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Sara Loren, the new girl in town is feeling a little conscious about her on-screen presence. The actress revealed that she felt irked while doing intimate scenes with actor Randeep Hooda in her upcoming film 'Murder 3'. Here is more on what the actor had to say.
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I have only been programming for about six months now, but I put in about 40 hours a week's worth. Let's call it my new hobby. Anyways, I remember reading posts in the past by individuals who requested a certain feature that seemed very ridiculous at the time.
They wanted to hide their code from the user!
Now, one of the first questions that popped up in my head was why on earth would someone wish to 'hide' their code. After all, the internet is all about trading technologies (right?). Anyways, every now and then I gave the subject a little more thought and I eventually came to a conclusion.
Internet Applications are the wave of the future. They don't need to be installed and they will work on any computer (for the most part). So, if anyone would want their code hidden from the user, it would seem that it would be the application developer community. I am currently working on a web application and I have been working on it for almost six months now, I certainly would be very upset if someone acquired my code, copied my product and just changed a few headings and made money off my hard work.
Anyways, back to the topic of 'hiding' code. Does everyone out there still think it's impossible? I think it's possible.
Actually, I believe I have found a way to do it (accidentally). Who knows, maybe the late night programming and the double espresso's have paid off. I believe that I found a way to set up a site so that all the user ever sees is about 10 lines of code and that's it. I am not talking about disabling the right button; I am just talking about using a different style.
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CR, u lucky dog -- I'm hoping to get one for xmas..
I would go for the Openmoko Neo Freerunner...
hello hello, it's the IT's birthday .. and mine too! http://radar.net/people/robinann/post/2795194/?from=/my-radar
Well, Happy Birthday, Robin Ann!
One day late, but Happy birthday RobinAnn and that many years may come.(and happy birthday IT too... )
Well, one day late, that's relative (time zone wise). :)Anyway, Happy Birthday to you, Robin Ann! And of course, to the IT, too. Safe to say, two of the best things we've on SE. ;)
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Case-based data (to be linked using the unique identifier to specimen-based data for analysis): (I) unique identifier; (II) geographical area (district and province); (III) name; date of birth (IV); (V) date of rash onset; (VI) date of notification; (VII) date of case investigation; (VIII) date of specimen collection; (IX) date when specimens were sent to the laboratory; (X) number of doses of measles-containing vaccine received; (XI) date of last doses of measles-containing vaccine; (XII) if source of infection was identified; (XIII) results of serology; (XIV) results of viral isolation; (XV) final classification; (XVI) name of investigator.
Specimen-based data (to be linked to case-based data for analysis): (I) unique identifier (MESS number when available); (II) specimen number; (III) date of rash onset; (IV) date of blood (or urine, nasopharyngeal secretion) specimen collection; (V) date specimen sent to laboratory; (VI) date specimen received in laboratory (VII) results of serology; (VIII) results of viral isolation.
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- Track rubella virus circulation (in an eradication process, one case must be considered as an outbreak);
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Rubella virus continues to circulate freely in most countries of the region. After a complete investigation, many suspected measles cases are ultimately found to be rubella. Moreover, cases of the Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) have been found in all countries of the Region that have established CRS surveillance systems. This suggests that CRS is a major public health problem in all countries of the Americas.


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LEE COUNT, Fla.- The grand theft charge against former Lee County Commissioner Brian Bigelow have been dropped.
According to our partners at the News-Press, the State Attorney's Office dropped the charge because of lack of evidence. It stemmed from a November arrest when Lee County Sheriff's deputies said Bigelow was driving the getaway car, after another man robbed a Kmart on McGregor Boulevard.
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Cs (Cesium) deposition and precipitation amount on 15 March. The cyclone produced a few millimeters of rain in areas on Honshu Island engulfed by the FD-NPP plume, which led to 137Cs washout. Precipitation was strongest (6mm) near FD-NPP, which produced particularly large deposition amounts of up to nearly 1000kBqm-2 in the vicinity of FD-NPP.
Our simulation suggests that this was the main deposition event over Japan for the entire duration of the disaster. It was due to an unfortunate combination of three factors: (1) the highest emissions of the entire duration of the accident occurred during 14–15 March, (2) the winds transported these emissions over Japan, and (3) precipitation occurred over eastern Japan. Luckily, it did not rain (also confirmed by radar data) exactly at the time when – according to our simulation – the highest concentrations were advected over Tokyo and other major Japanese cities. In such a disastrous scenario, much higher 137Cs deposition in the major population centers would have been possible.
The report, "Independent Investigation Commission on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident," is based on interviews with more than 300 officials, utility executives and TEPCO employees. ... The report quotes Kan's chief Cabinet secretary, Yukio Edano, as experiencing a "demonic scenario in my head" in which four of the plant's six reactors exploded, setting off more explosions at a nearby plant, with massive releases of radiation, according to reports from Japan.
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Nike Air Max+ 2013 Leather QS – White – Gold
December 9, 2013 BY Patrick Johnson / 4 0 / 5
Even with the year coming to a close, it hasn't stopped the Nike Air Max+ 2013 from gaining any more momentum than when it was initially showcased almost a year ago. After announ...Read More
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Reading the phrase "Nike Air Max 2013 Leather 'Volt'" calls to mind the fact that for whatever reason, a mix of traditional shoemaking material and the neon yel...Read More
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The Leather suffix has taken a bit of a backseat as Nike Sportswear's EXT line has come to offer the majority of casual colorways for today's performance leaders. The lates...Read More
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The NSW version of the Nike Air Max 2013 hasn't been too prolific of a shoe. Perhaps giving a preview of what else to expect from the shoe (Or perhaps giving us a look at a pair ...Read More
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Nike Sportswear released a few EXT pairs at the beginning of the year and followed those later in spring with the new Air Max Motion, but there's still room for a Nike Air Max 20...Read More
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Dusk often features unexpected blues and purples that add to the majesty of the natural phenomenon. Nike Running chose to go with a more overt solar expression for the 'Sunset ...Read More
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Even the death of Windows XP failed to jolt the PC market in Q1
PC upgrades due to the expiration of Windows XP peaked in 2012 and 2013, and are starting to taper in 2014, IDC said
AMD brings Kabini APUs to the desktop with affordable, upgradeable AM1 platform
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Intel and SGI cool servers by dunking them
The companies are exploring a cooling technique that submerses electronics in a special fluid developed by 3M.
HP talks up faster speed of Z Turbo Drive PCI-Express SSDs
HP's new SSDs will offer up to 512GB of storage and ship in May.
Intel's Thunderbolt 2 now allows peer-to-peer Mac connections
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Matthew Kenney's M.A.K.E.
- Address:
395 Santa Monica Place, Suite #333
Santa Monica, CA 90401Neighborhood:
Santa Monica
- Cuisine:
Vegetarian / VeganPrice: $30 and under
Matthew Kenney's M.A.K.E.
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.matthewkenneycuisine.com/make
- Phone: (310) 394-7046
- Hours of Operation:
Monday: 11:00 am to 9:00 pm
Tuesday: 11:00 am to 9:00 pm
Wednesday: 11:00 am to 9:00 pm
Thursday: 11:00 am to 9:00 pm
Friday: 11:00 am to 10:00 pm
Saturday: 11:00 am to 10:00 pm
SUnday: 11:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Organic, Vegetarian / Vegan
- Executive Chef: Matthew Kenney and Scott Winegard
- Dress Code: Smart Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Counter Seating, Farm to Table, Gluten-free Menu, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Weekend Brunch, Wine
Getting there
- Cross Street: 4th street
- Parking: Public Lot
- Parking Details: Parking for M.A.K.E can be found at the Santa Monica Place parking lots, adjacent to the restaurant. The cost is as follows:
First 90 minutes - FREE
Next 1 hour - $1.00
Each additional 30 minutes - $1.50
Daily maximum - $14
Santa Monica Place also offers valet parking on Colorado between 4th and 2nd street.
A word from Matthew Kenney's M.A.K.E.
Located inside the Santa Monica Place Market, M.A.K.E. is a living foods, raw restaurant, featuring cutting edge plant-based cuisine. The menu is executed under the guidance of raw food chef and author, Matthew Kenney. The restaurant is located adjacent to Matthew Kenney Culinary, a state- of-the- art raw food Academy. The restaurant's menu features innovative ideas inspired by seasonal, local produce, as well as many of Matthew's classic raw food dishes. Santa Monica is the perfect atmosphere to experience this contemporary and health-conscious cuisine.Continued
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Matthew Kenney's M.A.K.E. reviews from OpenTable diners
30 reviews since July 31, 2014
- Food4.6Service4.4
- Ambiance3.5Noise LevelQuiet
fit for foodies (27)great for lunch (12)great for brunch (7)special occasion (7)good for groups (5)great for outdoor dining (4)neighborhood gem (4)notable wine list (2)hot spot (2)romantic (2)kid-friendly (1)late-night find (1)Show More
- M.A.K.E. Was Ok but OverpricedGaryVIPDined on 11/8/2014In a nutshell: The food was good. Arguably gourmet vegan. A rarity in this town. That said, the pricing was a bit high for the location, ambience and quality of service. I would say we received 3.5 star service but got charged 5 star prices.Special Features:
- Great serviceSkycycleVIPDined on 11/7/2014The food here was fantastic and the service was excellent.Special Features:
- Brilliant FoodMattDined on 10/26/2014The food at MAKE is beyond incredible. The chefs are inventive, the food is incredible and delicate and exploding with flavors. I would recommend this place to anyone. You do not have to be vegan, vegetarian or an omnivore to recognize the quality and beauty of this wonderful restaurant.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Middling- overrated; not specialSwg126VIPDined on 10/19/2014Food was really middling- compare it to other places around town and it just doesn't stand up. The environment is fine given it is located in a nice, upscale, indoor casual food mall type set-up. The service was slow and middling and most of the dishes while healthy and visually appealing really were uninspired and some even quite blah in flavor. The one good dish were the dumplings. All 3 of us left unimpressed, underwhelmed and feeling that we would have been better off going to any one of a number of other places. Surprised they are still in business to be honest.
- super tasty raw, vegan farekhakidogDined on 10/14/2014Who knew that raw, vegan food could taste and look so good! The food is amazingly flavorful and beautifully presented. I am a full fledged omnivore but enjoy a vegetarian meal every now and then and M.A.K.E. is far and away the best I've had. Be aware that you are eating in a food court on the top floor of a swanky shopping center and that prices are steep ($100 per person for the tasting menu including wine and tips), particularly given the location. Also there's hardly anyone else at the restaurant for dinner, or at the other restaurants in the court for that matter, so forget the ambience. Go in with your eyes open, and you won't be disappointed at the remarkable fare.Special Features:
- Vegan paradise!jmjrVIPDined on 9/27/2014A plant perfect work of art. The best vegan restaurant in LA and one of the very best anywhere!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderfulhollys7090Dined on 9/25/2014Totally lived up to expectations! Just wonderful and a must for all vegans or vegetarians!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great for lunch and dinnerOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/17/2014Cody our waiter was amazing Wine list is small but good Food is amazingSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- I'm not a raw vegan ...TacoladyDined on 9/8/2014I thought the food was fabulous had Kim chi dumplings and a cheese plate to share. The truffle cheese best and the presentation on a slate board unique. I had the heirloom tomato lasagne which was fantastic. I took a fruit tart to go. Everything was beautiful and well priced. The servers were very knowledgeable and knew every detail of each such. What I didn't care for was the ambiance of sitting in a shopping mall on thirds floor. It was a Monday so only two others dining there..Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Raw art!!!Raw2honestDined on 8/31/2014Amazing raw food! Festival of colors and flavors! Can't wait to try more of his art!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Even if you are not vegOpenTable Diner Since 2000VIPDined on 8/30/2014Delightful little restaurant with wonderfully creative food.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- excellentmichka78Dined on 8/29/2014Food was fantastic as was service. Only things disappointing was not offered the lunch special - wasnt pointed out to me and would have saved me a bit of money. Otherwise an exceptional dining experience!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Lovely Raw place!!SabrinaMataDined on 8/27/2014The food, the ambience, the place and everything are lovely and yummy!! The best raw place in LA! I loved it!!Special Features:
- Not just for vegetarianskhakidogDined on 8/26/2014M.A.K.E. is a foodie find - it's difficult to believe that raw vegetables could be made so tasty, varied and beautiful. I am not a vegetarian by any means, or even a raw food enthusiast, and yet make it a point to dine at M.A.K.E. every few months. I should mention that the dinner experience is in a food court on the top of an upscale mall, but it is nonetheless a food court. Further, the meal will not be cheap. Overall I think it is a find especially for foodies.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fine dining beautiful raw foodZuziaDined on 8/19/2014I have been excited to go to M.A.K.E for months. There was 4 of us. I am a raw chef, a couple of friends hadnt really experienced raw food and my boyfriend and the other dude are usual big meat eaters but we are all foodies. Everyone was blown away. We had the tasting menu, 6 dishes including dessert for $65. A fair price for the amount of time, enginuity, technique, quality if ingredients and food. Beautiful presentation, some very interesting as well as classic flavour combinations. We thought we might be hungry when the first dishes came out but were happily satisfied and full by the end. The waiter was very helpful with my copious amounts of questions. Go on a weekday night though as we did when theres only a handful of other guests.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Food as artgreenoakDined on 8/11/2014Excellent, fascinating, delicious and nutritious. A must-go restaurant experience.Special Features:
- fantastic!hcatDined on 8/10/2014That pretty much says it all. Fabulous food. Vegan or not. The food is flavorful and you keep wanting more. I was so excited to see what was coming next. With every bite I was soooo happy and felt lucky to have found such a fantastic place to explore raw delicious food!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazing.ShiranTalDined on 8/9/2014We had an amazing raw dinner. The wine was great and the waiters were so kind and helpful! Thank you for a great evening.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- will not visit againCoraDined on 8/7/2014Mu husband and I really like creative food but we don't find M.A.K.E really convincing. First of all, the salat is just a dish of fresh salat without any special sauce or decoration. Second, the black pepper kelp noodles are way too salty. We need to drank more water to swallow them. For a summer lunch, I will only give it 2 out of 5 points. And what dissapointed me more is that I have told them beforehand when I made the reservation that it will be my husband's birthday that day and if possible I wish to have certain words written on his dessert. I even confirmed with the waitress in the restaurant again and she promised me that it's no problem. When the deseert came, NOTHING. The service was just bad. I won't go again.
- The following 137 reviews are from the Matthew Kenney's M.A.K.E. reviews archive.
- Great timemimi10019VIPDined on 7/26/2014I had amazing service.everybody worked as a team. I had many servers:) Great food and descriptions of the food. Do a happy hour MAKE, id come for sure! I'll be back!
- Could be a vegan!Luv2eatDined on 7/21/2014If I lived near this fabulous restaurant, or had a personal chef like the owner! I am coming back for more!Special Features:
- great heathy raw foodNineadayVIPDined on 7/20/2014incredible food, very unique, nice ambiance. the service is good.Special Features:
- Gourmet RawconiverDined on 7/3/2014One of a kind! Beautiful presentation, outstanding flavors and impressive creations. Kind, helpful and efficient service. Pricey but worth it!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Delicious!! I'd happily return!MarciDined on 6/23/2014This was my first Vegan, Raw restaurant experience. I had a number of pre-conceived notions in my head, but this restaurant blew them all away! The food was absolutely delicious and satisfying. I will definitely return!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- very deliioussharethebestVIPDined on 6/21/2014M.A.K.E. offers interesting and delicious fresh, organic food. We started with the guacamole taco and followed up with the lasagna... all wonderful. Very good service and nice wine too.Special Features:
- Nourishing, beautiful & delicious!RawFoodforLifeDined on 6/19/2014We thoroughly enjoyed our dining experience from the ambience, the service to the imaginative, fresh and delectable plant based menu! So wish we could have dined here a few more times to taste as many of the dishes as possible!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Raw food at a new levelSD4BrianVIPDined on 6/7/2014My wife was keen to try MAKE but honestly I was so-so. Boy did I have a pleasant surprise when the first plate arrived. From that point forward I was taken on a delightful raw food experience that shifted my mindset. The lasagna was amazing and I'd return for this one dish. The BIG shock was dessert. The pineapple cheesecake was simply fantastic and one of the most delicious desserts I've had this year.Special Features:
- Vegan and Raw all the wayMarioTGomezDined on 6/6/2014When in Santa Monica, CA make sure you make your way to Matthew Kenney's M.A.KE. It is always my first stop when I'm in Southern CA.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Unbelievable foodhappyvegan6Dined on 5/24/2014The entire experience felt like a treat. I was surprised to find the place inside of the Market and not as its own restaurant, because the food was truly incredible and the way it was prepared was a real art. I went with a group of 3 and we shared 3 appetizers and 3 main dishes and 1 amazing dessert. We asked the waiter to recommend his favorite dishes and all of his choices were outstanding. Not to mention the wait staff was very good looking and he even gave us each an extra cookie (delicious!) on the house. I can't wait for another special occasion to warrant going back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Watch out for the Tasting MenuOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 5/17/2014We ordered the 5 Course tasting menu and thought we would be sharing it. We get the check and it was for (2) $65 meals. Ouch!!Special Features:
- AmazingDelishDined on 5/16/2014The food was thoughtful and intentional. It was healthy and delicious. We will definitely come again! Try the dumplings. And the chef's tasting menu. Whoa! Awesome.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
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As a 10 man raider I miss the ICC method of Do heroic 25 mans then, after your progression schedule for the week is done, do some 10 man heroics with a smaller more tight knit group of friends. At the same time, I like the current system because I enjoy doing 10 mans more than 25 mans, so to have 10 mans be fairly equal to 25 mans is great. So I'm going to have to say that I am against splitting the lockouts again. I also didn't like the idea of not being able to cherry pick heroics because it allows 10 mans to work on the fights that their particular raid composition is best suited for first after knocking out the gimmes like jihn'rohk or morchok and ultraxion in DS. I do agree though that something should be done to the current model, I just can't think of an idea that wouldn't end up being a slight improvement for a small group of players while pissing off a much larger group.
So if I get what lore is suggesting its "You can choose if you want to do 10 or 25 man on heroic and normal. Once you enter and kill a boss in 25 hc you have your heroic lockout but then you can still pick your normal lockout and go do 10 man normal." This is a nice idea for heroic 25 man raiders... It is completely pointless for normal raiders and I feel this idea is not related to "how do we fix lockouts" but more "How do we fix heroic raiders skipping bosses by switching to normal and killing the harder bosses on normal so they get to the easy hc kills and can farm them" Seriously though, how is this of any use to a 10 man normal raiding team? How is this idea adding anything at all for them? During ICC i was in a big social guild that ran both 25 man icc and 10 man icc on a weekly basis. In the harder 25 man we usually killed 7 bosses and then called it a night. It wasn't very productive but that didnt matter to us. We just enjoyed raiding together and it was a ton of fun. Then on the other nights we would go into our ten man groups and clear the place. The suggestion lore makes doesnt have any impact on players in that situation and there are far more players that dont do heroic raiding then that do.
My raid guild has kind of hit this wall in raidind 10 man . like Lore said about being frustrated and stuck. In ICC we couldnt clear the place because we would do a fresh run every week and not have enough time and the raiders at that time had pleanty of skill but not enough heart to endure wipes mostly quitting after 5-10 wipes on a certain boss. Now, we have an awesome group of people that have tons of heart but 3-5 out of 10 dont have the skill with most of those being dps. We run normal 10 man and started very late so we are behind as it is and these are the issues we are encountering. We wipe 20 time learening Mechs another 10 times dividing dps correctly then antoher 10-15 wipes squeezing out enough dps. I would be alright with that if we were in current content but we are currently in HoF and we just downed Wind Lord which was great and some of our raiders thought so with the exception of the "good" raiders we have, i looked at it very negativly because for 20-30 attempts we were wiping under 10% 5 times under 2% and basically only killed the boss because we had all of our healers dpsing half the time. So before we really got going on Ambershaper i called a guild meeting to talk nicely about our dps issues and told everyone we are taking a week of and advised them to research and pull up their Dps because weve come as far as we can. that was 3 weeks ago and now we cant field a 10 man group because only the "good" people will show. I like raiding with my guild and the people we are raiding with and really would rather quit than go raid anywhere else. In ICC 10 man was more forgiving and you could carry a few "bad" friends. In MoP you have hardly any room for error that coupled with LFR Diluting potential raiders makes raiding in a casual 10 man near impossible. I like the older ICC way because it allowed me and the better players the ability to raid with our friends and also Pug 25 mans for that challenge that we needed. I personally think Back in Wrath the gap between good and bad raiders and the gap between people that cared or didnt care to get better was more narrow than it is now. Now it seems like people dont feel like they dont need to get better they can just go LFR or LFG and that good enough why learn anything it takes to long. I think thier are more people out there in my situation than Blizzard would think and maybe us fringe raiders are whats trying to bridge the ever widening gap between Hard core Raiders and LFR raiders. From what i see personally us fringe raiders are dying off. I Like WoW and i love raiding im not here to bash at all but something is broken. I think it all started with LFG and got compounded with LFR before that we all used to run 5 mans with our guildies or people that we got to know. If you give a person an option to Que and run on thier own or wait around for a 5 man to form in guild most would just Que qnd get it over with. I LFR and LFG also i dont like to but what else is there to do but its mind numbing and you dont even talk to others. We have lost accountability and community both inside and outside of guilds and its sad. It is trickling down to every aspect of the game now. For me the ICC template was better and i wish it was that way still.
Hey Lore, nice video. Really made me think (and by the way, congrats on the community manager. I'll defo will be following US blue posts now :D)
I had a few... 'ideas' aswell, ways to (in my humble opinion) kind of balance it all to the ICC-model in some nice way, and I would love to hear your feedback/ideas on it
- Itemlevel:
You were saying that alot of people felt obligated at running LFR beside their normal raiding schedule just for gear. What if they balance everything out. Lets go crazy and say that they pick the old ICC-difficulty model where 25HC > 10HC = 25N > 10N (> LFR)
Lets go crazy and pick random Ilvl's out of our.... *censored* and say that Heroic dungeons drop gear with an Ilvl of 700. LFR, mainly designed that casuals had a chance to see raidcontent without the whole raid schedule/obliagations, ACTUALLY serves it's true purpose, acts like a window for raidcontent (instead of being a loot piniata) and gave gear equal to Heroics. That way, 'serious' raiders, focused on progression, will be less likely force themselves to run LFR long after they started with clearing their content. With 10N being more focused (like you said) for a bunch of friends derping around in a 'oversized dungeon', lets go crazy and say that it drops 715 Ilvl gear.
25N being 'as difficult' as 10HC, both will drop 730 Ilvl gear. This way, people who run 25 normal wont be focused on running 10N and 10HC, because running 10 normal isnt as rewarding (gearwise) due to the lower Ilvl. Sure, people will still be lured to replace those dodgy trinkets/Tier set items, but with 10N being easier, it will be easier to organise a raid to just fool around than to (like now) organise a raid that's equal as hard for the same gear.
25HC will then give about 750 Ilvl (again just pulling out random numbers). This way, you wont be needing lockouts because gear makes it (to a degree) less interesting to do all 4 (5) raids, and the more hardcore raiders amongst us will feel happier cause they are rewarded with the best gear (and this might help the '25-man us dying' problem to a degree)
- 3rd difficulty
I think adding a 3rd difficulty will be a mess. Then there will be Heroic, normal, *insert name* and LFR. I would say add a 'debuff' like they did in ICC. Only this time, make it worth it to turn it off, by rewarding extra gear (3 extra pieces if you fully clear it without the 'nerf' in 10 and 7 for 25). This way, the developers dont need to spend extra effort in tuning a 4th difficulty level (lets be honest, being a complete noob with maths AND programming, even I know that -10% damage is less work than tuning every boss)
I havent seen other replies so I might say the same as they did, or you yourself might have been thinking about it. So apollogies if they play the parrot. And for my horrible english (europe ftw), but I would love to hear your thoughts about it :) Thanks
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I honestly can't begin to describe just how overly joyful I am that I quit the game a couple of weeks ago!
Reading their recent "announcements" and this episode of the Marmot (Pooling it all into one now), I will be looking very much forward to the absolute chaos that will occur with separating lockouts again.
Especially since that means a ton of unhappy "casual" players.., not that there's much difference from today as their always whining about something, mostly loot.
Watching them finally partially admit to their flaws is also really good, it is about high time they got their head out of their ass, and actually listened to the feedback that's well formulated and constructed in a proper manor on the forums.
What their "data" show is widely open to interpretation, sadly for the community in general, they've done a piss poor job at understanding it, while blindly dismissing what players have said for years was actually happening in their own game.
Breakdown of the community overall as well as the raiding scene, or guilds in general, as their nothing more then player housing features.
Anyhoo, a good "final" Marmot for me, might tune in again for the Q2 report and the next 1 - 1.5 million loss to hear what else they want to revert.., though it's far to late to pull back their year long loyal players:D
Ps: Is it congratulations on your Cm post Lore?- I'm not sure tbh
I preferred the ICC (& BC) model of lockouts. Share loot locks/IL with 10 man and LFR so you can do things with friends or LFR suck. I think this system could be done with mych greater skill in itemization with what Bliz has learned since ICC to make the itemization issues nonexistant.
I think a normal/heroic lockout seems like a great idea, here's why:
1. Progess Raiders
The progress race seems to be more interesting if you would force kill orders, simply because that cherry-picking Lore talked about eventually means: "How fast can you run X amount of raid lockouts after eachother". It's also far more easier/fair for progress to compare time spent in the instance, because eventually, that's what matters.
2. "Casual"/Normal Raiders
Notice the quotation marks on casual. Normal raiders generally speaking don't do a lot of Heroic raiding anyway, so this wouldn't change anything for them.
3. Midcore Raiders
The people that have killed Lei-Shen, but haven't seen Ra-Den yet. For them, heroic progress would slow down a bit because they can't cherry-pick every week, but on the other hand, that also means they can clear normal in a day or two without having to call a raid halfway because they want to do the next boss on heroic and raider X who they really want for the attempts isn't here today. It also means that once they switch to Heroic-focus raid nights, they can still gear up alts/rerolls in normal with a group of e.g. 2 rerolls, 3 mains, 5 alts without a problem. Currently, the rerolls need to take a spot in a main raid and the 5 alts are out of luck because they need to PuG 5 more people to raid normal raids.
I have nothing to say other than expressing my annoyance in the old days at the so called parity between 10 Heroic and 25 Normal.
The guy making up the final DPS spot in a 25 Normal could slack LFR-style and get the same ilevel gear as someone doing 10HC.
That was wrong.
But anyway, LFR didn't need to exist. The easier 10 man modes of Naxx and nerfed ICC allowed pugs and social guilds (no skilled based selection) to raid together.
So yeah separate the lockout, remove LFR and a month into each Tier start applying a 5% nerf to 10 Normal each week. Make new 5 mans to keep the social/casual players busy until the nerfs start to kick in and to allow alts to catch up.
That would be better overall than we have now. Only downsides are:
Hardcore 10 man guilds that formed as a result of the current system will be annoyed.
Realms have been shrinking and may no longer be able to support 25 man guilds with enough quality players.
Guild perks killed off the small social guilds so there may be no one left to benefit...
Issues trying to make 10HC gear better than 25 Normal gear.
Given the problems trying to find 25 HC quality players on many realms (the reason I quit in Wrath) it may be an idea to create parity between 10 HC and 25 HC. Allowing guilds to jettison the weaker players for the HC mode and run it in 10 man for the same or similar rewards as 25 HC.
Combining the lockouts and equalizing the loot was definitely a good change for me. I quit 25s after BC because I didn't like herding 25 cats, and while I had fun doing 10s in Wrath, I didn't like:
* Not having access to legendaries
* Hearing about how trivial 10s were from friends who ran them with previous-tier 25 gear
* Some of my raiders feeling obligated to pug 25 normals, and then having no reason to care about the loot that dropped in heroic 10
That said, I don't know if it was a net positive for the game overall. The 25s groups my friends were in mostly dropped to 10s or collapsed entirely, and many of those friends legitimately preferred raiding 25s. The effective number of difficulties went down (until LFR, which bundles a very low difficulty together with group size, individual loot, and typically a bunch of strangers instead of your friends), so when Blizzard misses their tuning targets like they did with Horridon through Tortos on 10, players can feel like they're out of options.
An aside to Banzhe: with apologies to your sense of schadenfreude, Blizzard isn't actually going to split the lockouts again any time soon. Ghostcrawler says "maybe we made the wrong decision" about lots of things, and it doesn't generally presage a shift in direction.
I believe Lore answers his own question near the end, and also overcomplicates this whole thing. Yes, there needs to be organized content that are easier than current tier normal modes. What can be done about it without opening a different can of worms? Make early normal modes easier. In a tier with double digit bosses there is room for a more noticable scaling in difficulty to allow everyone to kill something, while still requiring a good amount of coordination to be able to kill everything
At around 09.25 Lore says that in a way, both sides (10 man and 25 man) were more healthy with the old system. I believe this to be said from the perspective of a 25 man raider who did 10 man on his off-days and therefore a very biased view. The guilds who did 10 man exclusively back then was not in any way shape or form, healthy. There is a psychological factor of being looked upon as an inferior, that should not be underestimated. I happened to be the officer of a 10 man exclusive guild back then and let me tell you.. it was a nightmare. Noone wanted to join our "club of inferiors", even when our progress was good (relative to other guilds in the same situation - 25 man guilds steamolled past us in 10 man progress because of their gear).
People (including Blizzard representatives) tend to state "25 man guilds are dying" as if that is a problem in and of itself. It's not. If people leave 25 man guilds to join 10 man guilds, it is mostly because that's where they want to be, they prefer the smaller guild environment. There is no denying that this cause a problem for those remaining in 25 man guilds, but if there are a significant amount of people who prefer that group size, they will join the remaining 25 man guilds on a server, keeping it healthy. If that group size is indeed dying out, despite the developers best efforts (slightly more loot per head and higher chance of thunderforged items), maybe it's time to look into prioritizing other areas of the game instead of maintaining and balancing two different group sizes?
On my realm/faction there are currently no 25 man guilds raiding. I'm sure there are others playing on low-mid pop servers experiencing the same. If something needs to be done it is to allow us to hook up with similar minded people more easily. Paying a significant fee to transfer characters to another realm/faction holds a lot of people back from finding the guild where they belong, and seems excessive in a subscription based mmo now that more and more games in the genre move towards a free to play model.
The problem with the proposed solution of splitting lockouts based on difficulty, is that 25 man heroic raiders will be able to run 10 man normals to get missing pieces. 10 man heroic raiders will not be able to do that because you can't scale a raid up, only down. I can already hear the cries of Paragon, who will need to recruit back up to 25 man to stay competitive. This certainly fixes cherry picking bosses, but I've never heard anyone describe this as a problem that needs fixing. In my opinion this creates bigger problems than it solves.
Same could have been said in Wrath: why would you want to encourage 10man if people don't really want to do it, as they prefer the more exciting 25man format.
Add to that the fact that new 10mans are formed each week (check forums); this combined with the fact that the game is loosing players only leads to 3 possible scenarios: either more non-raiders want to raid, or they come from a seemingly unending stream of 25man guilds breaking appart (which is not the case) or 10mans tend to break up way too often. I dare say 10man is not the fun loving place that 10man raiders advertise. 25 needs to be encouraged solely for the stability it provides: they might be splitting appart but it takes ages for them to do so (much more than a 10man anyway).
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If only people could stop thinking like this... one can dream.
Same could have been said in Wrath: why would you want to encourage 10man if people don't really want to do it, as they prefer the more exciting 25man format.
Add to that the fact that new 10mans are formed each week (check forums); this combined with the fact that the game is loosing players only leads to 3 possible scenarios: either more non-raiders want to raid, or they come from a seemingly unending stream of 25man guilds breaking appart (which is not the case) or 10mans tend to break up way too often. I dare say 10man is not the fun loving place that 10man raiders advertise. 25 needs to be encouraged solely for the stability it provides: they might be splitting appart but it takes ages for them to do so (much more than a 10man anyway).
In any case, the fact is that a lot of people really do enjoy the smaller raid formats. Especially organizers, it's much less of a nightmare for them. (Insert, "But my friend loved organizing 72 man raids in EverQuest, so you're wrong!" anecdote here.)
As to the "third difficulty" thing or whatever...at some point it seems like the attitude shifted from, "Raids are hard, they're the pinnacle of progression in the game. They're the goal to work towards." to simply, "Ok, everyone just (needs/deserves/wants/whatever) to raid now." But even that wasn't enough, now we're endlessly worried about the granularity of difficulty. Raiding couldn't just be raiding anymore, we had to have Normal and Heroic modes. But lo and behold, that wasn't quite enough, so we had to have ever-increasing zone buffs to make the difficulty slowly diminish. But even that wasn't enough, some people apparently still found normal too hard, so we needed LFR. But now LFR is...too easy? or something? But normal is still too hard? So now we need not-really-normal-but-more-than-LFR?
Come on. I always thought raiding was supposed to be about overcoming the best stuff that the development team could come up with. Not just this catered-to-you thing where you just go to collect loot and then complain.
If you want to dismiss my argument as anecdotal, go for it. But I'm yet to find *any* raider that enjoys 10 over 25, because surprise surprise: my friends and the people I hang out with enjoy the same things I do, much like your friends probably enjoy 10s a lot more. To be clear: I can dismiss your opinion as anecdotal too, for lack of data on my part.
At the end of the day we need a healthier scene, for both 10 and 25. Ignoring any of the two won't solve any problem.
I'd add one more wrinkle (or subtract?) to your new lockout system, Lore: remove 10 man heroic.
10 mans work best when they demand your attention to mechanics and reward you for skillful play (in other words, are normal mode). When you bump the difficulty up to heroic, it really shines a light on class balance issues and buff/utility. You spend more time worrying about why you DON'T have a certain class, than worrying about how to kill bosses. It puts pressure on the whole ranged/melee balance because a swing in composition by only one player makes a big difference in strategy. If you're doing normals, then it doesn't really matter all that much what classes you have, but in heroic mode it makes a big difference.
So you have:
Heroic lockout - 25 man only - item level X+13
Normal lockout - 10 or 25 man shared - item level X
LFR - 25 man only - item level X-20
Problems this solves:
No more complaining about the death of 25 man raiding - if you want to be a heroic raider, you raid 25 mans. Period. That also means that a lot of guilds will have to put together 25 man groups.
Plays to the strengths of 10 man groups - emphasizes playing with friends who know what they are doing without putting too much pressure on class composition.
Right now, the "alt run" has taken the place of the old 10 man ICC run. However, if you're a 10 man guild, unless everyone wants to come to the alt run, you have to pug a few folks every week, and you have to use all alts, so if someone in your guild (or a potential pug) doesn't feel like leveling an alt, then they can't participate. If you were coming from a 25 man guild *and* you could use mains to do a 10 man "beer run" it would be a lot easier to make a group. This causes a bit of drama sometimes (how come he gets to bring/get gear on his alt but I'm bringing my main?) but overall I think it would be better than the alt run - especially since its really hard to maintain an alt these days.
It also makes gettting valor points as a raider a little more palatable.
Lets guilds/players who like being a 10 man group play as a 10 man group without feeling second class - they just chose to be normal mode raiders. If they want to move up to heroic raiding, it won't be too hard since they'll have all the normal mode gear they need to apply to an early heroic mode guild with.
In other words, there *was* a 3rd difficulty (even a 4th difficulty) back in ICC days - 10 mans.
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Lets guilds/players who like being a 10 man group play as a 10 man group without feeling second class - they just chose to be normal mode raiders. If they want to move up to heroic raiding, it won't be too hard since they'll have all the normal mode gear they need to apply to an early heroic mode guild with.
Blizzard just seems to experiment waaay too much and change systems that were already great. Lets start with Heroic 5 mans, they turned them into an absolute zerg fest in WoTLK for some reason, I don't recall Heroics being a true issue in TBC, yes some Heroics were considered unpuggable (at least with a pug tank). There was literally no reason for Blizzard to do that, they tried to rectify the problem in Cata but unfortunately the community was spoiled by then. (I think LFG was the bigger problem though). The core issue in TBC was raiding was largely inaccessible to a large population of players. Players that payed the same money felt entitled to the same content, which made perfect sense.
WoTLK Blizzard got a lot right, while I think the initial Naxx > Ulduar difficulty was too steep for most, Blizzard was still working out it's system. After Ulduar raiding difficulty was no longer really tiered anymore in terms of difficulty. In Vanilla WoW the first boss of the next tiered Raid were harder then the final boss of the last tiered raid. Think MC's Ragnaros into BWL's Razorgore. Or even Kara's Prince into SSC/TK Hydross/A'lar. Casual guilds would skip the first present boss for the easier ones like Lurker or Void Reaver. That's what gated most people. WoTLK changed all of that which worked out great overall. Casuals could clear entire raids and while hardcore raiders were no longer overwhelmed by dramatic skips in difficulty. The biggest mistake in WoTLK was the abomination of Trial of the Crusader where we got 5 bosses in an arena that you had to potentially do 4 freaking times (Blizzard still needs to apologize for that one, we were all expecting that Spider place or Zul'awhatever, they were stalling for time no doubt)
So for most of WoTLK raid content was accessible for everyone, especially 10 man guilds. If you were a 10 man raider you were just a casual, you wanted to have fun and you still could to Heroic 10 mans if you were good enough (the gear disparity could be a problem though). 25 man raiders had their big raids and then could do 10 mans later, while I wasn't a fan of running the same instance twice (I miss the ZG/ZA/AQ20 days) it was something to do.
Cataclysm essentially cut your potential content in half. It was a stupid idea. I thought LFR was going to rectify that. During Cata I actually was a casual, I normally found myself with not enough to do, I thought LFR would provide me with moderate raid content. If it was a 10 man system i think it would have worked well, no different then the puggable Karazhan just a tad easier. They made it a 25 man zerg fest, it was an awful for me, it wasn't fun and I think that's pretty much what made me quit. Had there just been split lockouts during Cata I could have raided with my old guildies 10 man runs or their alt 10 man runs. Two lockouts provides more 10 man pugs and 25 man GDKP runs. I really don't think the whole 10 man loot vs 25 man loot was such a big controversy during WoTLK, infact I think it's a bigger deal in the single lockout system.
During ICC, we would raid as a guild two nights a week on a 10man lockout, then pug a 25man one night a week for those that still wanted to go. That is what I remember liking most about the two different lockouts was there was more pugging going on then. Of course, now the population of my server (as far as raiding population) has dwindled as the guilds transferred to high pop realms so I doubt allowing separate lockouts will 'fix' it since we just don't have the players anymore.


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One of the things I'd like to stress to anyone going through an interview process here, is that the HR/Recruitment department like to take their time when dealing with candidates. I personally took over 3 months from initial interview to getting my foot in the door. (even took a job in the interim to pay rent) Just be patient when the process is underway and always believe in better.Negotiation Detailsno negotiationAccepted OfferAverage Interview
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2nd - Programming test asking you to build a scheduler for a set of Tv programs within the time frame they allocate to you.
3rd - Telephone interview asking how to went about doing the programming for the assignment they assign to you and how you could improve what you have done to make it better.
4th - An assessment day which again is another programming task working in pairs. In this task they ask you to program again. People can struggle due to the pressure you are put under but if you know programming inside out this shouldn't be a problem.Interview Questions
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at Sky in August 2014.Interview Details
Got contacted by an in-house recruiter via email who saw my CV online and she sent me a small Java test to do. A week on and no feedback from the test I got invited to attend a face to face (final round), so I guess I did OK. The final round consisted of a pair test which was two guys sitting next to me, slightly confused as apparently collaboration isn't part of it, I always thought the point of pair programming is that you can bounce off ideas rather than going and just coding something. Second part was a very much untechnical interview with 3 people, I think the manager and 2 other devs. They asked mostly just about my last 2 roles and also asked me to draw an example of my work which with policies in place I don't feel like you can give too much away. I didn't pass the interview as I needed too much prompting with the sit down test and came across too un-technical with my explanation of my work although I wasn't asked about specifics about technologies used. I think coming to the office was an eye opener and speaking to developers there also made me put this role at the bottom of my list below other roles I'm interviewing for but each to their own.No OfferNegative ExperienceAverage Interview
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I applied online – interviewed at Sky in August 2014.Interview Details
Applied online and completed the online assessment which is basically just some situations and how you would handle them which is relatively easy!
Then had a phone call in which some basic questions were asked e.g. if the hours were suitable, if I was eligible to work in the UK etc. Then on the same call was the phone interview in which you were asked some questions about situations in the work place and how you'd dealt with them previously e.g. "describe a time when you've worked as part of a successful team" and "describe a time when you've given good customer service" etc. Was informed on the same call that I'd passed the interview and invited in for an interview. I went on holiday for 2 weeks and rang to arrange a date for this when I returned.
Then was my face to face interview.
The first part of the interview was myself and 3 other candidates sat round a table while someone talked to us about sky in general and went over a few aspects of the job role.
We then got spit into 4 rooms and told to do a presentation, we had paper, pens and some sheets with information with clues as to what they wanted in this presentation.
There were four questions to answer in this part:
Why Sky?
Why You?
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(I Cant remember the 4th but it was quite similar).
Then there was the 'speed dating' part of the interview, where you spoke to 4 different interviewers about different areas. E.G. empathising with customers and why it was important. questions about customer services. How you would sell something to someone. ETC.
Then the final part was the role play telephone call.
You were given sheets with the products and packages sky offered and then a 'difficult customer' (one of the interviewers) would ring a telephone in the interview room and present an issue to you. You have one practice call which they give you feedback on and one real call which your marked on.
The first was something like 'my husbands been laid off and I need to cancel as I have found cheaper elsewhere' and the second was ' I want to make a complaint about the last call adviser i spoke to... then... Ive found a cheaper deal for the same full package as yours... then they wanted to check their friends package to compare (which you refuse for data protection)".
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Online application. The process has improved since I applied but it took some time to hear back - perhaps a couple of months. Invited for for a phone interview and spoke to a member of HR. Then invited to interview having passed the phone interview. The day consisted of a maths test and verbal reasoning that you had already done online. Followed by a series of presentations, group activities and individual competency based questions with a member of HR. You found out if you got the job soon after.Interview Questions
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Contacted via a recruitment advisor from sky via LinkedIn. She didn't seem to understand what the role was, although was very nice. She took my cv and put me forward for an interview with the head of audit.Interview Questions
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Was interviewed twice by phone for an analyst position at Sky Bet. First interview was to go over my skills and experience to date. Second interview was more how I would fit in to the team and what transferable skills I could bring.
Both interviews went well and I was optimistic. I followed up a few weeks later asking if there was any feedback as I had not heard from Sky since then and was told that they were still going through interviews and I would be informed within the next ten days. I never heard from them again. I found that very unprofessional from a leading UK company and put me off applying to them again which is a shame as I am a huge fan of their services.Interview Questions
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This is my second project out of the BurdaStyle Sewing Vintage Modern book.
I really loved the look of the bell sleeves on this top, very "hippy, bohemian" inspired.
I made it up in a black seersucker fabric. I added some gorgeous Italian buttons to the back which I think is a real feature of this blouse.
It was a simple pattern to modify however, I did note a typo on instruction number 5. Measure down 8.5mm from the waist point should read 8.5cm.
I'm really pleased with the blouse. I've already worn it a few times and it feels super comfy to wear.
Japanese 100% Cotton seersucker with self print and eyelet detail.
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I really like how it looks in black!
Feb 14, 2013, 02.00 AMby Anniemollison
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Feb 13, 2013, 03.24 PMby Jamie Lau
Great fabric choice! And thanks for pointing out the mm vs. cm – I'll let the publisher know!
Feb 13, 2013, 07.53 PMby Anniemollison
Thank you.
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Thank you. Your gorgeous fabrics always look great.
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