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The third series in the long running British sci-fi staple to feature Matt Smith as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor, Doctor Who Series Seven, Part Two collects the last eight episodes of the season that was originally broadcast in the first few months of 2013. Those who don't like Smith in the role won't have their minds changed this go round, but those who do appreciate the manic energy and quirky humor that he's able to bring to the part will definitely appreciate more of the same with this collection. Since coming back in 2005, the series has gone on to enjoy some newfound popularity thanks in no small part to the guidance of Stephan Moffat and a talented team of writers, one of whom this time around is none other than Neil Gaiman. We also get stories from Neil Cross and Mark Gatiss, among a few others.
The focus on this second batch of series seven episodes is as much on The Doctor's new companion, Clara Oswald (Jenna-Louise Coleman) as it is on The Doctor (Matt Smith) himself. As the eight episodes spread across the two discs in this set play out, we learn bits and pieces of Clara's past and start putting together the truth behind her identity and her actual relationship to The Doctor, and we learn some important truths about The Doctor himself. Of course, it all leads up to a massive cliff hanger which will inevitably set up the upcoming Christmas Special and 50th Anniversary Special, but as those don't exist yet, let's get right down to the business of Series Seven, Part Two. Picking up where the 2012 Christmas Special (The Snowmen) let off…
The Bells Of St. John: When this episode kicks off, The Doctor gets a strange phone call at the phone on the outside of the TARDIS. It's another version of Clara calling for technical support, she can't get the wi-fi to work and wants to connect to the internet. It turns out that a woman named Miss Kizlet (Celia Imrie) and her cronies are uploading 'people' to a cloud in an attempt to preserve humanity for whoever is paying her to do this. They do this by sending 'spoonheads' who, from the front at least, look like normal, familiar people but who turn around to reveal a sort of radar dish on the back of their skull that saps the victim into the cloud where they inevitably cry out that they don't know where they are. Though it takes The Doctor some time to convince Clara that his TARDIS is not a 'snog box' eventually they two of them work together to return the surviving people previously uploaded back to Earth where they belong. As the episode ends, the identity of Kizlet's client is revealed and The Doctor asks Clara to travel with him. She tells him to come back tomorrow, she wants to think about it.
The Rings Of Akhaten: When the episode begins we learn how Clara's parents met when a leaf blew into the face of the man who would become her father. From there, with Clara now in place as the new companion, The Doctor takes her off to see something amazing. The TARDIS materializes and we get a view of the Rings of Akhaten before heading into a massive outdoor bazaar where the pair split up for a bit. While alone, Clara meets a young girl named Merry (Emilia Jones) who tells her she's the Queen of Years. As it turns out, she's going to be expected to 'sing to Grandfather' and is afraid she's going to mess it up. Once reunited with the Doctor, he explains to Clara what's going on and they sit alongside scores of aliens and watch a ritual take place. Of course, something goes wrong and The Doctor, Clara and Merry first wind up face to face with a space vampire before having to deal with a planet sized space parasite that feeds off of memories.
Cold War: This episode is set in 1983 at the height of the Cold War. A Soviet submarine crew lead by Captain Zhukov (Liam Cunningham) has, in its cargo hold, a massive block of ice that Professor Grisenko (David Warner) believes holds the body of a wooly mammoth. They thaw the ice and find that it's not a mammoth at all. The creature attacks and the submarine starts to sink. The TARDIS appears and The Doctor and Clara emerge, much to the suspicion of the crew. Eventually The Doctor figures out that what was in the ice is actually a Martian Ice Warrior named Skaldak. Tensions rise as the Soviets misunderstand and attack him, which leads Skaldak to start toying with the idea of mutually assured destruction… launching one of the submarine's nuclear warheads at the United States to put the Cold War into overdrive.
Hide: This episode sees The Doctor and Clara travel in the TARDIS to the England of 1974 where they meet Professor Alec Palmer (Dougray Scott) and his psychic assistant, Emma Grayling (Jessica Raine). These two are trying to figure out the truth behind a ghost that haunts the massive old home that Palmer has bought, Caliburn Mansion. With help from The Doctor and Clara, they ascertain that the ghost isn't a ghost at all but a space traveler trapped in a pocket universe inside their universe. There is, however, a second creature in the mansion, something that has to do with black circle that opens up in the air in the house and which seems to lead to an alternate plane. But is this other creature a thread, or is it just lonely? And why doesn't the TARDIS like Clara?
Journey To The Center Of The TARDIS: With Clara's 'relationship' with the TARDIS on somewhat rocky ground, it's definitely not a good thing when The Doctor's ship is snagged by a interplanetary salvage team called Van Baalen brothers. They figure they can sell this thing off for a pretty penny and are in no hurry whatsoever to return it to its rightful owner. In the ensuing chaos, Clara gets banged about and tossed into the center of the TARDIS (which really is much bigger on the inside). The Doctor forces the Van Baalens into helping him by setting the self-destruct mechanism while Clara makes some unexpected discoveries on her journey through the inner parts of the strange blue box.
The Crimson Horror: Madame Vastra (Neve McIntosh), her wife Jenny (Catrin Stewart) and their butler Strax (Dan Starkey) return to the series when something goes on a killing spree leaving a trail of completely red corpses in its wake. Vestra recognizes a strange substance on the corpses as the venom of a leech. This ties into an image (optogram, technically) they find of The Doctor screaming, which sends Jenny to an area called Sweetville where she finds The Doctor and Clara the captives of Mrs. Gillyflower (the eternally awesome Diana Rigg). After the events of The Snowmen, Vastra and Jenny are understandably confused to see Clara. But of course, there's the not insignificant matter of Mrs. Gillyflower and the strange Mr. Sweet to contend with before trying to figure out how Clara is alive.
Nightmare In Silver: Clara's job as a nanny finds her watching over the Maitland kids, Artie (Kassius Carey Johnson) and Angie (Eve de Leon Allen). The Doctor decides it would be fun to take Clara and the kids to an outer space amusement park called Hedgewick's World of Wonders but when they arrive it's under military lockdown at the orders of Captain Alice Ferring (Tamzin Outhwaite). The Doctor talks her into letting them stay and as they explore they find a man named Webley (Jason Watkins) who takes them to his ship. Here they find a deactivated Cybermen, one of which has been turned into a chess machine. The Doctor figures something strange is afoot and so he starts poking around where he finds some strange little bugs made out of metal. Before he can figure out what's going on, the bugs get the Cybermen moving again who promptly kidnap Webley, Angie, and Artie. The Doctor heads off to rescue Webley and the kids leaving Clara in charge of Ferring's troops.
The Name Of The Doctor: We'll leave the plot synopsis for this one intentionally vague but it starts off years ago when Vastra and her team are given some information about The Doctor by Clarence DeMarco (Michael Jenn), a man soon to be put to death for murder. From here, Vastra, Jenny and Strax bring River Song (Alex Kingston) and Clara Oswald to them to discuss the prophecy that was revealed about the Doctor's name on the planet Trenzalore (from The Wedding Of River Song episode from Series Six). Clara wakes up in London and meets with The Doctor who, out of concern for his friends, heads to Trenzalore to try and set things right.
So understandably fans were wondering where the series would go without Amy and Rory in it. They've been on the series as long as Smith has been The Doctor and they brought a certain something to the show that would be hard to replace. In short, yes, the Ponds are missed and it takes a little while to get used to the fact that they're not in the series anymore. By bringing Clara into the spotlight, however, the writers are able to breathe some fresh air into the show and take The Doctor and his new companion into some interesting and different directions. Jenna-Louise Coleman suits Smith's take on everyone's favorite time traveler rather well. They have a good chemistry together and she balances out his fairly manic style rather well. She suits the material, and the material suits here. She brings her own personality and character quirks to the part and manages to make the role her own, not ever trying to ape what Karen Gillen did with Amy Pond but instead able to do her own thing as the new companion. Most of the time, it works really well and she'll absolutely grow on you as these eight episodes play out. Smith is, as we all know by this point in time, excellent in his role and as this particular storyline grows in intensity so too does his work in front of the camera.
As it was with the last few seasons, once again the writing is a strong point here. We get some interesting characters introduced in each and every episode here, some better written than others of course but all worth paying attention to. Some of the stand outs include David Warner as the Duran Duran loving Russian scientist and Dougray Scott and Jessica Raine as the ghost hunters, both of these are excellent episodes. The last few episodes, including Neil Gaiman's take on The Cybermen, are also excellent but we shouldn't go into too much detail as to why for fear or revealing too much. The less you know going in, the better as this is really a series best experienced without spoilers. Let it suffice to say that the writing team has once again found the right mix of adventure and humor, of course mixing in the elements of science fiction and horror that makes the series work. There are, again, a few too many instances where the Sonic Screwdriver is used as an easy fix to a complicated situation, but outside of that the series, even at this point in the run, remains wildly creative and thoroughly enjoyable.
Doctor Who: Series Seven, Part Two was shot in HD and is presented here in AVC encoded 1080i 1.78.1 anamorphic widescreen and the quality is just what you'd expect based on the release of Series Seven, Part One and The Snowmen. Black levels are generally pretty strong and detail is generally good. Some of the CGI work looks a little goofy in spots, as is typical with the series, and there are occasional bursts of aliasing that are hard not to notice from time to time but if these aren't reference quality they're at least very good looking transfers. The 'i' in place of a 'p' might instantly put some people off - but interlacing is never an issue during playback. Colors are reproduced beautifully throughout the episode and detail and texture go far beyond what standard definition is able to provide, you'll really notice this in close up shots where facial detail is excellent. All in all, the material here looks very nice indeed and we wind up with a sharp, clean colorful transfer that consistently offers impressive depth, detail and texture.
An English language DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio track is provided for each episode and they too are pretty impressive. Overall, this track has some good bass response and a fairly hefty low end going for it, you'll definitely notice this when the TARDIS 'whooshes' in. The high end never gets shrill and surround activity is pretty constant with the action scenes not surprisingly having the most going on in that department. Dialogue stays crisp and clear and is never hard to follow while the really wide spectrum of sound effects used throughout the show adds some fun to the proceedings. The electronic score that has been employed also sound quite good, punctuating the action rather than burying it, and generally the BBC have done a very solid job in the audio department. Closed captioning is provided in English, there are no alternate language audio tracks or subtitles offered.
Aside from menus and chapter selection, there are only two minor supplements here, one on each disc. On Disc One we get a three minute Prequel To The Bells Of St. John in which The Doctor, looking glum, is approached by a girl as he sits on a swing at a park. She offers him some advice to cheer him up, and this leads nicely into that first episode in the set. On Disc Two we get a prequel to The Name Of The Doctor entitled Clarence And The Whispermen in which a man imprisoned for murder is promised a long life by The Whispermen in return for figuring out some time/space coordinates. It's dark, a little eerie, and an interesting setup to the final episode in the set.
Doctor Who: Series Seven, Part Two is skimp on extras but most fans knew that before the press release was even made, assuming correctly that this would follow the trend set by previous releases which put out early releases in two parts and then follow those with an extras laden complete season collection. While we wait for that announcement and with baited breath to see how the Smith storyline will come to a close, this set is a good one. The quality of the presentation is top notch and the content is as well. Highly recommended, with the caveat that a better version is likely coming before the end of the year.
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Alexander, Railer faithful mourn the loss of longtime assistant John
Welsh; SHG, Moline pose 'challenging weekend'
By Justin Tierney
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[February 15, 2013]
The Railers play two games this
weekend, but the Railer basketball community has already suffered a
big loss this week.
Perhaps no one in the rich history of Lincoln Railer basketball
had as wide a range of experiences as Welsh. He was an assistant to
four Lincoln coaches: Loren Wallace, Cal Hubbard, Don Fults and Neil
Perhaps the most astounding connection between Welsh and the
Railer basketball program, though, comes when examining the
program's most decorated players. On the list of the top 15 scorers
in the history of the program, Welsh can be connected to nearly all
of them. He coached like the likes of Chuck Verderber, Geoff
Alexander, Don Aeilts, Paul Kendrick and Larry Lessen. He coached
the fathers of Jordan Nelson, Ben Brackney and Brandon Farmer, and
he coached with Alexander, whose son Gregg is the school's all-time
leading scorer. He also coached Joe Cook, the brother of Norman Cook
and the uncle of Brian Cook. His son, Pete, was a starter on the
2006-07 team that has a school record for wins in a season,
alongside Farmer and Matt Schick.
In short, Welsh knew many, many Railers -- and that's just
Welsh also coached boys and girls golf, boys and girls track,
swimming, and football. Prior to joining the staff at Lincoln
Community High School, Welsh coached baseball, basketball and track
at Beason High School until it closed in 1975. In his final season
as a head basketball coach at Beason, Welsh went 21-6 with a team
that featured future Mount Pulaski High School star Jeff Clements.
In an interview with friend and longtime area radio announcer Sam
Madonia in 2011, Welsh said he originally didn't know how long he
would stay at Lincoln Community High School, thinking he might
pursue a head coaching job somewhere else. But instead, Welsh came
to love the role of assistant coach on Loren Wallace's staff, where
he was known as the jovial jokester on the staff.
"The head coach has to do certain things," said Welsh in that
interview, which was posted this week by Tim Rogers on a Facebook
page titled "Lincoln Railers Forever." "The assistant coach is
always able to put his arm around them, comfort them and joke around
in the locker room."
Asked about his former assistant this week, Neil Alexander said
Welsh was more than just a comforting assistant coach. Alexander
heralded Welsh as a defensive mastermind.
"John was very instrumental and he has a lot to do with the
tradition of Lincoln basketball," said Alexander, who coached with
Welsh from 1990 until 1995. "I learned more about our 1-2-2 defense
from John Welsh than any other person. He had the most influence
toward me on that side of the ball as anyone. He knew defense. He
worked with Coach Wallace.
"I had a little bit of knowledge of the ball press, but he taught
me a lot. I'm grateful for that. Not only did he teach a lot about
basketball, but life in general. As he has done to many, many other
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Alexander also credits Welsh for welcoming him to the community
as an outsider in 1990. It was Welsh, Alexander says, who impressed
upon him the tradition of the Lincoln program and its importance to
the community.
"He taught me the basketball side of it, but he also taught me
the tradition of Railer basketball," said Alexander. "How things
were done, how people thought, how people's kids thought. I got that
whole lesson from him. I'm just very grateful to have had him."
The entire Railer basketball team attended Welsh's visitation on
Thursday afternoon, going as a team before their Thursday night
Challenging weekend of games
The Railers host a pair of games at Roy S. Anderson Gymnasium
this weekend, including a pivotal conference game against Sacred
Heart-Griffin on Friday night.
The Cyclones defeated Lincoln earlier this season in Springfield,
winning 44-41.
Lincoln has won four straight since that game and enters Friday's
contest with a record of 23-4. SHG enters with a record of 19-6.
A loss would almost certainly end Lincoln's hopes for a Central
State Eight conference championship. With a 12-2 record and two
conference games left to play, the Railers are tied atop the
conference with Springfield Southeast, whom they've beaten twice.
Maintaining the conference lead trumped revenge when Alexander
was asked what would motivate his team heading into Friday's game.
"I hope that our guys are more worried about playing hard and
executing," said Alexander. "We can't worry about that they beat us
last time. We have to come out, play aggressive. I don't want to
come out for revenge or whatever.
"We're still in it for the conference race. We want to take
things one step at a time. We have to win."
On Saturday, Lincoln takes on another high-quality opponent when
Moline comes to town. The Maroons enter Friday with a record of
[By JUSTIN TIERNEY]
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Oz broadband speeds leap 917% in TWO WEEKS!
Akamai versus Pando: the fun of speed surveys
Just a little over a fortnight ago, Australia's average broadband speed was just 348 Kbps; now, apparently, it's 3.54 Mbps, a stunning ten-times acceleration.
The difference, of course, is who's reporting what. The earlier Pando Network report, which El Reg ignored because local data beyond the headline wasn't available, was the source of the low number; the latest is from Akamai's State of the Internet report.
The discrepancy must be methodological. While The Register can't say anything about Pando's methodology, Akamai has local clusters within Australia, which probably helps its content get through.
It's also interesting to see the rising "average peak connection speed" that Akamai reports. In the four years the study offers, the fastest connections have risen from a little over 5.5 Mbps to more than 15 Mbps, mirroring the rapid upgrade of end users from ADSL to ADSL2+ services (the peak, however, has to be regarded as something of an aberration, since it also shows a brief and inexplicable spike in speed in mid-2009).
While more useful than the Pando data, comparisons between countries based on Akamai's report should probably also be handled with care, since I would imagine that they reflect more infrastructure considerations than merely the sync speed on a local tail.
With that caveat in mind, it's interesting to see that the USA's average connection speed of 5.8 Mbps, the UK's 5.026 Mpbs, Romania's 6.8 Mpbs, Japan's 8.9 Mbps and South Korea's 13.8 Mbps all leave Australia with the chance to indulge in our usual nationalistic sackcloth-wearing at our comparatively poor performance. ®
Update - Eating Crow: Old habits die hard. The Pando Networks research talks kilobytes per second, a measure that nobody's used in my presence for more years than I care to count. So the differences between the two studies are less significant than I thought.
Apologies to Pando for that error; but I still wish the company's offer to supply country-specific data had been fulfilled.
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NX2533 : Big Scare to Little Scare
taken 8 years ago, near to Big Scare [other Features], Dumfries And Galloway, Great Britain
Scares Islands
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Scares Islands as:
Scar - Big and Little, 2 rocks, in entrance to Luce Bay, Wigtownshire.
The Scares or the Scare Rocks are rocky islets in Luce Bay off the coast of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland although the pronunciation of the rocks varies according to which side of Luce Bay you were born on, Ive heard Scares, Scars and Scarries. I am reliably informed however that the correct way to pronounce this group of rocks is 'Scar Rocks' with a silent 'e'.
Made up of the Little and Big Scares, the largest unsurprisingly is Big Scare which is 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) south west of Port William and a similar distance east of the Mull of Galloway. There is a small outlying rock to the west of Big Scare Link and three companion islets called the Little Scares are about 1 km to the north east. Link
The schooner Annie McLester was wrecked on Big Scare at an unknown date in the 19th century. On 27 January 1849 the 400 ton barque Archibald of Memel, was wrecked on the Little Scares. In September 1860 a small round-sterned four-oared boat, was picked up near to Big Scare. The parent vessel had presumably been lost in the vicinity although no record of this is known.
There is an MOD firing range in the area with brightly coloured floating targets deployed. The southern limit is marked by a yellow buoy 1.75 nmi SSE of The Scares and the buoys DZ1 to DZ6 mark the boundary of the range.
The islands are part of Luce Bay and Sands SAC and are leased to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. They have been described as an "inaccessible bird reserve" and provide nesting sites for more than 2,000 pairs of breeding Northern Gannets, hundreds of Guillemots and smaller numbers of Shags and Kittiwakes. Grey seals can also be seen around both groups of rocks. Depending on the light, the rocks can appear to take the form of a grey or white structure courtesy of sea bird guano.
The only way to get to the Scares is by boat and I am indebted to Murray and the Port William Lifeboat PIRSAC Link who allowed me to join them for a training exercise on Luce Bay which took in a visit to the Scares and a landing on Big Scare to inspect the bird population particularly the Gannet and Guillemot breeding sites.
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The dollar traded on an easier footing versus the euro in N.Y. on Monday, after it registered fresh trend highs in thin Asia trade. Asian participants fished for stops after last week's big move out of EUR-USD longs amid renewed talk of Fed taper and ECB rate cut speculation following weaker than expected Eurozone CPI data. EUR-USD spent much of its time in a narrow band over 1.3500, while USD-JPY traded sideways around 98.60. On the economic front, August and September factory data came in near expectations, and had little impact on trade.
EUR-USD maintained altitude over 1.3500, through much of the session, though offers from 1.3520 stymied further gains. Some short covering may come into play ahead of the ECB meeting, though short term accounts are expected to fade moves into 1.3525 initially and then into 1.3540-50. We look for downside to be limited to near 1.3450 near term.
USD-JPY maintained a narrow trading range through the session. It struggled to sustain movement over 98.70 since the N.Y. open and edged a touch lower in very slow trade. There are a lot of large strikes rolling off in the next two sessions between 99.00 and 100.00 and these should cap, along with outstanding option barriers that are live until late November.
Cable consolidated European morning gains, leaving it just ahead of 1.5950. A better than expected U.K. construction PMI reading and a slight dollar correction lifted Cable through 1.5975. It stalled into 1.5980, where short term offers have been placed ahead of resistance between 1.5990 and 1.6010 on the hourly chart.
CHF maintained a mixed tone due to contrasting USD and EUR flows. A push out EUR long positions late last week left EUR-CHF over 1.2300 at the European open, but this has been offset to a degree by USD-CHF's supportive tone. During the Asian session it moved up to 0.9150 in thin trade and then edged back to 0.9115 as the dollar corrected in Europe. The CHF may see buying interest on dips against the EUR in the very near-term, with ECB rate cut expectations picking up last week.
USD-CAD recovered from its lows, moving over 1.0425, after finding very good buying interest under the figure. Corporate names were again mentioned on the bid, with the interest seen layered down to 1.0380. On the topside, offers are seen in place from 1.0440, and helped to cap gains through the session.


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Teachers at the university were inundated with requests to participate in the program. The students of the School of Management and Science researched, analysed and conceptualised an innovative response to the initial brief: "Reinventing unique shoe caring services and products of the future". Project outcomes were then developed by students of the School of Media and Communications to provide creative ways of communicating the new Shoe Therapy services.


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Economic crises are as endemic to capitalism as is its resilience. Nonetheless, the system seldom survives in the terms predicted even by its most powerful players. The corporate CEOs that dominate contemporary capitalism know that the system cannot survive in its present incarnation. Most, however, demand that however much they rely on public dole, they should continue to dominate business and finance.
The Employee Free Choice Act is at the center of a battle to challenge such hubris. For more than a year, right-wing groups have lavishly funded anti-labor initiatives. These charge that granting employees the right to choose either card check or secret ballot elections would subject workers to possible workplace coercion. Yet their oft stated concern for workplace democracy won't stand common sense scrutiny.
Would American workers consent to hundreds of millions in bonuses to corporate CEOs who trashed their businesses? Or would workers accept a generation-long wage freeze even as their productivity increases every year? Not surprisingly, polls show that a majority would like to join independent unions.
Since corporate claims of concern for worker democracy ring hollow in the face of CEO crime and abuse, employer interests have opened another front in the war: this is not a good time to unionize. Unions will increase labor costs, thereby making it impossible to hire new workers. This new corporate tack is based on an ideol-ogy being discredited every day. The very inequalities fostered by corporate workplaces led to the current crisis. Underpaid workers had insufficient income to purchase the goods their own more productive plants produced. Future profit-making possibilities came to depend on perilous forms of "creative finance."
The corporate offensive against unions relies on two myths. Free markets guarantee full employment and corporations are natural ways of doing business. The corporation, however, is a creation of government and law. From its inception it has been the recipient of special privileges. Those privileges are justifiable only to the extent that a public purpose is served.
Corporations can raise capital far more effectively than business partnerships. Government grants them limited liability. The owners of the corporation, its shareholders, only stand to lose what they have invested in the stock. They cannot be held personally liable for any other debts if the company goes bankrupt.
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Americans historically have worried about corporations abusing their power. That concern often manifests itself in support for small businesses, viewed both as job creation machines and escapes from the tyranny of the boss.
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Only a strong union movement can provide the countervailing force that will sustain equitable wages and a more robust democracy. Unions as countervailing power can also supplant much of the need for detailed government regulation.
Many Maine small-business leaders fear unions. They should reconsider. As Jack McKay of Food and Medicine recently pointed out on Bangor television, union workers care about their jobs and won't push management with unsustainable demands. But by the same token, when WalMart fails to share its growing profits with productive workers, it drives all wages down and threatens job growth and prosperity everywhere.
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Since we've been talking all week about the state of the mobile market -- specifically, how Steve Jobs' claims about Apple beating Android are misleading -- I thought I'd pass along some interesting data that hit my inbox this morning.
The folks at Quantcast, who measure mobile Web usage, have released some numbers showing platform-by-platform performance for the month of August. Bear in mind that the research doesn't directly represent the number of devices being sold or activated; Quantcast simply measures mobile Web usage, nothing more and nothing less. One could certainly make the argument that users of some mobile platforms access the Web more often than users of others. Either way, the relative change from month to month gives us valuable insight into the overall trends and how they're shifting.
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While Apple's iOS is still the dominant player within the U.S. mobile market, you can see that it's been on a pretty steady roller coaster ride downward in terms of share. Android, on the other hand, has been on a meteoric rise -- in fact, August marked the platform's largest single-month growth since November of 2009, when the original Droid debuted.
From year to year, Quantcast finds Android's piece of the pie has increased by 17 percent while Apple's has dropped by 11. RIM, not surprisingly, has also lost a good chunk of its share.
Quantcast's data does not include iPad-based usage; as I pointed out yesterday, the inclusion of the iPad in a mobile market analysis is atypical and creates a nonparallel comparison. That said, Quantcast does include the iPod Touch in its measurements -- also pushing the comparison away from a straight smartphone-based faceoff -- but even that added boost hasn't been enough to help Apple keep up.
(Another study released earlier this week, by the way, did take the somewhat unusual step of lumping the iPad into its mobile market measurements. That may explain some of the differences in its findings; one would certainly imagine iPad users would consume considerably more Web content than their smartphone-holding counterparts. That study also looked at global usage as opposed to U.S.-specific usage.)
Hang on, though: Apple's share is still twice that of Android's, right? Some will undoubtedly use that logic to pooh-pooh the stats. I've said it before and I'll say it again: It's all about the trends. Month after month, quarter after quarter, we're seeing the same story: Apple is losing ground while Android is gaining. It's starting to add up.
Back when we were looking at the same trend in June, some commenters suggested that the debut of Apple's iPhone 4 would turn things around. True Apple fans were waiting to get their hands on that device, they contended, and once it was released, Apple's share would skyrocket.
Unfortunately, that just didn't happen; despite Apple's best efforts at mudslinging, the iPhone 4 has done little to keep people from gravitating toward Android. Sure, the company has sold lots of units -- there's no denying that -- but when it's primarily the existing customer base buying a new product, the overall share doesn't shift.
Let me toss in the usual disclaimer: Market positioning doesn't equal financial success. Apple is still going to be fine. Its legions of fans will continue to snatch up whatever it puts out.
But in terms of relative share -- which is obviously something Apple wants to discuss -- it's going to take an awful lot of "magic" to overcome Android's attack.
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February 26, 2020, 05:17:44 AMSalanewt: New patch up; waited until now to make it because it's such a basic change, but it's here now.
February 25, 2020, 03:20:41 AMSalanewt: Hey! Yeah, we can now make recoil damage in GS. Would you mind if I ask for a link to this video? I'm really curious. :P
February 24, 2020, 09:38:49 PMForeclosure: Alas, I still gotta play BoF dragon quarters. I saw on a video you guys can now make recoil damage in golden sun. Is it too hard?
February 17, 2020, 04:54:34 AMFox: I guess one thing this game has going for it is the Day and Night cycle.
February 17, 2020, 04:51:46 AMFox: Also, I noticed since the very beginning of the game, that usually the dresser drawers (whatever you call them) have items in them.
February 17, 2020, 04:48:20 AMFox: (And I only recently got Karn, the fourth PC.)
February 17, 2020, 04:36:01 AMFox: Was playing Breath of Fire I.... and I must say.... that game's pretty bland.... listening to the same songs basically everywhere... and multiple NPCs saying the exact same thing. Most of it plays about the same... a maze with common useless items in chests, maybe you'll get one or two fine equipment, but yeah. ... I want to check #II again later, the game I remember playing like... over a decade ago.
February 04, 2020, 08:06:18 AMSalanewt: We're more active on the Discord though.
February 04, 2020, 08:06:01 AMSalanewt: Oh hey! It does, yeah.
February 02, 2020, 06:42:38 PMMastermind: holy crap this place still exists?
December 24, 2019, 09:33:09 PMFox: Even just plain Editor work can make some difference. = At least these forums are indexed on the Search engine. I was also curious about whether to um... go through all the topics on these forums and take all the important stuff out/placed into a folder for a bit of organization. Would be a bonus since if something ever happened to this forum, or if we ever wanted to start afresh again, it wouldn't be that difficult to do so.
December 24, 2019, 09:23:03 PMFox: One thing is for sure. This place has become completely dead. (Mostly because of Discord.) = I don't think much will happen with this forum unless I, Salanewt, or someone else does a thing.
December 24, 2019, 09:18:05 PMFox: Probably not?
December 24, 2019, 06:51:08 PMLuna_blade: I suppose this is the last Christmas of this forum?
December 24, 2019, 06:50:51 PMLuna_blade: Yay thanks for the coins
December 19, 2019, 04:39:45 AMFox: Okay, another thought... "gsmagic" could be the code name/project name... and "Golden Sun Magic" could be the more formal official name... (As in using both names.) - I still need to look into these other games as well... so who knows if it could be better to call it Camelot Magic if those should ever be supported to a decent standard. Would probably be a long time from now, though. As I can be pretty lazy.
December 18, 2019, 10:01:39 PMForeclosure: gsmagic is fine
December 17, 2019, 05:44:32 PMFox: Also. I call my program "gsmagic" and not "GSMagic" =P (Not asking for correction/I being silly)... Had to call it something, so picked something short. Maybe I should rename it to Golden Sun Magic later. *shrug*
December 17, 2019, 05:35:04 PMFox: (And "Golden Sun" instead of "GS" to reduce confusion that would likely not be there anyway... when "Golden Sun" doesn't take up much space to start with. (Imagine being new and thinking GS meant GameShark, or some other oddity. Ew.)) - All just thoughts...I'm still going with most of this not mattering that much, though.
December 17, 2019, 05:12:55 PMFox: "Misc. GS Hacking" = That name looks odd, so I'd probably just go with "Golden Sun Hacking"
December 17, 2019, 05:08:05 PMFox: I tempted to also suggest the Editors can go in the first category. Since the Editor is the reason this place exists in the first place. (I think.)
December 17, 2019, 04:53:19 PMFox: (combined = Not meant to be taken literally... but rather.... to generalize things more, since it apparently looks like we don't need the extra space no one is using.)
December 17, 2019, 04:48:49 PMFox: Worse still... we've only used those for Golden Sun content.... and there's not much there.
December 17, 2019, 04:45:53 PMFox: E.g. Maybe everything in "Assets & Discussion" could be combined with "Creative Works".... I don't feel like sound and art apply to general hacking anyway... that only comes into play when you have tools to insert them.
December 17, 2019, 04:40:26 PMFox: categories and/or forums
December 17, 2019, 04:36:48 PMFox: Everything else seems to be about right, though. Perhaps some categories could be combined(?), but doesn't really matter that much.
December 17, 2019, 04:33:03 PMFox: (I still think The Community section fits best at the bottom. =P)
December 15, 2019, 05:10:04 PMSalanewt: Heya! I'm planning to get the demo up today, but if you can't wait then it's already available on the Discord.
December 15, 2019, 04:12:27 AMFox: (Then sell the badges on the Trade Center for a very high price... and give a lot of active people coins to buy them with, so they can basically transfer the coins to me if they want something... Gosh I could be a naughty hoarder. =P)
December 15, 2019, 04:06:19 AMFox: I'd buy up all the stock for each item too... but man... I think I'm too lazy for that. =P


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Global MAP-Optimality by Shrinking the Combinatorial Search Area with Convex Relaxation. NIPS. Proceedings. 1950-1958(2013).
Partial Optimality via Iterative Pruning for the Potts Model. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision SSVM. 477-488(2013).
Persistency by Pruning for General Graphical Models. submitted to NIPS 2013(2013).
Probabilistic Correlation Clustering and Image Partitioning Using Perturbed Multicuts. Proc.~SSVM. Springer Technical Report (1.1 MB)(2015).
Partial Optimality by Pruning for MAP-inference with General GraphicalModels. CVPR. Proceedings. 1170-1177(2014).
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October 13: Columbus, Ohio — Nationwide Arena
October 15: State College, Pennsylvania — Bryce Jordan Center
October 17: Toronto, Canada — Air Canada Centre
October 21: Detroit, Michigan — Joe Louis Arena
October 22: Buffalo, New York — First Niagara Center
Fresh off an undeniably historic headline performance at this year's Lollapalooza hailed without exception as the biggest and best in the festival's 25 year history, Paul McCartney has confirmed five new North American arena dates on the universally acclaimed 'Out There' tour.
First, Paul will return to Columbus, OH nearly 10 years to the day since his last appearance in the Ohio capital city to headline the Nationwide Arena on October 13. On October 15, Paul will play his first ever show in State College, PA at the Bryce Jordan Center. October 17 will see Paul back at Toronto's Air Canada Centre for the first time since 2010 on the 'Up And Coming' Tour, followed by an October 21 in Detroit, MI — Paul's first appearance at the Joe Louis Arena and his first visit to the Motor City since 2011 on the 'On The Run' Tour. Finally, Paul will make his concert debut in Buffalo, NY on October 22 at the First Niagara Center.
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What could be more fun than sitting on your couch taking on giant insects and aliens with more than 300 different weapons in Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon? I don't know, but here's a shot of the game's split-screen co-op.
D3Publisher and developer Vicious Cycle's follow-up to Earth Defense Force 2017 sees the return of that game's co-op split-screen gameplay, which worked incredibly well with the series' uncomplicated gameplay mechanics. You have a gun. Shoot things. What could be simpler?
Split-screen co-op is joined this time around by online co-op, allowing players to jump in and out of each other's campaigns at will, along with a six-player survival mode that sees teams taking on hordes of gigantic foes.
Earth Defense Force 2017 was stupid fun at its finest. We'll see if Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon follows sit this spring.


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The roar of protesters vibrated through the Illinois Capitol rotunda Wednesday as community groups and organized labor clamored for attention. But the most intense noise wasn't the rhythmic stomp of the rallies. It was the pressing tick-tock of the final hours of the General Assembly's spring session, scheduled to conclude Thursday night.
Yes, to lawmakers consumed by machinations inside the Statehouse, Thursday promises to be as exciting, as fraught with possibility, as the final moments of a Super Bowl. But to those of us out here in the real world, the game looks stale and familiar: Faced with a pension crisis that carries enormous risks for Illinois retirees and taxpayers, lawmakers have been behaving as if their failure to deliver dramatic reforms is acceptable.
It is not. That crisis is too menacing, the threat of further downgrades for the nation's least creditworthy state too imminent. Failure is failure, and no amount of self-congratulation from legislative leaders for a job shabbily done will be able to perfume that pig.
We won't be surprised if, by late Thursday, the Democrats who dominate both legislative chambers produce something they proclaim is a major pension overhaul. But if any legislation they pass doesn't truly solve the crisis, we hope Gov. Pat Quinn will stick to his threat and keep lawmakers in Springfield until they do.
We hope Quinn is more committed to the measures in the tougher reform package he unveiled April 20 than he is committed to enjoying a political victory lap to celebrate some weaker-kneed package. Compared to the take-it-or-leave-it pension bill House Speaker Michael Madigan tried to impose on Tuesday, Quinn's proposal would have expected more contributions from current workers who have flexibility to plan their financial futures. It would have provided more assurance that the law would produce the cost savings and worker contributions needed to lead Illinois pension plans back to firm ground.
If the majority Democrats push through pension reform lite at the last minute, with virtually no Republican input and with genteel treatment of current workers, they will have delivered one more in a long line of feckless legislative sessions that didn't fix the most pressing danger to state government's financial future.
A legislative session that began in February has produced meaningful cuts in Medicaid spending. It may produce a tight spending plan that will close several expensive and unnecessary state institutions. All good. But on the year's most crucial issue — pension reform — lawmakers have perpetuated their decades-long habit of popping huge legislation on the eve of adjournment, creating an artificial rush to an uninformed decision. At that point, bosses rule and gotcha politics trumps good policy.
State Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, spoke for many Illinoisans when he exploded on the House floor Tuesday, tossing papers and railing at Madigan's final-week pension ultimatum. "These damn bills that come out here all the damn time, come out here at the last second," Bost shouted. "I've got to figure out how to vote for my people! You should be ashamed of yourselves! I'm sick of it!"
By nightfall Thursday, the best option may be for Quinn to let June 1 arrive, then order lawmakers to set aside any consideration of pension reform lite and instead negotiate more dramatic reforms — with both parties participating.
So far this year, the most impressive leadership on pensions has come from the governor. Quinn proposed a bold plan to reduce benefits, eliminate unfunded obligations over 30 years, and add a legal requirement that lawmakers fully fund the pension system every year. That's still the better outline for a negotiated solution.
Gov. Quinn, don't cave. If legislators don't deliver, keep them in Springfield.
The roar of protesters vibrated through the Illinois Capitol rotunda Wednesday as community groups and organized labor clamored for attention. But the most intense noise wasn't the rhythmic stomp of the rallies. It was the pressing tick-tock of the final hours of the General Assembly's spring session, scheduled to conclude Thursday night.


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Also, wasn't the whole point of last week's episode that the alien repair station repaired their ship to a "good as new" status, even going so far as to fix the scratch where the travel pod bumped into it in the pilot episode? So why do they suddenly need new plasma injectors here in the very next episode? Surely they should have been able to go a good long while without needing any further outside help after that big repair job last week, right?
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Net effect: What Ayodhya didn't have in 1992
"Stay together, stay one. India first, all else after" -- tweeted Amitabh Bachchan on the morning of September 30. About 81 million internet subscribers across the country echoed his views throughout the day.
Passions ran high as Indian users reinvented social activism by discussing the Ayodhya verdict on social networks like Facebook through status updates and over tweets on Twitter.
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The verdict is for Bharat the nation: Modi
In the evening, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: "Verdict of the Lucknow bench on Ayodhya-Ram Janmabhoomi dispute is not for any race or religion, but for Bharat the nation and her pride." The message was promptly shared by his followers on Twitter more than 100 times.
Such was the response on the world wide web that keywords like 'Ayodhya' made it to the top trending (popular subjects) list on Twitter. The social networking site had more than three million unique visitors from India in July 2010.
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Anti-national sentiments criticised
Vivek Deosthali, vaastu consultant, expressed his displeasure on the broadcast media's coverage of the Ayodhya verdict on his Facebook page: "TV channels need to practice restrain. They are not the decision makers." Within minutes, his status message was 'liked' (a Facebook feature that allows users to click a button to affirm their opinion) by 34 users.
Like wise, anti-national sentiments on Twitter and Facebook were duly criticised by social networking users and several user accounts were reported for abuse by Indian internet users.
"I reported 5-7 user accounts on Twitter and Facebook for spam and abuse as they were spreading anti-national rumours and comments," claimed Bishal Nag, a student from Lucknow University.
Internet evangelism also found favour with Bollywood actors like Preity Zinta who twitted: "Thank you to the people of India for showing maturity and unity today and bravo to the media and the government for handling the delicate situation wonderfully."
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Net effect: What Ayodhya didn't have in 1992
One of the most popular tweets that was shared by users on Twitter: "We have built enough mosques and temples. Lets build the nation now"
It was labelled as the top tweet on the micro-blogging site. The Ayodhya verdict made it to Wikipedia's main page 'In the News' section ahead of news from the United States and China.
If US President Barack Obama's electoral juggernaut was an example of how a rigid and highly centralised campaign managed to leverage the highly decentralised nature of the internet to its great advantage, then the Ayodhya verdict showcased how young Indians can harness the internet bypassing traditional hierarchies, remarks Hareesh Tibrewalla, joint CEO at Social Wavelength, an agency that helps brands leverage the social media platform.
Image: US President Barack Obama
'If you can harness social media to save fuel and get a transport, then why not'
He said in the past too, social media has been extensively used in situations such as the Mumbai terrorist attacks, the swine flu pandemic last year and more recently on the Common Wealth Games in New Delhi. "When people wanted to know city-wise updates on the Ayodhya verdict day they turned to Twitter, when users needed to create momentum or gather opinions on issues like corrupt politicians or Mumbai blasts, they turn to Facebook," he said.
The reasons to drive a social movement using the internet are simple -- no capital cost and speedy response from target users. Last year, Keith Menon, organiser of Batti Bandh, a social interest campaign to save electricity, used the Batti Bandh community on Facebook to deliver updates about the campaign.
Now, Menon wants to leverage the use of Twitter and Facebook to facilitate car and taxi pooling. He plans to launch an application that would allow people tweet their starting point and destination, show the route on Google Maps and allow other social media users to join in. Menon, who is looking to launch the app in six cities to begin with, said, "If you can harness social media to save fuel and get a transport, then why not."
Image: The Batti Bandh campaign on Facebook
Indian cops log in
While individual politicians and governments remain wary of using digital mediums, the Indore Police Department has started using a blog: Twitter, online and mobile complaint forms, a Google map of police stations and a digital crime mapper to track criminal activities in the region.
The Maharashtra police department too launched an SMS-based complaint tracking system, called Turant Chovis, that promises quick redressal of citizens' complaints by sending a first response within 24 hours and resolving the issue within 30 days. The Delhi traffic police maintains an active presence on Facebook and Twitter to help citizens with traffic related issues in the national capital.
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Fairfield County communities top Movoto 'best places' list
Communities are always looking for an advantage when they are trying to grow their business roster, and Stamford business leaders are reveling after a California-based real estate company ranked the city as the top place to live in Connecticut.
Movoto Real Estate, an online real estate brokerage based in San Mateo, Calif., has ranked Stamford as the best place to live -- in communities with populations over 10,000 -- followed by Bethel, Danbury, Middletown, Ridgefield, West Hartford, Darien, Groton, Westport and Newtown.
Rankings like this, with comments about the school system, crime rate, income and home prices, can be a boon for a city or town's image and its ability to attract business and residents, according Barbara Seiter, executive vice president of the Stamford Chamber of Commerce.
"Businesses considering a community like Stamford know the quality of employment that is going to be there -- that with the people who can afford to live in Stamford it means they will find an educated workforce," she said, adding that the city always fares well in terms of crime rates. "It bodes well for the city environment. People want to be safe."
The city has gained a reputation for its night life and culture, said Sandy Goldstein, president of the Downtown Special Services District.
"We have theaters and movies and 80 restaurants in downtown alone," she said. "We're a destination for young people -- in the 23-40 age group, which is why those apartments are being built and occupied. You get an energy in the city -- where people want to live. Seventy percent of people who live downtown have lived there five years."
Stamford Mayor David Martin said he has always been a booster of the city, and he is heartened to hear about Movoto's report.
"It's great that someone independent of Stamford recognizes our greatness and vitality," he said. "We're the safest city in New England, and our crime rate is half the second-closest city in Connecticut. I don't know if the number one ranking is most important. I believe the things that got you to number one are most important."
Movoto based its rankings on data gleaned from various sources, including the FBI for crime information and Yelp for amenities, according to spokesman Nick Johnson, who said Movoto is affiliated with 5,000 real estate agents who receive referrals from the business, and they share the commission when a home is sold to a Movoto client.
"It's unbiased. We try to be a resource for people moving to a particular place. It's based on what people say they want in a community," he said, noting that there are 42 communities in the state with a population of 10,000 or more. "We translate it all into an algorithm and push go."
The Stamford Museum and Nature Center, amenities, education system and a median household income 89 percent higher than the rest of the state and a median house price of $574,900 -- far higher than the rest of Connecticut -- all were mentioned in the Movoto report, as well as a low crime rate.
"With just 1,934 crimes per 100,000 people, Stamford came in as one of the safest communities in our ranking-great news for residents and commuters alike, and there are plenty of each," said Movoto in its report. "After all, Stamford is home to four Fortune 500 companies and nine Fortune 1000 companies, making it the largest financial district in the New York Metro outside of New York City."
The report is another vehicle to get the word out about Darien -- Stamford's neighbor to the east -- and its offerings, said Carol Wilder Tamme, president of the Darien Chamber of Commerce, commenting on how the business community has thrived over the past several years.
The Movoto report should be a useful tool for individuals, families and businesses contemplating a move to Darien, she said.
"I think that real estate people who are associated with Movoto will use this to promote the town and the property they are representing, Tamme said. "People want to live near where they do business. It might be an influencer on making a decision about opening a business here."
While Stamford, the second-biggest city in Fairfield County is the home to myriad company headquarters, Bethel, one of its smaller communities, offers some of the same qualities, according to Movoto.
"Bethel came in near the top of our list for its high number of amenities and for its overall high score in quality of life," Movoto said. "This was mostly due to its low student-teacher ratio, just 13 to 1, and high median rent price of $1,168, which indicates the area's desirability."
It also didn't leave out Dr. Mike's Ice Cream Shop and the curly fries at the Sycamore Drive-In.
"What makes Bethel so desirable? Well, the weather may have something to do with it," Movoto said. "With an average summer temperature of 68 and an air quality score of 35, Bethel was one of our highest ranking in terms of weather."
The town's high ranking might impress companies considering a new location or a community for a new branch operation, said Bobbi Jo Beers, executive director of the Bethel Chamber of Commerce.
"Anytime anyone recognizes you as a top place to live, it's good for economic development," she said. "The fact that they highlighted our school system is good. I wasn't surprised (by the ranking). Bethel is a hidden gem. We have great places to shop and multiple business parks. It's great for business development. Hopefully, when people see it they'll come to visit our downtown."
Danbury's position on the list made it a sweep of the top three spots by Fairfield County communities, and Bruce Tuomala, its economic development director, said it indicates the city's success in attracting businesses with the help of its amenities and its affordable housing.
"A lot of companies are concerned about a lack of affordable housing for their employees," he said, commenting that the report confirms the city's pro-business platform. "Our (commercial) lease rates are more than competitive with down-county and Westchester County in New York."
He also touted the benefits of Danbury Fair Mall and Western Connecticut State University.
"Danbury may be best known for being the home of Western Connecticut State University -- or for its rich history in the hat industry," Movoto said. "Danbury ranked highly in our analysis for its overall rank in quality of life, mostly due to a student-teacher ratio of just 13 to 1 and some of the higher median rent and home prices in the state; for its good score in weather; and for its high number of amenities."
Like Tuomala, Stephen Bull, president of the Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce, was not surprised by the city's ranking.
"It validates what we've known living here in northern Fairfield County. The cost of living and price of doing business is lower. I took it (the report) as pretty accurate. Danbury and Bethel -- it's a great place to live and work and for business," said Bull, whose chamber includes nearly 1,400 members in 10 communities. "Who would have thought that we'd be building 3,800 high-end units at The Reserve."


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Located on the first floor of the University Centre, the Welcome Centre is open on Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Drop by if you need help finding your way around our campus, have a question about UVic, or are simply looking for a friendly face!
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The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has posted the results of the 2014 big game quota hunts. Application results can be viewed on the TWRA website, www.tnwildlife.org under the Hot Topics section.
When reviewing the application results, sportsmen must enter in only one form of identification without using dashes, spaces or special characters (for example 123456789) and then enter in the date of birth using the format mm/dd/yyyy ( example-06/10/1967).
If you have multiple hunt applications for the year, you will need to select the drop down box and choose the quota hunt that you wish to view the results for.
The award status column will tell you if you were unsuccessful or awarded for each hunt code. Permits and unsuccessful notices will be going in the mail by the end of the week of Aug. 18-22.
There are leftover permits available for three WMA hunts. Leftover WMA permits will go on sale Aug. 28, at 8 a.m. (CDT). Purchasing a leftover permit does not affect a person's priority standing.
1) Permits can be purchased at any TWRA license agent. The privilege codes are 331 for customers who have the Lifetime Sportsman (types 401 thru 406), Annual Sportsman (004) or the Senior Citizen License (type 165 or 166) combined with an Annual Senior Citizen Supplemental (Type 167). The code for all other license holders is 338 and cost is $10. The receipt will serve as the permit; no permits will be mailed. No phone sales will be accepted.
2) Individuals can only obtain one permit.
3) Hunters cannot purchase leftover permits for an area from which they were selected in the regular drawing.
4) Hunters cannot purchase leftover permits for an area which has the same or overlapping dates as the hunts they were selected for during the regular drawing.
5) Hunters can purchase permits for others as long as they have all their pertinent information. The same one (1) permit allowance applies.
Leftover permits are available for:
- Laurel Hill WMA, Hunt Code 19, Gun, Nov. 28-30, 15 permits remain, Antler restrictions apply
- Laurel Hill WMA, Hunt Code 20, Gun, Dec. 19-21, 320 permits remain, Antler restrictions apply
- Prentice Cooper, Hunt Code 27, Archery, Sept. 20-22, 68 permits remain


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