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In this month's Adventist Review, Jimmy Phillips writes about the NFL's draft – specifically on the historical moment of the first openly gay player (Michael Sam) being drafted. Using Sam as a straw man, Phillips uses "scare quotes" to describe Michael's coming out.
Perhaps no other hard science is so closely linked to theology than is physics, for it has a lot to say about the formation of the universe as we know it, as well as significant data about how the solar system formed. It is interesting to retrospectively consider the evolution of scientific thinking over the past century, with the old view being that the universe had always been here, However, with the discovery of physical data strongly suggesting that the universe, as we know it, had a beginning, a revolution of thinking occurred.
A dividing wall was cracking tonight — or, better, crumbling. You could hear and see it — in welcoming words; in faces warm with mutual regard; in conversation that was shedding light instead of heat.
For the last 24 hours I have been listening to Seventh-day Adventist scholars telling the story of their church's attitude to and participation in war. Between them, they have told an amazingly moving and varied story – a story which, like all good stories, raises profound questions about Seventh-day Adventists, the God they worship and the faith and spirituality they practice.
"Hope is the mark of our Christian existence," said Bernhard Oesterich. But does authentic hope involve accurate prediction concerning end-time chronology? Does authentic hope come down to information — a "message" about what happens next, and when and where, ingeniously derived from Scripture's apocalyptic material?
At Germany's Friedensau Adventist University, presenters, guests and students have begun a three-day quest for constructive conversation about war and Adventist response to war.
Today the General Conference published the following press release - the latest news in the saga of trying to find a way to salvage the floundering publishing houses in the North American Division:
For many decades a group of people faithfully renewed annual memberships in the Association of Adventist Forums to support quarterly publication of the Spectrum journal. All who received Spectrum had either paid for it themselves or someone else had gifted them a subscription. We therefore generally knew who was in our community of readers, thinkers, believers and searchers because they provided the financial means for what we do.
The Alumni Awards Foundation has bestowed one of its 2014 Excellence in Teaching Award to Elticia Buisson, social studies teacher at Miami Union Academy. The award was presented to the Oakwood University alumnus at a ceremony on April 26.
1. Oakwood University has won a $25,000 Campus Pride Grant in The Home Depot's 2014 RETOOL YOUR SCHOOL contest. The win comes through a combination of social media activity and a voting score.
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Looking back at SONscreen 2014, some of the filmmakers who attended from around the US reflect on the Adventist film festival.
As any visitor to the Spectrum blog will recognize, the treatment of homosexuals and women by Seventh-day Adventists and other Christians has ignited intense debate.
Last Friday, more than 3,000 people lined up for healthcare at a free pop-up medical clinic in Oakland, California, sponsored by the Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries. Most of the volunteer doctors, dentists and other professionals from around the state and even further afield were Adventists.
Gary G. Land, emeritus professor of history at Andrews University and long-time member of the Spectrum editorial board, died on Saturday, April 26, at the St. Joseph Medical Center in Mishawaka, Indiana, after a long battle with cancer. A service is planned for this Friday, May 2. His first student, Ben McArthur, penned this tribute.

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On October 28, 2014, Paula Bohovesky would have been nearing her 51st birthday in January of 2015. We can only imagine the woman she would have become.
What happened to her? The most tragic event. 34 years ago on the night of October 28, 1980, Richard LaBarbera and Robert McCain savagely attacked, sexually assaulted, and brutally murdered Paula.
She died never having seen her 17th birthday.
Both "men" were tried and convicted for the murder of Paula Bohovesky and received the maximum sentence of 25 years to life. Unfortunately the 25 year term has passed and they are each eligible for parole hearings every two years. This non-profit corporation was formed in 2008 to assist Paula's family in the grinding process of gathering petition signatures to ensure these two don't ever get the chance to impose their warped will on the public. They were denied parole in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, and again in 2013, in part to the collective efforts of her family, the Corporation, and of course the petition signers that help keep her memory alive.
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This website exists for the sole purpose of keeping her memory alive, and we intend to do everything possible and necessary to see that these two monsters do not see the light of freedom, ever. Their crime was not just against Paula, it was against the community we live in and all that is precious about it. We hope this site will help ensure that the opposition to the paroling of Paula's murderers goes on for as long as they live.
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- Harvey Eilbaum, Lead Government Prosecutor for the case in 1980
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Miami independent music pioneer Willie Clarke is a Grammy winner whose music has been sampled by Beyonce. In the mid 1960s, he and a college buddy named Johnny Pearsall started a label called Deep City, based out of Johnny's Records in Liberty City. It was the first independent, black-owned record ... More >>
In a few hours, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and Commissioner Marc Sarnoff will announce a mysterious new lawsuit they promise will have a "profound" impact on Overtown, Omni and downtown Miami. What could it be? New regulations for Ultra Music Fest? Stricter controls on police? JETPACKS FOR EVERYONE? ... More >>
In an effort to bring to bring nightlife back to the historically black center of Miami, the Overtown Music Project has teamed up with Jackson's Soul Food for the first installment of their Supper Club, It will include soul food, drinks and jazz (with a bit of blues). "There hasn't been a nighttime ... More >>
Back in the days of the Sir John Knight Beat, the Harlem Square, Rockland Palace, Birdland Fiesta, Mary Elizabeth Hotel, Cafe Society, Red Tap, and many more, the streets of Overtown were filled with music spilling out of the many clubs, bars, and restaurants that lined its streets. For now, those ... More >>
Hundreds of people hungry for good food and music filled the pews of the Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church on Saturday afternoon for the second annual Gospel Brunch, organized by Overtown Music Project.As Bishop Margaret Reynolds (who, by the way, is a former backup singer for KC and the Sunshine Band) w ... More >>
On Saturday, musicians and community leaders will gather to celebrate one of Miami's oldest and most historic communities, Overtown. It was once known as the "Harlem of the South," a community filled with artists, writers, and musicians. There were many music clubs and ornate churches filled with so ... More >>
Overtown once rocked with the sounds and soul of musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie. A hotbed of music and culture, Overtown's heyday has passed, but not entirely. This neighborhood just northwest of downtown Miami is being revitalized, with help from Amy Rosenberg ... More >>
A 12-year-old girl was rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital last night after she was shot by her brother. The brother, in his early 20s, was carrying a gun when it accidentally discharged and sent a bullet into the girl's leg. She's recovering and in stable condition. Update: The brother has now b ... More >>
It's going to be pretty hard to think of a better way to celebrate a pre-Mother's Day meal after you've read about the first ever Overtown Gospel Brunch.Bring your best church hat for lookin' fancy, a big fan because it's hot in Miami, and a loose dress, because there will be lots of chow. Brunch ... More >>
The University of Miami is constructing a multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art Life Science and Technology Park in the heart of the historically impoverished Overtown neighborhood near downtown Miami. But the project has been wrought with controversy. Neighborhood activists claim the project, bu ... More >>
This past Saturday night, Banana Republican witnessed a magical moment in Overtown proving that Miami New Times columnist Luther Campbell has got it right when he says hip-hop has the power to bring people together. A true cross section of Miami's hip-hop lovers came out to Ice Palace Studios to ... More >>
The Magic City's violent summer just keeps boiling on, as Miami police shot and killed another suspect early this morning-- the fourth police shooting in just over a month.Details on the latest clash, which ended just a few hours ago, are still sketchy. Sometime after midnight last night, cops we ... More >>
Click to enlarge.It's a comic about "Blackman," an Overtown superhero with powers inspired by African myth. The character's nickname: the Colored Crusader. And it's conceived and drawn by a white guy. Yeah, we cringed too.
via FlickrIn today's roundup of horrible things and other news: a tourist couple is robbed at gunpoint, a 15-year-old is fatally shot in Overtown, an 11-year-old is accidentally shot by his own mother, and two people are found hanging in a South Florida park.
image via lotushouseshelter.orgThe Lotus HouseLotus House Women's Shelter in Overtown (217 NW 15th Street) will celebrate Thanksgiving by serving over 500 holiday meals including turkey, all the fixin's, and dessert to their friends and neighbors in the city.This will be the shelter's "Fifth Annu ... More >>
via urbanitebistro.com Fourteenth street between Overtown and the Arsht is full of wild game: zombified crackheads, worse for wear working-girls, artists, musicians, promoters, creatives, thugs, drugs, and po nine.Now, with Urbanite Bistro in the mix, we can add the literal interpretation: animal ... More >>
Surrounded by a circle of grinning undercover cops in jeans and polo shirts, their badges swinging from silver chains around their necks, Miami Police Chief John Timoney stands on the most dangerous corner in Overtown."The vast majority of homicides in Overtown happen within two blocks of this corne ... More >>
The Florida Marlins are in desperate need of a great closer. Someone who can seal the deal with the Miami City Commission and the Miami-Dade County Commission over the team's sweetheart $630 million stadium deal. Right now the Marlins dreams of a new domed home on the former Orange Bowl site appear ... More >>
In a second entry of the handwritten autobiography he recently wrote in jail, Overtown hustler Big Red talks about an unusual robbery for which he received six years in state prison. He leaves out names and some important details, but offers a peek at a different side of Miami street crime. He write ... More >>
Overtown is under pressure to change as property values skyrocket but violence remains pervasive
In Overtown drugs and death go hand-in-hand
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The wheels of economic justice in Miami-Dade County are back in motion
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Pay a visit to Overtown's New Jack complex, where drug dealers rule, kids play in sewage, and multimillionaire owner Garth Reeves makes excuses
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"If I was in complete control of TNA, I would do anything, if WWE right now was going left; I would go right. And if they started going right; I would go left. So that's what I would do. I would try to be the complete opposite of WWE. That's just my opinion. I don't have millions invested. I don't make tons and tons of money as an upper management guy. I don't go in focus groups. I'm not part of that whole research team. I, this is just some blue-collared guy from Brooklyn that wrestled for a living that talks about wrestlers now giving you my opinion. Doesn't mean I'm right. I'm probably wrong. But that's just what I would do as a wrestling fan and a former wrestler; is try to be, look I think our show last night, it looked awesome."
- Taz discussing how he would run TNA if he was in charge backstage
"Daniel Bryan wasn't going to win Royal Rumble 2013. He gets tossed out. His fan base would be more upset than him not being in it at all. Just my opinion."
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"This is WrestleMania 30. I've pinned Hogan once and he's never pinned me. From a fan's perspective, and WWE Universe and Vince McMahon, it never had closure. The business that would be done, the interviews and stuff would be coming from the heart. We could try to outraise the bar of the WWE entertainment machine in our sport, if they let us go toe to toe and don't script us. The fans will see really how it got started and why, and then they'll see the conclusion. They are asking can I get in shape. I am already in shape! They are asking Hulk Hogan. But there is a fear, I guess, of whether we can pull off the performance."
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"You know they are changing their website, you haven't heard about this? You haven't heard about TNA changing their website? Instead of TNAWrestling.com it is going to be TNAWrestling.org because it's a non-profit organization. Actually they have come up with a new strategy for 2014, Dixie Carter keeps teasing these big, major ideas. She finally hit on a genius idea that I think is going to turn TNA around in 2014. Starting on the first, they are going to let all of the fans in the shows for free and charge them to get out."
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The City Council meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. On the agenda are a hearing on a management plan for the city's easement-protected river holdings, and a visit from Sen. Edd Houck, who this time last year gave a sobering presentation about the state budget.
Fredericksburg's economic development department has begun a quarterly newsletter that includes information on building permits, sales tax collections, new business licenses, EDA grant awards and other local business news. You can get the first issue and learn how to subscribe here. You can see much of this data put in a regional perspective over on the Business Browser blog.
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PLYMOUTH ŌĆö When PlymouthŌĆÖs Pilgrims take the field against South Central on Tuesday, it will be the first time since 1968 that someone other than Bill Nixon or a former player of Bill Nixon has led the team on the field that bears his name.
Taking the helm for his first year is Ryan Wolfe, who has a no less impressive pedigree in his first year on the job. An Indiana All-Star at another great Indiana high school program at Highland, Wolfe also played four years for Rick Espeset at Manchester College ŌĆö one of the top small college programs in the country. He was also previously a head coach at West Central High School
Being a part of successful programs has left Wolfe with a good education on how to continue the Hall of Fame tradition at Plymouth.
ŌĆ£IŌĆÖve been fortunate to play for teamŌĆÖs that have been successful,ŌĆØ said Wolfe. ŌĆ£IŌĆÖve been around some good baseball, some great coaches and doing things the right way, teaching your kids the right way to play the game, respect for the game, respect for the right way to play the game. I want our kids to have respect for this field, respect for the tradition here and whatŌĆÖs gone before, and thatŌĆÖs all things that have nothing to do with winning or losing. In the end we want our kids to play the game the right way, and if we do that wins will come.ŌĆØ
Learning from others, Wolfe says heŌĆÖs watched the program of Plymouth basketball coach Ryan Bales and taken some lessons from his early success at the school.
ŌĆ£IŌĆÖve tried to watch what coach Bales has done here, and I hope what our kids will understand is that this is more than just baseball to me,ŌĆØ said Wolfe. ŌĆ£I want them to understand I care more about them than just as a third baseman or whatever. I care about them becoming men of integrity that go on to success beyond anything they do in baseball. IŌĆÖm going to be hard on them because I expect a lot of them, but I hope they understand I do it because I believe they can do it. IŌĆÖm not going to waste my time being tough on somebody if I donŌĆÖt believe they can do it.ŌĆØ
Like Nixon, Wolfe was a pitcher in his playing days and understands that the bottom line for any successful team is on the mound.
ŌĆ£I feel really good about where our guys are physically. WeŌĆÖve been throwing for awhile so I think weŌĆÖre ready to go,ŌĆØ he said. ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖve got a ways to go to learn how to pitch. ThatŌĆÖs going to be a process with our pitchers and catchers learning to call a game, but I think weŌĆÖre going to get there. We donŌĆÖt have quite the ŌĆśbulldogŌĆÖ mentality I want in our pitchers, but that will come.ŌĆØ
The Pilgrims will be very young, but that can also be a positive.
ŌĆ£The good news is IŌĆÖll have them for at least three and maybe four years for some of them, and weŌĆÖre going to get better as we go on,ŌĆØ said Wolfe. ŌĆ£I really like our intangibles. We have a lot to learn, but weŌĆÖve got kids that really understand the game. They know how the game is played and IŌĆÖve thrown a lot at them here early on, but the fact that they understand the game makes my job a lot easier.ŌĆØ


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Au revoir: Fashion farewells Yves Saint Laurent
Political and fashion dignitaries from all of the world gathered yesterday to say their final farewells to designer Yves Saint Laurent, who died of brain cancer last Sunday. Mourners attended the funeral service in Paris, with hundreds of onlookers swarming behind barriers outside the Eglise Saint-Roch. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, joined by his wife model Carla Bruni, decorated YSL's coffin in the national flag.
Applause broke out as his casket was carried into the Saint-Roch church, followed by silence throughout the service.
"These are my last words to you Yves," said his long-time partner Pierre Bergé. "With Coco Chanel, you were the greatest designer of the 20th century, she in the first half, you in the second. On your marble plaque, I have had them engrave, above your name, the words 'French couturier'."
Flowers bloomed in bouquets and wreaths laid at the doorway of the church, with one particular arrangement signed by 'Karl'. "For Yves, a souvenir of our youth," the card read.
Other attendees to salute the ultimate couturier were Vivienne Westwood, Marc Jacobs, Claudia Schiffer, Valentino, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Alber Elbaz, Stefano Pilati, Hubert de Givenchy, and Christian Lacroix.
YSL will be laid to rest at his botanical garden in Marrakech, Morroco. In his magnificent Majorelle Garden, his ashes will be flown in and scattered, just like the legacy that he leaves behind, which shall continue to live on.
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Hampshire honours its young sporting stars
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Young Hampshire sports stars from schools and colleges across the county have been recognised for outstanding achievement at the Hampshire Schools Sports Federation's 24th annual Michael Austin Harlick awards, organised with support from Hampshire County Council.
At the special ceremony, held at Ashburton Hall in Winchester, Olivia Breen Paralympian Bronze Medallist from London 2012, presented the winners with their trophies for excelling in a variety of sports, from athletics and badminton to taekwondo and trampoline - many are set to be stars of the future. For the first time, the Hampshire School Sports Federation presented the Hampshire London 2012 Legacy Award. This was awarded to Hannah Bryan, from Peter Symonds College in Winchester, who has made a significant contribution to physical education (PE) and sport through volunteering.
The Michael May Trophy for the most outstanding single performance of the year was presented to Kyle Finch, from Wildern School in Hedge End and the President's Trophy for outstanding team performance of the season went to Brockenhurst College 1st XI.
Other winners receiving the Michael Harlick Award were:
Jack Boswell (Cross Country), Frogmore Community College in Yateley
Ethan Craik (BMX Racing), Harrison Primary School in Fareham
Caelan Dillon (Hockey), Peter Symonds College in Winchester
Jack Durham (Trampoline), Richard Taunton Sixth Form College in Southampton
Milo Gill-Taylor (Sailing), The Ringwood Waldorf School in Ringwood
Ross Green (Badminton), Perins School in Alresford
Lydia Hume (Squash, Rackets), Itchen Sixth Form College in Southampton
Oliver Jermy (Swimming), Horndean Technology College
Ella Jones (Disability Sports - Swimming), Treloar College in Holybourne
Amy Layzell (Gymnastics), Kings' School in Winchester
Joe Marchant (Rugby Football), Peter Symonds College in Winchester
Jeamy Navarro-Schrank (Taekwondo), St Anne's Catholic School in Southampton
Leslie Parkes (Track and Field), Cowplain Community School
Zoe Sanders (Football), Itchen Sixth Form College in Southampton
Bradley Sutton (Modern Pentathlon), Brighton Hill Community College in Basingstoke
Bradley Taylor (Cricket), Eggar's School in Holybourne
Elsa Wakeman (Netball), King Edward VI School in Southampton
Commenting on the awards Councillor Peter Edgar, Hampshire County Council's Executive Member for Children's Services, said: "It is exciting to see the wealth of young sports talent here in Hampshire being nurtured in our schools and colleges and being honoured with these awards. It is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the young people and their coaches and supporters that so many of them will be aiming to try and compete for their country at the highest level.
"It is wonderful to see so many young people involved in such a range of sports and I congratulate all of the winners on their achievements. The County Council is determined to develop sporting opportunities for all young people in its schools."
The Michael Austin Harlick awards recognise consistent and outstanding achievement in school sports activities throughout the academic year. Nominations are received from county schools' sports associations affiliated to the Hampshire Schools' Sports Federation.


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There are problems with that scenario. Cross-jurisdictional queries are often not enabled by treaty and law. NCIC queries that reach into Canada, for example, can return hits but they cannot be acted on in most cases. So again, there are names and then there are semantics and operations. It is the context (the event types) that often determine the allowable operations. It is necessary to be very clear about this. Otherwise, consultancy leads to RFPs to which vendors cannot respond and agencies cannot procure. The so called 'federated query' is a source of many issues some of which the Markle Foundation pointed out. Even within the CONUS jurisdictions, the problems of crossing private/public boundaries with querying is always to be suspect and held to much higher auditing standards if the querying agency is a law enforcement agency. Otherwise, it is impossible to protect civil liberties. So it becomes a matter of associating the semantics of the ontology to the business rules based on event types (an ontology). This is one approach to the problem of acquiring identity without opt-in as is the case for sensor webs capable of using biometric properties to acquire identity and issue queries. len From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@b...] In addition to identifying opportunities for information sharing, these artifacts can also identify opportunities for federated queries (perhaps using Enterprise Information Integration - EII). Consider a hypothetical situation in which 2 agencies have arrest information for an individual - but one has it on a domestic basis, and another on an international basis. A federated query between these two data sources - which can be determined by comparing their ontologies and taxonomies - can yield an arrest record for a given individual on an international basis. I have found that in educating unfamiliar folks on these artifacts, it works best to use examples within their own domain. Familiary with their own data and concepts greatly eases the mental transition.
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anyone know if this is legit?
There is a new World of Warcraft Combat Analysis project - http://www.raidlogs.com
Key Features:
* Guild Raid Sessions Management - Easy navigation.
* Multi-Team Guild Support - Manage all teams under a single or many account sharing the same guild association.
* Role Detection.
* Attempt Overview Report - Output pies, Tank/Raid Healing Responsiveness and Role Cast.
* Meters and Histograms Reports - The obvious plus Efficiency information.
* Contribution/Distribution Reports - Raid wide reports using a stacking bar chart format.
* Encounter Mechanics Performance Reports - Tailor made hundreds of reports for each Boss encounter.
* Comprehensive Comparison System - Output/Mechanics in both Raid/Players modes.
* Guild and Player Search Tool - Quick access to a Player statistics Page or to a Guild Session Index.
* Ranking system - World/Location/Realm and Multiple Class Specs Support.
* Players and Guild Promotion system.(Not live yet)
Official Europe WoW Forums Thread:
Home Page:
Demo Sessions:
Any thoughts, comments and feedback is Welcome!
Author of raidlogs
Last edited by elija; 11-26-2010 at 01:05 AM.
anyone know if this is legit?
The Ranking system is live now.
It can produce ranking in the following slices:
* World
* Location
* Realm
* Multiple Class Specs
* Raid Size
* Encounter Difficulty
For the laugh(or not) Pets will also be supported by the Ranking System(not on live yet)
There's a quick link:
Bear in mind the current ranking data are only for the feature presentation.
Check out ICC bosses to see it in work.
you mis spelt necrotic plague you wrote nercotic
Watch me play SC2 ladder and enjoy the lolz
Looks nice. How would you distinguish it from, say, World of Logs? What does it do better?
Mechanics Reports - those are ad-hoc reports tailor made for each encounter. Comes in handy in pin-pointing Boss mechanic problems.
Wide Raid Distribution/Contribution Reports - those are visual chart based reports for the whole raid using a stacking bar format, It helps see problems in the context of Damage distribution on each target(all targets and all the raid on a single chart). It also helps seeing Healing
distribution such as healers on players(again all the healers and all the players on a single chart).
It might help also in evaluating players rotation utilization in compare to other players(all players damage/healing breakdown in a single chart)
Comparison System - raidlogs sports a comprehensive comparison system which let you compare up to 20 fights slicing information into many categories like the obvious DD/HD/DT/DH both in raid mode and in players mode, in addition it also capable of comparing the raid/players performance in regards to the encounter mechanics, this comes very handy in recognizing players patterns(bad and good ones) along the attempts.
Automatic Role Detection - roles like Tank, Healer and DPS are automatically detected and shown in the reports.
Search Tool - a small feature, you can search for guilds and players and get links to their respective information pages.
Player Information Page - this page let you see this player last 50 fights and the role he took on those(tank,healer,dps) + instant links to the fights and the player guild membership history.
Multi-Team Guild support - For guilds whom running multiple teams and wish to register logs on different teams, raidlogs support that.
when you're logged on you'll have all your associated guilds and Team-Guilds visible in your guild session page.
Guild Session Page - A very easy to navigate page where you see all your sessions and fights and some statistical information(like Boss remaining health and more). Instant access to your other Guild's teams.
Ranking System - What might be consider new here is the option to have rankings not only for the Whole World but also for Locations and Realms. in addition it also support multiple Class Specs simultaneously.
I might be forgetting something but if so I'll add it later.
Last edited by elija; 11-25-2010 at 07:29 AM.
New dark theme added.
Raw Log Browsing System is Live now.
About the Raw Log Browsing System(RLB):
RLB expression editor is a free text control able to parse SQL like where clause.
RLB currently does not have a wizard UI to auto generate the expression. You write the expressions in a similar way that you tell someone what to do, well sort of.
RLB has no limitation of row count thought you can see 100 at a time, you can traverse from the start to the end of the fight raw logs.
RLB consist of three panes:
- Upper Pane: This pane hold the legend of all available Contexts.
- Left Pane: Will show only if you're logged in, this pane let you save/update/delete Expression Presets to your Private Preset Library or to Your Guild Preset Library
- Lower pane: The actual Expression Editor where you enter your code.
What is a Context
A context is an abbreviation for something you may look for in the Raw Log, like: Source Unit Name, Spell, get all Hostile Units, get all failed dispels and many more.
An expression may include a single context or many of those which you decide how to relate one to each other by using logical operators.
- Get all source friendly units missed melee events:
[s_friendly] and [miss_melee]
- Get all player's 'ImAlwaysdispeling' dispels:
[s_name] = 'ImAlwaysdispeling' and ([dispel] or [dispel_failed])
- Get all players died from defile:
[t_friendly] and [killed] and [spell] = 'Defile'
- Get all stacks information about Mystic Buffet for player 'IdidNotGetAbove5Stack'
[t_name] = 'IdidNotGetAbove5Stack' and [aura_all_applications] and [aura_all_removals] and [spell] = 'Mystic Buffet'
- Get all Damage taken from targets with names starting with 'Shamb' (take notice that like is case sensitive and ilike is not)
[t_friendly] and [dmg] and[s_name] ilike 'shamb%'
- Get all CC's done to a Valkir with Spawn ID-35876
[t_spawn_id] = 35876 and [spell_cc]
- Get all dispels done to the Tanks between '2010-12-1 10:21:22' and '2010-12-1 10:21:52'
[t_tank] and [dispel] and [time] between '2010-12-1 10:21:22' and '2010-12-1 10:21:52'
- Get all DPS and Healers whom agroed:
([t_dps] or [t_healer]) and [dmg_melee]
- Get only the dispels from Pally healers:
[s_paladin] and [s_healer] and [dispel]
Note: At this point, if you enter an invalid expression, RLB will not tell you what exactly is wrong but only a general error message.
Although I'll be addressing that in the future, This is what you might want to check out If you get errors:
1) Check that you use Valid context Names, you'll need to include the Brackets([]) too.
2) Check that you enter a valid value to a mandatory Value Context such as [spell] (It has to be [spell] = 'some spell name' or [spell] in ('spell name 1', 'spell name 2')).
3) Check that the logical operator are in place. write something like [t_friendly] [dispel] will result in an error. Should be: [t_friendly] and [dispel]
4) Time values must be fully qualified with year-month-day hour:minutes like '2010-12-1 10:21' (seconds and milliseconds are optional)
5) Check that your expression does not include words like: delete, select, drop, create, update and such. this is due to monitoring SQL Injections.
Raidlogs will reject any expression with such content.
A link where you can check it out:
This is just an introduction post, I'm sure that people will be very creative in what they can get out of it.
Last edited by elija; 12-12-2010 at 04:51 AM.


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Panasonic patches cameras to block rivals' batteries
Panasonic has used a firmware update to prevent punters using batteries bought from other suppliers in its digital cameras. The update, which applies to 16 cameras which between them use three models of Panasonic battery, was posted this week. The company claimed the move had been made to protect its customers, though some will …
PR disasters...
I think you could argue Panasonic has a distinct interest in ensuring only 'safe' batteries are used in their cameras.
Remember the uproar about exploding Nokias a few years ago, where (as it turned out) all (or nearly all) exploding batteries were third party? People remember 'exploding Nokia', not 'oops - it was a third party battery'.
Not that there isn't a strong profit motive here also, of course.
Competiton Laws?
Surely this would be classed as anti-competitive and they will be forced to remove the block, just like when HP and Epson tried fitting chips to their ink cartridges preventing 3rd party ink from being used.
me thinks...
...the EU may have something to say about that (i Hope so at least)
EU sanctions
in 3...2...1... :)
In a perfect world
"if a third-party battery is used and it does fail the way Panasonic describes, that's a matter for the user and the battery maker, not Panasonic's responsibility." would be very accurate.
However, we live in a world where if you break a fingernail trying to open a battery compartment you can sue the manufacturer for the 'psychological trauma' you suffer as a result.
There is undoubtedly a financial benefit to them from doing this, but there is still a valid excuse for them trying to protect themselves from lawsuits. After all, if one of these third party batteries did catch fire and destroy the camera, how could they prove reliably (and in a way understandable to a judge) that the battery was third party and not one of theirs?
I don't know why companies do this...
Inevitably they just shoot themselves in the foot and create ill will. In the end it costs them money. Maybe not right away, but the next time a consumer is ready to buy, they will likely give Panasonic just a little less consideration when choosing a product.
very poor show... alls thats needed is "if you use a battery pack other than one of ours and it blows up your camera, tough shit" type statement.
of course, if they charged a reasonable price for the things it wouldn't be an issue would it?
luckily I don't have and never will have any kind of panasonic camera. I'll stick to my canon thanks.
Why the secrecy?
I have no problem with Panasonic making this decision *IF* they are also fully open about it: if the download page says clearly, right next to the download link 'This update may disable third-party batteries'.
But to put that detail elsewhere seems like they're trying to *appear* open while actually being secretive. This breeds distrust in the user community and means that future updates will be treated with suspicion. Sony learnt the hard way that undocumented functionality can lead to a serious backlash later, especially when it seems it is for the manufacturer's benefit.
I was looking around for a second battery for my Olympus SLR recently, and the official option was £40! While there were many no-name generic replacement batteries available for well under £10, I went for a replacement from what I considered a reputable battery brand (Uniross) for £15 - but presumably if Olympus were to follow Panasonic's lead I would have no choice but to pay through the nose for the "official" product :(
I call Panasonic to Prove IT!
If there are only some aftermarket batteries that do not comply I call upon them to authorise those that do comply. If they wont do this, Only then we can say they are the anti competitive scum that we think they are and will get no more custom from me.
make it annoying, rather than disallow
all it needs is to use the same technique for disallowing the third party battery, to pop up a message every time the thing is switched on saying that they are using an unsupported battery, that could be dangerous. Then say click ok if you agree to continue. It wouldn't hurt to burn the answer into some memory somewhere too, just in case.
Or they could allow the use of the battery but refuse to charge it, saying it's not compatible
Not the first culprit
Sony did this with their camcorders and DSLRs. However, the dressed it up with a requirement to have the "infolithium" chip installed in the battery. basically that provides a much more accurate (as claimed by Sony) battery usage meter. If you do put a non-infolithium battery into one of their current range of DSLRs it will power up just enough to tell you that fact.
Of course it is straight protectionism. If you have Sony's first post-Minolta DSLR, the A100 it will indeed take either an infolithium or non-infolithium battery and work fine with each. The reason why it was that way - simply they hadn't got an infolitium battery available to fit.
The argument given by many apologists that this is protecting your expensive investment in some way by stopping the use of inferior, third party, batteries is rather undermined given that Sony's record on Li-Ion batteries catching fire isn't faultless. Even then, third party manufacturers have now worked there way around the system (although whether they are vulnerable to patent lawsuit infringements, who knows).
It is about time that this game on proprietary Lithium batteries got tidied up. Every new device you come across seems to have its own, proprietery battery form factor. The chemistry of these things is now well established. What we need is a range of standard battery form factors to suit 95% of uses. Maybe a few more options than for classic C/D/AA/AAA/PP3 formats used with dry cells and NiMh batteries, but not the nightmare of hundreds of different types, all marginally different.
As for competition law on this - well there is no automatic system which says that a manufacturer can't make things difficult for competitors by locking down interfaces. One crucial issue in European law is if the manufacturer has "market power" a tiny, niche manufacturer might get away with lock-ins. Microsoft would not. Things like the Panasonic batteries are in a middle ground. However, what the manufacturers are not able to do is use laws designed to prevent DRM cracking for protecting content to also be used as anti-competive measures. Stick a chip in to measure ink levels in cartridge maybe - stop another manufacturer reverse engineering this interface to produce a competitor. One for the courts to sort out.
keep the battery sensor and add a dialog:
"This is not an approved Panasonic battery, and may be unsafe. Continue Y/N?"
Or put sensors in that detect and/or mediate battery malfunction; maybe with
an audible overheating alarm.
All they needed to do was to get the firmware to warn the camera user on-screen, when they put in a 3rd party battery, that it could cause problems, so that Panasonic have at least made their customer aware that there's a potential issue. That way the customer retains the right of freedom of choice in their supplier of accessories, and at the same time the camera manufacturer has discharged their obligation to inform users of the potential for damage.
Problem solved.
So where's my consultancy fee then eh?
This is gonna **** ppl off
People who already have these cameras, and already have 3rd party batteries, will install the update and find these no longer work. This will cause problems.
If safety WAS the only thing they were concerned with, surely a pop-up message saying "WARNING: This is a non-panasonic battery. Use at your own risk" or similar would do a better job. It would scare off many people and yet still allow those who wish to take the chance. The only reason to completely block 3rd party batteries is to make more money.
Note to self
exclude Panasonic from any possible future purchaces, if they do this with battery packs who what else they will do it with.
Built In Obsolescence
One problem with this sort of thing is that Panasonic will probably discontinue the battery pack when their next camera comes out which, of course, will use a different pack. As you won't be able to get a third party pack you will either pay a fortune for a Panasonic pack (if you can get one) or bin a perfectly good camera.
There's a lot to be said for cameras that take standard AA Ni-MH cells.
It's a bit like the Lexmark printer I bought a while ago, after a year the ink cartridges started increasing in price -- they reached £50 for a black and colour and there were no third party equivalents -- I binned the printer and will never buy a Lexmark printer again. The one I have now (Epson) is only costing about £8 a set (black and three colour third party cartridges).
Oh look, shiny new icons
Thanks for the warning
I bought myself a Panasonic FX-40 a few weeks ago and am generally happy with it. But one of the things that I noticed when I first used it was that the battery has a 4th terminal (marked 'D' - 'Data' presumably) and I immediately thought, if I'd known about that I probably wouldn't have bought it.
I was surprised to find that 3rd party batteries were available (for a bit more than half the price of the Panasonic ones) and this probably explains that: the device identification was not previously enabled. My impression so far has been that the 3rd party battery that I have may have a lower capacity than the original, but I need to do some proper measurements to confirm that. My 3rd party battery (manufacturer=INOV8) claims to have protection circuitry and I have no reason to doubt that; maybe a friendly dentist's X-ray machine would be the easiest non-destructive way to check.
Note that the battery charger has no connection for the D terminal; I would have thought that fire would be at least as likely while charging and this "protection" is ineffective against that.
I find it odd that we have totally standard battery sizes for all non-rechargeables and for nickel rechageables, yet for lithium rechargeables (only) we've got into a situation where every manufacturer has their own slightly different shape. How has this happened?
EU (@Stu Reeves et al)
I'd be surprised if the EU said anything about this. Nikon have had a similar thing in their cameras since the D200 (about 4 years?)...
Quite a common occurence, those exploding cameras
I think if these items exploded on a regular basis through the use of 3rd party accessories there would be a reason to do this. Unfortunately its rare (as in hens teeth) so Panasonic has no justification.
Paris, 'cause I stand a better chance of bedding her than I do of having my camera explode.
Panasonic is right
also in view of the fact that a user could change to such a third-party battery without knowing the risk, because I do not think that "third-party battery packs producer" will write the truth, i.e. "look we are able to underbid the original manufacturer because we sell you the parts without the security feature".
Thank you Sony and Electronic Arts
For showing us that you can shaft the consumer twelve ways to Sunday and still get revenue. Thank you for giving the bright DRM religion to other companies, we really need yet more instances where what we do with the stuff we buy is subject to corporate oversight.
Price Comparison
Replacement Sony Li-On battery for 3 year old device = £80
Generic Li-On battery from 3rd Party Specialist = £5
Conclusion ??
Money for old rope!!!
Battery DRM
Well its the difference between a "two for $10" IED from Ebay or a good replacement battery from Hama, Hahnel, Energizer etc. They are understandably fed up of getting warranty claims caused by dodgy batts but this is OTT. I was going to buy a TZ7 which has a short battery life (say 100 shots with all Mega OIS stuff etc) and even a good pattern battery was £30. Panasonic want nearer £50. Must replace that crappy battery on my 6230i. Sorry, forgot to say Nokia don't make genuine batteries for them any more.
So, you buy a car. Let's say it's a Beemer. After a while ( AFTER the warranty's run out) you get a new set of spark plugs from Halfords/Walmart/whatever.
Car refuses to run. Software detects 'illegal' parts, and the fuc*ker stops. Probably, given software response speeds, just as you're overtaking the motherfuc*ker-of-all-trucks. Nice.
Panasonic quote:
[ Warning ]
"After this firmware update your Panasonic Digital Camera cannot be operated by 3rd party batteries (non genuine Panasonic batteries)."
One word in there - YOUR.
Panasonic - EPIC FAIL!!!
like any manufacturer / retailer - once theyve sold thier wares all they are interested in is the bottom line! faulty products are an inconveinience and warrants minimal expenditure. surely if the punter sticks in non-standard parts they have already voided the small print anyway so whats to worry about. cant see how theyre gonna make any money out of this. The only thing I can see happening is their sales are going to bomb big time coz customers will be grumping and griping about having to but genuine spare at rip off prices instead of perfectly good copies! Eventually people will associate panasonic with awkward greedy camera maker and go else where.
So how long before...
... third party power pack suppliers start making compatible batteries with copied chips like those who make compatible ink cartridges?
"Remember folks, using compatible cartridges may give poor results or damage your printer or fund terrorism (and will stop us selling our ink at higher prices than vintage champange...)"
Wanna laugh?
Try contacting them about this.
I tried. But, I'm in Finland, and speak English.
Once again, Epic Fail
Back to front poor design
"Some of these aftermarket batteries are not equipped with internal protective devices to guard against overcharging, internal heating and short circuit"
Should it not be that the battery pack supplies the power and it's the device that monitors the supply and protects itself and the battery, poor design if you ask me.
Don't iPods have batteries that are only supposed to be replaced by Apple themselves?
You may find that bleating on about not being able to put 3rd-party batteries into cameras forces companies like panasonic to take the apple route.
At the same time, if something can be serviced by the end-user; there should be a variety of competing options for the user to choose from.
Where's the EU when you need it ?
Panasonic's conduct is as disgraceful as Epson et al microchipping their printer refills.
Batteries for torches, calculators, watches (and everything else) come in a range of about 10 formats -- so what's so special about Panasonic cameras?
EU really must address the US, Japanese and S. Koreans and warn them that they have a few years to introduce a standardised range of phone and camera batteries and printer refills that work across all brands and that any products that don't conform (unless with solid grounds for variation) will be barred from EU markets.
Firmware upgrade...
If they did this via a firmware upgrade, presumably the hardware already had the ability to distinguish between battery packs?
The interesting thing is that they didn't use that capacity right from the start.
Did they somehow not realise they had the ability to do it, did they not want to tell people who were buying a camera that they could only use official batteries, or is there some other reason?
nothing to do with safety
The only reason this can happen is because the lithium ion batteries have a chip inside and can be identified by the camera.
Can you imagine if the manufacturer of your television, hi-fi tried to stop you using Tesco's, Duracell, Varta AA, AAA batteries in the remote control? There would be a massive public outcry and the company would be a laughing stock. But because the cameras are using Li-Ion batteries they'll can technically do it and will probably get away with it too.
It's nothing to do with safety whatsoever, it's an anti-competitive practise to force people to buy and only use panasonic batteries.
I think having a standardised set of lithium ion batteries in the way we have AA, AAA, C and D cells would be a good thing all round and it would certainly bring down the cost of them.
@I don't know why
Because the camera makers are worrying about running out of megapixels and that people wont automatically buy a new model every couple of years.
So you simply stop making the battery for 2008 model and you can sell them the 2009 model with the same imager.
While I quite understand Panasonic not wanting folks to use the el-cheapo, knocked-off-the-back-of-a-lorry Chinese no-name power packs, there are of course more reputable brands available.
I'm particularly thinking of Duracell, Ansmann and Hahnel. I've used battery packs from the latter two and I've found them to be - to a degree - superior to the manufacturers kit, (in my case it's digicams from Canon and Panasonic). Heck, the Duracell advert I saw claimed that their battery "guaranteed to meet or exceed the specification of the Panasonic CGA-S005E".
As "Justabloke 1" says - all Panasonic needed to do was to say "if you plug something into this camera that we don't approve of, then we bear absolutely no responsibility for any consequences - direct or otherwise".
To go down the route detailed in the article stinks to high heaven of just wanting to force consumers to toe the line. Problem is that the availability of 3rd party alternatives (it's called "CHOICE" Panasonic!) is a positive selling point - not a negative one. If they REALLY want to protect the consumers then drop this dumb idea, and instead give a list of recommended batteries, i.e. "We prefer that you use our kit, but if you want to use X, Y, or Z's then this is okay. Anyone else and you take full responsibility"
I was thinking of replacing an elderly Canon hi-zoom with a Lumix next year, (as the little FX-01 compact has been just brilliant), but if Panasonic are going to pull this kind of dumb stunt, then I think Mr Canon will be getting my money instead.
I think the US courts have already found this to be an illegal business tactic
In the case of HP and either their ink or toner cartridges. And in any event it is not subject to the DCMA.
Digital "Rights" Management? I can tell you which "rights" that company has in MY camera. None. Nil. Zilch.
Ten "nice try" points for trying to transprt that "you don't OWN what you bought, you just have a license to use it" nonsense from the music industry to physical goods.
Twelve million minus points for intentionally damaging working camera/battery combos.
I don't own a camera from Panasonic, but boy do I wish I did. Go ahead and break my camera with a firmware update. Make my day! Pay for my lawyer AND a better camera from a rival company!
(Picture to the left: Panasonic digital camera repair kit.)
legacy equipment just doubled in second hand value!
Wa-hay, my 2 unpatched Panny cameras have just doubled in value when I come to put them on Ebay one day!
So how long before the crap chinese batteries copy the chip
But the good quality 3rd party batteries will be unavailable.
Nice Going Panasonic
It looks like I am going to have to put Panasonic on my list of permanently barred vendors; right behind Sony and Epson and HP.
let me fix this for you
Panasonic developed this technology after it was discovered that some aftermarket third-party batteries do not meet the rigid safety standards Panasonic uses.
Should read:
Panasonic developed this technology after it was discovered that some aftermarket third-party batteries do not meet the rigid profit markup Panasonic uses.
@Miek - Don't iPods have batteries that are only supposed to be replaced by Apple themselves?
Believe that they do....and it's expensive to get them replaced...and you don't necessarily even get YOUR iPoop back from them. My little Sansa has screws and you can change the battery yourself. New battery comes with screwdriver and new set of screws JIC!
Bait and switch
This story is a perfect example of why proprietary technology should be avoided. Yeah, a product may seem great, but sooner or later the manufacturer will do something to make an item more profitable. Some people may not have a problem with this, as the change may be subtle or doesn't affect them, but most of the time it isn't subtle and sooner or later you will get affected.
As more and more products get more and more software in them, we will witness bait-and-switch more and more. Take the new Sky Plus software "upgrade" as an example: they could have made it so that more info was on the screen at once, but they chose to have a little display of the TV whilst you are in the menus/guide instead. That'll be because Sky+ has become a victim of its own success, and users are using the guide and menus whilst the adverts are on. So the software got changed so the adverts still get put in front of the viewers, and those eyeballs increase in value as far as Sky is concerned. Yes, the update solved a lot of silly problems that should never have been their in the first place (and would have been fixed already if the tech was open), but the software has also gained anti-customer features, and the customer got no choice about it.
I am personally sick of being fucked over by hardware/software manufacturers crippling their products in some way. I want to be a customer of companies that produce the best products that technology will allow, and have got to the point where I will not do business with crippled product shifters. DRM is probably the worst example of crippled products, but large amounts of current media are only (legally) available through crippled means. I am not about to stop partaking in society, so the only way I can obtain products in non-crippled ways is through "piracy" (not the nautical variety with actual human victims).
Manufacturers had better pay attention. As time goes on more and more people will realise that crippled products are not worth their time, and this drives potential customers away from the manufacturer. The brainless consumers will still be foaming at the mouth the get the latest crippled iDevice, but the savvy customers (with much more disposable income, due to not throwing cash constantly at purposefully broken products) will be much more loyal if you sell open and quality products.
To bring this rant slightly back on topic, I will now be ignoring Panasonic cameras. In fact, I have resisted spending much on a digital camera so far as the market is moving fast and stuff becomes obsolete a bit too quickly.... that and my film cameras actually take a photo when I press the shutter release, not a fraction of a second later like most digi-cams. I know there are GPL firmwares for some Canon cameras, but Canon themselves do not provide this openness - the firmware is a hack. Why should I patronise a company who will not provide openness even when their product is capable of be used in an open way?
Epic Fail
I have a couple of laptops - one about three years old, one about six, both perfectly fine for travel. Neither of the manufacturers is supplying 'manufacturer's spec' batteries any more. So I should throw a couple good computers away just because I might have to use an aftermarket battery? Hell, NO! Nor should anybody with a printer, or a camera, be tethered to the manufacturer by chains of silicon!
Yet another reason
We should all stop supporting companies that do this shit. I have a Canon camera and yes the battery is not something I can go down to the local grocery store and buy but its a neat little job and I have no reason to have to worry about something like this happening seeing as it only has 3 connectors on it (+,- and ground). I have to agree on two big things here:
1) The cameras (and really ALL battery driven electronics) should handle the power management internally. It really cant be that hard to do seeing as it already exists in some form.
2) If they want to do something similar to this, why not give a warning that its not a supported battery and therefore if anything happens to you or your device from using this battery you waive all liability to the manufacture of the device and will be ridiculed if you try to sue us for your ignorance.
/Well im certainly liking these new icons :)
This is one firmware upgrade I'll take a pass on. I have a Panasonic TZ3 camera AND I have a 3rd-party battery. I would understand more if Panasonic made this change for models that aren't already in customer's hands, but those of us who have 3rd-party batteries, this is a total pisser.
Panasonic customer base reduces
I have just dropped Panasonic off my camera upgrade list .
Would Ford get away with "We have noticed that customers are using petrol which is not sourced from our partner provider Sainsbury. Our engine computers have been configured to prevent non Sainsbury fuel being used for your protection"
What next "Our camera will no longer accept third party memory cards"
I use a Canon EOS; and while it has a funny-shaped battery pack, you can buy (from Canon) a "holder" of the same shape which uses 4xAA batteries.
I don't get this.
Firmware downgrade?
Is it possible to back out this "upgrade", or install an older version of the firmware?
Just bought...
...a Panasonic Lumix FZ28 with a spare non-Panasonic battery. Both batteries have 4 terminals and, so far, both work. No firmware updates for me, thanks. No more Panasonic gear either.
Only a matter of time.
That will certainly put me off buying a Panasonic camera for a while as they charge way over the top for their batteries. I'll just wait for the third party battery makers to clone the chip.
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