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The DFC Mgmt 10-100 Converter provide intelligent, securely managed service demarcation at the customer premises with Layer 2 Control Protocol (L2CP), Quality of Service and enhanced Bandwidth rate limitation capabilities. They allow the administrator a comprehensive performance monitoring with fault detection and provisioning.
Full management
DFC Mgmt 10-100 Converters feature complete built-in SNMP management that can be accessed through any standard SNMP software. You can manage the converters in-band or out-of-band with SNMP, Telnet, PING, and FTP. You can even use your Web browser to access management through IP.
The converters include support for IEEE 802.3ah OAM loopback, enabling you to locate faults and test links in carrier-class networks.
Choose the Management Software (LMC3003A) for easy-to-use GUI-based software customized for use with DFCs Dynamic Fiber Conversion System. The management software works as a standalone application in Windows®, or you can integrate it with a management program such as HP® OpenView®. It provides real-time network status, monitoring power, voltage, current and chassis temperature. You can also actively configure managed chassis, modules and ports.
Tag VLAN, Port VLAN and QoS
VLAN and Quality of Service priority standards provide traffic control on your network, enabling you to prioritize traffic, ration bandwidth or even shut down remote connections. Use Port based VLAN to specify and restrict the traffic flow between the fibre, UTP, backplane and management ports.
The 802.1p prioritization standard enables delivery of Quality of Service (QoS) to high-priority, real-time applications such as voice and video over Ethernet.
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The enhanced Bandwidth Control feature supports levels of bandwidth between the fibre and UTP ports in 64Kbps increments from 64K to Full Line Speed. Port Access Control provides enterprise administrators the capability to improve network security by controlling port access when the port is not in use.
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Port statistics are available for 38 different variables for the UTP and fibre ports. With Port and optical performance statistics you can monitor the bandwidth utilization, network performance and the link signal quality for each individual port.
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The DFC Mgmt 10-100 Converter allows multiple, user-selectable link fault detection modes, including Link Propagation, Remote Fault Detection and Asymmetrical Fault Detection for rapid fault detection and isolation by monitoring the state of the cabling hardware while operating independently of the network management.
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The DFC Mgmt 10-100 Converters are available with dual fibre multimode, dual fibre single-mode (SC) and single fibre single-mode single-fiber (WDM) options. They support distances up to 5km over MM fiber, 30km over SM fiber and 20km or 40km over WDM.
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Wall mount DFC Mgmt 10-100 Converters are part of the Dynamic Fiber Conversion System. The DFCs is a managed chassis-based media-conversion system for enterprise networks. Chassis are available for Desktop, Wall mount or Rack mount use.
Power — LMC3004A–LMC3005A, LMC3010A, LMC3080A, LMC3014A: 110/230 VAC, 50/60 Hz, autosensing, internal; LMC3007A–LMC3008A, LMC3081A–LMC3082A: ± 48 VDC, internal;LMC3015A: 110 VAC, 60 Hz, external (220-VAC power supply available on requestSize 19-Slot Chassis: 8.9H x 43.7W x 35.6D cm; 5-Slot Chassis: 4.4H x 43.7W x 22.9D cm;2-Slot Chassis: 4.8H x 17W x 14D cm;1-Slot Chassis: 2.5H x 9.7W x 14D cWeight 19-Slot Chassis: Single power supply: 7.3 kg; Dual power supplies: 8.4 kg; 5-Slot Chassis: Single power supply: 3.4 kg; Dual power supplies: 4.1 kg;2-Slot Chassis: 1.1 kg;1-Slot Chassis: 0.7 kg
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Apartment for rent from € 63/day in Porto VecchioName/Address: Marina Di Pinarello
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Interior2-room apartment 30 m2: living/dining room. 1 room with 1 double bed. Kitchenette (4 hot plates, microwave). Bath or shower/WC. Balcony. Terrace furniture.
OutsidePinarello 15 km from Porto Vecchio: Resort "Marina Di Pinarello". Outside the resort, 5 km from the centre of Ste lucie de Portovecchio, 500 m from the sea, 500 m from the beach. For shared use: swimming pool secured, fenced (15 x 6 m, 15.06.-14.09.). Boccia. In the complex: reception, washing machine, tumble dryer (for shared use, extra). Parking. Shop 5 km, supermarket 5 km, restaurant 5 km, sandy beach, pebble beach 500 m. Golf course 28 km. Nearby attractions: Bonifacio 43 km. Please note: the photograph shows a typical example. There are more similar properties for rent in this same residence.
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- Feb 17:
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What: "Little World"
When: 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16
Where: Boulder High School, 1604 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder
"Little World" is one of those movies destined to be used as a motivational tool for years to come. It's all about the power of the human spirit to triumph over life's adversities.
And, no, it's not a sports story. This compelling documentary centers on Albert Casals, a cheeky 20-year-old from Barcelona who decides to travel from his home in Spain to the farthest point in the world. He'll do this without cash by using his perky personality and his wiles.
The hook? Albert is a paraplegic, the result of chemotherapy poisoning after contracting leukemia as a child. He's confined to a wheelchair -- except when he's crawling up the stairs at the Great Wall of China, frolicking in the Indonesian surf, rolling on the floor of his host's home in Syria or slithering to the top of a lighthouse in East Cape, New Zealand, 30,000 kilometers from Barcelona.
How Albert and girlfriend Anna manage this journey is all the more beguiling when you realize they filmed much of it themselves using handheld cameras. A professional film crew is there at the start and the finish, but the bulk of this film has a near-cinema verite feel as the traveler's document encounters with a broad swatch of humanity, from Rome to Istanbul to Australia.
It's not all on-the-fly footage. Director Marcel Barrena intersperses Casals family home movies of Albert as a child with interviews with Albert and Anna's parents and friends. Those interviews give the film a shadow story: What's it like to let go of someone you've spent your entire life trying to protect from the world? As brave as Albert is, his parents seem somehow braver.
Of course, Albert is the star here, and you've probably never met anyone like him. Lively, precocious with dyed blue hair, he articulates a philosophy of live for today without regrets for the past. Not once does he decry his life in a wheelchair, nor does he use it as an excuse not to do things. If he can't roll to a certain location, he'll hop out of the chair and crawl there. That spirit and a healthy sense of humor lets him charm everyone from truckers to border guards (except in Iran) to get where he wants to go.
You might be left with some nagging questions -- such as how he manages to get into so many countries without a visa -- and the precise nature of an illness that strikes him near the end of the trip and nearly kills him. Yet you brush those concerns aside as you marvel at this free spirit whose determination to view life as an opportunity and not a challenge makes the rest of us seem like, well, slackers.


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very funny. Jack Black gives a fun look at perception and attitude. I left understanding why 'gaming'? I'm not a gamer but saw a modicum of value after Jumanji.
honestly the best movie i ever watched
this movie is very funny and very exiting. I would definitely want to see this movie. Great for all ages. Best movie of the whole jumanji series for sure!
Funny and entertaining. All round great cast.
Love that the girl is so strong and kick-ass. Hate that they put her in skimpy clothing the whole time.
I was surprised by how much i enjoyed this movie. I really don't like kevin harts comedy, but he was good in this movie. Jack Black as well. I liked how they explained why it was now a video game and not a board game and how paid homage to Robin Williams. The only part that i felt was lacking was the villan. KInd of an odd choice for the actor.
it was ok but not a four star.
Loved it!! Best movie of the year!🔥
The excitement!!!!! It was hilarious!!!!! And adventurous!!!! I love it!!!!
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Preparing Your Pet for the New Baby
You and your partner do everything you can to prepare for the arrival of your infant. But what about your pets? Up until now they've been the center of your world, and by planning ahead, you can make the transition from to humans to three a smooth one for your dog or cat. Here's how to prepare your pet for the new baby.
First, know that things will be inevitably be different. "Your animal won't get as much one on one time with you," says Bonnie Beaver, a professor and animal behavior expert at Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and author of Canine Behavior Insights and Answers and Feline Behavior. "You must scale back the time you spend with your pet, but not too suddenly, because then he will become stressed," she says.
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Aluminum is far from extinct as a high-end bike material. For example, many pros still rely on aluminum handlebars, whether it be for peace of mind or because having a more substantial bar is an intelligent way to meet the UCI minimum weight requirement without sacrificing ride quality. Regardless, the Zipp Service Course SL Handlebar makes the most of aluminum's beneficial properties -- it features a low weight, high strength, and a relatively low cost. All the while, the SL provides the same exquisite design detail that's found in Zipp's carbon fiber bars.
The Service Course SL uses the same shaping for the Short-and-Shallow version as used in the SL Carbon Fiber Handlebar. It's built with round tops that taper downward in a smooth and constant manner from the 31.8mm clamp area to a 24.2mm diameter at the top bend. The drop angle is only 20 degrees. What's the net effect? You're able to position your levers in the high-and-Belgian style, and you'll get a smooth transition from the bar onto the drops.
In addition to this, the Short-and-Shallow bar has a dual radius curve in the drops. So, you'll benefit from the longer, flatter hand surface. We're tempted to call it an anatomic bend, but be aware that the bend shape is, thankfully, subtle and not overly curvy like many anatomic bars of the past. The 84.5mm reach, plus the short radius behind the clamp area, make it easy to get the crook of your hand 'locked' into position for a solid feel in the drops. This also provides a simplified reach to the brake levers. For the drop, the 128mm plunge makes the lower portion of the handlebars more accessible.
Zipp also produces the Service Course SL in a Traditional Bend with an 87.5mm reach and a 130mm drop. If you detest anatomic bars of any sort, but you're looking for a bar with a modest drop, then this is the bar that's best suited to your tastes. With a slightly steeper drop angle than the Short-and-Shallow version, this Traditional Bend will give you a bit more curve in the transition to the hoods.
The Zipp Service Course SL Handlebar is available in the two aforementioned bends and in the colors Beyond Black and Polished Black. Zipp is also offering the bars in 38, 40, 42, and 44mm widths (measured outside-outside). It's also worth a mention that the drops on these bars angle out at two degrees in order to make your wrists more comfortable for long days in the saddle. Please note that the bars are only compatible with 31.8mm clamp diameter stems.
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Between now and whenever the Supreme Court issues its decision on Obamacare (I predict the last day of the term in late June next year), there will be endless reading of the tea leaves, textual analyses of the briefs, the dynamic of the oral argument, and so forth. (Will the Court limit the number of amicus briefs it will take on this case? America's forests ought to be very worried if they don't, given the amount of paper that may be consumed in amicus briefs on this.) So I may as well offer my two cents.
There are a couple of big tests coming. One is whether it is really true that, as the old saying goes, the Supreme Court follows the election returns. That's one interpretation of the infamous "switch in time that saved nine" in 1937, at the time of FDR's (successful) court-paking scheme. ("Wait!," I can hear you asking; "Did Hayward just say successful court-packing scheme?" Yes I did. I'll explain that some other time.) If there is any truth to this axiom, then you'd think the Court will take note of the Tea Party and the 2010 election returns somewhere in the back of their mind.
The second big question will be the Court's willingness to overrule some old precedents like the Wickard case I mentioned here briefly the other day. A very sage and wizened friend wrote me to say:
God knows, I ain't no prophet, but after reading Silberman's opinion, I don't see how we win unless Wickard is overruled or substantially modified. There's nothing in Larry's opinion that Nino hasn't already subscribed to in various opinions. So, even assuming Kennedy, Roberts, and Alito do the right thing (which is a big assumption), where the hell is our fifth vote? Clarence, bless him, is the only one we can count on.
I can't quarrel with the reasoning here, except that, as noted yesterday, this is no ordinary case—not with 5 ½ hours of argument allotted for it. If ever the Court was going to revisit "long settled" precedents, this will be it. In this regard, The Hill has an interesting story this morning about Democratic anxiety over the case, based partly on their enduring outrage that Citizens United overruled several key precedents nearly as old as Wickard:
The pessimism is fueled in part by the John Roberts court's decision in the 2010 Citizens United case on corporate spending in elections, which [Democratic Sen. Sherrod] Brown has called the "worst" in his memory.
Don't forget that the Court's opinion in Citizens United wasn't by Roberts, but came from the key swing justice, Anthony Kennedy. And here's excerpts from the relevant passage where Kennedy discusses overturning several key precedents:
Our precedent is to be respected unless the most convincing of reasons demonstrates that adherence to it puts us on a course that is sure error. "Beyond workability, the relevant factors in deciding whether to adhere to the principle of stare decisis include the antiquity of the precedent, the reliance interests at stake, and of course whether the decision was well reasoned We have also examined whether "experience has pointed up the precedent's shortcomings." Pearson v. Callahan, (2009).
These considerations counsel in favor of rejecting Austin, which itself contravened this Court's earlier precedents in Buckley and Bellotti . . . "[S]tare decisis is a principle of policy and not a mechanical formula of adherence to the latest decision." Helvering v. Hallock, (1940).
For the reasons above, it must be concluded that Austin was not well reasoned. The Government defends Austin, relying almost entirely on "the quid pro quo interest, the corruption interest or the shareholder interest," and not Austin's expressed antidistortion rationale. When neither party defends the reasoning of a precedent, the principle of adhering to that precedent through stare decisis is diminished. Austin abandoned First Amendment principles, furthermore, by relying on language in some of our precedents that traces back to the Automobile Workers Court's flawed historical account of campaign finance laws, see Brief for Campaign Finance Scholars as Amici Curiae; Hayward, 45 Harv. J. Legis. 421. . .
[And] Austin is undermined by experience since its announcement. . .
Translation into plain English: We might be willing to overrule old precedents if we believe they were poorly reasoned, and if subsequent experience shows the precedent to be stupid. If ever there was a poorly reasoned opinion contravened by subsequent experience, it is Wickard. And don't overlook that key quotation from Kennedy: "[S]tare decisis is a principle of policy and not a mechanical formula of adherence to the latest decision," along with Kennedy's original line that precedent can be rejected when "adherence puts us on a course that is sure error." If ever there was a law that puts us on the course of "sure error," it is the individual mandate of Obamacare. This all suggests an openness to revisiting a precedent on Kennedy's part. And as in so many cases, if Kennedy goes there, it's a 5-4 win. (And yes, the amicus brief Kennedy cites that demolished the Auto Workers precedent was from my spouse. I'm hinting she should write another brief for this case 🙂


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How to assist fragile countries challenged by weak governance
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is in the headlines again. This time it's not about rape and escalating violence in the eastern provinces but because donors are threatening to withhold aid as fears grow about governance, particularly in the mining and energy sectors where many foreign companies compete for concessions.
For most donors, turning the aid tap on and off is a standard response to what they perceive to be poor performance or bad behavior on the part of recipient governments.
Given the pressures from their stakeholders back home, it's no surprise. Cutting foreign assistance to errant governments is a blunt instrument but it sends a clear message.
In some places it may work. In fragile states, however, it can set things way back.
The risk of violent conflict correlates closely with poor governance and weak institutions. Tampering with the aid spigot can make matters worse for countries that need external support to restore confidence and create institutions that are better able to manage violence.
Research for the WDR shows that the volatility of aid to fragile states is far greater than flows to countries whose situation is less precarious. For example, aid from the World Bank and other donors to Burundi, Central African Republic, Guinea Bissau and Haiti has seen major swings, with donor allocations reflecting competing priorities and short-term deteriorations or improvements in governance.


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There are a lot of body modifications out there that are done purely for aesthetic purposes. However, there are a few body modifications that are done to enhance sexual pleasures for both the partners involved. Genital pearling or beading has become very well known over the past couple of years for this reason. This type of body piercing started with the Yakuza, to mark how many years a person spent in jail. And to this day you still hear stories of men receiving pearls while in jail made from unsanitary materials. This kind of genital piercing is done primarily by men. However, some females find this modification to work well for them as well.
Genital beading is when a bio-compatible material is inserted into either the penis or vagina. Stainless steel, titanium, silicon, or Teflon can be used to create the beads or other desired designs. The shaft and the foreskin of the penis are the places where beading can be done in men. In women the labia is about the only place a genital bead can be placed. There are two ways that genital pearling can be done, the piercing method or the implant method. Each technique has different pros and cons.
The piercing method requires there be an entrance and exit hole, so that the needle and taper can be pushed through. After the holes are made big enough to house the bead, a beading tool is used to place the bead within the skin. The entrance and exit holes are then either sutured or taped up with surgical tape to enclose the bead completely with the skin. This procedure is much like any other genital piercing. It is also faster than the implant method. Because there is an entrance and exit hole, it limits the size and shape of bead that can be placed.
The implant technique allows a little bit more freedom with the placement, size, and design of the beading. With that being said this procedure is also more painful than the piercing technique. This type of implant is much like the 3-D art implants that are done. A single incision is made and then a space or "tunnel" is made for the material to be inserted into the genitals. Once the beads have been put where they are wanted, the incision is then sutured or taped up. To keep the beads from moving throughout the "tunnel" that was created, it is suggested to use tape to keep them in place until they heal. The implant method is the most common way females get genital beading. This type of procedure requires more knowledge about the human body than the piercing method.
Adult/Genital Piercing – Should You or Shouldn't You?
The genitals are much more vascular than any other tissue in the body. This means that the healing process is much shorter and hassle free than other body modifications. As long as a professional has done the procedure, with the correct type of material and placement, rejection is very rare. Genital pearling is meant to be a permanent modification; however, they can be removed surgically.
Genital pearling like any other adult piercing requires a lot of thought! So be very sure before going for this adult adventure and we recommend reading about the common myths about such body modifications.


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Bad Kitty Studios brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 60 Designs von 11 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Design a logo for a Metaphysical Supplies company that will be used on their products and all of their promotional material.
Living Magick
Living Magick makes educational materials for people learning metaphysical subjects such as: Tarot, Astrology, Numerology, Crystals, etc. They also make "Energy Kits" used for personal transformation and manifestation.
They are located in the Pacific Northwest, Portland OR, to be exact. They are very "nature" oriented and practical in their approach to metaphysical subjects and want their logo to be something "classic" that represents that style.
- The logo should be round or square-ish in it's proportions. It will usually appear to the left side of a page with text to the right of it, but may also sometimes be a stand alone object or centered on the page.
- The client has suggested something with a tree motif that represents timelessness, age and wisdom as well as new growth and continual life. (To see an example of their previous logo for a shop they sold, go to: http://www.TheGuidingTree.com really liked that design. Unfortunately, they sold rights to that logo with the shop.)
- The logo art can be in color, using earth tones, but should also be designed with the idea of reproducing it in single color line art effectively. Please limit colors to 1-3 shades.
- It should be clean enough in the fine work so that it can be sized down to about 1/2" for business cards or up to about 12" for trade show banners.
- The logo should convey a sense of "classic elegence" rather than comic bookish fantasy/sci-fi art. Think Alfons Mucha rather than Boris Vallejo, if you know what we mean!
- The art should reflect the idea that life is an ongoing harmonious cycle that blends nature with the human experience.
- FORMAT: Artwork should be provided in either .psd or .png files. If it is a layered image, please leave layers separate in .psd file.
- NO "moons & stars" please!!! Also, no wizards, fairies, dragons, or other comic book style work.
- Be careful about to fine of detail that will not reduce well. Silhoutte type designs are a good solution!
- Use colors sparingly... earth tones and 'Classic" colors, no bright, gawdy tones.
- Do not indclude the name "Living Magick" in the logo art.
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Apple TV said to be worthy of overtaking both TiVo and NetflixAlthough AppleTV has ceded the limelight to iPhone and similarly been overshadowed by the buzz preceding the launch of Leopard, it could prove to be as disruptive to legacy video purchase-and-consumption behavior as the iPod has been to traditional music business model, one Wall Street analyst says.
"We believe the potential is huge for this small device," ThinkEquity analyst Jonathan Hoopes, who maintains a bullish outlook on shares of Apple Inc., said on Monday. "Apple TV is an ideal conduit for multiple services including DVR, paid-for content, gaming, or advertising."
In a note to clients, Hoopes reiterated his Buy rating and $120 price target on shares of the Cupertino-based company, explaining that the combined value of the business opportunities presented by Apple TV could be worth $5.3 to $11.4 billion.
"In addition to sharing digital content within the home, we believe investors should understand the value of the various potential business models that Apple TV could enable," he wrote. "As a digital media content delivery vehicle positioned in users' living rooms, we think the AppleTV/iTunes combination could become as disruptive to legacy video purchase-and-consumption behavior as the iPod/iTunes combination has been to the traditional music business model."
In addition to the higher average selling prices offered by movies over music tracks, the analyst believes there is potential for Apple TV to eventually target gamers and feature TV guide-like services, presenting interesting opportunities for high-margin and recurring subscription or advertising revenue models.
Calling it a "network computer in disguise," Hoopes said AppleTV could easily see hardware and software enhancements that will allow it to do more than just stream media from the home Mac or PC.
"Apple TV can, in our opinion, be easily turned into a DVR with little or no hardware modification and a software upgrade," he wrote. "We think Apple's brand, established distribution, marketing power, over 100 million total iPod unit shipments, and 22 million active Mac users would create more than enough energy to propel an AppleTV TiVo-like service to a higher subscription base than TiVo's current 4.4 million users."
Similarly, the analyst said that Apple TV has already established itself as a direct competitor to Netflix even before the first commercial unit is connected to a TV monitor. "Whereas Netflix brought 'Blockbuster' to your mailbox, we believe AppleTV will bring Hollywood to your living room," he told clients. "Moreover, we think this device is well-positioned to quickly overtake Netflix as broadband Internet access becomes more ubiquitous and the Internet becomes the de-facto channel for content delivery."
Among the potential revenue-generating strategies said to be available to Apple under a Netflix-like model are: a movie subscription service, pay-per-view downloads, and advertising opportunities in the living room. Given time and focus for the details of such strategies to fall into place, Hoopes believes Apple TV could eventually flourish as a rental platform.
In his note to clients, the ThinkEquity analyst also spoke at length about the potential for Apple to flex its muscle in the video game market if Apple TV is able to achieve central status as a next-generation home entertainment enabler. However, he warned the company would face still competition from the likes of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, should it embark on such a journey.
"That said, Apple could use its AppleTV to join the gaming game given the margin-rich opportunities that reward game designers who successfully meld a solid understanding of what users want with software design skills," he wrote. "We note that Apple CEO Steve Jobs founded Pixar, a successful animation film studio. While we acknowledge that making popular cartoon movies is not the same as making video games, we do see some links in terms creativity and animation skills."
The first shipments of Apple TV are expected to begin making their way to stores sometime this week.


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This Mod Uses the Mod Api to allow defaulting or overriding any property value in a prop file, which allows you to do things like Infinite Part Scaling, without having to edit the prop file for every part.
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Worst MET White: Katie Holmes
Totally clueless.
It's a white dress with a ring collar. And?
This is something Katie Holmes, Mrs Cruise the lobotomised, would have chosen. This is not something Katie Holmes, the single mother ninja who engineered a daring escape from the clutches of Scientology, should be choosing FOR F-CK's SAKE. I want to punch myself in the face this dress is giving me so much rage.
And look how it falls and gathers weirdly down her body. Where is the shape?! Why did she step on toilet paper and drag it all over the red carpet?
Why is there a goddamn French twist in her head on a night to celebrate PUNK!!!?????
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"Y" charm from the ABChic collection made from glossy gold-finish metal and decorated with small pearls and studs.Can also be combined with earrings, bracelet, ring from the ABChic line and ABClick necklace.
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All items > Shop by Brand > Tuff Writer
- Length:5.125"
- Diameter:0.45"
- Material:Brass
- Color:Brass
- Weight:2.36 oz.
- Ink Color:Black
- Ink Cartridge:Fisher SPR4
- Mechanism:Click
- Brand:Tuff-Writer
- Model:Mini-Click
- Model Number:TWP-MC-BR-AGED
- Country of Origin:USA
- Product Type:Pen
This Mini Click model has an aged brass body with a black coated pocket clip. The Tuff-Writer Mini Click Series offers a scaled down version of the popular Precision Press Pen for more comfortable carry. It provides a tough, reliable writing tool with a simple yet effective design. An internal spacer allows for use with a variety of ink cartridges, including Fisher, Foray, and Parker. Made In the USA.Features:
- Two piece bearing-cam advancing mechanism provides silky smooth operation with no audible "click" sound.
- Removable Duron o-rings assist in maintaining a positive grip on the pen that is comfortable and reliable.
- Modular design is built to last with easily replaceable parts.


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wildinspire needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 95 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
Looking for a logo for a company that hosts team trivia events in bars, company parties, reunions and other occassions. The company is a subsidiary of Wild Inspire Inc.
Team Trivia for All Occassions.
The Wild Trivia Tour is a company that hosts team trivia events. We have weekly leagues at the local bar but are also contracted to come in and entertain at conferences, company parties, school reunions, and even class review in schools.
The concept behind everything that we do is a TEAM COLLABORATION to come up with the answers. Our products and delivery methods are varied but all share the common theme of team work.
Our trivia events are geared to be fun, entertaining, inspiring and get people connecting and communicating. We often receive comments of how our trivia show helped to break the ice and melt down "cliques". We deliver live entertainment to groups of people playing as teams.
Our product is marketed on our website http://www.wildtriviatour.com to compel people to call us or book online. The website is a work in progress.
The winner will be contacted for another project in the very near future that will relate to the Wild Trivia Tour!
- Vector art, preferrable Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop.
- something that is sleek, clean and professional
- I like the concept of using the bold and bright primary colors (red, blue, green and yellow) integrated in somehow.
- This logo will go on hats, t-shirts, banners, scoresheets, blogs, business cards, etc.
- It should be fun, yet show our clients that we are professional and care about quality.
- We will use the logo in our social media avatars, so perhaps something that is more square in layout than rectangular. Just a thought.
- We want to diffiferential ourselves apart from the World Trivia Tour (our other product).
- Logo should also look good in black and white, if printing in a school newsletter or something similar.
- Needs to include a visual element (an icon or design element) of some sort rather than just text.
- "cartoony" or cute.
- stay away from a "world" theme
- big bubbly or puffy fonts. or comic-sans-type fonts
- anything that looks too close to "clip art"
- Just text that promotes nothing but a website.
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Posts Tagged 'News International'
Blocking Google isn't the answer (or why Murdoch has it wrong) November 11th, 2009
Rupert Murdoch's recent interview with Sky News in Australia has raised more than a few eyebrows this week. In it, he claimed that once his papers started charging for online content, they'd give the boot to Google, along with other search engines and news aggregators. With the exception of Mark Cuban, who lives in a fantasy world where more people find news content through Facebook and Twitter than through search engines, the general reaction online has been predictably hostile to Murdoch's approach. If you watch the interview, though, Murdoch actually makes some noteworthy observations on the future of news.
Of course the move to block search engines is ill-advised. Google sends over a billion visitors to news websites every month. And whether you're monetisation strategy is based on advertising or direct payment, the first step is getting enough traffic to monetise. Removing your news site from Google (or, more importantly, Yahoo News) is akin to taking your newspaper off the stands because you're afraid people will read the ledes above the fold instead of buying the paper itself. Like a newsagent, search engines are an integral part of news distribution … only they don't charge for connecting you to your readers.
Murdoch's real beef is with changes in consumer behavior: he wants loyal readers for his news sites. But he's forgotten that the medium affects the content. A newspaper is a discrete editorial artefact, but the web is an atomized collection of individual pages, and nothing will change that. A newspaper will have regular readers who buy the paper every day, whether through subscription or regular purchase. Others will buy a particular paper on a particular day because the splash is appealing. Online behavior is, in some ways, analogous. Those who consume online news regularly will visit certain sites (or read certain RSS feeds) with some frequency. Casual news consumers are more likely to seek information about a particular topic through search. Regular news consumers use search engines, too, when they're interested in learning more about a topic of interest (in part because even some very good newspapers on the web today have very poor site search).
Two things differentiate online behavior from its offline counterpart. First, non-unique content is commodified. Before the Internet, most people only encountered one newspaper in a given day, so even a healthy padding of stories from a newswire was tolerable (or even welcomed). The same is not true online. The second difference is that switching is extremely easy online: it's literally a click away. Unless your content is unique, making it difficult for your users to find and/or read your content means they'll quickly find similar information elsewhere. Offline, people who buy a newspaper may not like the coverage of story x, but they've paid for the whole package, and even if they buy another paper to learn more about story x, the first paper is no worse off in the short term. The same isn't true online, where a single disappointing story will drive users to other sites.
Fighting changes in consumer behavior is a losing battle, so it will be interesting to see how News International navigate the waters ahead.
Tags: aggregators, discoverability, distribution, Google, Mark Cuban, News International, newswires, Rupert Murdoch, Sky News
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The first, as many here seem to be unwilling to decide on just one, takes us to the extreme of which I am so fond. From another "interesting" trip, where I was actually working as an underwater photo teacher on Bonaire, where I started taking photos underwater many moons ago. After the course ended, I was able to relax and really concentrate on finding the things I like: the miniscule
Second, from a remarkably unproductive first trip to the Socorros. I did get whacked on the head by a manta, so that, at least was memorable! This is one of few shots not occupied by an over-zealous diver that was intent on getting between me and every critter that appeared. Karma intervened, when he decided to get in between a silky shark and a bait ball. Lucky that he was wearing a 7mm. Few scars will result from the bite. It did not seem to deter him from being in most of my photos.. Now, I have to get through editing 2012. I just finished 2011. Yikes. There are always some amazing shots here that humble me.
Cheers, and a Happy 2013 to everyone!
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Here we go again, another day another iPhone 5 rumor. This time, 9to5 Mac has received an alleged screen capture from KT's (Korea Telecom) internal stock inventory system. The screen shot clearly shows SKU's (stock-keeping units) for AIP5 which we assume stands for Apple iPhone 5 followed by a number.
The number appears to represent the GB capacity of the iPhone 5 however we are widely expecting that a 64GB version would be released this time; but there is no mention of it. What is even more confusing is the third model in the screen capture; it appears that this is an iPhone 5 without any storage capacity? 9to5 Mac believes that this is a carrier unlocked model.
Before we lose all hope of an iPhone 5 64GB model, these SKU's are just place holders and it may be a case that Apple is keeping the specifications under wraps until it is officially announced. I know a lot of people who are pinning their hopes on an iPhone 5 with 64GB of storage. Personally I have a 16GB version and it still has a few GB remaining.
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Mediterranean Vegan Recipes
For most, the name of this dish evokes dreams of animated rodents scurrying around a Parisian restaurant kitchen. In reality though, ratatouille is a French stewed vegetable dish from the seaside city of Nice. I make my version with zucchini (courgette in French), eggplant (aubergine), olives, capers, bell peppers, mushrooms and tomatoes. With the exception of the tomatoes, everything is fresh. I prefer canned tomatoes in this dish because they tend to be sweeter (especially during the winter season).
Given the abundance of fresh vegetables, this dish would be perfect for the summer. In fact, I make it often when the vegetables in my garden ripen. I also like it in the winter though, because it's excellent comfort food. The flavor of the veggies marries wonderfully with the herbs and spices. My family always ends up fighting over the "broth" at the bottom of the bowl.
Ratatouille can be eaten with just about anything. Crusty bread and rice are common options, but my personal favorite delivery device is a savory crêpe. However it makes it to your mouth though, you'll be happy it did!
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Today I'd like to respond to two stories from yesterday, neither of them Mets related because, well, they haven't done anything.
The first is Stan Musial's funeral and the second Frank Thomas' comments from the White Sox's annual fan convention.
In different ways, both speak to baseball's history in a profound light. Both return us to a cleaner, simpler time.
Let's look at Musial first. Here was a three-time MVP and seven-time NL batting champion with 3,630 hits fr which 475 were home runs. But, numbers never gave us the true appreciation of this man.
I once saw him in the dining room at old Busch Stadium and thought of introducing myself and shaking his hand, but there was a crowd around him and I didn't want to intrude. I told one of the Cardinals writers and he said, "You should have, Stan wouldn't have mind.''
Reading of his graciousness this week and the thoughtful eulogy from Bob Costas, I have little regret. I'll always wish I saw him play. Even more, I wish I approached him that day.
One point Costas made was Musial didn't have a singular achievement, such as Ted Williams hitting .406 and Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak. Musial also didn't have the advantage of playing in a media center sof New York such as Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and DiMaggio, or chasing a record like Hank Aaron. Timing and location mean a lot, but not everything.


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The National World War II Museum will sponsor a 10-day trip tied to the 70th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy. The cruise aboard the vessel Silver Cloud will start May 30, 2014 in Lisbon, Portugal, a center of espionage during World War II. It will move along to key sites on the French coast, where on June 6, 1944, Allied troops came ashore.
The cruise will include presentations by journalist Tom Brokaw; Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author Rick Atkinson; author Donald L. Miller; historian and author, Robert M. Citino; Phil Reed, founder of the Churchill Museum in London; Gordon "Nick" Mueller, president and CEO of the National WWII Museum and Dr. Keith Huxen, the Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Director of Research and History at the museum.
Participants will visit St. Nazaire on the Brittany coast, a German submarine base during the war. Other stops will include St. Peter Port, where many German military installations remain. The Silver Cloud will then visit the English port of Portsmouth before docking for five nights in the Caen Canal in Normandy.
During the Normandy stopover, daily touring opportunities will be offered to the D-Day invasion landing beaches and other local sites of importance to the invasion.
The group will also take part in ceremonies at the Normandy American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach and will visit the Utah Beach Museum.
Costs for the cruise vary depending on accommodations. Airfare is not included as part of the cruise package.
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Could Lindsay Lohan be headed to jail? I know it's actually hard to keep track of which offense in her many line of offenses would land her in the pokey again, but luckily I'm here to clear it up for you. You may remember that in June, Lindsay's Porsche crashed into an 18-wheeler. The first reports that came out said that Lindsay's assistant, not Lindsay herself, was driving the car. Then it came out that Lindsay herself was driving, and I mean, really, was anyone was shocked by that? But since Linds told a police officer she wasn't driving, that is reportedly about to lead to being charged with a little thing called lying to law enforcement. You know you can't fight da law, da law always wins, Linds!
Lindsay, obviously, does a lot of selfish, entitled things that have led to all of her troubles: Driving under the influence, stealing jewelry, reckless driving, etc, etc... But the capper really has to be lying to a cop. And not only lying to a cop, but apparently asking your humble assistant to take the fall for your crappy driving.
I don't know why Lindsay felt compelled to lie -- getting in an accident isn't a crime. So she must have been worried about something -- either reckless driving or the pills in her purse. Reportedly, the pills were prescribed by a doctor, so she wasn't charged there. But she was definitely worried about something that happened that day and worried it would send her to jail, since her probation for jewelry theft requires she obey ALL laws.
I feel sorry for Lindsay and the fact that her parents are train wrecks and that she's been supporting the family since she was a child. But hey. LOTS of people have train wrecks for parents and slim to no support systems. LOTS of teens go to work early, and some even end up significantly contributing to their family's income.
But unfortunately all of this -- plus the whole Hollywood scene in general -- has given Lindsay one hell of a warped entitlement complex. I used to feel bad for her and thought she was being overly picked on when she was doing the same things male stars were doing. I don't anymore. Especially after the unsympathetic tweets she sent out about Hurricane Sandy -- proving she lives in her own little world, untouched by the reality of life, whether it be storms or laws. Maybe jail will drop kick her back to reality.
Do you think Lindsay should go to jail?
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One year ago, on June 24, 2007, Chris Benoit ended his life after murdering his wife Nancy and son Daniel over the course of the weekend. After a firestorm of media frenzy, all that is left is for those who were directly affected -- his family, fans and the wrestling fraternity -- to reflect on the tragedy.
Over the course of the last few interviews conducted for SLAM! Wrestling, various wrestling personalities shared their thoughts on the double murder/suicide a year later.
Former WWE tag team champion Sylvain Grenier was a part of the roster when the incident occurred. "Everybody was shocked. It is very sad. It hurts always more when you find out it is one of your peers, and Chris was such a good, calm funny guy. There are some people when they are sick they do things, and that is why the WWE has taken the lead on taking care of wrestlers and make sure they have help if they need it," Grenier said. "It helps the next generation of wrestler because we have to react and try and understand what happened. We all feel concern and guilty about it but we all can change something about it to make it better."
Former WWE Diva Terri Runnels was out of the business for several years before the tragedy, but knew Benoit and considered him a friend.
"I got pulled in to several interviews, which at the time I was happy to do, but the more I was misquoted I started saying no to interviews. That really pissed me off being misquoted as saying something against my wrestling brothers," she said. "To this day I still think there is something that most people and I never knew about. I don�t get it. It is one thing to fly off the handle and have a 'roid rage and another to do what he did. I have seen 'roid rage many times in my life and that is not what that was. Chris was such an intensely private human being; maybe he even hid them from his wife. No one knew what he was going through. All I know is the person I knew, there is absolutely no way he could have done that to his child and wife. I know it happened, but I can�t make sense of it happening."
For Al Snow, it's the impact on Benoit's family that still concerns him. "It saddens me. It is a tragedy, and everybody has their own thoughts and ideas. The only person that really knows what went on there and why is the good Lord above. It is a sad, sad situation. I feel terrible for anybody involved especially the children, all of them," said Snow. "You have got to assume it is something bigger than wrestling. The biggest victims would be Chris, Nancy and their son, and Chris' other children. They lost their father and now have to live with this horrible thing. The other victims are his family, his mother and father, Nancy�s mother and father. We, the wrestling community, all suffered, but nowhere near what those people are going through; they have to live with this for the rest of their lives. We are just going to have to remember it and go, 'That was bad.' Any empathy or sympathy should go out to the three of them and their family."
In November of 2007, Chris Jericho spoke candidly about his thoughts on the tragedy with SLAM! Wrestling. Those thoughts haven�t changed, he says.
"Why would they? One year anniversary, two week anniversary, 75 day anniversary, it isn�t something you want to mark on any calendar," Jericho said. "It is something that stays with you for the rest of your life. I don�t put any stock into the anniversary of it because my thoughts haven�t changed since the day it happened and never will change."
All four wrestlers continue to remember the positives of the Chris Benoit they knew.
"Chris was born in LaSalle, Quebec, and spoke French really well. Many times in the ring when we were wrestling he was talking to me in French, which shocked me at first but helped me out a lot," recalled Grenier. "He was a great guy, great competitor and was very hard working and a great dad and good loving husband. Sometimes things happen and people get sick and need help. If they don�t get it at the right time then sad things happen. I think we should all learn from it and look at the good times because life is short."
Runnels said she shared some good times with Benoit. "I was one of those people who went back to my room, ordered room service, and went to bed, I didn�t party. There were times where Chris and I would have dinner in the hotel restaurant after the show, strictly friendship, and him being a good soul. I would sit there and dump some things on him and he was so gracious. He was not only that way with me but so many of the young guys. He was like a father, literally, to a lot of them. I would challenge you to find someone who could say a negative word about him."
The tragedy quickly became a media circus, with wrestlers like Marc Mero, Chyna, Lex Luger and many others speaking out against the wrestling industry, and many uninformed critics targeting Vince McMahon, WWE, and the wrestling business.
Snow cautions against jumping to conclusions. "I understand that we as a society tends to jump on a conclusions when something so terrible happens and everyone jumped on the steroid train. I think the reason that everybody does is because it is such a terrible situation that we do everything we can to try and come up with an understanding or reason for it and then we can distance ourselves from it. We can say, 'It was steroids, and I don�t do steroids so that will never happen to me or my family,'" added Snow. "I can tell you that there was probably a lot more going on there. Anything I would say or anyone else would say would be an assumption and a speculation and I don�t want to make the same mistake that so many make these days by assuming or speculating on a public forum and then stating it as fact. I certainly have no clue and no way of knowing why. It is a tragedy for everybody. EVERYBODY. It is easy to demonize and come up with a reason so you can then justify in your mind that it will never happen to you, and it is never that simple."
As the head trainer in WWE developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling at the time, Snow had to deal with the tough task of trying to answer students' questions about the circumstances surrounding the death of someone they respected.
"It was hard. What do you say? Basically what I said just now is what I told them. It was hard on everybody. The only entity that knows what was going on is God and I am not going to presume I know more then him or her," Snow said. "If you are in a public spotlight for anything people love to see you succeed, but they love even more to see you fail and love to see dirt get thrown on somebody. That is just the society we live in."
"Because it was a hot topic, steroids, nobody really understands it. It happens to normal people, it just happens from time to time. When I was studying about it and learning about it, I talked to a psychiatrist and learned it is never just one reason, it is a combination of things that set off a chain reaction of events and a domino effect. I am smart enough to know that, most people that were involved in the situation were jumping to conclusions, because that is what people do," said Jericho. "People legitimately cared for about ten minutes then moved on to the next thing. I live with this every day of my life so I have a different mindset and I am not interested in debating it with anybody because I know what I feel and know what I know. That is one of the things, when it was going on and everyone and their mother felt they had to get up and say their piece, most of those opinions were just plain asinine in my opinion."
Although one would hesitate to use the word positive to describe anything coming out of this tragedy, its impact has been felt on the industry in a way that will hopefully protect the current generation of stars from making the mistakes of their predecessors.
"Being out of the WWE for eight months now, it is hard for me to say what the impact has been on the business. I hope for the health of the wrestlers and for the future of the business they have to take care of the talent because that is what brings the people. I know sponsors and ratings and TV time are important but nothing would be possible without the talent in the ring," said Grenier. "There were always trainers and masseuses and people backstage to take care of us. But sometimes people need more care than others, they need more babysitting and you need to do more for those people. I think WWE did that by changing the rules and making things more severe to protect the wrestlers and the company, to make sure we all go in the same direction to have a long, healthy successful career so you don�t end up at 40 walking with crutches. I think WWE offers a great stage to show off your talent and the drug testing is great for everyone."
Jericho doesn't think professional wrestling has changed at all, nor should it have. "It definitely hasn�t affected things business-wise or perception-wise, the WWE is bigger then ever. And it shouldn�t be affected, this was not a wrestling problem and I will say that a thousand times," Jericho said. "This was a problem that dealt with a guy with very serious mental issues combined with a lot of things that you would call wrestling problems, but it wasn�t just that. You would be completely out of line to think that. Some of the policies that have been adapted, the wellness system, have been a huge positive on the business. Unfortunately that it took something like that to really get it into gear but it's not like nobody learned from the situation. That is the long term positive ramification is that the wellness policy is in effect. It is the real deal, it is very serious and all of the problems of the past are being weeded out by this type of a system. If nothing else, at least there is that."
Jason Clevett is a freelance writer and SLAM! Wrestling staff member from Calgary, Alberta.


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(AP) — Candidates vying to replace former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. can start filing paperwork with the Illinois Board of Elections.
The filing period for established party candidates begins Thursday and ends Monday.
The heavily-Democratic 2nd District covers parts of Chicago's South Side, suburbs and some rural areas. There are approximately 420,000 registered voters in the district.
Jackson resigned in November after holding the seat for about 17 years. He cited his health and acknowledged that he is under federal investigation.
The primary for the special election is Feb. 26, and the general election is April. 9. Several candidates have stepped forward, including Debbie Halvorson and Mel Reynolds. Both have served in the U.S. House.
Other candidates include Chicago Alderman Anthony Beale, state Sen. Toi Hutchinson and former state Rep. Robin Kelly.


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Talk:Junior Assistant Scoutmaster
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According to Scouting.org: "Junior Assistant Scoutmaster - A troop may have any number of junior assistant Scoutmasters. They are 16- or 17-year-old Scouts who help the senior patrol leader; they are appointed by him, with the Scoutmaster's advice and consent." Where is the documentation that they are appointed by the Scoutmaster, as stated on the page? EagleForumFan 11:36, May 13, 2008 (EDT)
Found it -- According to the New Parent Orientation, he is appointed by the Scoutmaster. This conflicts with what is on Scouting.org. Can someone please look it up in the Scoutmaster Handbook to see which is correct? EagleForumFan 13:08, May 13, 2008 (EDT)


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Why? Because you can! And pickle, and jam, or otherwise celebrate the resurgence of the domestic arts our forebears held so dear. Put on your best apron and step into our kitchen, won't you?
Hot. Buttered. Rum. Its as delicious as it sounds.
This mix can be made ahead and given as a gift, although you'll want to keep some for yourself too. I promise.


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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
WoW Cash Shop Opening in Asian Realms
WoW will be taking another step toward having a cash shop like (just about) every other MMO out there by opening up an In-Game Store for Asian realms in patch 5.4.
Considering that the majority of their subscription loss has been in Asia, I'm sure this was a move to directly counter it. However, unlike other MMOs out there with a cash store, Blizzard will not drop subscriptions. Instead, they're going to offer XP buffs via the store.
Given that Blizzard has shown a) no desire to destroy their cash cow and eliminate subscriptions and b) this is at present only implemented in Asia, this sounds like a non-starter. It seems that Blizzard is hoping that people will open up their wallets a whole lot wider and not only maintain a sub but pay for items out of the cash store.
I do have to wonder about the primary reason subs are dropping in Asia, however. If it's strictly an economic issue (cost of internet time vs. time to play), I can understand giving a new player a boost to get to L90. A new player won't have access to heirloom gear, and believe me, I lamented that way back when in 2009 when I was struggling to get to L80 in Wrath. There is also the issue of trying to level a lot of alts, when most heirloom gear doesn't work in the Pandaria range of L86-L90.
Still, I wonder whether Blizzard is reading the tea leaves right. This entire focus on XP buffs enforces the notion that the important part of WoW is raiding at Endgame, when WoW has thousands of quest between L1 and L90.
Even then, I don't see how an XP boost is going to help a player that much. I got to L90 in the middle of Kun-Lai Summit, and I still had 3.5 zones to go. My gear wasn't even close to being able to get into LFR (if I wanted to), so I would have to grind dailies to get raid ready. There's not much around that, unless they provide a buff for dailies. (And I don't see that happening, either.)
My last concern is whether Blizzard didn't get the various Asian cultures well enough in Mists. Every time I was impressed about something they stuck in --some of the tales echo stories about the Monkey King, for example-- they'd have a quest name that made a joke using the differences in Asian pronunciation (substituting Pei-Back in place of Payback, for example). If you turn off players because they feel you're making a joke about their culture, they're not going to be coming back. Before you ask, no, I don't have any data. But when I read that it was Asia --where Mists was marketed heavily-- that had the largest drop in subs, this was the first thing that popped into my head. If Blizzard is fighting this problem, then putting in a cash store isn't going to help.
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- AnonymousJuly 10, 2013 at 1:36:00 PM EDT
The region they're discussing uses time cards, not monthly subscriptions. My guess (and it's just a guess, nobody seems to be doing any digging) based on Blizzard's response is that most of the user count drops were due to the cost of playing since that's what they're directly targeting with these perks. They may also be having issues getting new players to join, those perks may be necessary to get over that hump.ReplyDeleteReplies
To do some of the data mining would require a lot of independent research. I'd love to see the data, but I'm sure I'd be muscled out of the way by investors who have a monetary stake in the company.Delete
Even if they use timecards, the assumption is that a new user will want to get to endgame as soon as possible, ignoring all of the prior work that Blizz has done. I really suspect that's just a portion of the account loss --a portion that has been willing to shell out money hand over fist to be sure-- but just a portion of the overall picture.
Hmm... Something I haven't thought of before but is a possibility is that we might be seeing gold farmer accounts moving to another game. Not sure where they'd be moving to, but that is a possibility.


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Farewell To Jim Fregosi And Many Thanks
February 17, 2014
When Jim Fregosi died last week I was jolted into a trip down memory lane.
I was fresh out of college in 1963 and had an ambition to become a sportswriter.
I sent out resumes and received a call from Bud Furillo, sports editor of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. We set up an interview.
He seemed to like the articles I had included from the college newspaper but he was a no-nonsense kind of guy.
"I have a position for you but I know it isn't what you want," he said. "You'd be putting together the sports section for our first edition. The hours would be midnight to 8 am."
I didn't respond immediately, so he added "I'll get you off of it as soon as I can."
"How long? I asked.
"I can't say, but probably something like six months," he answered.
I took the job, didn't mind the work but had trouble sleeping. I'd go home, have breakfast, sleep an hour or two and wake up because everyone else in the apartment complex was making noise as they began their day.
After 10 months I was still trying to make it work when Furillo arrived soon after midnight and threw something at me. If I hadn't reacted I'd have been hit in the head but I was able to snatch the missile.
It was a book of parking passes for Angels games.
"I'm making a change on the Angels beat,' he said. "If you want to become a baseball writer take a flight to Baltimore tomorrow. That's where the Angels will be playing this weekend."
It was a big break and the next day I happily boarded a plane to Baltimore.
When you're the new guy in any group the people tend to size you up. As for big league ballplayers, many had struggled in the low minors before reaching the majors and, frankly, they weren't eager to accept a new sportswriter who was so young.
But it helped me a lot when Jim Fregosi, the Angels' best player, helped me find my way.
Fregosi, the shortstop, was the first star player in the Angels' franchise, which had been created in the 1960 expansion draft.
I learned a lot from him. He was a true professional, approaching his job with intensity every day even when injured. He also had an upbeat personality.
His passion for the game was inspiring. He eventually earned a place in the Angels' Hall of Fame and his number 11 was retired.
At 36, he became the Angels' manager and directed their first appearance in the playoffs. Later he managed the Phillies to a division championship.
"He had your back," said second baseman Bobby Knoop, Fregosi's double play partner.
Not even star players often spend their entire careers with one team. So, inevitably, the Angels traded Fregosi. He went to the New York Mets for four players. One was a 25-year-old pitcher named Nolan Ryan who hadn't yet conquered control problems. But he became a Hall of Famer.
Many years later, after Fregosi had become a scout for the Atlanta Braves, we talked in the Anaheim Stadium press box.
"I had a long playing career and was named an all-star six times, but all some people remember is I was traded for Nolan Ryan," he said, shaking his head.
Another night he was there and Ross Newhan, the phenomenal baseball writer for the Los Angeles Times, had been inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Fregosi and I teased Newhan, asking if he'd still talk to us now that he was a big shot. It was a moment I'll cherish.
In time I had an opportunity to cover the Lakers, and that became my specialty. But when a ballplayer such as Fregosi passes on the memories flow back.
So, farewell to Jim Fregosi and a heartfelt thank you. My friend, you were quite special.


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|21.3 inch
|G Arm Height
|64.0 cm
|25.2 inch
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Ok, I'm lusting for some tiny pedals and stuff (mostly vintage)
and I've found a ton that I'm thinking about getting..
Including a Boss DM-2 analog delay (BBD), awesome, yes or no?
So, what's your favorite pedal?
you can name one favorite and a few other recommended ones..
(please, list your whole collection if you want )
Mine has to be the Vintage Soviet Lell Parametric EQ, it's so crisp and "sand-papery?"
In Soviet Russia, pedal EQ you!
other than that my 80's Yamaha Multi-Band Distortion is awesome (on the evolver for example, CRAZY BUTTS!)
And the Yamaha CO-100 Compressor, it's nuts!
+ the cheap-ass Johnson EAD-2 Analog Echo Delay 2 (was there ever a 1?) never seizes to amaze me with it's extreme lofi character..
here's a pic of some of them(check out how huge the soviet "brick" is )


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On Tuesday's episode of "The Tonight Show," Cameron Diaz and Jimmy Fallon raced through the studio in kayaks while avoiding crazy obstacles.
But before the action, the "Sex Tape" star talked about "The Body Book," a health and fitness tome she penned with writer Sandra Bark. Released late last year, the New York Times bestseller provides health and beauty tips while promoting self-acceptance.
"It really matters to me that people are healthy and I thought, you can't do that if you don't have the information," Diaz said. "People come up to me all the time and it so gratifying, they tell me 'this really helped me'."
The 41-year-old also revealed that she will soon begin writing another book with Bark about the biology of aging.
Finally, Diaz and Fallon furiously raced kayaks through an obstacle course with a cranky fisherman, dancing panda and an Elton John impersonator.
Watch the hilarious race above or here if you are reading on mobile.


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Oh dear, I have bought a ton of sweatshirts & tees.
Please let me screen print you one for money?
T-shirt = £20. Sweatshirt = £30
I have a range of colours & coloured ink.
I'm currently working on some more designs, on the theme of feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), egg-laying, vertebrate animals (birds) & also migration etc.
1 colour bird on small white tee.
Navy & pale blue double print on small white T.
White ink on navy tiny sweatshirt.