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At Sundial Group our customers depend on us to provide great venues with superb facilities and excellent customer service. Their meeting, training course or event is vital to their business and we do our best to meet and exceed their expectations. Hear what our customers say:
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"I have taken part in several team building activities, Teamscapes is the most impressive by far"
Bales Worldwide
Northamptonshire Grammar School
"Your team go out of their way to accommodate our requirements however demanding. "
Cambridge Manufacturing
British not-for-profit social housing improvement service
"A Learning and Development Consultancy recently attended a Teamscapes Open Day at Woodside"
A Learning and Development Consultancy
A Global Bank organisation
Have a Heart Trekkers' Ball
Northampton Town Football Club
Venners Strategy Meeting
"Having attended numerous training days between us over the years all six managers said that this was by far the best day they have ever had. Great venue, great staff, great food, great training, great fun, just great!"
David Smedley - Space Station Self Storage - Jun 2013
"Both Jef and I want to thank you and the whole team at Woodside for making our conference so successful. As you promised we have been completely looked after at every touch point throughout the four days. In addition to this I want to share some highlights and the things we have valued: - All of our guests have been really well looked after, their needs responded to very quickly and so professionally, i.e. change of rooms, boosting the internet connections. - The STS touches in the bedrooms and the maps into Kenilworth. - Our day to day support from Keith, Carl and the team on reception, photocopying, laminating, numbers for dinner, room changes. - The restaurant and the bar team have ensured we have had two great formal dinners, both food and service being excellent and again very responsive and friendly. - Thanks to Lucy and her team for the fantastic cocktail challenge which was hugely successful and great fun. - Last but not least to Kate and Rachel for bringing the project to life and coordinating the complexities of our needs. We started believing we had made a good choice, we have ended by knowing we made a GREAT choice."
Jackie Dean - Severn Trent Services - May 2013
"We received great feedback from the conference planner at Converteam who held their 'Leadership for Quality Managers' course with Woodside at the end of March."
Converteam - Dec 2011
"Sundial Group has a well established relationship with Coca-Cola Enterprises built on customer service excellence and we trust them to deliver superb service in all the areas they support our business."
Robin Lilley, Head of Learning & Development - Coca-Cola Enterprises GB - May 2011
"Highgate House is delivering the very highest standards of service for companies who need to get the very best value for money from their investment in people.Sundial have retained key staff in place who ensure that from early breakfasts, through Teamscapes experiential learning, right up to our after course celebrations, delegates are warmly welcomed and treated with care and close attention. As a coach and facilitator, this makes my role much more effective. We'll be frequent visitors over the coming months in 2013/14 "
Tony Whittle - The Aspiration Company - May 2013
"Just wanted to say a big thankyou to you and your entire team for looking after us so well. Your team are a credit to you – our event for the whole week went very smoothly – due mainly to you guys."
Toymaster - Feb 2013
"From the time you arrive at the Highgate House you are looked after in a very professional and friendly way. We have been using the delights of the Highgate House for some years now and can say that they just know how do it right – people – food – meeting rooms – service, nothing seem to be too much trouble. When you do ask for something special or a little out of the ordinary the whole team (especially Claire Fonville) are keen to help and assist. A perfect solution for our meetings"
AB Mauri - Jan 2013
"The event was a great success… The venue met all our requirements with ease, I would highly recommend Highgate House"
Marketing Manager, Autobar UK - Jan 2013
"Exceptional value for money, most occasions Highgate House came in cheaper than most other hotels in the area but on the odd occasion when they didn't the extra value added things we received were above and beyond our expectations. Highly recommend this venue!"
Like Minded Women - Feb 2013
"My experience of the venue and teams has been excellent. Nothing is too much trouble and they always do their best to accommodate our requests for particular training rooms. I would be happy to recommend and say that Sundial is great value for the quality you receive in a convenient location central in the country. I find that the service is personal and adapted to your needs much more so than more corporate providers"
Caffe Nero - Feb 2013
"The venue added to the whole experience for the delegates, providing a warm and friendly atmosphere"
Morgan Ashurst - Aug 2012
"Overall, thoroughly impressed with the venue, especially the food and refreshments. Special mention to Laura! She did a great job of ensuring we had everything we needed. She was thoroughly professional whilst friendly and a credit to Barnett Hill"
South East Consortium - Feb 2012
"I would also like to thank you and your colleagues at Barnett Hill for all your support and help before and during the meeting. The meeting was a great success and the delegates, without exception, were extemely impressed by the quality of Barnett Hill and the facilities that you provide"
University of Surrey - Nov 2011
"Just a note of thanks to all the staff involved in making my event such a great success and meeting venue"
Ericsson - Feb 2012
"We have now run three courses at Woodside and each one has been very expertly organised. With professionalism and helpfulness of the staff, nothing was too much trouble. We were always greeted with a smile and asked if there was anything more they could do for us!. The food was excellent - a big thank you to the chef. On the whole an excellent venue."
Anonymous - Jan 2012
"From an organiser's perspective, the venue and its staff were extremely professional and helpful throughout. Despite having a very short lead time and several changes, including some additional requests the night before, Highgate House and its staff were thoroughly professional, helpful and efficient in the way in which they dealt with the planning of our event. The quality of food was excellent and the overall response from colleagues was that Highgate House was a great choice of venue. It is certainly a venue we will be using again in the future."
Barclaycard - Feb 2013
"There is nothing else you could have done to make our event run any smoother. In a 'nutshell' if this was strictly come dancing you would get the full 40 points for perfection. Thank you to all at Highgate House for making our staff feel they were valued and made to feel very special."
Submitted to BDRC VenueVerdict system - Jan 2013
"The event was actually on the 17th but we arrived as planned on the 16th and needed some help with pre meetings. Woodside did this with good grace and a high level of responsiveness. If I am in the Central Midlands Woodside is my venue of choice."
Ian Botterill, Managing Director - Niche HR Limited - Jan 2012
"All those that attended commented on how beautiful the house, gardens and location were. They were all really impressed with how clean and well kept it all was. The meals also went down very well, as did the chocolates, which they seemed to appreciate a lot, particularly in the afternoon! All the staff were very kind and helpful, and were one step ahead us. Delegates noticed that the venue was just for businesses and commented on this in a positive way. I would definitely chose this venue again, not only because it is a lovely venue but because the level of professionalism and service. From an organiser's point of view I had nothing to worry or do as you'd done it all for me. Thank you!"
Submitted to BDRC VenueVerdict system - Aug 2009
"Though my feedback said 'met expectations' this is misleading because these expectations are very high because of past experiences at Highgate House. There is a sense of "team" and everybody ....catering, gardeners, reception all being a part of a team ethic. Little touches like offering to carry over materials to the room are appreciated. Also a "Good morning" and a smile go a long way so well done!"
Submitted to BDRC VenueVerdict system - Jun 2009
"I was extremely impressed with the facilities and the quality of service by all members of staff I came into contact with, both in terms of their professionalism, friendliness and ability to be flexible to the needs of the customer. It represented the complete package that enabled the event to run smoothly and deliver the outcomes required and would now be my first choice for any other similar event that I am organising."
Submitted to BDRC VenueVerdict system - Jul 2009
"Thank you for helping us to deliver a very successful event. Everyone we dealt with on the day was very helpful. The meeting room was perfect and laid-out just how I wanted on my arrival which was really helpful - a lot of venues get this wrong, even when we've discussed it beforehand! All of the participants commented on what a lovely venue we had chosen which very much helped to create the right impression of our business to potential new customers. I will definitely look to use Highgate House for future events."
Submitted to BDRC VenueVerdict system - Jul 2009
"You won't match the value for quality anywhere in the area. I stayed one night whilst working in the area, rooms are to a high standard, facilities also to high standard."
Submitted to Tripadvisor - Aug 2009
"The Members of the Board were extremely pleased with the venue, particularly the Chairman who expressed his wish to hire it for next year's annual negotiations."
Submitted to BDRC VenueVerdict system - Jul 2009
"I would like to thank Barnett Hill for a fantastic day, the feedback from the team has been exceptional - we all enjoyed the day immensely."
Submitted to BDRC VenueVerdict system - Aug 2009
"Your staff are extremely professional, listen to requirements and do their utmost to provide what is needed, without fuss"
Submitted to BDRC VenueVerdict system - Jul 2009
"Staff were very helpful and polite, and helped us to arrange a successful event. Thanks."
Submitted to BDRC VenueVerdict system - Jul 2009
"Carl & Keith who looked after us during the day, were there at every moment to help us - thank you. Lucy McGibbon - inspirational Lucas & Adam in the evening were extremely attentive. The food is outstanding!"
Submitted to BDRC VenueVerdict system - Jul 2009
"Your staff are better listeners than in many venues that I use - they understand & respond to the need of trainers & their groups"
Submitted to BDRC VenueVerdict system - Jun 2009


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When Carol Morris pulls her car alongside the fence at Black Walnut Farm in North Kingstown, her 1,800-pound friend, Brenda Lee, moseys over and sticks her nose through the car window.
It's like that with this horse. People get close to Brenda Lee. Sometimes they get on her back. Sometimes they just stand close and let her whiskers make the connection. They might brush her, wash her, feed her carrots. They feel better for it.
It is best to make no judgment about Brenda Lee — or about the people who need to be near her — until you stand close and let the horse take the lead.
Brian Reid tossed me on the horse's back with the ease with which he might toss a sack of feed. He is a big man at 6-foot-5 and he has a big horse, a Shire, to help him help people. He is a life coach, a trainer, and he says people will laugh, maybe cry, and then open up in the presence of Brenda Lee.
That's what Morris did without even intending to. She was at what she hoped was the end of a very bad year. About every six weeks, she suffered a deep personal loss — her parents, a brother. In spring 2009, after the spirit-draining cycle seemed to have run its course, she saw a flier in a Jamestown pharmacy. It was for a workshop at an equestrian center in Carolina for Horses Know The Way Home. She thought it was probably about riding a horse.
It wasn't. It was about Brenda Lee and Brian Reid and how a person carrying a heavy emotional load can get close to the right kind of horse and begin to let things out that have been too long kept in.
She went to the workshop. She knew no one there. But when it came her turn, she started talking. She's not sure why.
"I just kept going on and on."
She talked about the losses, about how she felt numb and unable to grieve. When she was done, people hugged her.
Then Reid asked her to come forward. She felt the touch of Brenda Lee's whiskers and swears those whiskers touched her soul.
"I was like a rag doll. He moved me around. She kept pressing against me."
Morris said she showed up that day in a world that was gray, and when she left, it had gone to Technicolor.
"I was crying," she said. "I finally let go. I knew I wanted to go back and be with that horse."
She goes back often. She lives 15 minutes from the farm. She might walk with Brenda Lee in the fields, feel the delicate, powerful connection of the whiskers. Sometimes, she will brush that beautiful coat. And there is always the option of watching the horse run with Lucy, the six-pound Yorkshire Terrier, on her back. That is its own kind of therapy.
There is no heavy analysis here, no deep thoughts on equine therapeutic potential. For the person who doesn't think it will work, it probably won't. For the person willing to open up and see where a horse can take her or him, it might mean the kind of quiet, wordless, nuzzling release that Morris discovered.
What Brenda Lee is doing when she connects with just those whiskers is "reading your state," Reid said. The horse knows. Don't go trying to pretend.
Reid wanted just the right horse to go with his kind of coaching. He found her at a farm in New Hampshire. The place was off a postcard — red barns, rolling fields. And Brenda Lee.
"She had plumes of steam coming from her nostrils. She was cute as she could be, jumping around. I've done everything I can to not train her."
But he does whisper now and then.
They have been together for years. Brenda Lee goes on retreats. She goes into the ocean off Jamestown when it seems appropriate. She is about innocence, the inner child — knowing when there is a ball of confusion on her back or an inch from her nose.
There is a key question people have to consider, Reid said: "Are you OK with you?" Answer that one correctly, honestly, and you might find yourself close to a horse.
So there I was, on the back of Brenda Lee and feeling darn near relaxed. Reid said I should center my weight somewhere below my butt. Then he told me to be Clint Eastwood. I dropped back a few decades to "Rawhide" and tried my best Rowdy Yates stare across the fields. And the horse beneath me moved in the direction I was looking.
It might mean nothing. It might mean a connection, however slight. I'm going with the connection. I'm going with the possibility that the right horse in the right situation can tell when humans are at peace or all mixed up.
There's just no need to ask a whole lot of questions.
For information, go to horsesknowthewayhome.com.

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It's notoriously difficult to get people in Israel to agree on anything, but they seem to be united in their opposition to Madonna's upcoming Kabbalah pilgrimage to the Holy Land. According to wire service reports, the veteran provocateuse seems to have found a way to alienate people from nearly every faction in Israel.
The itinerary for Esther (that's the Kabbalah name Madonna has adopted): She's arriving on Wednesday, just in time for the Jewish New Year, which begins at sundown. She's staying at a luxury hotel in Tel Aviv, perhaps to be joined by some of the more famous among her 2,000 fellow Kabbalists from around the world, including such semi-celebs as fashionista Donna Karan and Donald Trump ex Marla Maples. The five-day tour includes stops at such shrines as the Western Wall in Jerusalem and the tomb of Biblical matriarch Rachel outside Bethlehem.
Some rabbis have complained that Madonna's interest in Kabbalah is little more than a celebrity fad, and that the practices she and others have learned at Los Angeles' Kabbalah Center (sponsors of her trip) are new-age dilutions that trivialize a complex and arcane branch of Jewish mysticism. Ultra-orthodox Jewish leaders have groused that it is forbidden to teach Kabbalah to women and Gentiles. Others are worried that she'll show up at holy sites dressed as scantily as she does in concert, like the Jerusalem woman who told Reuters, ''She should dress modestly instead of showing off her body.'' Pro-Palestinian activists plan to protest her visit to Rachel's tomb, which is in the occupied West Bank. Even journalists are grumbling, since they've been ordered to wear white clothes and not take notes while covering her visit. ''This is entertainment, not Judaism,'' said radio host Uri Orbach, the Associated Press reports.
About the only people happy to see Madonna are officials from Israel's Ministry of Tourism, who plan to give her an ancient oil lamp and a coin from the Byzantine era on Sunday. ''There's no question having stars in the country is a wonderful way to show the world the wonders of our nation,'' tourism spokesperson Rami Levi told AP. Of course, this particular star and her 2,000 friends will be accompanied by a 1,000-officer entourage of police, a perk not available to most tourists. Said a soldier beefing up security at Rachel's tomb: ''Tell her that we're waiting to see her.''


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Earth Day: Greenwashing works well for oil industry
It's Earth Day, but maybe it ought to be called Greenwash Day.
Just four years ago today, a massive gusher of oil began flowing from British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon. The oil rig in the Gulf had sunk two days earlier, leading to what was to become the largest accidental oil spill in history. The accident resulted in the death of 11 rig workers, at least 210 million gallons of crude oil spilled and what are today increasingly apparent impacts to the Gulf ecosystem.
BP is a company with what seems to be a knack for irony almost as strong as its commitment to going to great lengths to envelope itself in green for public relations purposes. Last month, on the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the company had an oil spill into Lake Michigan from their Whiting, Minn., refinery handling tar-sand oil from Alberta.
Last year BP announced a halt to its solar program, the very program behind the change to its current sun-inspired corporate logo. This year BP has announced an end to its renewable energy investment target. That is why this and future anniversaries of the largest accidental marine oil "spill" on the planet should be remembered as Greenwash Day in recognition of all the deception leading up to and following that needless loss of life and ecological destruction. This should serve as fair warning to the public to be aware as Earth Day has become increasingly co-opted by Astroturf organizations that are far less adroit then BP in burnishing their patina.
As George Palast writes in truth.org, BP was the "hidden culprit" for the failed response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill. BP, as the primary operator of the Alyeska pipeline, it serves as the head of the oil spill response organization in Prince William Sound. It was responsible for ensuring there was enough equipment and personnel in place on March 24, 1989.
There's a big similarity between the Alaska and Gulf spills. Despite the differences in oil type, volumes and ocean temperature there's still oil in the environment in both places. In addition, species such as the Pacific herring in Prince William Sound have yet to recover and there have been much higher stranding rates of bottlenose dolphins (900) and sea turtles (500) in the Gulf since 2010. Local NOAA scientists documented damage to the heart tissue of blue and white fin tuna as a result of BP's Gulf gusher that was consistent with findings it had with herring from an exponentially smaller spill from the Cosco Busan in San Francisco Bay. The impacts to long-lived species and the slowness for the oil to break down in both warm and cold environments refutes decades of oil industry-funded studies asserting oil spills create only short-term, "acute" impacts.
While there was relatively little news about the silver anniversary of the Exxon Valdez last month, Exxon's reputation was significantly impacted by the spill over the years, especially with its efforts to place the blame on a drunken captain and fighting every lawsuit and penalty against it. This was not lost on BP.
Between 1998 and 2000, after merging five businesses together to create the third largest oil and gas producer in the world while simultaneously cutting $5.8 billion in costs, BP was keenly aware of the need to brand a new image. BP's chief executive at the time, Lord Browne, said at the 2001 annual meeting of shareholders, "We have some 10 million customers every day, as well as numerous crucial relationships with governments and other businesses. In each case their choices determine our ability to do business, and we have to invest in understanding what influences those choices and the brand identity which summarizes what we are and how we wish to be seen" (Continental Magazine, February 2001, italics added). In Canada, where pipeline giants, TransCanada, Enbridge and Kinder Morgan, vie to bring tar sand-derived oil to market, they refer to the most import permit as being the "social license" to construct the project.
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*Taken from Kotaku. Written by Michael McWhertor.
Expected to return sometime this week, Sony's PlayStation Network is still offline. But a spokesman for the PlayStation maker says the team responsible for reviving online play and other network services to the PlayStation 3 and PSP has reached "an important step towards restoring" online functionality.
"Today our global network and security teams at Sony Network Entertainment and Sony Computer Entertainment began the final stages of internal testing of the new system," writes Sony Computer Entertainment America's Patrick Seybold on the company's blog. He calls it " an important step towards restoring PlayStation Network and Qriocity services."
"As previously mentioned, we've been working around the clock to rebuild the network and enhance protections of your personal data," Seybold writes. "It's our top priority to ensure your data is safe when you begin using the services again."
There's no new target for the restoration of PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, which have been offline since April 20 after an "external intrusion" into Sony's network forced the company to yank public access. The company announced on Sunday that it would restore "some" PlayStation Network and Qriocity by the end of the week.


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verb \ˈhüp, ˈhu̇p, ˈhwüp, ˈhwu̇p, ˈwüp, ˈwu̇p\: to shout loudly in an enthusiastic or excited way
Full Definition of WHOOP
intransitive verb
: to utter a whoop in expression of eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment : shout
: to utter the cry of an owl : hoot
: to make the characteristic whoop of whooping cough
a : to go or pass with a loud noise b : to be rushed through by acclamation or with noisy support <the bill whooped through both houses>
transitive verb
a : to utter or express with a whoop b : to urge, drive, or cheer on with a whoop
: to agitate in behalf of
— whoop it up
: to celebrate riotously : carouse
: to stir up enthusiasm
Examples of WHOOP
- The children whooped with joy at the sight of all the presents.
Origin of WHOOP
Middle English whopen, houpen, from Anglo-French huper, of imitative origin
First Known Use: 14th century
noun: a high, loud sound expressing enthusiasm or excitement
Full Definition of WHOOP
a : a loud yell expressive of eagerness, exuberance, or jubilation —often used interjectionally b : a shout of hunters or of men in battle or pursuit
: the cry of an owl : hoot
: the crowing intake of breath following a paroxysm in whooping cough
: a minimum amount or degree : the least bit <not worth a whoop>
Examples of WHOOP
- <let out a whoop of joy>
- <he acts so rudely that I doubt he gives a whoop about other people's feelings>
First Known Use of WHOOP
14th century
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Freighter crash highlights African aviation woes
On Saturday, June 2, a Boeing 727-200 freighter operated by Allied Air Cargo overshot the runway at Ghana's Kotoka International Airport and crashed into a minibus, killing at least 10 passengers. Reports out of Accra indicated that all four crew members onboard the cargo plane survived the accident.
Boeing issued a statement regarding the incident, offering condolences to those affected by the crash and launching an official probe.
"At the request of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, Boeing Air Safety Investigation will join with the NTSB to provide technical assistance to the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority in its investigation," according to Boeing.
One day later, Boeing issued a similar statement concerning a plane crash in Africa — this time involving a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 flown by Nigerian carrier Dana Air. On Sunday, June 3, Dana Air Flight 992 crashed into a two-story residential building in Lagos, Nigeria, resulting in at least 163 casualties. There were no survivors among the 153 passengers and crew members onboard the craft, according to local reports.
These incidents underscore the aviation problems that have long plagued Africa, issues that the International Air Transport Association addressed in its 2011 global accident rate report. Although the total number of accidents among African carriers fell from 18 in 2010 to eight in 2011, Africa is still the most problematic region in the industry, according to IATA.
In fact, IATA reported, the accident rate for African carriers not appearing on the IATA Operational Safety Audit registry is five times higher than the global average; in contrast, the rate among African carriers on the IOSA registry was almost equivalent to the world average, according to a press release.
Even so, IATA Director General and CEO Tony Tyler said the problems in Africa are multifaceted and stem from "insufficient government oversight and a lack of infrastructure investment." He cited IOSA registration as a key way to overcome such obstacles.
After all, Tyler said in March, "Safety is the air transport industry's No.1 priority. But every accident is one too many, and each fatality is a human tragedy. The ultimate goal of zero accidents keeps everyone involved in aviation focused on building an ever-safer industry."
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The Paris News (Newspaper) - May 24, 1985, Paris, Texas IDA The Porif 24 1M3 Sakharovs friend emigrates VIENNA Austria AP Irina Kristi a Soviet peace activist and friend of dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov arrived today with her husband and son on a flight from Moscow after unexpectedly being allowed to emigrate Mrs Kristi 47 said she had been trying to leave the Soviet Union for several years She was accom panied by her husband Sergei Genkin 51 and their son Grigory 3 She said they hoped to settle in the United States but that they had made no final decision Mrs Kristi speaking through a friend who acted as an interpreter told reporters she last saw Sakharov last year in the city of Gorky Sakharov who won the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize for his human rights activities has been in Gorky in internal exile since 1980 Mrs Kristi said she had seen letters from Sakharov and his wife Yelena Bonner which were sent to friends in Moscow I have the impression that he is in despair and ready to do anything that a man in despair can she said Sakharov is buried alive in Gorky without any Mrs Kristi said that she did not think Sakharov was now on a hunger strike It had been rumored in Moscow and the West that he had undertaken a fast in an attempt to get permission for his wife to travel abroad for treatment of an eye ailment However citing letters and telegrams from Mrs Bonner to friends Mrs Kristi said Wehave real grounds to believe that on the 16th of April Sakharov was on hunger he was taken to the hospital on the 21st and forcefed and I have reasons to believe that he was on hunger strike at least un til the third of May but I think that at the moment he is not F believe that in the middle of May he abandoned his hunger she said She said that in recent cor respondence Mrs Bonner had stressed that the couple was in good condition It was a big con trast from letters in April which were very very Mrs Kristi said The friend Cronid Lubarsky said Mrs Kristi had been under surveillance by the KGB secret police since the 1960s because of her peace activities Both Mrs Kristi and her husband are mathematicians but she lost her job in 19fi8 and has since ing as a private tutor Authorities summoned Mrs Kristi last week and said the family would be allowed to emigrate said Lubarsky Mrs Kristi showed reporters a photocopy of a message she said was in Mrs Bonners handwriting congratulating the family on get ting permission to emigrate It was dated May are very happy for you We wish good luck to you your hus band and your the message said Mrs Kristi saw Sakharov in Gorky about a year ago when he was on hunger strike Police de tained her there and sent her back to Moscow and she said she and her husband were put under house arrest for ahmut four months ap parently to isolate them from western reporters When she was asked why she and her family were allowed to leave the Sovif t 1 nion Mrs Kristi said I was the last person to see Sakharov and they wanted to get rid 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I'm new at this. I have a three-tier "Worm Factory" setup. Despite adding food only when I see little or none remaining, I continue to get castings that resemble wet mud. I've been using mainly shredded newsprint for bedding. Eager to hear what I might do to remedy my muddy situation. |
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Leave out paper and add LOTS of shredded thick cardboard. More air and less clumping with cardboard. More absorbent and worms love it.Add more with each feeding |
I'll ditto that. While I still use some paper in my feedings, I also use lots cardboard to help air things out. The wet is also just one of those things with plastic systems, they hold water so well. So if your feedings are with items that contain a lot of water, you'll basically be adding that to the system. So the higher water content of your food wastes, the more bedding you'll want to use to soak it up. And as always.... You can never have too much bedding ;) |
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Hey you two, thanks for the tips. Fortunately, I have some corrugated boxes on hand. So the wigglers are gonna be feasting on cardboard. |
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Do you have a favourite sprinkler? I love to watch the sprinklers going and always wish for a really great sprinkler. This year, because they were on sale really cheap, I bought a fancy 3 foot high copper one. Well it does look beautiful and the spray is wonderfully picturesque but it is so flimsy! I accidently bent it the minute I tried to put it in the ground. No way can I move that thing around the yard for fear of destroying it completely. I had a really great old sprinkler that turned fairly slow producing a beautiful arcing spray but it's on its last legs and I don't know how I'm going to find another like it. Anyone else have a great sprinkler? |
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- Posted by butterbeanbaby 5/6 MO (My Page) on Sun, Nov 24, 02 at 14:22
I bought one of those copper ones a few years ago and I hate it. Darn thing doesn't spin and I can't for the life of me get it to stop leaking! Think I'll turn it into a trellis LOL. I like the old metal ones, *S* shaped with lots of holes along the top and sitting on a metal base. They go round and round. Fond childhood memories. Holly |
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Oh yeah, my copper one really leaks too. Surely someone somewhere has invented a terrific sprinkler. |
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I bought a copper (tubing) sprinkler at Walmart this summer for about $13.00. The first thing I did after I noticed it didn't spray out far enough was to cut off the turning, round head and replace it with a adjustable 'knocker' head. With this new head 4' in the air, it is no trouble watering all the plants in the garden. I am not concerned with diseases; getting enough water to the plants in time of drought is more of a concern. I have been looking for something to water from above, and this works quite well for about $20.00. |
The best working ones are those pulsating ones. You set little fan-shaped 'stops' and it rotates between the stops making a chu chu chu chu sound. When I put in the lawn at my new house 4 yrs ago, they were the reliable ones. They cover a huge area in a somewhat even way. Those tall copper water wands (I dont even qualify them as true sprinklers) are decorative only. |
Toro makes an in-ground pop-up rotor that does changeable decorative mesmerizing paterns... doesn't take much imagination to mount them on a heavy base or stake adapter. Graceful "Fingers of Water" |
- Posted by strawberrygoat Puget Sound 8 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 4, 02 at 0:03
I saw some homemade ones with a plywood cutout for the support, in the shape of a little kid. The arm was free to move, so when the hose was attached to the arm, the water sprayed all over in a random spray. It was funnier than heck to watch. I've been trying to find them again since. |
My favorite is metal, has 2 holes in the top: NO moving parts. Indestructable! Puts off a mist-type drop. Disadvantage doesn't cover too large of an area. Am trying a similar one, but this one is cast iron, very heavy for the size, which should help in dragging across the lawn w/o it flipping over. Simple is Best |
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By: Skylar SkidmorePosted: Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Tuesday morning at 9:27 a.m. Larry McCoy, age 33, of Compton, was Northbound on Ar. Highway 43 south of Ar. Highway 206 when he and a passenger crashed.
Attempting to negotiate a curve, his vehicle began to slide on the wet roadway. His vehicle, with passenger Rachel S. Ford, age 28, slid across both lanes and off the South shoulder. The vehicle came to a stop after striking an embankment and fence line.
Both passengers went to North Arkansas Regional Medical Center for treatment. Hill Top Fire Department assisted State Police on scene.


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I imagine due to X-men hype (even though they were nowhere near as overexposed as they are today) a lot of people liked Spidey's butt-whoop on 'em, but I must say as a 12-year old X-fan that scene had me pretty annoyed.
Just remember things like Rogue unable to break the webs and exclaiming "It's like steel cable" and me yelling at the comic book "But you can BREAK steel cable", and so on...
And the back-handed smack at Wolverine got me mad too.
And then next issue Wasp beats on Magneto!
Lemme tell you, issue 5's "X-men fight back" moment couldn't come soon enough.
I did take some satisfaction a few years later when Wolverine's uber-competence was showcased in the Spider-Man/Wolverine one-shot. Spidey learned a bit of respect in that one, I'm guessing.
Despite the bit of mutant-bashing, I have fond memories of Secret Wars. And it sure brought the Wrecking Crew back into fashion, didn't it?not that i wasn't happy with the work they went to press with but i have to say i think i like the unfinished pages better. i loved Secret Wars so it's weird to see someone ( Marc )who apparently wasn't too impressed with it. but that's how i felt about the original 80s CRISIS on Infinite Earth's DC series. can't understand what people saw in that but it's a series that i read in recent years and not way back then so that maybe makes a difference. i like the X-Men but it was nice seeing Spider Man kick their collective asses. if you ever come across any ROM Spaceknight sketches that never made it to press i would love to see em!


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I also find it amusing that this story was posted on October 1st when Emergency Preparedness month was last month.
Texting is often more effective - when Sandy shut down large chunks of the NE, actual phone calls tied up the system for hours. Â Text messages are much smaller and easier to "process" through the system.
Wow, I'm the first person to comment on this really hot topic. Cool.
As for having out of state numbers to call in the case of emergencies in case the local phones are down is not really the brightest comment I have heard. If the local phone system is down how can someone call out of state? It's clear someone never thought that through to the end.


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Radiotherapy| treats cancer by using high-energy x-rays to destroy the cancer cells, while doing as little harm as possible to normal cells.
The treatment is given in the hospital radiotherapy department. The number of treatments you have, and the length of time they take, will depend on the stage| of the cancer and the aim of treatment.
Radiotherapy is usually given by aiming high-energy x-rays at the lung from a radiotherapy machine. This is known as external beam radiotherapy. Sometimes a type of internal radiotherapy called endobronchial radiotherapy or brachytherapy is used.
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One type of hyperfractionated radiotherapy that gives three treatments a day is called Continuous Hyperfractionated Accelerated Radiotherapy (CHART). This type of treatment is not widely available, and you may have to travel to a different hospital if your doctor thinks this treatment is suitable for you.
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Ever since the AW Regulations were conceived in 2010 employers (or "hirers" in terms of the legislation) and employments agencies have been grappling with the impact that the gain of entitlements the legislation will give agency workers will have on their organizations. It is certain that the Regulations will bring extra costs for example
- From the first day of work the agency worker has to have the same "access to canteen facilities, child care provision and transport arrangements" that company employees have.
- Managing the data of compliance – tracking assignments length and type, especially repeat assignments with the same hirer.
The regulations also encompass anti-avoidance measures to stop hirers and agencies artificially. For example if the work tasks are organized so that an individual works on a particular tasks less than 12 weeks and then is given a 6 week break before being taken on again on the same work, again for a period of less than 12 weeks this will be taken as a measure of avoidance of bestowing rights. If this happens a third time then an employment tribunal could take the view that the work is being structured in a prohibited way and could give additional fines. Employers do need to take advice, for example by consulting MSL Forza Regulations.
However, there is nothing in the legislation that will act to stop employers taking on agency workers for less than 12 weeks as a company policy which was not the intention of the legislation.
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3) All problems behaviours fall into one of two categories. Too much behaviour and too little behaviour.
4) Problem behaviours need to be viewed relative to the actual situation in which they are displayed. Problem behaviours may well be caused by the situation itself
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Managing a Business
Analysing the Abilene Paradox and one way of managing agreement
The Abilene Paradox – acting in the diametrically opposing way to that which everyone knows should be done, is about managing agreement. As with all paradoxes, the underlying behaviour is about absurdity. It just does not make sense for organisations, whether the smallest business or largest corporation to take actions that lead in the opposite direction to all the information they collectively possess for solving the important problems they have. The actions are absurd because they make the matter worse. The psychological behaviours powering the paradox are:
1) Action anxiety – people are anxious about acting in a way which they think is contradicting what other people think.
2) Negative Fantasies – people fear that their reasonable and sensible actions and ideas will have a negative consequence if they express them. (People will laugh at me?)
3) Real risk – many people are unwilling to take risk and yet risk is part of life.
4) Fear of separation – people fear ostracism from their group and the fear of separation from others is what powers the paradox. A paradox within a paradox – by not speaking out people in the organisation actually create the separation they are most anxious about.
Approaches to solving this may differ, but a simple and effective one is to gather the people in the organisation who are key actors in the problem and solution into a group and confront the issues. The person who has convened the meeting then "confesses" his insights into the situation, listens openly to the feedback and lets other members give their views on the issues. The solutions to the problem might be quick and simple once the problem has been faced. There is of, course, risk involved and the lid of Pandora's box may have been lifted and ugly conflict released.
Management Skills: Why is providing effective feedback essential?
"Feedback" is the work most often used when talking about formal or informal appraisal interviews and whilst this is an obvious situation for feedback, there are other situations where giving feedback is an important part of the process such as coaching and mentoring. That is guiding and helping staff to learn and gain skills either in a recognised coaching situation or in day to day working contacts.
There are more ways of providing feedback than simply by sitting-down discussions between manager and subordinate. For example, a task that helps people learn by experience or gain a better idea of strengths and weaknesses or even a psychometric questionnaire for self-analysis can give valuable insights.
Feedback helps employees to answer the questions about themselves and their performance. It may be that employees get the wrong idea about what their managers think of them and their work (especially when the manager is often busy and harassed). Employees without feedback can be underrating or overrating their work performance.
However, poor feedback is worse than none at all. If a manager's comments are seen is inaccurate or biased or just plain unkind then the impact on performance is going to be negative rather than the positive learning effect that feedback should have.
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The Abilene Paradox: the Management of Agreement
The Abilene Paradox is a psychological construct in Decision Making theory. Formulated by Jerry Harvey after he and his family were on the way to Abilene, which it appears was an unpleasant journey on a hot day when it was finally realised that none of them wanted to go but had agreed because they thought the others did.
In terms of organisations the Abilene Paradox can be stated as follows:
Organisations frequently take actions contradictory to their real requirements, therefore defeating the very purpose they are trying to achieve. A major consequence of this paradox is therefore that the inability to manage agreement is the major source of organisation dysfunction.
It is the inability to manage agreement, not the inability to manage conflict that is the characteristic of organisations stuck in the Abilene Paradox.
Does your organisation display symptoms of the Abilene Paradox?
- Members agree privately about the problems facing this organisation
- Members agree what the solutions to these problems should be
- Members don't communicate these true feelings. In fact they hide them in public.
- With such inaccurate information decisions are often poor and counterproductive
- Members become angry, frustrated, irritated and express dissatisfaction. They form subgroups, cliques, and blame other groups and authority figures
The cycle repeats unless ways are found to manage agreement. Managers should not only recognise the symptoms but be skilled enough in techniques to resolve the issues.
Business management: choosing the right transport
When a company is choosing its transport services this is a major decision. Though initially it may be thought that the transport of the company's goods could be managed in-house, and indeed, if this can be managed in a van or two, this is perfectly possible. However, it should be considered that even with experienced staff the management of a fleet of lorries or arranging for rail freight has its own nightmares of organising logistics, and maybe taking energy from the core business of making and selling a quality product.
Clever use of specialised freight or shipping companies can really make a business more efficient. And for businesses that need goods carrying to a range of places, nationally, within Europe or internationally, and particularly for companies who plan to develop or expand export services the choice of business transportation is crucial. [Read More...]
Managing Finances
Use online accounting software and you'll be more than ready to meet your Accountant face to face!
It's advisable for every business – large or small – to talk with a qualified Accountant. That said online accounting software can be an incredible boon for small businesses, proffering a deeper understanding of requirements and a more efficient manner of working. Money saved in face-to-face Accountant time will be palpable. "QuickBooks essentials" can prove an indispensable tool in the short and longer term. It offers a free 30-day trial and allows three users to gain access to your books, plus your Accountant. Any VAT registered business will quickly appreciate the bookkeeping completed faster, with VAT Returns automatically created. It's compatible with PC, Mac and mobile phones will allow an instant Company "snapshot" and can work in many different world currencies. "QuickBooks online essentials" is available now on the cloud computing market.
It's desirable to choose software that has a simple user-friendly interface which can be understood by even the least mathematical employee! It's great to be able to set up an Invoice instantly then send, without getting bogged down in Excel or Word. Any small business will benefit from tracking sales, expenses, profits and cash flow. Once the Invoice has been sent out, you should be able to monitor the supplier bills and create purchase orders.
The ability to put together a quote or estimate for work that your company will hope to complete, is also something that can be acquired via really good online accounting software. Those tiresome VAT Returns will never look so formidable again! Online bookkeeping tools will save you time and ultimately save you money, when you finally meet up with your Accountant!


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It is time to fill the cookie jars for Christmas!
November 14, 2012 in baked goods
You have no idea how many people pass through our house in Hermanus during a December holiday. Friends, family, strangers and they all share in the joy of tasting Ouma Tina's delicious cookies.
My mom an dad has a whole ritual baking and filling those cookie tins and I just love listening to their cheerful banter, but through it all, they get the job done.
You will see all the recipes are huge, they have been doubled and tripled for my big family, You can halve or double as you please, it somehow always works.
Peanut Butter and Cornflakes Cookies
4 x 250 ml Kellogg's Cornflakes
2 x 250 ml oats
4 x 250 ml sugar
4 eggs
4 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 x 250 ml shredded dry coconut
4 x 250 ml cake flour
4 heaped T peanut butter
500 g butter
4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 ml salt
Cream butter and sugar in your mixer and add the eggs. Mix well. Add the peanut butter and mix well. Mix the bicarb with a little milk and mix in too. Add all the other ingredients and mix well. Allow to rest, overnight the best. Roll in little balls the size of a walnut and place on a baking sheet, which has been prepared with Spray n Cook. Allow enough space between each cookie as it spreads slightly. Bake for 10-12 minutes at 180 C. Cool and store until Christmas.


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LEGO historical figures are here and they are awesome. Jamie Spencer created these LEGOs for the Fine Clonier Historical Figure Contest. What makes these truly amazing is that they are all made from LEGO pieces. That's right, there are no Mega Blocks here to spoil the show or the integrity of a contest about historical LEGOs.
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Boss shows Swan how to raise money
PUBLISHED: 16 Mar 2013 00:36:00 | UPDATED: 17 Mar 2013 16:43:05PUBLISHED: 16 Mar 2013 PRINT EDITION: 16 Mar 2013Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band could be as much as $15 million better off already as a result of their Australian tour. Photo: AAP
Dominic White
Bruce Springsteen cautioned his most famous Australian fan, Treasurer Wayne Swan, against relying on him as a financial muse this week – insisting at a press conference that he's not very good with money.
But perhaps "The Boss" was just being shy. Springsteen and his E Street Band could be as much as $15 million better off already as a result of their Australian tour, based on an estimate of their takings from ticket sales.
Michael Gudinski's Frontier Touring Company has sold more than 150,000 tickets for Springsteen's shows thus far in Queensland, NSW and Victoria at an average price of more than $150 a ticket. The concert promoter declined to comment but music industry insiders say that blockbuster acts such as Springsteen can command as much as 60 per cent to 65 per cent of gross ticket sales from major tours.
Springsteen made an unlikely and unwitting entry to the Australian political debate last year when Mr Swan cited the singer's protest tales of inequality as an inspiration. Mr Swan told AFR Weekend he had bought tickets for his entire family to see the artist's second show at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Saturday night. An A-reserve seat costs $212.35. The strong Australian dollar has helped to lure a string of big-name contemporary music acts here, but ticket prices remain relatively much higher than other countries.
"The dollar is strong which makes us an attractive market for overseas artists," said Evelyn Richardson, chief executive of Live Performance Australia. "But one of the challenges for promoters and industry is that the cost of production and freighting equipment here is very high."
sTRONG DOLLAR A STRONG DRAW FOR FOREIGN ACTS
Springsteen's tour caps a furiously busy fortnight for shows across Australia. The Soundwave Festival, Future Music Festival, Nick Cave, The Stone Roses and Neil Young have all passed through Queensland and other states in recent weeks. In the age of piracy and declining CD sales, touring is the main source of revenue for many acts, which helps to explain the plethora of major "heritage" acts touring Australia this year. They include Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and Paul Simon, who play the Byron Bay Bluesfest over the Easter long weekend. Bluesfest founder Peter Noble revealed this week that the festival was almost sold out.
"Artists globally are touring a lot more," Richardson said. "There was a time when they made their money off the back of CD sales, those days are gone. The record industry has changed dramatically so there is a real driver for them to tour."
A report by The Australasian Performing Right Association revealed Australia's live business generates more than $1 billion each year. But live music insiders believe the figure could be three times that, Lars Brandle, Australian correspondent for Billboard magazine, said.
"It's been well reported that record sales have been on the slide since the late '90s. Live music, though, can't be pirated," he said. "In years past a band like the Rolling Stones would tour to promote their new album but the model has flipped. The Rolling Stones now release albums as a promotion device for their tours."
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FunFashion is the new total creative mirroring by D.A.I. Optical™: patterns are designed on the mirrored lens with antistatic and oil repellent treatment. It's the must-have of the summer! The best way to put across your personality and be noticed is to choose the Silver or Bronze mirroring color and one of the four motifs proposed.
The motifs available are: heart, star, crash (broken glass) and luck (flower).?FunFashion mirroring can be applied to any mass produced (including lenses with 1.5 and 1.6 indexes that are already colored and in stock) and custom lenses. Also in stock are base 6 and 8 filters with FunFashion mirroring. The technological innovation by the R&D Center at D.A.I. Optical Industries means that classical colors can be customized with this revolutionary mirroring treatment that gives the eyewear a strong identity with total personalization based on the wearer's personality.
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Decorating Dreams
I am an excellent armchair decorator. This does not mean that I like to decorate armchairs. No, I like to sit in my cozy chair, poring over lovely oversized books on interior decorating, and fantsize over the house I might someday have. And this month's bumper crop of design books offers plenty to dream about.
Alexa Hampton: the language of interior design by Alexa Hampton
Timeless elegance: the houses of David Easton by David Easton with Annette Tapert
The world of Madeleine Castaing by Emily Evans Eerdmans
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My name is Scamp!
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- Breed: Beagle Mix
- Color: Tricolor (Tan/Brown & Black & White)
- Age: Puppy
- Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
- Sex: Female
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I am already spayed, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Scamp-Beagle female puppy
Scamp is living up to her name, what a player! She's about 14-16 weeks old and loves life. She's looking forward to having a family of her own soon. Found in a high kill rural shelter recently, along with her brother, we don't know what led them to being there but knew we had to move them out to Rescue, many lovely families are waiting for just such a puppy.
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- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Germantown already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Germantown breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Beagle breeders who help with Beagle rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Germantown paves the way for another one to be saved.


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Varian Wrynn is Right, Part III {WoW}
Apr 26th 2009 11:56PM Agreed, once they're done with baseball in Gurubashi.
Varian Wrynn is Right, Part III {WoW}
Apr 26th 2009 11:55PM If the Horde had arrived first at the Broken Front, what do you think the Alliance would have done? Just let them have what was, according to both sides, a major strategic advantage? The kind of advantage that, and I quote, "All their plans hinged upon"?
Lol. No.
Varian Wrynn is Right, Part III {WoW}
Apr 26th 2009 11:52PM I found this article interesting until we hit part 2, and then it kind of took a nose dive. Leaving lumber out to rot as a sign of dominance? You must be joking. How many level 6 mountaineers have been abducted by the Forsaken by now? A good million or two, one for every Forsaken to roll a character and do the starting quests? And do not kid yourself. If the Horde had arrived first at the gate at Icecrown, the Alliance would have attacked the Horde from the rear, because apparently that position was too good for any side to pass up.
No, Varian has little restraint. And he is blind to what is laid before him, when it pertains to the Horde. I have yet to see proof that he's been slapped in the face by as many of these symbols as the author has said he has. I don't believe he recognizes half of them, and several of the Alliance terrorists the Horde seems to revere, are revered for good reason: Without them, the "New Horde" would have never been. They are heroes. Even Valeera sees it in Earthfury, who is brimming with pride that he had touched Lo'Gosh and his companions in any capacity, and I'm sure Varian's boy is quite grateful Rehgar is resto specced.
Simply put, King Wrynn hates orcs. He hates the Horde. He has good reason, mind, given a childhood of slavery and terror, but he has a lot of growing up to do. The kind of growing up Thrall, whom has shared a similar past with equal injustices and horrors laid upon him by the Alliance, has done. The kind of growing up Kings need to do.
Personally, I feel he cannot or will not do that growing up and in the comic series, his boy, Prince Anduin Llane Wrynn of 8 years of age for the last 4 years (he should be a teen by now, lusting after Valeera and all that leg for goodness sakes), is where my hopes lie for the future of the Alliance. Perhaps he can work out a treaty to have the Horde in Ashenvale issue some new and more relevant quests.
Two Bosses Enter: Svala Sorrowgrave vs. The Prophet Tharon'ja {WoW}
Apr 9th 2009 10:59PM Both of these bosses reek of desperation. Tharon'ja, to retain what power he has, and Sorrowgrave, to prove worthy of the power newly bestowed upon her.
His Curse of Life is quite powerful indeed, but he's kind of fatally flawed. Tharon'ja's hold over his power is slipping.. its part of the encounter and why people return to flesh constantly.
Even if the damage of the curse remains unadjusted, causing Sorrowgrave's mouth to spill over with bile and blood tears to stream down her face, the damage of her altar would seal Tharon'ja's fate the moment he lost control and returned her to flesh.
Plus, she's kind of fighting for major kudos from the Lich King here. Killing the Prophet is what he wants done and instead of rewarding Drakuru (whom obviously wasn't getting the job done if she's here to do it), he may very well confer additional power to her, and perhaps turn her into a DPS check for Naxxramas someday. She'd be a cool 10/25 man boss.
Patch 3.1 PTR build 9658 Warrior changes {WoW}
Mar 6th 2009 9:00PM This does jack for Arms PvE, unless the consensus is that Arms is not meant for PvE application. They don't want Arms warriors to use Berserker stance then, is that it? No Whirlwind for you; here's a DPS buff instead?
It was mentioned before that these aren't the only changes. I sincerely hope so.
Forum Post of the Day: Rogue killed by an AFK Warlock {WoW}
Apr 10th 2008 6:44PM Funny how no one mentioned that if the warlock has a felguard, he has Soul Link and guess what, damaging the warlock will break blind on the Felguard. Imagine that.
Also imagine a fight between someone in full season 3 versus someone in full Outland greens. 400+ resilience will floor the greens-wearing rogue's chance to crit. That cloth will seem like plate.
Lastly, imagine the scaling the felguard has when their master warlock is in full season 3. My warlock only has partial season 3 and his felguard can muster 200 dps once it gets going. Someone with 7k hp, no resilience, and not defending themselves against the melee strikes is dead in about 30 seconds.
Evasion would have helped, sure. But the only thing Hotlunch failed at was a judgement call. She shouldn't fight anyone in season 3 gear EVER until she has a few epics of her own.
Blood Pact: Tough lock... the SL/SL build {WoW}
Apr 6th 2008 7:21AM Zach, chum. I get melee trained down as a priority in most BGs I've been in. So far, I've gone 24 straight matches in my 2v2 team where my partner is virtually ignored until I'm dead or they are. I'm betting my buddy a steak dinner that I can stretch that another 26 matches.
Given all of that, a voidwalker is not a bad choice to start with. Fortunately, Fel Domination is reset every arena match.
Breaking news: In Eye of the Storm, towers > flag {WoW}
Apr 6th 2008 7:08AM Under NO circumstances, save a 4-cap, can you ignore the middle. NONE.
Chain-capping the flag with only one tower will keep your team in the game well enough until you can secure more towers. Controlling the flag while the towers are evenly split decides the game. And if you're up in towers, capping that flag will end the BG quicker which means you'll accumulate honour and marks by ending it all the earlier.
3 towers =/ win.
3 towers and controlling what happens to that flag = win.
Hell, if you can't cap the flag, you must DENY the opposition from having their way with it, just to prevent everything I wrote above. It's equally as important.
And yes, the flag can be chain-capped every 37.5 seconds fairly easily. It happened enough times to me in EoTS so I'm pretty sure. Two druids taking turns capping with somebody running interference while your entire team ignores your pleas for help because they're chanting "3=win nub. get out of mid. l2p" when we can barely hold two towers rank up there as one of the more frustrating experiences in a BG in WoW.
Breakfast Topic: Should there be honor in PvP? {WoW}
Mar 25th 2008 8:51AM Complaint or not, a lot of wars in history have had honour in them. Allowances for surrender, don't kill civilians/non-combatants, triage for the wounded, even if it's an enemy, etc.
Mind you, a lot of battles in history are the rape-burn-pillage kind too..
Which does WoW subscribe to, I wonder..? :P
Patch 2.4 notes - live version {WoW}
Mar 25th 2008 8:45AM I'm not seeing the PvP repeatable quest for converting one of every mark into 300-ish honour. Has anyone who's been on the test server in the last few days able to confirm the status of this quest? Or has it been rolled back? T_T