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Below you can find The CW's new fall schedule, along with a list of pilots the network has picked up to series for the 2013-14 season. Click here for ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC.
8/7c: Hart of Dixie
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ROCKFORD — Trending Goodness will host a follow-up gathering from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 7 at Katie's Cup, 502 Seventh St.
Participants will share ideas, successes and ways to draw more people into the Trending Goodness team. Trending Goodness is "a movement to energize, educate and encourage personal daily actions of selfless goodness," according to its website.
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Undrafted free agent A.J. Bouye left his mark in Dallas.
After picking off a fourth-quarter Alex Tanney pass in the last game of the preseason Bouye decided to take his celebration to the middle of the field at AT&T Stadium, mimicking Terrell Owens' infamous celebration on the iconic Cowboys' star logo during the 2000 season.
Houston's coaches were not thrilled after the stunt earned a 15-yard penalty for excessive celebration. Wade Phillips let Bouye know how unimpressed he was by chewing him out on the sideline.
Bouye apologized after the game for being 'disrespectful.'
"I wasn't thinking, I was being stupid," Bouye told ESPNDallas.com. "It was disrespectful for me to do it, for the team and the other team. I wasn't thinking. … They don't' teach us to do that. For me to even do that was disrespectful."
With final roster trims looming, one has to wonder what effect Bouye's actions will have on the decision.


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Few foods help meet your nutritional needs at every stage of life better than live and active culture yogurt. And because it comes in so many flavors and varieties, yogurt appeals to every member of the family. Keep yogurt stocked in your refrigerator for a nutritious snack or meal, any time, every day.
Yogurt is a nutrient-dense food that meets a wide variety of nutritional needs at every stage of life. Like most dairy products, yogurt is a good source of protein - an average 8-ounce serving contains between 8 and 10 grams of protein, or 16 to 20 percent of the Daily Recommended Value (DRV). In fact, after culturing, the amount of protein in yogurt often exceeds that of fluid milk. Yogurt is also an excellent source of calcium. Some yogurts contain up to 35 percent of the Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) for calcium. Most standard serving sizes of yogurt contain slightly more calcium than do equivalent servings of milk. Yogurt is low in fat and high in certain minerals and essential vitamins, including riboflavin B2, Vitamin B12, phosphorous and potassium. It's available in a variety of fat levels, from nonfat and lowfat to yogurt made with whole milk, and also comes in a "light" or reduced calorie form.
Beyond these important nutrition basics, scientific research shows that the live and active cultures found in yogurt may offer many more health attributes.
The words "live and active cultures" refer to the living organisms - Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus - which convert pasteurized milk to yogurt during fermentation. Currently, researchers are exploring how live and active culture yogurt may have a beneficial effect on the immune system, the potential to lower cholesterol, and how it may help combat certain types of cancer-causing compounds, particularly in the digestive tract.
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Paul Sams
Blizzard COO excited by Steam Machines, says only Valve could pull them off
Valve's mission to overhaul PC gaming in the living room could only have been done by the Steam creators, Blizzard COO Paul Sams reckons. He's also very excited by the prospect.
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Warren Spector and Blizzard COO to create gaming academic academy
Warren Spector and Blizzard COO Paul Sams are collaborating with The University of Texas at Austin to found the school's first academic video game program led by industry veterans. The Denius-Sams Gaming Academy will open its doors Fall 2014.
Diablo III console "a true Blizzard-level experience," says COO Sams
Diablo III on consoles will feature "a true Blizzard-level experience," company COO Paul Sams has told CVG.
Blizzard already has "general framework" in place for fifth WoW expansion
Blizzard COO Paul Sams has tikd CVG he already knows what the next World of Warcraft expansion entails, and that SVP of creative development Chris Metzen and his team already "know what they're going to be doing for multiple expansions ahead."
Blizzard: Offering Diablo III for free is a show of "gratitude," to WoW player base
Blizzard COO Paul Sams has said the firm is offering Diablo III free to World of Warcraft Annual Pass subscribers as a way to "show an amount of gratitude," to the player base.
Blizzard: Titan to be "next big thing from us" after Diablo III
Blizzard COO Paul Sams had said the company's next-gen MMO, codenamed Titan, will be its "next big thing" following the release of Diablo III.
New Blizzard MMO to be "more complementary than competitive"
Blizzard COO Paul Sams has said the company's next MMO will be "more complementary than competitive."
Blizzard's never "pressured" to release a game before it's finished
Blizzard CEO Paul Sams has said that rushing products to retail to meet financial milestones can undermine a development team's work.
Blizzard COO now partial owner of Pittsburgh Stealers
When we cash our paycheques, we usually go out and buy a new game. When Blizzard COO Paul Sams cashes his paycheque, he buys a team to play a game for him. And not just any game, either. Professional frikkin' football. Sams, according to a post on the Steelers' official website, is one of ten […]
Blizzard's Paul Sams talks licensing, marketing
During BlizzCon, Paul Sams, chief operating officer for Blizzard, sat down with IncGamers and talked a bit about how the company has changed over the years, especially with marketing. "When I think about what we have in store, what we have done, and how big BlizzCon has become, let alone our products – I mean, […]
Paul Sams: "Blizzard intends on delivering one frontline release per year"
During last night's Acti Blizz Q4 earnings call, Blizzard COO Paul Sams said that, "Blizzard intends on delivering one frontline release per year. I think you can see in our numbers that that is contemplated." Everyone knows that Blizzard is hard at work on Diablo III and StarCraft II along with the oft-teased "unannounced MMO". […]
Blizzard: We are not threatened by EA and The Old Republic
Blizzard COO Paul Sams has told VG247 that the prospect of a Star Wars BioWare MMO in the shape of The Old Republic isn't threatening to his firm. "No, we don't feel threatened by them," he said. "We actually think that having additional players in the market is positive, because it's going to introduce a […]
WoW character customisation charges are a "deterrent," says Blizzard
Charges to make post-roll changes to World of Warcraft characters are supposed to be a "deterrent" to constant use, Blizzard told Eurogamer yesterday, similar to the existing name change and server transfer services. "When you create your character, often times you wish you'd done things differently. You wish you were on a different realm, you […]
Wrath of the Lich King launches in London
World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King has launched in London to a heaving crowd at Oxford Street's HMV. Thousands queued outside the store to welcome in the second add-on to the world's favourite MMO – find our gallery from the night here – with the usual assortment of cosplayers, children, grey gamers […]
Blizzard COO: We're not milking StarCraft 2
Speaking to Videogamer in London today ahead of the launch of Wrath of the Lich King tonight, Blizzard COO Paul Sams categorially denied the firm was looking to exploit StarCraft II will it's three-pronged release strategy. "The fact of the matter is, it's absolutely, positively untrue about us trying to stretch it out and milk […]
Blizzard COO: Growth still important to WoW, still seeing "meaningful" subs increases
Blizzard COO Paul Sams said today that growth was still important to World of Warcraft, and that the game is still seeing "meaningful" increases in subscriber numbers. "I think growing the subscribership is important," he told VG247, speaking in London ahead of tonight's launch of Wrath of the Lich King. "People leave. Taking a moment […]
Blizzard COO: Our new MMO is "cool, new, different, next generation"
Speaking ahead of tonight's launch of WoW expansion Wrath of the Lich King, Blizzard COO Paul Sams has told VG247 that its second major MMO – already in development – is going to be a "next generation" title that sounds like a substantial departure from World of Warcraft. "We want to create a great game," […]
Blizzard COO Paul Sams to attend Lich King London event tonight
Wrath of the Lich King launches in the US and Europe tonight, and Blizzard's shipping in COO Paul Sams for interviews and crowd-pleasing at the London HMV event. Associate producer Lee Sparks will also be "in the house," as will thousands of people dressed as blood elves and warlocks. We'll be there too. Start looking […]
Those who tried WAR are coming back to WoW, says Sams
Speaking to GI, Blizzard's Paul Sams has said that more than half of the people that cited leaving World of Warcraft to try Warhammer Online have no returned. "We've seen a significant number of people, well over half, that cited Warhammer as their reason for leaving – they've already returned," said Sams. "It surprises me […]
Microsoft should focus more on PC games, says Blizzard boss
Speaking to Gamasutra, Blizzard COO Paul Sams has hit out at Microsoft for not focusing enough on PC gaming. "Well, their gaming focus is very much on the 360," he said. "And that makes sense, cause they're a hardware manufacturer as well as a software developer. And so they've got a lot of money and […]
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Blizzard COO excited by Steam Machines, says only Valve could pull them off
Warren Spector and Blizzard COO to create gaming academic academy
Diablo III console "a true Blizzard-level experience," says COO Sams
Blizzard already has "general framework" in place for fifth WoW expansion
Blizzard: Offering Diablo III for free is a show of "gratitude," to WoW player base
Blizzard: Titan to be "next big thing from us" after Diablo III
New Blizzard MMO to be "more complementary than competitive"
Blizzard's never "pressured" to release a game before it's finished
Paul Sams: "Blizzard intends on delivering one frontline release per year"
WoW character customisation charges are a "deterrent," says Blizzard
Blizzard COO: Growth still important to WoW, still seeing "meaningful" subs increases
Blizzard COO: Our new MMO is "cool, new, different, next generation"
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I use these pants for whitewater kayaking. The ability to stay dry is a must, when paddling in Alabama during the winter. I have had these pants for two months and love them. Best practice, stay in your boat, but if you swim these pants will work. Before I began using these pants I had been suffering form having no way to paddle in the COLD waters in Alabama. After a friend purchased a pair I had to get some myself. I now have the ability to paddle on the colder days of winter. The built-in socks… Full review
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Yes, that means should you return to a dead battery you press a button and you get a wireless jumpstart. This resolves an issue where with previous battery designs you would need to physically press buttons on the battery for a restart but also needed electrical power to pop the trunk and reach said battery.
The new battery design also does not require a tray but will just pop right into the place of you old battery.
Scott from Antigravity explains below.
Scott from Antigravity Batteries here, I wanted to drop some information on our NEWEST Lithium Batteries... yes they are actually ground-breaking!
To start, we wanted to make our newest battery accessible for more Vehicles and Customers. We found many people just wanted the EXACT SIZE that fit in their car. So that is what we did, the new batteries are a DIRECT OEM FIT. Meaning it is the same size as your stock battery, so you will not need a special tray or any other adapters or modifications to mount them. Most of you will just be concerned with the H6/Group48 size battery. So we did that size and also the H5 and H7. Plus we will have Group 35 ,and Group 51 and expand out from there. But the "H" sizes are used in most Euro Sports Cars including BMW, Audi, Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc.... so these will fit them all.
We have also made the batteries available in different amp hours. The Amp Hours Capacities available for the H6/Group48 model are 24Ah, 30Ah, and 40Ah. By offering different amp hours the Customer can choose a battery that is more tailored to what they are looking for. For example people who track and want the lightest weight possible might want the 24Ah (9.5lbs), a person who wants to have a solid Ah yet still benefit substantially from Lightweight can go with a 30Ah (11.5lbs) and a person who might have some Cameras, Radar Detectors, luxury options and other stuff on the Car might want a 40Ah Battery (16lbs). Keep in mind if you use a 24Ah battery you will not have as much time that the car can sit in storage compared to a 40Ah model.
SUPER COOL NEW FEATURE ALERT!!! So one of the ULTRA-COOL items we developed into this latest battery (yep, first in the world) is a WIRELESS KEYFOB REMOTE that is used to operate our RE-START built in Jump-Starting feature. If you are not familiar with our RE-START feature, its basically a built-in jump starting for the battery, so in the event you ever come back to a dead battery you can awaken the battery with the Keyfob and start the car and drive off. So in effect you would never be stranded with a dead battery!
- Weight of the Batteries H6/Group48 Case @24Ah is 9.8 lbs , H6/Group48 Case @30Ah is (11.5lbs) , H6/Group48 Case @40Ah is (16.5.5lbs) so you definitely have some options for dropping some weight.
-Availability.... finished production will be at the end of February we expect to be shipping in first week of March. We are initially doing the 24Ah and 40Ah models, the 30Ah Version will not be in until April. I currently have 10 pieces of H6 @24Ah models and 10 pieces of H6 @ 40Ah that we have used to take pictures, and develop Marketing materials, some we will be sent Industry people, but unfortunately that is not enough to openly sell them yet. So early March if not a week before we can start shipping.
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OUTLIVING CHILDREN (acknowledging that Earth is one of this Universe's Children)
OUTLIVING CHILDREN (acknowledging that Earth is one of this Universe's Children)
Very sad indeed for parents to outlive their children.; Something happens to the generations that should not. My paternal grandmother outlived most of her ten children, and for a while, it looked as if my mother might outlive her only child. Fortunately for her, i'm still here alive and ready to try to accomplish more than ever (ideally driving). If not, there are other ways to assert a meaningful presence. For me: limited fork ways.
With all the (rather frequent) tornadic events in the US in 2012, such outliving must be more common, if not more natural. Wars contribute to this dreadful phenomenon –our DNA supports conflict, or we'd have evolved without it. I feel like adding my tears to buckets and barrels of tears –not that my additional tears would help anything, but I still crave such addition –some form of math seems involved, so far, with everything, not that human forms of math are the best or only forms, but as part of humanity, I will continue to submit to them. I must rely, as I've always done, on human senses, the only senses I have –even humanity's instruments improve what humanity can see, hear, touch, etc. I need an equation for tears, but when I add tears, I just get more tears. I do fear that there might not be enough fresh water (or food for populations of Earth, and I do not feel that humans are not more deserving of food just for being human –I doubt that, were other animals in charge, the Earth would be experiencing this decline this fast —some of my assumptions surely show here), and tears tend to be incredibly fresh when produced, so my tears —they aren't too salty to be fresh— can add a minuscule amount. I can't cry enough for everything. And looping bifurcating systems may not offer enough to constitute salvation –even if all possible loops are formed. Million of forks, for no reason but to make art that possibly no sentient one will see. Not that humanity's seeing it makes it any more splendid (note the assumption of splendor –humanity's Hubble space telescope did not make things easier for me; increased, actually, an accessible amount of splendor.
A time may come when dependence on tears could make a life/death difference –not a splendid difference.
I definitely do not wish to outlive my son. He must go on to live a full life, one that rewards him with joy (however he eventually defines joy). ;what ;successes, generations –if the world lasts long enough. I am optimistic that the Earth will/can endure. For my son, and sons of my sons. Surely, I hope long enough for his life to matter to more people than me. But then again, I am not promoting an afterlife such as what I was taught about so long ago. My mother still insists that her Christian beliefs are the correct beliefs. But I think that what is thought to be known (what I've been taught, and what I've observed at planetariums and through telescopes [I've been ruined, it seems, by Hubble]) about the universe and the solar system cause me to doubt her beliefs. She tells me that the prayer chains she initiated while I was hospitalized affected my outcome –I cannot say with certitude that all that praying did not help, but I wonder about what happens to the body; decomposition seems quite likely to me. Houdini did not return, and I believe that he would have had return been possible. Humanity's atoms may become available for next forms of life, assuming Earth can continue to sustain life as we've known it –not because we have dominion over other lifeforms, but because
I hope we have a chance to improve the earth, to try to return it to some of what it was like during days before greed –that benefitted a few, not everyone– helped to deplete the planet of finite resources. I do not think that we have suffered through all that will have to be endured before planetary decline can be halted or, better, reversed. Maybe it's too late for reversals. Maybe humanity does not deserve reversals. But I also don't want belief systems of humanity to perish –all that believing must not have been for naught. Surely. I don't want human generations to have an abrupt ending, but such an ending may be inevitable. There is interconnectedness among species. As insects and amphibians, for instance, meet demise, lifeforms dependent on those insects and amphibians may perish from those extinctions. Not to mention possibilities of asteroids and comets that may have deposited building blocks of life on Earth –comet Gods, I guess.
I'm not sure how my grandmother coped with being here after so many of her progeny (she had ten children, outlived all but three) were gone, returned to earth her husband tilled for so many years. A southern farmer. She outlived him too. I used to play with their geese, many of which were as tall as I was. He was dead already; never knew him except for what survived in my father and what was passed on to me through him. I've passed along some of what I received genetically to my son. Half. Lately, I've been impressed that everyone alive now has roots that extend to the first people on this planet. This seems to offer a truth no matter what is believed, creationism or evolution –of course, I thought that Darwin also offered a truth, seriously questioned by the Scopes Monkey Trial –in Tennessee, of course, where my father grew up and met my mother who now rejects everything I was taught in Cleveland, Ohio public schools, but not what I was taught in Sunday school. She is converting the garage into a church (it is not going to become the dolphin tank that my father promised, except in dreams and imagination that would not be mine had he not made the promise). My mother was always with me while my father stayed home, often on the second floor porch, watching, once, me by his side, a funnel cloud form above the church just a few yards away. True Vine. My son was not raised in church as I was; he was raised more to be a free thinker, encouraged to form his own ideas based on what made the most sense to him, and it is not organized religions. This exclusion from church has helped him rely more on logic –another human invention. How can humans not rely on human knowledge systems? Are we not surrounded by what humanity has made, whether for the detriment (according to someone's assessment) or improvement (according to someone's assessment) of human lives? Are we not primarily concerned with what may happen to people? Animals primarily as pets and food –for humans? I think of zoos, though I've visited many, as comparable to what happened in slavery, the captures that separated families –when animals are captured (I won't even talk about what happens to animals raised to be human food –no other purpose, the most noble purpose, according to Babe, book by Dick King-Smith, screenplay by George Miller and Chris Noonan –I do eat meat, the sanitized [relatively] forms purchased in supermarkets, relying on others to do the killing and butchering and packaging for me. I do like tastes of meat, and I do experience misgivings about being the carnivore I am, criticizing no carnivore for their carnivore ways –that I share). There is hypocrisy here –how can there not be? I am human– I've admitted to eating meat, but I've rejected organized ;religions (many of which restrict the eating of meat to certain animals under certain conditions [of preparation] without outright prohibiting such consumption). I do not know all of what Buddhism teaches about the eating (or the not-eating) of meat, (go here http://mingkok.buddhistdoor.com/en/news/d/18354 for more info), but I reason that we should, even thinking of limited fork tenets, show more compassion toward other animals to whom this planet belongs just as much as to humans. I don't accept biblical teachings of humanity's dominion over other animals or over the world –planet. Exceedingly difficult for me to do that. Other animals may not have been as destructive as humans have been. I seem to take more outrage against those who are not free- thinkers than against carnivores; perhaps because I also think that meat-eating free- thinkers may have reasoned that eating meat is acceptable –I am from a family of carnivores, the human family as well as my personal family (my son was vegetarian until ninth grade and a field trip to Chicago where he ate a burger for the first time).
I don't know whether or not the sacrifice of the cow entered his mind (he is a member of Mensa –not that that membership means he is more or less likely to eat meat; he's also a member of the human family, and, as I've said, we haven't performed particularly well, given our responsibility for the planet –we are the planet's [self-appointed —made in God's image, according to many, including my mother] caretakers). A willing or forced sacrifice? What do we know or understand about cowness? How many of use have really tried to listen to what cows or other animals (including humans) might have to say? Does this understanding or lack of understanding really matter? As humanity runs out of what humanity, in any of its forms, considers food, perhaps this (and similar questions) will be answered. It doesn't really matter which questions are raised or attempted to be answered according to human ways of processing information –biblical or otherwise acquired– ways of determining which questions to ask in search of a truth accepted by all with liberty and justice– hmm; I've heard that before. Even had to recite that daily to get the "A" that I wanted (from the Declaration of Independence –not a declaration of free-thinking). ;
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Ignis the Furnace-Master: "Insolent whelps!"
Big guy with a molten codpiece. Usually, a fight like this would be rather frightening for a plant with all the fire and such, but this battle is probably a place where we shine the most: lots of aoe damage and snap-heals. The strat my raid uses is to cluster the ranged/casters in the center of the room between the two water pools, and have the MT kite-tank the boss in circles around us, always keeping the boss facing away. The OT ran around picking up adds as best he could (a good resto druid is SUCH an aggro magnet) and running them through the fire and water, calling dps as needed to shatter them (a single ranged player was in charge of shattering the adds on the OT's call, and if he was in the slag pot, then he designated someone else to get it until he was free).
- Heals: Keep full stacks of LB on both tanks, if necessary (given strengths of cohealers, etc), once things really get rolling with the adds. It'll eat up your mana, but if your dps is good enough, you'll be able to manage it with an innervate and a mana pot and have the boss dead before you're completely OoM. Aside that, WG the raid as needed, keep a helping of rejuvs ticking around to offset the raid-wide damage and provide for Swiftmends, and don't get caught casting nourish or regrowth (or a non-NS'd HT) when the flame jets go off.
- Slag Pot: Ignis will periodically grab someone and hold them in the molten pot chained around his waist. People inside need to pop barkskin, shields, etc to help shield from the damage, and as a healer you should help keep them alive. You cannot attack from within the slagpot, but you can still heal people, and yourself, while you are in the slag pot. If a healer is in the slag pot, they CAN HEAL THEMSELVES and should do so. For tips on quickly finding the victim of this ability, refer to this post.
- Flame Jets: Do not be caught casting a spell when this ability goes off, or you'll be spell-locked for 8 seconds. It also causes a knock-up into the air (resistable), and deals raid-wide damage. Yay Wild-Growth and Rejuv.
- Scorch: this is the big burning spot he puts on the ground on the tank, and what the tank will be kiting him away from so the tank doesn't stand there and crisp themselves. You shouldn't stand in it, either. The OT will have to run through it to debuff the adds, and should call out when he's entering the "scorch" so that you can be alert of when he'll need extra healing, especially if your LB's dropped due to range.
Razorscale: "Rawr!"
A pretty proto-drake, though it is sad to see what has become of her after Loken captured her with Thorim outside in the Storm Peaks (Sons of Hodir questline). Akin to the protodrake in Utgarde Pinnacle, you must bring her down using harpoons. As a healer, all you have to worry about is bouncing around avoiding fireballs and keeping those in range of you alive until the group brings her down, and then it's just a tank-and-spank, with some minor kiting to get out of the patches of fire. My guild initially attempted the "v strat" as discussed on wow-wiki, but ultimately decided to just stay out of the big red circle (for the most part) and split up as two separate parties (closer to the 25-man strat), each party on either side of the circle with a tank, a healer, and mixed ranged/melee dps.
- As a general rule, don't stand in front of the boss when she's on the ground.
- Devouring Flames (P1): this is a large patch of blue fire she spits at whoever is closest to her while she's flying. With our organization of the groups, we assign a hunter or warlock to act as the "tank" for this, where he was nearly constantly on the move to stay closest to her while trying to shoot the mobs to assist in dps, or sent his pet in to tank it when she went off to a far corner. This ranged tank doesn't have to be attacking Razorscale while she's flying, he just has to be the closest person to her, or else have his pet be the closest. It worked out really well, and he didn't take much damage, but I did make sure to always keep a rejuv on him and keep an eye on him and his pet when he went out of my range.
- Fireball (P1): she spits these at everyone, and they do hurt for a chunk of damage. I have read that you can dodge them, since while she casts them AT a specific person, they do not CHASE that person as they travel. Keeping on the move constantly is one of our strong points as druids, so make use of your strengths. Regardless, these fireballs are why you want to keep everyone topped off, particularly the "squishies" such as mages. If you'd prefer, you can keep Razorscale targeted so that you can see who she is casting them at.
- Adds: these spawn out of tunneler vehicles in various locations, and are what your group is killing while Razorscale is in flight. Make sure you keep your party up, particularly when they grab the "big guy" who spawns in the center ring. Be especially mindful of healing your tanks when Razorscale lands (or rather, gets dragged out of the air with harpoons) and everyone moves behind her in the center circle, as the tanks will likely be turning their backs on several mobs while doing so.
- Harpoons: designate one or two players to fire off the harpoons as they become ready. Once 2 have been fired (in the 10-man version), Razorscale will be dragged down to the ground where the raid can commence beating on her. When this happens, all dps on adds should be stopped in favor of damaging the proto-drake, so I recommend holding off on the second harpoon until there are few adds remaining, and before the next wave spawns. Razorscale herself will do an aoe knockback when she gets loose from the harpoons' chains after a dazed period.
- Phase 2: at 50% health, she'll stay grounded. Keep behind the proto-drake and sorta off to the side, out of the way, and watch where your tanks might turn her as she's kited. This is a simple phase compared to phase 1, provided she is kited to get the tanks and dps out of the fire patches. Do not stand in front of her unless you are a tank. You may get bored as a healer in this phase and start pew-pewing, but make sure to keep rolling hots on the active tank amidst the wraths and moonfires. Tanks themselves will need to swap who is currently tanking to keep from getting more than 2 stacks of the Fused Armor debuff, which slows their movement.


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McNeese receives StormReady designation
McNeese State University has received the StormReady designation by the National Weather Service (NWS). On hand for the presentation are, from left, Roger Erickson, warning coordination meteorologist with the NWS in Lake Charles, Cinnamon Salvador, McNeese police chief, Dr. Philip Williams, McNeese president, and Andy Patrick, meteorologist-in-charge of the NWS in Lake Charles.
McNeese State University has received the StormReady designation by the National Weather Service (NWS).
McNeese is just the second university in Louisiana to receive the StormReady certification. In Louisiana, there are 16 StormReady sites including Calcasieu Parish and Lake Charles.
According to Andy Patrick, meteorologist-in-charge of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, the StormReady program provides communities, including universities, towns, cities, counties, parishes, Tribal nations and industrial complexes, with guidelines and procedures to better prepare advance communication and responses to hazardous weather events.
"Being storm ready reaffirms the university's commitment to the protection of life and property, which is the core mission of the NWS," Patrick said.
The StormReady program focuses on advanced planning, education and awareness. According to the NWS, no community is storm proof, but communities can be prepared and that may reduce the potential impacts caused by natural disasters.
Approved sites are required to have a 24-hour warning point for monitoring NWS alerts and warnings, an established 24-hour emergency operations center, multiple ways to receive severe weather warnings and forecasts and to alert the public, an established hazardous weather operations plan and ongoing training for emergency response personnel.
"This is a voluntary program," Cinnamon Salvador, McNeese police chief, said. "It was a good fit for McNeese because many of the requirements were already in place. Being proactive and submitting our communications, monitoring and emergency preparedness plans and operations for review by the NWS StormReady program helps us to continually focus on being prepared before a weather disaster strikes."
The NWS reports there are 1,881 StormReady sites in 48 states, Puerto Rico and Guam. Other Louisiana sites include Acadia, Bossier, Caddo, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Lafayette, Livingston, Ouachita, St. Charles, St. Landry, St. Martin and Union parishes, the University of Louisiana at Monroe and Dow Chemical-St. Charles Parish Operations.


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Have you been burned before and lost important data? Or do you lose sleep because of the fear of one day joining the ranks of those who have? Fear not, worried and jaded souls – there's a range of Linux backup tools that can help.
Such tools avoid the pitfalls of common data storage strategies, particularly those that begin and end with burning files on to optical media to free up a single hard disk. Such a method won't protect you from random disk failures or accidents, or back up your important configuration and temporary files.
Backup tools, however, enable you to identify important files and directories that are then constantly monitored and regularly backed up. If you back up the same directories regularly, how do you prevent redundancy of data in backup files, though?
Well, backup tools can perform incremental backups, which – after making a complete initial imprint of the directory – will then only make copies of new files or those that have changed since the last backup. So, for example, a backup of the Pictures directory on Tuesday will only contain files added or changed since last Saturday's backup.
Most backup tools nowadays also offer to compress your data so you can store it more efficiently. Then there are tools that will encrypt your data when making copies. There are also GUI and command line flavours – so use these pages as a guide to pick the best tool for your needs.
So what's the best Linux backup tool? Let's find out.
A vailable in most software repositories, Pybackpack is designed to be a friendly backup tool, and is notable for being easy to install manually thanks to its bundled Python installer script.
Its dependency list includes Python, PyGlade and PyGTK and a few other readily available tools. Once installed, you'll find it listed under System > Administration as 'File Backup Manager'.
Using Pybackpack is simple too. The default Home tab enables you to back up your /home directory. Clicking Go will burn its contents to a disc. You'll need the nautilus-cd-burner package before you can do this, though.
Most backup tools refer to each backup as a set. You can easily create your own sets via the Backup tab. This features a handy Exclude From Set button too, enabling you to specify particular files to leave out of backups made of a full directory. It's useful for trimming the fat.
When the New Backup Set wizard exits, press the Backup button at the bottom-right of the main window. This will create your backup in the specified directory. Make sure to provide a unique destination path for each backup set.
The backup creates two directories in the destination path – home and rdiff-backup-data. The former contains a copy of the files, while the latter holds data about incremental backups, error logs and so on. Pybackpack remembers each set you create and the files it contains, backing up only new or modified files thereafter.
When restoring a backup, you only need to specify the parent directory that contains the two directories. In case of incremental backups, you get the option to restore backups done on a specific date and time.
Version: 0.5.8
Price: Free/GPL
A lack of active development and compression options hold this back
Rating: 7/10
With Fwbackups, you can either perform on-demand backups or create sets and task Cron with automatically backing up your data. All this is conveniently offered from a slick graphical interface.
The buttons at the top of the interface enable you to choose which type of backup to use. Click One-Time Backup to create a backup of your data immediately. Note that Fwbackups will not treat this data as a set, so it can't be backed up incrementally.
You can choose an archive type, though – be that a tarball, compressed archive, or just a basic copy of the files. All the options are well explained and you can optionally set a Nice value too. This value denotes the importance of a process, and you can use it to prioritise resource allocation. It's especially useful when you're backing up large volumes of data and using compression.
When creating a backup set, in addition to opting for incremental backups, you can also specify Cron settings. In the Configure Set dialog box, click the Times tab to specify backup times. Then Fwbackups will automatically back up any changes made to the files in the specified directory at the times you chose.
You can save your backup to a local folder, a USB drive or to a remote server (using SSH). If you so command, Fwbackups will back up all subdirectories and hidden files in the backup path as well.
Back in the main interface, click the Backup Set Now button on the left to create the backup. Use the Restore Set button when you're ready to restore your backups. For incremental backups, you can also select the backup version to restore.
Version: 1.43
Price: Free/GPL
It's fast and with great options and documentation. Highly recommended.
Rating: 8/10


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The all-new BMW 6-Series Coupe 2012 heralds the arrival of an exceptionally sporty and exclusive 2+2-seater in the premium segment of top-class Coupes. The new model's extra length and width over its predecessor model combine with its 5-millimetre lower height to produce a strikingly low-set and powerful design. [Picture Update: Oct 11, 2011]


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Warm Up
If you prefer using free weights in your workout, the Chair and Dumbbell Workout is a good choice for you. You can pick weights that are appropriate for your level of fitness. As you get stronger you may want to move to a heavier weight. You'll also need a sturdy chair, like the one shown, with solid legs and no cushioning or slippery fabric.
Warm Up
- 4-5 minutes cardio equipment of choice, marching in place, or walking around
- 10 seconds of arm circles front; 10 seconds of arm circles to the back
- 12 high knee lifts (alternate 6 per side)
Knee Push-Up
Target: chest, shoulders, triceps, and core
- Kneel down and place your palms flat on the floor, directly in line below your shoulder joints, as shown. (You may want to place a towel or pillow just underneath your knees to prevent any knee discomfort.)
- Draw your belly button into your spine, activating your supercenter.
- Keep your body in one straight line; do not let your back arch excessively or let your body waver.
- For optimum neck alignment, keep your face down.
- Bend your arms to no more than a 90-degree angle, lowering your chest nearly to the floor.
- Do not arch your back excessively during the motion.
- Straighten your arms as you push your upper body up away from the floor.
- Keep your palms fixed at the same position and keep your body straight.
- Try not to bend or arch your upper or lower back as you push up.
- Continue for the recommended number of repetitions.
Tip: There actually are three variations of the push-up that you can do, if you wish: The wall push-up, the knee push-up, or the standard push-up shown at left. Perform the one that is most comfortable yet challenging for you at this point.
Single Arm Dumbbell Pull
Target: Back, biceps (elbow flexors), rear shoulder, and core
- Begin with your knees slightly bent, with one hand on a chair or bench for added stability.
- Grasp a dumbbell in one hand, and fully extend your arms toward the floor.
- Keep your upper body almost parallel to the floor, as shown.
- Look down to assure optimum neck alignment.
- Draw your belly button into your spine in order to activate your supercenter.
- Keep your body stable throughout the exercise.
- Pull the dumbbell up to where your elbow just passes your body.
- Your arm will form a 90-degree angle at the top of the motion.
- Extend the dumbbell back down to the starting position.
- Continue the exercise for the recommended number of repetitions and immediately perform the exercise on the other side.
Basic Squat Press
Target: Glutes, hamstrings, quadriceps (comprehensive lower body), and core
- Stand nice and tall with your feet and heels firmly planted to the floor, slightly further than shoulder-width apart and your toes pointed toward the front.
- Activate your supercenter by drawing your belly button in toward your spine.
- Grasp a dumbbell in each hand and hold them at your sides. (You may even do this squat press motion with no dumbbells at first; then add the dumbbells for more resistance when you feel that you are ready.)
- Keep your knees in a "neutral" position — not locked or hyperextended.
- Bend your knees to no more than 90 degrees (go to a comfortable range of motion).
- Make sure your knees track directly over your toes.
- Extend your rear end, as if you are attempting to sit down on a chair.
- Descend slowly to maximize every repetition.
- Return to the standing position.
- Continue for the recommended number of repetitions.
Tip: Place a chair or bench behind you, especially if you've never done this exercise before. When you do that you guarantee that you're performing this exercise with correct form because sitting is such a familiar motion.
More Exercises
Chair Bridge (pressing motion)
Target: Glutes and hamstrings (hip and thigh areas)
- Lie flat on your back.
- Place the backs of your feet and ankles on a chair or bench, with your knees bent.
- Rest your arms at your sides.
- Lift your hips and pelvic area up and toward your face while driving the backs of your feet into the chair or bench. Your rear end will come up off the floor.
- Raise the hips and pelvic area as high as you can, but do not exceed the range of motion shown.
- Lower toward the starting position, stopping just before your rear end hits the floor, and continue the exercise for the recommended number of repetitions.
Superman (Core)
Target: spinal erectors, low back, and glutes
- Lie facedown on a mat with your arms fully extended overhead and your legs straight.
- For optimal spinal alignment, keep your face toward the mat. (If this arm position feels uncomfortable in your neck and shoulder, you can place your arms at your sides.)
- Lift your arms, your chest, and your legs off of the mat, as through you are flying.
- Hold this position for 10-15 seconds.
- Note that you are holding this Superman position and not performing the number of reps like you may do in the other exercises.
- Continue the exercise for the recommended number of static repetitions.
Standard Crunch (Core)
Target: Entire abdominal region
- Lie on your back on an exercise mat.
- Bend your knees and place your feet on the floor.
- Place your hands behind your head for added neck support.
- Look up at the ceiling to maintain optimal spinal alignment.
- Leading with your chest, raise your upper body toward your knees while keeping your hips stable.
- Lower and continue the exercise for the recommended number of repetitions.
- Do not rush this motion, especially on the downward phase.
Workout Summary
Follow this routine 30 minutes a day, three days a week on alternative days. For three of the days that you aren't doing the routine, you'll do 30 minutes a day of Metabolic Burst Training. The other day is for resting.
|Week 1
|Week 2
|Week 3
|Week 4
|Knee Push-Up
|2 sets of 10 reps
|2-3 sets of 10 to 12 reps
|3 sets of 10 to 12 reps
|3 sets of 12 reps
|Single Arm Dumbbell Pull
|2 sets of 10 reps (on each side)
|2-3 sets of 10 to 12 reps (on each side)
|3 sets of 12 reps (on each side)
|3 sets of 10 reps (on each side) with added resistance
|Basic Squat Press
|2 sets of 10 reps
|2-3 sets of 10 to 12 reps
|3 sets of 12 reps
|3 sets of 10 reps with added resistance
|Chair Bridge
|2 sets of 10 reps
|2-3 sets of 10 to 12 reps
|3 sets of 12 reps
|3 sets of 10 reps with added resistance
|2 sets of 3 (static) reps
|2-3 sets of 3 (static) reps
|3 sets of 3 (static) reps
|3 sets of 3 (static) reps
|Standard Crunch
|2 sets of 10 reps
|2-3 sets of 10 to 12 reps
|3 sets of 12 reps
|3 sets of 12 reps
*Increase the resistance when it begins to feel too light or too easy.


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On 8 July, during her official visit to the Republic of Ghana, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, met with the President of the Republic H.E. Mr John Dramani Mahama.
The President highlighted that over the years UNESCO has been a friend of the developing world, providing technical cooperation, policy advice and sharing best practices. Referring to Ghana's significant economic growth over the past few years, the President underscored the need to sustain it through broader access to quality education, improving gender parity, reducing mortality as well as alleviating hunger. He underlined one of the major challenges facing the country, to integrate young people in the labour market. To address this challenge, he called for UNESCO's support to raise the significance and profile of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
President Mahama also emphasized on the need of UNESCO's assistance to improve access to secondary education, promoting STI and mathematics education, as well as sustainable cultural tourism at World heritage sites related to the Slave Trade.
The Director-General commended Ghana for its achievements of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), with particular reference to MDG 1 (eradicate extreme poverty and hunger) and 2 (achieve universal primary education) and reiterated UNESCO's readiness to provide technical assistance to the country.
The Director-General underlined Ghana's strengths in its stable democracy and inclusive development. She committed UNESCO to support the country in addressing the challenges highlighted by the President, especially to accompany the country's efforts to develop human resources and capacity. The Director-General recalled also UNESCO's advocacy efforts to put culture on the global agenda as an enabler of development.
On the same day, Mrs Irina Bokova met the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs Hanna Tetteh, and the Minister of Education, H.E. Mrs Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang. They exchanged views about the sub-regional situation, UNESCO's current financial situation and its impact on the Organization's operation and particularly on its work in Ghana. During the meeting, both Ministers highlighted the Organization's valuable work.
The Director-General also attended a meeting with line Ministries related to UNESCO's mandate, chaired by the Minister of Education. The Minister warmly welcomed the Director-General as the first woman to lead the Organisation since its creation. She briefly presented the situation of the education sector in Ghana. Due to the importance of TVET for youth mobilization and social inclusion, she called for rebranding technical and vocational education and appealed for the support of media and other partners. With regard to girls education, the Minister emphasized the need to strengthen the teaching of science and technology and mathematics. The meeting also reviewed cooperation between UNESCO and Ghana in the areas of conservation and sustainable use of natural resources through the network of Biosphere Reserves, bioethics, social transformation, gender equality and cultural heritage and industries.
Throughout her official visit to Ghana, the Director-General is accompanied by the Minister of Education, the Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Ghana to UNESCO, H.E. Mrs Genevieve Delali Tsegah, and the Secretary-General of Ghana National Commission for UNESCO, Mrs Charity Amamoo.


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CAMPAIGNERS behind attempts to reopen Leith Waterworld have launched an appeal for skilled professionals to get involved with the new project, after city leaders took the dramatic decision to back the community bid.
Time to wade
Splashback, which was set up to save the axed flume pool, has now been given the green light to pursue a relaunch. Edinburgh City Council will release £100,000 in funds and provide sports officials to support work on the plan.
Officials had published a highly-critical report of the proposals – which would see the community run the facility – but councillors went against them during a crunch meeting at the City Chambers yesterday.
Campaigners now have until December to work on a revised business case. As part of the move they are appealing for city residents with expertise in governance, finance, fundraising and pool engineering to dedicate time to help relaunch the pool in 2014. They also intend to pursue funding from the Big Lottery.
Splashback's Jonathan Gailey said: "We're clearly very chuffed at this decision. From the start, we recognised the social value of Leith Waterworld to children and families, those with disabilities and vulnerable people, but the council saw this purely in terms of cost.
"What is really gratifying is that, 14 months down the line, after all this hard work, no-one is questioning the social value that Waterworld has to Leith and Edinburgh more broadly."
The Splashback bid is based around longer opening hours and new facilities, including a soft play area, reducing the subsidy needed to run the venue from £340,000 a year to just under £20,000 a year after three years.
The Labour-SNP administration, led by council leader Andrew Burns, had previously been opposed to the scheme but in September gave campaigners extra time to mount a new business case.
Mr Gailey added: "Now whenever we sit down with the council we all have the same shared goal and we are all committed to that, which is how to reopen the pool.
"This next stage is focusing on delivery and that will involve additional help, people with experience in governance, social enterprise, fundraising, and pool operation. It will also mean applying for Big Lottery funding, which the council is not eligible for but we as a community group are."
Splashback said the cost of reopening the pool is between £87,000 and £155,000, but it will attempt to raise around £400,000 to install a cafe, soft play area and new entrance to boost its appeal.
Leith Waterworld had been run as a loss-making business since opening in May 1992 on the site of the former Leith Central Station. The decision to close and sell the pool was taken in 2005. Splashback campaigned vigorously to keep the pool open, but it shut in January 2012. Richard Lewis, the city's culture and leisure leader, said despite the decision there is a great deal of work to deliver the project. He said: "I want to acknowledge the considerable time and effort that Splashback have committed to their bid thus far.
"While there remains a tremendous amount of work to be done in the months ahead, we want to give the community the best possible chance of success by providing the necessary funding and support toward taking their proposals to the next phase.
"We owe it to the people of Edinburgh to do everything we can to preserve this valuable community asset."


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Association of Company Emergency Response Teams (Singapore)
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Singapore Standard Time Singapore Time)
Event Details
Date: 12 May 2015, Monday
Time: 9.00am to 6pm
Duration: 1 Day
Training Fees: S$440 per pax for A-CERTS Members / $530 per pax for non-members (WSQ funding available for this course)
Accreditation: WSQ Advanced Certificate Module / SCDF: 10 CPD points / SISO: 7 SDU Points
This course is designed to equip participants from various industries with CERT team with skills and knowledge to manage their incidents effectively at their premises as a Site Incident Controller (SIC) or incident leader.
This is also a WSQ module accreditated by WDA.
Aim of This Course
This competency unit covers the skills and knowledge required by the person in charge of a facility to implement the incident management process during an emergency incident in a process facility. This unit covers the approach, structure, tools, processes, communication methods that can be utilised during an emergency incident.
Who Should Attend?
This course aims to provide people already workin in the process industry with the skills and knowledge required to Implement Incident Management Process. It is targeted at individuals who are currently supervisors or senior technicians from all sectors such as:
- Process Industry
- Construction Industry
- Hospitality Industry
- Retail Industry
- Healthcare Industry
- Commercial Industry
The competency unit would be appropriate for those with operational responsibilities.
Course Content
1. The implications of statutory and organisational requirements.
2. Standard operational requirements.
3. The value of a well written Incident Management Plan.
4. The functional approach to Incident Management.
5. Characteristics of the plant, equipment and facility and associated facilities during emergency situations.
6. Importance of maintaining effective communications (fixed or mobile) with relevant personnel (supervisors, operators, etc).
7. The roles and responsibilities of Incident Management Team members.
8. Command and control principles and techniques.
9. Types of Incident Management tools and resources.
10. Types of appropriate emergency response equipment.
11. Incident mitigating and suppression techniques and strategies.
12. Transition from mitigation operation phase to recovery phase.
13. Emergency response evaluation and debriefs.
14. Identification and communications to relevant stakeholders and government agencies.
What Will You Get Upon Completion?
A Statement of Attainment (SOA) issued by WDA upon completion of assessment.
Do You Need Any Pre-requisite(s) to Attend This?
Preferrably have some experience in the CERT.
How much is the training fees?
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Company sponsored participants (Singaporeans & PRs) can apply for subsidies under the WSQ funding scheme. For more details of the subsidies, please refer to www.skillsconnect.gov.sg.
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The FCC, in a remarkable display of optimism, has decreed that as part of the national broadband plan that they're about to present to congress, 100 million Americans will have 100 Mbps internet by, um, 2010. Good luck with that, fellas. Anyway, it's not like the FCC is going to start offering you high speed internet packages for cheap; rather, they'll be trying to get congress to pass legislation to prod telecoms into pulling the US out of a glorified dial-up age.
As part of that process, the FCC would like to know how fast your internet is. By finding out where broadband service is the worst (or doesn't exist), they'll know where to focus their resources, with the welcome side effect of exposing the differences between the kind of services that telecoms promise, and what they actually deliver.
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Broadway's David Cryer '58 Heads Cast of DePauw Theatre's The Crucible
November 3, 2012
Broadway star and DePauw University alumnus David Cryer leads the cast of a new production of Arthur Miller's Tony-award winning play, The Crucible, which opens next week at DePauw University. Described by the New York Times as a "powerful drama", Miller's play focuses on the troubling times of Salem, Massachusetts in the late 1600's. After a group of girls are found in the forest late one night, one girl, Betty Parris, falls comatose. Uncertain of the girls' actions, the townspeople of Salem begin to suspect witchcraft. Thus begins a tale of endless accusations and a ruthless witch-hunt against young women.
The second play of DePauw Theatre's 2012-13, The Crucible is directed by Susan Anthony, and opens Thursday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Moore Theatre, located within DePauw's Green Center for the Performing Arts (the opening night performance will be followed by a reception in the Great Hall). Two more performances will be held that weekend on Friday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m.(with a talk back immediately following the performance) and Sunday, Nov. 11 at 5 p.m. There will be five additional performances on Tuesday, Nov. 13 through Saturday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. The extended performance schedule is part of the DePauw campus-wide conversation about Miller's The Crucible.
The production is presented with support from the PNC Foundation.
David Cryer, a 1958 graduate of DePauw, has returned to his alma mater to perform as Deputy-Governor Danforth in the production. His wife, choreographer and actress Britt Swanson, will portray Rebecca Nurse. Cryer and his wife, as well as other local actors, will participate in the production alongside current DePauw students. The cast also includes Larry Sutton, professor emeritus of communication and theatre at the University.
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n in the original Broadway production of Evita for more than 1,000 performances. From 2006 to 2011, Cryer performed the role of opera manager Firmin in the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera, after performing the role for years on national tours.
Cryer also has appeared regularly in film and television, with a starring role on TV's Days of Our Lives and appearances in Law & Order, Dallas
and Wonder Woman. His big-screen credits include roles in Escape from Alcatraz and American Gigolo.
Britt Swanson has performed in several Broadway productions,
including The Desert Song, Shelter and Come Summer.
A dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, Miller wrote The Crucible as an allegory of McCarthyism, when the U.S. government blacklisted accused communists. As such, the play drew attention towards Arthur Miller for his political activities. In 1956, Arthur Miller was questioned by the House Committee of Un-American Activities and was later convicted of "contempt of congress" for his refusal to give up names of people who participated in similar activities.
The play opened on Broadway in 1953 in Martin Beck Theater. Despite hostile reception and Miller's thoughts that the performance was too stylized and cold, The Crucible won a Tony Award for "Best Play" that year. It has been adapted for film in 1958 by Jean-Paul Sartre and in 1996 by Arthur Miller himself. Miller's adaption won an Academy Award for "Best Screenplay Based on Previously Produced Material." The play was also adapted into an opera by Robert Ward in 1961, receiving the Pulitzer Prize.
Tickets for The Crucible are $3 for students and $6 for adults and are available for purchase online via this link or by calling the Green Center Box Office at (765) 658-4827.
You're also invited to meet the accusers and the accused at a "Witch Trial" on Friday, November 9, 11:40 a.m.-12:20 p.m. in Moore Theatre as the cast of DePauw Theatre's The Crucible previews the famous "trial" scene, featuring the cast of the production. The preview is free and open to all.
In 2009, David Cryer was presented with an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from DePauw. A summary -- including video clips -- may be accessed here.Back


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A gradual transition with clear boundaries that you stick to. The most important thing is to stick to whatever plan you have and don't go back or regress if it's a little tough at first. Wavering only causes more confusion for your child. I think staying with them until they fall asleep at first then slowly transitioning into a routine like a set number of books and then hugs and kisses and you leave works best. I strongly disagree with using TV/movies to put children to sleep. It's a bad habit and more and more studies show it negatively affects sleep patterns.
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What are the best ways to transition a toddler to falling asleep on her own?
We all want our kids to learn independence as they grow older, and one step toward that goal is helping our toddlers learn to fall asleep on their own. What are your best tips for making this a smooth transition?
When my daughter was born we sold our house and moved into an apartment with my mother for what we thought would be a short while. She slept in a cot at the foot of our bed. She is 1 year 9 months now and last week we finally moved into our new home. My greatest fear was putting her in a bed in her own room in a new home! I made sure to fill her room with all her familiar toys and I also bought a little doll's house to help her understand the concept of a new home with separate rooms for doing different things and especially, to show her that mummy sleeps in a different room to her. I was pleasantly surprised. She loved being in her own bed. I followed the same bathtime routine and put her straight to bed; lay down with her for a few minutes and off she went. The first two nights she woke up crying at around 4 am and I was too exhausted to try and calm her down so I simply carried her to our bed. The third night I waited through her cry till she fell back asleep. By the fourth night she slept through the night till 6 am and she was able to establish her new routine. Actually, she seems more settled in the new house than I am!
I have an 11 month old, I still cant get to her to sleep on her own. I give her a bottle, sing to her, Im currently at the stage of taking her to tresilian (seeing Dr next week). I won't let her cry herself to sleep because to me it's slack. Some nights it takes my 2 hours to get her to bed, it's exhausting. Once she goes to sleep she lasts about 3 hours, she'll wake up crying for milk or a dummy. Am I the only one this has happened too?
She is only 11 months. It takes time. A technique that my dad used when I was a baby and continues to use on his grandchildren does work. He leans over the crib and pats the baby's butt until he/she falls asleep. It's his way of letting the baby know, "I'm here but I'm not picking you up because it's bed time."
a nice supper 4 an 11 month old who is waking up 4 milk.. may be becoz she hungry?
My daughter is 2 and i go through the exact same thing as you everynight it doesn't matter if she is in her own bed or sleeping with me she'll still wake and want her bottle and me there to go back to sleep
My daughter is 9 months old and I'm having the hardest time putting her to bed also. A few weeks ago I had no problem at all but now I'll lay her in her crib after rocking her to bed and with second she opens her eyes and reaches for me. I'll grab her so she doesnt cry but then shes at it trying to crawl away and play with her toys. Mind you this is about 10 pm so I know shes exhausted. Finally after about 2 hours I've had enough and rock her to sleep again after that i'll lay her down and she sleeps but then about 3-4 later she wakes up and to be picked up at this point there is no rocking her to sleep she'll have to sleep in my arms until she finally decides to wake up around 7:30am. What do i do, I'm physically exhausted right now and I'm a single mommy at the moment since my husband is deployed. PLEASE HELP!!!
We've been lucky with our little guy who's been sleeping through the night since about 6 weeks old. I know every baby is different but routines have worked really well with this little guy. We've also learned his likes and dislikes and adjusted routines to suit how he likes to fall asleep. Here's what we did:
1. Set a bed time and stuck to it. We'd give him his last feeding and lay him down to sleep at a set time between 7:30 and 8:30 depending on how feedings went during the day.
2. Allow him to learn self-soothing. Not necessarily from letting him "cry it out" but trying a number of different techniques so he would learn ways to calm himself down at night. We tried music (singing), rocking, mobile, etc. What really worked was rocking with him until his eyes got heavy then laying him down. He wasn't exactly asleep so he learned that to fully fall asleep, he had to do that last little bit.
Now, at age 2, he actually asks us to go to bed and sings himself to sleep if he's having difficulty calming down. The transition to a toddler bed didn't interrupt his sleep schedule and he'll do bedtime just about anywhere we are (grandma's house, hotel, etc.).
We run through the good stuff that happened that day. Grab two books one read normal the other is read with her eyes closed addlibbing due to no pictures seen. Good for the imagination. Some times we mix it up by reciting the first book. Then we leave the room if we have not fallen asleep first while reciting.
We also have the rule if you sleep in your own bed we will come in and read books but some times she really wants to sleep in ours here she must go to sleep by herself and we will move her later.
I mostly agree with Mariah, however I am a firm believer that the child should learn to adapt to the parent's and not the parents to the child. It is okay to follow a schedule but not to the point where the child does not know how to cope outside of it. Life sometimes gets in the way of a schedule so the best way to keep your child in the range of a bedtime routine is simply to get them exhausted. I tried everything with my kids (6, 3, 2) to get them to sleep at roughly the same time every night and it never really worked. I learned early on with my second child that a nap in the day (no matter how short or long) would cause him to stay up until midnight. So I cut out the nap during the day and bedtime is a breeze. The same thing for my youngest....no nap in the day (although she gets really cranky between 4-5 pm) and she is in bed between 7:30 and 8:00 pm. Sometimes I hold her and whisper in her ear, other times she asks to be put in her bed and sleep on her own. I choose not to read a story every night because if I can't do it one night it won't upset them and they can still sleep without it. This is how it works at our house, it may or may not work for you. You really just have to experiment. I hope it works out for you. Good Luck!
My 17 month old son will not sleep straight through the night. He will go to sleep around 9:30 then wake at 2:30a.m. He looks for his sippy cup with milk. Next, he wakes at 5 ish and does the same thing. Should I just give him one sippy cup of milk to fall asleep and the let him cry it out when he wakes again.....
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Hello! I am a fellow mama and a sleep training consultant. I have a lot of experience with helping parents of toddlers find a solution that works for them. There is hope!
If you don't feel ready to hire a professional, there are a few books I could recommend. You can contact me on my website and let me know what your current routine is and what your goals are and I can let you know some tips to help you on your way and if you feel you need more support, I am available for that also!
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How about white noise? I use this iphone app which plays soothing noises. You can record your own sounds or voice too.
So, I have a two year old daughter and a four month old son. My daughter has been on a schedule since she was two weeks old. I was lucky. When I had to transition her to go to sleep in her own bed, I simply laid her in her crib and let her cry it out for 15 minutes. Then I would go in, pat her head and give her a bottle. Crying makes them even sleepier, so when you calm them down afterward they fall asleep comforted. Repeat this for a week and then theyll go to bed when you lay them down. Whatever you do, DO NOT PICK THEM UP OR GIVE IN!! All that is going to do is show them they can get their way with you. I am transitioning my son now and its going great. Establish authority now and you wont have many problems later.
My son is 21/2yrs old. We always put him to bed awake as a baby. Somewhere along the line he started needing us to lay with him till he falls asleep. Sometimes it takes almost 2hrs. Most nights 45min. He also wakes up nightly once a night and cries for us. We now have a 8month old girl, whom still wakes 3 times a night. We have no idea what to do and are so exhausted. We get a average of 4hrs sleep a night. We have tried many options and nothing seems to work. I really think it just depends on the kids!
My son is 4 and has always gone to sleep by himself. We follow a routine: Bath, brushing teeth, reading anywhere from 2-5 books (depending on how late it is), hugs and kisses with a few stall tactics thrown in (glass of water or idle chit chat). But he's overall very good about going to bed. There are nights that he will tell me he wants to go to bed around 7:30 pm (his normal bed time). On the occasion that he asks me to sleep with him, I go through a list of everyone who sleeps alone (cousins, friends, myself). What probably helps him fall asleep is that we have a dog who he does not go to bed without and vice versa. I am not a fan of the dog but they really do love each other.
Sometimes I don't know why people want to have kids when all they care about is them selves. Put your child first until they are 5. The important brain development happens from 0-5. Show more compassion folks. "Cry to sleep" has been proven to cause ADD and worse. No wonder ADD is on the rise in this country.
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