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Megadeth will perform on the Monday, December 16 episode of ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!". This will be the band's second time appearing on the show. The first was performing in full costume on the show's outdoor stage on Halloween, October 31, 2011; also the eve of the release of Megadeth's album, "TH1RT3EN". See video. "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. EST on ABC. For more info, visit ABC.go.com.
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This gave me the idea to make him his very own mail play set, complete with envelopes, notes, and name labels. I even repurposed a small box as a "package" for him to deliver.
I love to use UltraShape Xpress templates in my sewing projects. They make great patterns for appliqués, and for this project, I used an envelope template as a pattern for my fabric envelopes. I used an older template for my envelopes, but Fiskars has a new scallop edge envelope that I'm linking to below.
These fabric envelopes have been a big hit! They are just the right size for little hands, and the interfacing makes them nice and sturdy. I'm finding that the canvas that I used is fraying a bit, so I'll probably add some Fray Check to the edges to keep them from unraveling too much. I started by making two envelopes, but I'm already getting requests of more mail, mama! so I think I'd better make a few more.
To make the envelopes, I started by tracing the USX envelope template onto paper, and then cutting it out of my canvas using my Softgrip Pinking Sheers. Once it was cut out, I stitched a small bit of Velcro onto the front of the envelope.
I used the scoring template to determine where Iíd need to make folds, and then ironed them into the fabric. I cut small pieces of stiff interfacing and canvas and layered them in the middle of my envelope to give it a bit of stability. Then I closed up the bottom of the envelope and stitched around four sides to make sure it was all held in place. The top flap was left open so we can put letters inside.
My older boys are enjoying writing notes to their little brother and tucking them into his envelopes for him to find – but the little guy has a while to go before he learns how to write. In the meantime, I've made him a set of fabric notecards that cover a few basic sentiments. He brings them to me and has me read the messages, and then he picks which one he wants to send.
Once I'd made the letters, I decided that it would be fun to make a little package for my mailman to deliver. And he is definitely loving it. He is always on the lookout for little trinkets or rocks that he'd like to send to someone in our house.
I started with a kraft jewelry box, and simply stitched a piece of Velcro to the top. I then made a set of labels to use with the box and with the envelopes - I stamped names on a scrap of canvas, then cut them out with my Softgrip Pinking Shears. I attached a bit of Velcro to the back of a scrap of red fabric, then layered the canvas over red fabric, stitched the canvas in place, and then cut around the edge of the red fabric with the pinking shears.
For the inside of the box, I used my XL That's Amore Squeeze Punch as a guide to stitch the shape of a heart on canvas layered over red fabric. I then cut around the edge using my pinking shears, and stamped 'XOXO' on the heart.
Now that we've made the mail, our little postman needs a mailbag, right? This not only gives him a good way to carry the mail around, it also serves as a place to put all of the little bits and pieces away. I wanted the bag to be small, so it's easy for him to carry – you never know when you're going to need to take a break from your mail route to ride your trike or fight a bad guy.
I kept the bag simple - I made an unlined messenger bag to hold all of my little guy's mail. I started by using my Comfort Grip Rotary Trimmer, Clear View Ruler and Cutting mat to cut my fabric into two panels that were 10 inches x 10 inches.
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Now my little guy is ready to deliver the mail! He's already had a lot of fun playing with his mailbag, and having the name labels for each member in our family is helping him recognize those letters. I love watching him pick which letter he wants to send and seeing how proud he is when he delivers it. This mail set would make a fabulous gift for any toddler or preschooler in your life.
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Designers of homes in scenic locations often talk about bringing the outdoors in. But this 2,400-square-foot vacation home in northern Vermont goes all out—or shall we say all in—with real trees, willow sculptures and mind-blowing nature murals that accompany a bevy of electronic innovation.
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This unique house is the creation of homeowners Tim and Nancy Howes, who live in California but vacation in Vermont, near Tim's mother's house. "It's great to be outdoors up there, and we wanted to maintain an outdoors feel in the house," says Tim. So they hired architects in California and Vermont, a builder in Vermont, and enlisted custom electronics firm, simpleHome, which has offices in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.
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I'll check EJ forums on this. My hunch that this is pretty much awful unless you have 5 Warriors in a party all dual wield farming different mobs at once.
Has anyone done any number crunching on this enchant? Does it just suck in general because you don't generate threat for overhealing?
I'll check EJ forums on this. My hunch that this is pretty much awful unless you have 5 Warriors in a party all dual wield farming different mobs at once.
I did indeed have the displeasure of using this enchant.
1. The proc rate is insanely low... 1ppm maybe less
2. The effect really doesn't do that much even in the best case scenario where everyone gets healed for ~250 health.
The sad thing is they have to keep it this way to balance it with fury warriors. I think on the PTR they had the ppm a lot higher, and dual wield fury warriors with blood craze and blood thirst, had it proccing so much they could continually kill equivalent and -1 level monsters at 70 without stopping at all. So in order to balance with fury, us tanks get the shaft =T
Situational at best, but has a few uses. I put it on an extra weapon just to mess around with it. It does heal pets, it will proc 2-3 times in a row, but overall lower proc rate. The times I do use it involve some sort of aoe or random damage, like the Aran fight where aggro isn't sensitive. By far the best use I found for it, is the Netherspite fight. If you use the two tank red/green beam phase rotation, in the green beam battlemaster will go off for 400-900 heals on your party. Not game breaking, just a boost to help with the aoe damage since aggro on Netherspite is pretty much a non-issue.
Didn't think of Netherspite, that is a great usage for it actually, and Aran as well. but situational yes.
An older screen shot of my Critical! addon; notice the Battlemaster, that was Netherspite.
I've had Battle Master on my King's Defender for about 2 weeks now to test out its effect in raids and such and really I found it to be very lackluster for tanking threat wise. It would tend to proc once per minute and generate about 1k threat but that's so minimal compared to a good move rotation you can pretty much negate it completely. I recently just switched it to Mongoose like on my Sun Eater and It's working out just fine.
All in all Battlemaster isn't a great tank enchent or enchant in general unless the entire group is all melee and all have it, even then it's still a crap tank enchant.
Its about 1ppm, and with devastate you end up getting about 1.5 ppm.
The problem with it is that it ends up doing about 60-80% overhealing. It healing is completely unreliable for survival purposes, its only good for sustained threat over the course of a boss fight.
So about 1.5 times per minute you generate an average of 240 healing (180 threat in defenseive stance with defiance), on about 2 people. Thats about 540 threat per minute, or under 10 TPS.
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If things don't turn around pretty soon, Sawyer Fulton could be shown the door by WWE. The developmental wrestler has been with the company since 2012, and he has not been mentioned much when it comes to WWE NXT performers being called up to the main roster. In his last ten matches, management has only given him two victories.
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Throughout the years, WWE has been known to test out their performers to see how they react to things, and the belief is that the backstage tradition is being continued in WWE NXT as well. Travis Tyler could be a potential target of that testing, as he has not been given a televised victory since defeating Sawyer Fulton back in November.
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Today is Food Day, a brainchild of the Center for Science in the Public Interest to advocate for "healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way." Other organizations and individuals have embraced this day to hold informational events and social gatherings large and small.
While I certainly applaud this effort, I must confess to a certain amount of smugness as I say, "Glad you finally caught up to us!" The folks at Rodale Inc. (the parent company of Organic Gardening) have championed this message for the past 60-odd years. It started with J.I. Rodale, our founding editor, who brought the agricultural theories of Sir Albert Howard to the United States and was the first to use the term "organic" to describe it. J.I.'s son Robert built on this legacy, expanding the company's agricultural publishing into Russia and establishing the Farming Systems Trial, the longest-running side-by-side U.S. study comparing conventional chemical agriculture with organic methods. Robert's daughter Maria, now chairman and CEO of the company, recently published Organic Manifesto, laying out the modern arguments for why consumers should "demand organic."
But none of us can afford to be smug, can we? Our agricultural system is (still) broken. On the one hand, at least in America, it is highly productive and produces surpluses almost every year. On the other hand, the food often does not make it to the people who need it, and waste is built in to the system. Often the resources we rely on for life itself—soil, air, and water—are severely damaged by this "productivity."
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Taking the Ecological Footprint to the Masses
An interactive Ecological Footprint exhibit opened last week in Frankfurt's central train station as part of an effort to educate young people about sustainability and resource trends in advance of the Rio+20 Earth Summit.
The exhibition, called "Your Footprint is the future - TAKE CARE," was organized by the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), a Global Footprint Network partner.
"We went back to the tried and tested Footprint because of its clarity and positive nature," said Rolf Mack, of GIZ. "The Ecological Footprint is the leitmotif of the exhibition."
The central question the Ecological Footprint tries to answer is: How much productive land and sea area is required to provide the ecological resources and services consumed by a particular population? To help make the Footprint pertinent to individuals, the exhibit includes a computer terminal for individuals to calculate their own personal Footprint.
"It's also about encouraging people to adopt other mental and behavioral changes towards a 'sustainable lifestyle,' GIZ said in announcing the exhibit. "As consumers, we have influence. As consumers, we manage demand. Through conscious and deliberate use of sustainably produced goods, we can contribute to improved living conditions for people and natural world, not only here in Germany, but worldwide."
Several events and activities were scheduled during the 2-week display, including short educational films, a hands-on activity addressing food waste, and the opportunity for young people to write messages to be delivered to Rio+20 Summit. The exhibit will be open until June 14.
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Dr. Wackernagel Wins Prestigious Kenneth E. Boulding Award
Dear Supporters,
Global Footprint Network is thrilled to announce that Co-Founder and President Dr. Mathis Wackernagel and Dr. William Rees, co-creators of the Ecological Footprint, have been named the winners of the 2012 Kenneth E. Boulding Award, the world's top honor in the field of ecological economics.
The International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), made the announcement leading up to the Rio+20 Earth Summit, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), in Rio de Janeiro, where the awards will be presented.
The biennial award is given to "outstanding individuals who have contributed original and seminal approaches that have furthered our understanding of the interfaces between the social, ecological, ethical, economic and political dimensions of our world," said the ISEE in announcing the award.
Building on Rees' earlier work on human carrying capacity, Wackernagel and Rees in the early 1990s developed the Ecological Footprint, the world's premier resource accounting system, to track humanity's demands on nature. The Ecological Footprint measures the area of productive land and water, or "biocapacity," required to produce the resources a human population consumes and to absorb its carbon waste.
For the last 10 years, Global Footprint Network has contributed to WWF's bi-annual flagship publication "The Living Planet Report," which has become a key publication for Ecological Footprint results. The 2012 edition was released in May from the International Space Station, generating the largest media response of any Living Planet Report so far. The latest Global Footprint Network calculations show that humanity's demand for bio-resources exceeds the long-term regenerative capacity of Earth by over 50 percent.
"Ever more countries continue to use more resources than they can renew within their own boundaries," Drs. Wackernagel and Rees said. "Until countries begin tracking and managing their biocapacity deficits, they put not only themselves at risk but, more importantly, the entire planet."
The award will be presented at the ISEE Conference 2012 in Rio de Janeiro on June 19, where Wackernagel and Rees will deliver the keynote Boulding Award lectures.
Dr. Wackernagel has promoted sustainability on six continents and lectured at more than 100 universities. Dr. Rees is an ecologist, ecological economist, Founding Director of the One Earth Initiative, Professor Emeritus and former Director of the University of British Columbia's School of Community and Regional Planning.
Kenneth E. Boulding (1910-1993) was President of the American Economics Association and American Association for the Advancement of Science. Past notable recipients include Herman Daly (American economist, considered the father of Ecological Economics) and Manfred Max-Neef, author of Real-Life Economics: Understanding Wealth Creation.
We thank you, our valued partners and supporters, for helping to promote our work around the world, and making awards such as these possible as we continue to make ecological limits central to decision-making.
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Astronaut Launches Living Planet Report 2012
Humanity is now using nature's services 52 percent faster than what Earth can renew, according to Global Footprint Network's latest data, published in the 2012 edition of the Living Planet Report. The biennial report, produced by WWF in collaboration with Global Footprint Network and the Zoological Society of London, was launched today by ESA astronaut André Kuipers from the International Space Station.
Released just weeks before world leaders come together in Rio de Janeiro for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the report shows rising competition among countries for resources and land use.
"We've entered the era of the global auction," said Global Footprint Network President Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., "where nations are now forced to compete fiercely for more expensive and less abundant resources. It's in their own self-interest to preserve and restore the natural assets they have within their borders and avoid ecological deficit spending. In a resource constrained world, such spending will become an ever more challenging economic burden."
Figure 1: Pathways into the future. How long can ecological overshoot be sustained? What are the cost and benefit of each path? Using more than Earth can renew is only possible temporarily – while there are sufficient assets to be liquidated and waste sinks to be filled up. Eventually, overshoot will be eliminated – the question is whether it is eliminated by design or by disaster.
The new figures released for humanity's Ecological Footprint and biocapacity (Earth's capacity to regenerate resources) show that now, more than ever, countries must manage natural capital as part of their strategy to secure ecological, economic and social success. This holds also true when deploying development strategies that aim at producing lasting progress, for instance for efforts to eliminate hunger and alleviate poverty.
As population and consumption increases, the pressure on the planet continues to grow. Global Footprint Network calculations show that in the past five decades, humanity's Ecological Footprint has more than doubled. In 2008, the most recent year for which data are available, humanity used the equivalent of slightly more than 1.5 planets to support its activities. In other words, nearly 40 years after Earth went into ecological overshoot, it now takes more than a year and six months for Earth to absorb the CO2 emissions and regenerate the renewable resources that people use in one year.
While humanity's cropland and fishing Footprints have increased, carbon continues to be the largest driver behind humanity's ecological overshoot. Carbon now accounts for more than half the global Ecological Footprint, at 54 percent. Land used for food production is another major factor in humanity's increasing Footprint.
While carbon is a major challenge, it must not be addressed in isolation. Moving from fossil fuel due to climate concerns to alternative sources will reduce the carbon portion of the Footprint, but may also significantly increase pressure on other ecosystems. The lack of biocapacity to accommodate the carbon Footprint also indicates that there may not be sufficient biomass available to substitute the current level of fossil fuel use, should that become necessary.
Though the numbers are stark, countries can still reverse trends. Using a Global Footprint Network Scenario Calculator, the 2012 edition of the Living Planet Report offers potential outcomes based on different choices related to resource consumption, demographic trends, land use and productivity.
Comparing the Ecological Footprint of Countries
Examining the Ecological Footprint at the per-person level shows that people living in different countries vary greatly in their demand on Earth's ecosystems. For example, if everyone in the world lived like the average resident of Qatar, which presently has the world's highest per capita Footprint, we would need the equivalent of 6.5 planets to regenerate our resources and absorb the CO2 emissions. If everyone lived like a resident of the United States, we would need the resources of 4 planets.
A few countries are now on the verge of turning from ecological creditors to ecological debtors, including Indonesia, Senegal and Ecuador.
Countries that maintain high levels of resource dependence are putting their own economies at risk," Wackernagel said. "These countries will expose themselves dangerously to the global auction. But those countries that are able to work within both their financial and their ecological budget will not only serve the global interest, they will have the most resilient economies in a resource-constrained world. If our goal is to make progress last and secure well-being for all, then we can no longer afford to ignore biocapacity deficits in the new era of resource constraints."
You can download the latest results here, or check out your country's trend on our website, as in the case for Switzerland (Click here to see your country's Ecological Footprint.)
The top 10 countries with the largest Ecological Footprint per person are Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Denmark, the United States, Belgium, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, and Ireland. Countries on the other end of the spectrum such as Afghanistan and Bangladesh have per capita Footprints that, in many cases, are too small to provide for basic needs. These countries may well need to increase their access to resources if they are to bring large segments of the population out of poverty.
Who has the greatest natural capital?
Analysis of biocapacity also reveals vast differences between countries. More than 60 percent of the world's biocapacity is found within the borders of just 10 countries: Brazil, China, the United States, Russia, India, Canada, Australia, Indonesia, Argentina and Congo. Biocapacity per person, calculated by dividing national biocapacity by a country's population, is also not equivalent around the world. In 2008, the country with the highest biocapacity per person in this report was Gabon, followed in decreasing order by Bolivia, Mongolia, Canada and Australia. With pressure on ecological resources escalating, access to biocapacity will be increasingly important to countries' competitiveness and to their ability to provide a good quality of life for their citizens.
"For lasting competitiveness, countries need a break with the past," said Wackernagel. "The good news is that addressing resource risks can open up economic opportunities and advance social equity. The solutions lay in better understanding the choices before us. For this, governments need the knowledge and tools to manage their ecological assets as well as their resource demand."
How to Participate
As Global Footprint Network approaches its 10th anniversary, we remain committed to reversing these trends by working with governments and maintaining and improving our National Footprint Accounts, the gold standard for measuring key aspects of a country's ecological wealth and vulnerabilities. You can be part of this global effort by promoting our work, becoming a partner or giving a donation.
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Global Footprint Network Named One of World's Best 100 NGOs
The Global Journal, a Geneva-based publication that covers international politics and leadership, named Global Footprint Network as one of the world's 100 Best NGOs this week. These leading 100 actors represent the changing dynamics and innovative approaches of the non-profit world, Global Journal said in its January/February 2012 issue.
"We are humbled to be in the company of the many innovative organizations named in the top 100 who are seeking to create systemic change, " said Susan Burns, Global Footprint Network's Senior Vice President and co-founder. "The world now finds itself at a defining moment where ecological constraints are ever more critical as we seek to secure people's well-being."
The Global Journal used a specific set of metrics (impact, transparency, accountability, innovation and efficiency) as a rough guideline to rank the NGOs.
"There is no science in the measuring," Global Journal said. "How does one – after all – compare the fundamental societal impact of an organization like the Wikimedia Foundation, with the tangible outputs of a well oiled humanitarian machine?"
Global Journal said its Top 100 list was meant to inform, stimulate debate, inspire and show the incredible dedication that is displayed on a daily basis in and out of the spotlight on a daily basis.
"Recognizing the significant role of NGOs as influential agents of change on a global scale, The Global Journal has sought to move beyond outdated clichés and narrow conceptions about what an NGO is and does," the Journal said as it announced the Top 100 list. "From humanitarian relief to the environment, public health to education, microfinance to intellectual property, NGOs are increasingly at the forefront of developments shaping the lives of millions of people around the world."
Other ranking organizations included Wikimedia, Partners in Health, PATH, CARE International, Gram Vikas, Oxfam and TED.
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UNEP FI Project Launch Follow Up
The joint project between the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and Global Footprint Network to assess the financial materiality of ecological risk was launched at the UN Foundation in Washington DC on 17 October 2011. Opening remarks from Paul Clements-Hunt (Head of UNEP FI) and Susan Burns (Senior Vice President of Global Footprint Network) showed a clear commitment from both organisations to this potentially ground breaking project. Richard Burrett, of Earth Capital Partners, also gave an inspiring presentation detailing not only the importance of this project but also how investors currently perceive the financial relevance of natural resources.
It is clear that the tightening constraints on resources and their potential impacts on national economies are not included within current financial analysis. Yet such factors are thought to have growing implications for the long-term credit risk of many government bonds, especially those with long-dated maturities.
A host of financial institutions were in attendance at the launch and participated in a stimulating discussion around the evidence base to show that ecological risks are becoming material for economies and how key ecological data can be linked to the financial and economic indicators. This project will endeavour to shine a light on such questions to explore the role of natural resource accounting in strengthening risk models for government bonds.
Global Footprint Network and UNEP FI would like to thank all those who participated in the launch event and invite any other institutions who are interested to join the project.
Carbon Footprint, Ecological Limits, Footprint for Government, Footprint Standards, Personal Footprint
Living Well in a World of 7 Billion
Humanity has reached a new milestone as we hit 7 billion. Never before have there been 7 billion people on planet earth, all at the same time. As we welcome the 7th billion global inhabitant, we also acknowledge the challenges we will face due to a burgeoning population explosion, resource depletion, food and water scarcity and overcrowded cities. This is especially true at a time when humanity as a whole is already using the planets regenerative capacity 50 percent faster than it can renew.
Although humanity's total demand is unsustainable, this consumption is very unevenly distributed among the 7 billion people. A large portion of humanity does not have enough resources to secure even their most basic subsistence needs. This suffering is intolerable. It affects the rest of humanity, too, most visibly through conflict and instability.
Therefore, Global Footprint Network is mapping how much nature we have, how much we use, and who uses what. In a crowded, resource constrained world this information helps decision makers understand our present resource situation and find options for avoiding unpleasant consequences.
Carbon Footprint, Ecological Limits, Footprint for Business, Footprint for Government, Human Development, Personal Footprint
Participate in the 2012 Ecological Footprint Standards
Global Footprint Network is the standard setting body for the only Ecological Footprint standards in the world. The Ecological Footprint standards set forth quality criteria for Ecological Footprint studies of sub-national populations, organizations, and products. The goal of the Ecological Footprint Standards is to build consensus among practitioners regarding Ecological Footprint methodology, transparency, and communications. This consensus is important because it helps to establish a forum or a common platform for understanding and communicating about natural resource constraints. To that end, the Ecological Footprint Standards are used as a way of maintaining the scientific credibility and accuracy of Ecological Footprint studies, the policy relevance, and the consistency and appropriateness with which the method is applied and findings communicated.
Global Footprint Network's Ecological Footprint Standards have been established through a committee-based process that incorporates input from our Partnership Network and Public Comment. The Global Footprint Network Standards Committee is starting the process to review and revise the Ecological Footprint Standards. Participation in the Committee and Procedures for the Committee are outlined in Global Footprint Network Committees Charter. The result of this process will be updates to the 2009 Ecological Footprint Standards to be released towards the end of 2012.
Improving comparability The original goal of the Ecological Footprint Standards is to increase the quality, reliability and consistency of Footprint assessments. As the Ecological Footprint is being adopted by a growing number of government agencies, organizations and communities as a measure of environmental performance, there is an even greater need for quality, consistency, and reliability. This review and revision process for the 2012 Ecological Footprint Standards is a way to maintain this goal of improving comparability.
In addition, as the Ecological Footprint methodology is applied in different circumstances by different practitioners, advances to the methodology and communications strategies are being made. Conducting a review and revision process every three years allows Global Footprint Network to stay on top of advances in Ecological Footprint science and application. By engaging with experts, our Partner Network, and public comment every three years, our Ecological Footprint Standards can allow for a dynamic process that encourages innovation and action.
Your feedback is welcome during the entire process! Before the revised Standards are finalized in 2012, there will be two 60-day Public Review periods, one in March – May 2012 and the second in July – September 2012. These are your opportunities to provide more input as the draft develops.
Carbon Footprint, Ecological Limits, Footprint for Government, Footprint Standards, Human Development, Our Partners' Work, Personal Footprint
San Francisco Looks at it's Footprint
In 2010, the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) teamed up with Global Footprint Network to explore the Ecological Footprint of San Francisco, a city that prides itself on leading the US in forward-thinking sustainability policies.
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fuller is a a shitty school in framingham its full of white kids even though the southside is mad ghetto. i go there and i hate it. fuller has alot of white kids alot of black kids and alot of brazys and mexicans and a few asians.there are alot of white kids that want to be black and try and act tough. theres lots of rich white kids there and a few poor white kid. then theres the black kids most of them are fake some of them are real. most of them live of welfare how the fuck they have iphones i dont know.on to the brazys alot of them are retareded and are hated by every techer. they dont tryt at all and are mad loud.they also are all in support. theres also the indians theres two and they both smell like shit. now the asians theyre all really smart and force it on everything.the mexicans are pretty chill but can be annoying. most of the teachers at fuller are racist . the other half are blind and deaf. there are some teachers that only care about what the white kids do and some that only care what the other kids do. but some teachers are pretty chill. the principles there are batshit crazy. and certain teachers are psychotic. the lunch is just short of prison food and is disgusting. all the white kids have to pay everyone ele its free. the gym teacher is close to a rapist he walks in while ur taking a pisss and talks to you like what the fuck i got my dick in my hand get out. the art teacher is always on botox and is terrifynig.fuller is the chgapost poorist school ever
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Step from an adjoining hallway into this space, and you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Despite the sloped ceilings, this attic space houses an entire and inviting-looking home theater. There's a 92-inch Draper screen, a JVC 1080p D-ILA (Direct Drive Image Light Amplifier) projector, a 5.1-channel surround-sound system, Blu-ray and Apple TV capability, plus some kick-back seating options.
"It's not super high-end, but it's really nice," says Kevin Hourihan, a custom electronics installer from Cyber Home Networks of Stormville, N.Y. Also in the attic is a billiards area, so the home theater was limited to a space of about 22 feet long and 18 feet wide, with sloped ceilings and knee walls. "Due to the size of the space we had to work with, we had to be quite creative," says Hourihan.
The space for the screen was limited, but Cyber Home found enough room on the gable wall to house a 92-incher from Draper. Cyber Home also chose an acoustically transparent screen so that three in-wall SpeakerCraft Tantra speakers for the front left, center and right channels could be mounted behind it, saving more room. "[The homeowner] didn't want to see any speakers in a room that was already tight for space," Hourihan explains. A 12-inch SpeakerCraft Tantra subwoofer is also mounted in the wall beneath the screen, and two in-ceiling Tantra speakers provide the surround sound.
Something also had to be done about containing and controlling the acoustics in a room like this, as sloped walls can reflect sound in unpleasant ways. So the walls were lined with acoustical absorption panels that actually make it seem like a warmer, cozier environment. Thick rubber carpet padding and a ¼-inch-thick sound barrier on the floors and walls prevent sound leakage to other rooms and the master bedroom below.
A Denon AVR-3808ci receiver provides the necessary punch. That, and a Samsung Blu-ray player, an Apple TV hard drive, and a Furman power conditioner, are housed in an equipment rack in a knee wall near the entrance. With heat in the attic being a concern, a vent was installed for the equipment rack.
A Universal Remote Control MX-3000 remote operates the system and a one-switch Lutron lighting control system, saving the investment of a larger home control system. Hourihan reports that it was also easy to program macros, or a series of remote control commands, onto the remote.
One of the homeowners' favorite toys is the Apple TV set top box, which allows them to download movies and watch them on the big screen, as well as to sync their digital music collections with their computers. Sweet.
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I'll structure my reply in point form because it looks cool and it's easier.
1. Commanding Shout is usable in all stances, the only problem with it is fitting it into a free global cooldown.
2. Shield Block like mad during phase 2. You will probably still get crushed because he attacks so bloody fast though. If you have [item]Moroes' Lucky Pocket Watch[/item], pop it at the start of phase 2 and every time it's up afterwards.
3. I've never thought of using that demon detection elixir to be honest. I haven't needed it, but your mileage may vary.
4. Scorpid Sting = good. Demoralising Shout works against all bosses and should be up at all times, although I can say first hand that it is difficult to do so as the tank. If you have a DPS warrior, have them do it. Don't make them do Thunder Clap if they're Arms or Fury, it wastes way too much rage to stance dance every 30 seconds and hurts their DPS too much. A second Prot warrior could do it though, they generally won't be doing much DPS anyway.
5. Your stats are fine. Just stack on all the usual stam buffs and you'll be set.


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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 6:18 pm
Post subject: Federation Ship Decal question
So I'm working on decals for my Federation ships and they are almost ready. You can seem my painting progress here:
I'm trying to decide if some, none, or all of my Federation ships should have the two red circular lines on the upper hull. I've build my decals with them in place, knowing that I can cut them out if I choose not to use them.
So my question is: What is the "history" of these lines?
I just was wondering if they had a certain SFB significance, or was just someone idea of what might look cool. Maybe, historically, some ships were supposed to sport them. If so, which ones?
I guess what's holding up my decision is that "classic trek" didn't have them, and I'm wondering how they relate to SFU. I think they look cool, but also may be totally unnecessary.
Thanks for all the info that I know will follow.
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The "history" of the red "war circles/leader circles" is a bit murky.
At its most basic, Ted Giebel (the first CGI artist doing cover artwork for ADB) added them to his NCL model and a few others. From what I've heard he added them for no other reason than they "looked pretty cool". They then started appearing in some of his other work.
His choice of initial subject (the General War era NCL) led some folks to form the idea that these were a wartime thing (like the black/white stripes used on airplanes in Europe for "D Day", etc.).
There's never been an official "decision" from ADB on them, that I've seen (they're not part of the official painting guides, etc.).
However, SVC & Co. (and CGI artist Adam Turner) seem to agree with a consensus that developed among minis-fanatic folks like Tony Thomas and myself -
For us, the rings are a wartime morale-building or identification marking. They are applied to classes built for the war effort, such as the the BB, DNH, DNG, BC(H), NCA, NCF, NCL, DWH, DW, FFB, etc.
Classes with firm "pre-war" design history and production (Franz Joseph DN, CA, GSC, CF, Tug, DD, Scout, FF, etc.) do not have them.
I use that pattern for which decals sets include them on the tenneshington decals. Obviously, you are free to follow your own vision.
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Thanks. I knew there would be some cool history like that.
So I also forgot to ask...
For ships with a 3 digit registration number, is the convention a leading 0 our not?
So NCC-321 or NCC-0321?
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The leading zero is an error that Mongoose made in their lists and some prototype decals. The leading zeros are in some of ADB's ship lists as a database sorting convenience, but they are never shown on the ships themselves. Mongoose interpreted the lists too literally.
It is always NCC-
or NCC-
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301 or NCC-
900. This is especially true after the most-recent film came out, where Paramount's
U.S.S. Kelvin
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Will pretty much summed up any comments I would have made.
Many of us [myself included] consider the saucer rings to be war-time efforts only.
Others refuse the do any Fed ships w/o them, and some don't use them at all as they consider them non-cannonical...
and there's a 4th group [those that do not have an opinion either way].
I have to admit that I've crossed both sides of the side on occasion.
Typically I do rings on the "war" classes and not the pre-GW ships; but, I do have some of the pre-war ships with rings.
I tend to use them when using late war classes (for a consistent appearance) and use the non-ringed CAs, FFs, and DDs when playing older scenarios.
The end result of this rather long-winded post is that there is nothing "official" that establishes whihc vessels have rings and which don't - so do whatever ye will. The mini-police are not going to kick in your door in he middle of the night and confiscate your non-conforming miniatures.
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I like the Combat Leader Rings, and use them in my own mind to denote ships & crews that have earned a special distinction in service. I also like them because they look good on Federation starships. That small bit of trim dresses them up.
I just finished painting my little Burke-class Frigate and decided I would like my Starline 2500 Federation minis to sport the Combat Leader Rings.
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I know someone who can hook you up with those.
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Scoutdad wrote:
I know someone who can hook you up with those.
Oh yeah - believe me - I will place an order with you guys very soon!
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We hope to do decals for the SL2500 Fleet Boxes soon. Just need my Fleet Box of minis to measure...
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Just in case you were getting a little too comfortable with that smartphone and/or tablet, Hillcrest Labs wants to add more motion into your daily use.
The company just announced plans to offer up its Freespace technology to manufacturers and component suppliers of smartphones and tablets. The new Freespace MotionEngine for Mobile is an embedded software solution that can up the use of accelerometers, magnetometers, and gyroscopes, which are currently found in a lot of smartphones and tablets.
The end result should mean more motion-based applications. That doesn't just mean that you'll be wiggling to get the lights to turn on. It actually means if you fall or have some type of accident, the device could send out a distress message to emergency responders. Other possible applications include better GPS and new health and fitness applications. Yes, of course, it could also be used for both gaming and gesture control around the house.
Hillcrest currently licenses its technology to LG, Roku, Sony, and others in the CE space. Smartphones and tablets seem like a natural step (literally). The company says that it can work with motion sensors from all major suppliers. That said, there's no word on whether or not those suppliers will take the company up on the offer.
"The smartphone industry is at a key inflection point with motion control," said Chad Lucien, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Hillcrest Labs. "Motion sensors are now standard in mobile devices, but today's motion software implementations impose significant constraints that limit sensor choice, integration flexibility and performance. We aim to change that. Our Freespace MotionEngine for Mobile provides a unique software solution for Android and Windows 8 smartphones and tablets, which delivers the highest performance and provides the most flexible integration options, while enabling manufacturers to use sensors from any major supplier in the market."


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pozaking wrote:Hey Bd!!! Is Santiago Gonzalez or any mexican in the alternate list for the main draw??
BelgiumDude wrote:Here are the mexican alternates for san luis potosi !
16. Gonzalez, Santiago MEX 282
26. Echagaray, Bruno MEX 310
73. Romero, Victor MEX 628
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R. Jayakrishnan wrote:Updates:
St.Brieuc (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Pless, Tipsarevic, Varlet
IN: Prpic, Blanco, Niemeyer
seb wrote:Varlet got a WC for St Brieuc main draw after retiring from the Entry List !!! First time I see that.
pozaking wrote:The [url=http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=/posting/2005/213/mds.pdf]
San Luis MD[/url] main draw is out
PatatRiek wrote:seb wrote:Varlet got a WC for St Brieuc main draw after retiring from the Entry List !!! First time I see that.
i assume he didn't retire , but that they removed him from the alternates list after they decided to give him the WC
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Quote No. T. 6 Date: 15. 1. 48 Issued by Reference Division, Central Office of Information, London, W.1. FOOD CONTROL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Principles of Government Policy Britain's system of food control and rationing, so outstandingly successful during the war years in maintaining nutrition and productive effort, will be continued as long as shortages persist. The Ministry of Food continues as a permanent Department and the Government accepts the responsibility for ensuring that adequate supplies of food necessary to health are available to all members of the public at reasonable prices and for raising the standard of the nation's nutrition. The interest of the consumer is protected; provision is made for the needs of special classes; the position of the home producer is safeguarded; and the trader who renders the community a necessary service receives a fair reward. Bulk purchase is an integral part of the system for procuring and distributing foodstuffs in a time of world shortage. It enables Britain to use the long-term contract which is the best instrument available for increasing the amount of food to be found and bought. Prices of the majority of foodstuffs are controlled by Maximum Price Orders. Those of the main foodstuffs are kept down by Government subsidies, which began in December 1939. The real cost of the subsidisation of food prices in the year 1947/8 is estimated at £392 million. Rationing of Important Foods Food rationing was introduced in January 1940, for butter, bacon and sugar, and has been extended to nearly all important foods. Bacon and ham, bread, cheese, fats, jam and other preserves, meat, sugar, sweets and chocolate and tea are individually rationed on a weekly or monthly basis. Bread, flour and cakes are rationed as a whole, by a scheme introduced July 21, 1946. A more flexible system to cover a wide range of other foods is provided by the "points" scheme. Each consumer has a monthly allowance of points which must be surrendered for foods included in the scheme. Points and values in addition to the foods themselves are varied periodically according to supply and demand. Other foods in irregular supply or subject to seasonal fluctuations, e.g., mi[ ] eggs, oranges and potatoes, are controlled through distribution schemes. Welfare Foods Service and Special Allowances The Welfare Foods Service, which in July 1946 became associated with the Family Allowances Scheme, provides certain specified foods at subsidised rates for expectant mothers, children and adolescents. The foods are:- milk, at 1 1/2d per pint (below one-third ordinary price) to expectant mothers, children under 5, and handicapped children aged 5-16 unable to attend school; national dried milk to children under 2 as an alternative to liquid milk; orange juice, to expectant mothers and children under 5; cod liver oil, free to expectant mothers and children under 5; Vitamin A and D tablets, free to expectant mothers as an alternative to cod liver oil and also to mothers of babies under 30 weeks; national milk cocoa to young persons under 21 who are employed workers, students, or members of youth organisations. Milk and orange juice are supplied free to those unable to pay. Schoolchildren receive one-third pint of milk free daily in school under the Education Act, 1944 and the provision of meals in schools is being extended at a rapid rate. (In June 1947 the number of meals supplied to school children on a normal day was 2,347,000). Other special allowances to individuals include: Expectant Mothers:
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With ArP soft cap is when you get 100% armour pen with a trinket proc. normally around 51/52% without a proc which is what you should be aiming for.
Re the rotation its so simple its not even funny. Wouldnt use Heroic Throw as it resets your swing timer, dont think i ever use it unless i am out of melee range. Make sure you are exp capped mh and oh. hit you want around 200 with 3/3 precision.
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Naruto second coming of the so6p?
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I played my first SFB game in forever tonight. I was teaching to new players and had planned to teach more but the others had prior commitments.
Any way, as I was teaching I had decided to use the light cruisers, and to take a fleet I had not had a lot experience with but wanted to learn, the Romulan. My trainees took a cloaked Orion with on Fusion, one disruptor and on phaser in the CR option mounts and a Gorn CL.
We started at with phasers armed but no heavy weapons, and I made an oblique approach under cloak against the gorn. After anchoring and HET I got the R off with only his bearing ph-3s to weaken the torp. The R went right through the number 4 and did 31 internals after my phaser fire had hit the shield. But I had forgotten about his plasma-fs. After barley surviving that, I pulled away, cloaked and started reloading. Meanwhile the orion was taking potshots at long range with the disruptor and phaser. Eventually we all met uo at relatively close range with me under cloak and still arming the R and the gorn with both Ss ready. He ignored the orion, who never cloaked the whole game but began doubling like a madman at the end, and launched both Ss at me. The cloak cut one to half power, but the other went in at full strength. I self destructed after that and ran the charts while offering advice.
The Gorn player did a great job of unintentionally rotating shields to avoid more internals and planted another double S combo on the Orion after the Orion decided to use his phaser offensively. The Orion self-destructed and did more internals to the "winning" Gorn though half his ship was gone.
Near the end of the game they had started to work out their tactics, but it was still a near run thing.
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He managed to lock on whilst you were under cloak? Guess that can happen at high speeds, close range and unfavourable EW conditions, but it's pretty rare!
Nothing is quite as persuasive as a disruptor pistol on slow burn and a rotisserie......
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Second game with the trainees. We played the "Starball" scenario. While we had thought there would be four of us, it turned out only the two from last time showed up. Having resonable well balanced the Destroyers, and hoping for a quick game as we had waited until quite late for the others, players selected from the destroyer list.
Player one took a Klingon F5 with full refits and four type-IF drones. I explained the concept of scatterpacks, but he chose not to use them.
Player two took a Tholian DDP with the snare refit.
Player three (me) took a LDR DD with the plus refit.
They are playing better, but some of the nuances still elude them. The LDR DD is downright deadly with the gatlings, a lessen learned by both of the other players. The klingon scored some VERY good die rolls, killing all but my Emer Bridge, and on bridge box taken out by the tholian. The tholian learned the value of photons, and the curse of their inaccuracy. And both learned that destroyers die fast, even against other destroyers. At the end of the seven turn game, the Tholian was dead and both the other ships were severly crippled.
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During Dvorák's stay in Spillville the settlement was visited by a group of North American Indians of the Kickapoo tribe, led by Big Moon and his wife, Large Head. They came to sell medicinal herbs and stayed for several days performing their songs and dances to the delight of Dvorák and his hosts.
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The Quintet opens with a solo melody for the extra player, the second viola, but it is another subject which forms the main material for the development section, a melody based on an Indian song Dvorák heard at Spillville. A strangely sad episode featuring the two violas is heard before the shortened recapitulation.
The succeeding scherzo is quite excellent and uses a theme in the trio section reminiscent of one heard in the slow movement of the 'New World' Symphony. It is also of similar character to the viola theme which forms the basis for the variations in the Sextet. The third movement, a Larghetto theme and five variations, leaves the exotic atmosphere of Indian music for that of simple devotion. The subject of the variations is half in the major and half in the minor, ingeniously composed. The music returns in the end to the unadorned theme. Whilst the presence of Beethoven may be felt in the variation movement, the Finale's main theme is noticeably similar to one of Schubert's in the Finale of the latter's Trio in E flat, D929, and indeed to a theme of Smetana's in his G minor Trio. Though interesting to observe, such references to the works of others do nothing to detract from Dvorák's achievements in this Quintet. His own individual qualities are fully able to withstand any criticism that might be engendered in this connection by those unable to appreciate the true genius of this genial man.
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