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Guild Issue Resolution
Let's spend today talking a bit about managing your guild. Specifically, identifying problems – and maybe doing some things to neutralize them – before they shatter your guild.
I've said before that you are basically running a pure volunteer organization. Sure, everyone expects to get loot (pay), but there is no guarantee of when or what (well, mostly). But mostly, everyone is in to increase their fun. You, oh Guild Leader (GL from here on out), are in charge of maximizing everyone's fun – even if it means keeping some people from having as much fun as possible.
Does that sound a bit peculiar? Probably – and yet it's the essence of any 5-man assault on an instance. Consider – in really successful 5-man teams everyone sacrifices DPS so the whole goes smoothly. Tanks often have to sacrifice damage potential to increase aggro potential — and usually a chunk of gold for repairs as well. Killteam members pull back on their DPS so they don't pull aggro. Healers have sacrificed their ability to dps at all so as to keep the team wholly operational — and that usually shows up in how long it takes a healer to level outside the instance. Everyone pulls back some so the whole team gains.
But in the guild – out of instances or battlegrounds or arenas or whatever – it's harder to see this. And this is where your job – your pain, and in the end your glory – are focused. What I'm going to do is help you see ways to do this by assuming you are the GL of a particular type of guild, and hope that if you're different you'll see the applications. (Yes, I'll probably end up doing some related articles for other types of guilds, but in the meantime I'm assuming you've smarts and imagination to do some on your own.)
Once more, I advocate guilds be single-purpose guilds – exceptions being uncommon and the province of very large or extremely experienced guilds. And since it's the majority of interest, I'm going to assume an end-game guild. That is, one for which all the participants are aiming for Kara and upward. I'll occasionally digress (you know that's coming), but most of the time will use this as the guide. This particular guild is going to be, hmmm, let's say there is a significant proportion not yet exalted with everyone (if anyone). While mostly blues, they're still running Kara to gear their players, and while technically it's "farming" it's still a little bit tricky in some parts. And most of your guild has a Real Life – spouses, family, full-time job, and other things that prevent playing anything close to 24/7 — or even 8 hours a day for six days a week. For most, it's a long day (8-12 hours) on one weekend day, maybe a half day (5-6 hours) on the the other weekend day, and a couple of three or four-hour evenings. Now that I've given you this background, ignore it unless I say something that "doesn't apply to you". Then pull it back out and see if it's for THIS guild, and if so apply your salt and situation to see if it can be shifted to be useful for you. So much for background.
The single best tool for resolving issues is to anticipate the issues and have a resolution plan in place – preferably one that is proactive and so prevents the issue from surfacing at all. And believe it or not, every experienced guild member can do this. Basically, list the peeves that had you disliking your "last" guilds.
For what it's worth, an amazing number boil down to a very short list. I've mentioned personality conflicts before, but will do so again. The other Big Deals seem to be: Loot wasn't distributed fairly; Never got guild help (doing necessary instance runs, or getting necessary profession things like enchants and gems and potions); Wasted Time. There are a few specials, but I'm going to ingore them for now. Instead I'm going to take these four in reverse order, expand them a bit, and tell you some tools with which to cope.
Wasted Time. This takes two flavors, actually. First and most obviously, the guild calls for a run at 6:30, and you don't enter the instance till… 7:15? 7:45? Some amount of time in which you could have done something – not another instance, but certainly a quest or some more profession work or… The second and less obvious is when every free moment seems to be scheduled. If every night has something scheduled, and the Big Deals fill the weekends… when are you supposed to find time for all the necessary grinding? You know, for money for repairs and supplies? Not to mention getting Exalted with CE so you can use the repair vendor in the caverns?
So… what can you do? Again, prevention is better than people leaving in Guild Drama. Let's take each in turn.
For the first version of Wasted Time, the answer is painfully simple. Enforce the start time. Now, let's be a bit realistic. Unless you're a dedicated team, you'll usually have to spend some time sending invites and grouping and doing all the initial buffs and distribution of guild supplies. And waiting for people to get to where they need to be. But this can be dealt with. My recommendations – not the only way, just the way I use – follow:
Announce three times. Time one is when you're going to start taking requests to "play" – I'll call it "Calls". Now given our guild's design this should be almost everyone, but sometimes someone is just not going to be able to stay for the whole thing and would rather let someone who CAN get first shot. Time two is the Cut-Off – 5 to 15 minutes after Calls. Anyone sending a request to play after this gets NO guarantee of a slot. They get to be on standby, and will be called only if there is an opening – whether at start, or because someone has to leave (or gets DCd – disconnected) before the instance is complete. Summons should immediately follow the Calls.
Now, way too often people don't come to the instance till Cut-off. And even then they ignore a summons, or ask for a delay so they can finish a quest. This tends to be a major time-waster, of course. Sadly, it happens because time has been wasted in the past so they want to get the best return and so they make it worse, and… There is a fix, but it requires being a bit draconian. If a summons is declined, the summoned party gets moved to the standby list.
The goal of the assembly officer – the guild officer responsible for Calls and Sorting (arranging which players are on which teams for best balance) is to have all teams ready to roll by Go Time. At worst, that should be 30 minutes after calls — 15 minutes after Cut-Off. With practice — and everyone aware that if they don't get their tails moving they lose out — you can see teams entering 5 minutes after Cutoff because everyone gets to the instance BEFORE Cut-Off.
The trick, sadly, is being hard-nosed. "At such and so time teams are made from everyone present. If you're not present, you only get a team if there is room and need. I do not care if the only people present are woefully under-geared backups, presence matters."
What will happen is, well, you'll suddenly not have half an evening wasted. And that particular issue becomes a non-issue. But there were two time-wasters, and the second is just as much your "fault" as the first. That's the issue of filling the schedule.
Now let's face it – there are a LOT of fun things to do that take several bodies. And it's very easy to just grab some fellow guildies and have at it. And with best of intentions you say, "everybody, we're going slumming to ZG (or Battlegrounds, or…)" on this day. And gradually, you put something on the calendar every. single. day. Which means the players who beg off to get runs to build rep or get that gear that's not-Kara+ but better than what they've got are… getting pugs to run the instances. Again, I've a hard recommendation. Don't do it. Just… don't "schedule" something every day of the week. Or if you do… let's jump to the second Big Deal for this. Hold on, ok?
The second Big Deal is "nobody helps." Oh, sure, "If I'm free" happens. But take a look around at your guild – especially everyone who isn't "top tier". How many are having to run pugs? How often do you hear of (or see) one or two or even at different times a dozen of your second and third tier players spend literally HOURS asking for someone to run an instance? Or asking for an enchant and getting "when we get together"? Or gems, or… you get the picture. Every one of those players is Guild Drama waiting to happen. You can't stop it – there WILL be times it's inevitable. You can, however, work to minimize it.
The first step is where we left off on Big Deal One. Don't fill the guild's time with Guild Activities. Leave everyone time to do other stuff – intentionally block it as "individual development time". If some folk want to do arenas and BGs or take a 6-man at ZG or…, well, you get the idea — let them. But unofficially, on their own, letting them have (remember rule one) FUN.
There is another possible save you can use in addition. Though it sounds contrary to the "don't flood the schedule" advice given already, consider scheduling a "Guild buildup and prep" period (or periods). Times (and days) when the guild officers, class leaders, and others are available specifically to run those 5-mans over and over with various guild members with the intent of bringing everyone up to Ready for Kara (or onward). Same deal for enchants and gems and all that sort of thing. Telling everyone to grab it at the gather of the instance run means, well, it means some people are sitting around twiddling thumbs while enchants and gemcutting (and installing) is done – along with cries of "forgot [this mat], I can hearth and get it real fast if someone will summon me…" Gah.
That's two of the Big Three Causes (well, four, but you'll see why I say three in a bit). I strongly suspect, based on what I've heard in both WoW and other games, that the third is as big if not a bigger cause than the other two put together. That's loot distribution. Now, several folk have written about various techniques – heck, I heartily recommend Matticus's Recent Series on Systems as a good starting point. But as I said before, any system can work – even the leader "just picking who gets based on the leader's opinion" – so long as everyone believes it's "fair". Ah, that word "fair" – I hate it. Everyone tends to shade "fair" toward themselves. Still, the basic concept is understood. What's going to break you with this particular rock is when the lower tiers – knowing they won't get as much as the full-timers on the A-team – still believe their being shafted. There are a couple of things you can do to anticipate and reduce this – not perfectly as there will always be those who believe anything less than everything for them is "unfair", but it'll help a lot.
The first I've already mentioned. Ensure you have some mechanism for helping the lower tiers of your guild get "theirs". Whether it's scheduled runs or "hey, you wanna run Heroic Mech with me?" from the guild officers or something else, making a clear effort will go a long way to killing the feeling that the lower tier members are doing well when they're afterthoughts. There is, however, another tool.
Simply stated, you're going to look at your gear inequality. That is, you'll look at your lower tiers and ask how far they are (in gear) from your top tiers. And while you're at it you'll look to see how many of your top tier players are still grabbing gear from what should be the goal of your lower tiers.
If you've got 20% of your members getting all the Kara, Gruul, SSC, and every other raid gear, while the other 80% get Kara castoffs (stuff the top 20% can't use), you may be imbalanced. But maybe not – the top tier may be going, but not getting anything to speak of. We can – provide you take the time – get a bit of a handle on this if you're willing to do some math work. We'll have to take a quick look at the real world to understand, though.
There's a tool used by economists called the Gini Coefficient. Put simply, it is measuring the inequality of wealth distribution, where the more the wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, the higher the number. (zero is perfectly equitable distribution.) I'm not going to have you do the math. I am, however, going to help you envision the issue. You're going to make a scatterplot of each player's 'gear value'.
Now, if you have a tool to get a numeric value (one of the numerous valuations around) for everybody's gear, great. But I'm going to assume you don't have such. Instead, all you can tell with any comfort (and without dragging every player's gear loadout through wowhead or allakhazam or thottbot or…) is whether it's green, blue, or purple – and if it's purple is it a Kara, post-Kara, or other source item. Remember that everybody has 17 "value" slots (excluding tabard and shirt), with those using two-handed weapons taking up two of the slots with one item. So use a spreadsheet. Along one side list the slot, along the top list everybody's names, and start filling the spots.
Give Greens a value of 1, Blues 2, and Purples 4. If it's a Kara BoP drop it gets 8, and post-Kara gets 16. If they're using a two-handed weapon, both slots get the appropriate value (so a blue staff is going to wind up with a value of 4.)
Now the sum of these will be one of the two numbers you need for a scatterplot. For the second, you need something to show tier. Rank, time in the guild, a combination of the two – anything will do so long as it enables you to know "these" are top tier and "those" are bottom tier.
And now, do your scatterplot. Most spreadsheet programs will do this for you, I'm not going to tell you the details. What I AM going to do is tell you what to look for – and to know you just might have a problem pending.
Look at the distribution. If your spreadsheet will draw a "best-fit" curve through the points, let it. Bad is a curve that starts at zero, stays low through most of the groups, then surges toward infinity near the end. Good is a flat curve. Peculiar but good is a curve that's flat. Peculiar and perhaps a different problem is one which is "humped" in the middle – where your mid- and/or lower- tiered players are "better geared" than your top tiers.
If we were looking for a "perfect" Lorenze Curve of a Gini Coefficient, we'd see a straight line from zero to the top running at a 45 degree angle. We're not doing economics, we're not doing the Gini, and we don't want to get sidetracked down that road, but since it's our starting point the knowledge does let us get some idea of "good".
Does a "bad" curve guarantee you will have problems? No. Your guild may be fine with the current loot distribution scheme which brought this about. It's just a warning that the potential for perception of inequality exists – so you can start thinking about how to fix it.
I started this saying there were four Big Deals, then suddenly talked of the Big Three. There's a good reason for this, going beyond the fact I discussed personality conflicts briefly in Guild Drama. Quite simply, the root of almost all the personality differences can be found to lie in the Big Three. Oh, there are the occasional issues where two people just cannot stand one another, but the vast majority of time the REASON is that one perceives the other as getting, well, More Than His Share. Of attention, of runs, of loot, in any and all combinations. If you've taken the time to recognize and prepare you'll have minimized these issues. Sadly, you will never eliminate them.
Let me close by saying these are not the only issues, nor are what I suggest the only (or even Best) solutions. They are what I've come to recognize as the most frequent causes of problems, and they are solutions I've seen work. But in the end, they are all second to what IS the BEST solution – one I've mentioned before.
Communicate. Talk to your guild members, and listen to them. As long as they know they can air their grievances – and that you'll try to fix them – you'll overcome failing to prepare for any of these issues. And by the same token, perfect preparation while remaining forever out of touch will result in a dead guild as everybody gives up and goes somewhere else. Remember, all your members are volunteers. They're with you because they want to be with you, want what you're offering, and are willing to do things a little differently from "all for me" to get the most fun out of it. Kill their fun, and they'll say goodbye.
I still can think of few things more difficult in this game – and in real life – than being a successful guild leader. I hope I've give you a few thoughts to help you do that. But whatever you do, remember rule one.
This is a GAME, it's supposed to be Fun. If it's not fun, don't do it.
12 Responses to "Guild Issue Resolution"
I'm currently an officer in a very large guild (casual raiding guild pre BC) that is really struggling to progress through endgame content. We have Gruuls, Lurker, and VR on farm, and downed Mags once.
We use the guild website to signup/preapprove people for raids, and start invites 30 minutes before the raid start time. We schedule things 5-6 days per week, and do not have mandatory attendence. All raiders are expected to come prepared, and buffs go out at start time, and the first pull is 3-5 minutes later, no exceptions.
Loot is distributed using the EP/GP system, to minimize DKP hoarding and ensure that the people who put the most time/effort into raiding have the highest chance to be rewarded.
There is a consistant core group of 12-15 well geared raiders. The rest of the raid is usually made up of whoever signed up, is online, and has the time to go. This makes for alot of inconsistancy in raids and leads to alot of downtime reexplaining strats, and at least a wipe or two due to new people gtting the hang of the fights. Therein lies the current progression issue we are having. Apparently there are alot of guilds stuck at this point in progression due to the same issue (9 guilds on my server alone between both factions), lack of consistancy. The core raiders in the guild are beyond frustrated with the situation, and some have allready left. Too alleviate this issue the officers decided to recruit raiders. This idea, while working to some degree has caused the guild to become a feeder guild that gets people geared up so they can go somewhere that is more successful. We can't keep recruits long enough to become a more successful raid team.
At this point, the guild is nearing the self destruct point, with all of the raiders considering leaving, and going elsewhere. As a last effort to aviod this, the guild is absorbing a smaller guild that is fully Kara geared, but doesnt have the numbers to run 25 mans. I dont know if this will work, but getting 15 more consistant well geared raiders at the same time will hopefully make enough of an impact on our raiding scene to hold things together. If not, we're likely no worse off than we currently are.
Any help/suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated.
We allready penalize players that sign up and were approved that dont show up. When we were learning Karazhan, we replaced the people who werent performing up to par. (We had a waitlist of the people who were signed up, but were not approved, and they parked their mains outside the instance and were ready to jump in as needed, these people recieved 50% of the EP given out for being ready/available to raid for the evening) Currently with 25 mans, we're lucky to fill them with a semiacceptable class balance, leaving us saddled with subpar performance, and usually a wipefest.
Our raiders do read the strats beforehand, but our excessively verbose raidleader says taking 5 extra minutes to explain things again (over vent) and set them up is better than wiping because people dont know what they're supposed to do. The inconsistancy in attendence and peformance are the main reasons that we do things the way that we do. Heres a bit of insight on what happens in a casual raiding guild post BC: (hopefully you'll see the frustration here)
Last nights Gruul+Lurker was was the first time in 6 days we could actually get a 25 person group together to raid. (How does a 'raiding' guild with 75 different people only manage to have 25 people for a raid 1/2 of the time?)
Here's how things went: (this is typical of our raids)
3shot Maulgar due to terrible spellsteal resists and a poor healing assignment, 1shot Gruul (12 growths), even though we had 5 newer people there die to the first shatter which in most cases is a definite wipe, but the core and a few others held it together and succeeded. Is it just me or does it seem like the core group is actually managing to carry 5-6 semiuseless people?
Lurker, 3shot due to people getting used to the fight. Three people (not the new ones) somehow managed to die to the spout, regardless of the call to get in the water, and the same rogue got 1shot/cleaved by a guardian all 3 times…
That about sums up the raiding experience in my guild.
You sugested culling the guild, as we see it, the guild used to be a friends/family/casual raiding guild that progressed nicely through ZG/AQ20/MC/ONY/BWL. Trimming the 'dead weight' as far as raiding is concerned isnt really an option because most of these people are still friends/family. Thats why your suggestion wasnt the original solution to the problem. We hope that by absorbing a small raiding guild (that is frustrated by a lack of progression due to numbers as well) we can improve the raiding situation. Worst case scenario, it doesnt work, we're no worse off, and the raiders all bail (including myself, although my alts will likely remain in the guild), and the guild loses the 'raiding' tag. If the raiders do leave, they would like to stay together, and would likely join up with a guild at our current point in progression that is struggling with similar consistancy issues.
Guild Absorbtion successful, their GM and 2 of their officers are now officers in my guild, and all are working to ease the transition. We have our first raid together this evening, hopefully people show up and a boss goes down. Will update you on the outcome.
First raid was a complete success, 2 shotted Magtheridon. We hit the jackpot and picked up some Very good players. Smoothest raid in quite a while. 🙂
We did lose a few people from the guild (6 complainersand a lootwhore) That aside, I think things (on the raiding side) have really cooled off and are looking good.
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Kirk, grats for making another brilliant post that WoW Insider called out. I hope that you are doing well and everything is moving smoothly over there.
Great blog and advice. Guilds have trouble transitioning from 10 to 25 man raids. Often guild leaders feel they have to stop running 10 -mans (Kara) in order to focus on the 25-mans. This is a big mistake. Guilds need success to keep members. Constant wiping in 25-man raids can cause the FUN to leave the game. Your advice on scheduling is exactly what guilds need to remember. Bravo.


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Today, at approximately 9:12 a.m., the body of a young woman was located at the bottom of Elephant Rock near Westhaven. Arcata Police Chief Tom Chapman confirmed that this was the body of Erin Henry, a Humboldt State University student who was last seen November 25 by her roommate in the Sunnybrae area southeast of Arcata.
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IRISH CREAM CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CAKEFrom dreamweaver 10 years ago
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- Mousse:
- Whisk eggs and sugar in large metal bowl. Set bowl over saucepan of simmering water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch water) and whisk constantly until candy thermometer registers 60°F, about 5 minutes.
- Remove bowl from over water. Using electric mixer, beat egg mixture until cool and very thick, about 10 minutes.
- Place chocolate in top of another bowl over simmering water; stir until melted and smooth. Remove bowl from over water. Cool to lukewarm.
- Combine cream and Irish cream liqueur in medium bowl; beat to stiff peaks. Pour lukewarm melted chocolate over egg mixture and fold together. Fold in cream mixture. Cover and chill until set, at least 4 hours or overnight.
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- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Line bottom with parchment paper. Using electric mixer, beat eggs, sugar, espresso powder and salt in large bowl until mixture thickens and slowly dissolving ribbon forms when beaters are lifted, about 8 minutes. Sift 1/3 of flour over and gently fold into egg mixture. Repeat 2 more times (do not overmix or batter may deflate).
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- Using serrated knife, cut cake horizontally into 3 layers. Place bottom cake layer on platter. Brush with 3 tablespoons syrup. Spread 2 cups mousse over. Top with second cake layer. Brush with 3 tablespoons syrup. Spread 2 cups mousse over. Top with third cake layer, cut side down. Brush with 3 tablespoons syrup. Spread remaining mousse over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate cake while preparing chocolate bands.
- Chocolate Bands:
- Line large basket sheet with foil and set aside. Place another large sheet of foil on work surface; top with waxed paper strips, spacing apart. Stir chopped semisweet chocolate and vegetable shortening in heavy, small saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth. Pour half of melted chocolate down center of each waxed paper strip.
- Using metal icing spatula, spread chocolate to cover strips evenly and completely, allowing some chocolate to extend beyond edges of paper strips. Using fingertips, lift strips and place on clean foil-lined baking sheet. Refrigerate just until chocolate begins to set but is still very flexible, about 2 minutes.
- Remove chocolate bands from refrigerator. Using fingertips, lift 1 band from foil. With chocolate side next to cake, place band around side of cake; press gently to adhere (band will be taller than cake). Repeat with second chocolate band, pressing onto uncovered side of cake so that ends of chocolate bands just meet (if ends overlap, use scissors to trim any excess paper and chocolate). Refrigerate until chocolate sets, about 5 minutes. Gently peel off paper. Refrigerate cake.
- Chocolate Curls:
- Line baking sheet with foil. Unwrap 1 square of chocolate. Place chocolate on its paper wrapper in microwave. Cook on High just until chocolate begins to soften slightly, about 1 minute (time will vary depending on power of microwave). Turn chocolate square onto 1 side and hold in hand. Working over foil-lined sheet, pull vegetable peeler along sides of chocolate, allowing chocolate curls to fall gently onto foil. Form as many curls as possible. Repeat process with remaining chocolate squares. Place curls decoratively atop cake, mounding slightly. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Refrigerate cake.) Sift powdered sugar over chocolate curls before serving cake.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Trey Parker and Matt Stone have come a long way since the VHS tape they first peddled in 1992. They had no way of knowing it at the time but The Spirit of Christmas, a crude animated short they made as University of Colorado film students, would spawn a generation-defining series called South Park five years later. They could not know that South Park would survive 17 seasons and counting — 247 episodes so far — or that it would outlive VHS, the video format that spawned it.
When Parker and Stone made a surprise appearance this past weekend at the summer meeting of the Television Critics Association, it was clear that they had lost none of the old fire that prompted Action for Children's Television founder Peggy Charren to label South Park as being "dangerous to the democracy," at a 1999 media conference sponsored by then U.S. vice-president Al Gore.
South Park hasn't just endured; it's thrived.
It's now the third longest-running animated series in U.S. TV history, behind The Simpsons and Arthur. Parent network Comedy Central has committed to making South Park through 2016, and probably beyond. All 247 episodes will soon be available for free on the U.S. streaming service Hulu. South Park has come a long way since those early episodes Starvin' Marvin, Mecha-Streisand and Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride.
"We definitely didn't think we'd be sitting here 18 years later," Parker admitted.
"If you had told us that," Stone added, "we would have been, like, 'Oh, man, that's so sad.'"
That's what Parker thought at the time: "You can probably go back and find interviews where we were like, 'Well, it's not like we're going to be doing this when we're 40.'"
VHS is DOA, of course. The entire TV model has changed.
"What worked six years ago doesn't work as well now," Parker said.
South Park translates well to phones and mobile screens, though. Had it been made today, it would have broken out on YouTube.
"We had really very few options when we pitched the show," Parker recalled. "We had either MTV or Comedy Central. As soon as Fox said no f---ing way, our options limited."
As it was, that five-minute VHS copy of The Spirit of Christmas was copied and copied until it seemed to be everywhere.
"Everybody was, like, 'Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this,'" Parker recalled. "It was like a viral video, before anyone knew what that was.
"I swear to you, we would go somewhere and people were going, 'Dude, you've got to watch this thing.' And we were, like, 'We made that.' We couldn't believe the viral-ness of it."
Parker recently became father to a daughter, a younger sister for the 10-month-old child he already has.
Asked at what age he would realistically allow his children to watch South Park, Parker replied deadpan that his 10-month-old is ready now.
"At nine months, no way. But at 10 months, they're ready. I started showing it to her. She doesn't like it, but I make her watch it."
Stone said their children will probably see South Park eventually.
"It's going to be about 10 or 12 years," he said. "And then it'll be payback. We are going to get it. We are going to get what we deserve."
In 2011, Parker and Stone spread their creative efforts to Broadway with their seven-time Tony-winning musical The Book of Mormon.
Don't expect a musical to be made from South Park any time soon, though.
"We could never figure out what the heads would be like," Stone said. "Or who would play them."


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This is a lesson about magnetism and solar flares. Learners will evaluate real solar data and images in order to calculate the energy and magnetic strength of a solar flare moving away from the Sun as a coronal mass ejection. This is Activity 3 in... (View More) the Exploring Magnetism in Solar Flares teachers guide. (View Less)
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This is an activity about magnetic induction. Learners will induce a flow of electricity in a wire using a moving bar magnet and measure this flow using a galvanometer, or Am meter. Through discussion, this activity can then be related to magnetic... (View More) fields in nature. This activity requires use of a galvanometer, bar or cow magnet, and wire. This is the fifth lesson in the second session of the Exploring Magnetism teacher guide. (View Less)
This is an activity about electromagnetism. Learners will use a simple circuit powered by a battery source to investigate the strength of the magnetic field produced by a coil of wire in the circuit. The strength will be indicated by the deflection... (View More) of magnetic compass needles and by the distance a coil of wire was moved by the action of the circuit. This activity requires coils or spools of wire, a knife switch, three magnetic compasses, a source of electricity such as 3 D-cell batteries or an AC to DC power adapter, alligator-clipped wire, and a bar or cow magnet. This is the fourth lesson in the second session of the Exploring Magnetism teachers guide. (View Less)
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This is an activity about electromagnetism and the Sun. First, learners will do a KWL activity using six vocabulary words. Next, they will build an electromagnet and investigate how it works. Finally, learners will relate the workings of their... (View More) electromagnet to a Solar Dynamics Observatory magnetogram image of the Sun. Per group of learners, this activity requires materials such as a length of insulated wire, alligator clips, a 2-D-battery holder, two D-batteries, and a nail. (View Less)
This is an activity about magnets and magnetism. Learners first make predictions about magnets, such as a list of the types of materials a magnet will pick up, how a magnet can be made, and how a compass can be made. Next, learners test their... (View More) predictions using simple experiments, and, finally, reflect on their predictions. This is the second activity in the Mapping Magnetic Influence educators guide. (View Less)
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This is the second module in the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) Project Suite curriculum. Each activity is self-directed by students or student teams and uses online videos, data from the SDO satellite and hands-on activities to explore, research... (View More) and build knowledge about how and why studying the Sun's electromagnetic energy and magnetic fields help scientists better understand the Sun's activity and space weather. Students build knowledge and vocabulary, apply or demonstrate learning through real world connections and create resources to use in investigations. Both a teacher and student guide is included with sequential instructions and embedded links to the needed videos, tutorials and internet resources. In Activity 2A: The Sun and the EM Spectrum students learn how SDO uses key parts of the Sun's electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) to research regions of the Sun, create an interactive foldable to describe the different wavebands of the EMS, then use real-time SDO image data and the Helioviewer online tool to explore the Sun's regional activity. Tutorials for using Helioviewer and making the EMS foldable are included. Activity 2B: Solar activity and Magnetism has students use information in online videos and slide presentations to demonstrate concepts of magnetism and the relationship between the Sun's variable magnetic fields and sunspots. Activity 3B: Solar Research in Action! Build a Spectroscope has students create a spectroscope to observe the different wavebands of visible light, demonstrate how the Sun emits varying EMS energies, and explain how this information helps scientists understand the composition and activity of both our nearest star, and other stars in the universe. A computer for student-teams and a connection to the Internet are needed to complete this module. See related and supplementary resources for link to full curriculum. The appendix includes an alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). (View Less)
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Students will test various materials to determine if any can shield their "magnetometer" (compass) from an external magnetic field using their own experimental design. If no suitable material is available, they will devise another method to protect... (View More) their instrument. Includes background science for the teacher, worksheets, adaptations and extensions. Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are also identified. (View Less)
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Jan Dismas Zelenka: Suite (Overture) in F major a 7 concertanti ZWV 188 for two oboes, bassoon, two violins, viola and continuo
Johann Georg Pisendel: Concerto in D major JunP I.7 for solo violin, two oboes, two horns, bassoon, strings and continuo
Johann Georg Pisendel: "Imitation des Caractčres de la Danse" in G minor for two oboes, two flutes, strings and continuo
Francesco Maria Veracini: Overture No. 6 in G minor for two oboes, bassoon, strings and continuo
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in F major for two horns, violin, recorder, oboe, cello, strings and continuo TWV 54:F1
Johann David Heinichen: Concerto in F major SeiH 231 for two horns, two flutes, strings and continuoJohann Mattheson was perhaps thinking of Johann Georg Pisendel when giving his treatise the title Der vollkommene Capellmeister (The perfect Kapellmeister), for Pisendel, who was born in 1687 and who had visited Johann Sebastian Bach in Weimar and Georg Philipp Telemann in Eisenach during his apprenticeship, led the court orchestra in Dresden for many years, during which time the orchestra became one of Europe's leading musical ensembles.
The dynamic musician also used his position to gain international experience, travelling with the court retinue to places such as Italy, where in Venice he met Antonio Vivaldi, whose works Pisendel later introduced north of the Alps. In contrast to the violin concerto or the concerto grosso, he strove for an all-inclusive "Concerto for Orchestra" in his own works, a concept which he succeeded in realising with the aid of the very capable and sophisticated Dresden orchestra. For their concert, the Berliner Barock Solisten perform works by Pisendel and other composers whose music was played at the Dresden court of his time including Telemann, Veracini, and Heinichen.
Gottfried von der Goltz, artistic director of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and internationally respected Baroque violin virtuoso, directs the performance from the concertmaster's desk. For this pro-active type of ensemble direction, Pisendel was certainly among his role models: he conducted the Dresden orchestra from the violin section and influenced this kind of self-confident concertmaster who is being rediscovered in our times, and not only in the field of early music.
Berliner Barock Solisten Gottfried von der Goltz, director "Per l'orchestra di Dresda"


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Paving The Way: The National Park-To-Park Highway "See America First" A 5,000-mile barely-paved loop connects 11 crown jewels of the young National Parks system in 1920. Starting from Denver, this film follows in the tire tracks of the intrepid travelers as they explored Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone, Glacier, Mt. Rainier, Crater Lake and Lassen Volcanic national parks. Bill Painter narrates this special that includes photographs from the original tour. Part 1 of 2G
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Catholicism "Amazed and Afraid: The Revelation of God Become Man" In this first episode of CATHOLICISM, journey with Father Robert Barron to the mysterious and sacred sites of the Holy Land. From Caesarea Phillipi, to the Sea of Galilee, to Jerusalem and finally to the eternal city of Rome, Fr. Barron illuminates the Catholic Faith's conviction that Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messiah and the revelation of God become man in Christ. D
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Unfinished Nation "From Days Before Time" Early human habitation of the North American continent. The civilizations of the North and South and tribal cultures. The journeys of Christopher Columbus. Exploration and exploitation of the west by the Spanish; impact on native population. Early slave trade. Biological and cultural exchanges between the Spanish and native cultures.G
3:30 am
Unfinished Nation "Turbulent Virginia" Incentives for English colonization. French and Dutch presence in North America. British attempts to establish a base at Roanoke and the outcome. Subsequent Virginia Company settlement at Jamestown. The people who come; the struggle to survive; the response of Native Americans. Establishing the royal colony in 1619.G
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Unfinished Nation "The Meeting Ground" The American West, a place of convergence. Contrasting experiences of Native American tribes; Spanish-speaking communities of Mexican Americans in New Mexico, Texas, and California; Chinese immigrants, and African Americans. The impact of the Homestead Act and the experiences of native cultures.G
4:30 am
Unfinished Nation "The Legendary Frontier" Economic development of the West. Impact of mining, cattle ranching and farming. Allure of the West; reality of lingering images and myths. Clashes with Native-American tribes; U. S. government's dispersal policy. Rise and decline of traditional agriculture. Introduction of commercial farming techniques.G
5:00 am
Inside Out "The Magic of the Mind" Psychology touches virtually every aspect of our lives. Many of its current themes can be traced back to questions that have confronted scholars throughout history. But today the study of behavior, thoughts and feelings is bolstered by new scientific tools and approaches. D
5:30 am
Inside Out "Endless Questions" It's our nature to ask questions about ourselves and the world around us. But finding answers requires more than intuition and common sense. This lesson asks the question, Does happiness lead to good health? then probes for answers using the multiple methods at a researcher's disposal: case study, survey, naturalistic observation, correlational studies and controlled experiments. D
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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly Guantanamo Ethics - In the wake of the September 11th attacks, the US established a detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to imprison and interrogate those captured in the new war against terror. Today, citing concerns about torture and human rights abuses, a growing movement is urging that Gitmo be shut down. Kim Lawton looks at the complex ethical and moral questions surrounding Guantanamo, including whether hunger-striking detainees should be force fed. D
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Second Opinion "Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)" Irritable bowel syndrome is a common disorder affecting the large intestines, which often has life-altering effects. While the syndrome can be both physically and emotionally disruptive, good treatments are available. Hear about the options from the experts and about the challenges from Erin Slater, who was diagnosed with IBS when she was only 17. D
7:30 am
Lidia's Italy In America "St. Louis: Macaroni & Cheese: An American Favorite, Inspired by Italy" Lidia travels to St. Louis and visits Volpi Foods, where she chats with owner Armando Passetti about their variety of cured Italian meats. Later, Lidia shows viewers the rich history of St. D
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New Scandinavian Cooking "West Coast of Norway: All Is Well - If There Is Herring" Host Andreas Viestad travels along the West coast of Norway, an area settled around the rich herring fisheries. Inspired by history, Andreas demonstrates how to make Scandinavian-style herring. D
8:30 am
Mexico -- One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless "From Lobster to Chocolate Clams: A Delicious Feast in Magdalena Bay" Rick and local guide Luis Garduno of REDTours venture out on a skiff to learn about sustainable fishing on Magdalena Bay. They catch up with local lobster fishermen and learn about sizing lobsters. Then they watch as clam divers haul up the local chocolate clams from the bottom of the bay. D
9:00 am
The Jazzy Vegetarian "Southwestern Style Menu" Host Laura Theodore prepares Southwestern style recipes that are bursting with festive flavor. First up, "Five-Ingredient Guacamole" whips up in 5-minutes. "Jazzy Black Bean Chili" makes a great party dish or mid-week meal, paired with hearty "Double-Corn Cornbread. D
9:30 am
Martha Bakes "Pate Sucree" What most people know as simply "tart dough" is called pate sucree, or "sweet pastry," in professional kitchens. Martha demonstrates how easy it is to create elegant desserts based on this classic crust. Learn how to make a traditional lemon mousse damask tart with candied lemon peel, and a contemporary chocolate tart shell layered with homemade caramel and chocolate ganache and finished with a sprinkling of sea salt. D
10:00 am
Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Ticket to Provence" Joanne and her student Sasha are transported to Provence using herbs, citrus, and garlic. Joanne begins with a bright fresh citrus salad and then working together they create a very classic country, yet refined, dish of braised cod with leeks and potato. Recipes: Citrus Salad with Mint and Red Onions, Cod Braised with Leeks, Potatoes and Thyme, and Roasted Garlic Slab. D
10:30 am
Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Not Just for Kids" Bridget shows Chris how to make the ultimate Chicken Nuggets at home. Then, Jack challenges Chris to a tasting of yellow mustard. Next, Adam reveals his top picks for broiler-safe cooking dishes. D
11:00 am
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Great American Classics" Host Christopher Kimball heads into the test kitchen with test cook Bridget Lancaster to uncover the secrets to the ultimate Carrot Layer Cake. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried tests springform pans in the Equipment Corner. And finally, test cook Julia Collin Davison reveals how to make the best Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies. D
11:30 am
Scrapbook Soup Julie Fei-Fan Balzer demonstrates 3D paper stars using special computer software in the opening segment. Next, Julianna Hudgins creates an ornately embellished journal using a die cutting machine. Then, Lynell Harlow demonstrates how to create elegant flocked cards. D
12:00 pm
Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "Pheasant in the Rough, Part 3" In this session Jerry shows how to begin putting in all of the intermediate highlights and shadows by using the #10 bristle brush. Also phase two of highlighting the snow drifts. Then how to dry-brush in the weathered wood on the building and block in the door and windows. D
12:30 pm
Aviators Triple Tree Aerodrome: A look at one of the most meticulously maintained grass runways anywhere at what we discovered to be a pure haven for lovers of aviation and the outdoors. Aeroshell Aerobatic Team: Raeleen goes flying with these rock stars of the air show circuit. Dream flight of a lifetime: Twenty pilots attend a T33 Silverstar ground school but only one will win a chance to actually fly it. D
1:00 pm
This Old House "Essex 2012/13, Wooden Ships & Shiplap Boards" Norm visits Essex's last shipyard. Kevin and Tom build shiplap barn board walls and a mantel. Landscape architect Kellie Connelly and Roger show off the finished yard, and project architect Sally DeGan gives a tour of a home with accessible retrofits. D
1:30 pm
Ask This Old House "Using Ladders Safely/Replacing A Shower Valve" General contractor Tom Silva and host Kevin O'Connor demonstrate how to use all types of ladders safely. Then plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey replaces a three-handle shower valve with a single-handle anti-scald valve. D
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American Woodshop "Hardwood Floors and Parquetry" Affordable solutions to installing wooden flooring. D
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Rough Cut - Woodworking with Tommy Mac "Drop-Leaf Table" The Drop-Leaf Table featured on this episode of Rough Cut has a lot of bang for the buck. Not only is the shaker-type style beautiful to look at, but the finger joints are fun to learn how to make. To get inspiration for this project, Tommy takes a Road Trip to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to see drop-leaf and gate-leg tables from centuries past. D
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MotorWeek Road Tests: 2013 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander. D
3:30 pm
America's Heartland Travel back in time to Kentucky land that's been farmed by the same family for more than 200 years. Examine the science behind the effort to develop America's best looking lawns. Take you pick of some great apricot recipes and join Louisiana trackers on the hunt for feral hogs destroying farmland. D
4:00 pm
NOVA "Secrets of Stonehenge" Investigations inside and around Stonehenge and its environs are kicking off a new era of discovery and debate about one of England's best known relics of pre-history. New archaeological finds reveal possible answers as well as more questions. New sites include nearby cremations, remains of a 4,500-year-old village and Bluestonehenge about two miles away along an ancient "boulevard."G
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Moyers & Company "What Are We Doing In Syria?" With the probability of American intervention, Syria is everywhere in the news. On this week's Moyers & Company (check local listings), Phil Donahue, filling in for Bill Moyers, speaks with National Public Radio Middle East correspondent Deborah Amos and historian and Vietnam veteran Andrew Bacevich about the possible repercussions of our actions in the Middle East. As he has so often in recent years, historian and analyst Andrew Bacevich is asking the important questions about America's role in the world and specifically why we should go into Syria. D
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PBS NewsHour Weekend Hari Sreenivasan is anchoring the new weekend shows that air on Saturday and Sunday, and presents a summary of each day's national and international news with a selection of experts to help provide in-depth analysis.G
6:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Florentine Delights and Tuscan Side Trips" Rick takes in more of the artistic treasures of the city that propelled Europe out of the Middle Ages. Then he takes side trips to a couple of rival cities and cultural capitals in their own right - Pisa and Luca. He marvels at the tipsy tower, circles a city on its ramparts, and enjoys some Puccini in the composer's hometown. Part 2 of 2G
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The Lawrence Welk Show "We Can Make Music" The band shares "The Good Life." Clay Hart sings "Tie a Yellow Ribbon." Arthur, Bobby and Jack dance to "The Beat Goes On." Everyone takes part in the Lawrence Welk "Hits" medley.G
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Are You Being Served? "New Look" Grace Brothers promotes the Great Gatsby style, with appropriate musical accompaniment.G
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Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket "Let There Be Light" Hyacinth is desperate to keep up with the Barker-Finches, who have a bit of local fame at barbecue. She plans a super barbecue special, complete with her own local "celebrity." Richard is far from keen on the whole idea.G
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National Parks: America's Best Idea "The Morning of Creation (1946-1980)" Visitation to the parks reaches 62 million people annually in the years following World War II. A $1 billion campaign builds facilities and infrastructure to accommodate the visitors. Biologist Alfred Murie introduces the notion that predatory animals deserve the same protection as other wildlife in the parks. Unspoiled islands in Biscayne Bay become a national monument. President Jimmy Carter sets aside 56 million acres in Alaska. Wolves are re-established in Yellowstone. Part 6 of 6G
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Doctor Who Series "Christmas 2012 - The Snowmen" Christmas Eve, 1892, and the falling snow is the stuff of fairytales. When the fairytale becomes a nightmare and a chilling menace threatens Earth, an unorthodox young governess, Clara, calls on the Doctor for help. But the Doctor is in mourning, reclusive and determined not to engage in the problems of the universe. As old friends return, will the Doctor really abandon humankind, or will he fight to save the world and Christmas from the icy clutches of this mysterious menace?G


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Pakistan's main stock exchange fell by 525 points on Tuesday afternoon, adding to uncertainty after the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in connection with alleged impropriety in contracts for rental power projects.
Yaqoob Habib, the media coordinator at the stock exchange, said that this could not be called a "crash" because the percent change in the market was only -3.16 percent. Though analysts are urging calm, many say a feeling of economic uncertainty is escalating with ramifications that will be felt in Pakistan for years to come.
"It is a very serious blow to investor confidence. There are two upcoming transfers of power in the country," says economic journalist Khurram Husain, "which have historically been very contested – the transfer from the current government to the interim one, and from that to the next incoming government."
Mr. Husain said the Karachi Stock Exchange was not an economically significant index and that the stock market was probably reacting to the country's uncertainty.
At the stock exchange, traders were glued to their cellphones, fielding calls from worried investors, and were intently watching news developments unfold on television.
"I was called back into the office," says the harried-looking Abdus Samad, the head of operations at Salim Sozer Securities. "I've taken about 20 to 30 phone calls from clients in the past couple of hours since the news came. They all want to know what the arrest warrant means, what happens next and whether they should be buying or selling shares."
He said he was allaying clients' fears by telling them that they should wait till Wednesday, when the government's strategy for how to deal with the political crisis became clear.
"This has happened before when similar verdicts have been delivered," said Abdul Samad, a trader at Lakhani Securities. "If the market rises by 200 or 300 points on Wednesday it should be better."
Observers of Pakistan's economy have long warned that the country needs reform to meet its budget deficit.
In November 2012, the International Monetary Fund said that Pakistan continues to face difficult macroeconomic challenges, highlighting the structural problems in the country, inflation, the energy sector, and the central bank's direct lending to the government. And the IMF in 2011 decided against extending its $11 billion program for Pakistan after the government failed to implement policies the IMF had asked for.
Widespread riots over power and gas shortages have been a sticking point throughout the current government's tenure, and inflation was recorded at 7.9 percent in December 2012. The GDP was 3.7 percent in 2012, and is expected to decrease this year.
Traders at the Karachi Stock Exchange told the Monitor that they expected the government's political strategy would put trading on track on Wednesday. They idled around the trading screens in and outside the stock exchange that showed the full extent of the damage to trade.
Husain said that the "immediate" issue was of the country's foreign exchange reserves. "These are not at critical levels just yet but the International Monetary Fund has described them as being 'below adequate.' Now when the IMF says it is 'below adequate,' your reserves are in serious trouble."
He said that investors were watching the situation very closely and would hold off any decision until the transfers of power were complete – which would affect the country's growth rate and lead to the economy being "shackled" for a year or more. Husain said that while it was understood that the transfers of power would be contentious – large investor groups had factored in currency devaluation, for example, for months ahead – no one had expected how difficult it would be.


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With my heritage primarily in Nebraska, it is not surprising that my ancestors were farmers and raised livestock. My great grandfather, Daniel Kelly, was a large scale stock breeder near Greenwood, Nebraska. He made many trips to Omaha to sell his stock at the Omaha stockyards.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Wheaton College jumped out to a pair of early leads during a doubleheader sweep of MIT in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) softball action Sunday afternoon. The Lyons won game one, 15-1, before prevailing 15-2 in the second game. The games were the final home contests of the 2010 campaign for the Engineers, who fell to 7-17 (3-11 NEWMAC). Wheaton improved to 17-13 and 5-7 in conference play after the wins.
Wheaton broke open game one with an eight-run third inning en route to the 15-1 win, in an abbreviated contest. Nine different Lyons scored in the game, led by Amanda Poplaski, who crossed the plate three times from her leadoff position. Lesley Warn kept the Tech bats in check, allowing just three hits and one run over five innings.
Wheaton scored six of its eight runs in the third with two outs, as 12 batters came to the plate in the inning. Megan Roy had a key two-run double and came around to score on a pair of wild pitches. The Lyons added two more runs when Poplaski's single up the middle got past MIT centerfielder, Keri Dixon.
The Engineers started the scoring in their half of the first, as Jessica Oleinik singled with two outs, moved up to second on Dixon's walk and came home thanks to a defensive miscue by the Wheaton shortstop. Wheaton took the lead with three runs in the second, led by a ground-rule double from Roy that scored a pair of baserunners.
The visitors would also add four more runs in the fifth to close out the game one win.
The Wheaton offense wasted little time getting going in game two, striking for four unearned runs in the first as the MIT defense committed four errors in the frame. The Lyons would add four more runs in the second inning and capped the game with a six-run fifth.
Nicole DeRosa was three-for-four in game two with four runs and three RBI to finish the day with four hits, six runs five RBI. Roy finished the afternoon with a team-high six RBI. Warn again earned the win in the nightcap, allowing five hits and two unearned runs in five innings.
Maia Bageant had a career-high two hits in the second game, including her first ever extra-base hit, a double in the fourth inning. MIT seniors Lily Keung and Chelsea Ostrander were recognized, as the two played the final home games of their careers this afternoon.
MIT will close out its regular season with a doubleheader on Friday, April 16 at Coast Guard. Friday's games begin at 3:00 p.m. Wheaton will play a pair of games at Brandeis on Wednesday afternoon, starting at 3:00 p.m


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Animate 41 very short Exercises in 3D Studio Max
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I need 41 cardio exercises animated in 3D Studio Max within the next two weeks for the purposes of demonstrating how exercises are to be performed.
The vast majority of the animations are only 2 seconds long and around 4 Keyframes.
I have personally animated some of them and can testify that they only take around 10 minutes each. The total time would be between 6-9 hours.
I would like to pay around $100
I would like still image montages produced for exercises that would take a long time to animate, such as suicide runs or kickboxing.
I have marked the still image exercises in a Google Docs spreadsheet, along with the estimated keyframes for all animations, and YouTube reference footage for each exercise.
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- You can move the eyes if needed.
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What It Is, and Why It's Important
The library community and its allied partners have provided at least one definition for metadata for their respective communities. Here are a couple of examples:
- "A characterization or description documenting the identification, management, nature, use, or location of information resources (data)." [The Society of American Archivists' A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology]
- "Metadata is structured, encoded data that describe characeristics of information-bearing entities to aid in the identification, discovery, assessment, and management of the described entities." [ALA Task Force on Metadata, 1999]
To meet specific needs of a community or collection, a set of metadata elements (tags) known collectively as a schema is created that will neet the requirements.
Common charactertistics of metadata schemas:
- a limited number of elements
- the name of the element
- the definition of the element
- element's criteria
The University of Alabama Digital Collections are cultural heritage collections. Elements in schemas for cultural heritage materials have broad definitions and criteria so institutions may narrow definitions and set criteria to meet their needs.
Metadata schemas for the cultural heritage items include the CDP Metadata Working Group's [Dublin Core Metadata Best PracticesWestern Best Practices][1]. Mandatory elements include: title, creator (if available), subject, description, date digital, date orginal (if applicable), format, digitization specifications, resource identifier, and rights management.
With a primary metadata schema in place, other elements may be added to meet the needs of the collection. The elements may be added and/or borrowed from another schema.
Fields unique to our collections include "Donor" and "Funder" mapped to dc.Publisher. These terms are from the MARC relator codes, http://www.loc.gov/marc/relators/relaterm.html
Defintions from MARC Code List: Relator Codes --Term Sequence
- Donor defined as "use for person or orgainzation who is the donor of a book, manuscript, etc., to its present owner. Donors to previous owners are designated as Former owner or Inscriber."
- Funder defined as "use for a person or organization that furnished financial support for the production of the work."
Metadata functions are grouped in three broad types by function. The types may be represented by an element in schema or a schema may be dedicated to the function.
- Descriptive metadata This is the most common type of metadata, the one that most people have used. It is data that describes and identifies digital objects whether they were orginally physical artifacts or born digitally.
- Administrative metadata It is used to manage and administer. It is an umbrella term for the following:
- Structural metadata orders records with their images in a flat or hierarchical relationship that is necessary for viewing the material.
Our chosen metadata schemes (why and for what) Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
Procedures and Policies
General Guidelines
- If it is a photo collection, and it has been processed by one of Marina's students, copy the information from the info sheets in his/her binder.
- If it is an unprocessed photo collection or some other type of collection, and you are writing metadata
- Never abbreviate, especially states and months.
- Do not use periods at the end of fields (except it is okay in 'Notes' field, because that information is administrative metadata only, not to be used in the final metadata
- Be consistent with your terminology in descriptions and titles; for instance, if you start using "railroad track" don't switch over to "train track"
- Don't be afraid to take a second and look up information online, such as hunting down the county appropriate to a city (especially for Alabama counties; this is less important for large cities out of state) or confirming the spelling of a proper noun (like the name of a well-known person or a place name)
Guidelines by Collection Type
Photo Collections
Digital Collection Title
We are currently using the title of the actual physical collection, which can be found on the box you're working from and its folders. Please use the full name, rather than the abbreviated version we use for our file system. Examples: Josiah and Amelia Gayle Gorgas Family Papers; Jefferson Jackson Coleman photo collection.
Album Identifier
Number Hoole has assigned to the album. If there is only one, it is album number one. Album numbers are given consecutively and in the following format: (four-digit year).(three-digit collection number).(three-digit album number). Example: 2008.001.001. Note: The first two sets of numbers will be the same as the first two sets of numbers for the image identifier.
Image Identifier
Number Hoole has assigned to the image. Album numbers are given consecutively and in the following format: (four-digit year).(three-digit collection number).(six-digit image number). Example: 2008.004.000098. If numbering photographs yourself, number them in order, padding the number from the left with enough zeroes to fill it out to six digits.
File Name
Title of image.
Description of image.
Cities, counties, and states maybe be known for the whole collection, may be given on back of photo, or maybe be inferred because location of photo matches that of another with city/county/state given on back. In general, fill in if known or possible to determine given what you do know. If unknown or impossible to determine, leave blank.
- City: Where photograph was taken. Fill in if known. If not, leave blank.
- County: Where photograph was taken. Fill in if known. If city other type of locatable location (such as a state park) given but no county, look up county online. If no city or other location given, leave blank. Do not abbreviate name or include the word County or Co.
- State: Where photograph was taken. Fill in if known. If city/county/location given and you don't know what state it's in, look it up online. Do not abbreviate state names. For example, Alabama, not AL or Ala.
Date or Year
When photograph was taken. Always give in the format Year Month Day. Always give year in four digits (1976, not '76). Never abbreviate month (January, not Jan.). If specific month or day unknown, simply leave them off. If given a span of years, list them with a hyphen between; example: 1898-1899.
- 1914 March 12.
- 1914 March.
- 1914.
- 1914-1917.
The image's photographer, or sometimes simply the person who collected and/or donated the collection. Leave blank for Marina to determine later.
The type of processing on the photograph. Leave blank for Marina to determine later.
Case Present
Whether the photograph is enclosed in a case. Fill in with yes or no. Chances are, if you are doing your own metadata as you process a collection, it will be a collection that does not include case photographs, so the whole column will be filled with none.
Case Size
Dimensions of the case, if there is one. If there are no case photographs (if your whole Case Present field is filled with none), you may delete this column or simple leave the field blank.
What type of mount is the photograph on, if any. If it is not a mounted photograph, enter none. If photograph is included in an album, enter album. For other types of mounts—carte de visite, cabinet cards, or stereocards (all of which are heavy and stiff, like cardboard—see Marina or one of her photo students to help you determine which.
Whether the photo is color or black and white. Fill in with yes or no.
Whether the photo is positive or negative in polarity. Fill in with positive (for regular photos) or negative (for negatives). If you enter negative, list the type (see Marina or perhaps Jeremiah to determine this).
Image Size
Dimensions of image. Measure in inches to the 1/16 and give as height x width. Example: 3 3/4 x 7 1/8.
Mount Size
Dimensions of image. Measure in inches to the 1/16 and give as height x width. Example: 3 3/4 x 7 1/8. If there are no mounted photographs in your collection, you may delete this field.
Notes found on the front or back of photo, album, or mount. Transcribe this information that anyone working on the metadata might have access to it.


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Equirectangular Projection
A way of remapping the surface of a sphere on a flat image, where the image has an aspect ratio of 1:2 (height:width). The equirectangular projection was used in map creation since it was invented about 100 A.D. by Marinus of Tyre. In an equirectangular panoramic image all verticals stay vertical and all horizontals stay horizontal. Coordinates in the image relate linearily to pan and tilt angles in the real world. The poles (zenith and nadir) are located at the top respectively bottom edge and are stretched to the whole width of the image. Equirectangular images are displayed by PTViewer, part of the Panorama Tools and some other viewers as spherical panorama.