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I agree with most of the points you make here Monolith. M&M in general is more streamlined than many systems I've played, and 3E did stream line the system even more in many ways. The streamlined approach is one of the reasons I like M&M in that it was an easy system to learn and to teach new players. There are still times I purposefully pull out much bulkier systems for games because the streamlining also loses some granularity.Monolith wrote:Well, as I said above, I like 3e because it's quicker and less complex then 2e. In 3e you have X rank strength so you can pick up something Y weight rank and throw it Z distance rank. Or if you fly X ranks of speed you can cover Y distance ranks in Z ranks of time. Things like that make it just quicker as long as you're not looking for hard-number accuracy. If you're someone who actually cares about tactical map combat and exact distances, weights, and so on then 2e is probably the better game for you.HappyDaze wrote:I want to like 3e, but since I've owned it, I've played it exactly once and it wasn't really any improvement over 2e. OTOH, I had several dozen sessions of 2e that were quite enjoyable. I think my main issue with 3e is that I just didn't feel that the changes were a real improvement, and just breaking even isn't enough in my eyes for a new edition.
I just find it odd that a game they worked so hard to streamline ended up going from 1 dex to 2 dex types, from 1 defense to 2 defense types, and so on. It seems like most of the game was streamlined for quicker play but then they decided to get all crunchy on how dex and defense work.
The change in 3E to put everything in 1 chart makes life on both players and GMs much easier. They could have done the same thing and still done more granularity. As long as the multiplier from rank R to rank R+1 was the same for every value in the table the (X = Y - Z) still works. They apparently chose 2 as the multiplier for each rank for simplicity, and probably because it roughly lined up to what the 2E time and value table was at x5/ 2 ranks.
I think some of the people (myself included) think that the ranges are too broad and would have been happier with a smaller multiplier between ranks, but it is really easy to plug rank 0 across the board into an Excel sheet and then multiply or divide by whatever multiplier you want between ranks to produce a new chart as a house rule. Yes I've done it and played around with a few different values. No matter what in 2E or 3E you start dealing with some pretty wide ranges in the numbers at high ranks, there is just no availing that without completely rewriting that part of the mechanic into something much clunkier.
The splitting of defense into Dodge and Parry was already partially there in 2E since half of your defense (plus any dodge focus) was considered to be dodge and was lost when flat footed. Splitting these into seperate values for dodge and parry I think makes the difference easier to understand. Although it adds an additional value to the character, I think the seperation makes the difference easier to keep track of and easier to explain to players I have intorduced to the system. It also adds more flexibility in characters that can be good in close combat or ranged without necessarily wanting to put points into both depending on the concept.
Splitting up 2E DEX gives the same type of additional flexability to characters. A tinkerer needs high DEX to dealing with tools, but why do they need the AGL. An acrobat character needs the AGL, but unless there is something else in the concept may not care about DEX. The martial artist needs FGT and AGL but may not or may not care about DEX depending on the style you are modeling.
On an earlier topic in the thread, who cares if FGT values come from training or being a mutant predator animal from the point of mechanics? The same as 5 ranks in a skill could come from a natural gift in that area, or from schooling. The mechanic doesn't differentiate, that is what character background is for.
Does splitting up 2E's DEX into multiple stats lose some streamlining? That is probably a fair observation, but if you focus only on one aspect of the game you end up with D&D4 where they were so focused on class balance that they killed other parts of the mechanic to achieve it.
Even as a player (and most of my group) that enjoys tactical combat, there are still a lot of things in 3E that I recognise as improvements. If my group chooses to house rule some of the tactical combat rules or lost 2E feats like masterplan from 2E (or Pathfinder or wherever) then we have that choice. Who knows, GreenRonin may release optional tactical rules for 3E the way they did for 2E in the Mastermind's Manual. Honestly I was a little disappointed the the 3E MM didn't put them back.
Without using houserules, is 2E better for tactical players? I'd say yes, but not every group of players or characters is meant for tactical combat. For example, tactical combat is almost impossible to play with in a play by post, or even over Skype. For a campaign and characters not doing a lot of tactial combat (or for play by post) the only part of 3E that i do not think is an overall improvement is the bundling of the skills and nerfing Impervious a little too much (although I do agree that it needed some), and I admit that both of those are only personal preference.


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The next Democratic primaries will take place in two weeks in North Carolina and Indiana. North Carolina falls within Obama's wheelhouse, so the focus will be on Indiana.
When I was young, the Indiana primary often was a big deal. The racist George Wallace made a splash there in 1964, and Robert Kennedy took some of the steam out of Eugene McCarthy's campaign by winning the Indiana primary in 1968. I don't recall any consequential Indiana primaries since, though there may have been a few.
To be consequential this time, Clinton needs another big win. I'm no expert on the Indiana electorate, but it strikes me that the two best indicators of how Indiana Democrats will vote are probably Ohio and Kentucky (Illinois might also be a decent indicator were it not Obama's home state). Clinton won big in Ohio and, based on several reports I've received, is way ahead in Kentucky. Moreover, Clinton has the support of Indiana's popular Senator, Evan Bayh.
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Scientists in 14 countries on five continents are teaming up to hunt for as many as 100 species of amphibians that are thought to possibly be extinct, but may be surviving in remote corners.
With amphibian populations around the world declining quickly and a third at risk of extinction, the unprecedented search could help scientists better understand the crisis.
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Image: Conservation International
#2 Gastric Brooding Frog
Rheobatrachus silus (above) and Rheobatrachus vitellinus (right), Australia. Last seen 1985. They had unique mode of reproduction: Females swallowed eggs and raised tadpoles in the stomach. Gave birth to froglets through the mouth.
Image: Conservation International/John Wombey/Auscape International
#3 Mesopotamia Beaked Toad
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Image: Conservation International/Paula Andrea Romero Ardila
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Image: Conservation International/Dave Wake
#5 African Painted Frog
Callixalus pictus, Democratic Republic of Congo/Rwanda. Last seen 1950. Very little is known about this animal which is never thought to have been photographed.
Image: Conservation International/Society for the Study of Evolution/ Reproduced in Evolution Vol 18, No. 3 (Sept 1964) pp. 458-467
#6 Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad
Atelopus balios, Ecuador. Last seen in April 1995. May well have been wiped-out by chytridiomycosis.
Image: Conservation International/Luis Coloma
#7 Turkestanian Salamander
Hynobius turkestanicus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan or Uzbekistan. Last seen 1909. Known from only two specimens collected in 1909 somewhere between Pamir and Samarkand.
Image: Conservation International/N.V. Panteleev/ Reproduced with permissions from Kuzmin S.L. 1999. Amphibians of the Former Soviet Union. Sofia: Pensoft Publ.
#8 Scarlet Frog
Atelopus sorianoi, Venezuela. Last seen 1990. Known from a single stream in an isolated cloud forest.
Image: Conservation International/Enrique La Marca
#9 Hula Painted Frog
Discoglossus nigriventer, Israel. Last seen 1955. A single adult collected in 1955 represents the last confirmed record of the species. Efforts to drain marshlands in Syria to eradicate malaria may have been responsible for the disappearance of this species.
Image: Conservation International/Professor Heinrich Mendelssohn
#10 Sambas Stream Toad
Ansonia latidisca, Borneo (Indonesia and Malaysia). Last seen 1950s. Increased sedimentation in streams after logging may have contributed to the decline.
Image: Conservation International/Fieldiana Zoology, Fieldiana Zoology
Ameerega planipaleae
Image: Conservation International/Rudolf von May/Rudolf von May
Plectrohyla hazelae
Image: Conservation International/William E. Duellman
Telmatobius brevirostris
Image: Conservation International/Edgar Lehr
Tematobius necopinus
Image: Conservation International/William E. Duellman
Eleutherodactylus glanduliferoides
Image: Conservation International/S. Blair Hedges
Gastrotheca rebeccae
Image: Conservation International/German Chavez
Telmatobius punctatus
Image: Conservation International/Edgar Lehr
Holoaden bradei
Image: Conservation International/Ivan Sazima
Gastrotheca atympana
Image: Conservation International/Edgar Lehr
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the past two days have been fun and amazing :] but whats sad is that I can officially say I'm short a best friend.
nerf gun battles, yakiniku, chill day at work, new ipod, new phone, paycheck from work, and I got a letter from Jake. yeah the past two days have been perfect and Im ready to go back to school...as soon as I do my homework...
Saturday, March 26, 2011
the past two days have been fun and amazing :] but whats sad is that I can officially say I'm short a best friend.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
the moon
i can see the moon perfectly right now, and its beautiful. It makes my night everytime I see the moon. When it was a full moon this month it was just perfect, skating with friends and just talking under the biggest full moon in 20 years was just something else for me. Its spring break right now and Im having a lot of fun =] one of my best friends is home for a week, my other friend is getting healthier everyday, I get to take my sisters out to breakfast before school starts for them, I get to skate more :D and I can sleep in lol. yeah, this spring break has been awesome so far and have no regrets about it. just have to at least start on my homework though...then all is well =]
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Monday, March 21, 2011
at the park
This is going to sound pretty creepy but I love watching kids play in the park. Theyre so care free and they have their parents watching over them so they dont have to worry. I remember coming to this park with my grandma and my sisters. She would watch over us as we played on the swings or ran around like there was no tomorrow. I miss that the most, having someone watch over you so you have nothing to worry about. Marco Polo wasnt just a game for my family, it was a calling to make sure we were all okay. My grandma would yell marco, and we would have to yell polo from youngest to oldest. I miss how simple things were when my grandma was alive, I miss her. Nankurunaisa. Whatever happens, happens. Im going to be a grandma one day and make sure my grandkids feel the same way I did, thats my long term goal at least. Short term goal is to take my sisters to this park and play in the swings, I'll remember what its like to do nothing but have fun, I'll remember that my grandma gave me this feeling of pure joy.
whatever happens, happens=nankurunaisa.
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Spring Break
Spring Break is here!!! one week of having fun with friends :]
Last night was awesome, well actually all of yesterday was just pure awesome. My sister came home from her florida trip and bought me mickey mouse hands. which are pretty hard to put on. Got food, food and more food. Apparently my friends couldnt find me in barnes and nobles sssoo they decided to yell at the top of their lungs "Shannon!!! meeet us outside" I was going to murder them. but it made my night even better :]
Watched Battle LA last night and it was awesome :] then to finish the night off. we went and got all you can eat yakiniku at 2 am xD got home around 430 am and now Im getting ready for work at 1030. running on 5 hours of sleep :] its the way of spring break xD
hope everyone is having a good day and getting enough sleep
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Friday, March 11, 2011
tsunami warning tonight!! an 8.9 earthquake hit japan.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Best Friend part two
"we'll see" I honestly only expected to hear those words from my parents only, never my best friend. Four of my friends are coming home for spring break and most of us are all excited and planning things that we should all do. stuff like going to get yakiniku, go to the beach, watch a concert, movies etc etc. But I guess my friend just isnt excited that people are coming home for a week and that we will just see them during the summer. None of us have seen her in months and the times we do see her she brings her boyfriend along and leaves early. I give up. I'll talk to her any chance I have but no more inviting her anywhere and trying to be a good friend.
In other news. Midterms are this week and next week. THEN ITS SPRING BREAK!!! :D you have no idea how happy I am. F my best friend right now, I get to see my best guy friend, my banana, my mini me, aannddd my wife lol
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Saturday, March 5, 2011
Best Friends
Pretty sure Im short a best friend. I seemed to get blown off everytime I just want to "hang out" but if her boyfriend wants to "hang out" its completly fine. I miss talking to her everyday or doing random and stupid shit with her. She forgot the anniversary of my grandma passing, when a new friend remembered. Idk I love my best friend to death but lately shes not giving a shit. So im just gonna stop asking her to come hang out with us, gonna stop being the first one to start the conversation, gonna stop giving a damn about her ditching.
anyways. Last night after work was just perfect. We found an all you can eat 24-7 korean BBQ for just $20, the food was amazing too and I went with the right people who I just had fun with. Then we decided to go play around in Walmart. Picture 6 grown men plus me playing around with nerf swords whacking each other and runnning around like the crazy kids we are. I was surprised we didnt get in trouble,
People say you lose friends when you go to different colleges, I did lose a friend but I gained a lot more.
Oh wells
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You too can write like a Booker Prize winner or a pulp fiction bazillionaire; plus Chelsea Clinton's wedding
Apparently I write like David Foster Wallace. I know, it came as a surprise to me too.
Like so many pieces of random junk that enter my life for a brief moment never to be considered again, this happy news arrived via the internet. I was wasting time, warming up to a writing project, mucking around on facebook. It turns out one of my facebook friends, too, writes with the crazy intensity of the late, great Mr Wallace. We are indeed blessed people.
Maybe you're an undiscovered Hemingway or Tolstoy? Head over to I Write Like, a "statistical analysis tool" and enter a few paragraphs of text from your journal or blog or whatever. The site claims to compare word choice and some elements of style to various writers, and then deliver your author-clone. I was intrigued until I saw that the analysis was impossibly speedy and that depending on which paragraphs I entered from a magazine profile I had written, I was also chillingly compared to Dan Brown or to Cory Doctorow, a Canadian journalist with a website called Craphound.
When an Associated Press journalist played with the site, he found that the script from Mel Gibson's irate phone calls to ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva were in the style of Margaret Atwood, and Ms Atwood's own work was compared to Stephen King, which no doubt thrilled the Booker Prize winner.
So there's that time waster dispatched.
I find myself helplessly drawn to these gimmicky sites, especially in the depths of the winter that will not end. The top three viral sites at the moment, according to some website I can't recall, are the brilliant Awkward Family Photos, Cake Wrecks and Regretsy, where DIY meets WTF. All of these sites have spawned books, which makes you wonder, how hard can it be to get a book deal these days, especially if any old Joe Schmo can write like David Foster Wallace or Margaret Atwood? This must be the literary golden age.
Didn't Bill Clinton look gaunt at daughter Chelsea's wedding? Not like Bubba from Arkansas at all. I always felt sorry for Chelsea, who was a heartbreakingly gawky kid when her family moved into the White House, nothing like those self-posessed Obama kids. People were mean about her big teeth and frizzy hair, then her dad got caught with the intern, then he was impeached. Yes, she was living in an incredibly priviledged position--hence the appearance of Madeleine Albright and, um, Ted Danson at her wedding--but she was a kid and it must have been brutal. So, I must say, I am pleased to see that she hasn't turned into a train wreck like those boozy Bush twins, but has got her head on straight. Quite a feat.


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Keebler, a partner with Keebler & Associates, co-author of 2012 Estate Planning: Tax Planning Steps to Take Now, and now a MarketWatch RetireMentor, has created his own top 10 list—the top 10 IRA-planning mistakes.
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1. Failure to take a required minimum distribution (RMD)
So here's the first abbreviation you need to know, the required beginning date or RBD. Generally, the RBD is April 1 of the year following the year the owner of an IRA turns age 70½, Keebler said. And once the IRA owner is at RBD, required minimum distributions (RMDs) must be taken every year by Dec. 31.
Failing to take one's RMD for the current year can be an expensive mistake. Uncle Sam will make you pay a 50% "excess accumulations tax" on the difference between 1) what should have been taken for the current tax year—your RMD— and 2) what was actually taken out in the current year, said Keebler.
So, for example, if your birth date is Oct. 18, 1942, you would turn age 70 on Oct. 18, 2012 and 70½ on April 18, 2012. Your RBD would be April 1, 2014. Another example: If your birth date is April 18, 1942, you would turn 70 on April 18, 2012 and age 70½ on Oct. 18, 2012. Your RBD would be April 1 2013. Now, let's say your RMD was supposed to be $30,000 in 2012, but you took only $20,000. You would be subject to a $5,000 tax ($30,000-$20,000) times the 50% excess accumulations tax.
So how do you calculate your RMD? It's simple. Take your prior year's Dec. 31 IRA balance and divide by a life expectancy factor and that's what you take out. A word to the wise: There are three life expectancy tables—the uniform lifetime table, single life table and the joint and last survivor table, the latter of which is available where spouse is the sole beneficiary and is more than 10 years younger than the IRA account owner. Make sure you use the right table when calculating your RMD.
Learn more at this IRS website: Retirement Plans FAQs regarding Required Minimum Distributions.
A word to the wise: "RMDs don't need to be taken from each IRA but rather the total RMD can be taken from any one of the IRAs," said Keebler.
Keebler gave this example: Let's say a taxpayer, age 85, is single in 2012, and has three IRAS worth a total of $900,000 or $300,000 each as of Dec. 31, 2011. The RMD for 2012 is $60,811, according to Keebler. (That's $900,000—the 12/31/2011 IRA balance—divided by 14.8, the life expectancy factor. The taxpayer, said Keebler, could take the entire $60,811 from any one of the IRAs or ratably over all three of the IRAs.)
By the way "if you have qualified plans you have to use separate IRA accounts," he said.
Keep this in mind too, especially if you have one or several advisers: Some crafty adviser might entice you to take your RMD from an IRA held by another custodian. That's fine (the crafty adviser gets to keep more of your money under his or her management), but whatever you, do be sure to rebalance the overall asset allocation of your IRAs after you take your RMDs.
"The problem with failing to take the RMD is that you get hit with 50% penalty and we don't like that," he said. The government does have the authority to waive this penalty, but I would prefer not to have to ask for the penalty waived. I would prefer to get out in front of this and make sure it doesn't happen."
2. Naming a non-qualified designated beneficiary
After an account owner dies, you have to figure out how the money comes out of an IRA or qualified plan. "Generally, it will be over the life expectancy if (the deceased account owner) has done things right," Keebler said. "Only individuals with quantifiable life expectancies can be qualified designated beneficiaries."
And if a trust qualifies as a "qualified designated beneficiary," Keebler said, you have to look through the trust to the trust's individual beneficiaries to determine whose life expectancy you will use for RMDs."
And there's no way you can change that, he said. So, you need to know who the beneficiaries of the trust are, he said.


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Chinese Luxury Shopping Tours Lose Their Shine?
Chinese vacationers increasingly are turning away from tour-bus travel and frantic shopping trips. The WSJ's Yun-hee Kim speaks with Shaun Rein of China Market Research on the changing habits of Chinese tourists.
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... the the ... Chinese shopping tours are going out of fashion in Paris a warning sign for some of the world's ... biggest luxury retailers ... welcome to Asia today I'm unique in ... joining me via Sky is John Ryan ... a managing director at China Market Research ... Sean thank so much for joining us today ... so aam ... took us a little bit about why you are seeing a decline in some of these four groups any euro ... to be a ... this could you look ... at the first quarter this year sales growth in Chinese consumers are your only one up eighteen percent ... that's a big difference from sixty nine percent growth year on year that we saw in two thousand and twelve ... and the real reason there's shield ... the first step that China's economy is definitely slowing ... and China's middle class is getting hit very hard to certain wage stagnation right now ... so ... thrilled and fifty million people were between six and fifteen thousand US dollars bought based on our research of the most oppressed consumers in the marketplace right now ... so there will be rolling back their spending ... second big problem is Chinese consumers are saying who cares about luxury ... you know basically I think starting in January this year because of the pollution problems of the concerns are saying who cares if we can buy the levy on if the water and air are getting leads us to doubt ... so we see his ... younger consumers especially are looking for moral lifestyle spending so they wanna go on to see the movies when they go on in Europe ... they wanna go to museums they wanna go to the beach they wanna work on trial activities it's certainly an appalling right now and he ... Matthew was seen as being short on short term phenomenon or is this gonna be more of the long term thing ... that's good question um we actually England for growth is only going to grow ... eight percent in China this year for the reasons why we mentioned as well as the ongoing crackdown on corruption ... we think that this is the long-term trends ... it's not going to use the right now just for LTRO Vega our car gets a look at our brand compliant ... country companies are going after I understand the Chinese Mr. a lot better because again the consumer is moving away from playing looking more for lifestyle experiences aam looking more for Nish plans for the rise and evangelism amongst consumers ... and in your opinion went to retailers due to cope with a slowdown in sales ... me what kind of strategy should be employed ... it's going to really difficult for say a company like a levy on because they were just so powerful ... if I were advising LVMH ... not a client I would recommend buying other brand ... so all of them kind of like the Mets are going lower down the value chain like they did with the hope for the brand to basically I think one Templars now need to have different price points ... Tiffany strands on other software consumers have just a wider portfolio otherwise are going to get our ... and are we talking about the very high and salmon during retailers or a t think that this could ... eventually trickle down to get some of that ... in the middle class and luxury companies ... when you look at a large part of one tree sales to Chinese consumers not since the ultraluxury ultra rich people it's ... time for China's middle class it's a girl ... is making a thousand US dollars a month secretary who save some money to buy the thousand dollar agree on that so it's the brands that really catered to the middle class Chinese consumer are Guinea get ... hit hard ... on and so what I see ... it sort of like brands like Coach don't know ... will really do well in the coming six twelve months because are much cheaper than a levy on ... all else remained fairly bullish on Abram I ... show now been taken and ... EDA aren't as because they're targeting the true culture rich so it's more brands that are in ... the middle class Chinese get a bargain that's why investors beats be wary of all brands are good ... spots like the name ... or Daphne shoes because of ... the ... sponge was no cause customers want ... the very interesting phenomenon thanks very much John for joining us today ... for more on that story indebted Des beest dot com I'm unique in for the last two channel digital network thanks for watching ...


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Amid continued unsubstantiated rumors about lack of Bibles in China, a commentary by the Asian church news agency UCA News sheds some light on the use of the Bible on the mainland. The commentary by Cecilia Chui, Northeast Asia subregional coordinator for the Catholic Biblical Federation, speaks of how the federation, at its recent meeting in Tanzania, made biblical pastoral ministry in mainland China a priority.
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We've been itching to get our hands on, er, feet in these since we saw them at Eurobike last year.
Doing away with heavy metal springs and other such archaic mechanics the whole cleat retention system is replaced by a simple single leaf of carbon that you would hope made the pedal lighter, smaller and pretty dang cool. The reality is a bit different, these I-Clic Carbons are actually slightly heavier than the older RXS Carbons and a similar size. They are cooler though, because they're more carbony.
Pedals - 234g
Cleats and hardware - 78g
The Carbon I-Clics come with a carbon body, hollow steel axle, the Time patent carbon blade 'spring', an aluminium arch axle and carbon blade support. The top of the range version comes with a Titanium axle giving you 56g less weight for 100 more pounds, with less expensive models having lower rent steel axles and a flexible composite blade instead of a carbon one.
The cleats are similar in shape to the old RXS models but gone is the large lump of brass that gave Time cleats their reassuring clunk-click and their impressive longevity, to be replaced by an integrated composite lunk. This makes the cleats a pleasant 20g lighter a pair (without fixing bolts) but we'll have to see about the durability, that trademark Time nugget of brass will be a tough act to follow. The pontoons out the back remain to make walking across an Italianate marble floor carrying a tray of expressos and pastries a less daunting challenge.
All of the familiar and loved Time bio-dynamic numbers are still there; the foot to the centre of the pedal distance of 7.7mm is the closest of any pedal system, making for a more efficient pedal stroke, so they say, swapping the cleats between left and right feet alters the Q-Factor by just over 2.5mm per shoe. The lateral float of 2.5mm and the +/- 5º of angular float that has made them so popular with those of a certain knee is retained, and they keep the same 15º release angle while the S.E.T. (Sensor Elasticity Tuner) has three settings to alter the feel of the float.
But the big news is the ease of clipping-in. Time say in their blurb that the I-CLIC is the first pedal with pre-opening automatic engagement, "auto step-in" engagement is instantaneous, intuitive, without friction and effortless, in simple terms that means the cleat doesn't have to work so hard against the spring to clip-in, the key being a 'trigger' mechanism that holds the rear latch mostly open after you've unclipped, making clipping back in a doddle with what Time say is the lowest entry effort of any mechanical pedal system currently on the market. Brief up-and-down-the-road clicking in and out of the pedals whilst being given funny looks by the neighbours backs this up.
They are ridiculously easy to clip into, it feels like you just have to rest your foot on the pedal and the cleat snaps into place, still with a decent click so you know you're in, you don't even have to concentrate on feeding the toe of the cleat in first. And yet the release is still tenacious with a solid exit clunk.
If you're one of those people that's always having sweary trouble clipping into your pedals at junctions and traffic-lights these could be the pedal for you. We'll crack on further than up and down the road, pound some miles on them and get back to you.
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Little did I know that fermenting is a passion shared by so many Urban San Diegans. But to my pleasant surprise, the lacto-fermentation class sold out and a sizeable donation was generated for Seeds at City Urban Farm. Thank you to all who attended for your interest, enthusiasm, and participation!
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Writing the Halo Way
I'm still reading, but it's cool that Jeremy is getting this kind of exposure.
Voc & Cocop interviews on Comics Bulletin
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Posted 08 November 2012 - 03:42 PM
Hard to believe that he almost dropped gaming altogether when his Xbox red ring'd 4-5 years ago. Good to see he's doing what he loves. And where the hell has he been? VOC, YOUR SMALL FOLK WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU!
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Let your mind roam free.
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Long nights and living in each other?s laps
Let your mind roam free.
Posted 08 November 2012 - 04:03 PM
Cocop's interview is coming out on Friday.
Posted 08 November 2012 - 04:03 PM
Cool. I was wondering what exactly Voc was doing now at 343; wasn't sure if he was still doing waypoint stuff or not. Maybe one day he'll be writing the stories for Halo games.
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Ronnie Wood has been introduced to his new grandson - at a gig by his band the Rolling Stones.
Wood's daughter Leah took her new son Otis to meet the legendary rocker for the first time when the veterans performed a huge outdoor show at Rome's Circus Maximus.
In an interview with Hello! magazine Leah revealed how her father's bandmate Keith Richards had earlier suggested a novel way of hurrying the birth along when she attended a rehearsal while 40 weeks pregnant.
She told the magazine: "Keith said 'sit on the bass speaker and make Darryl (Jones, the group's bass player) play and it'll come out. Get some wet towels and hot water ready'."
Leah's husband Jack MacDonald pointed out that the youngster will have earned some credibility points for meeting his grandfather at the concert.
"If people ask him what his first gig was he'll be able to say, 'The Stones at Circus Maximus' - so he wins," he joked.
Leah said her father got on well with the new addition to the family: "He was sweet, really lovely."
Ronnie's former wife Jo also joined the family visit to Rome, attending her first Stones concert since her divorce in 2009.
"Patti, Keith's wife, invited me because there's none of the old girl gang there any more," she said. "It did feel weird to go to a show but you know, Ronnie and I get on great."
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I've been talking to A.N Other PAT Inspector (sole trader like my self) and upon asking where they get there best deal for plug tops; the reply was they don't bother buying as it just adds cost to the business (ok cost conscious, good) but they then went onto add that if it's damaged in any way they fail it and tell the customer to repair it (retests are free whilst on site). I went on to ask if the plug is incorrectly fused would they replace it with the correct one? No was the reply why waist time and money repairing when it makes me liable? I argued the point that your assuming your customer is competent in repairing and knows the formula to work out the ampage, in fact they could make it worse if they rewire it incorrectly and then switch it on to see if it works!
Are there any other inspectors that don't offer this service of replacing plug tops (free or not) as I am curious?
Surly it's our duty to replace/rectify something so very simply and not so time consuming?


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A worldview is an outlook on life, or a view of the world, derived from a philosophical axiom or presupposition. There are two basic worldviews, each with its own underlying assumptions. One system of thought has natural processes alone as its basis, the other, creation by God. These worldviews are becoming increasingly polarized due to the increased emphasis on teaching evolution in public schools with the exclusion of any opposing viewpoint. Also contributing is the generally one-sided approach taken by the popular media, which marginalizes other viewpoints.
- Main Article: Theism
Theism is the religious philosophy that asserts God exists and that He created and sustains the cosmos. Classical theism states that the creator God not only exists but is omniscient, omnipresent, exists necessarily, nonphysical, eternal and essentially good. The most competitive alternative philosophy within the modern intellectual climate is metaphysical naturalism, a philosophy of science acting without the existence of God and the soul, preceding with the assumption of strict materialism.[1]
- Main Article: Creationism
The creation worldview is the belief that the universe, Earth, and life were deliberately created by an intelligent being, which is known herein as the "creation point of view" (CPOV). In particular, creationism is the belief that God brought the cosmos into existence from a state of non-existence. Creation in this sense is distinguished from mere change or transformation of something pre-existent (evolution).
There are two main schools of study known as religious creationism and scientific creationism, and a spectrum of beliefs on issues such as the age of the Earth, biological evolution, and the extent to which natural processes were involved with the development of the cosmos.
- Main Articles: Christianity and Judaism
The Biblical worldview is derived from studies of the Bible which is believed to be the inspired word of God. From the earliest chapters of Genesis the Bible defines a worldview, which includes what can be called several fundamental and many derived points. Some of these are:
- A personal Creator who is distinct from the creation. In other words God is a person, not an impersonal cosmic force. God and His creation are not one and the same in essence.
- There was a historical fall in Eden, leading to everlasting death. The New Testament contains the Gospel, which describes Christ's sacrificial work that opened the only way out of this damnation.
The foundation and principles of Judaism are found in the Hebrew scriptures, more widely known as the "Old Testament", which contains the history of the early Earth and the birth and growth of the Nation of Israel. Whereas the foundation and principles of Christianity come from the New Testament of the Bible, wherein are found the doctrinal books of the Christian faith.
- Main Article: Islam
The Islamic worldview is based on the teaching in the Qur'an. Islam is also a monotheistic religion, which agrees with the Bible on the core events of creation.
- Main Article: Atheism
Atheism is a philosophical denial of the existence of God.[2] A more active stance affirms the nonexistence of God, and proposes positive belief rather than mere suspension of disbelief.[3] Materialism (the disbelief in the spiritual realm), naturalism, the theory of evolution, and humanism stem inexorably from this world view.
- Main Article: Naturalism
Naturalism is a philosophical worldview which holds that the cosmos and life came into existence and operate through natural processes alone. The explicit and sole focus on the natural world has driven modern science into accepting naturalism as the predominant philosophy of science. Naturalism does not appeal to the supernatural or nonphysical reality for explanations at any time and because of that many Christian philosophers like Alvin Plantinga, William Lane Craig and Peter van Inwagon have deemed naturalism as maintaining a stronger stance than atheism. According to Plantinga naturalism not only presupposes the non-existence of God but extends over all areas of life answering a range of deep existential questions like how life should be viewed, what the world is fundamentally made of and what the purpose of humanity actually is. From this metaphysical position philosophers have charged naturalism as being a worldview and thus granting the cognitive functions of a religion missing support for only the outward actions of worship and/or ritual.[4][5]
Metaphysical naturalism or ontological naturalism is a worldview in which reality is composed of nothing but natural things, forces, and causes. All concepts related to consciousness or to the mind refer to entities which are reducible to the same such natural things, forces and causes. There is no objective existence of any supernatural thing, force or cause, such as are described in various religions and mythological accounts. All supernatural things are ultimately explainable purely in terms of natural things. Metaphysical naturalism is a monistic and not a dualistic view of reality.
The explicit and sole focus on the natural world has driven modern science into accepting naturalism as the predominant philosophy of science. Many Christian philosophers like Alivn Plantinga, William Lane Craig and Peter van Inwagon have deemed naturalism as maintaining a stronger stance than atheism. According to Plantinga naturalism not only presupposes the non-existence of God but extends over all areas of life answering a range of deep existential questions like how life should be viewed, what the world is fundamentally made of and what the purpose of humanity actually is. From this metaphysical position philosophers have charged naturalism as being a worldview and thus granting the cognitive functions of a religion missing support for only the outward actions of worship and/or ritual.[4][6]
- Main Article: Evolutionism
The evolutionist worldview is derived from the belief that life on Earth developed from purely natural processes (evolutionism). It is a materialistic/naturalistic position that ultimately stems from atheistic philosophy. The general theory of evolution has developed across several fields of scientific study and includes the belief in biological evolution as being responsible for all life on Earth.
Evolutionism is compared by some to religious belief systems. It is argued that acceptance of the tenets of the theory of evolution requires faith because several aspects of the theory of evolution, such as the origin of life and genetic information, have not been reproduced experimentally under any conceivable circumstance. Like other religious systems, it is rooted in a philosophical position that attempts to explain the existence of the material world and life, and is embraced through a purely faith-based system.
- Main Article: Humanism
The humanist worldview is derived from the belief that humans are but another animal having developed through materialistic evolutionary mechanisms (humanism). Humanism is also based on atheism and is founded upon a core tenet that humans are able to decide for themselves regarding what is right and wrong.
Some have argued that humanism is the world's oldest religion, ultimately beginning with the fall of man in the Garden of Eden. The book of Genesis details the temptation of Eve to eat of the forbidden tree and receive the knowledge of good and evil.[7] Following this simple act, humankind began to view itself as an autonomous, self-directed, god-like person.[8] A person upholds humanism whenever they place their own views or opinions above the Word of God. Currently, humanism is the only religious worldview allowed in the U.S. public school system where it permeates every facet of curricula. Whether discussing world history or some field of science, Biblical truths are nowhere to be found in modern schools. In contrast, the humanistic concepts of morality, naturalism, and the theory of evolution are treated as dogma.
Interpretive framework
The worldview provides a set of unscientific assumptions used to interpret the factual observations in order to gain an overall greater understanding of a particular object, event, or concept. It is inherent that evolutionists and creationists equally rely on philosophical assumptions regarding origin of life issues when observing the diversity of life.
This interpretive framework is an essential element for human reasoning of factual observations. However the separation of philosophical and scientific has become blurred by a total acceptance of the unobserved change of molecules-to-man evolution. Science should not present these philosophical assumptions within their findings, but the essential nature of interpretive frameworks is that without them, the ability to interpret reality to a fuller extent is limited. Evolutionists appeal to a naturalistic philosophy while creationists rely upon supernaturalism. Neither philosophical interpretive framework is wrong, because both are unobserved and thus unscientific, however modern science presents one above another to form a bias. To let people refine their own interpretive frameworks, or philosophies of science, by having a source lacking in philosophy but consisting of observable, repeatable, unbiased, objective and reliable data should be the purpose of science.
Examples of interpretive frameworks include:
- Language: the ability of the mind to draw meaning from sounds or visual signals;
- Sight: the ability of the mind to draw conclusions about one's physical environment from visual stimuli
- Philosophy: the ability to process, categorize, and analyze complex concepts.
Through this, deep existential questions are answered. Ken Samples writes on his blog about a book that lays out eight questions that a worldview answers.[9] The eight questions are;
Ultimate reality: What kind of God, if any, actually exists?
- Main Article: Worldview conflict
The creation vs. evolution debate highlights the two basic worldviews or belief systems: one in which God is at the center of the picture, and one that places man at the center. Evolution, by its very nature, requires a worldview in opposition to the Bible. Simply put, if evolution is true, then the Bible is incorrect. If Genesis is untrue, it casts doubt on the accuracy of the remainder of the Bible.
- Adam and Eve were only mythological; they didn't disobey God and introduce sin into the world;
- Sin is then just undesirable traits left over from the lower stages of evolution, which humankind will eventually outgrow;
- Jesus is merely a good man, perhaps ahead of his time, rather than the Savior and cornerstone of our faith.
The Biblical worldview holds that man is a fallen creature—essentially flawed, selfish, and in need of a Savior. Without God prominently in the picture, culture and society inevitably degenerate to a state of disorder and decay (de-evolution). The humanist view on the other hand, is that man's nature is essentially good, and that if given enough time we will eventually outgrow the problems that society faces. This view states that we need to throw off past restraints (especially religious and moral restraints) so that we are free to explore and develop toward a higher state of being.
These two views are the basis of today's culture clash. Generally on the liberal / humanist / evolutionist side are the news and entertainment media, government schools and universities, government institutions, and other liberal groups. On the Biblical side are the evangelical and fundamentalist churches, and conservative, pro-family groups. The clash is becoming more vocal as liberal groups demand ever more freedom from traditional moral values. Evolution is the rallying point of humanist groups. If, as they claim, we're just accidents in space, then we can set the rules and don't have to be accountable to any God.
- ↑ The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology in the essay, "The Project of Natural Theology" by Charles Taliaferro, pg 8. Edited by William Lane Craig and J. P. Moreland, 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-405-17657-6
- ↑ "Atheism and Agnosticism." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, March 9, 2004. Accessed October 12, 2008.
- ↑ Sarfati, Jonathan. "Atheism is more rational?" (Dialogue) Creation Ministries International, September 5, 2000. Accessed October 12, 2008.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Nature of Nature: Examining the Role of Naturalism in Science, "Evolution versus Naturalism" by Alvin C. Plantinga. Pg 137.
- ↑ The Religion of Evolution by Gary DeMar, September 30, 2002
- ↑ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: religion-science
- ↑ LaHaye, T., Noebel, D. Mind Siege. Nashville: Word Publishing. 2000. p. 69
- ↑ LaHaye, p. 79
- ↑ Brian J. Walsh and J. Richard Middleton, The Transforming Vision (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1984), 35; David S. Dockery and Gregory Alan Thornbury, eds., Shaping a Christian Worldview (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2002), 3.
- ↑ What in the World Is a Worldview? By Ken Samples, Posted on August 23, 2011


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I found this picture about a week ago on an iphone app called "whisper". Its an app where you can anonymously create a picture (either upload, or choose from database) and type your own text. This is a screen shot of it from my phone off of the app. When i first read it i was shocked. And now the impact of how big this secret is, truly hit me.
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I'm so excited!! I am heading out this afternoon to go to the Kindergarten Conference in Norman, OK! I've wanted to go for the last 3 years, but my school has $0 for professional development, so they could never afford to send me :(
This year though, I paid for it myself, using the money from my TPT sales! I am so proud of myself for my little store that has enabled me to go on this conference and hopefully bring back a ton of new ideas to my classroom! I have been anticipating this trip for weeks, and I know it will be renew my energy and allow me to be pumped up with even more enthusiasm for teaching! I get back Tuesday night, so look for a post about the conference on Wednesday!
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Very glad that it isn't a $50 special like the new TRU Interceptor was.
Someone's been listening to a little too much Stern.
I never got a Bomber either, and it's one of the vintage ships.
Heh. These are out and on the shelves in Canada as well. I didn't check the price but I'll do so tomorrow. I'm starting to think Hasbro/Wally are sucking up for not carrying product for nine months.
Quote from: P-Siddy on October 14, 2010, 06:49 PMI never got a Bomber either, and it's one of the vintage ships.Classic Star Wars ship? yes. Vintage Kenner toy? No. This is my favorite Tie of the bunch and it wasn't released until POTJ back in 01-02ish if my memory is working now. Tie Defender? Please Hasbro??
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The silver bowl of John D. Rockefeller Jr., awarded to Colonial Williamsburg's founding benefactor more than 50 years ago commemorating 25 years of service to the restoration of the historic city, was returned to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation as a gift in 2005 courtesy of the estate of Laurance S. Rockefeller. Similar engraved bowls are awarded to employees upon completion of 25 years of service to the Foundation.
During 2005 the Foundation board of trustees elected two members and honored two retiring trustees. Richard M. Donnelly, principal of Donnelly Associates, a consulting firm to the manufacturing industry, and an industrial partner with Ripplewood Holdings, LLC, a private-equity firm, joined the board. His career spans more than 30 years in management at General Motors, much of that focused on international operations. Donnelly and his wife, Sue, are members of the Foundation's Raleigh Tavern Society and live in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Cynthia Hardin Milligan, dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska, also joined the board of trustees in 2005. A lawyer and formerly a consultant to financial institutions, she is a board member of the Federal Reserve Bank-Omaha and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, where she serves as chairman. She and her husband, Bob, are members of the Raleigh Tavern Society and reside in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Trustees Estelle Tanner and Gordon S. Wood retired after 13 and 12 years of service, respectively. Each is now a senior trustee of the Foundation. Tanner, an oral historian and civic leader, is co-chair of the Foundation's comprehensive campaign. During her tenure on the board she chaired the Educational Programs and Policies Committee and served on several other committees. Wood is Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History at Brown University and author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book The Radicalism of the American Revolution. As a senior trustee, he will chair a new committee to oversee the Foundation's education for citizenship outreach initiatives.
Among management appointments during 2005, Kirsten Kellogg joined the Foundation as director of planned giving operations in development. Nicholas R. DiMeglio was appointed general manager of the Williamsburg Inn. Perry L. Goodbar was named vice president for hospitality sales and business development. Thomas R. Shrout joined the Foundation as director of public affairs. Cara L. Sisson and Judith Winslow joined the development group as directors of special gifts, and Sophia Hart transferred from the Foundation's public relations department to become director of corporate and foundation relations in development.


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After arriving at the scene, police say they got Thomson's wife out of the home safely.
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