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I'm a 27-year-old translator, born and raised in Buenos Aires: a true "porteña". Travelling is my passion and I love being a tourist in my own city. What I like most about Buenos Aires is the identity of each of its neighbourhoods; they are all very different from one another. My favourites are Palermo, Recoleta and Puerto Madero. I also love good food, especially pizza, and Buenos Aires has some of the best pizzerias you will ever visit. As for hobbies, I am an avid reader (mostly fiction), love watching TV series (some of my favourites at the moment are House of Cards, Game of Thrones, The Crown and Sherlock) and period films (my most recent favourite is the BBC mini-series North and South, based on Elizabeth Gaskell's novel).
In this guide, I invite you to visit 3 neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, each one with their own distinct identity: Palermo Soho, the trendy one; Recoleta, the upscale one; and Puerto Madero, the modern one.
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This trendy area of the neighborhood of Palermo has become popular with locals and tourists alike for its clothing and design stores, the crafts fair set up every weekend and the bars and restaurants that make it so lively, both day and night.
At the heart of Palermo Soho is Plaza Serrano, a small square surrounded by bars and restaurants where, on Saturdays and Sundays, there is an artists' fair where you can buy handmade jewelry and accessories, clothes, toys and other items.
For delicious, inexpensive Arab food, stop by this small corner restaurant in Palermo Soho. Very popular among locals for lunch on Saturdays.
Right in the boundary between Palermo and Colegiales is the flea market. Inside this large warehouse, visitors will find numerous stalls selling antiquities, furniture, light fixtures, silverware, collectors' items and decorative objects, to name just a few of the offerings.
Recoleta is one of the most upscale and traditional neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. Walking along its streets, you will discover beautiful French-style buildings and mansions where aristocratic families used to live at the beginning of the 20th century.
One of the landmarks of Buenos Aires, the Recoleta Cemetery is a must visit in this neighborhood. Located in Plaza Francia, it is a unique place in the city, mainly for the impressive design of some of its mausoleums and tombs, as well as for the renowned names that have been buried there.
This park is most well-known in the city for the artists' fair that is set up here every weekend. On Saturdays and Sundays the park is transformed by the many stalls that sell handmade jewelry, leather goods, wooden toys and many other beautiful items.
Located next to the School of Law of the University of Buenos Aires, this beautiful park is home to the sculpture 'Floralis Genérica,' a striking giant flower made of steel and aluminum.
The Teatro Colón is a world-renowned opera house, ranked as the third best in the world and best known for its magnificent acoustic. The theater was reopened in 2010, after a 5-year-long refurbishment. Whether you visit Buenos Aires for a few days or a few weeks, this is definitely a must-see.
Puerto Madero is one of the most luxurious neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. It has been the center of a real state boom in recent years, so visitors will find modern skyscrapers and luxury department buildings overlooking the river.
The natural reserve is the perfect place to escape the concrete buildings and busy streets and reconnect with nature. Inside, you will forget that you were ever in the city and enjoy the peace and quiet of the trees and the river. Walking down the trails, you may even encounter some of the permanent residents of the reserve: native species of birds, butterflies and turtles.
At the far end of Puerto Madero you'll find this truly impressive building, which houses the private art collection of businesswoman Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat. The collection is very varied, including both Latin American and European art, portraits of the Lacroze-Fortabat family and even a pop-art portrait of Amalia herself by Andy Warhol.
This ship turned museum is one of the landmarks of Puerto Madero. In the late 19th and early 20th century it sailed around the world over 30 times. In the 1960s it became a museum which exhibits photographs and objects from the many journeys it made.
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Leaves generally alternate, simple, generally ± entire; stipules generally 0
Inflorescence: spike to panicle, generally bracted, or flowers 12 in axils
Flower bisexual; calyx lobes generally 5; corolla generally strongly bilateral, generally 2-lipped (upper lip generally 2-lobed, lower lip generally 3-lobed); stamens generally 4 in 2 pairs, generally included, a 5th (generally uppermost) sometimes present as a staminode; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers generally 2, placentas axile, style 1, stigma lobes generally 2
Fruit: capsule, generally ± ovoid, loculicidal or septicidal
Seed: coat sculpture often characteristic
Genera in family: ± 200 genera, 3000 species: ± worldwide; some cultivated as ornamental (e.g., Antirrhinum, Mimulus, Penstemon ) or medicinal (Digitalis )
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include only Buddleja, Scrophularia, and Verbascum in CA; other genera moved to Orobanchaceae (Castilleja, Cordylanthus, Orthocarpus, Pedicularis, Triphysaria), Phrymaceae (Mimulus), and Plantaginaceae (= Veronicaceae sensu Olmstead et al.)
Key to genera by Elizabeth Chase Neese & Margriet Wetherwax.
Annual to shrub, glabrous to hairy
Stem generally erect
Leaves opposite, generally ± sessile, generally toothed or generally entire, reddish or generally green
Inflorescence: raceme, bracted, or flowers generally 2 per axil
Flower sometimes cleistogamous; calyx generally green, lobes 5, generally << tube, equal or not, generally uppermost largest; corolla generally deciduous, white to red, maroon, purple, gold or yellow, limb width measured at widest point looking into flower, lower lip base sometimes swollen, ± closing mouth, tube-throat floor generally with 2 longitudinal folds; pollen chambers spreading; placentas 2, axile or parietal; stigma lobes generally leaf-like, generally included
Fruit generally ovoid to fusiform, generally upcurved if elongate, generally ± fragile, loculicidal near tip (sometimes hard, indehiscent); chambers 12
Seeds many, generally < 1 mm, ovoid, yellowish to dark brown
Species in genus: ± 100 species: w North America, Chile, eastern Asia, s Africa, New Zealand, Australia
Etymology: (Latin: little mime or comic actor, from face-like corolla limb of some)
Reference: [Grant 1924 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 11:99388]
Annual, 438 cm, puberulent
Leaf: petioles poorly defined, 010 mm, reduced upward; blade 640 mm, generally oblanceolate or elliptic
Flower: pedicel 13 mm; calyx 510 mm, membranous, uniformly green, puberulent, lobes slightly unequal, 0.52 mm, acute to obtuse; corolla persistent, light rose to magenta, with 2 gold stripes with dark magenta margins extending onto lower lip base from throat floor folds, generally without other marks, tube-throat 918 mm, lower lip generally ± projecting forward, upper lip ± reflexed; placentas parietal
Fruit 611 mm
Chromosomes: n=10
Ecology: Bare or disturbed, open areas
Elevation: 6002000 m.
Bioregional distribution: s High Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada
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"You have to make sure you take care of your family; that's first and foremost, obviously. Yourself probably second and this team third," Ryan said yesterday. "Our organization does a tremendous job of helping our players any way they possibly can, but in this situation our players are no different than anybody else in the community, and that's the way it should be. And those are things everybody in the area have to deal with, and our players aren't exempt from that."
I admit that I was frustrated the team didn't require them to come back late in the week after the abysmal loss that the Jets had to the Dolphins, but maybe this will act as a reset button all the same. Now that they've been away, watching everything that's been going on, maybe the coaches and players will be able to focus on football and somehow keep the narrow margin at bay over the next two months.
Still, it sounds like the Jets players are grateful for the grace that the team gave them to deal with the storms instead of keeping them at the facility last week. According to Dyer, Mike DeVito told him that "[t]he team did the right thing closing it down and making sure we were able to take care of ourselves. We're just happy to be back though."


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saint_matthew wrote:Seriously dude, are you just trolling now?
The only "troll" Matthew I have seen on these boards recently is you honestly. You come into every thread talking about anything regarding game balance and insist that the only way to play M&M is for everyone to be mega combat oriented and fully capped.
Here I presented a totally realistic example of how Batman can compete in a Justice League Campaign.
You know how? The same way he does in the comic books. He does it by being support.
You are arguing that in order to "compete" in a game (compete is a horrible word by the by, participate is much better) one must be able to stand up and deal damage equal to everyone else. That just isn't true. Even a PL 12 Batman can do things that PL 15 Superman and PL 15 Wonder Woman simply can't. If Batman does these things (See how I used trip above) in a team setting he raises the total effective power level of each of his companions by approximately 2.5 or more.
Go look at the Supergirl comic arc. The one in the Superman/Batman series. (Available in graphic novel format!)
We saw Batman try to take on Darkseid.
Batman landed a couple punches, accomplishing nothing at all, and Darkseid incapacitated him with a single punch.
It was only then that Batman informed Darkseid that he set all of the firepit explosives on the planet to detonate and if he didn't let them all go and release Kara he'd lose the whole planet.
Batman didn't win that one straight up.
As to your comments of, "Batman blew up blah blah blah."
Sure. Critical hits, low saving throw rolls, all kinds of things can justify that.
This isn't about Batman 1 on 1'ing people. It never was. It was about Batman competing and contributing to a Justice League campaign and you TOTALLY can do that without upgrading the character.
Heck, in the Justice League there are tons of characters who aren't on Superman or Wonder Woman's level. Aquaman, Green Arrow, Black Canary, The Flash, Plastic Man, Zatanna - All members of the league.
In your mind each of these guys has to be upgraded if they were to be played.
This is a Justice League campaign the OP is talking about. You don't know what everyone is playing and are setting the Benchmark at the highest level and most powerful characters in the series. Insisting that the OP has to change the character when in fact as the OP said:
Coming up very soon I am going to be playing online in a Justice League campaign and we plan on using the character writeups in the DCA books, even with the differing power levels of the characters from JL. I will be playing as Batman.
Meaning he *CAN'T* change the character. Any suggestions for him TO change the character are not helpful to this thread. Why? Because the plan is, specifically, for him not to do that.
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Done and done
The plastering is officially done! I never thought I'd write that, but yesterday I put a coat of primer on and I've moved on to the stairs.
The stairs.
The stairs have the potential to be a lot of work. It all depends on how far I want to go. I will be stripping off the shellac and re-shellacking. That will be a lot of work, but that is not really the issue. I've found that if I only strip off the top layer and then reapply the shellac, I don't have issues with differences in the finish. In other words, If I take everything back to a uniform point and then bring it back up, there won't be differences in the color.
In this case though, there are places where I need take it back to bare wood, and of course some pieces are being reproduced. The original wood with the 100 year old patina will look different than new wood, unless I revert to stains, which I'm hoping to avoid.
Today I started with a good cleaning of the stairs. Really getting in to the nooks and crannies with warm soapy water. Boy, are there a lot of nooks and crannies in these stairs. Below are some shots of some of the trouble spots that I need to deal with.
Another reason to hate Nazis. This is actually minor. I never even noticed this until I was cleaning today. It is really just in the shellac.
Typical of a banister. This will need to be sanded to bare wood.
Grunge, splotches, and alligatoring. Just strip and re-apply and it should be fine.
"Mag Nasty" Is that from Shakespeare? The worst of the worst. This is on the stringer trim on the second run of stairs. This will need to be sanded out which means the whole piece of wood needs to go back to bare wood.
"LH+JM 4-ever" Forever rotting in hell, I hope. This is just below Mag Nasty. Fortunately this trend of carving in to the stairs ended here. Regardless, the damage is done. Basically, this whole run needs to be sanded down.
Typical of a newel post. It actually looks better in this picture than it does in real life. Still, it is all superficial. Most of those marks will disappear once I strip and reapply the shellac.
It looks like a dog chain or something rubbed against here. This could go either way. It may mostly disappear with a fresh coat of shellac. This is also a good shot of the over-all dingyness of a lot of the finish. You can see the gray tone to the wood above the scratches and below the baluster. This will really come to life with new shellac.
Once the stairs are out of the way the only real big issue with the woodwork in the foyer is the double-front doors. They have their own issues, which I'll save for another post.


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Gland, Switzerland, (IUCN-WWF) 07.08.2000 - Numbers of the two species of African rhinoceros, the black rhino (Diceros bicornis) and the white rhino (Ceratotherium simum) continue to increase in the wild according to new estimates announced today by IUCN - the World Conservation Union and WWF, the conservation organization.
The latest estimates, prepared by IUCN's African Rhino Specialist Group, show that there are now more rhino in Africa than at any time since the early to mid 1980s. In 1999, African rhino numbers in the wild reached just over 13,000, up from 8,300 in 1992. Most of this increase is due to the continued rapid growth in the number of southern white rhino. The balance between white and black rhino has shifted with 79% of African rhino in the wild in 1999 being white rhino, compared to only 30% in 1984.
"Even though overall numbers are positive, there is no room for complacency," said Dr Martin Brooks, Chairman of IUCN's African Rhino Specialist Group. "Numbers of two of the six African rhino subspecies remain very low, and invasions of private land in Zimbabwe by war veterans and squatters currently pose a threat to several significant populations."
The demand for rhino horn for traditional Chinese medicine (not as an aphrodisiac, as commonly believed) and for making decorative dagger handles in the Middle East has for decades fuelled an illegal international horn trade which has led to the poaching of thousands of rhinos. However, intensive conservation efforts in several African countries have helped black rhino numbers increase in the wild from a low of around 2,450 in 1992 to just over 2,700 by 1999, with a further 234 black rhino in captivity worldwide. While the continuing increase in continental black rhino numbers since 1995 is encouraging, the future of one of the four black rhino subspecies, the western black rhino, is bleak with only about 10 animals remaining scattered across northern Cameroon.
The southern white rhino, rescued from near extinction a century ago, stands as one of the world's greatest conservation success stories, up from approximately 20 in 1895 to just over 10,300 by 1999 (94% of which are in South Africa), with a further 721 in captivity worldwide. By contrast, the situation facing the other white rhino subspecies, the northern white rhino, is critical; and today only 24 to 31 exist in the wild in a single population in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Following a recent birth there are now 10 northern white rhino in captivity.
In recent years, the implementation of effective conservation strategies involving government agencies, local communities, NGOs and private landowners in countries like South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Swaziland and Tanzania has played a major role in stabilising and gradually restoring rhino populations. Successful conservation of rhino habitat comes at a high price (as much as US$1,000/km2/year). The continuing declines in government funding for conservation across the African continent, and reduced staffing levels in some range States following structural adjustment programmes reduces the ability of State conservation agencies to undertake the necessary field conservation action. Illegal demand for horn, high unemployment, poverty, demand for land, wars, the ready availability of arms and internal instability also pose a threat to rhino populations.
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Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States]: Public Use Microdata Sample: 1/1,000 Sample (ICPSR 6497)
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This dataset, prepared by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, comprises 2 percent of the cases in the second release of CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1990 [UNITED STATES]: PUBLIC USE MICRODATA SAMPLE: 5-PERCENT SAMPLE (ICPSR 9952). As 2 percent of the 5-percent Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS), it constitutes a 1-in-1,000 sample, and contains all housing and population variables in the original 5-percent PUMS. Housing variables include area type, state and area of residence, farm/nonfarm status, type of structure, year structure was built, vacancy and boarded-up status, number of rooms and bedrooms, presence or absence of a telephone, presence or absence of complete kitchen and plumbing facilities, type of sewage, water source, and heating fuel used, property value, tenure, year moved into housing unit, type of household/family, type of group quarters, household language, number of persons, related children, own/adopted children, and stepchildren in the household, number of persons and workers in the family, status of mortgage, second mortgage, and home equity loan, number of vehicles available, household income, sales of agricultural products, payments for rent, mortgage, and property tax, condominium fees, mobile home costs, and cost of electricity, water, heating fuel, and flood/fire/hazard insurance. Person variables cover age, sex, relationship to householder, educational attainment, school enrollment, race, Hispanic origin, ancestry, language spoken at home, citizenship, place of birth, year of immigration, place of residence in 1985, marital status, number of children ever born, presence and age of own children, military service, mobility and personal care limitation, work limitation status, employment status, employment status of parents, occupation, industry, class of worker, hours worked last week, weeks worked in 1989, usual hours worked per week, temporary absence from work, place of work, time of departure for work, travel time to work, means of transportation to work, number of occupants in vehicle during ride to work, total earnings, total income, wages and salary income, farm and nonfarm self-employment income, Social Security income, public assistance income, retirement income, and rent, dividends, and net rental income.
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It probably wasn't an ideal time to ask about the future of the Corona del Mar High football program, but Coach Scott Meyer is so cooperative and kind that he answered my question anyway.
Meyer's shirt was still wet after being drenched with water in celebration of the Sea Kings' second straight CIF Southern Section Southern Division championship. There was no need for Meyer to appear agitated as he walked off the football field at Angel Stadium on Saturday.
The thought of the future of the CdM football program brought a smile to Meyer's face. Not that it wasn't there before. After all, the Sea Kings had just captured the CIF title with a convincing 35-10 win over Garden Grove.
"We're going to enjoy this right now, but we have a ton of young guys on defense and we have some young guys on offense," said Meyer, who just completed his second season in charge at CdM. "The lower levels did well. I think the future is bright. But we're going to enjoy this one for now."
The CdM freshmen team has won 26 games in a row, including two straight 10-0 seasons. The Sea Kings' junior varsity team went 8-2 in 2011 and duplicated that mark this year.
The freshmen have competed with flair, as the mini Sea Kings are one of the few freshmen teams that run a no-huddle offense, just like the varsity.
Meyer remembers seeing the freshmen team practice the no-huddle during the summer. The offense wasn't playing against anyone, but he was still impressed.
"They looked sharp," Meyer said. "We have smart, tough kids and all our coaches do a great job with them."
Jerry Jelnick is the head coach of the freshmen team. Meyer credits Jelnick, John Griffin, Jelnick's right-hand man, and the rest of the freshmen coaching staff for providing the new players with a rewarding experience that usually leads to the players wanting more.
Meyer has his varsity assistants serve as coaches for the junior varsity team. Aaron Huerta is the head coach and defensive coordinator of the junior varsity team. Brad Bohn, Kevin Purtell and Dennis Wilbanks also contribute a great deal with the junior varsity, Meyer said.
Practices have been important. The varsity and junior varsity players train together.
"I think a lot of programs do that now because of the [participation] numbers," Meyer said. "We practice all those guys together. The way we platoon really helps all our younger guys get coached up. The young JV guys aren't ignored."
The CdM varsity defense, that posted three shutouts in the playoffs, featured just three senior starters.
The freshmen team that went 10-0 in 2011 had some big-time contributors on the varsity this season. Tailback Cole Martin, wide receiver Bo St. Geme, cornerback Brett Greenlee, safety Barrett Barbato, linebacker Robbie Hoffman, defensive end Justin Hess, linebacker Hoyt Crance, defensive end Parker Chase and linebacker Harrison Carter are sophomores who were key in the Sea Kings' championship run and they are among several non-seniors who played a big part in the winning season.
Don Grable, CdM's athletic director, is one of many excited about the future of the CdM football program.
"I love the direction it's heading," Grable said. "It's such a positive direction. They work hard, they work together, they work smart. The coaches are positive. It's a great vibe. When you go around the practices and games, you want to be a part of it. It's infectious, the enthusiasm shown by everyone. They play for each other. It's not just one person. It's not just Coach Meyer. He has a great staff."
Grable said among the keys to maintaining the success is staying humble and always striving to improve.
The varsity team had a strong schedule before league, and games like that will continue to help the program, Grable said.
Longtime CdM cross country coach Bill Sumner is leading a fundraising effort to have a new football stadium built at the school.
Certainly CIF titles are going to help the cause.
Grable, however, did not want to provide his opinion on Saturday.
"I don't want to even think about that right now," Grable said. "I'm just so happy for the kids right now that they got this accomplished. I'm just so proud of them. I'll answer that for another time."
Kicker Griff Amies tied the state record for most field goals in a season with his 43-yarder in the fourth quarter that gave him 22 field goals this year.
Amies tied Chris Sailer, the former Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks and UCLA All-American kicker who set the mark in 1994.
Amies nearly broke the state record with his 57-yard field goal attempt late in the fourth quarter when his kick came up a few yards short.
The national record for field goals in season is 25, set by Cole Hedlund of Argyle (Texas) last year.
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In the past, standardized tests have been viewed as a means to avoid the cultural and personal biases of teachers' judgments. However, just as it is impossible to eliminate bias from teachers, it is also impossible to produce an unbiased test of reading or writing. Language itself involves social conventions that differ from culture to culture. Furthermore, words have different shades of meaning for different cultures, and the variation in life experiences across culturally, economically, and geographically different situations can be quite extreme. Consequently, students differ enormously in the interpretations they give to the texts they read, the topics they feel comfortable writing about, and the ways they respond to different forms of assessment. The curriculum-distorting effects of high-stakes testing are also distributed unevenly across subgroups of the population. In the United States, urban schools with significant numbers of students living in poverty are more subject to the curriculum-narrowing pressures of high-stakes testing than are more affluent suburban schools.The inevitability of bias notwithstanding, when tests must be used, as many biases as possible should be controlled. Whenever possible, assessment should be accomplished in a language that will not interfere with the individual's performance. Assessment practices should not devalue cultural differences in dialect. Students have the right to learn the language of the dominant culture because it is the language of power. However, students should not be penalized in assessments for using their home language where the privileged dialect is not specifically required. Assessment must also take into consideration the differences between basic and academic language and the length of time students need to become skilled at each.Biases routinely occur in assessments and in the curricula they represent. For example, all students should study and be assessed on literature from and knowledge of cultures other than their own. Failure to do so introduces a cultural bias. However, there are other biases that regularly occur as a result of assessments. Students who are initially less successful than others in literacy acquisition often find that their curriculum shrinks to one that is less engaging and less mind-expanding. This form of bias is often also associated with economic differences across schools, and it perpetuates those differences by reducing the breadth and complexity of the literacy students acquire. Assessment that allows for critical inquiry into the curriculum is an important antidote to such common but avoidable inequalities and also serves to make institutional biases clear and public.Most biases are part of the perspective we bring from our cultural backgrounds, so we tend not to notice them in ourselves. We must strive to have the testing industry, policymakers, administrators, and teachers—all those charged with creating and interpreting tests—reflect and respect the diversity of our society. At the same time, it is particularly important that multiple perspectives be brought to bear on assessment issues (see standard 8). One way to take test bias seriously would be to ensure strong and varied representation of culturally, ethnically, linguistically, and economically diverse groups in the construction of public tests. In this way, test biases should become apparent and, once recognized, be easier to reduce. A second important way to address bias is to make tests available for public examination after they have been given. A third way to offset bias is to ensure that no single assessment is used to make important educational decisions (see standard 8).Inequities in schooling can also be compounded through inappropriate assessment. For example, assessment practices, both large scale and centered in the classroom, often lead to students being placed in different instructional settings or programs with the intention of producing a better match between student and curriculum. This leads to a significant equity issue. On the one hand, a better instructional match is possible, but on the other, different and perhaps lowered expectations on the parts of both teachers and students themselves may result. Once students are assigned to systematically different curricula, uneven access to subsequent experiences and jobs becomes not just possible, but probable.Other uses of assessments can also produce inequities. For example, external pressures regarding the use of tests often differ across school settings within individual districts or specific regions. This is particularly common in large cities. Similarly, a common practice in newspapers in some areas is to report the average test scores of students by district, school, or even classroom. Because individuals and businesses are reluctant to move into areas where schools have low scores on tests, tax bases and economic resources erode in these neighborhoods with the result that economically stressed school systems become more so. Pressure on teachers also increases, which creates greater teacher attrition and leaves high-needs schools with a less experienced teaching force.When assessing, we must be sure to attend to the relevant competencies. For example, provisions should be made to ensure that second-language learners are assessed in ways that permit them to show what they know and can do, with consideration for the time it takes to develop both basic and academic language. For students classified as reading disabled, the situation is less clear. In some U.S. states it is considered appropriate for these students to have their reading assessments read aloud to them. This practice may seem fair, but it makes productive inquiry impossible because the assessment no longer represents the construct "reading."We must also remember that, although assessment plays an important role in ensuring fairness and equity, the goal of equity cannot be laid solely at the feet of assessment. No assessment practice can shore up the differences in educational experience that arise from the obviously unequal conditions of extreme poverty and wealth.
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30 international football greats join UNDP to support Horn of Africa famine reliefDec 7, 2011
Didier Drogba joins Ronaldo & Zinedine Zidane in 9th annual Match Against Poverty in Hamburg, Germany on Tuesday, 13 December, at 1905 hrs
Geneva / Hamburg — Football superstar Didier Drogba has joined a star-studded array of 30 international active and retired players who will take part in Tuesday's Match Against Poverty, hosted by German team Hamburger Sport-Verein (HSV) in Hamburg, to raise awareness and funds for the Horn of Africa famine relief effort.
The players have been brought together by Ronaldo, Zinédine Zidane and Drogba in their roles as Goodwill Ambassadors for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and include, among others, Luís Figo, Pavel Nedvěd, Serginho and Christian Karembeu.
The Match will take place at HSV's Imtech Arena from 19:05 local time.
"I am honoured to support the people going through drought and famine in the Horn of Africa, and I encourage everyone to pull together to end this crisis," said Drogba, who joins the friendly match for the first time. "I am also thrilled to be with Ronaldo, Zidane and all the other players to make a difference in the fight against poverty."
Earlier this year, more than 13 million people were left in need by famine, drought, conflict and high food prices. The UN and other partners are working in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia to increase access to water, food, markets and health services.
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Whilst i was there, there was another lady getting bridal make up done so let's just say Bobbi is a very popular choice for brides!
I took home:
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Eyeshadow Palette – these shades are all matte! You get a generous (or it looks generous anyway!) amount of product and for mattes these are really really really creamy and soft.
Slopes I wouldn't have picked for myself but it's so easy to wear – just a matte neutral toned pink.
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Eyeliner in Black Ink Gel
Mascara in No Smudge
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The blusher and the lipstick is nice, Pale Pink is definitely the wedding lipstick for me, and the base too was very dewy and fresh – not as matte as on Illamasqua, not as glowy as on MAC so somewhere inbetween. I like the idea of using the skin foundation which is really natural then getting the stick foundation too, because this means I can use it to top up during the day and it has high coverage.
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I am not sure about the eye make up placement – for me personally the liner is too thick I would do it very thin on myself, and I would also place the contour shade lower on the eye – it changes the shape of my eyes when it's placed higher with thick liner (like above). I didn't mind too much as I wanted colour ideas more than anything.
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Which has a better long-term success rate, safety track record, and better aesthetics when considering tooth number 24 recession on a 12-year-old girl, connective tissue graft or soft tissue allograft?
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Remember if she has little gums there, she probably has a thin bone layer underlying if any. Also, if this kid is going to have orthodontic treatment, you should have the soft tissue graft before any orthodontic work.But if she already has attached gums protecting underlying bone (despite some recession), if she has no sensitivity when she brushes, eats etc, and she keeps the area clean, if her gums looks healthy with no redness, and no bleeding when brushing, you can keep her in maintenance and ask the dentist to check the area every time she goes to have cleaning.
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 2:10 am
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Just logged into the game new Patch is downloading right now!!!!
Place US Server!!!
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 8:02 am
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As I wrote ingame, I'd advise you to make a backup of your JG directory before patching tomorrow. As things are when they go live, there is the possibility that we have to roll back to the current version. Without a backup you'll need to reinstall JG.
I don't see anything different on the
site other than the main page. pity. Ah well,
might have postponed the upgrade while releasing EP2 client
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 9:52 am
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 10:18 am
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And about there being no stock, its not because the "beta testers stole it all up". Its because the inventory.txt got erased by accident when they patched and the GMs have to redo it manually one station at a time.
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 11:19 am
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EU piracy
pirating tools are currently "waiting in the wings" as we want to see how they work out on US before switching them on here. Yes, I know, but I personally don't feel they've been tested thoroughly enough with regards to in-game consequences yet.
i can see the /give fanbois lining up already. (notice how
is the very epitome of a fanboi/wynar?)
for an analysis if yer curious (
, true to form, are too "cool" to do that; stalinistic revisionists them)
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 11:46 am
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erk. i almost downloaded the entire 62_lite.exe but it looks like they deleted it from the MightyGame's FTP before i completed. argh. (it did DL complete and i ended up installing it, but it was CTD from the get go)
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 2:03 pm
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crap! i got error36 when it tried to update jumpgate...ah seems everyone has this error. heh
think i have some more time to troll the forums then, don't i?
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 9:38 pm
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GMIskander stays late at the office to plug in the fixed patch
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 5:18 pm
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Another thought on all the new changes
Originally going into Episode 2, I was expecting a lot of the changes to make our lives as pilots far easier - hell, we're getting new ships, new game mechanics, etc. While I was expecting us to get better gear, one thing I did not factor in is all the new challenges that we face - something I think most pilots did not take into consideration.
Most players were getting very bored with Jumpgate, most player activities and their corresponding difficulties were like so:
1) Make money. No challenge because of our horrible surplus economy.
2) PVP. Probably the most challenging thing in the game, since it involves honing very precise talent.
3) Flux. Once you learn the spawn/flight patters of flux, c10 and below are cake.
4) Trucking. See #1, lack of shortages means that the only challenge of production is having the patience to haul heavy loads to a station.
5) Artifact hunting/mining. I lump these two together because while fun, they don't require much thinking or challenge - just a pattern and patience.
Episode 2 is not the same credit-rich, surplus everything gankathon that Episode 1 became. We have new ships that really will change PVP, we'll have commodity and equipment shortages, conflux that are actually dangerous, and a host of all new challenges.
I flew a ghetto PHOONIX yesterday with a crap powerplant, injustices, and no duelist. I never got a chance, but I couldn't wait to try it out on an enemy ship that was probably equipped similiarly. I'm now realizing that not having superb equipment around all the time actually enriches the game - it screws over everyone.
Everyone's a little pissy right now because FFs are single burn, upkeep is high, etc. Just remember that EVERYONE is getting screwed equally, and it will make the game far more dynamic than most of us have ever seen.
Embrace the changes, and let's have fun.
GM's - Update on station stocks please! Can we please have an update on what is being done about the inventory.txt file being wiped?
We were originally told that stocks would be put back manually by the GM's, and Scorch mentioned on F5 Tuesday that this would be top priority. It's now Thursday, and no stocks have been replaced. Can we please have an update on what is being done and what kind of estimated time frame it will be done in?
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2003 10:58 am
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Im summary, I think the current situation is actually finally getting somewhat of a challenge into the economy system. Plus, this is the time when traders will, at least briefly, make a difference.
Traders are
to actually get the equipment.
Lack of inventory.txt, while not desired, actually adds an element of communication, of logistics to the game.
Cargo runs are possible and have a real benefit. It's not fighting decay, it's actually producing stuff that won't be there otherwise.
Most of all:
The current situation won't stay forever, it will be fixed soon
. But unless someone tells me of glaring production errors, the situation is manageable.
I ask you to see it as a
. This holds especially true for the traders.
This is the time. You can make a difference
. Additionally, it adds more player interaction when your market tracker can't provide you the information you need and you have to rely on others, plus escorts and traders needing each others, rather than the usual "traders need escorts but not vice versa" thingy.
I will keep checking the stations for the supplies and the errors I know of, and hand that task to someone else when I'm away next week, if that'll still be necessary then.
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2003 7:40 pm
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OMG just logged on and played for about 8 hours and noticed the flux spawns between Depot, Corr & QC. It's really OTT and getting anything done that involves mining, exploring and general rubbernecking is really time consuming, inconvenient and downright stupid.
Next time, i wish ND would think of the n00bs before coding...i really do...unfortunately, i'm not really surprised. (they rarely do think of the n00bs and when they do it's not in a n00b context at all)
crazed. very crazed...I know the game's graphics aren't "eyecandy", but i'm the type that rubbernecked alot when i was a n00b. getting ganked for staring at the scenery isn't conducive to customer retention
suggestion: move jellyfish to sectors adjacent core stations; have c1's adjacent jellyfish (except a few places like PoH, etc); the risk factor between a core station and depot station should be c2 at worst (one route. the direct way); the risk factor between other faction stations should be c4 at worst (c5+ reserved for the unique sectors like PoH, etc)
*sigh* Why the "temporary craziness"?? we KNOW NetDevil are going to take weeks putting out the GM_Tools to tweak flux spawning, so why the insanity?
i know it breeds cooperation. i spent some of my time either guarding or being guarded, but most of the time i was alone, outnumbered and frustrated by the damned chat scroll bug
new customers trying out
Attack of the Conflux
are going to come into this and think, "this is not normal" (they don't expect to get attacked right off the bat when the learning curve of jsut the non-combat stuff is practically vertical.) Expecting anyone to buy the idea it's "realistic" in relation to the Storyline of "the new era" has to remember that half the damn point of a GAME is "gameplay"
This attitude of "The school of hard knocks" is one i'm, quite frankly, sick of bitching about.
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2003 2:12 pm
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JGTracker and Profit Calculator back Online
The file at
is now being written correctly, sorry for the inconvenience.
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2003 2:29 pm
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Jump-Starting the Economy
I know there's a lot on everybody's plate. New ships, new sectors, new flux, POS and so on. But, if you want top gear, the economy has to be working. ND has thrown down the gauntlet here--we need to get it working. That is going to require a lot of mining (and it looks like the new heavy miner will do well here) and a lot of hauling (with tows almost surely, as the new freighters are pitiful).
Most of all, it is going to need some organization. There are a lot of great pilots in a lot of squads who understand what priorities are. There aren't fancy missions with tons of XP organized by TRI involved. But if you want to lend a hand, set your f5 to MACK. There will usually be somebody on who can suggest something useful to do. If you just can't wait, here are some suggestions:
Mine semifluxors and sell them to Amananth. Run aluminum, chemicals, copper and gold into Aman. Aman makes electronics, critical for a lot of final tier products fighters need.
Mine in Oct space and sell ore to Oct stations. If you see a Silicon pure, mine it and sell to an Oct station or Aman. Silicon is crucial for elecs, Synthetics and Fuel Cells.
Run Magnesium to Oct stations (from Hyp) for making Explosives. No explosives, no Purgs or MS.
Good luck and thanks for helping.
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2003 2:44 pm
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Todays Fixes and Changes
Hello Everyone,
We would like you to know that the issue with players losing and duplicating items in player station storage has been resolved.
Also, we have decreased the frequency of flux spawning in deep space considerably, and have also decreased the experience given for squad claims by a factor of 10 for players who are not in the claimed sector
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Joined: 10 Nov 2002
Posts: 78
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 1:38 pm
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Me love ep2. I love the way the stocks on US got wiped. I've done BPC trading before, but I've never bothered with econ runs. Guess what? I'm slowly turning into a carebear :D. Escorting a miner yesterday, taking mined cesium to amananth today. And you know what? I loathed trading before. Now that I'm doing it for a reason other than getting money, I'm
it. The flux spawns are brilliant (just needs some tweaking for noobs). Docked at a POS with 7 tow armour remaining today (at about 4am :P), so I could pick up some dreams and a sp+ for my tow :D.
I love that I've finally gained the feeling that I'm actually rebuilding something. I love the new feeling of danger.
EDIT: was that change made? I hope the spawn change isn't too big :-(
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 2:48 pm
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=/ no. i believe it's not MG's server state they changed. remember, that guy's controlling US server spawns, and we're pretty certain MG can't find it's arse when it comes to controlling flux spawns because MG doesn't tell ND what kind of flux spawn rates they want.
Personally, i think Josh heard all the wynars and decided that n00bs didn't need attention at all, and simply nerfed unreg spawn rates...BTW, have you seen the stupid jellyfish AI tactic of not attacknig anyone and simply docking with stations?
the chat bar scroll thing and the flux spawn thing is of no concern to ND, nor MG, simply because they consider joystick throttle jocks to be their clientelle. you know, the "CIVigilante/HGanker" culture that loves powerlevelling via exploits
I'm sure they'll get around to it sometime, but it's pretty low on the priority list. In fact, it's really low down on the totem pole. Tell you the truth, i expect they'll think, "Well! why the hell don't they learn how to remap keys/get escorts?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 6:42 pm
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This was on US. Escorting a miner on anarchy weekend would be, errr.....risky :o
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A key phrase in business is:
Under Promise and Over Deliver!
NetDevil had the opportunity to do this with EP2. What they did was Over Promise and Under Deliver.
Release Date of Summer 2002 was actually Spring 2003. With all that extra time the players expected to see few bugs and all the features that were touted during development. What we got in the end was a program that has several features missing and or broken.
1. POS markets where all sales of commodities and equipment are for base TRI cost (how are we expected to pay for the upkeep of the stations when bugs force us to loose money).
2. POS modules missing.
3. Advanced Fighter missing.
4. Pirate tools missing.
5. Previous commodities and equipment from EP1 eliminated (forcing the players to spend many hours getting the economy back on its feet).
6. WAR declarations missing (at least the sector claiming works).
7. Commodities text file not working (glad they fixed it already).
8. Ships that no longer match the factions RP.
9. Did I miss anything?
Overall I am enjoying EP2 and very much appreciate the effort that NetDevil and the Testers went through to get it to us. My main concern is that NetDevil has lost some of their credibility over this update. Next time they promise something (no matter what game) we may not believe them.
Hopefully they have learned their lesson and will not be so eager to announce something on so grand a scheme before it is already in the can.
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Posts: 67
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 2:08 am
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Boy am I glad the crappy situation with pirates forced us to form an Escort wing. As primarily a trade squad we would have been buggered without it over the past 24hours.
"Get an escort" yeah yeah, thats like "theres a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow". Still in two minds, as someone who does tend to reserve those lazy late nights for mining and whatnot, whether the current spawn levels are just gonna "gank" noobs out of the game and additionally end up counteracting the aim of making mining a primary means of gaining resources. Pottered around in a badly equipped LF earlier this evening and spent a long time running away from squids, it will certainly be brave Sol who ventures out unescorted in a LM 8P. Nearly dared to lug Cobalt from Oct to Sol unescorted this evening, but just couldnt face another hour to get between stations owing to the clouds of pink meanies descending en masse.
Still far from convinced about the PoS as anything other than a money sink at the current time, even as a squad tool it is very limited.
Econ has effectively been reset \o/ yay! we get to be a valuable resource for a bit.
Flashfires I like, really, really hope they leave as is but no doubt the "cant believe you nerfed the game" gang will get their way.
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Been waiting for a game engine that can support both 2D and 3D graphics simultaneously and easily, this is perfect for a project I've had planned for a while. Learning all this from scratch would have taken far too long.
like someone mentioned in the comments, this almost makes Unity a no-brainer for almost every game type.


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netSpray is a web 2.0 open, user centered, free of charge site that allows widgets to be dropped anywhere on the net. Thus the name, netSpray.com. The idea is to 'spray the net' or scatter widgets across the Internet. I'm here to provide a ton of feedback and keep you involved to help you win the contest. Looking for something colorful and fresh.
I'm definitely looking for something everyone will like. The logo should be a web 2.0 logo meaning translucent with subtle gradients and shades. Pastels preferred but I am open to full color submissions too.
Just text will not be good enough. I need a graphic icon as part of the logo. The icon can be part of the logo, next to it or around it. Original submissions should be without the ".com" in the logo. Final submission will include 2 versions. One with the ".com" and one without. Color and gray scale version.
The word "spray" can have a negative connotation so I want to avoid anything with bullet holes. Use the word "spray" with a positive slant. It can be web 2.0 edgy but must be acceptable by all people. It can also be simple. I don't think graffiti type text will work, but I'll leave that up to you.
Visual Ideas:
... the words "net" and "spray" separate color shades as in (ie. http://www.buzzpal.com)
... "netSpray" overlay of letters (ie http://www.ebay.com)
... the word "netSpray" is becoming visible like in the process of appearing
... a quantity of small objects flying across the web
... a spray could take on the look and effect of a tie dye t-shirt
... "netSpray" could take on the meaning of "broadcast" (ie. concentric circles)
... "netSpray" could take on the meaning of rss (ie. http://www.aaronovadia.com/clients/…_icon.jpg)
Most of these are just suggestions, do whatever you want.
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- Color Scheme: Designer's discretion, open to ocean spray color scheme
- Accepted File Formats: Vector Formats (.eps, .ai)
2.Bullet holes
3.Spray paint can or hair spray bottle
4.Complicated, busy logos
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