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Aphrodite IX:
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- Standard Gear
- No Prep
- Random Encounter
- No BFR
- Win by KO, Death or Incap
What can Aphrodite do?
She's a synthetic human. Not as skilled a fighter as Bucky but she has some pretty good feats:
Durability to take a freefall from a Skyscraper completely unharmed:
Due her being a synthetic human she has a healing factor. Here she gets shot through the chest multiple times and also demonstrates speed fast enough to avoid grenade shrapnel as it explodes:
Demonstrates Martial arts training before getting blown up and doesn't seem injured at all:
Another showing of extensive martial arts training and also shows the durability high enough to take 2 RPG rockets:
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She also has a battle computer that allows her to find weak spots, decide the best course of action and tell her what the enemy is:
Hrm. I'd go with Winter Soldier based on fighting skills.
I'll go with aphrodite, as I'm not sure this is going get into h2h combat.
edit: even if it did aphrodite is highly durable.
@strider92: She seems pretty impressive. All though just one question about her combat computer. Does it allow her to predict enemy patterns? Like will she be able to predict which way Bucky is going to dodge for example?
@strider92: She seems pretty impressive. All though just one question about her combat computer. Does it allow her to predict enemy patterns? Like will she be able to predict which way Bucky is going to dodge for example?
No its not like pre-cog as far as I can tell. Its more of a preliminary scan. Ie: it'll tell her the enemies powers, what species they are, if they have weakspots etc.... however it does tell her the best course of action. For example in that scan there the computer told her the best way to deal with them was via headshot. It's not pre-cog more of a guide to the best way to handle a situation before the fight begins.
@strider92: I think she might have the edge here due to her durability and healing.
I know nothing about Aphrodite, but if she is a synthetic human then she is at a big disadvantage once Bucky EMPs here or electrically shocks her system as his electric shocks have gone through the registration act shield agents that were teched up by Stark.
Bucky is also quite durable. His suit is impact resistant and bullet proof like his Captain America outfit. He also uses his mechanical arm to block a lot of attacks like arrows, gunshot like projectiles and sharp objects like sword strikes.
If she is immune to EMPs and Electrical shocks then I don't know who has an edge.
Aphrodite would win.
As aforementioned, it depends if she has any defense against Bucky's EMP. If not, I don't see why Winter Soldier couldn't just shut her down with his mechanical arm.
But if it comes down to actual combat, it seems as though Aphrodite does have the advantage with overall speed and strength. But Bucky himself has defeated physically stronger enemies before, and he often uses his skill in HTH to his advantage. He's also displayed enough speed to dodge near-PB blasts from Iron Man's repulsors, and his mechanical arm itself can even tear off the Extremis faceplate (an armor hard enough to withstand blows from the Sentry).
All that being said though...I don't know enough about Aphrodite to make an informed decision. But based on the showings so far, I'd say that Aphrodite would take a slight majority, though Bucky would put up a good fight.
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The Daily Plant : Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Remembering Diane Wolkstein, Parks Storyteller Who Entertained Generations
Diane Wolkstein (1942-2013), who since 1967 performed storytelling in our parks for children and the young at heart, died on January 31 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Wolkstein was born in Newark, New Jersey, and raised in Maplewood. She graduated from Smith College and earned a Masters in education from Bank Street College. She later worked in Paris as a teacher, while studying mime.
In June 1967 she began her career at Parks (hired at a salary of $40 a week) by telling stories to children at the Hans Christian Andersen statue just west of Central Park's Conservatory Water (the model boat pond). Continuing to perform at the sculpture for decades--her last performance there was on September 15, 2012--she also directed countless other practitioners of the storytelling arts. The program she founded would become the longest running free storytelling program in the United States.
Wolkstein's success was linked to her unique approach to storytelling that appealed to all ages and embraced diverse cultures. Among her best known stories were tales of the Haitian countryside, where she spent seven years of her life, and those of Australian Aborigines. In 2007 she launched a storytelling marathon in Central Park called CelebrateStory, which brought together 20 storytellers from varied backgrounds to perform.
Also in the same year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared June 22 "Diane Wolkstein Day" to commemorate her then 40 years of storytelling for New York City. In addition to her work with Parks, Wolkstein authored 23 books on folklore, and hosted "Stories with Diane Wolkstein" that aired on WNYC radio for seventeen years.
Wolkstein was part of a broader revival of the storytelling tradition that had its origins in the 1960s. She traveled widely and performed on five continents. This past year our office caught up with Wolkstein regarding her career and its impact. Speaking of the Central Park storytelling, she commented, "It is the model on which storytelling programs have blossomed throughout the United States. I am always receiving letters and calls asking help from people in different cities and places who want to set up similar programs in their own towns or cities. Hundreds of storytellers have been trained in their profession by telling at the Park."
She continued, "And what is most dear to me is that hundreds of children return to bring their children! And now their grandchildren!! Imagine such a tradition in the heart of New York City."
And so to Diane Wolkstein, kids from 3 to 93 thank you.
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"Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"They are a great football team. They've got good players, they've got good athletes. They played very well. One thing I found out a little bit about our football team tonight was a little bit about our character. When you're pressed and things are good early and all of a sudden the tide starts to turn, do you fight back? Do you go out there? I will tell you that every single kid on our football team – every single time they took the field, regardless of whether we were up by ten or down by ten, it didn't make any difference, they were going out there to compete."
On Brandon Tate:
"He's a very good athlete… I think it was important for our football team to understand that coming into season people really truly are going to focus so much on [Hakeem] Nicks as a wide receiver. It was critical for Tate and Brooks Foster and some of those guys to step up… Brandon certainly is electrifying. He gave us a great chance to get back into the game and I am very proud of the way he played."
On Yates:
"I'm very pleased with T.J. He's going to make mistakes. Our coaching staff clearly has an understanding that he is a young kid. This is his second football game in his college life. I think he has shown the ability to make plays and he will grow and get better. Our whole football team – the number of freshmen that are playing, the number of red-shirt freshman to get out there and play – they're going to make mistakes and they are going to be painful mistakes.
"But they are going to get better. They only chance we have to grow as a football team is for the young guys to keep playing, to keep getting better. There's nobody who is an old, experienced veteran. Every game we've got left is a chance for us to get better as a football program."
"You have to learn not to look at the scorecard. It's so insignificant. You play until the game is over. You learn to compete. You learn to go out and give effort. Some things are totally out of our control. We can't control the other team. We can't control the weather. W can control our effort. We have to do a better job at executing as a football team. We'll continue to grow as a football team."
Trimane Goddard
On the defensive front failing to get adequate pressure on Pinkney:
"I think our front four did a good job. We just had some mental lapses in the game, you know. A couple of mental errors that cost us a couple of key first downs."
On what this game showed him about this team:
"It tells us that we've got a lot of fight. We didn't give up – we could have easily given up. That shows a lot about our character."
On defending a running quarterback like Pinkney:
"It's not too difficult. You just have to focus in and play your responsibility – that's all you have to do. It happened to me once, so it's not like it's just my teammates. It happened to me also."
T.J. Yates
On how the offense performed:
"I thought we played pretty good, we just hit a slump there… We got it going again there at the end, but we need to do it all game long next time."
On the fumbled snap:
"It was loud out there. Those fans out there are crazy, and it's really hard to hear, even with a person right in front of you. It was really loud out there."
On if the running game is holding the offense back:
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"We played very hard. We just made mental mistakes tonight and I think that cost us in the end."
On not putting more pressure on Pinkney:
"We thought we could get to him with a four-man rush, and obviously, sometimes we didn't do that. I think the defensive line, as a unit, we've got to get into film tomorrow and critique every rush that we did tonight. Their offensive line played a [heck] of a game, the quarterback made plays with his feet, and like I said, we just made mental mistakes."


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- He even believed,—or thought he believed,— in banshees.
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Natura, which first unveiled a recall of certain lots of its dry pet food last week, said sampling by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and the Georgia Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of salmonella in additional dry cat food and a cat pet treat. The company is recalling products made in the surrounding timeframe. No canned wet food is affected by the recall.
These affected products were sold through veterinary clinics and select pet-specialty retailers in the U.S., Canada, Korea, Malaysia, Japan, Hong Kong and Costa Rica, as well as online.
The dry cat food affected by the recall has expiration dates ranging from Jan. 1, 2014, to March 24, 2014. The dry cat treats have expiration dates from July 1, 2013, to September, 27 2013.
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The company said pets with salmonella infections may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever and vomiting. Some pets will have only decreased appetite, fever and abdominal pain. Infected but otherwise healthy pets can be carriers and infect other animals or humans.
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Producer Dot Da Genius is looking to cash out in more ways than one with his pending divorce from singer Jhené Aiko. 140 more words
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Kid Cudi fans around the world were saddened to hear the news late Tuesday night, October 3rd that he had indeed checked himself into rehab… 585 more words
This past Saturday, Jhene Aiko spoke out on why she filed for divorce from Dot Da Genius. The now deleted tweet said that Aiko was "glad to be free from all the drugs, depression and confrontation." Although she didn't say it outright, many inferred from the statement that Dot had abused Aiko in some way. 175 more words
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Banks continue to discriminate against minorities. Cities across the country suffer because of this institutional conduct. Cities should continue to enforce the housing laws against banks and insurance companies on behalf of its inhabitants.
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The purpose of this Blog is to update the fair housing community and consumers on current issues dealing with fair housing and lending discrimination issues. Your participation and comments are encouraged and welcomed.
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Apr 22, 2016
DOJ continues to hold banks accountable for the 2008 financial crisis.
The Department of Justice holds Goldman Sachs accountable for their part in the lending collapse of 2008. The Department and Goldman agreed to $5.06 billion settlement.
DOJ alleged that prior to 2008 Goldman Sachs was falsely assuring investors that the securities it was selling to them were backed by sound mortgages. These securities are referred to as Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS). Goldman Sachs was fully aware that the RMBS they were selling were not backed by sound mortgages. This illegal action led investors to buy these security-backed mortgages, which ultimately failed when the mortgagees defaulted on their mortgage payments. These continuous defaults from multiple pools of mortgages led to the housing bubble bursting. The banks were no longer bringing in money from the loans and the investors were losing their investments. Goldman Sachs' actions cost both private and government entities billions.
Goldman Sachs failure to do their required due diligence led to these illegal actions. Giant banks, such as Goldman Sachs, purchased these mortgages from smaller lending firms and banks and then became the creditor for the mortgagee. Goldman Sachs then sold securities backed by these mortgages. A practice that is common if they are backed by sound and quality loans. However, this is where Goldman Sachs failed in their due diligence. It was Goldman Sachs responsibility to do research on the loans before purchasing them. They were to test a portion of the loan pool to see if they were quality loans. Testing a portion is common in the industry because testing all of the loans would be highly economically inefficient. Goldman Sachs tested these loan pools, however in pools where there were high levels of quality questions, instead of doing further testing and research, they passed the loans through. This led to a large amount of poor quality loans being used to back the securities that Goldman Sachs was selling to these investors. This action is illegal and led directly to the crashing of the housing market and costing the investors and the government billions. Goldman Sachs knew that there were issues with a portion of the loans they were using to back securities and yet they did it anyways.
The Justice Department in accompaniment with state and federal partners has led the charge to bring banks such as Goldman Sachs to justice. They did so with Goldman Sachs with the largest settlement today, $5.06 billion, to be parted three ways. The first $2.385 billion will be used to pay the fines under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcements Act (FIRREA). The next $1.8 billion will be used to help those that have suffered from the housing crisis. It will be used to help those that are underwater on their mortgages, restructuring other mortgages, and the forgiveness of mortgage loans all together. The last $875 million will be used to pay settlements with federal and state entities.
DOJ sees this as a step in the right direction to bringing responsible parties to justice. With the successes of the cases against JP Morgan Chase and now Goldman Sachs, DOJ and those involved are confident that it is holding parties responsible for the 2008 disaster. The recession that was primarily caused by the burst of the housing market bubble. DOJ has dedicated itself to holding these banks and firms responsible for their actions since the bubble burst in 2008. https://www.rt.com/usa/339247-goldman-sachs-settlement-mortgages/
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48 years of Prohibiting Discrimination
48 years of Prohibiting Discrimination
Forty-eight years ago this month, on April 11, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed the federal Fair Housing Act, which prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, sex, handicap and family status. This important law also made it unlawful for a housing provider to make, print or publish any statement or advertisement that states a preference based on these classes. Let us not forget this eventful day by reminding people we know of the current state of the law and the rights afforded to victims of discrimination. http://www.oak-park.us/news/april-fair-housing-month
Sep 1, 2015
The clash between disability law, medical marijuana law and criminal law--what gives?
In a case of first impression the District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan ruled that a recipient of a legal medical card to use marijuana for medical purposes was not entitle to a reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act and that the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act was preempted by the Controlled Substance Act.
The Plaintiff suffered from Multiple Sclerosis and received social security supplemental income. The Plaintiff's doctor prescribed medical marijuana to help with her symptoms. The state of Michigan provided Plaintiff with a medical marijuana card pursuant to the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act.
Plaintiff began smoking marijuana in her apartment. The landlord filed for eviction due to her smoking. Plaintiff requested reasonable accommodations under the Fair Housing Act. The complex is project-based, Section 8, federally assisted and the lease states that Defendant "may terminate the agreement for various reasons, including: drug-related criminal activity engaged in on or near the premises by any Resident, household member, or guest, or any such activity engaged in on the premises by any other person under the Resident's control; "if the landlord determines that the Resident, any member of the Resident's household, a guest or another person under the Resident's control has engaged in the criminal activity, regardless of whether the Resident, any member of the Resident's household, a guest or another person under the Resident's control has been arrested or convicted for such activity." Forest City Residential Management v. Lashawn Beasley and Eugene Kenyon, Case No. 13-14547 (E.D. Mich. 2014)
For the full opinion see: http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/michigan/miedce/2:2013cv14547/285993/37/
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Jun 25, 2015
The question of whether "disparate impact" is a legal
and valid theory of discrimination under the Fair
housing Act is finally answered by our highest Court:
The Supreme Court in, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ET AL. v.
AL., affirmed that the Fair Housing Act of 1968 as Amended
in 1988, does allow not only claims for intentional
discrimination but also for claims that cover practices that
have a discriminatory effect even if not motivated by an
intent to discriminate.
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Feb 17, 2015
The Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York has repeatedly sued private landlords and, in its most high-profile case, sued Westchester County, NY, for violating federal racial equality laws. Of the millions of dollars awarded to the ADC, it appears that ADC has not distributed any of the proceeds to develop affordable housing in the past five years.
"It's frightening to think that there are self-deputized social-equity arbiters who are running around bringing costly racial quota lawsuits against communities that taxpayers have to fund," said Mike Stenhouse, founder of the Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity. "The end result is that they can grab millions in taxpayer dollars in a judgment and keep it to themselves rather than spending it on the cause that they claim they are promoting." www.watchdog.orghttp://watchdog.org/199374/non-profit-hoards-millions/
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Dec 2, 2014
The District Court for the District of Columbia has Ruled on HUD's Disparate Impact Regulation
The HUD regulation dealing with the theory of discrimination under "disparate impact" was reviewed and ruled on by Judge Richard J. Leon, for the District of Columbia. He ruled that the administration cannot rely on "disparate impact" to judge discrimination. This is another attack on the theory and civil rights groups that use the theory to sue parties when there is no overt intentional discrimination.
Judge Leon went on to criticize the administration , Judge Leon said the administration's bid to establish disparate impact as a legitimate measure of discrimination showed "hutzpah (bordering on desperation)." "This is yet another example of an administrative agency trying desperately to write into law that which Congress never intended to sanction," Judge Leon wrote in a scorching opinion that described Obama administration attorneys' arguments as "nothing less than an artful misinterpretation" of the law.
HUD's position in passing the regulation is that Congress authorized disparate impact analysis in the Fair Housing Act.
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Mercedes-Benz is looking for a Consultant fluent in Italian and English for NAC
Great opportunity for native speakers to start a career at Mercedes-Benz.
Sobre o nosso cliente
Mercedes-Benz is implementing a Network Assistance Centre based in Portugal, which will provide after sales services for the MB Dealers Network in 15 different countries across Europe. Network Assistance Centre will do 1st level support to the Mercedes Benz Retailers, for after sales topics of the passengers car business unit, providing a wide range of services.
The 15 countries are Italy, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden, Denmark, UK and Greece.
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Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Consultant duties are:
- Handles retails requests in accordance with Daimler policies and NAC procedures and targets, in order to provide the appropriate solution in a timely, effective and accurate manner;
- Handles requests with professionalism and accuracy via phone and email;
- Provides first line support on different Customer's related topics in order to reach Customer satisfaction.
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Required Qualifications:
- Higher vocational education;
- Native speaker of Italian(excellent grammar and writing skills in native language);
- Fluent in English as corporate language (mandatory);
- Third language is an advantage;
- Good computer expertise;
- Experience with customer care is valued;
- Ability to prioritize, analyze, plan and coordinate;
- Team player;
- Excellent communication skills (B2B);
- Strong focus on customer satisfaction.
- Integration in an international company with a young, ambitious, professional and dynamic environment;
- Initial training.


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I can confirm this , Thanks @Amaury
I guess I'll throw out the obvious thing here.
Isn't 1 character member names a bit short, non ?
As always I love @Amaury bug reports
Actually I mentioned it first and @Amaury was kind enough to start a bug report.
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Darius Build Guide by LaMainDeNoxus
All Tank Builds Possible For D
Darius Build
Starting Items Against An AD Lane
Starting Items Against An AP lane
Full Tank Build Against Heavy AD
Full Tank Build Against Heavy AP
Mixed AD and AP teams
Clever Into Tank
Ability Sequence
Not Updated For Current Season
The masteries shown here are not yet updated for the current season, the guide author needs to set up the new masteries. As such, they will be different than the masteries you see in-game.
Threats to Darius with this build
|Lol what a joke of a champion amirite? Shouldn't be going top anyways since he gets destroyed by every top laner. Just fight him level 1 and win always, even if he builds tanky you still win, build omen first if he goes zeal.
|Buy Ruby and build it into cinder then build sunfire. Poke out this mirror matchup player with your q and do very quick engages.
|Useless champ. If he proxxys just ask for a jungler to help give you free gold, nobody plays this guy, especially in ranked.
|Only thing he has for him and true damage like you, but if he builds tank or goes RoA first, you win, flat out. Build spirit visage and mercs, bye Cho.
|Xin Zhao
|Lol he does nothing, useless champ in general if anywhere besides jungle. buy omen then sunfire into ninja tabi and win.
About Me!
Hello Friends, My name is Anthony but I'm mostly just known as LaMainDeNoxus. I'm a plat IV Darius main and have mained said champion since the beginning of season 5 (yes 5). I was very tempted to make this guide to open up key secrets to Darius and to open up players like yourself to new builds and or possibilities on the rift! After reading this guide and learning, You should be able to climb out of most Elos at ease.
Pros To Darius
+Insane Early damage
+Insane Early tankyness
+Strong Slow cc chains!
+True Damage
+over 900 true damage late!
+25 percent armor pen from one skill maxed
+Anti-tank tank (lmao)
+Still strong if behind
Cons to Darius :^(
-Absolutely no damage late game without Noxian Might
-Kited easily in team fights
-Ranged Champions destroy Darius in laning phase
-If focused in team fights and cc'd, becomes useless and can still die.
-Trash talked for playing Darius because he's "too op XDDD"
-Missing a q heal will ruin your duels
Summoner Spells!
I usually always take Teleport and Flash. The only Reason To take ignite is if you know you can stop your lane super hard and carry without a doubt Teleport (I used Ignite to carry out of silver 5 to Gold 2), but other then that you want to use TP to your advantage even if it's ganking a lane (Mostly bot) or farming up and backing for Tank items and tping in for Easy lane wins. Make sure to use Flash when escaping or flashing in for a Q heal to win a duel. Darius is an all in champion, you kill your enemy or die trying. Flash will be your only escape (not counting phage) so please use it wisely :D
In-depth To Hemorrhage
Hemorrhage: Darius's basic attacks and damaging abilities cause enemies to bleed for 10 - 27 (based on level) (+ 30% bonus AD) physical damage over 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times for a maximum of 「 500% damage 」「 50 - 135 (based on level) (+ 150% bonus AD) physical damage 」 over the duration.
Upon applying full Hemorrhage stacks to an enemy champion or killing them with Noxian Guillotine, Darius gains Noxian Might for 5 seconds.
NOXIAN MIGHT: Darius gains 40 - 200 (based on level) bonus attack damage and instantly applies full Hemorrhage stacks through his usual means.
Your second most important Ability in your kit. the Hemorrhage part is easy to understand, you do DOT damage for every auto attack, outer q hit, or w, or ult cast which stacks up to five times. The second part "Noxian Might" Activates after 5 stacks is reached and can be visually seen easily. You gain massive AD (40 lvl 1!!!) and the AD you gain upgrades as you level, making you a perfect Mid game champion! The bonus damage sadly won't affect your ult increased damage by that much but every other ability benefits so brokenly, especially the Hemorrhage part of this passive, yes the bonus ad scales with bleed damage. Try to focus on one easy target to get the 5 stacks of bleed then switch to squishes in team fights to destroy them.
In-depth to Decimate
ACTIVE: Darius hefts his axe for 0.75 seconds, then swings it around himself, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies, doubled against enemies hit by the blade.
Darius heals for 12% missing health for each enemy champion hit by Decimate's blade, up to a maximum of 36% missing health. The hilt of Darius' axe will not apply Hemorrhage.
Take this Level 1 and Do an all in with Dueling champions to have an easy win, make sure to time your healing to benefit you the most but remember, if the enemy has a brain they will flash into you to avoid healing from your Decimate and ultimately may make you lose a lvl 1 fight and always remember to try to 2v1 a gank early on because of the insane base damage you have, but be careful of good junglers in your elo.
In-Depth to Crippling Strike
ACTIVE: Darius's next basic attack within 4 seconds gains bonus range, deals 40% AD bonus physical damage and Slow icon slows the target by 90% for 1 second. If Crippling Strike kills its target it refunds 30 mana and half of its cooldown.
Crippling Strike resets Darius's autoattack timer.
Take this Level 3 or 2 Depending on the Matchup. You usually want to save Crippling Strike for when you have full Hemorrhage (It will do insane more damage). Make sure to use your enhanced passive damage for ADC's with your w to surprise them. You can also use Crippling Strike to kite enemies since the slow is great to have. Please use W to secure farm because it resets the cooldown in half and gives you full Mana back.
Sadly after Darius's rework, His w no longer reduces the target's attack spped (I cri evertim)
In-Depth To Apprehend
PASSIVE: Darius ignores a portion of his targets' armor.
ACTIVE: After a brief delay, Darius pulls in all enemies in front of him, slowing them by 40% for 1 second, and briefly grants Sight icon sight of the area around the pull.
Your main engaging Ability in team fights, Apprehend will decide the outcome of a duel early one sometimes, a good Apprehend Darius will win every single lane. You must learn when to use this spell, don't use it against confident enemy laners that are right next to you fighting you. Use it when you start to win a duel and the enemy realizes your winning and tries to run away, just pull them in and chain cc with your Crippling Strike Slow! In team fights, sometimes using flash then Apprehend to pull a whole team into you for your team is the best answer especially if you can combo with a Yasuo or a Braum for an easy team fight win
In-Depth to Noxian Guillotine
ACTIVE: Darius dashes to the target enemy champion and attempts to execute them, dealing true damage.
TRUE DAMAGE: 100 / 200 / 300 (+ 75% bonus AD)
For each stack of Hemorrhage.png Hemorrhage on the target, Noxian Guillotine's damage increases by 20%, up to 100% bonus damage.
「 BONUS DAMAGE PER STACK: 20 / 40 / 60 (+ 15% bonus AD) 」「 MAXIMUM TRUE DAMAGE: 200 / 400 / 600 (+ 150% bonus AD) 」
If Noxian Guillotine kills its target, Darius causes all nearby minions and monsters to flee in terror for 3 seconds and it can be recast within the next 20 at no additional cost. At Rank 3, Noxian Guillotine's cooldown resets completely. This can occur multiple times in succession.
The most infamous ability in this game and Debately one of the most iconic Spells in League Of Legends, Noxian Guillotine can be used to dispatch enemy in quick succession if done properly. Early on in the game when you hit level 6, you most likely will win every duel proposed in the laning phase.
Your ult damage isn't something to brag about early on doing around 280 True Damage which may seem like nothing but combined with Insane early damage from your passive enhanced Decimate and Crippling Strike you can suprise enemies with quick burst damage even with full tank from Sunfire Cape or Spirit Visage. After lvl 11 you hit one of the biggest power spikes in the game, with 10 percent Armor Pen from Apprehend and maxed out Q and an Ult doing now around 560ish True Damage, you can always 1v1 an enemy on the other team or maybe 2v1 if your ahead With ult ready to go. Remember to look at your late game ult damage and memorize it. It is true damage meaning it will do that exact amount no matter what. You must learn this to succeed and carry as Darius. Also one last tip, don't be afraid to ult before 5 stacks especially when you're on 4 stacks and the enemy is fairly low, the last stack from ulting will proc Noxian Might
Also! Darius's Ult Causes Fear CC with minions if it kills an enemy which can save your life, but then again this CC is buggy with Darius
Overview of Q, W, and E Abilities for Darius!
Darius Q Decimate Should be your first lvl 1 ability unless invading then take e and hook em in for your team to secure first bloods! Use Decimate to Harass lvl 1 with decent damage, you should always duel lvl 1 and take advantage of your insane heal and damage. Lvl 2 I usually always Take Apprehend to give me insane armor pen and to catch my enemy off guard with a quick pull and swift damage after the pull. The exception to not taking Apprehend and taking Crippling Strike against duel lanes like Fiora or Renekton or Nasus Or Garen. Lvl 3 Of course take the ability you haven't unlocked yet (E or W). Then fully Max Decimate and then ALWAYS MAX Apprehend for broken Armor Pen (25 Percent Maxed out like damn!)
I usually always Take
Grasp of the Undying
because of the recent buff to it giving it crazy damage with tanky champs like Darius and just having good and constant forced sustain. Take thunderlords if you feel more comfortable with it
People may be questioning my choice for Veteran's Scars over Runic Armor and I have reasons for it. First of all, Runic Armor is a late game mastery imo while Veteran's scar is a heavy early game mastery and Darius excels at the early game where you want to get ahead and stomp your lane out and carry and set your self up for late game while runic armor is better in very little situations. Not feeling like you're healing a lot? buy Spirit Visage
Ferocity Skill tree is (in my opinion) almost completely useless on Darius because Cunning is more survivability and dueling power early on with Dangerous Game and Merciless being broken on Darius (Anything that gives this guy more damage before the game starts is pretty broken by itself)
For runes I got 9 Attack Damage Reds, 9 Flat armor yellows, 9 MR per lvl blues, and finally, 3 attack speed quints.
The reason for attack speed is for early game dominance and stacking to 5 stacks and getting noxian might is most important for lvl 1-3 trading
The rest is standard for tanks
P.S. you can swap out attack speed quints for movement speed or flat Attack damage to fit your style!
Early game
Harass and stomp your lane to win, farming isn't going to do too much if your against a Nasus with 800 stacks 20 minutes in. Go big or go home. You win almost every matchup early so have fun with it. Teleport bottom post 6 and help other lanes if you are stomping yours!
Mid Game
This is where you shine, gather and talk with your team about pushing mid down and roaming together and such, taking dragons and setting up barons can secure more protection from throws, Seek out fed enemy players and destroy them with or without your team. You're Darius, you can 1v1 anyone unless they are 20/0/100.
Late Game
The worst/best part of Darius. Doing insane ult damage with q, you can 1v1 most adcs except Vayne and Lucian where you must focus with your team, mostly Vayne tho because of her broken damage, you can be full armor tank and she can still duel you and kill you under 10 seconds. Team fights are important but so is split pushing, but that's not your job since you do literally no damage to towers, ask your mid laner for help with this. Play smart in team fights know who to focus.
Team Fighting!
Darius is a good engage, focus the adc if you can get to them. Then work your way around with the dunks, if you mess up your ult you pretty much lose team fights, so a lot of pressure is on you there. Pick your fights wisely and run in with teammates against 4v5s (you having 5 players in total) when the enemy top laner could be splitting, then focus on him afterwards. Pull in enemy teams to your team to crush them completely. Some champions tend to outscale you pretty hard if they are also ahead ( Graves, Nasus, Vayne, Yasuo) So watch out
My Stats
http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=LaMainDeNoxus Here is all my stats and anything you ever wanted to know about my gameplay!
Final Notes
Thank you so much for viewing my work, this took me 12 hours (yes, straight 12 hours of staring and pressing buttons on my keyboard, no breaks). Please let me know if something is incorrect or misspelled. I want to help new players get into champs like Darius and enjoy the game for what it is. I will keep a patch log of any Darius changes when or if they occur (He hasn't been touched on in like 10 patches). Please comment things I should add since this is my first guide and I will be thinking about making more, especially for Vladimir. Add me on NA as LaMainDeNoxus! Again, thank you so much and see you on the rift :D
Also, my Favorite Darius Skin is Bioforge And my Second favorite is his Default skin!


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I have been looking back on my blogging past lately. With over 580 blog post in the span of almost 2 years, there have been some posts that actually never got to see the light of day. This is something I have never revealed, I plan most of my post ahead of time because it gives me time to think. I'm going to show you some of these posts that almost came to be and why they were pulled.
Samurai Legend
This was an interest one, I tried to make this review over 3 times but there was not much to say about. Its a historical fiction manga about the legendary samurai Jubei. Since it is only one volume long, it is hard not to give away the ending when writing about.
My Top 10 Favorite Anime Of All Time
It was hard to make this post because I have seen a lot of anime in the span of 15 year as a fan. After 2 weeks, I narrowed the list down to 50. I was about to hit the published post button and I deleted it. It felt pretentious and I don't like making myself look like that.
April Fools Day
It was a joke post poking fun at anime blogs. I was going to making fun of myself and other bloggers but it looked too real. It would have caused some unneeded drama in the community. It was replaced by this post.
Revival of Team Blue
Team Blue was a club of bloggers that was started by Panther. After Panther left do to personal reasons, TB was in disarray and it eventually disappeared. I was planning to bring back TB with the help of Blowfish but in the end, it was better not to bring it back. It would have not been right to do because it would have been an imitation of something that was good.
Dragon Ball Evolution
The title says enough.
Older Anime
This post was good. It was a post about how older anime(anything before Neon Genesis Evangelion) is still good after so many years. However, it evolved in to an angry rant on how the newer generation of fans(the ones that have been watching anime for less than 3 year) that think that if an anime is old or looks old, then it sucks.
Giving up on Twitter
I pretty much gave up on twitter and why I lost interest in it. However, I downloaded TweetDeck and the rest is history.
So, those are just a few of them, the rest are pretty much personal stuff that should not be written about. If you want to, you can use some of those ideas for your own blog, I don't mind.


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Or how they are doing Military exercise all over the country in towns and cities.
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But thats ok right..Because first it was to save us from the imaginary Terrorists, what now its for the common man and citizen? Um historical cliche here....
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Dont worry soon you wont be able to leave, and can see how crazy we all are when Obama interrupts your TV, Game, Cell phone call and Alarm clock all at the same time to tell you to remain calm and stay home.. Then turns your power off.
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Reverend Monsignor Thomas J. Hartman, 69
Reverend Monsignor Thomas Hartman is known for his popular television show, "God Squad," co-hosted by Rabbi Marc Gellman. He appeared frequently as a commentator on such programs as "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer" on CNN and "The O'Reilly Factor" and "Neil Cavuto" on the Fox News Channel and the nationally syndicated "Imus in the Morning" radio show. Fr. Tom also had his own productions for Long Island on Telecare (Cablevision-Channel 29).
As an author, Father Tom has written Just a Moment – Life Matters with Father Tom and The Matter of Life and Death. He has co-authored four books with Rabbi Gellman for both children and adults, titled Where Does God Live?, which won the 1991 Christopher Award, Lost and Found, Bad Stuff in the News and How Do you Spell God? (with a forward by the Dalai Lama). This book was made into an HBO animated special which won the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. Their most recent book is Religion for Dummies. Rabbi Marc Gellman and Father Tom wrote a weekly column for Tribune Media, which is syndicated in various newspapers around the country.
The rabbi and Fr. Tom were named as "Long Islanders of the Century" in the category of Leaders & Activists in a poll taken by Newsday. Father Tom and Rabbi Gellman also wrote a weekly column for Chicago Tribune (which included Newsday.)
Father Tom has been recognized for his professional and pastoral work by winning four Emmy Awards, a Telly Award, and numerous "Man of the Year" citations, and honorary doctorates, including a doctor of humane letters from Hofstra University in May 2001.
Monsignor Hartman served as the director of Radio and Television at Telecare, the television center for the Diocese of Rockville Centre. He was ordained on May 29, 1971 and held an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and a graduate degree in Theology. In 1970, he received a Master of Divinity degree from Our Lady of Angels Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley in 1979.
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BA Programs
A bachelor's degree in any area of classics will open your mind, polish your skills, and challenge your assumptions. Studying at CUA and perhaps abroad as well, you will join one of the oldest and most prestigious disciplines in academia--and be amazed at how relevant the ancient world is to the modern one.
- BA in Classics: learn both Greek and Latin.
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MA Programs
An MA opens a world of possibilities: museum work, secondary-level teaching, research and archiving, librarianship, publishing, or the path towards a university career, just to name a few. Immerse yourself in the literature and culture of ancient Greece and Rome--and see where it takes you.
PhD Program
The PhD in Greek and Latin at CUA builds on the classical MA program by focusing on late antiquity, patristics, or the Middle Ages. Courses are offered every semester on the literature of these eras, and an individualized exam process prepares students to write dissertations that break new ground.
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Certificate Programs
Anyone who has completed a bachelor's degree in any field can apply for the certificate programs: no prior Greek or Latin is required. Certificates are graduate-level qualifications that show advanced competency in one or both classical languages. Always dreamed about trying classics? Now is your chance!
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Eta sigma phi initiation 2017
Congratulations to the 16 new initiates and to the chapter officers for a wonderful evening!
The Journal Latinitas
A new series of the journal Latinitas has been launched by the Pontifical Academy for Latin, established by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. The first issue of the new series was published in Fall 2013. Beginning in 2014 it appears twice a year. The journal's main sections focus on philology and history, neo-Latin literature, and pedagogical topics. Articles appear in Latin, Italian, and other major languages.
- Editorial Committee
- Latinitas n.s. 1 (2013): Table of Contents
- Latinitas n.s. 2.1 (2014): Table of Contents
- Latinitas n.s. 2.2 (2014): Table of Contents
- Latinitas n.s. 3.1 (2015): Table of Contents
- Latinitas n.s. 3.2 (2015): Table of Contents
- Latinitas n.s. 4.1 (2016): Table of Contents
- Latinitas n.s. 4.2 (2016): Table of Contents
Classical Association of the Atlantic States
Prize of the Pontifical Academies 2017
Current Announcements
Congratulations to Professor William Klingshirn, who has recently been honored as the university's Margaret Gardiner Chair! The Gardiner endowment has for over a century helped to support the work of a designated professor in the Department of Greek and Latin.
SUMMER GREEK AND LATIN AT $500/cr! The department will be offering elementary- and intermediate-level courses in both languages online this summer at a specially discounted tuition rate! Accelerate your studies, finish your language requirement, and learn to read ancient literature in the original. Visiting students and faculty from other colleges and universities, members of the community, and high school students are all warmly welcome, and placement exams in Greek and in Latin are online and free! Read more about Latin and Greek in summer 2017.
Congratulations to the Classics Club, which took the Academic and Professional Student Org of the Year trophy at the CUA Student Organization Excellence Awards for 2016-17!
Aeneathon 2017! Every year the Department hosts a marathon reading of an ancient epic, and this year witnessed a two-day performance of Vergil's Aeneid (in Lombardo's English translation with the insertion of occasional Latin passages) on March 30 and 31.
Eta Sigma Phi sight-translation contest results! Congratulations to Sarah Grupp, sophomore classics major, for taking third place in the 2017 Intermediate Greek category of the Maurine Dallas Watkins Sight-Translation Contest sponsored by Eta Sigma Phi!
Departmental MA alumna wins national pedagogy award! Warmest congratulations to Ms. Jane Brinley, who teaches Latin at The School Without Walls here in Washington, DC. She has just been announced as one of two winners of this year's Award for Excellence in Precollegiate Teaching by the Society for Classical Studies, our national professional organization!
Intra et extra
Members of the department present their work at conferences and seminars throughout the academic year.
July 2017 (date TBA), Karen Carducci, "A Comparative Inquiry into the Nature and Norms of Wealth and Value: Ancient Lapidaries, Modern Economic Theories," Adam Smith Fellowship Colloquium ("The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics of Liberty"), Mercatus Center, George Mason University, Arlington, VA
May 25, 2017, Dr. Sarah Brown Ferrario, "Conflict about Conflict: Ascribing--or Appropriating--Historical Agency in Classical Greece," AITIA/AITIAI: Le lien causal dans la pensée antique: origines, formes et transformations, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
March 1, 2017, John Marshall, "Julius Caesar Through the Lens of a Contemporary: Cicero's Caesar and What He Adds to the Narrative of Caesar's Life," Graduate Research Colloquium for Classics and the Medieval Mediterranean, Washington, DC (CUA)
February 3, 2017, Kathleen Kirsch, "Sacra Prodigiosa: Human Sacrifice and Vestal Prodigies in Republican Rome," Graduate Research Colloquium for Classics and the Medieval Mediterranean, Washington, DC (CUA)
October 29, 2016, Dr. Sarah Brown Ferrario, "Alexander and Achilles: A Turning-Point?"Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers, Washington, DC (CUA)
October 21-23, 2016: Karen Carducci, "Economics, Minerals, and Morals in Etymologies (16.5-16): Isidore of Seville's Adaptation of the Lapidary Tradition," October Graduate Research Colloquium, Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, Arlington, VA
October 22, 2016: Alex Poulos, "Gregory of Nazianzus' Poem 184.108.40.206–214 as Callimachean Hymn to Virginity" International Society for Late Antique Literary Studies, Philadelphia, PA
October 22, 2016: Kathleen Kirsch, "Homerathon: A Pedagogical, Interdisciplinary, and Critical Tool," Classical Association of the Atlantic States, New Brunswick, NJ
October 21, 2016: Patsy Craig, "The Moral Danger of Self-Ignorance (?γνοια) for the Spectator of Comedy in Plato's Philebus," Classical Association of the Atlantic States, New Brunswick, NJ
October 21, 2016: Dr. Sarah Brown Ferrario, "Leadership at the Twilight of the Athenian Democracy," Classical Association of the Atlantic States, New Brunswick, NJ


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McCulloch was caught by television cameras punching Sheffield United captain Chris Morgan during Saturday's Premiership match at the JJB Stadium.
The suspension takes place with immediate effect, meaning the 28-year-old will miss this Saturday's home clash with Chelsea, the Boxing Day game at Manchester United and the match at Watford on December 30.
Neither referee Peter Walton nor the other match officials saw the incident, which resulted in Morgan suffering cuts and a badly swollen right eye.
However, the Blades skipper made it clear he was happy to forget the matter after McCulloch offered an apology and handshake immediately after the game which the visitors won 1-0 thanks to a goal by striker Rob Hulse.
The incident capped a difficult week for Morgan who was allegedly elbowed by Juan Pablo Angel during the 2-2 draw with Aston Villa.
The Colombian striker escaped any disciplinary action after referee Mark Halsey confirmed he had witnessed the incident.
Under FIFA regulations, the FA were powerless to pursue that matter further and Angel avoided any action.
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Meteosat enhanced imagery confirm the presence of Saharan dry air and dust around the low where there is lack of convection. Upper level divergence support scattered showers S of the low from 08N to 13N E of 25W. A tropical wave is in the central Atlc with axis extending from 15N41W to a 1009 mb low near 08N42W to 04N42W, moving W at 5 kt within the last 24 hours. The wave is in a region of favorable wind shear, is mainly in a very moist environment with some patches of dry air according to CIRA LPW, and is under a region of upper level divergence. These factors support scattered heavy showers and tstms from 0N to 04N between 41W and 50W, and scattered showers within 250 nm of the low center. A tropical wave is E of the Windward Islands with axis extending from 14N60W to inland Venezuela, moving west at 5 knots within the last 24 hours. The wave is in a region of favorable wind shear. However, extensive intrusion of Saharan dry air and dust hinder convection at the time. A tropical wave is in the western Caribbean with axis extending from 20N83W to inland eastern Honduras and Nicaragua, moving west at 20 knots within the past 24 hours. The wave is in a region of favorable to neutral wind shear. CIRA LPW imagery show patches of dry air ahead of the wave axis, which limit the convection to scattered to isolated showers S of 20N. Scattered heavy showers and tstms are E of the wave axis from 12N to 20N between 78W and 82W. ...MONSOON TROUGH/ITCZ... The Monsoon Trough extends from 12N22W to 06N26W. The Intertropical Convergence Zone extends from 06N26W to 04N41W to 04N51W. For information regarding convection see the tropical waves section. ...DISCUSSION... GULF OF MEXICO... Trailing rainbands of tropical depression Cindy N of the area continue to support isolated heavy showers across the norther Gulf N of 26N as indicated by Doppler radar data. Latest scatterometer data show fresh to strong S-SE winds in this same region W of 87W. Fresh winds are also noted in the far W basin W of 95W and in the Florida straits S of 24N. Moderate gentle to moderate SE winds are elsewhere. Otherwise, strong dry air subsidence across the basin support clear skies. A tropical wave will enter the Yucatan Peninsula later today with scattered showers and thunderstorms. An upper level low ahead of this wave will move over the Bay of Campeche supporting heavy showers and tstms over the W Gulf W of 90W over the weekend. CARIBBEAN SEA... An upper-level low is centered over the NW Caribbean ahead of a tropical wave along 84W. Scattered heavy showers and tstms are E of the wave axis with potential gusty winds from 15N to 20N. See the tropical waves section for further details. The upper level low support scattered heavy to isolated showers over Cuba and adjacent waters, including the Windward Passage. A 1009 mb low is over NW Colombia linked to the EPAC monsoon trough, which support isolated showers 120 nm off the Colombia coast S of 11N. Otherwise, moderate trades are across the central and E Caribbean ahead of the next tropical wave to enter the basin later today. The upper-level low is expected to move northwest toward the southwest Gulf of Mexico by Saturday with the tropical wave moving westward into the East Pacific waters during the weekend. Increased probability of convection and precipitation is expected across Central America and southern Mexico through this period. ...HISPANIOLA... Isolated showers are over SW Haiti and the Windward Passage associated with a tropical wave just W of Jamaica. An upper- level anticyclone continue to provide overall subsidence elsewhere, thus supporting fair weather across the remainder Island. ATLANTIC OCEAN... There are three tropical waves in the basin. See that section above for further details. Otherwise, the Azores high prevails across the basin being anchored by a 1025 mb high near 40N26W. A weakness in the ridge is being analyzed as 1017 mb low near 25N55W, which will dissipated later today. No significant areas of convection are occurring away from the ITCZ/monsoon trough/tropical waves. Little change is expected for the next couple of days. For additional information please visit http://www.hurricanes.gov/marine $$ Ramos


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The chairman of Barclays, Marcus Agius, successfully saw off those who moved to unseat him, but he was greatly helped by the fact that his bank has steered clear of Government help and has a share price which is on the mend.
Lloyds is the opposite - largely owned by the state and with a continuing fear that we have still not seen the worst of the HBOS losses.
So while Agius could expect a victory to put the issue behind him, Blank faced the prospect, even if he had won, of being challenged and undermined again and again - possibly for years - until Lloyds too was out of trouble.
We should perhaps pause to appreciate the significance of the event. While there is a high casualty rate among chief executives, company chairmen almost never go early. Bank chairmen almost never go at all.
Twenty years ago, NatWest lost Lord Boardman in the wake of the Blue Arrow scandal. With a politician's sense of theatre, he made the announcement to some journalists hastily assembled on the steps of the bank's headquarters before turning on his heel and stalking back inside.
No one had seen anything like that at the time and neither have we seen it since.
Change is more frequent than it used to be, but nevertheless there have been few bank chairmen who have not gone at a time of their own choosing. Andrew Buxton at Barclays would possibly have liked to stay longer and Lord Alexander at NatWest was a casualty of the RBS takeover bid.
But that low total is quite remarkable when one considers the turmoil and change in the industry over the past two decades.
Although events in banking have become so outrageous that they have lost the capacity to shock, Blank's decision to depart remains nevertheless a defining moment. It also has ramifications way beyond banking. It signals a significant change in attitude among the large investing institutions, which has huge implications for corporate governance.
Things are changing because of the banking crisis. Some see this as a catastrophic failure of corporate governance and believe, along with Lord Myners, that shareholders could have intervened earlier to prevent the meltdown.
Others in a kinder camp believe the mania of the credit bubble was a collective hysteria that no director or shareholder could have halted.
But this divide is no longer the issue because there is a collective understanding that things have to change. The institutions within the Association of British Insurers are on the march. There are two core ideas. One is for a standing committee of institutional shareholders to engage with a similarly exalted group of chief executives or chairmen to try to improve communication between the two sides, spot issues early and articulate serious problems such as the credit bubble.
Enthusiasm for this appears limited, largely because there are already quite enough committees and they rarely solve anything. By the time the next credit bubble comes around, they too would no doubt be asleep at the wheel.
Much more controversially - indeed it has got the corporate juices flowing - is a suggestion that the chairman should submit himself for re-election by shareholders every year.
The idea is that investors would assess the performance of the board in governance terms. If they did not like what had been done or the direction in which the company appeared to be heading, and they felt their concerns were not being properly addressed, then they would ditch the chairman.
Chairmen are understandably not too happy about this and have come up with the usual bleat that no one will do the job if they are to be exposed to the risk of such a humiliation. They should be less precious and more realistic - if the money is good there will be no shortage of candidates.
They also need to recognise that when Sir Derek Higgs published his proposals on corporate governance, in which the role of the independent chairman was laid out, there was a hint of unfinished business about it.
Higgs thought the position would need to be refined in the light of experience. Perhaps that is what is now under way.
Finally chairmen, even if they do not like what is happening, need to be more honest about the weaknesses in their ranks. The world is full of dysfunctional boards - where the chairman does not get on with the chief executive, where he sees the senior independent director as a threat to his own position, and where debate is stifled rather than encouraged.
If the threat of annual re-election means chairmen have to raise their game then that surely can be no bad thing. If they don't, they may find themselves in a similar position to that of Sir Victor Blank - no longer wanted on voyage and tossed overboard.
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Abdullah's efforts were crucial in helping Nebraska down Illinois 39-19 in the pair's fist Big Ten game of the season.
Head coach Bo Pelini was asked about Abdullah's performance at his morning press conference on Monday.
"He's got great vision," said Pelini. "I'm not comparing him to Barry Sanders, but the way he can put his foot in the ground, be heading up the field, and then be heading east-west and creating space. He does a great job of creating space for himself."
Through five games this season, Abdullah has rushed for 690 yards and five touchdowns on 94 attempts.
Josh Harvey has covered college football and recruiting for Fox Sports NEXT since 2008. He is now the Publisher of Big Red Report, covering Nebraska athletics.
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David Funkhouser handles complex commercial litigation matters. Mr. Funkhouser's litigation practice has an emphasis in real property disputes, construction disputes, consumer lending, contract disputes, probate, trust and estate litigation, and other commercial torts. Mr. Funkhouser also routinely represents financial institutions in all aspects of litigation. Mr. Funkhouser also holds various positions within the firm, including serving on the Ombudsman Committee and chairs the Summer Associate Committee, for the Phoenix office. Mr. Funkhouser's recent experience includes:
- Representation of lending institutions in enforcement actions against borrowers and guarantors, fair market value hearings, lender liability defense, receiverships, and trustee's sales.
- Representation of lending institutions in contested residential mortgage-related litigation, including: defense of homeowner's association lien foreclosure actions, tax lien foreclosure actions, excess proceeds litigation, criminal forfeiture proceedings, and quiet title actions.
- Representation of property owners, developers, and lessors/lessees in various construction-related disputes, including: defending construction defect claims, resolution of mechanic's and materialman's liens recorded by general contractors and subcontractors and, where necessary, obtaining statutory discharge of lien bonds for litigation purposes.
- Representation of some of the largest trust companies in the United States in all aspects of probate, and trust and estate litigation in Arizona.
- Representation of various trust and estate beneficiaries, as well as trustees and personal representatives in complex estate and trust distribution matters.
- Representation of a major aircraft maintenance facility in all aspects of its Arizona-based operations.
- Representation of principals in closely held businesses in all aspects of dispute resolution, as well as mediation, arbitration, or litigation.
- Defense of consumer financial services companies involving the FCRA, FDCPA, and other state law claims.
- Pro bono representation resulting in a generous settlement for the client's breach of contract and conversion claims against the opposing party.
- Representation of local and national clients in complex contract and other business disputes in state and federal court.
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- Fiduciary, Trust and Probate Litigation
- Real Estate and Construction Litigation
- Banking & Financial Institutions
- Litigation & Dispute Resolution
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- University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 2003)
- The Journal of Corporation Law (Member, Business Manager)
- Van Oosterhout Moot Court Competition (2001–2002)
- Student Bar Association (Law School Foundation Representative)
- Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
- University of Iowa-Bordeaux Law Program, Arcachon, France (2001)
- University of Iowa (B.B.A., 2000)
- Major: Finance, with Accounting Emphasis
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- Suns Charities 88 (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section; Trust & Estate Litigation Committee)
- State Bar of Arizona (Member, Mentor Committee (2005–2007); Co-chair of Committee's Seminar at 2006 Annual Convention)
- Maricopa County Bar Association (Board of Directors, 2007–2009; Secretary, 2010; Treasurer, 2011; President-Elect, 2012; President, 2013; Immediate Past-President, 2014)
- Maricopa County Bar Foundation (Ex-Officio Board Member, 2014)
- Maricopa County Bar Association Bench & Bar Committee and Annual Conference, Co-Chair (2012–Present)
- Graduate, Valley Leadership Class 32 (2011)
- Special Olympics Advocacy Resources ("SOAR") Program (Leadership Council, 2011–Present)
- Special Olympics Arizona ("SOAZ") Development Team (Chair of the Grants, Corporate Sponsorships and In-Kind Donations Committee, 2015)
- On August 26, 2008, was sworn in to the Arizona House of Representatives to serve the remaining term of a vacated seat in Arizona's 11th Legislative District and ultimately served on the Commerce, Government, and Human Resources Committees
- Has been a Democratic Precinct Committeeperson in Arizona's 11th Legislative District since 2005 and was a member of the State Committee of the Arizona Democratic Party from 2005 through 2011
- Serves as a volunteer pro-bono lawyer for the State Bar of Arizona Young Lawyer's Division Wills for Heroes Program and also serves as a volunteer pro bono lawyer for the Volunteer Lawyer's Program
- Volunteers as a Capital School Home Room Parent and is also involved in fundraising efforts for Rosie's House – A Music Academy for Children
Professional Recognition
- American Bar Foundation Fellow
- Selected for inclusion in the 2014, 2015, 2017 Southwest Super Lawyers® lists (Business Litigation)
- Selected for inclusion in the Southwest Super Lawyers®–Rising Stars 2012 and 2013 Editions (Business Litigation)
- Valley Leadership's Class 32 Leadership Institute (Selected Participant)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV® Peer Review Rated
- 2013 Recent Alumni Award from the University of Iowa College of Law (Recipient)
- Phoenix Business Journal's "Forty Under 40" Award, 2014


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I've been on a bit of a Thai kick ever since I made my homemade Tom Kha Gai. It's crazy how daunting something until you try it and then it opens you up to a whole new world of bravery. I had some ground turkey leftover from our weekly spinach turkey burgers that we eat like … [Read more...]
Paleo "Peanut" Carrot Curry Turkey Burgers
Yeah so that's a mouthful I realize but I had no idea what to name these. They're like a burger, but… not because I pan-fried them in coconut oil. They're like a patty or a cake…but Curry Turkey Cake did not sound appetizing at all. I'm honestly not sure what these are but I can … [Read more...]
Turkey Meatball Soup
This year for Thanksgiving, we did a potluck thing. Each person brought a few dishes and we rented out the very nice clubhouse of my parent's apartment complex. It worked out awesome (well, except for Miami losing in the last second of the game). No one's house was a mess and … [Read more...]
Turkey Soup with Leek and Parsnips
It's no secret I love the parsnip and use it's peppery goodness as a substitute for mashed potatoes: the consistency is similar and the flavor is unique but not overpowering. And leeks are always a good addition to a hearty, robust soup. On Thanksgiving, I stole the 24-pound … [Read more...]


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UK launches the Patent Box
The German finance minister has criticised a UK tax break aimed at increasing patent filings, claiming it results in unfair competition for foreign investors.
Launched in the UK in April, the Patent Box allows companies to apply for a lower rate of corporation tax on profits earned from their patented products.
German politician Wolfgang Schäuble has said the scheme is at odds with EU rules designed to deter discriminatory tax rules and, as a consequence, should be reviewed.
Quoted by Reuters news agency on July 9 as saying it was "not in [the] European spirit", Schäuble said: "We have to look at this practice and discuss it in Europe ... you could get the idea they are doing it just to attract companies."
But Hosea Haag, attorney at Ampersand law firm in Munich, said he disagreed with Schäuble's comments, because the EU has not previously been able to harmonise tax laws and will not make an effort to do so in the future.
"Hence, corporate tax issues may be used in competition among member states and internationally about who is the most attractive venue for companies," he told WIPR.
"For someone who is protecting innovative ideas, there is nothing wrong with this kind of competition."
Keith Hodkinson, chairman of Marks & Clerk International LLP, refuted the claims that the Patent Box scheme was designed simply to attract companies.
"There is a difference between low tax regimes designed simply to attract virtual holding companies with all sorts of intangible assets and those schemes designed to encourage or reward good behaviour, such as the R&D tax credits and patent box regimes," he said.
Countries that offer similar schemes to the Patent Box, which include the Netherlands and France, argue that the schemes encourage innovation and high-value jobs in research and development.
However, Haag said he thought the Patent Box would not necessarily encourage innovation or a larger number of patent applications, and would be used mainly by bigger companies and multinationals.
"For them I expect it to be preliminarily a means to reduce tax obligations," he said.
"On the other hand I expect that it will lead to a further rise in the awareness of the importance of the protected ideas. It will thus further maintain the trend that IP is a very important asset."
Admitting that the situation will be more attractive in the UK when the regime is fully in force, Hodkinson added: "The product has to get to market and be successful before any patent box benefits come into play, while Germany is still giving generous up-front non-repayable grants."
Belgium, one of the first EU countries to adopt a tax break system like the Patent Box, is considering imposing limits on the benefits companies can claim, tax advisers have said, according to Reuters, after discovering tax revenues were being cut more than expected.
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