycle Academy is an important balance of give and take - once graduated students will be able to use the workshop to build their own frames, at their own pace, as and when they want to, so instead of putting all of your energy and first-time anxiety into one frame, you can build it knowing that it will be the first of many and give it away knowing that it will help to change someone's life.
I've partnered with Brian Curtis, a legendary frame builder with over 30 years of experience. Brian will oversee and teach all frame building at The Bicycle Academy. In addition to the courses & workshop hire we'll offer Jig building kits, a library with every frame building book you can think of and we'll sell materials and consumables in small quantities to order. We want to make frame-building as accessible as possible.
Now, to get the project up and running we're crowd funding The Bicycle Academy using peoplefund and that's why we need your help.
We've got the workshop, but haven't got anything to fill it with - We need to buy brazing stations, a lathe, a pillar drill, jigs and a full complement of bike tools.
By pledging £500 you're pre-buying one of the first course places before they become available to anyone else, but that's not the only way that you can help; we're offering rewards for pledges from just £20 - and remember it's all or nothing, your money will only be taken if we reach our funding goal. So, if we fall short it won't cost you a penny, but if we reach the target then everyone will get their rewards and we'll get to fill our workshop full of tools.
We've made a great start - now we need your help to get it up and running, so please support us by making a pledge.
Thank You"
When will we open?
If we reach our funding goal then we expect to be able to open The Bicycle Academy and start teaching people in February 2012. We're pre-selling the first 8-10 months of course places during this crowd funding campaign so if you'd like to come on a course with us in 2012 please make a pledge for the course of your choice.
What will the Workshop be like?
We're going to set up The Bicycle Academy workshop in a 700sq ft unit in the heart of Frome, Somerset (the town we live in).
The Bicycle Academy workshop will be equipped with a full suite of frame building and bike shop tools, we'll have a library with every frame building book you can think of and we'll sell materials and consumables in small quantities too. We'll have a number of brazing stations, a lathe, a pillar drill and a kettle, of course.
Aside from being used to provide the courses the workshop will be open all week to all course graduates to work on their own frame building projects at an affordable rate based upon time spent and materials used.
And the Courses?
At the Bicycle Academy we're going to build bicycle frames out of steel and we're going to specialise in fillet brazing (or bronze welding as it's sometimes called) as this is the most versatile method of building steel bicycle frames, and it's what Brian is famous for. So while we won't teach how to make lugged frames (to begin with), you'll come away being able to join any two tubes together in any configuration so will be far better off than if relying upon using pre-made lugs.
We're going to provide frame, fork and jig building courses and one-to-one brazing master classes too, with the following courses now available as part of the crowd funding at a discounted price:
Frame Building
Frame building will be taught by Brian Curtis who will teach students how to build lugless steel frames during 4 day courses (Monday to Thursday), either 2:1 (£500 each) or 1:1 (£1000 each) over 20 hrs. Students will learn by making a TBA Africa bike which will then be built up into a working bicycle by other students before being given to those in need via partnering charities. Once graduated from this course students will be able to use The Bicycle Academy workshop to build their own frames.
Brazing Masterclass
Brian Curtis will teach fillet brazing (or bronze welding as it is sometimes called) during this 1 day 1:1 course (£300) held on a weekday over 6 hrs. This course is aimed at people who have some brazing experience but want to be taught how to fillet braze by Brian.
When can you take your course?
We'll open our calendar (to those who have pledged for course places) for bookings on a first come first served basis, once the crowd funding is over. We're pre-selling the first 8-10 months of course places during this crowd funding campaign so if you'd like to come on a course with us in 2012 please make a pledge for the course of your choice.
What does fillet brazing look like?
Here are a few photos of Brian's fillet brazing, Brian only ever cleans the flux off the joins (as pictured below) but some people like to file the braze to make it look like the tubes blend together once painted. You can do either.
Why build bikes for people in Africa?
To many people in Africa bikes are a lifeline that make it possible to get food, water, work or an education. The Bicycle Academy is working closely with Re~cycle to develop a utility bicycle that is as useful as can be to these people, taking into account everything from frame design to maintenance of components throughout its life.
By developing a single utility bicycle design and standardising its components The Bicycle Academy will address many of the problems associated with suitability, maintenance and sustainability that other bicycle distribution charities encounter.
Every frame will be uniquely identified so that students can find out where the donated bicycle is sent and who is benefiting from its use. We hope to be able to donate our first batch of Africa bikes in late spring 2012.
Why will we give your first frame away?
It's fair to say that the first bike you build will be the worst bike you build (although functionally fine), so why not give it away to someone who really needs one?
For many people the cost of existing frame building classes coupled with the lack of opportunities to continue frame building means that they do so only once, so it's normal to want to keep hold of it. The Bicycle Academy is different, we'll be open every week for graduates to come back and build their own frames, at their own pace, as and when they want to. So, rather than putting all your focus into one frame you can build it knowing that it will be the first of many and give it away knowing that it will change someone's life.
If you live too far away to make use of the workshop frequently you will be able to benefit from affordable jig building kits, materials and consumables too so that you can do the majority of the work at home before coming down to use the brazing stations to finish your frame. You may even look to set up with some equipment of your own at home.
We're going to make frame building more accessible, and we're going to help some people in need at the same time.
Are we a Business or Charity?
The Bicycle Academy is not a Charity, it's being set up as a for-profit Ltd company with a social conscience and giving at its core. This allows us to grow a sustainable business rather than depending upon grants for support.
We're a bicycle frame building school and open workshop so we will teach people skills and provide workshop facilities but we also want to do something really good for people in need. That's why we're working closely with the charity Re~cycle to generate frames for Africa that we will donate once made into working bicycles. For a great example of this type of business please take a look at TOMS.
Who are we?
Andrew is a 29 year old mechanical design engineer with a passion for cycling. He is the founder and chairman of the Black Canon Collective mountain bike club & trail development project, and is also the organiser of the 'World Famous' Cobble Wobble bicycle hill climb sprint. Andrew is the Director of The Bicycle Academy and is learning to build frames as Brian's apprentice.
Brian is a 70 year old frame builder and brazing master who's passionate about passing on his skills. In the 1960′s Brian was one of the country's top motorcycle scramblers, racing frames that he built himself whilst working at Rickmans. Brian, the founder and ex-owner of Curtis Bikes (famed for their stunningly made BMX's), will oversee and teach all frame building at The Bicycle Academy.
Where are we?
The Bicycle Academy workshop will be set up in Frome, Somerset (the town we live in). The workshop is only 200 yards away from a brand new pump track being built in a local park and is on route 24 of the Sustrans cycle network. Frome, the home of the Cobble Wobble (organised each year by Andrew), is cycle friendly with plenty of mountain biking and great road routes locally. It's also a great place to stay thanks to the many independent shops, restaurants, pubs, cafés, B&Bs and hotels (some of which have bike storage). Finally, getting to Frome is really easy as it's only 45 mins away from Bristol (Britain's first cycling city) by road and has a well connected train station.
If you're planing on staying nearby we can offer discounted rates at local B&B's that have bike storage and are 5 minutes ride away from the workshop.
Why do we need you?
Well, while we've got the skills and drive to make this happen we don't have enough money to fund the workshop. We've got The Bicycle Academy this far and we know that once open it'll be a wonderful place that we will all be able to benefit from, but we need your help and backing to make that happen.
How can you help?
1. Making a pledge
We only get to open The Bicycle Academy and begin teaching if we reach our funding goal before the 6 weeks are up. So if you'd like The Bicycle Academy to become a reality please make a pledge and help us get a step closer to reaching that goal. To raise enough money to open we're going to need to sell all of the course places and a bit more, so every pledge will count.
*You can always pledge more money than the pledge tier if you like, so if you're feeling especially generous you could pledge £750 for the £500 level if you wish, or even choose not to receive a reward, it's up to you. This 'over-pledge' feature won't actually be live until the end of the first week
2. Telling people about The Bicycle Academy
Liking us on Facebook and following us on twitter will also help. Show your friends our website, or send them a link to this page or our video - by spreading the word you'll be helping us to find other potential supporters which is a really good thing.
What's in it for you?
1. Rewards
Every backer will receive the rewards listed on the right hand side of this page that correspond to the pledge amount that they have made. So if you pledge £500 you'll get to be one of the first students on one of our 2:1 4 day frame building courses, you'll also receive the following goodies, all exclusive to backers of the project - a special edition TBA Musette made by (iL) Soigneur featuring a stunning illustration by Matt Wellsted, a beautiful screen printed TBA T shirt, a TBA Badge, 5 TBA postcards and a thank you letter.
Crucially the rewards will either be better value than if bought outside of the crowd funding attempt (the courses), or exclusively available to backers of the crowd funding attempt (the T shirts, musettes and mini bicycle frames etc).
Some of the rewards will be made once the funding is over (like the T shirts, musettes and mini bicycle frames) so we can't show you the finished articles just yet but we'll update you on the designs over the next few weeks. Here's a couple of images to whet your appetite...
2. Satisfaction
The satisfaction of knowing that you were instrumental in getting the project off the ground. You'll be the reason that The Bicycle Academy will have become a reality, you'll be part of it.
3. Opportunities
The Bicycle Academy will create opportunities for skills training and for work here in the UK, but also opportunities for people in Africa who will benefit hugely from the use of a bicycle in their everyday lives.
4. Craft
Old-school steel bicycle frame building is a dying craft and there are very few people who can braze as well as Brian. By supporting the project you are helping to keep these skills alive as we pass them on to the next generation of frame builders and enthusiasts.
Why All or Nothing?
1. It's less risk
We need to spend around £25,000 to equip the workshop, but it'd be pretty tough only having £20,000 and a bunch of people expecting us to complete the project so that they could get their reward. Similarly you'd be pretty annoyed if you'd invested £500 on the basis that you'd receive a frame building course but we couldn't follow through. This way either we get to equip our workshop and hence you get your reward, or you keep your money and we have to try another way. Backers simply can't lose.
2. It motivates everyone
If you want your reward, and to see The Bicycle Academy come to life, you'll help spread the word to give us the best chance of reaching our target, and so will we of course. So, the project must be fully funded by the end of the 6 week funding attempt or no money will change hands. It really is all or nothing.
Can we take pledges from outside of the UK?
Unfortunately at the moment there isn't any way for us to accept pledges from outside of the UK using peoplefund.it, so if you are outside of the UK and would like to make a pledge towards The Bicycle Academy please get in touch with us (details below). We are working to find a solution as fast as we can.
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Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Jn/ 19-34
Jesus had peculiar taste in friends. You put the whole crowd together and they were not as smart as one of the third rate philosophers in Rome. Maybe some of them could read and write. They were perhaps street smart, but you were going to announce the nearness of the kingdom of God would you surround yourself with folks that wouldnt make assistant precinct captain? They were utterly insensitive to Jesuss spiritual message and interested only in the power and prestige they were going to have in his kingdom (which they didnt understand at all). One of them was a thief and ten of them cowards. Surely, even if he had decided to limit is choice to Galilee Jesus could have done better? Why these sluggards and nerds? Why indeed? And why do we pretend that our leaders today are better than they were? Patently the first Pope and the first bishops (if we want to use that analogy) were not sacred persons, but inept, often stupid human beings? Why do have to pretend that their successors are any better? Why should they be immune from criticism? Have we missed the point somewhere along the line that the leaders of the church and the followers in the church are fragile, imperfect human beings and that Jesus chose them precisely because he wanted a human church. If he wanted something better, he should have turned it over not to the philosophers in Rome but to the Seraphim.
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One upon a time there were a group of young men who idolized the quarter back on the local NFL team (no cities in mind in this story). He was a great passer, a gutsy runner, he played despite pain, he was modest at media interviews, generous with volunteer work, kind to kids, and signed autographs till all had been accommodated. He was humble and respectful and prayed before every game. He was practically perfect, it seemed, a great role model for kids in the city and around the country. Then one night he came into the tavern where these young men hung out. He was roaring drunk and abusive. He pushed a couple of women around, insulted the bar tender, picked a fight with a little guy, and sneered at our group of idolaters. They were shocked into silence. However, one of them, a bit of nerd, actually asked the QB for his autograph. He knocked the pen out of his hand, shoved him back against the bar, and cursed him out. What a jerk the crowd said. We'll never cheer for him again. He probably uses drugs too. He's no role model for children. The team should trade. But, the nerd said, he's only human. That's no excuse everyone else agreed.
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I can't believe it, but it snowed all day yesterday, with a few sunny breaks. We spent a lot of time outside. At the same time it was warm and the snow was melting throughout the day at almost the same rate it came down. This morning though there were flurries again, with the sun coming out at the same time.
That's Happy's ears you see in the picture.
He's squinting a little here. Denny had to stay inside, because he was barking mad, I mean barking like a mad dog, when he saw the camera in my hands, and it was too early for that ruckus. Maggie's still sleeping.
Now about todays handspun yarn.
It's FatCatKnits Fiber Club, October 2011, 5oz Polwarth, colorway "Early American". I made it into 2-ply yarn, 488yds.
I'm still spinning away for the Extreme Plying SAL for Southern Cross Fiber, but one of my fingers shows some signs of wear and tear, mostly it's slized open where the freshly spun fiber runs over it, before the wheel pulls it onto the bobbin. Which means I have to take longer breaks to let it heal. Oh well, there's always knitting, right?
Have a wonderful weekend!
Friday, March 22, 2013
Handspun Friday - FCK Early American
Posted by Monika at Friday, March 22, 2013
4 comments:
- Wanderingcatstudio said...
Ooh - that one is pretty! So many colours, yet so subdued!
- March 22, 2013 4:15 p.m.
- Jess said...
I'm just learning to spin and finding all your handspun so inspiring! I've always loved the puppy pictures.
- March 22, 2013 8:09 p.m.
- monica said...
The light is so pretty in your pictures! Your yarn is gorgeous.
- March 25, 2013 9:34 a.m.
- 2paw said...
How nice to have a little special time with Happy. Maggie and Gilly are alike in their love of sleeping inside!!
- March 30, 2013 7:23 a.m.
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Bicycling is such an integral part of life in the Netherlands, you might think that Dutch people are born knowing how to cycle.
They aren't, of course. What's kind of wonderful is the way that they learn.
It's not just a matter of going to the park with a parent, getting a push, and falling down a bunch of times until you can pedal on your own. Dutch children are expected to learn and follow the rules of the road, because starting in secondary school – at age 12 – they are expected to be able to ride their bikes on their own to school, sometimes as far as nine or 10 miles.
Because this independent travel for children is valued in Dutch society, education about traffic safety is something that every Dutch child receives. There's even a bicycle road test that Dutch children are required to take at age 12 in order to prove that they are responsible cycling citizens.
This emphasis on early education in the rules of the road doesn't simply result in well-mannered and safe bike riders who use the excellent cycling infrastructure on Dutch streets responsibly. It also means that everyone in the society understands what it is to be a cyclist. All the people driving cars have had experience on bikes. They can look at cyclists and think, "That could be me."
How different from the way people on bicycles, or pedestrians for that matter, are perceived in the United States, with its mostly substandard infrastructure and wildly differing laws about biking (you must use the sidewalk, you cannot use the sidewalk, etc.). Here, drivers often see bike riders as nuisances or outright adversaries, whether they are obeying the law or not. Anyone who's ever ridden a bicycle has experienced the rage. If you haven't, take a look at a few comments on a recent CNN article about bicycling injuries:
Sorry, but if you insist on riding a bike at 15 MPH on a road filled with people trying to make it to work in a half-awake state going 45, 55+ MPH, you shouldn't act all surprised and shocked when bad stuff happens.
The way that i see it, any cycling moron out riding in the road outside of a residential area is begging to get hit.
Grow the heck up bikers. We don't live in this cute little fantasy world where everyone is perfect 100% of the day. You're occupying road space that 99.99% of the time is being used by cars going the same speed as everyone else. What do you think is going to happen occasionally (and tragically)?
Some of the comments from cyclists are just as confrontational:
Bicyclists should carry a nice hammer to adjust the body work of offending vehicles.
Some times I wonder if the only way a cyclist can get respect is to strap on a fully automatic weapon across their back.
Imagine if everyone in the U.S. had to complete the type of educational program you see in the "traffic garden," an educational facility in Utrecht, the Netherlands, where kids take turns navigating in cars (pedal-powered), on foot, and on bikes in a safe, small-scale environment.
Educational programs like these set the tone for a lifetime.
Could it ever happen in the United States? With more and more people using bikes for transportation all the time, more comprehensive education about how to ride would certainly be a civilized response.
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Boosted by big sustainability wins, Mayor Anne Hidalgo is pitching bold plans to make the city center "100 percent bicycle" and turn office space into housing.
The Menino Survey of Mayors identifies priorities like infrastructure, traffic safety, and climate change. But many mayors aren't eager to challenge the status quo.
Most U.S. cities leave the responsibility of sidewalk snow removal to homeowners, landlords, and businesses. The result: endangered pedestrians.
"Mobility as a Service" boosters say that technology can nudge drivers to adopt transit and micromobility. But big mode shifts will take more than a cool app.
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What would it look like to be wholly enraptured and convinced of the truths in Isaiah 52:12? How much peace and strength are we willing we sacrifice for the sake of widely accepted false realities? But more importantly, what hope this offers when we let it overwhelm our imaginations.
"For you shall not go in haste, and you shall not go in flight, for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard."
Here God is calling Israel out of Babylon and into the peace, happiness and salvation (vs.7) He has for them. A seemingly terrifying task considering they were asked to defy the world's ruling empire at the time. But God's word is truth and transcends any seeming reality of the world. He calls them to be confident and full of faith in a situation where one would naturally terror. We as Christians should always walk in this way; confident that the Lord goes before us in everything and protects us from everything as we go, do or say. If we flee or act out of fear, we may precede the Lord and become vulnerable to attack. With prayer, petition and obedience to the guiding of the Spirit we must walk in the divine confidence that God goes before, with and defensively behind us in everything.


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Muffin-topped winter beef stew
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- Freezable
Nutrition: per adult serving
- kcal847
- fat39g
- saturates14g
- carbs82g
- sugars0g
- fibre10g
- protein46g
- salt2.81g
For the stew
- 500g braising steak, cut into bite-sized chunks
- 2 tbsp plain flour, seasoned with pepper and a little salt
- 2 tbsp olive oil
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Heat oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2. Toss the beef in seasoned flour. Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole. Fry the beef over a high heat until browned all over – it's easiest to do this in batches. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
Add 2 tbsp water and the onion to the pan, stir well over a medium heat, scraping up the crusty bits from the bottom of the pan. Lower the heat and fry gently for 10 mins, stirring occasionally until the onions have softened.
Tip in the carrots, parsnips and bay leaf, then fry for 2 mins more. Return the beef to the pan, stir in the tomato paste, wine if using, and stock, then bring to the boil. Cover and cook in the oven for 1¾-2 hrs until the meat is tender. Can be made up to 2 days ahead or frozen for up to 1 month. Defrost thoroughly in the fridge before topping and baking. Take out of the oven and increase the temperature to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5.
To make the topping, sieve the flour and baking powder into a bowl and add half the cheese. Mix olive oil and milk, then stir into the flour to make a soft, slightly sticky dough. Add more milk, if necessary. Spoon the dough over the meat and vegetables, sprinkle with the remaining cheese and bake for about 15 mins until golden, risen and cooked through.
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Limbaugh Still Can't Believe Obama Inherited Deeply Troubled Economy
Rush Limbaugh dismissed remarks by President Obama that the economy was shrinking at a rapid pace just prior to his first inauguration, continuing his campaign of whitewashing the economic record under President Bush.
On September 16, President Obama delivered an address to mark the fifth anniversary of the onset of the financial crisis. During his speech, Obama remarked that by the time he took office, the economy was shrinking at an annual rate of more than 8 percent.
Reacting to the speech on his radio show, Limbaugh dismissed the idea that the economy was contracting at such a great rate, suggesting that Obama was distorting economic history to make the lead up to his presidency seem worse than reality.
LIMBAUGH: Now, I don't know about the economy shrinking by an annual rate of more than 8 percent. That, that, folks we wouldn't be talking recession if that were happening. If that had been happening, I mean that, there's no way. Annual rate of more than 8 percent? That, my gosh we'd have had soup kitchens, soup lines, there's just no way.
Limbaugh is correct that the economy contracting at an annual rate of 8 percent would be devastating, but is wrong to suggest that it never happened.
According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, in the fourth quarter of 2008 -- just prior to Obama's first term inauguration -- the economy contracted at an annualized rate of 8.3 percent.
Indeed, the economy was greatly troubled just prior to Obama's first term. The unemployment rate was steadily rising, and job losses totaled in the hundreds of thousands every month at the end of 2008.
Limbaugh's dismissal of this economic reality comes after years of whitewashing the economic record under Bush.


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In recent years, financial institutions have undergone transformational change in the face of numerous new challenges. The digitalization of offerings and services, changing customer behavior and increased competition from non-traditional banking organizations and fintech challengers has meant that costs are being scrutinized (and go to market models are being reconsidered). While bank branches are costly to maintain, they are also valuable points of interaction between the bank and its customers, both adding value to the customer experience, and allowing the bank to deliver increased revenue through financial service sales. In assessing their entire offering – online and offline – banks are being forced to adapt to change and prepare for the future.
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Below are two radically different working spaces. The first is the machine shop of the late Bob Jorgensen, whom I wrote about a few days ago. The second is a video by Internet pioneer Howard Rheingold, who's a writer, artist, and futurist. The video is a guided tour of his "dream office," the space behind his house where he does his writing, thinking, painting, and sculpture.
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Drawing birds is always fun but when you draw doves it's even better. This lesson is going out to all you dove lovers. Here is "how to draw doves for kids", step by step. I know there is plenty of tuts on this particular bird, (well not plenty just a couple), but my sister is the one that wanted me to make a new tutorial because she thinks they are beautiful. The dove in this lesson is flying from a side view so it should be easy to recreate. I will be back so stick around for more fun on the way. Peace out folks.
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Plug-ins boost open source systems management
OpenQRM systems management project was given plug-in support for Xen and VMware this week, signaling a convergence between virtual deployments and systems management applications.
Systems management was given a virtual boost today as open source project openQRM received plug-in support for the Xen, VMware and Linux VServer virtualization from parent company Qlusters Inc.
An open source systems management application, openQRM is designed to manage enterprise-level data center virtual environments and for data center automation. It was developed by Palo Alto, Calif.-based Qlusters with an open plug-in architecture that enables integration with existing data center applications like Nagios or VMware.
Each plug-in will implement openQRM's "virtualization layer" to assist in the installation of physical environments, the shared partitioning of host virtual environments, flexible and dynamic partition creation and user friendly transparent management of different virtual partitions, said William Hurley, chief technology officer at Qlusters.
To allow support for Xen and VMware, Hurley added, the openQRM platform is pre-configured with a generic, logical layer called a "partition engine." This engine provides virtualized server-resource partitioning that is then used in the same way as a physical system with no configuration changes required on the application's file system images.
Many in the virtualization industry saw the announcement as reflective of a larger trend where IT managers are asking for better integration between virtual environments and existing systems management deployments. Part of that trend involves automating physical and virtualized environments with projects like openQRM, said Fabrice Bellard, the founder of QEMU, an open source processor emulator that works with openQRM.
And mid-market data centers and IT departments are looking more to companies like VMware and XenSource to provide virtualization management tools that meet their specific needs, said Joyce Thompson Becknell, a senior analyst with The Sageza Group Inc., based in Union City, Calif.
The reason for more specifics was that the top vendors in the space – HP OpenView, IBM Tivoli and CA -- develop huge software packages that tend to cover every aspect of systems management, she said. "The real problem for systems management today is that these big vendors each tend to be focused on different areas -- no one is offering the perfect application," Becknell said. "What's interesting with openQRM's approach is that it is modular, and it offers an alternative to the framework approach of these bigger vendors."
Becknell said the modular approach helps IT managers by providing specific plug-ins for multi-OS environments that could be using several different virtualization technologies.
According to a Yankee Group Research Inc. survey, out this month, approximately 25% to 30% of mid-sized corporations and large enterprises plan to use more than one server virtualization product. The survey also said that server virtualization migrations have become extremely swift, which lends itself well to the plug-in format of projects like openQRM.
Because openQRM is an open source project bodes well for its success since these kinds of projects are typically cheaper to deploy than their proprietary brethren, Becknell said. "Qlusters does control [the project], but at the same time, a user is not locked into a vendor agreement that might lead to a technology they don't need," she said.
This article originally appeared on SearchOpenSource.com.


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This tutorial will cover a basic way of creating PNG files with an alpha channel for transparency. These can be loaded into SDL_Image for transparency without colour keying. We will use photoshop for this.
PNG with transparency
I have attached a file for us to use, so download it and open it in photoshop, as you can see the background is all one colour, this is quite important to get this method to work correctly.
Most sprite sheets found online will have one colour as a background so it shouldn't be a problem.
For this we will use the Magic Wand Tool
Select this tool then click on the background of the image, depending on where you clicked it should select the outline of the character plus the outline of the image itself. If it does not click somewhere else on the green background until it has selected.
Once you have the outline of the image and character selected click the select drop down menu or click CTRL+SHIFT+I to inverse the selection
Now copy the selected character by choosing copy from the drop down edit menu or pressing CTRL+C then paste the image using the drop down edit menu or pressing CTRL+V.
It will paste into a new layer, now select your background layer in the layers list, right click and delete this layer.
You now have a PNG with a transparency, simply choose save as and PNG file. Now when you load this image using SDL_Image it will automatically have transparency and wont have that awful colour keyed look
Hope this helps, to get started with SDL check out my tutorials in the Game Programming Tutorials section of D.I.C.
Any questions or comments welcome.
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Use Photoshop to Create Transparency in PNG files Create transparency without colour keying for SDL_Image
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Posted 08 March 2011 - 11:02 PM
I have a suggestion.
Maybe you could have provided the PNG photo, so viewers could see the finished product.
I love this tutorial, it's quick and simple.
Maybe you could have provided the PNG photo, so viewers could see the finished product.
I love this tutorial, it's quick and simple.
This post has been edited by TripYR: 08 March 2011 - 11:03 PM
Posted 04 March 2012 - 06:47 PM
Great tutorial stayscrisp, to bad I only just found it
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Canon PowerShot S95, SD4500 and SX130 announced
Canon offers three refreshes to their advanced PowerShot lineup today with the S95, SD4500 and SX130 advanced point-and-shoots. The new crop of cameras offer light performance upgrades to their predecessors.
Canon PowerShot S95 IS
The PowerShot S95 won't offer much of a departure from the PowerShot S90. The most notable addition to the 10 megapixel, f/2.0 shooter is HD 720p video. The S95 will be equipped with an HDMI port and stereo sound recording. It's also the first PowerShot to feature in-camera high dynamic range processing. With use of a tripod, the S95 will capture three successive images and combine them into one image with a wider apparent dynamic range.
All other specs remain unchanged. The advanced yet slender PowerShot S90 and its successor pack features like a 28mm wide angle lens, Digic IV image processor and RAW image capture.
Canon PowerShot SX130 IS
Canon didn't change much to the PowerShot SX210's existing platform. It's been a popular model for Canon, and they've kept in step with a tradition of incremental updates to existing systems. The PowerShot SX130 will offer a 12x optical zoom (compared to the SX120's 10x zoom). It features a 12 megapixel sensor, a pixel increase from the 10 megapixel SX130. That 12x lens offers a wide 28mm angle out to 336mm equivalent at telephoto.
The SX130 will also offer a 3.0-inch LCD and optical image stabilization. The system is powered by AA batteries. Like the other models announced today, it will record 720p HD video. The SX130, like the S95, will have stereo audio inputs.
Canon Powershot SD4500 IS
The SD4500 is the first digital ELPH to get 1080p HD video recording. It offers a 10x optical zoom and high speed capture up to 240 fps in slow motion mode. It uses a new Dynamic IS mode to help keep images stable as the camera user walks while recording video.
Like the SD4000 preceding it, the SD4500 has a 10 megapixel High Sensitivity CCD sensor for, as Canon claims, better performance in low light situations.
Pricing and availability
The Canon PowerShot S95 will cost $399.99, the SX130 will cost $249.99 and the SD4500 will cost $349.99. The S95 and SX130 become available in late August and the SD4500 is slated to follow in early September.


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It's not even the offseason yet, but we just had the first big NBA trade of the summer.Here's the deal, which was first reported by Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress:
The Washington Wizards get: Emeka Okafor ($28 million/two years) and Trevor Ariza ($14.9 million/two years)
The New Orleans Hornets get: Rashard Lewis ($23 million/one year) and the 46th pick
So basically, New Orleans is completely starting from scratch — exchanging ~$42 million of salary in 2012-13 and 2013-14 for $23 million of salary next year.
They'll conceivably use Lewis' expiring contract in a trade next year.
The Hornets are going to start fresh with Eric Gordon, Anthony Davis, and loads of cap space, which is pretty promising.
The Wizards, for their part, actually did OK here.
They desperately need rotation players to go alongside John Wall and Nene, and that's exactly what Okafor and Ariza are. If they pick a two guard like Bradley Beal at No. 3, a starting five of Wall-Beal-Ariza-Okafor-Nene would be pretty decent in the East.
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LOS GATOS – A two-alarm fire that caused $240,000 worth of damage to a gourmet restaurant in Los Gatos early Monday morning apparently started outside near garbage cans, according to the Santa Clara County Fire Department.
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In some package I have seen construct like this one:
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I like it and I want to use it to test if call to a macro has empty result. I have tried it in my code and I have found out that the
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\usepackage{conditionals} to preamble.
Now here is the problem: I have tried to find documentation to package "conditionals" but there seems to be no such package installed (nor available) on my MiKTeX distribution. I have tried search included in MiKTeX package manager but did not find it. Why is that? Where do I find documentation of that package?
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Why does Righteous Fury have a duration? As a protection tank, this irritates me greatly, because its one additional thing I need to pay attention to. I mean, warriors shift into defensive stance, druids go bear, and deathknights shift into frost stance. None of them have to worry about whether their threat is going to suddenly fall off because they forgot to refresh a spell.
I realise that the 'stances' that each other tanking class offers advantages and disadvantages, and that there aren't really other 'stances' that paladins have (I do NOT want our increased threat generation to be tied into our auras), however it would be nice if once we cast Righteous Fury, it would stay up until I manually clicked it off. Would that be so game breaking? Its not like its something we have to cast every pull, and its not like it's a major mana sink or anything - it just seems to be an old dinosaur from original game design that should be allowed to go extinct. Having a half hour means that if I'm not paying attention, I could wipe a group simply because I forgot to refresh the spell before a pull.
There are really two issues at play here. First, why do buffs in general have a duration? Second, why is Righteous Fury a buff, rather than a stance, form or aspect?
Let's take the first question: why do buffs have a duration? Buffs have a duration because it tests skill in a very small way. All other things being equal, a paladin who remembers to refresh Righteous Fury is simply a better paladin than one who forgets and lets it wear off. Part of playing a class well is maintaining your buffs.
You can see this very clearly with paladins and Blessings. We've all run with paladins who let their Blessings expire and have to be prodded to re-Bless. Then at the other extreme you have the paladins who keep everyone buffed all the time, who hits battle-rezed players, pets, and even warlock imps. It's a small thing, but---all other things being equal--the second type of paladin is a better player.
Not all challenges need to be amazingly hard. Small, easy challenges such as keeping buffs up are still important. Now, these small challenges need to be kept in check. Overused, they become extremely tedious and detract from more important and fun challenges, as anyone who remembers the days of 5-minute Blessings and 40-man raids will attest to.
On to the second question: Why is Righteous Fury a buff, and not a stance?
In general, WoW design likes to use buffs for mechanics which are purely additive, and use stances for when you make a choice between two effects or for an effect with both a positive and negative aspect. Blessing of Kings is purely additive, adding 10% more stats. Similarly, Righteous Fury is purely additive, adding extra threat. While warrior stances offer a choice between extra damage dealt and less damage taken.
It's more because threat is sometimes a positive stat from the perspective of the player, and sometimes a negative stat from that perspective, that Righteous Fury feels a bit different from all the other additive buffs. Essentially, there's no built-in negative to Righteous Fury. The negative doesn't come from the buff, it comes from the nature of the stat the buff provides. Compare this to Moonkin Form, where the negative--can't cast healing spells--is built into the form, and is not a side-effect of extra critical strikes.
For example, if you look at PvP, Righteous Fury becomes something that is always positive, while Moonkin Form still has negatives.
This isn't an iron-clad 100% rule. For example, Auras blur the lines a bit. You could make Auras work like Blessings fairly easily. But in general, Blizzard likes making effects with both a positive and a negative into stances or forms. But effects which are purely positive show up as buffs with a duration. Righteous Fury is a purely positive buff, always increasing threat, so it fits closer to the buff model.


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Despite billions of dollars spent to "control" floods or reduce risk, statistics show that each decade since 1900 has witnessed more flood losses than the previous decade. In addition, other large-scale factors like demographic shifts toward the nation's coasts and catastrophic events like Hurricane Katrina hint that this pattern is likely to continue. Mitigation stands out as one of the best options that the nation has to combat rising flood losses, and studies have shown that hazard mitigation, overall, is highly cost-effective. Mitigation frequently presents "win-win" situations by breaking the cycle of repetitive flood loss while also complementing other floodplain management objectives. However, successful mitigation is often not well understood because few people notice when a disaster does not happen.
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Damon is headed to Detroit.
Yankee star Johnny Damon agreed this weekend to a one-year contract with the Detroit Tigers, a deal worth $8 million once Damon completes a physical examination, the player confirmed to the New York Times Saturday night.
Damon will move to the team that in December traded Curtis Granderson to the Yankees, bringing a much-needed left-handed batter to the Tigers' lineup.
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The 36-year-old's $52 million, four-year contract with the Yankees expired this year, allowing Damon to become a free agent when the team said it wasn't interested in keeping his salary intact.
Damon last season hit .282, adding 24 home runs and 82 RBIs to a Yankee lineup that won the World Series.
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