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It seems that from Trundle's lore that his bearing the curse of an entire tribe might actually make him less powerful than the average troll (or a troll that was at peak physical shape). It also seems as if his ability kit should be more similar to that of Dr. Mundo's with insane health regeneration. I love the champion Trundle and I believe he has a good kit (could use a few tweaks but nothing major) my issue with the champion is that his lore does not seem to match.
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He bears the curse of the tribe, but he was also born with the gift of insanely fast healing. So, I guess the two balance themselves out.
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What about the filthy pillar though and the other contaminate ground effects though....I guess I am not satisfied in why he can do these things and why contaminating the ground helps him the way it does. Is his curse finite? By spreading elsewhere is he in a sense buffing himself?
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The contamination and whatnot are probably related to him being a troll. Not his disease. Perhaps they live in a filthy manner?
I think a big factor in trundle's kit is the fact that he bears a curse designed to affect an entire tribe of trolls with powerful regeneration abilities by himself. With that much powerful magic in one creature, he has to have some power of his own from it (not to mention his incredible regeneration abilities, god-worthy tolerance of pain, and overall trollness) which can be seen in his ability to control the disease and affect others, terrain, and strengthen himself with it (pillar of filth, contaminate, and agony). I actually think Trundle's lore is one of the best lores of LoL. Because he's born with amazingly natural talent, he's basically punished for it. Severely. He has to live with the constant agony of his flesh melting away then growing back in a never ending cycle. Yet he keeps going, driven by the knowledge that if he dies, the curse that he bears would most likely go back to the tribe, and goes into the League of Legends (as a troll mind you, next to some of the most civilized/powerful races in Runeterra) and stands toe-to-toe with legends, monsters, and magic incarnate. Trundle has every reason to hate life and give up: having to deal with the prejudices that the rest of the world has against him being a troll, bearing a curse while the rest of your kind gets off completely free, and being held back from your true potential of basically being immortal. Yet he keeps going, marching to the beat of a tattered, yet still valiant drum (haha, get it? beat?). tl;dr - get out of the lore section.
I always assumed his kit was a byproduct of his curse.
On the contrary! Perhaps Trundle has shamanic blood in him, allowing him to manipulate his curse. It was mentioned that the tribe does have a limited amount of spellcasters. If Trundle is like one of those shamans... Then it is possible that is able to use it his advantage by to forcing his curse on others. *EDIT* You'll notice that three of his abilities harm his enemy, but buff Trundle. His bite saps their physical strength. His passive takes their health and gives it to him upon their death. His ultimate steals both health and defenses from the enemy by forcing it upon them, if only for a moment. This causes me to think that Trundle is not just an idle curse bearer. Rather, this curse is somehow making him *more* powerful. Regardless of whether his lore says it or not, he's found a way to use his curse offensively and defensively by means of magic. Another theory might be the classic, "blame the summoners" approach. Trundle only has these abilities because he is empowered by their magic. It's the same idea behind how some Champions like Garen use their ultimates. Now, I don't like this approach as much, but it's possible that they are allowing him to manipulate his curse through their knowlege while their minds are linked. This makes him a bit less awesome using this theory, so I'm inclined to hope that he has found a way to manipulate his powers. Anyways, just some thoughts.
I always thought it was funny that he essentially doesn't really fullfill his oath.


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The Interactive Fiction class combines the pleasures of crafted story experiences with the pleasures of interactivity that is most evident in the in the popularity of video games. Students will explore how story is incorporated into contemporary game designs. They will have the opportunity to create their own interactive story with pictures, animations, and sounds. After students make your own interactive stories, they will bring them home with on a flash drive at the end of the class. They can get a copy of their classmates' stories as well. The stories can then be played/read on computers or handheld devices.
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That corporate mouthful, TOPS, A Sun Microsystems Company has a new hardware device that attaches desktop computers and peripherals to low-cost AppleTalk/FlashTalk networks. The Teleconnector supports FlashTalk, TOPS' standard for AppleTalk communications, which enables MS-DOS micros on an AppleTalk network to communicate at three times AppleTalk speed and supports MS-DOS-to-Macintosh communications at the standard AppleTalk rate of 236Kbits-per-second. TOPS TeleConnectors are fully compatible with AppleTalk networks and Farallon's PhoneNet Plus. The TOPS TeleConnect System also supports networking software over accessible, twisted pair cabling, such as standard telephone wire. The system is now shipping to US dealers at $59.
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Lisa Yee is the author of Millicent Min, Girl Genius, Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time and So Totally Emily Ebers. Winner of the Sid Fleischman Humor Award and Chinese American Librarians Association Book of the Year, her other accolades include USA TODAY Critics' Pick, ALA Notable Book, Junior Library Guild, and 1st place wheelbarrow race (7th grade). She was recently named the 2007 Thurber House Children's Writer-in-Residence.
I always knew I wanted/needed to write. In what form was the question. Though I'd always dreamed of being an author, I didn't take a direct path.
I dual-majored in Humanities and English at USC. While there, I interned at KCET, the L.A. PBS station, and worked on an interactive kid's magazine. Out of college, I was a copywriter, then associate director of a creative think tank. Then, I moved to Doyle Dane Bernbach, where I was an account executive for 7-Up Foods. I missed the creative, so I returned. My jobs included writer/producer for Walt Disney World, where I worked on television specials. I also worked for Disneyland Paris as the video production supervisor. Then, my husband and I opened our own creative services company, Magic Pencil Studios. I was the creative director.
Yet, all this time, I really, really, really wanted to write children's books. I was featured in a Wall Street Journal article about career-obsessed women who scheduled their pregnancies around big work projects. And that made me sad. I wondered who/what I had turned into. So I began to write at night.
Editor Arthur Levine pulled me out of the slush pile. And a new career was born!
Initially I wrote MILLICENT MIN as a stand-alone. But when I was trying to figure out what to write for my second novel, my daughter (then age 11) would stop in and say snide things about boys. She hated them – thought they were hideous and uncouth. So I decided to write a book about a boy, to show her she was wrong.
I had fallen in love with Stanford Wong in my first book, but I wasn't interested in writing a sequel. So I wrote about the same summer, all from Millicent's enemy's POV.
The third and last of the trilogy, SO TOTALLY EMILY EBERS, was something a lot of fans asked me for. And it made sense to complete the stories. I had a blast exploring the lives of these three kids. And along the way I learned so much about them I didn't know when they first appeared on the page!
I made calendars where I could see overlapping scenes. And I cloned the manuscripts and cut and pasted anywhere the characters were in the same room, on the phone, or shared scenes. It was quite a bit of work, but I knew that if I got it wrong, readers would be quick to point it out!
Millicent I knew. She came to me fully formed and it was surprisingly easy to write in her voice. I think I sat up straighter when I wrote her book. (She'd have good posture).
The depth (and pain) of Stanford's life came as a surprise to me. As I began writing his book, he revealed himself to me and I really grew to love him. I'd cry when I wrote sad scenes and blubber, "Stanford, I am so sorry to do this to you!" Although boys and girls are very different, I believe they share the same emotions. Only girls are allowed to show them. So I imagined what it would be like for this jock who everyone was quick to stereotype.
Emily also surprised me. On the surface she's so happy and bubbly. Yet, I knew her parents were recently divorced, and that can take a toll on a child. She wouldn't be one to burden someone else with her fears and problems. That's when I came up with the idea of her writing letters to her father that she never mails. Although the letters are lighthearted (at least in the beginning), an astute reader can see through her guise of cheerfulness.
You need to start out with the funny gene. Either you have one (or more), or you don't. When I teach humor writing I tell my students, "I can't teach you how to be funny, but I can teach you how to be funnier." Then we take it from there.
For me, all my humor is character-driven. What's funny for one character, would not work for another. It has to ring true. I always go for poignancy in humor. There's a book called MORTIFIED that's hysterical. It's culled from the diaries of adults – written when they were kids. We took ourselves sooooo seriously then. And it's funny, though in the moment, things might have looked tragic.
I love Emily's heart. Millicent's vulnerability. Stanford's loyalty.
I won't begin anything until I've outlined it. To me outlining is the hard work, but necessary. It gives me a roadmap – though I don't always follow it. Once I've outlined, I write, and that's the fun part. .
I don't have a writing group, but I do bounce things off of my kids. (Ouch.)
Studies have proven (well, all the studies I've conducted) that chocolate is an integral component of the writing process. Without chocolate your adjectives have less verve.
I was creating names for lobster cocktails (I used to write menus for Red Lobster) when I got a conference call from all these people at the SCBWI. Steve Mooser started telling me about the Sid Fleischman Humor Award. It was very confusing. I thought that maybe they were calling every member to tell them about it.
Then when I found out I had won, I was stunned for two reasons: 1) I didn't even know my publisher had entered the book, and 2) Because I didn't set out to write a funny book. To me, I had written a novel about a girl who was lonely.
The students are already hyped because they get to get out of class, so they're eager to hear what you have to say. The more honest you are, the more they appreciate it. Whatever you do, don't lecture them. Engage them. Open a dialogue. Have fun. And wear jeans. Kids like it when you look like a real person.
I like to make things like collages out of found objects. I also like to blow up Peeps. Lately my son and I have been going geocaching. That's where you log in here and treasure hunt. I also read while I'm on the elliptical machine, and
Wow! This is actually funny/sad. See that incomplete sentence above? I just left it there hanging. And now, a week later, I returned to find it. Just goes to show that I don't have a lot of spare time. However, if I did have any spare time, my dream would be to take a nap.
I'm currently working on a novel about a semi-Goth girl whose mother runs a charm school for would-be beauty queens in Florida. After a particularly bad argument with her mom, the girl runs away with her two best friends to Los Angeles. There, she tries to find her father who doesn't even know she exists.
CHARM SCHOOL DROPOUT is scheduled fall 2008, Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic.
My website is lisayee.com and there's an e-mail link there for anyone who'd like to contact me or send me presents. I am also an avid blogger and can be found blathering about authoring, and Peeps, and books, and spleens being ejected out the nose, and other fascinating subjects at lisayee.livejournal.com.


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After coming into office in the depths of the Great Recession, President Obama has helped create more than a million jobs over his first term. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, support for the auto industry, and other policies implemented by the 111th Congress in 2009 and 2010 set the right path forward, fostering 31 months of private-sector job creation.
Deficit spending has been effective in boosting job creation. In 2008, the economy began losing jobs, and by the winter of 2008-09, the economy was shedding more than 20,000 jobs per day, more than at any point since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tabulating these data in 1948. The Recovery Act led to a rapid reversal in the number of layoffs, and starting in March 2010, the economy saw jobs being added each month.
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'Holy Grail' Superman Comic Sells For $3.2m
An almost perfect edition of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for $3.2m (£1.9m) at auction.
The vintage work's seller Darren Adams, a collector in Washington state, described the 1938 edition of Action Comics No 1 as possibly the "best copy in existence" - the "Holy Grail" of comic books.
The cover features the red-caped man of steel hoisting a car over his head.
The character is widely credited with starting the multi-billion-dollar worldwide comic book superhero phenomenon.
Only 50 to 100 copies of the comic book are believed to still exist, most of them in considerably poorer condition than that owned by Mr Adams.
The nearly flawless Action Comics debut was purchased on eBay by marketplace firm ComicConnect, whose director Stephen Fishler has not ruled out putting it back up for sale.
It is believed to be the highest price ever paid for a comic book.
In May, a 1937 two-page spread by Belgian artist Herge depicting his character Tintin on various adventures with his faithful dog Snowy fetched $3.58m (£2.16m).


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Poll: Virginia Independent Young Adults Focused On Jobs In 2012 Presidential Campaign
Facebook and text messages seen as most effective GOTV reminders
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Generation Opportunity today released data specifically on Independent voters from their comprehensive Virginia-specific survey of young adults ages 18-29. The poll found that 72 percent of Independent Millennials in Virginia plan to vote in the presidential election, only 30 percent believe the country is headed in the right direction, and 81 percent say key life decisions have been delayed by the poor national economy. The poll also found that of the "Get Out The Vote" (GOTV) reminder tools that will have an impact on Independent young voter turnout in Virginia, Facebook ranked first at 53 percent and text messages ranked second at 45 percent. Only 13 percent of Virginia's Independent young adults thought a phone call would be effective – a clear indication that smartphones and other mobile devices have reached a point of heavy market penetration within the demographic.
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Generation Opportunity has over 4 million fans on Facebook and direct grassroots engagement with over a quarter million young Americans. The organization has over 100,000 followers across the Commonwealth of Virginia developed through social media and grassroots activities. In addition to releasing Virginia poll results, Generation Opportunity has launched the Pledge to GO Vote Campaign aimed at further increasing the already growing enthusiasm and interest among young adults to participate in the presidential election. Generation Opportunity is encouraging its Virginia supporters, their friends, and all those within their networks to Pledge to GO Vote. Read more about the initiative and sign the pledge here at GenerationOpportunity.org/vote.
Watch the video at bit.ly/PledgeToGOVote. VIRGINIA'S INDEPENDENT YOUNG ADULTS – IMPACT OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S POLICIES, IMPORTANCE OF JOB CREATION- Only 26% of Independent young adults in Virginia say that the economic policies coming out of Washington are helping them.
- Only 41% approve of President Obama's handling of youth unemployment.
- Only 35% think that President Obama's policies have helped create jobs in Virginia.
- 64% agree with the statement "the economy grows best when individuals are allowed to create businesses without government interference."
- 59% agree with the statement "if taxes on business profits were reduced, companies would be more likely to hire."
- 60% believe the availability of more quality, full-time jobs upon graduation is more important than lower student loan interest rates.
- 61% say the availability of more quality, full-time jobs with health insurance plans is more important than the ability to stay on their parents' health insurance plans until they are 26.
- 79% would decrease federal spending if given the opportunity to set America's fiscal priorities.
- 73% prefer reducing federal spending over raising taxes on individuals to balance the budget.
- 64% would increase production of domestic American energy sources like oil, natural gas, and coal if given the opportunity to set America's fiscal priorities.
- 72% of 18-29 year old Virginia Independents plan to vote in the election for President this year.
- Only 33% believe that today's political leaders reflect the interests of young Americans.
- Only 30% agree with the statement "generally speaking, things in the United States are heading in the right direction."
- 56% are not confident that America will still be a global leader in five years if the USA continues along the same path as the last few years.
- 55% agreed they will learn more about the policy positions of the presidential candidates in 2012 than they did in 2008.
- Which will be the more important to you in casting your vote for President in 2012?
- 58% - A candidate's position on issues and a record in public office;
- 5% - A candidate's personal characteristics, like charisma and likeability;
- 30% - They are of equal importance (accepted only this response);
- 4% - Neither is important / something else;
- 4% - Do not know/cannot judge (accepted only this response).
- Which of the following, if any, would make young people more likely to vote? (Accepted multiple responses) (Randomized):
- 53% - Facebook reminder message;
- 45% - Text message reminder;
- 35% - Email reminder;
- 21% - Public service announcement;
- 13% - Phone call;
- 19% - None of the above (accepted only this response);
- 8% - Do not know/cannot judge (accepted only this response).
- 76% of Independent Millennials in Virginia believe that the lack of job opportunities is shrinking the American middle class.
- 81% had planned to but now might delay or not make at all a major life change or move forward on a major purchase due to the current state of the economy (Accepted multiple responses) (Randomized):
- 40% - Buy their own place;
- 35% - Go back to school/getting more education or training;
- 34% - Start a family;
- 32% - Save for retirement;
- 30% - Pay off student loans or other debt;
- 23% - Get married;
- 22% - Change jobs/cities;
- 19% - None of the above (accepted only this response)
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The Replica of today is a different magazine. As a 50-page monthly, it still carries a few national advertisements -- Honda, Kodak, and Goya, for example -- but there are very few local ads, and no coverage of local exile affairs of the kind that once caused Lesnik to use a bodyguard just to get from his home to the office. The magazine now has a mail-only circulation of 80,000. A recent cover story was a belated tribute to Elvis Presley after the twentieth anniversary of his death. Replica has nothing to say about Cuba or the Cuban diaspora.
But Lesnik does.
Although Lesnik is modest, if not coy, about his contacts and influence within the Cuban regime, his network of close friends in the government there includes university mate Alfredo Guevara, a Castro confidant who now heads the nation's institute of art and film, and top Communist Party official Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, who is Lesnik's second cousin.
"Max is probably one of most intelligent, most knowledgeable players on the whole Cuba problem," says Miami attorney Alfredo Duran, former chairman of the Florida Democratic Party. "He can take the temperature of Cuba policy here and there better than anyone I know. I don't know if he wields influence behind the scenes, but I often use him as a touchstone for getting my bearings on Cuba." Although he is often invited to speak out on Cuba now, Lesnik, like so many exiles preoccupied with their homeland, has hours of opinions and only a few minutes of airtime. Thus the wealth of thoughts about the past and future of Cuba is liberally spent in the daily forum he conducts inside the dingy warren of the offices he owns on NW Seventh Street. Here, in what Lesnik calls a "tertulia cubana" (Cuban salon), Lesnik presides over what has become one of the most open, free-ranging, and at times raucous drop-in meeting houses in Miami. The topic of the day is always Cuba.
Max arrives about 9:00 a.m. and briefly goes over the day's publishing business with his wife Miriam, who runs the magazine and writes much of its copy, under the pen name Miriam del Bosque. Although Lesnik occasionally writes an article himself -- under his own name, or using the nom de plume Edgardo Menendez -- his real work is keeping current about Cuban affairs here and on the island, and furthering his intention to again serve as a lightning rod for controversy.
When Lesnik fires up a Monte Cristo No. 1 or a Cohiba Lancero -- which he buys by the box in Havana -- the lamp of conversation is lit, and almost anyone might show up. Frequent participants -- all as opinionated as Lesnik himself, and hardly sycophantic Maxistas -- include Benes, a lawyer who now works as an international consultant, after years in which he was all but unemployable in Miami because of his outspoken promotion of dialogue with the Castro government as far back as the early Seventies; Dr. Jose Alfonso, a former Cuban political prisoner who now publishes a monthly newspaper called Que Pasa ... Miami; George Volsky, a retired New York Times correspondent who spent many years living in and writing about Cuba; Dueny Perez-Alamo, a former member of Castro's 26 of July Movement who defected in 1961 but who now visits Cuba; conservative Miami lawyer Leonardo Viota, author of the ubiquitous bumper sticker "No Castro, No Problem"; and Cuban American National Foundation member Luis Tijera, a frequent visitor from Chicago.
The day's news may trigger the exchanges, but the direction of the conversation is as quirky and spontaneous as the cast of characters. On the day after the Clinton administration announced changes in the policy affecting travel and remittances to Cuba, Benes begins by commenting on the large number of older, conservative exiles who now are talking about traveling to the island. "Where were these people twenty years ago? They were attacking me for saying the same thing!" he says.
From here, the conversation zigzags like a lightning bolt, from Castro agents in Miami to the Mariel boatlift to a meeting with Castro in the mountains in 1956 to the socialist doctrine of the "new man." As the talk goes on, Mario Cabrera, who works for the Lesniks, darts in and out of the room like a comic Greek chorister, bringing in a colada of Cuban coffee or a telephone message. Each time he passes by, he shouts out his all-purpose solution to Cuba's woes: "Kill Castro, the tyrant!"
"Imaginate," says Benes, laughing. "This is Max Lesnik's only employee, and he has the same opinions as [extreme right] Radio Mambi."
Real passion animates these conversations. As the morning ticks away, a shifting cast of voices rises and is silenced. Visitors drop onto the sagging, woebegone sofa, or jump off the corners of battered desks to wave arms in exclamation or to get in an opponent's face, literally, with a finger, a rolled newspaper, or an idea too cogent to be ignored. All the while great clouds of earthy humo roil upward to scuttle along the fiberboard ceiling, and by lunchtime a virtual fog of emotion and exhaled smoke has descended to form an atmosphere that is at once vibrant and dreamy.


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It's embarrassing that it's taken me this long to write about Future Perfect, which I read almost as soon as it arrived in the mail in September. It was also a book that I seemed to read exactly the right time, a book that articulated a new-to-me political philosophy at a moment when the limits of a two party political system were starting to wear me down. Future Perfect is an exploration of a political worldview that is deeply optimistic that progress is still possible and that new solutions will emerge as we all learn to work better together.
Before I went outside to unearth my car from the frigid drifts, I got to spend the morning reading a book. I've gotten in a nasty habit of starting my day out with television instead of reading, which has been good for keeping up on my shows, but not so good for my reading life (or, frankly, my mental health — reading helps keep me sane). It was nice to spend a few hours with a cup of tea, a big fuzzy blanket, and a fun book — Taft 2012 by Jason Heller.
For many people — artists and art consumers alike — the measure of good art is its aesthetic appeal. This emphasis on aesthetics and a measure of quality comes from and is maintained by the art world. This same art establishment promotes an idea that for artists to be politically engaged is to threaten or sabotage their careers as artists. Or, artists who do use their work to comment on social issues find their work "re-positioned as an aesthetic statement," explains activist, critic and art historian Susan Noyes Platt in her book Art and Politics Now: Cultural Activism in a Time of Crisis.
I read The Victory Labback in September when I was going through a political books phase. However, I put off writing anything about it long enough that my election excitement turned into election exhaustion and I didn't want to think about the book anymore, despite the fact that it was really very good. Admittedly, The Victory Lab is a little on the dry side for even the most hard-core political junkie — it's hard to make political polling and microtargeting sexy — but Issenberg gives it a pretty decent shot by profiling the people who have helped develop the data-driven methods that have been used recent political campaigns.
In the 2008 recession, three-quarters of the 7.5 million jobs that were lost were lost by men. Women occupy just over half of the jobs in the United States, and more women than men are earning college degrees. The world has we know it, the world shifting to a post-industrial economy, is slow reforming itself to better suit women than men – at least that's the argument that Hanna Rosin tries to make in The End of Men.
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Bates questions McCartney commitment
Leeds defender George McCartney has been subjected to a withering attack by the club's chairman Ken Bates.Sunderland left-back McCartney, 30, on loan at Leeds for most of the season, has angered Bates with comments made in a local newspaper about some of Simon Grayson's players "being out on their feet after playing so much this season".Bates told Yorkshire Radio: "I see he's rather unwisely been giving an interview in which he says the players are tired, a sense of jadedness among certain players has proved telling."Well, I don't quite understand what he means by that because when we play QPR we'll have played 50 games, but everybody at the club will have played at least 48, 46 league games and two cup matches."I don't understand what he means by players being `out on their feet' after playing so much this season. It certainly doesn't apply to him. As far as I can see, looking at the fixture list, as far as I know, he has only played twice in the last six games."So I don't think fatigue can contribute to his contribution, which I haven't been particularly impressed with."
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by Ralph Graves It's easy to enjoy music from your iPod in two different rooms of your home with the Sony S-AIR PLAY. This wireless system has a range of up to 165 feet, and includes a base station dock and two wireless stereo speaker systems. The base station also has an integrated AM/FM tuner and dual-source capability. That means you can play your docked iPod through a speaker system in one room, while a housemate listens to the radio through the second speaker system in another. Or play the same audio source in both rooms. You can even connect the base station to your audio video system to further expand the system. The S-AIR PLAY's main remote lets you control your docked iPod and the base station. Each speaker system has its own remote for volume control and audio source selection. An LCD screen on the speaker system displays artist and song info. Product Highlights:compatible with iPod classic, iPod nano, iPod touch, and iPhonebase station:automatically recharges most players (does not recharge curved screen iPod nano, 2G iPod touch or iPhone 3G)AM/FM tunerline level audio output to connect to a receiver or audio/video systemcomposite video output sends iPod's videos and photos to a connected TVAC power11-5/8"W x 1-3/4"H x 4-3/8"Dspeaker system (each):LCD test displayincludes a clock/timer/sleep functionplays base station's AM/FM tuner or docked iPodAC power11-13/16"W x 5-5/16"H x 4-9/16"Dwireless range: up to 165 feet3 remote controls; one for base station, one for each speaker systemexpandable to a total of 10 S-AIR speakers (2 included)warranty: 1 year parts, 90 days laborOur 60-day money-back guarantee
Sony S-AIRT PLAY - Nice System Written By mcwhed96, South Barrington, IL on Saturday, November 15, 2008 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) If you are looking for sound in multiple rooms, but do not have the ablity to run wires or want a large system with speakers, etc. this is a great solution. The system is easily setup and works with little effort out of the box. The sound is good and can easily fill a good size room. The fact that Sony provides remotes for each unit is great. It works real well when using playlists from your Ipod.
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We talked with the vice president of business development of the intelligent building systems startup about using data to drive decision-making for occupant health.
Los Angeles firm Platform for Architecture + Research sees competitions as vehicles for building working relationships, regardless of their outcomes.
The firm will work on speeding up the adoption of Envision, a rating system evaluating the community, environmental, and economic benefits for civil infrastructure projects.
The detailed outcomes of the grassroots study were released today during the third annual symposium organized by the AIA San Francisco committee.
To ensure energy-efficient buildings live up to their namesake, building owners and the government may begin expressing their expectations in legal documents.
Carolina Miranda on Tadao Ando's Clark Art Institute expansion, photographs of San Francisco's Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, and more news for Friday.
Michael Dedeo, who holds a PhD in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, will help the firm specify healthier products.
Architect Richard Rogers faces legal troubles, Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House gets a light installation, and more stories headlining Wednesday.
The artifact was designed for the annual gala at the A+D Museum in Los Angeles and uses minimal materials to visualize a commonplace object.
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FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without the indicator light..
Submitted by Repo Our Republic on Sat, 12/07/2013 - 13:51Scary. Insane. Ridiculous. Invasive. Wrong. The Washington Post reports that the FBI has had the ability to secretly activate a computer's camera "without triggering the light that lets users know it is recording" for years now. What in the hell is going on? What kind of world do we live in?
The whole Post piece about the FBI's search for a bomb threat suspect is worth reading. It shows how far the FBI will go with its use of malware to spy on people and reveals the occasional brain dead mistakes the FBI makes to screw themselves over (like a typo of an e-mail address that the FBI wanted to keep tabs on). Good to know these completely competent folks are watching over us by any means necessary.
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Washington Post story made up?
this mo guy was in the United States,FBI cud have just arrested him. No need to desperately try to surveil his online activities via his computer if he is actually going to blow up bombs at universities
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dont forget the mic
dont forget the mic
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Yeah. I've seen a lot of
Yeah. I've seen a lot of students on campus with a post-it-note (or piece of thick tape or something) covering up the laptop camera. I assume it's for that reason.
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once again
jones was right.
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If they made a device SPECIFICALLY to watch people
and called it the "Spy On You" but it had great "apps" and got service everywhere, people would buy it and complain about being spied on. Even I'd say 95% of the people on the DP would buy it and complain even louder. You see, consumer electronics are so nifty and neato that even though they open your life up like a book to anyone with an interest they are impossible to resist because they do such neato things. I wish I had a smartphone or a laptop or a facebook page to share my every move with the world, but I'm an old fogey. Better get going to sign up for my Obamacare and see if my welfare check has arrived. Damn government and their shenanigans!
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spying,you say?
Use a piece of tape,or better yet,tape a view master picture over the camera lens
Just a suggestion
Leave an indelible mark on all of those that you meet.
OH... have fun day :)
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Camera Spying on You?
Here's ONE solution: Raxco PerfectGuard.
Try the demo. It will freak you out! -m.
(I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken)
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First, the title is a bit
First, the title is a bit off. You should link directly to the address whose topic is specifically the camera: http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/business/texas-court-r...
A schematic for a laptop webcam is suprisingly hard to find. I am wondering why they wouldnt just take the simple step of putting the LED in parallel with the rest of the circuitry so that anytime power is being applied the LED would be on with no way to bypass it. That makes it dead simple with no software required. The only reason I can think of why they didnt do this is so that there is an option to use the camera for spying. There isnt any other reason you would turn that light off. It isnt exactly bright or annoying.
To climb the mountain, you must believe you can.
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you see, what camera
you see, what camera software engineers SHOULD be doing, is figuring out how they do this, and patch the exploit, you know, for SECURITY
And the hardwere engineers SHOULD be putting physical switches/barriers between motherboard and sensors, ......mic, camera, motion etc etc.......to complement the software firewall for sensors the software companies should now be mandatorily implementing in their programs
THATS security, opposite of what our governments are doing
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Use linux with open source
Use linux with open source drivers for your webcam. Problem solved.
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is it actually impossible, i
is it actually impossible, i just thought that linux meant that if your capable you can actually see the code as long as its open source, and see for yourself if there is any malicious intent, and what about exploits, a function that was not its original intent.........am i wrong, or is linux alot more secure then i originally thought
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My original answer is a
My original answer is a little simplistic, but I'm glad you followed up. Linux is what you make it, it can either be really secure or not secure at all. You need a bit of technical know how in order to run it in the most secure way but at least it provides an option for secure computing whereas Microsoft Windows comes pre-installed with known back doors.
You are right that gnu/linux software is pretty much open source. For example, if someone tried to commit a backdoor or virus to an open source program it would probably be recognized, but maybe not (http://slashdot.org/story/13/10/09/1551240/the-linux-backdoo...)
Ubuntu is a great bridge from the windows world to the linux world. You can try booting it from a USB stick or CD-ROM if you want to use it selectively.
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DP ahead of the curve again
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Drafting tape
Won't leave residue, works perfectly!
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To express yourself in ways that only you can.
And in being creative, you can spark inspiration within others.
That inspiration can swell up and blossom inside them.
And from the blossomed inspiration, dreams are born.
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So, in acceptance of this simple dare.
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The General Studies Writing Program at Bowling Green State University has been approved to fill a one-year instructorship position. The position carries a 24–hour load (typically four courses per semester) of General Studies Writing courses. The salary is competitive and benefits are provided. BGSU and General Studies Writing are committed to faculty diversity as a way to strengthen the preparation of students for life in an increasingly diverse society.
One-Year Composition Instructorship: One-year appointment with 12-hour load per semester to teach composition courses in the General Studies Writing Program. Qualifications: minimum of MA or MFA in English by August 2014; successful experience teaching college-level academic writing; and formal training in the teaching of college-level composition. Experience in the teaching of developmental writing preferred.
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Serving more than 18,000 undergraduate students, Bowling Green State University has long traditions of teaching and scholarship and strong commitment to international education and to the expansion of technological support for education. The General Studies Writing Program serves approximately 3900 students per semester in three core courses. Information about the General Studies Writing Program is available on the program's website (http://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/general-studies-writing.html). Information about BGSU is available on the university's website (www.bgsu.edu). BGSU is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer and encourages applications from women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. Final candidate(s) are required to authorize and pass a background investigation prior to an offer of employment.
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Another Republican mulls run for Texas speaker
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A second conservative legislator is mulling a challenge to moderate Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, raising the specter of a Republican leadership battle as lawmakers grapple with
a huge budget shortfall early next year.
State Rep. Warren Chisum told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he would decide before the November elections whether to mount a challenge to the top House leader. Chisum is a Republican from
State Rep. Leo Berman, a Tyler Republican, has already announced his decision to run against Straus when lawmakers return to Austin in January.


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Officials in Pristina said searches are planned at two more locations near the Serbian town of Raska after the remains of 52 Kosovo Albanian war victims were exhumed there last year.
Full ArticleThe United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances told Serbia that it was still failing to meet its international commitment to resolve the fate of missing persons from the 1990s wars.
Full ArticleA Serb victims' group accused the Bosnian Missing Persons Institute of discrimination, alleging that it was not doing enough to find the bodies of Serbs who disappeared during wartime.
Full ArticleThe Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law Centre accused the current head of the Serbian Army of commanding troops who attacked four Kosovo villages in 1999, when at least 69 civilians were killed.
Full ArticleHuman rights group Amnesty International told the United Nations that Serbia has failed to implement an international convention it signed to protect people from state-sponsored abduction.
Full ArticleThe International Commission on Missing Persons, founded to identify people who disappeared during the Yugoslav wars, will now move its headquarters from Sarajevo to The Hague.
Full ArticleThe authorities must ensure that major parts of the law which haven't been implemented for nine years are now put into practice, the International Commission on Missing Persons said.
Full ArticleThe Croatian authorities asked Kosovo Albanian families whose relatives went missing while fighting for Zagreb's forces in the 1991-95 war to send blood samples to help identify them.
Full ArticleBosnia and Herzegovina has belatedly declared 2014 the Year of Missing Persons, vowing to intensify the search for the remaining 8,000 people still unaccounted for after the 1990s conflict.
Full ArticleThe remains of the 12 ethnic Albanians killed by Belgrade's forces during the late 1990s war and buried in a mass grave near the Serbian town of Raska were repatriated to Kosovo.
Full ArticleA Kosovo official said no bodies were found near the town of Gjakove/Djakovica, where it was suspected that Serb prisoners killed by guerrillas during the 1990s war could be buried.
Full ArticleThe authorities will investigate the suspected mass grave near the town of Djakovica in Kosovo where Serbs killed by guerrillas during the late 1990s war could be buried.
Full ArticleSerbia reopened its investigation into the Batajnica police training centre, where hundreds of bodies of Kosovo Albanians were found buried, searching for another mass grave at the site.
Full ArticleBosnian society isn't paying enough attention to the issue of the 8,000 people still missing since the 1990s war, a debate after the screening of the BIRN documentary film was told.
Full ArticleThe remains of the ethnic Albanians who were killed during the late 1990s war and buried in a mass grave near the Serbian town of Raska were sent back to Kosovo for identification.
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Finding 1: Luminaires and lamps based on LEDs will be able to support the standards for lumen output Congress required to be promulgated by DOE in Section 321 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
Finding 2: Cost is the biggest obstacle to the widespread deployment of SSL based on LEDs.
Finding 3: The Bayh-Dole waiver is discouraging some universities and small companies from participating in the DOE program.
Finding 4: On a lifecycle basis, warm and cool white LEDs are already cheaper than incandescent lighting and will likely be comparable to that of fluorescent lighting technologies in the near future.
NOTE: The full text of all findings and recommendations in the report appear in Chapter 7.
Recommendations to the Department of the Department of Energy
Recommendation 1: The Department of Energy should continue to make investments in LED core technology, aimed at increasing yields, and in fundamental emitter research to increase efficacy, including improvements in the controlled growth and performance of the emitter material.
Recommendation 2: The Department of Energy and lamp manufacturers and retailers should work together to ensure that consumers are educated about the characteristics and metrics of these new technology options.
Recommendation 3: The Department of Energy should support research to understand the fundamental nature of efficiency droop at high currents in OLEDs and to seek means to mitigate this effect through materials and device architectural designs.
Recommendation 4: The Department of Energy should focus on efforts that result in significant light outcoupling enhancements for OLED that are low cost to implement and are independent of both wavelength and viewing angle.
Recommendation 5: The Department of Energy SSL program should be maintained and, if possible, increased.
Recommendation 6: The Department of Energy should seek to obtain 50 percent cost sharing for manufacturing R&D projects, as was done with the projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Recommendation 7: The committee recommends that the Department of Energy consider ending its waiver of Bayh-Dole for SSL funding.
NOTE: All the findings and recommendations presented in the report are collected in Chapter 7, where the recommendations are double-numbered to indicate the chapter in the main text where they appear in context.
spiral tube compact fluorescent light (CFL) has an efficacy of 63 lm/W. LED lamps have also been developed as dropin replacements for lamps with other form factors, such as 4-foot linear fluorescents, although the total light output is lower.
The second product form is the retrofit luminaire, which is similar to many existing non-SSL products and requires complete removal and replacement of the incumbent luminaire— recessed troffers, high-bay fixtures, track lighting, and pendant lights, for example. Two further applications in which LED-based luminaires have performed well are downlighting,


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Sam Twiston-Davies is to replace Daryl Jacob as stable jockey to champion trainer Paul Nicholls next season.
Announcing the news in his Betfair column, Nicholls said there had been "no falling out" with Jacob, who is currently sidelined with an injury suffered in a freak accident at the Cheltenham Festival.
Having made his name riding for this father Nigel at their Naunton base, Twiston-Davies has partnered a number of high-profile horses for Nicholls in recent months, including Big Buck's and Tidal Bay.
The Ditcheat trainer said the ride on King George VI winner Silviniaco Conti would remain with Noel Fehily, and that Twiston-Davies would continue to ride his father's Champion Hurdle third The New One.
Nicholls said: "Sam Twiston-Davies will be the number one stable jockey at Ditcheat next season.
"He will have the pick of our team, with the exception that Noel (Fehily) keeps the ride on Silviniaco Conti. But it is also a two-way street as regards the top horses, and we have agreed that Sam will continue to partner The New One for his father for next season.
"I told Daryl (Jacob) of the decision on Friday, when I also offered him the number two job. He then took the weekend to think it through, and he came back to me today to say that he would rather go freelance.
"But I have to stress that there has been no falling out, and Daryl will continue to ride out and school a couple of times a week here next season, and will ride for us when the opportunities arise, which I am sure they will.
"Nick (Scholfield) will be our number two, and I am also keen to give Harry (Derham) more rides. Both are young jockeys who have done well for us this season and, with Sam, Noel and Daryl, I would like to think that we have a very strong hand on the jockey front.
"And, with so many big meetings clashing and the inevitable injuries, you need a strong squad of jockeys to call upon."
Jacob enjoyed his biggest day in the saddle when winning the 2012 Grand National at Aintree on the Nicholls-trained Neptune Collonges, famously beating Sunnyhillboy by a nose at the end of four and a half miles.
Stressing he remains close friends with Nicholls, Jacob told Press Association Sport: "That's the decision we have come to, we've been speaking about it for a while.
"Sam has gone in there to be number one, Paul offered me the job as number two but at this point in my career I feel I want to go freelance, I will be available for more rides and hopefully some good rides.
"I'm very positive about what I am doing.
"I have had a great four years at Ditcheat, I won a National for Paul and had a couple of Cheltenham Festival winners and it's been great to be part of the team to win the championship back for Paul.
"We are the best of friends, we are great friends and always will be.
"I'm hoping to ride for Paul in the future. I get on great with Paul and the owners have been very supportive.
"I just felt at this time this is what I wanted to do. As my old boss Robert Alner always said, tomorrow is another day."


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Fair Trade Tourism was established in 2003 (originally as Fair Trade Tourism in South Africa) and the organisation has now certified dozens of responsible tourism destinations and activities. It guarantees that members pay good wages, recruit local staff, buy local goods, adhere to environmental stewardship principles, and generally operate on an ethical basis. More -
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Princesa Original | 6c | ||
148m, 5 pitches. An inspiring route that tackles the full length of the back wall of the bay. Start on the grey slabs below and left of the vast orange scoop in the back wall. Belay at the tree-line or scramble up to where the wall steepens. The first bolt is an old one. 1) 6a. Climb the wall to a stance below a steeper section of wall. 2) 6c (6a/A0). Make a hard pull past the steep section (slightly easier on the left) and continue to a stance. 3) 5+. Climb to a stance on a ledge with trees. 4) 6a. Climb straight past an overhang to a ledge (optional stance). Traverse right to a small stance below a corner. 5) 5+. Traverse right for 8m then climb directly up the wall to the cliff top. Descent - Single 70m rope minimum. Abseil from top of Sol Solet to the shared belay with Princesa. Continue down Princesa to tree ledge stance. Down Princesa to top of second pitch. Two further abseils down Princesa to the ground. © ROCKFAX
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Heart's Ann Wilson On 'Fanatic' Album: 'The Harder That We Can Make This Stuff Rock, The Better I Like It'
It's been a really good year to be a Heart fan, thanks to a trio of exciting releases. The band put out 'Strange Euphoria' in June, a career-spanning box set loaded with familiar tracks but also stacked deep with a number of previously unreleased rarities.
Heart's New Video 'Fanatic' And A Special Message to Their Fans [VIDEOS] [POLL]
Are you ready for the new album from Heart? It's on it's way! 'Fanatic', their 14th studio album, hits stores next Tuesday (October 2).
Heart Share Crazy Van Halen, Led Zeppelin Stories in New Book Preview
After a four-decade career as the reigning queens of rock, there's not much Heart founding members Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson haven't seen. Their new book 'Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul and Rock & Roll' pulls the lid off their legendary career, sharing insights into the sisters' lives and music, as well as the expected tales of rock and roll debauchery.
Heart's Ann Wilson On Getting Sober: 'The Tarp has Come Off'
Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart cover a lot of ground in their new memoir 'Kicking & Dreaming,' which hits stores on Sept. 18. In the book, Nancy talks about moving past the end of her longtime marriage to film director Cameron Crowe , while Ann reveals that she's been sober now for nearly three years.
Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson got married to music executive Geoff Bywater on Saturday (April 28) at a restaurant owned by none other than Sammy Hagar.
Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Announces 2012 Nominees
What do Guns N Roses, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Heart and the Red Hot Chili Peppers have in common? They are among the nominees for the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The list of nominees were announced earlier today.
Alice in Chains Working on 'Amazing' New Album, Says Heart's Ann Wilson[VIDEO]
You know, Two years ago, My favorite grunge era band, Alice in Chains emerged from a 14-year hiatus — and the death of original vocalist Layne Staley — with 'Black Gives Way to Blue.' The band is already assembling its next album — and according to Heart vocalist Ann Wilson, they're playing at the top of their game. "I saw those guys just yesterday,
New Republican Candidates: You Might Not Want to Play Rock Songs
You can't really blame Michele Bachmann for ticking off Tom Petty, because she's new to this, and hasn't learned the rule that John McCain and Sarah Palin learned. (Assuming they did eventually GET IT.)