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On January 18, 2007, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a final Bulletin entitled, "Agency Good Guidance Practices." The primary focus of the Bulletin is to increase the quality and transparency of agency guidance practices and the significant documents produced through them.
The term "guidance document" means an agency statement of general applicability and future effect, other than a regulatory action, that sets forth a policy on a statutory, regulatory or technical issue or an interpretation of a statutory or regulatory issue.
By August 23, 2007, in accordance with OMB's Final Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance Practices, USDA will make available to the public a list of significant guidance documents and invite public comment on those documents.
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Tyshawn Taylor scored 16 points, Paul Pierce had more fouls than points, and Jason Kidd was a winner in his coaching debut as the Brooklyn Nets opened their preseason with a 111-106 overtime victory over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night.
The remade Nets showed off new additions Kevin Garnett, Pierce, and, of course, Kidd, transitioning to a coat and tie after 19 seasons in uniform.
Kidd played most of his starters for only 12 minutes, with Brook Lopez (15 points) outscoring the other four combined. Pierce had three points and four fouls, and Garnett scored four points. Shaun Livingston started at point guard in place of Deron Williams, who has a sprained right ankle.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) The San Antonio Spurs knew the Philadelphia 76ers were coming in on a long losing streak.
They had no intentions of taking it easy on them.
Austin Daye had 22 points and Tim Duncan added 19 as the Spurs earned their 14th straight win with a 113-91 victory Monday night that sent the 76ers to their 25th consecutive loss.
Philadelphia will face Houston on Thursday with the dubious distinction of being a loss shy of tying the NBA record for consecutive losses set by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2010-11. Before the game, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said he felt terrible for former assistant Brett Brown, now the 76ers' coach. But he added that he did not feel sorry for "one of my best friends," because pity would upset his former protege.
"Obviously, it's a rough season for them," Duncan said. "It's a rebuilding season for them. (Brown) knows that, they know that. They have a lot of young guys. He's just trying to get the system in place that has them playing the way he wants them playing. It's a process. He knows that."
Kawhi Leonard and Patty Mills scored 15 points each and Cory Joseph added 12 for San Antonio, which maintained the league's best record at 54-16. The Spurs did not play starters Tony Parker, Tiago Splitter and Danny Green, but did not need them against the lowly 76ers.
Thaddeus Young and Michael Carter-Williams each scored 19 points, Byron Mullens added 15 and Elliot Williams had 14 for Philadelphia (15-56).
Daye, who was averaging 2.3 minutes while playing in only four games since being acquired from Toronto on Feb. 20, finished 6-for-10 on 3-pointers and had six rebounds in 29 minutes. It was familiar to Brown, who served as an assistant under Popovich for seven seasons.
"He's lucky," Brown said, "and I've seen this over so many years - people can come into that system and shine. This system creates opportunities for everybody, and he took advantage of those. The attention you have to give others and the movement that they have in their structure allowed him to get freed up a lot.
"He reaped the benefit of playing in that system."
The Sixers kept pace early against the Spurs, with Carter-Williams fearlessly driving into the paint for a series of short jumpers and Hollis Thompson hitting a pair of 3s.
Popovich called timeout with 3:44 left in the first quarter after Williams dunked over Duncan to tie it at 19.
Philadelphia's early success awoke the Spurs and brought out the best in Daye. His athleticism and energy were just what San Antonio needed after a listless start.
"He's a skilled guy," Popovich said. "Obviously he can shoot it. But he's also a good passer. He knows how to play the game. It was good to be able to get him some time tonight."
San Antonio went on a 26-5 spurt bridging the first and second quarters, capped by a 19-0 run.
Daye first ran down Carter-Williams, swatting his layup attempt from behind, leading to Leonard's driving layup for a 23-19 lead with 3 minutes left in the opening quarter.
Mullens' 3-pointer snapped a 6 1/2-minute drought, but the Spurs were up 45-27 with 6:35 left in the first half.
Daye then stole an outlet pass on the run, driving directly at a backpedalling Mullens on a 3-on-1 break. Daye faked a behind-the-back pass to Duncan on the left and dished to Joseph on the right, who fed an open Duncan for a layup and a 47-27 lead.
"He got an opportunity," Duncan said. "He really stepped up and shot the ball really well. The boy is really long. He made some great plays defensively (and) rebounded the ball. He did a lot of good things out there."
The Spurs started Ginobili to give the team another facilitator on the court with Parker out. Ginobili did that and more, scoring seven points and grabbing two rebounds in eight minutes. He drove to the basket for a series of reverse layups, but was blocked by the rim on a one-handed dunk attempt in starting 2 for 3 from the field.
San Antonio finished with 31 assists while shooting 56 percent from the field.
"It's tough," Carter-Williams said. "They move the ball really well with the extra pass. They try to move the ball and almost tire you out on defense. You got to be able to rotate and play throughout the shot clock."
The victory did little to satiate the Spurs or Popovich, who are hoping to return to the NBA Finals after falling to Miami last season in a heartbreaking seven-game series.
"We're playing well through this stretch and winning some games," Duncan said. "Pop is still not satisfied, obviously, with what we're doing. We want to stay healthy. We want to stay moving in the right direction.
"Hopefully we can ride this into the playoffs and feel good going into the playoffs."
NOTES: San Antonio's Big Three of Duncan, Ginobili and Parker have played for 39 seasons, which is seven years more experience than the entire Philadelphia roster combined. The 76ers have six rookies on this year's roster. ... Former Spurs F Malik Rose, a Philadelphia native, now serves as an analyst for 76ers television. He filled in for the Spurs in the same capacity before joining Philadelphia's broadcast team.


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Picture the scene back stage at the opening day of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday. As Dilma and Obama waited together to give their speeches, did Obama indicate an open mind to Dilma's call the right to privacy as a civil, human, and sovereign right? Did Dilma wish Obama well in rallying support for a Syria resolution? I doubt it. These days their differences over major issues in global governance and international security again appear pronounced.
Away from the cameras, however, who knows if they greeted one another even warmly, with a knowing sigh of relief, happy, for different reasons, to have "postponed" the State visit and dinner. Dilma doesn't have to worry about the inevitable, superficial press criticism of her ball gown. More seriously, she doesn't have to feel frustrated that the bilateral agenda, even before the NSA scandal, lacked the substantive ambition to match such a symbolic event. Obama too, known for his distaste for the social demands of the presidency, might look forward to a quiet evening with Michelle and their daughters, or tend to issues of more legacy-defining consequence.
The NSA scandal, the White House's response to it, and Dilma's decision to cancel the state visit, have revealed the weakness of the US-Brazil relationship. Other than big business, neither Dilma nor Obama have constituents clamoring for stronger ties. With notable exceptions, the body language of bureaucracies in Washington and Brasilia now risks reverting to that of another era, when mutual skepticism prevailed.
Has Brasilia again concluded that Washington is dead set against Brazil's rise? Has Washington reverted to the assumption that Brazil prefers to play the role of an alternative to American hegemony—whether on internet governance, in Latin America, or on a slew of global issues? I hope not, but perception, the cliché suggests, risks becoming reality.
A post mortem of the State visit's "postponement" requires hard truths: President Obama hasn't apologized to the American people or American companies for NSA spying. He has been slow to acknowledge the overreach and violations of privacy, and certainly has not compelled the NSA to stop its surveillance. It is hard to imagine Brazil achieving a better response than the American people have to date.
Given the legacy of state surveillance in Brazil—by a U.S.-supported military régime—did U.S. officials expect Brazilians to take pride in the NSA spying as a sign of just how important Washington regards Brazil's place in the global system?
On NSA surveillance, Washington has a serious policy difference with Brazil and a number of other major democracies. Diplomacy couldn't bridge the divide. But given Brazil's importance as a hub for transatlantic fiber optic cables, Dilma and Obama really do have something to talk about.


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Several months ago I wrote a post about how Twitter, by all common startup logic, should have died. Basically everything that could go wrong building a consumer Web company has, and yet the strength of the product carried it through some dark days that would have devastated most others.
Perhaps an even more extreme version of this is Etsy. Except Etsy is far more under the radar. I'm thrilled that our first PandoMonthly guest in New York for 2013 is the man who righted the tumultuous ship, CEO Chad Dickerson.
Like Twitter's Dick Costolo, he is the third Etsy CEO.
Dickerson is only our second guest who didn't found the company he is known for running. (The first was Tony Hsieh of Zappos, although he doesn't really count because we interviewed him in the context of the Downtown Project, which he did found.)
Like Costolo, Dickerson wasn't a Marissa-Mayer-like household name and was a bit of an unconventional choice. He'd joined Etsy as CTO after working as part of the noble Brickhouse initiative to make Yahoo cool again.
Etsy under Dickerson has been characterized by a heads-down approach, eschewing the New York tech world's hype and parties and just building the damn business. Growth appears to have followed, despite many naysayers who have continually predicted the site's doom. Dickerson came in at a time when skeptics were grousing that Etsy was too richly valued, its growth prospects were limited, and sellers were restless. Fast forward to last November, when Etsy had its first ever month of $100 million in goods sold -- a 74 percent increase over the year earlier.
Forget all the New York companies you read about constantly. If you ask me, up-and-down Etsy is one of the most likely ones to get to that much-wished-for $1 billion exit to prove the ecosystem's legitimacy. And much of that has to do with Dickerson's little talked about tenure.
After months of serious arm-twisting Dickerson has agreed to a rare sit down to talk about the inner workings of the crafty giant.
Back in December our early bird tickets for this one sold out in a flash. We have fewer than 80 tickets left, so buy yours now! As usual, tickets are just $20 and include pizza and beer.


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Annual Report to Congress: Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005
Both the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (AT Act of 1998) and the Assistive Technology Act of 2004, as amended (AT Act of 2004) require that the Secretary of Education submit to Congress a report on the activities funded under those respective acts. This document satisfies these requirements for FY 2004 and FY 2005 and reports on the activities of two programs authorized under the AT Act of 1998 and AT Act of 2004:
- State Grants for Assistive Technology (AT), which provides grants
for state programs designed to increase access to and acquisition of AT for
individuals with disabilities; and
- Alternative Financing Programs (AFP), which provides grants to support loan programs that help individuals with disabilities purchase AT devices and services.
The document is divided into Parts I and II. Part I of the document is divided into two sections:
- The first section of Part I focuses on activities of the State Grants for
AT program during FY 2004 under the AT Act of 1998. The data are presented
in graphics, tables and text. Among the topics covered are: how many and what
types of individuals received AT-related training and technical assistance
from programs; how programs increased public awareness of AT; how many and
the types of agencies with which programs coordinated activities; how AT-related
outreach was conducted by programs; what kinds of alternative financing mechanisms
for the purchase of AT were made available by programs and the use of alternative
financing; how many states offered device demonstrations, recycling, exchange,
and lending; consumer satisfaction with programs; and how many states achieved
AT-related legislative or policy changes through their activities, the policy
areas affected by those changes, and examples of changes.
- The second section of Part I focuses on activities of the State Grants for AT program during FY 2005 under the AT Act of 2004. This information is presented mostly as text. Among the topics covered are: how states developed state plans for AT to describe how they would implement a statewide AT program consistent with the amendments to the AT Act; an analysis based on these state plans describing how states intend to implement the state-level and state leadership activities required by the AT Act of 2004; an explanation of how measurable goals were developed for the State Grants for AT program.
Part II of the document focuses on the activities for both FY 2004 and 2005
of alternative financing programs (AFP) authorized under Title III of the AT
Act of 1998. The data are presented in tables and text. Among the topics
covered are: state-by-state data on features of financial loans available for
the purchase of AT; state-by-state data on structures of AFP; state-by-state
and national data on how many loans have been provided and for what amount;
national data on characteristics of recipients of loans; national data on what
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Florida Courts
The Florida court system is comprised of the Supreme Court, five district courts of appeal, 20 circuit courts and 67 county courts. Each layer of the Florida judicial system has a distinct role in providing justice to all Floridians.
The Office of the State Courts Administrators (OSCA) is the administrative arm of the Florida Supreme Court. The office was formed in 1972, the result of Article V of the state constitution that sought to bring greater consistency and uniformity to the judicial branch.
Read about the Mission & Vision of the Florida court system.
Court System Organization & Structure
Appellate Courts:
Supreme Court
The highest appellate court in Florida, the Florida Supreme Court's 150+ years span a time when the state was the least populated (1845) to the present (2014) when it ranks fourth nationwide. Decisions stemming from Florida's highest court have helped shape, certainly, the state itself, but the nation as a whole.
District Courts of Appeal
There are five District Courts of Appeal in Florida, located respectively in Tallahassee, Lakeland, Miami, West Palm Beach and Daytona Beach. As a general rule, decisions of the district courts of appeal represent the final appellate review of litigated cases.
Trial Courts:
Trial Courts - Circuit
There are 20 judicial circuits in the Florida court system. Circuit courts have general trial jurisdiction over matters not assigned by statute to the county courts and also hear appeals from county court cases. Some circuits are made up of multiple counties.
Trial Courts – County
The Florida Constitution establishes that there is ONE county court in each of Florida's 67 counties. The county courts are sometimes referred to as "the people's courts," probably because a large part of the courts' work involves voluminous citizen disputes, such as traffic offenses, less serious criminal matters (misdemeanors), and relatively small monetary disputes.


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Queen Margaret University
The smallest university on the list, Queen Margaret University is expanding
into its new Musselburgh campus outside Edinburgh, enjoying a 4 per cent
rise in applications last year.
As a result it admitted 1,107 students – an impressive 9 per cent more than the previous academic year.
Universities ranked by percentage change in intake between 2012-13. All statistics from Ucas' "Applications and accepted applicants to each UCAS member university and college" annual reports. Only higher education institutions admitting 1000 or more applicants in 2012 are featured in this list.


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The U.K. service provides timely information about roadworks and construction projects. It aggregates and repackages information from a number of sources, including government agencies under the Open Government License. Applications can use the information to coordinate local construction activities, manage emergency response near construction zones, or influence route optimization for traffic mapping and similar applications. API methods support search by location for road construction underway and planned. Methods also support mapping of construction projects, with further access to relevant data about each project.


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After being unable to pick a favourite last week, this week I have five. Which are variously Yeti Lane, First Aid Kit, Drums of Death, Toro Y Moi and my new favourite favourites, Everything Everything. You will have to excuse the superlatives, but I honestly cannot help myself.
Single Of The Week!
Everything Everything - 'My Keys, Your Boyfriend' (Young & Lost)
It's a while since I've made a sweeping, un-researched-other-than-on-Wikipedia, rank generalisation about a huge chunk of the country, so let's begin by talking about Northshire; and specifically its propensity for churning out impossibly amusing and damnably clever jerk-pop. Let me draw a circle around three bands and call it a thing, even though we all know this sort of statistical cherry-picking would normally see me struck off. Here are your three; one, The Futureheads, two, Field Music - and now, the embarrassment of pop riches that is Everything Everything, who have made my month with their new, scurrying chameleon of a single.
The first thing to say is that it darts about, a million hair-pin bends and tight corners a minute, and you might find this alarming; a little Too Much Distraction at first. But you should persevere, because Everything Everything have done that thing so hard for we reviewers to document; they have been over-ambitious. And of course, sometimes there are bands you want to give two marks to – one for their high goals, and one for how successfully they have netted them. But to my mind Everything, Everything get a starred-A for both. They have thrown traditional song structure out of the window along with baby, bathwater, all the eggs, basket and kitchen sink.
The second thing to say is that the lyrics are wonderfully strange, with references to Faraday cages, A4 paper guillotines and having the filth of the street under your nails – all this, everyone, in a song about adultery - usually a tiresomely over-trodden topic. The third thing is that it is a Proper Pop Record, with all the fulsome joy, excitement and inventiveness this implies. And the last thing is what EE have written on their MySpace. 'We like to play music for humans,' is what they have scribbled and – fortuitously - because I was one last time I checked, this means they play for me. Extrapolating wildly, I am also taking it to mean that they are mine. And you absolutely cannot have them, for I will not share, however many special marbles you try to tempt me with. Quite honestly, the whole thing is all rather Christmas Day.
Fever Ray - 'Seven' (Rabid Records / Co-Operative)
There is only one woman on the planet who can sing a line about the modern and miraculous cleaning products we humans use to wash the crud off our dishes, and still make it sound impossibly sinister. Karin Dreijer is that woman. And it is only with her fourth release that I realise she has been winking at us all along. Knowing our nation's propensity for entertaining and fawning over oddballs - especially the Scandinavian kind - with completely po-faced, accepting seriousness, I feel the line 'We talk about love' / 'We talk about dishwasher tablets' at once declares the following ideas: 1) 'Yes, you do think I am a mental Scandi-pop electronic-tart who conjures spooky darkness out of every situation, however domestic' And 2) 'But I am in fact perfectly sane, as evidenced by my sense of humour, You. Total. Divs.' In any event, 'Seven' is in all respects a Good Point, Well Made, making me hope that all the stinkily pretentious things that have been written about Dreijer do in fact make her clutch her sides behind closed doors. Anyway it's brilliant, because now Doing The Pots will be so much more enlivening. I will be able to ponder Karin's deliberate, mischievous oddness, rather than thrashing my way through the usual thought bog - which is about how unfair it is, that it is always me bloody doing them.
Yeti Lane - 'Lonesome George' (Sonic Cathedral)
Darn these pesky records I find at the very last second when I have already written reams and bored the face off all present. But this is gorgeous, plaintive, fuzz-pop from some new-to-me French cats who betray an indecently good way with melody that may even recall the talents of James Mercer and Sufjan, but which is set-dressed with flickering 8-bit synths, delicious syncopation and some boomeranging riffs. This is the second record this week I intend to spend ACTUAL MONEY on because I need to hold it in my hands. Indeed, when Yeti Lane sing about wanting to be 'delivered from pain' they manage to convince me to such a degree that I almost want to email them and check they are alright. Live videothing here though really I think you should go to their MySpace to listen, because live videothings are pretty much always rubbish.
First Aid Kit - 'Hard Believer' (Wichita)
We have all heard it said that the reason siblings' voices have a such a special effect is due - rather obviously - to the genetic similarity; that it creates two voices which harmonise in a gooder way than for those of us not related by blood. But this notion does little justice to just how engaging, just how warm-hearted and essentially transcendent First Aid Kit are - whether their pipes are hammered from the same, hearty, inherited mettle or not. Their deceptively simple sentiments - 'Love is tough' / 'Time is rough' (TELL ME ABOUT IT FIRST AID KIT, I AM HEARING YOU ETC) are glorious; and the bit where they almost yodel is honestly sublime (by which I mean; this record makes me cry, I might as well admit it). Anyway, despite not bagging the top spot, First Aid Kit still win the red rosette for Rousing-ness this week. Thing is, if you don't find this entirely magnificent, I regret to inform you that there is rancid citrus where your heart should be. And also - not that you, readers, should give two hoots – that we would never get along. Beautiful.
Drums of Death - 'Got Yr Thing' (Greco Roman)
I am doing my best not to invoke Twilight because I am not a convert. But it is fair to say that there is an inordinately appealing, slightly wonkily-principled state of attraction, whereby girls go all weak at the thought of men who are a tiny bit scary. But before the feminists take my t-shirt, card and badge away, I will explain. First, that there is the obvious Niagara gulf between finding something rather frisk-making in one's imagination and wanting someone to take a chunk out of your neck and make you undeaded in real, actual life. It is completely – and in all seriousness – all about things that are For Pretend Purposes Only and/or an amusing hat to try on (and crucially take off) at will. This roundabout of caveats duly circled, I will go on to explain how Adam and his Ants were the first men to teach me about the magnificent pop power of men in face paint - all sidewise smirks, frilly cuffs and moronically phallic rapier swords. And how it really does feel as if Colin Bailey has spied this theatrical baton, and is going to bloody well run with it. I mean, it's worth bearing in mind that the Men of Dance Music have spent a good two decades being by and large insufferably dull, appearing to think that having a nice hoodie / expensive pair of Japanese jeans is enough effort when it comes to one's image. So don't be too surprised if I start bellowing about NEW ADAMS when someone comes along in funny black and white markings with a thrillingly good backstory about voodoo witch doctors replacing his heart with a drum machine. Now I'm not saying only mildly confuddled straight girls will get this (that would be fearfully silly), but I do think some people will absolutely lap up the added frisson of cheeky that Drums of Death provides. And for those that don't, the sheer, good-natured entertainment points will soar - whoosh, whoosh - right over their heads. Poor them.
Crookers feat. Kardinal Offishall & Carla-Marie - 'Put Your Hands On Me' (Southern Fried)
Glossing over the fact that I listened to this while staring out a window which has been (eminently tastefully) dressed with Laura Ashley curtains, while also keeping half an eye on an Ebay tab listing vintage Poole pottery (did I mention I was middle class and allergic to indie's deliberately scuffed-converses? Oh well, have now). I mean, obviously we mid-century teak-collecting, Heals fabric-coveting uptightresses enjoy dancehall-flavoured hip-house as much as the next personage (perhaps more, one might argue, for it allows us to escape) - but it is only fair to admit that I am someone who had to unsubscribe from Toddla T's Twitter feed because I had absolutely no criping idea WHAT HE WAS ON ABOUT. Anyway, despite Crookers technicolour silliness being rather jarring (especially as it was immediately after First Aid Kit on the playlist) 'Put Your Hands On Me' is top larks. At one point I believe they are asking if I will let them 'give it to you like you've never been given it to' and who am I to deny them, when they have made a record this daft. Shocker of a videothing, though.
Aidan Moffat and the Best Ofs - 'Knock On The Wall Of Your Womb' (Chemikal Underground)
Professional sadface Aidan is one of my very favourite people in music, not least for this - the amusing take on snakes and ladders he created to promote the Best Ofs album last year. Anyone who bothers this much is automatically brilliant, even though all that grumpy makes me want to read Mr Tickle to him and tell him how - even though this is wonderful darkfolk - I would rather not imagine a big bearded man taking up residence inside my womb, especially not one who thinks it is larksome to play Knock Down Ginger while he's in there. I mean, really. Ick.
Listen at MySpacehere
No Age - 'Losing Feeling EP' (Sub Pop)
It feels entirely pointless for me to describe this record as screechy – or even more unhelpful, 'loud' - but don't blame me, blame No Age, because that is what it is. Anyway, if your head is turned by this sort of thing, No Age will see you right, look after you, hold your hair back while you are sick after too many brain-melting, squall-rock cocktails - you know, generally be your best friend forever even if you slept with their Mum. Pointless allusion to shagging someone's mother there! It's a bit like Dear Deirdre, except marginally less titillating – or perhaps not, since I have written something about spanking below. I realise I have just committed the reviewing equivalent of starting this 'article' with SEX! NOW I'VE GOT YOUR ATTENTION - HA-HA!!!1!!!1111! For which: sorrysorrysorry.
Alexander Wolfe - 'Morning Brings A Flood ' (Redemption Records)
Rather beau strummy sad pop what pongs of Nick Drake, 'Till Your Ship Comes In' in particular is marked out by some accomplished, sweeping orchestrational prettiness. And though young Alexander could never be accused of taking a neon chainsaw to those pesky genre barricades, it is worth remembering that not everything in music has to. Keep going readers, the bit about spanking is not far off, now.
Toro Y Moi – 'Blessa' (Carpark)
If there was a panel of Saturday night telly, theatrically villainous judges in my head – which I suppose there sort of is; except there is no flagrant ageism on my panel, and they argue a lot, and there is no Bruce Forsyth doddering about. So if that were the case (as usual, BEAR WITH ME), upon hearing Toro Y Moi, the obvious, pantomimically camp one would be out of his seat, all giddiness, and would hold up a paddle what says 'Panda Bear' on it. Even though the other judges (who do their best to inhabit the opposite camp, rep-rah-zenting for my imaginary readers, god bless them) – well, they want to hit him with their own paddles as if this were an alarmingly rude Roger Corman b-movie from 1957 in which Sorority girls spank each other something silly for no good reason (anyone else seen that? Tis pretty special, let me tell you). Anyway, all I am trying to communicate is that I do not invoke Mr Bear lightly, and Toro Y Moi shares his merry, dreamy soundscaping - except it's got a bit more of The Funk on it. Really, really, really good - so do make like me and have a swizz at everything on his MySpace, what is here.
Also out this week!
The Voluntary Butler Scheme - 'Trading Things In EP' (Split Records)
Mirrorkicks – 'Turning Up' (Fruit Pie Music)
Wild Beasts - 'All The King's Men' (Domino)
The Spivs - 'It's True' (1965)
French Horn Rebellion - 'Up All Night' (Once Upon A Time)
Wonderswan - 'Furrpile' (Unsigned)
Freak scenic copyists, yes. But really rather good ones. Listen at MySpace, here.
Erland And The Carnival - 'Was You Ever See' (Static Caravan)
Listen at MySpace here.
Suckers - 'It Gets Your Body Movin' (Make Mine)
Listen at MySpace here
Teenagers In Tokyo - 'Isabella' / 'Long Walk Home' (Back Yard Recordings)
Listen at MySpace, here
Steve Abel feat. Jolie Holland - 'Heart of Misery (The Bough)' (Kins' Land Records)
Listen at MySpace, here.
Wendy is on Twitter, here. If you come and say hello she will say hello back and everything.


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Salient features of the Pakistan Hajj Policy 2011
[Ministry of Religious Affairs - Islamabad - Pakistan]
Pakistani Hujjaj quota has been increased from 159,647 to 179,256.
Hajj scheme 2011 shall be implemented through Government Hajj Scheme and Private sector i.e. Hajj Group Organizers (HGOs) with proportionate share of
around 50:50.
There shall be no balloting this year under Government Hajj Scheme and applicants will be considered successful on the principle of "first come first serve".
The applications under Government scheme will be invited from 15th April to 10th May 2011 through designated banks.
Under the Government Hajj Scheme, there will be two categories of accommodation i.e. Green Category within 2000 meters without transport with a rental ceiling of Saudi Rayal (SR) 4000/- per pilgrim and White Category beyond 2000 meters with transport with a rental ceiling of SR.3600/- per pilgrim.
The rent in Makkah Mukarramah will be charged on actual basis from pilgrims and at Madinah Munwwarah at a flat rate of SR.450/- per pilgrim.
PIA has agreed for airfare @ Rs. 72,000/- for south zone and Rs. 84,000/- for north zone.
Hajj dues of White category will be Rs. 200,847 for south zone and Rs. 212,847 for north zone.
Hajj dues of Green category will be Rs. 210,047 for south zone and Rs. 222,047 for north zone.
Hujjaj will be airlifted by the national airlines of both countries in equal share, in pursuance of the revised Air Service Agreement (ASA) between Government of Pakistan and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
15% of the total seats under Government scheme will be reserved for hardship cases, pilgrims recommended and funded by charitable institutions and Labour/low paid Employees of different organizations/corporate entities under corporate social responsibility etc. Balance number of seats, if any, will be allocated to late comers at an enhanced package @ 5% of the Green category to fill the resource gap for welfare activities.
A broad based Accommodation Hiring Committee comprising five members will hire the accommodation in Makkah Mukarramah and Madinah Munawwarah.
Hujjaj under Government scheme will not be required to pay any amount on account of Personal Exchange Quota (PEQ) and same will be arranged by them
from open market through banks or foreign exchange companies.
There shall be no fresh enrolment of HGOs in the year 2011. HGOs already enrolled with MORA in the year 2010 shall continue in 2011 with the same quota.
HGOs will offer only two packages i.e. economy and executive.
For the welfare services, Medical Hajj Mission will be increased from 260 (2010) to 540 (2011), 230 Khuddam ul Hujjaj to be drawn from Armed Forces, Civil Armed Forces & Pakistan Boys Scouts and number of Local Khuddam ul Hujjaj to be increased from 250 (2010) to 900 (2011) subject to availability of resources.
A comprehensive awareness campaign and training to the intending pilgrims will be launched.
Hujjaj Mohafiz Scheme based on the concept of "Takaful" will be launched with the contribution of Rs.400/- non-refundable by each Haji for compensation due to death / accident during Hajj.
There will be a committee of Parliamentarians called "Hajj Advisory Committee" to advise on policy, planning and management of Hajj operation 2011 in Pakistan as well as in KSA.
Any person who has performed Hajj during the last five years will not be eligible except Mehram, Group Leader or undertaking Haj-e-badal.
International Machine Readable Passport, Computerized National Identity Card and medical certificate shall be mandatory.
All pilgrims (Male/Female) to affix a Pakistan flag sticker on their "Ahrams" for identification. Every female pilgrim to carry at least two "Abayas" preferably of black colour.
Pilgrims to ensure that their luggage is labeled bearing Name, Nationality, Passport Number, Air Carrier, Building and Flight Numbers.
Monitoring and supervision mechanism for Hajj operation in Pakistan and KSA shall be strengthened.


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February 28, 2018 at 6pm to February 28, 2019 at 7pm – Gloucester, Massachusetts USA THE FACE OF JESUS - An International MailArt Exhibition Size - Open Medium - Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Collage, Photography Artists are asked to be respectful but as creative as th… Organized by Sharon Silverman | Type: museum, exhibition
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January 17, 2019 at 6pm to April 17, 2019 at 7pm – WORLDWIDE Please contact me if you are interested in doing a THEME-SWAP with me! Check my albums and if you see something you like or collect then we can start the swap! :) MY PREFERENCES ARE: - MAIL IN FLAT… Organized by MarissaPonceMx | Type: theme-swapping, theme-swap
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Details – Chalet Cervin
Sleeps 13
Chalet Cervin has been totally refurbished to bring it up to the high standards expected of a current day ski chalet – the quality of the furnishings is excellent, with lovely attention to detail and a traditional Savoyard feel throughout. The spacious, open plan lounge and dining area has comfortable seating and a traditional log fire creating a warm and welcoming space to relax and unwind. The French windows lend light to the living area and access to the balcony where guests can enjoy the mountain air and alpine views. Chalet Cervin has six bedrooms all with full en-suite facilities, and again, lovely attention to detail creating a traditional chalet feel; rooms 5 and 6 have great character with large velux windows and sloping ceilings but this does create some height restrictions. The chalet has electric boot warmers for your comfort, hairdryers, a DVD player and free Wi-Fi for your convenience and enjoyment.
In the heart of the old village of Mussillon, Chalet Cervin is conveniently located about 700m from Meribel village centre and 250m from Dick's T-Bar, a well known local après ski venue. Ski Beat operates a courtesy minibus service in the morning (08.30h to 10.00h) to take guests to ski school or the ski lifts. Priority will be given to guests going to ski school; there is also a free public bus service from the chalets to the slopes. The minibus will also bring you back to the chalet in the afternoon – it will run for the final hour before the main lifts close.
Rooms 3, 5 and 6 can take a cot.
Room Types
- Rm 1: Twin ES shower & wc
- Rm 2: Twin room ES shower & wc
- Rm 3: Double Rm ES shower & wc
- Rm 4: Twin ES shower & wc
- Rm 5:Twin velux/height restricted
- Rm 6:Triple velux/height restricted
Whats included
- Flights – Fly from London Gatwick, or Manchester or save the cost of a flight by choosing to make your own way to resort.
- Appetising Canapés & Apéritifs – On arrival in your chalet, handmade pre-dinner canapés and apéritifs will be served to you in the lounge while your experienced chalet host welcomes you to your chalet and introduces you to the resort.
- Delicious Cooked Breakfasts – Start your day with a delicious cooked breakfast that includes bacon, eggs, Heinz beans or hash browns and mushrooms or tomatoes plus a selection of cereals, porridge, yogurts and fresh bread. Served 8am to 9am.
- Homemade Cakes & Afternoon Tea – Scrumptious homemade cakes and a choice of teas are provided every day, best enjoyed while you relax in the lounge area in front of the log fire.
- Hearty Three-Course Dinner – Home cooked evening meal served at 8pm with unlimited carefully selected red or white wine (6 days), with an additional 4th course of local cheese board with port on your final evening.
- Extras – Upon arrival, you will find a L'OCCITANE gift pack in every bedroom. Bring your iPod and enjoy the exceptional quality of our hand-crafted Ruark Audio systems. Each chalet also features a selection of Drumond Park games


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Chicken Recipes is a Windows Phone app that delivers a collection of meals featuring chicken as the key ingredient.
I can remember my doctor advising me to eat more two legged animals than four legged every time he reviews my cholesterol levels. It's no secret that part of being fit is having a healthy diet and chicken can be a key ingredient to a nutritional meal. Plus it makes those Chick-fil-a cows happy.
While this Windows Phone app has potential but left us a little on the hungry side and may have some asking "where's the beef?"
Chicken Recipes starts out nice with two pages full of chicken recipes. Chicken Dishes contains everything from barbeque recipes to pasta dishes. Masala Chicken should offer recipes with more of an South Asian cuisine but seems to be a hodge podge collection of recipes. Some using chicken and others that have no relation to chicken (doughnuts, pumpkin cheesecake, etc.).
And it is here we see the potential for this app begin to unravel.
In tapping on an individual recipe, you are taken to a screen that displays the recipe's ratings and a small description or quote for the dish. To view the full recipe you have to tap a link that will send you to the AllRecipes.com website that lists the ingredients and steps to prepare the dish.
While there isn't much meat on this app's bones, you also have to question the recipe selection. Chicken Recipes is listed in the Diet+Nutrition section of the Windows Phone Store and you would think it focuses on healthy menu items featuring chicken. Right?
But you have listings for Bacon Chicken and Dumplings and Fried Chicken. While I'm sure these dishes are tasty, they don't sound very diet and nutritious.
All in all, we are glad Chicken Recipes is a free app for our Windows Phone. I think the app has potential if it would pull the recipes directly into the app instead of being a middle man for AllRecipes.com. For that, you're probably better off just downloading the AllRecipes.com app instead to help you along with Fitness Month.
For those curious, you can find Chicken Recipes here in the Windows Phone Store.


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Inland Lakes Schools is currently implementing a new filter for their internet, in an attempt to throttle the amount of information being downloaded by their students on personal devices. According to superintendent Fred Osborn, they are using a program that is being used on a try before you buy basis. The company allowed the school to use the program over a couple of months, to see if it adequately fulfills their needs. "It not only allows us to filter content, but to throttle how much we are allowing our students to use it," Osborn said. Osborn said the school has used other free filters in the past and they had been offered the current filter by the company, allowing them to try it before they buy it. The filter being used allows the school to set the amount of content being downloaded by the students. With the current infrastructure being used at the school, large amounts of content being downloaded by students creates problems not only with speed, network performance and stability. Osborn said it would be easier if there was a better infrastructure in place, but they are hoping this filter will help take care of these issues. The school should be able to use the current fiber as a part of their infrastructure, just restrict how much each student is able to use. "Students are coming in with their laptops, using our wireless and downloading songs and things," Osborn said. "This allows us to monitor that a little better." Also at the meeting Monday night, the board approved the cross country and track team's fundraising idea of holding a 5K Fun Run/Walk. Aide Sherry Schoolcraft asked the board why the school is paying a company to come in and clean the school when the school is not being cleaned. She asked the board if they have been up and done a walk through of the schools and have seen the amount of dirt left behind. "It's embarrassing when a parent comes out of the bathroom and says, 'Eww.'," Schoolcraft said. She said it's a shame that the students have to be exposed to such conditions.


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Currently, chronic diseases account for at least 7 of every 10 deaths in the United States and for more than 75 percent of medical care expenditures. On Dec 6, 2011, Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness, Division of Health Promotion (DHP) launched the Health Promotion Advisory Coalition (HPAC) initiative to begin the process of mitigating the impact of chronic diseases in Fulton County, which was attended by 80 members of the community.
The DHP currently coordinates four coalition initiatives: Smoke Free Coalition (SFC), Diabetes Action Community Coalition (DCAC), Healthy Heart Coalition (HHC) and Safe Kids Coalition. HPAC was established to provide guidance, opportunities for the cross-coalition communication on prevention, health promotion and public health.
HPAC brought together elected officials from all fourteen municipalities in Fulton County, representatives from Atlanta and Fulton County Public School systems, the Metro Atlanta Chambers of Commerce, community-based organizations, academic institutions, hospitals, faith-based organizations, major metro Atlanta corporations, Insurance agencies, Georgia Department of Public Health and CDC to provide a forum for the complex planning and coordination of prevention efforts across the county.
The opening comments of the HPAC kick off meeting were provided by Dr. Patrice A. Harris, MD, Fulton County Health Services Director. "Working together, we will have potential policies that municipalities, local businesses and the community can follow to improve their health," said Dr. Harris. "We will really work hard on evidence based practices. Evidence is out there and we do not have to reinvent the wheel."
Dr. Harris was followed by a panel of speakers who lead the audience through the facts and figures of chronic diseases in Fulton County. The speakers were Dr. Nicole Flowers, MD, MPH, CDC Senior Medical Officer who made the case for policy, system and environmental changes, Dr. Matthew McKenna, MD, MPH Fulton County Health and Wellness Medical Director who spoke about the status of health in Fulton County and Nazeera Dawood, MBBS, MPH, CCRC, DHP Program Manager who spoke about the importance of forming HPAC to enhance efforts towards a healthier Fulton.
The participants laid the foundation for vision, goals, recommendations and action items for the HPAC and defined opportunities and roles to address health status of Fulton County residents. The activities of the HPAC are organized into four strategic focus areas: Building Capacity, Strategic Planning, Public Awareness/Community Engagement and Policy Implementation and Monitoring.
Heart disease, cancers, diabetes, chronic lung diseases and mental disorders exact a huge burden the county. HPAC is an opportunity to achieve a healthier Fulton community.
For more information about the HPAC, please contact Nazeera Dawood at (404) 613-1685.


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Wozniak was hampered by shoulder pain in her opening-round loss at the recent Sony Open in Miami, her first tournament appearance in six months. She later consulted with a shoulder specialist, who recommended that she take some additional time off.
"It's extremely disappointing and as difficult a decision as it is for me, there are no other options," Wozniak said Wednesday in a statement. "I felt ready to come back and I even took more time than needed as a precautionary measure to make sure my shoulder was fully healed, but now I'm back to square one.
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Diziet: everyone knows who Greg Street is, he is one of the two lead designers at blizzard and has been around as a public figure for a long time. But Brian, you're new -- why don't you tell us just a little bit about yourself?
Brian Holinka: Hi, I joined Blizzard around August of 2012 and I was brought on to focus on PvP. My goal is to find out all the things that the PvP community wants, to try to reinvigorate the PvP as much as possible, keep it exciting, keep it fresh and so far it's been really exciting.
Brian Holinka
Diziet's note: Brian focuses exclusively on the World of Warcraft PvP experience. Brian Holinka worked on the multiplayer components of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Homefront, and Frontlines: Fuel of War. Holinka got his start in the game industry moonlighting on the "Desert Combat" mod for Battlefield 1942 while serving as a Captain in the United States Air Force.
Vanguards: 5.2 is being released soon. This patch features a lot of class balance changes for PvP. What were some of the main goals in terms of class balancing for this patch? Monks, for example, were very weak in PvP and there are a lot of changes for them.
Greg Street: Just a few off top of my head: The big 3 we were trying to hit were lowering the overall power and maybe representation of say, Frost Mage, Arms Warrior for sure, Shadow Priest and Hunter a little bit -- and on the low end we felt like Disc Priest had vanished from high end PvP which was a real shame from where they'd been before. We also had the new class the monk that just wasn't represented very well as either damage dealer or a healer. So those were the main goals. And then we had a lot of systems level stuff where we increased the healing of the damage dealers that also had a healing spec and tried to look at some of the things that we always try to look at : diminishing returns, and we also focused a lot on silences.
Brian Holinka: And you also saw changes to Rogues, which had pretty good representation in PvP in the past. I think they were kind of a victim of the talent reconfiguration, and so we've gone back and given them a lot of buffs for 5.2 as well.
Vanguards: PvP has always been a fine balancing act from the day PvP came out. Some say WoW PvP can never truly be balanced. What do you guys think about that?
Greg Street: You know, to be honest -- thats probably pretty fair. We just have such a diverse community -- super high end players who have a very different experience in PvP than a lot of our more casual or even intermediate players. There's everything from RBGs to random battlegrounds, 2s, 3s, 5s -- to even World PvP and dueling. Players understandably will have a very high expectation that things will be fair for them. We try our hardest to address concerns when things come up and try to keep everything feeling fun.
Diziet: If there was an ideal balance point WoW PvP can reach, where do you think that would be?
Greg Street: That's a great question. One of the things we struggle a lot is with is that there is a community, probably more of the high end guys... so there is a community of players who would be perfectly happy if there were 6-7 specs that they had to worry about. And those were really well balanced and had a lot of synergy going on -- and they wouldn't have to worry a lot about all the others. And then there are these other players, who say: "I've been a Ret Paladin all my life. That's who I want to be in PvP, I don't want to be a healer, I don't want to want to switch to rogue. Or I'm a Balance Druid, or a Mistweaver Monk." So on the one hand we can have very tight focus and probably deliver very balanced game of relatively few specs. On the other hands, we can get all 34 in there, and everyone can have some representation, but it would be a lot harder to deliver on really cool class synergy and be able to predict on what everyone is going to do.
Brian Holinka: This also is just depends on what you consider as viability. There are many different opinions on what viable means in the PvP community. Whether viable means at the very high end, competing in tournaments, vs it means on where we feel that a highly skilled player can take almost any spec and do very well with it, especially if they find a comp that works very well for them. And quite honestly, Sam, you're a good case of that. People felt that enh shamans and ret paladins were not exactly competitive, and you continue to compete on them. So I think there is certainly like Greg said times where some classes are stronger than others, but we try to make sure that everyone can compete at some level. It's going to always be challenging, because there's always change -- different players and classes want different things in PvE and in PvP and RBGs and all the different formats, it's definitely a very big challenge.
Vanguards: RBGs are currently still filled with exploiters. Is there a chance to have this fixed before the Hero of the Alliance / Hero of the Horde RBG titles are given out?
Brian Holinka: Well, you know -- there's a week between when the season ends and when the rewards are given, and we spend a lot of time in that week looking at all the Gladiators/Hero of the Alliance/Horde and determining exactly if everything they did is fair. And it's a lot easier for us to do that with Arena. It's a smaller pool of people. So they will be under the Eye of Sauron, as I'd like to say - because there is going to be a lot of attention put on those guys. We are spending a lot of time looking at all the things that exploiters do in RBGs and Arenas. I think this season we found two very big exploits with MMR that people were abusing. We saw it mid season when we recapped it to 2200, and with RBGs we had some closer to the end of the season. There was a lot more noise in the RBG data about who was exploiting and who wasn't, and it became more difficult. But as far as handing out Hero of the Alliance/Horde and Gladiator, we always heavily scrutinize those and will continue to do so.
Vanguards: There has been talk of the "legendary PvP gem." How will PvPers go about to attaining that?
Brian Holinka: I think there was some confusion about it when it came out. It was released, and it was made a legendary at first. But in terms of PvP metagem, specifically, it wasn't a legendary PvP Gem. Basically, we were coming out with all these metagems in PvE and we were concerned. The PvP community has been loud and clear that the best things for PvP should come from PvP. So what we wanted to make sure that we introduced a meta gem that was competitive statistically with those metagems, but in the same time we also adjusted both the PvE meta-gems and the very powerful trinkets this tier to be not as effective against players. So they might have a much lower proc rate for a lot of the on-proc effects against players. So we've taken steps to ensure that if you want the best PvP items you can achieve them from PvP. Also, looking at the delta of what is competitive and what is not competitive, I feel confident that you can get stuff all from PvP that will allow you to compete at the highest level. Maybe for some certain class/specs with certain class compositions there might be a trinket or a metagem that really benefits them, but I don't feel like that will be the norm across the game. And that's what's important to us.
Diziet: This is one of the few points in the game where the mechanics in PvE and PvP work different -- we've had warriors with Colossus Smash before, and we have damage and healing reduction in PvP. What's your long term goal in keeping the game systems separated or similar between the PvP and PvE rule-sets.
Greg Street: That's something we struggle with all the time and I wish I could say that we've had a vision for it: a way it should always work -- but we go back and forth on it a lot. I know a lot of players think that this is the big fix, that once we have a PvP version and PvE version of every spell that balance will be perfect. We don't really buy that. I think you'll see the same number of requests for "buff this, nerf this" now that they knew that we could just tweak the data whenever we wanted to. It is confusing, definitely- with the new talent system there is already a lot that players have to track of in PvP, you can't assume that everyone has this type of CC anymore, they could have any one of the three different talents. Imagine on top of that every one of those three talents works in two different ways between PvE and PvP. So I think for the immediate future we're going to keep on with this model: We'll make them work as similarly as long as we can, but if we hit a point like with things like Colossus Smash where one set of numbers won't work, then we'll go ahead and fork it rather than spend weeks and weeks of our time trying to come up with a perfect solution that keeps things in balance in both systems.
Vanguards: Do you think there is any chance on making the "cross realm" queue system work faster for arenas? Currently from my experience you can't really get cross realm queues without one side being past the 5 to 6 minute waiting mark, and 5 to 6 minute is a pretty long period and for players at higher tier ratings and that waiting can get pretty boring.
Brian: We're really looking at that problem now. The BG system when it was made for WoW, WoW was in a different place. There were a lot of technical reasons. We're really looking at that -- we know Greg tweeted about this recently, we're really looking at finding ways to get all the players competing and getting those queue times down. I think if you're on BG9 and you're going to be facing a lot of the Tich guys, and a lot of the other big BGS it's okay, but if you're on a smaller BG it becomes an big problem that your queues are very long. It's something we're definitely conscious of and I think pooling people together is the right idea. All I can say is that we're really looking at it, and I think you guys will be pleased with what we come up with.
Diziet: I want to get back to class balance for just a bit. Going back through the history of PvP in WoW, I'd say Warlocks were one of those classes that were strong and balanced throughout the game's history. If you had to choose one class that you feel is well balanced in the game right now, in Mists, which one would it be and what do you think made it balanced?
Brian Holinka: hmm..
Greg Street: Is there a balanced class? [laughter].
Brian Holinka: I think a lot of times when we look at class balance -- for instance, I know you guys just posted an article about arena representation at Gladiator on AJ, and a lot of people look at that and they determine, "Oh, who's got the biggest bar -- they are the most overpowered, who's got the smallest one, they're the least overpowered and who is in the middle.." On that graph you might see DK or Warlock in the middle, and I don't think DKs and Warlocks are like "Yeah, we're perfectly balanced!". I think it's a matter of across all the ratings, is there a way for you to find people that you can compete with in Arena and not fall flat -- that's the biggest thing for us. And we try to keep an eye on outliers where certain classes are just outperforming everybody pretty clearly. If you look at warriors in 5.0 and 5.1 and you look at all the changes we'd made to them in 5.2 we're taking a very clear approach at trying to make sure that those outliers come down. Same thing with what we talked about earlier, Monks and Rogues -- finding those classes that aren't competing and buffing. Finding those classes that are very powerful and bringing them down. If there's a class that's in the middle in the pack, it's not so much that we can say "they need to be 2% better...", no they're competing. I think that's good. I don't know if it's a good idea for us to say this class is perfectly balanced. [laughter]
Greg Street: Well.. I know we'll probably get flaked for this, but if you look at something like the DK, they're kind of in the middle where they didn't get a whole ton of changes in 5.2. A lot of other classes had buffs or nerfs, and except for some of the things like Strangulate/Asphyxiate stuff they didn't change that much. That's probably a pretty good indication of what we're going for. But again, as Brian said, representation is so dependent on your synergy with other classes which is so dependent on the way their DRs work and things like that that I don't know if every one's representation being even means that now we're suddenly at perfect balance.
Brian Holinka: Also just because representation of the classes that players choose isn't uniform either. So, you know, there's a lot of talk on AJ and other sites, like Hildegarde's site, about "Oh, hey, if you compare gladiator to global percentages or if we look at Arena graphs and you see the global numbers compared to the numbers above 2200 and the percentages..." We look at those numbers, we look at our own numbers and we definitely try to balance accordingly. But representation is kind of a self-serving and self predicting prophecy. If everyone sees Warrior is doing really well everyone is going to say "I'm going to roll Warrior" and now you have a lot of good players playing Warrior and it kind of balloons a little bit bigger than it really is.
Diziet: It's good to hear that you guys are balancing at looking at the outliers, etc. From a more theoretical perspective, too, in terms of a class being balanced and fun to play, there are two ways of doing it -- you can tweak the coefficients on their main spells and abilities, and all of a sudden they do a lot more damage, or you can introduce different mechanics, kind of how we've seen with the talent system. What do you think the trade off between one kind of turning is?
Greg Street: It's not only more difficult for us, its also more difficult for players where now all of a sudden someone who doesn't scrutinize the patch notes, jumps into arena and people are like "Wait, what's this ability that just hit me... I didn't know they could do that now!", or "I just dispelled this this that I always dispelled and some backlash hit me that I didn't know about". It causes a lot of relearning from players too. The high end guys are so in touch with what we're doing that it won't surprise them, but they are still a minority of people even participating in PvP. On the other hand if we tweak damage numbers too much we can get to be the same thing if we buffed say, Shadow DoTs to where they would just be going around dotting everyone and never had to cast mind blast or mind flay, then it'd have a similar effect where people would be like: "Why don't these Shadow Priests ever stop moving, they're just running around tossing dots everywhere". There could be re-learning involved no matter what we do.
Vanguards: How do you feel about the balance of PvP in terms of map choices? How do you feel about the balance of PvP in terms of map choices? Some maps greatly help certain compositions such as Warlocks on Blade's Edge -- they can jump down, port up, and with a Druid on the team they can both do that and knock people off.
Brian Holinka: I think Blade's edge and Dalaran Arena were made in a time when knock-offs didn't exist. So, all I can say is that we're aware of that and changes are forthcoming this season.
Diziet: Interesting...
Vanguards: Will there be a chance of featuring map bans for Arenas similar to RBGs?
Brian Holinka: Yes, we've certainly talked about that. Kind of like when you go into Arena, down voting an arena. I know Tom Chilton in an interview with you guys even mentioned that. It's on the list of things that we're looking at! Not announcing it's coming, but we certainly think it's a good idea.
Vanguards: Is there any chance for a permanent tournament realm in WoW? A lot of players always say, I'd like to try this class out, try this spec out, but a lot of players are locked to their own class because of leveling, and a lot of players want to PvP.
Brian Holinka: I feel like it's tough, because this an RPG and one of the things that makes people's attachment to WoW so critical is that you have a character and you've invested time into that character, you earned gear for him, you've picked his look and his name and all those things. It's one of our really strong and valuable things. I know a lot of PvPers feel "oh, if we could just switch classes the way DOTA or MOBA players switch champions.." but that's really not what is the core strength of WoW. We have the Arena Realm, it's coming... I think the next one is coming soon, in Blizzard speak. For the people who like to participate in that it's there and they'll be able to play it. But that idea is so foreign to what is core and critical to WoW that, so I don't know if it would be the best thing for the game.
Diziet: I get your point of attachment to characters -- I started playing this game when it came out, went through all the stages of Raiding. I sometimes look at my bank and go through the items that I've had, and still see level 60 items, helms with 24 stamina that were good back then... There's definitely a lot of nostalgia there.
Brian Holinka: And transmog really helps with that, not only is it that I've got a lot of cool things I can transmog to but it also helps players customize their character in a way that you never really had an option to beforehand, to customize the look of it. I think it's made that attachment stronger, the reason players are passionate about asking for buffs or nerfs for their class is because you really have a strong attachment to that class and character. You just want to be able to compete and we understand that and appreciate that.
Vanguards: What about adding more incentives for arena as a whole, such as a tier to tier progression (1600, 1800, 2000). An example is that I'm not a big PvE'er and even I got a group together to do the gold challenge mode set just to get the better visual effects. I feel that if there was more of this in PvP, it would increase activity as well as rewarding players.
Brian Holinka: That was certainly something we took to heart when we made the transition from the old 2200 rating requirement on elite gear, to the new conquest earned requirement. We wanted to break down the 2200 rating requirement and allow everybody access if they were committed and skilled. We do understand that rating is the biggest factor when it comes to rated PvP, but we are definitely looking at much more ways to leverage this further down the line. We have certain things in place, but we want to get more. We agree it would increase participation, but also to have players strive to become better.
Diziet: What kind of plans do you have for improving PvP participation and ensuring that players are queuing for Arena or RBG? There is the rating inflation, but is there anything else? Something that stands out is that in previous seasons teams have go to that rank 1 spot in the first week and then it has taken the entire season for some other team to even get close just because of how much further ahead they were of everybody else, to the point that in some seasons the teams that got rank 1 in the first week actually ended up walking away with rank 1 titles. Could you talk about the rating inflation and your thoughts behind it?
Brian Holinka: Yea, one of the things that players often do is cry out en-mess when they want something and this has been one of the common things that has been asked for. A lot of times you see players asking for punishment, "fix this bad behavior that I don't like and punish it!!". Rating decay was one thing that came up time and time again, but it's Blizzard design tenant to make everything a bonus as much as possible, as we spoke to the SC2 guys, D3 guys and quite a lot of high rated players and we thought it would feel better to everyone if your rating accurately represented your skill set. Playing during the first week you're going to have one set of gear, however during the final week you're going to have a completely different set of gear and the play style could be completely different. This is where the Arena rating inflation comes in, not only at the high end that we know a lot of AJ are interested in, but also at the low end where they're going to see their rating increase over time and we believe this will help to increase participation by not saying "you are a 1600 player, you will always be at 1600".
Diziet: What other plans do you have on improving PvP?
Brian Holinka: Yea, I think Greg recently brought up what role teams actually play in arena. They can sometimes act as a barrier to prevent people from playing, rather than encouraging and this was never the design intent. There's a good thing about it because you have your team mates, your 'core guys' and you are altogether and pushing for a group goal (rating), so we don't want to lose the idea of the 3 of us are in it together and we're going to push ourselves to aim for a rating or title. On the other hand, it's kind of dumb that if you have 2 guys on-line and you want to play with a 3rd guy that you can't play. So we're looking at what would be the right way to do this, to allow you to participate more in the right way. Then it comes back to rewards, what can we do to really entice people to play RBG and Arena's.
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Vanguards: So what about WoW as an eSport? A lot of us can remember to 2/3 years ago when WoW was big on the scene with MLG, NAO, AJ Tournament, ESL and Blizzard run tournaments. Do you feel WoW PvP has potential for a better esports scene than it does now?
Brian Holinka: I think the biggest problem with PvP in WoW at the moment is the complexity of the classes and specs. Having 34 specs with 34 different spells, that's over 1,100 different spells that the spectator may need to know about. I think the ArenaLive add-on really opened our eyes to where we were going wrong and the areas that we can improve, so props to the guys that put that together. The spell queue is really valuable and has really educated us. It's one of these things that we are constantly evaluating, SC2 is one of the biggest esports in the world, it's just a decision as to whether we want to commit to this and spend a lot of resources on.
Big thanks to Brian & Greg for talking to us about this!


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- For the Warcraft III hero unit, see Tauren Chieftain (Warcraft III).
The tauren chieftains, or tauren chiefs,[1] are elder Tauren warriors that lead their Tribes in daily life as well as in battle. Ceremoniously decked with the ancient totems of their Tribes, Chiefs uphold the honor and simplicity of Tauren culture. When roused by battle, the gigantic Chiefs employ enormous warblades which are capable of tearing through solid trees with one mighty swipe. The Chiefs are fascinated by the Orcs, especially their young leader, Thrall. The Chiefs see an opportunity to help the Orcs return to their traditional roots by providing a strong example of honor and courage through all Tauren warriors.
Tauren chieftains possess impressive battle skills combined with a knowledge of tactics, geography and current affairs. A tauren chieftain knows where alliances are strongest and where they are likely to break down; he also knows where best to stage a mass battle and what location works for a small ambush. A tauren chieftain's competence and wisdom inspires his troops.[2]
It is unknown if all chieftains practice shamanism, but Cairne Bloodhoof is known to practice it.
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Marn Thunderhorn, Tygore Dusthoof, Tam Windtotem, Durn Harpyslayer, Kam Ghoststeer, Kel Stonebull, Mull Stormhoof, Grok Bloodhorn, Malar Plainstrider , Taur Runetotem, Cairne Bloodhoof, Baine Bloodhoof, Osak.
Heroes of the StormEdit
Elite Tauren Chieftain makes an appearance in Heroes of the Storm as the hero E.T.C.
This article or section includes speculation, observations or opinions possibly supported by lore or by Blizzard officials. It should not be taken as representing official lore.
- It is possible that their distant cousins, Taunka, have their own version of tauren chieftains. Roanauk Icemist is possibly a taunka chieftain.
- It may be possible as well that the Tauren Chieftains are very experienced in the terrain they live in, and other surroundings aswell.
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