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3 May 2014
03 May 2014 - Balatonfüred, Hungary. Sixty-two yacht racing teams have congregated at the MKB Bank Sailing Club on Hungary's Lake Balaton this weekend for the MKB Bank Melges 24 European Championship 2014 which runs from May 2-9.
Eighteen nations are represented: Austria (4), Czech Republic (2), Denmark (8), Estonia (2), Finland (2), France (2), Great Britain (2), Germany (7), Hungary (12), Italy (5), Liechtenstein (1), Netherlands (1), Norway (3), Slovenia (1), Switzerland (2), Slovak Republic (1), Sweden (4), Ukraine (3).
Following three days of registration and measurement to ensure all the boats and sails conform the strict Melges 24 class one-design rules, racing is scheduled to begin on Monday May 5 and run through to Friday May 9.
The bumper 62-boat entry includes many top class professional teams as well a 35-strong contingent of talented amateur Corinthian crews, many of whom are expected to be challengers for the overall top spot. The professional and Corinthian crews will race together in a single fleet for the overall championship, with the Corinthian results extracted to determine the Corinthian European Champion.
Among the top Corinthian crews hoping to turn in a performance good enough to put them near the top of the overall leaderboard at the end of the championship is Tõnu Tõniste's Estonian team on EST 790 Lenny. An double 470 Olympic medallist (bronze 1988 Seoul, silver Barcelona 1992) with a long pedigree of good results at major Melges 24 championships, Tõniste said he was expecting "an exciting and dramatic sailing week"in Hungary and hoped to improve on the team's previous best European championship result, as well as challenging for the Corinthian European Championship trophy.
"Ideally, of course, we would like to beat our seventh position from the Europeans in the open division so far and give a hard battle for the Corinthian winner's title,"he said. However, having done most of their sailing on the sea, Tõniste said the Lenny crew would have to be at the top of their game to deal with the shiftier conditions of Lake Balaton. "We are more comfortable racing on the sea for sure,"he said. "But we will be working hard as usual and with a bit of luck maybe we can get a good result."
Reigning Melges 24 World and European champions, Franco Rossini's Swiss entry SUI 825 Blu Moon, have substituted Italy's Matteo Ivaldi in place of their regular helmsman Flavio Favini who is ruled out by injury. While he undoubtedly has big shoes to step into, Ivaldi is past Olympic 470 competitor (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000) and a veteran competitor in the Melges 24 class, meaning the 'Blu Moon'crew are unlikely to have lost any of their normal competitive edge.
The experience and skill of the sailors taking part are equally matched by that of the championship organisers and race committee who collectively have spent almost two years planning for the championship.
Championship coordinator Marta Weores - a 470 class competitor at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games - said more than 80 volunteers had given up their time to make the event happen. That team is headed up by another Olympic sailor, EnikőNémeth (470 class at Atlanta 1996), who is now manager of MKB Bank Sailing Club.
The principal race officer for the championship is Gert Schmidleitner from Austria who has run major one-design championships on Lake Balaton previously. Backing up Schmidleitner is local race officer Farkas Litkey who competed for Hungary in the Finn class at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.
Providing additional support for the race committee is International Melges 24 Class Association Championship Coordinator Hank Stuart from the USA, a highly experienced race officer in his own right. Eric Mehlbaum from the Netherlands is the chairman of the five-man international jury who will rule on any official protests during the regatta.
Weores said everyone involved in hosting the championship had the same goal - for the competitors to have a fantastic week of fun and fair racing on Lake Balaton.
"We want them to enjoy their stay and have great racing and a great sailing experience on the lake,"she said. "Lake Balaton will be a new venue for many teams and quite different to what they are used to. If the winds are nice to us we are confident we will have a great regatta."
"The championship venue features a beautiful marina and hotel set amongst the trees at the edge of the lake. Aside from the sailing, the competitors can enjoy the swimming pool, sauna, bowling, mini-golf and tennis courts."
The crews will have a chance to familiarise themselves with the local conditions and tune up against each other in a practise race session on Sunday May 4, the day before racing in the championship series is scheduled to start.
A maximum of 10 races will be sailed and the schedule allows for up to three races per day.
A minimum of three races are required to constitute a championship series. If six or more races are completed teams will be allowed to drop their worst result from their final points tally; otherwise every result will count.
The professional and Corinthian crews will race against each other in a single fleet for the overall Melges 24 European Championship title, with the Corinthian results being extracted to determine the winner of the Corinthian European Championship title.
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- How long is the College of Liberal Arts Commencement?
- What should parents and guests wear?
- Where should I sit?
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All Willamette University parking lots are open and available for guests attending Commencement ceremonies except the Visitors Parking Lot (corner of Bellevue and Winter streets), which is reserved for handicapped parking. Guests should also not park in permanent reserved spaces, marked with green signs at the specific parking spaces. Street parking is available free of charge around the perimeter of Willamette University and the State Capitol. [ Parking information ]
2. Are tickets needed for Commencement?
Tickets are not needed for the ceremonies and students are not limited in the number of guests they may bring. However, Willamette does not allow reserved seating prior to one hour before any ceremony.
3. How early can we reserve seats?
Willamette University allows reserved seating one hour prior to any ceremony. One person must remain with their reserved seats at all times.
4. Where can I get a good photo of my graduate?
During Commencement, we ask that family members do not approach the stage to take pictures. The University has contracted with professional photographers from GradImages to take photos of all graduates. These photos capture the moment graduates shake hands with President Thorsett and receive their diploma, along with portrait shots of the graduates as they exit the stage.
GradImages will contact you about your proofs after the ceremony through your school email address. You may pre-register to receive discounts on your pictures by clicking on this link: Willamette Photos
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5. How long is the College of Liberal Arts Commencement?
If you are making dinner or airplane reservations, please remember that the ceremony lasts approximately three hours, ending around 6 p.m. In addition, it can take more time than expected for graduates, family members and friends to reunite and exit campus.
6. What should parents and guests wear?
The College of Liberal Arts ceremony is outside under a large tent in the Quad. It is always cooler under the tent than it is outside of the tent. If it is a cool day, you should bring a jacket and perhaps a blanket, especially for senior guests. Most parents and grandparents dress in comfortable business attire.
7. Where should I sit?
8. Will the ceremony be filmed?
A Commencement DVD will be available following Commencement. [ Order online ]
9. Where can we purchase food and beverages on campus during Commencement day?
Bon Appetit caters an elegant and popular brunch available in Goudy Commons from 11:30 – 1:45 p.m. for College of Liberal Arts students and their parents. The Bistro offers coffee and small snacks from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the Willamette Store offers sodas and convenience store items from 8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.
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How many educators really know their students?
Perhaps when you are teaching classes of 20+ learners, are swamped with administrative duties which eat away at the time that could be spent preparing lessons, when teachers are demanded to be everything to all, it's not realistically possible to really know one's students beyond their names and perhaps, their grades.
So let me start again, how well do your students know each other?
A regular activity when teaching Business English is to ask students to write out their CV for a possible role play (a role play focusing on interview skills, for instance, or writing application/covering letters for a job). Today, there are digital tools which enable this quite easily, adding visuals and easy sharing among social media.
These tools not only offer a real world practice to learners but also help them to learn about each other, thus opening opportunities of better class dynamics and ways of collaboration with each other. They also help educators to get to know their learners in a different way, beyond the grade, beyond the attendance list.
Me in a Nutshell brings together one's contributions in social networks. The user can design
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Once students have completed their webpage, it can be shared on a Padlet, or in the class LMS.
In this way, they can learn more about each other, and as participation in social networks becomes shared among them, they may find unspoken talents among themselves, peers with similar interests, making their class space less anonymous.
They may also be provoked to reflect on what is appropriate to appear in their digital CV/resume and how best to find paths of collaboration with others.
How else do you learn about your students within an ESP/Business English context?
How else can your students tap into the hidden talents of their class/group?
#unexpected from The Others on Vimeo.
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Visualize Your Life
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The Career Dream
Are You Known?
Wet Reflection
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Ballet Music
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Also, this year I made English Muffins, which I haven't done in a while. I have an old recipe that I first saw in the newspaper, which makes really great english muffins. I even rushed the rising time (2 hours?? really?? I did one hour), and they turned out AMAZING. Next time I'll try the recipe from Vegan Diner, which was my original plan, until I realized that my powdered soy milk was Vanilla-flavored, and decided that would be super nasty. So, I went back to my old favorite recipe, with great success! I really should make these more often, they are such a wonderful treat.
My aunt Laura brought along some delicious roasted Asparagus, an absolute must for any self-respecting Spring Time Brunch. Even the resident veggie avoiders in our family all love asparagus. I mean, come on, it's asparagus!!!
I loved the beautiful baby carrots with greens that my aunt Sara put out as a center piece. A sweet little nod to Easter... which is not really a holiday that any of us celebrate, other than by having brunch together!
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don't know if this is has been posted, but if a team comes 5TH in LEG 5, they will not win the race (this is the case in all editions of TAR)
I dont know if this is a curse but it suits more with the "have you guys noticed...": there hasnt ever been a Phil on any season. I feel like the host doesnt want anyone with his name on the show
Tyler always wins. That's odd.
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by dairydead » Mon May 06, 2013 6:41 pmI thought it wouldve been funny if Tony called for the "Clean Slate" and it cut to Rhodey flying to Washington DC in his Patriot suit, and then it just blowing up in a beautiful fireworks display, just to drive home how impulsive and stupid the Clean slate call was.
The way i saw the "no avengers" thing is pretty simple. Tony didn't want to deal with them because simply a thought of his time with the Avengers sent him into a severe panic attack; I can't imagine why he would surround himself with people who are literally living reminders of the event in NYC. He's arrogant and couldn't even bring himself to ask for Rhodey's help almost the entire movie, so if he didn't want to involve his best friend, why would he call people he didn't even fully trust to take care of what he saw as a personal problem?
by Rockman » Mon May 06, 2013 8:17 pm
I kind of got the impression that Tony just did the kung fu stuff because he thought it was fun. Obviously Pepper didn't need any special aerobics when it popped onto her, same goes for Killian.
by HNutz » Fri May 10, 2013 10:55 pmJust a couple of thoughts...
I got a kick out of seeing Yinsen in the flashback.
Pepper definitely had a Red She-Hulk vibe in it, to me.
Jon Faverau really put on some weight, didn't he? I wonder if he's just gotten bigger or if this was for the role of Happy Hogan.
This movie really felt final. Between Tony's surgery (thanks to what he learned from Extremis), his PTSD, removing his chest plate, "Clean Slate"... I wouldn't be really shocked if there's no Iron Man in Avengers 2. Tony Stark, mmmmmmmaybe...? Maybe just a cameo, I dunno.
This was more of a Tony Stark movie to me. But that's not a bad thing. It reminded me of the Iron Man issues in the 80's, for some reason. Or maybe 007, a little. Also, I liked his "crime scene" investigation.
And why didn't he call the Avengers? Remember, he can't even talk about New York without having a panic attack. He has nightmares about his near death experience. So there's some mental issues there...
Stay after the credits. The scene's more like the scene after Avengers. Kinda funny.
Also, I was under the impression that the "Tony in the snow" scene took place in the mountains, presumably back where he was originally captured. Instead... it's Tennessee. I'm okay with that, as it's less dark than I was expecting.
by syxxpakk » Sat May 11, 2013 8:24 amI was really hoping for the "There wasn't enough Batman in The Dark Knight Rises"-people to vent their displeasure at a lack of Iron Man in this movie.
by PDH » Sat May 11, 2013 8:41 am
Tony Stark as portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. is a much more interesting character than Bruce Wayne as portrayed by Bale. I think that holds for nearly every version of the characters, actually.
by pastajoe » Sat May 11, 2013 9:16 am
That's because Tony is open about being Iron Man and is naturally a flamboyant character, while Bruce Wayne is the mask for the Batman, who is a dark, brooding character. It's just the way the characters were created.
The emphasis on Tony over Iron Man in the movie is just the continuation of movie heroes having alot of face time without the mask, be it Iron Man, Batman, Cap, or Spidey. The actors want to be seen, not just in a mask or CGI voice overs. They probably have some percentage of face time clauses in their contracts when they make sequels.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Sat May 11, 2013 9:18 amAn ironing board in a bathrobe would have made a more interesting character than Bale's Bruce Wayne.
(Cue Hab)
by syxxpakk » Sat May 11, 2013 9:19 am
Completely agreed. However, given the amount of "NOT ENOUGH BATMAN OMG~!!!@@" I expected something similar here.
by HNutz » Sat May 11, 2013 9:23 am
I didn't.
There was plenty of Tony Stark, while Bruce Wayne seemed to be a guest in his own movie.
by Rockman » Sat May 11, 2013 9:46 am
by The Old Doctor » Sat May 11, 2013 10:43 amIron Man 3 >> Dark Knight Rises
Iron Man 2 < Dark Knight
Iron Man > Batman Begins
by Rockman » Sat May 11, 2013 1:12 pmmy bowel movement last night was better than Dark Knight Rises.
by The Old Doctor » Sat May 11, 2013 1:14 pm
by outsider » Sat May 11, 2013 2:23 pm
When you talk out your ass, do you sound like Bane or Batman?
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OPEC may move to slash its oil production for the first time in five years when it meets in December, responding to the surge in U.S. shale oil.
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According to The Wall Street Journal, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries could reduce production by half a million barrels a day.
The group's latest report signaled that the U.S. shale oil boom will cut into its share of the world market in 2014 even as world demand grows at its fastest clip in four years. The International Energy Agency also released a report last week that showed demand for OPEC oil next year will fail to meet its current production of around 30 million barrels a day.
The Journal quoted one delegate from a Persian Gulf country as saying the forecast will likely lead to a reduction in oil output. This delegate has tended to oppose production cuts in the past, the report noted.
Another OPEC delegate told the newspaper that a cut of about 500,000 barrels a day was likely to be debated at the December meeting.
Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia, have in recent meetings supported keeping the production ceiling at 30 million barrels a day, seeing production cuts—and a subsequent rise in oil prices—as detrimental to Western customers that are still fighting economic headwinds.
OPEC aims to maintain production levels that keep prices from falling below $100 a barrel.
OPEC last cut its oil output in late 2008, when it reduced production by 4.2 million barrels a day. At the time, oil demand fell and prices crashed amid the financial crisis.
Last week's report said a drop in demand for OPEC crude will coincide with a surge in oil supply from countries outside of the group. Non-OPEC crude is expected to grow by 1.1 million to 1.3 million barrels a day next year, rising at a faster clip than global demand.
Despite anticipated pressure from U.S. shale oil, OPEC may opt against cutting production if oil prices remain above $100 a barrel, the first delegate told the Journal.
On Monday morning, international crude benchmark Brent was trading at $108.78. Nymex WTI crude was down nine cents at $105.86.


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I am working right now at my local college, and we have been having issues with Deep Freeze in one of the computer labs. We had a password set to them - which still works elsewhere fine - but in this particular lab none of the computers are accepting it. We have tried other, old and new passwords we've used alike, and none of them work. Even attempts to use the OTP (One Time Password) has failed to show any results. I find it strange since the OTP Token, used to generate the OTP from the Administrator's main computer, is the same on all of these PC's in the lab.
I am not the Administrator. I work under him, and my coworker and I have been sent to try and find ways to bypass Deep Freeze. If we can't find a solution, we'll have to format one of the computers, set it up, probably ghost it, and then put it back on the other computers (since they are all the same anyway). This is quite the hassle and if I don't have to deal with it, I don't want to.
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I just saw the whole Nyanx2 Clip today and let me just say I wish that we were able to see the full version of the Diamond Crevasse track it was very beautiful, and very much like the character.
With both the Northern Cross, and the Anata no Oto track I wish that neither received any 3-D animation. They looked so much better animated.
The entire Nyan Clip seemed more like something you'd get from a DVD or Blue Ray special rather than as something that should stand alone. Though I do love the Diamond Crevasse track this selection doesn't have enough "new" bits in it to actually make me justify buying it it is after all only 30 minutes long. Now if this came together with an album or the movie then I could see myself buying it but besides that *shakes head*.
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Nyan Clip NORTHERN CROSS @ Youtube
The channel also has a shit ton of other clips too:
Iunno, from what's on there, it totally doesn't look like it's worth the money @_@ So much recycling of old scenes, too little reanimating and/or revisions...
So little sheryl too :x
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0 : 51 i love this parts...
she is so cute...when answering question about her earring...
that earring is very important...because everything starts from it..
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God, the Northern Cross video was trying to destroy my speakers via excessive scratching noises.
Very enticing visually, though. The Diamond Crevasse one is also very well done. I'll have to check out the others when I find the time.
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owch. scratches make me pull away. I have a 720p version on my compy though. <3
I think Diamond Crevasse, Koi no Dogfight, and Northern Cross were my top 3 (in no particular order)
I actually made part of N.C my avi...Shame I'm semi-terrible at making Gifs. Photoshop needs to give me back my ImageReady.
PS- now all i need is a script/subs to make sure I'm listening to/mentally translating the interviews correctly (My japanese is super basic)
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I have seen the Macross Frontier Nyan Nyan Clip collection and thought it was very good. Just wondering if any fansub groups have picked up this? I ask just because in the Nyan Nyan Clip collection I would like to understand what's been said.
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Any of u guys know? we will see sheryl and ranka singing at concert again soon
Not @ nyanclip ... Guess what?
It is on PShome (maybe u must have japanese PSN account)
The event will be announce prettysoon @ macross f main site...
Isn't that AMAZInG!!! We can see the live may'n an megumi singing and dancing on 3d in online gaming
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Wild let one slip away with loss to Flamesby Dan Myers
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- For large stretches of Sunday's game against the Calgary Flames, the Minnesota Wild didn't play badly. In fact, the Wild dominated big chunks of both the first and second periods.
But the Flames took advantage of chances at the right times and got a fantastic game from goaltender Joey MacDonald in goal in a 4-1 win at Xcel Energy Center.
The Wild, once 13-3-1 on home ice, have now lost five straight games in downtown St. Paul. The Flames have won three in a row and four of five overall.
"We certainly don't like to do things the easy way, that's for sure," Wild coach Mike Yeo said.
MacDonald stopped 34 shots, but he was especially good during big stretches in both the first and second periods. The Wild held a 14-5 edge in shots after one and a 25-12 advantage after two with MacDonald covering for a number of turnovers and sloppy defensive play in front, which afforded the Wild plenty of Grade-A chances through 40 minutes.
"He made some big saves, more than he needed," said Flames forward Lee Stempniak. "Gave them second and third chances that are tougher to save and he played a great game. I don't think we would have won without the way he played."
Its been an up-and-down weekend for MacDonald, who was ill all day Saturday. But a one-year contract extension got Sunday off to a good start, a day he capped with a sparkling performance.
"Wasn't a very good day yesterday," MacDonald said. "Felt a little better today, but once you start playing, you don't really think about it."
Minnesota gained a pair of power play chances in the first period but were unable to capitalize, opening the door for Calgary to grab the lead 59 seconds into its first man-advantage 13:37 into the contest. Rookie defenseman Mark Cundari's snipe from the right circle was his first career goal in the NHL -- in his first career game -- giving the Flames a 1-0 lead.
"Never thought I'd get a chance on the power play in my first game, but I did," Cundari said. "Took a quick glance at the net, saw space. Just put it on net high and it happened to go right over his shoulder. It was surreal, I didn't even know how to react, I kind of just froze there for a second."
Cundari also assisted on a goal and finished the game a plus-1, playing a total of 24:54, second-best on the team.
"Sometimes, you meet a young man and you have a talk. Talk is cheap, but I really had a good feeling," Hartley said. "He has great body language. I was anxious to see him on his first shift. I told my [assistant coaches] we'd throw him out there in the starting lineup and see what he's got. I'm quite impressed."
Zach Parise evened things up late in the period, taking a great pass by Charlie Coyle from the slot and waiting out MacDonald in front, beating him for his 17th of the year at 18:44.
The goal gave Minnesota a big boost to start the second as the Wild dominated much of the first eight minutes of the middle frame, hitting a pair of posts in the process.
But the Flames staved off the attack and grabbed the lead for good when Mikael Backlund slammed home a loose puck in front of Niklas Backstrom after the Wild goaltender had stopped a Stempniak breakaway. The goal, at 8:50 of the second, was Backlund's eighth of the year.
Despite dominating much of the game to that point, Minnesota trailed 2-1 after 40 minutes. Was there a level of frustration setting in?
"That's part of it and you have to deal with it," Yeo said. "That's not easy and I don't think we did a very good job of it in the third period."
Calgary played its best hockey all night in the final period, clearing pucks and giving the Wild few opportunities to knot the game. With 7:20 remaining in regulation and on the power play, Mike Cammalleri gathered in a blocked shot from the point at the right circle and beat a sprawling Backstrom to give the Flames a big two-goal advantage, sending many fans to the exits early.
Jiri Hudler dashed the hopes of those remaining with an empty-netter -- the Flames' third power-play goal of the night -- with 31 seconds remaining.
Calgary, which wraps up the season with four straight road games, is playing some of its best hockey of the year as the roster seems to gets younger by the night. The Flames scratched 11 players Sunday -- many of whom are veterans.
"I looked around the room before the game and I think I counted eight Abbotsford (the Flames' American Hockey League affiliate) guys," MacDonald said. "They've played together down there and it's the same systems and everything. We have a lot of youth and they're just playing. They're playing hard and they've got a lot of energy in the room, which is nice, short schedule, and when you've got a lot of energy in the room, it helps."
The loss doesn't help the slumping Wild's Stanley Cup Playoffs hopes as Minnesota clings to one of the final two spots in the Western Conference. With three of its final four games at home and against non-playoff teams, Minnesota has an opportunity to get things going before the postseason begins next week.
A loss to Calgary however, just 5-13-2 on the road entering play Sunday, doesn't help the Wild's chances. Now just 3-7-1 over its past 11 games and with 51 points, Minnesota is just three points ahead of the ninth-place Detroit Red Wings and four up on the 10th-place Dallas Stars with three games to play.
"We didn't have enough. We played some good stretches, but we can't lose that game," Wild forward Matt Cullen said. "Obviously we're not happy with our play, but we have to put it behind us and get back to work.
"We just need a better effort from everybody. We control our own destiny. We have three games left and we have to have our best three games."
The Wild face a critical test Tuesday when the Los Angeles Kings come to St. Paul in the second game of a three-game homestand.
Calgary ends the season with three straight against the Central Division, continuing its trip Tuesday in Nashville.


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"The only very important people in here today is you!" rallied Pete Bunce, president of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), before some 2,000 aviation workers on March 21 in Wichita, Kan. The multitudes of workers erupted in cheers at his words. "This rally is about you. It's about these tremendous machines that you build for the world."
Sec. of Transportation Ray LaHood addressed over 2,000 aviation workers
in Wichita, Kan., March 21 at the Rally GA event.
The event, sponsored by GAMA, Cessna, Learjet, and Hawker Beechcraft, was meant to showcase the general aviation capital of the world for Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The secretary was in town to tour the aircraft manufacturing facilities and to assure the employees that he would take back to President Barack Obama the word that aviation manufacturing plays an important role in the administration's goal to double exports in the next five years.
GA generates one of the few positive trade balances of any industry. "Even in a down cycle you still create $4.9 billion in exports. That's extraordinary," said LaHood. "We are in your debt for the very professional way you do what you." The secretary said he would take back to Washington the very clear message he received that Obama must visit Wichita to see the importance that GA manufacturing represents to the economy, later saying the president would visit next year.
David Coleal, vice president and general manager of Learjet, continued the theme, noting that 60 percent of the billings for GA aircraft manufactured in 2010 were for exported aircraft.
Bill Brown, executive vice president of Hawker Beechcraft, noted that the industry creates 1.2 million jobs with a combined pay roll of $53 billion; 17,000 aviation employees alone live in Kansas. Forty percent of the world's GA aircraft are produced in Wichita, frequently referred to as the air capital of the world.
Cessna President, CEO and Chairman Pelton with AOPA President and CEO Fuller
Cessna President, CEO, and Chairman Jack Pelton pointed to the enormous banners hanging overhead in the Cessna hangar. Those messages are facing this way for a reason, he said, so that the secretary can see the message the industry wants carried back to Washington. The banners read: "Kansas is #1 in U.S. General Aviation Exports," and "General Aviation Equals Kansas Jobs."
"The secretary came here not to see our buildings or our machinery, but to see our workforce that is the envy of the world," Pelton continued. He then challenged the federal government to help. "If the government gets out of the way and supports us there is no telling how big we can get." Pelton called it "vital" that industry and government work together to create more jobs.
The rally comes after a devastating two years of plummeting sales and sagging order backlogs for aviation manufacturers, especially in Wichita. Cessna alone has reduced its Wichita workforce by 50 percent to 5,000 workers. Hawker Beechcraft had cuts nearly as large.
Pelton expressed gratitude to the federal government for tax incentives, including 100 percent depreciation in the first year for new business aircraft purchases, and other incentives for business investment.
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Kansas Governor Brownback with Wichita Mayor Brewer
The Wichita congressional delegation, including newly elected Rep. Mike Pompeo and Sen. Jerry Moran, joined the industry leaders on stage.
The senator said the most important task for those in Washington is to return the economy to a place that it is putting people to work so there's enough wealth for people to buy aircraft and invest.
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback urged the Washington legislators to support fair trade laws and to assure a fair playing field for GA manufacturers. "We'll compete against anybody on a level playing field," he said.
"I'm not going to nor is anyone else on this stage going to stand around and let China or Germany or any other country take over the United States' position as a global leader. We're not going to let that take place."
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Speaking after the event, AOPA President Craig Fuller encouraged government support as well. "While America is built upon the strength of its people and its industries, it is vital that the government stand behind them. That is why it was so important that Secretary LaHood visit Wichita and see for himself and on behalf of President Obama the great things the general aviation industry is doing. It was my privilege to be a part of such an event.
GAMA President Pete Bunce rallied the crowd.
"Secretary LaHood really seemed to touch the more than 2,000 general aviation community employees who were at the rally. His acknowledgement that Wichita is the epicenter for general aviation in the world shows that he understands the importance of GA to the nation's economy and its balance of trade. We hope that his promise to try to convince President Obama to come to Wichita and see for himself will bear fruit, and as the Secretary said, that there will be even more workers employed by Wichita's GA industry when he visits." Fuller also had the opportunity to talk privately with LaHood at the event, which he chronicles in his blog.
Wrapping up the rally, Bunce rallied the employees once more. "You heard it. The industry is coming back," he reiterated.


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flap wrote:Well, I have tried to summarize the definitions and debate in the wiki.
At least, new players reading AA reports and annotated play-through will get an idea of other players mean with that term.
Well, it's a good effort but it's a bit confusing, and makes it look as if there's a debate about what a spike is. Which I'm not sure is the case - I think Dislekcia and me and all the vets know what it is. There was/is a confusion because various people though someone was trying to make the definition too broad. But that's just a communication problem.
@Dislekcia: You might remember the time we the players made the thread about how regen fighting was not supported by enough features in the game and was too counter-intuitive for new players to learn? When afterwards you remade the Bloody Sigil and added Burning to put regen fighting tools closer to the begginning of the game?
Well, the reason it's counter intuitive is the same reson why me using the term "blackspace spike" started off this much controversy. It's difficulty to see it as a "spike" if your definition of "spike" is too narrow (call a spike whatever, we seem to all know and in fact agree on what it is). "One of the first things you learn is that you cant regen while you fight" = "One of the first things you learn is that you can't spike with blackspace". That idea is wrong (because you can and Monk does), but you know that statement is true, it is one of the first things people "learn". So true that even after years of playing people can still have trouble with the idea that regen-fighting isn't something that exists "opposed to spiking".
I'm saying this to try to cut the communication issue - the intention behind spike theory wasn't further mistification and elitization, it came from ruminations on and effort to understand the kinks in the learning curve. Namely why regen fighting seemed to confuse people, what's the best way to describe the importance of gods, and why people latch onto classess and feel like they lost too much when they get nerfed. If the buildup/spiking cycling is understood (under whatever name), those things become much less problematic and the game on the whole much less arcane. It does lose a quite a bit of mystery though.
1) Why was regen fighting confusing?
Because the early kingdom game teaches that you cant regen while you fight, so people come to think of consuming blackspace as something which divides the fights. And regen fighters use "blackspace spike" as their spike of choice. Once you figure this out (in whatever terminology), you lose the original misasumption and start regen fighting.
"Popcorn stacking" which is requred for level cannons or XP spikes is confusing too - because neither popcorn or blackspace can be stacked in an inventory or a bar somewhere on the screen. You can only conserve them. And monsters look like something you need to burn to get the XP to be able to fight the boss, just like blackspace is something you need to burn to heal up between fights and even know where everything is. Just saying. (And I'm curious about what it would be like to have a "blackspace" counter somewhere in the interface which ticked down as you explore.)
2) Why do you have to learn about the gods?
Well, for various reasons, but a very important reason is that without gods on the board the number of tools for potential spikes on the board is limited. With gods on the board (and in your prep screen) you're mostly never without a spike handy even if you blew all your other resources. What's most important - without gods you're very constrained with the way your class works, with gods you can build up a guard to spike whichever way you want.
3) Why people latch onto classes?
Because they familiarize themelves with them before they familiarize themselves with gods (or used to). So they get the idea that class is more important than it is and that mechanics are way less general than they are (this had to have been a design decision it would've been an entirely lesser game if gods were unlocked right away). Classess are just sets of pre-determined 3-boon-packages applied to guards (or in some cases more than 3 crammed into that format). This greatly extends the learning process (and the logevity of the game) because people are learning it in a specific and fun but suboptimal way. That's why at times it seemed that it's "impossible" to do VGT with a Fighter, or that certain dungeons could only be done with certain classess - when you start thinking in tems of spikes (again, any terminology) you can do anything with anything (except VT VGT possibly, and Goatperson since Goatperson is in fact playing a whole different game).
4) Why people get upset over class nerfs?
Because they're not aware of all the opitions and are overjoyed with having figured out any instance of a more general mechanism that they managed to understand/stumble upon. They latched onto them all the time often thinking that playing a particular class was the only way to spike in a certain fashion. But after you've been up and down VGT, NC and the PQI a lot you figure out that your character is way more modular than that and that you can build most any character for whatever spike.
So understanding it is the end of the learning curve (or a large chunk of it). Sure, someone can discover cool sinergies that were unknown up till then, and you can realize something has an application in more than one strat, but the learning curve ends with throwing off false assumptimptions that come about because of how the early kingdom development is structured. And it probably can't be structured any other way, because there'd both be too many elements too soon, and there'd be much less mystery about the game.


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Irish Potato Famine Disease Hits Tomatoes in Northeastern States
By Vanessa Richins
In 1845, Ireland was hit with late blight (caused by Phytophthora infestans), which killed much of the potato crops.
Since this was their main crop, a famine grew in the country.
It lasted for the next 6 years.
In the end, it is believed that about 1.5 million people died from starvation and 1 million people went to other countries.
Since tomatoes are in the same family (Solanaceae) as potatoes. it can also be affected by late blight.
2009 thus far has been one of the rainiest years in a while. The wet, cool conditions are perfect for the development of a fungus like Phytophthora infestans. This year
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Canon EF 24-70mm f/4 L IS USM Preview
Preview based on a pre-production Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USMBack in September Canon introduced the EOS 6D, its entry into the nascent 'compact, lightweight' full frame SLR segment. With the launch of the EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM, Canon has now revealed what's destined to be its 'kit' lens. The newcomer is relatively compact in size to match the ethos of the 6D body design, but sports the company's premium 'L' series designation. However this comes with a price tag that's sure to make more than a few Canon users catch their breath - we've been told the the RRP will be $1499 / £1499.99 / €1459. What remains to be seen, though, is how much it will cost in a kit with the 6D body.
The 24-70mm f/4 includes one relatively unusual feature - a macro mode offering up to 0.7x magnification, which is accessed by pulling forward the zoom lock switch and rotating the zoom ring past the 70mm mark. This is complemented by Canon's 'Hybrid IS' that's specifically designed to give better performance for close-up work than conventional IS systems (which tend to be ineffective for macro work). Overall this should add useful extra capability compared to most other standard zooms.
Aside from that, the specification is much as we'd expect from a premium Canon optic. The lens is dust- and splash-resistant, including a rubber seal around the mount. It incorporates a ring-type ultrasonic motor for fast, silent autofocusing, and offers full-time manual focus. The aperture uses a nine-bladed circular iris for attractive rendition of blurred backgrounds, and the front element has a fingerprint-resistant 'fluorine' coating. On paper at least, this all looks like an attractive package.
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Oct. 17, 2005
Andy Wickert '08
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The sounds of boats being taken down from racks, weights clanking, and the gentle splash of oars in the water says one thing to MIT rowers: the new season is here. After last year's victories, the start of the new season is even more exhilarating for the lightweight squad.
The excitement for the season resonates through the novice team well. This year's novices bring a solid core of athletic experience to the boathouse, which translates directly into rowing ability and boat speed. Ultimately, the promise that the novices have shown thus far should give them important victories in the fall and spring racing seasons.
Last year, the MIT freshman lightweights defeated Boston College, URI, and West Point after clinching the silver in the New Hampshire Championships. These rowers now form a solid core of athletes on the varsity team. This young team looks excitedly toward the freshmen and upperclass novices to repeat last year's success.
It's still not too late for freshmen, upperclassmen, and graduate students to join the novice crew. It's the experience of a lifetime that teaches teamwork, perseverance, and dedication. It builds lifelong friends and lifelong memories. Graduate schools and employers recognize rowers' dedication to their sport and their ability to lead a balanced lifestyle, even at MIT. Even without considering the benefits, rowing is a great time, and the more novice boats there are, the more fun it gets.
The young varsity team is fast, and the novices this year are athletic and strong. It's going to be a great few years for MIT lightweight crew -- come be a part of it!


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From John Main OSB, "Redemptive Love," THE WAY OF UNKNOWING (New York: Crossroad, 1990), pp. 124-126.
St Paul speaks frequently of the evolving maturity of Christians.
The call to prayer, the call to meditation is precisely a call to grow up, to leave the ego-centered irresponsibility of childishness behind and to become ourselves by finding ourselves beyond ourselves in union with the All. Again,understand that this requires a personal response, not just an agreeing nod, from each of us. This invitation is to see with our own eyes, to hear with our own ears and to love with our own hearts, but also to do this in union with him who is Love. Now, in practice this requires of each of us to go beyond all our personal, historical dividedness. All the dividedness within ourselves must be transcended.
All the barriers that separate us from our true selves and from others and from God must be dismantled. And that means leaving all our images behind. Images that we have of ourselves, the images that we have of others and the images that we have of God. The Christian vision requires us to be open to God at an imageless depth, and it is in openness there that all the false dichotomies are resolves in union, in oneness. In other words, the call is for us all together to return to a fundamental simplicity. The call of deep prayer is no less that the call to be, to be yourself, to be in love, in trust, in openness to what is. And it is almost meaningless to say that God is Love until we know it for ourselves, through an experience of our being in the being of God. [. . . .]
Love alone has the power to redeem and absolute love redeems absolutely. Now as we know, this power to know and to love is to be found in our own hearts. And this is our pilgrimage, to our own hearts. The only thing necessary is that we seek this love with supreme seriousness, with generosity and with faithfulness. That we make that time available, every day of our lives, every morning and every evening in the quiet, in the hidden quiet of our own home, going to our own place of meditation to be silent; and there to enter into the eternal reality of God, a reality that is to be found in our own heart. This is the only pilgrimage that is necessary. On it we find love, beyond all compromise, beyond all fear, beyond all timidity.
Let me remind you again because it is such a precious thing to know, that what we have to learn is the selflessness of saying the mantra. The selflessness of saying it from the beginning to the end of our meditation complements the selflessness required to get up that little bit earlier in the morning . . .To be generous enough to seek the one thing that is necessary. In that very act of seeking we discover the unity of which we are part, a unity of all in all.
After meditation: from Willigis Jager, SEARCH FOR THE MEANING OF LIFE (Liguori: Triumph, 1996), pp. 81-82, 92, 264.
Contemplation . . .is possible only when reason, memory, and will have come to rest. . . Something happens to the person at prayer. No cognitive contents are accepted; religious images, vision, inner speeches, and pious thoughts are left behind. . . Contemplation is pure gazing. Something happens to the pray-er. It is an awakening to one's true divine essence.
[The] mantra captures the infinite in the finite. . . .it has nothing hypnotic about it, no power of its own. Rather it strengthens the forces that are already present within us. It connects us with something that is there to begin with.
The Divine sleeps in every person like a seed. Just as the seed developed in the human Jesus Christ, so it is designed to awaken and enfold in every person. Jesus Christ was completely transparent, God shone through him, lit him up. The same thing has to happen with us too.
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