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Rich Maloy's Big Crits web series makes its debut {WoW}
Apr 29th 2010 2:38PM I think I was hoping it would make sense to someone who doesn't raid or (even better) play wow. I realize that the drama and narrative will come in time, but it would have been nice to see setting up the 'experiment' instead of just the first couple of runs. The formation of the group, who these people are.
I kind of understood what as going on because I have seen those fights before, but if I were to get my wife to watch this (and she has played a fair amount of WoW,) she wouldn't have a clue what she was even watching.
Personally, I feel that in its current form this will have little impact. It seems like the target audience is raiders, who already experience the drama of wipes and loot first hand. Why would they be interested in this? I feel like it needs to expand to cover a potential audience who isn't as familiar with 'calling a raid' or even a 'wipe' or 'loot'
This is all just my opinion thought, which is irrelevant.
The Daily Blues {WoW}
Apr 20th 2010 9:47AM "It's clear that players enjoy (find entertainment from) gaining aesthetic items, such as the mount or the pets, by both earning them in-game and through an on-line purchase."
It actually isn't clear to me that players enjoy buying items that are exclusive to an on-line store. How can they possibly validate this claim when players have no choice over how they collect the item?
Players may actually hate gaining these items through the on-line store, but because it is the only way for them to get this "cool new mount" they do it. I won't dispute that players enjoy gaining the item, but he is saying they enjoy doing it through the store. There is no way to prove that when the items are exclusive to the store.
Cataclysm Class Changes: Warrior {WoW}
Apr 8th 2010 2:30PM Will gushing wounds mean the tank has to kite even the tank and spank fights to keep the dot at full stacks?
Every 9 seconds we move a step. Maybe this happens for a lot of fights anyway.
Speculating on a new resource system for Hunters {WoW}
Jul 28th 2009 11:27AM @Funkier
Thank you! I was completely confused by this post. It seems like we should be talking about how to make non-consumable ammo interesting.
Solution sought for Heroic Strike/Maul {WoW}
Jul 24th 2009 12:21PM This is really a symptom of a much larger problem with rage. It scales too well for tanks in raid boss encounters. Unfortunately current threat mechanics require it to be that way.
There is something to say for the skill of efficient rage usage (both in not become too drained or bloated with rage.) However, the current requirement to spam or macro and attack, or automating that doesn't seem all that fun to me.
The right, and most fun solution in my mind would be to both make for better, less frequent rage dumps, and to make rage more of a precious commodity. It would be pretty difficult to do that without making rage management too tedious though.
Maybe the solution could be as simple as a glyph that increases the amount of rage used and the amount of threat/damage generated.
Overall I am in favor of keeping the rage dump concept, but as something that is less frequent and more thoughtful.
Mighty Battle: Rogue and Shaman Tier 9 sets {WoW}
Jul 23rd 2009 3:37PM Maybe you are too distracted staring at those glow lamps while he is going stab-stab
Mighty Battle: Rogue and Shaman Tier 9 sets {WoW}
Jul 23rd 2009 3:21PM The alliance rogue set looks ridiculous on any race other than Night Elves.
Mighty Battle: Paladin and Priest Tier 9 sets {WoW}
Jul 22nd 2009 11:37AM I think the male trolls look perfect in this armor. I think it totally plays into the idea of horde priests being more of a voodoo, witch doctor type. Considering this is Zabra's set, I would make this a definitive win for the horde priest.
Maybe it would be best to look at the set in the context of the race of its namesake too.
Warrior Q&A Analysis continued {WoW}
Jul 17th 2009 10:19AM @Matthew
Since when does Rage decay in combat?
Breakfast Topic: What's your item set design preference? {WoW}
Jun 29th 2009 10:10AM What about role/faction specific models and then on armor type or class specific textures/colors. So all horde tanking sets are the same model but warriors, paladins, dks, and druids get a texture that reflects the class and armor type they would wear.
That gives you immediate recognition of what role a player falls into, which is supposed to be more important than the specific class. I guess this could cause some problems though in that druids and paladins would get to wear 3 different sets and mages/locks/hunters/rogues get one. This also tends to homogenize the classes even more (but i think less than armor type.)
There are a lot of other possible ways to mix it up. When you are talking about tier sets you are mostly talking about the shoulders and helms. I wouldn't care at all if every piece other than those two identical with just some color tweaks as necessary.


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Although all of the tomato plants infected with tomato yellow leaf curl virus in a Southern California greenhouse were destroyed, plant disease experts say it will be at least another year before they know whether they eradicated the disease.
Part of the concern stems from the virus' ability to infect other closely related plants, such as malva and nightshade, without showing symptoms, says Bob Gilbertson, a plant pathology professor at the University of California, Davis.
"Our big concern is these symptomless reservoir hosts will continue to maintain the virus," he told a press conference at the American Phytopathological Society's annual meeting in San Diego, July 30. "That's how the virus has been able to persist in Florida. We hope it doesn't happen in Southern California."
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UC Davis researchers confirmed the problem was tomato yellow leaf curl virus.
The plants were destroyed, and inspectors from the Imperial County agriculture commissioner's office surveyed the half dozen commercial tomato fields in the county as well as tomato plants in home gardens.
None of the plants in commercial fields showed symptoms, although plants in several home gardens were infected, Gilbertson says. They were destroyed.
In addition, inspectors surveyed weeds around the greenhouse and found several that showed symptoms. Those, too, were destroyed.
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Revisiting an old Sunday favourite. My "view" on Sausages and mash
Written by firstname.lastname@example.com, Posted in London, Lunch, Sausages
I love sausages and mash. As a dish, it stands in my top 3 best Sunday comfort foods list. A perfect pub grub…as long as it's made well! There's nothing more disappointing than salivating over a plate of good looking sausages and then the taste doesn't match the picture….that's enough to destroy my mood for the day. And frankly, it isn't difficult or too laborious to get it right! I will actually go as far as saying – there must be something seriously wrong with you (especially if you are the chef in that flashy "gastro" pub round the corner) to mess up spectacularly a plate of sausages and some boiled tatties!
Aaanyways, that's my rant over. For now..
Here is how I make mine and its good good, ohh so good! To expand on it, it's a recipe for sausages with saffron mash and nutmeg spiced spinach. How does that sound?
The quality of the sausages is important. Pick yourself some juicy, fatty Cumberlands, they work best. The mash is made with new potatoes – again, if you are after the perfect taste, instant "Smash" won't do..Baby spinach is also a must.
First of all I start by peeling and chopping a bag of new potatoes.
By doing this, the potatoes take a lot more flavour in while they cook, rather than just plain boil and requiring a lot of seasoning after. More flavour now pays big dividends later
The potatoes go in a pan, together with a chopped large clove of garlic, a pinch of cumin seeds, 2 pinches of Cornish sea salt, a few saffron strands and 10-15 whole black peppercorns
Cover with cold water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 10 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked right through and soft to the touch. Don't try and squeeze one right in the pan! Fish it out and blow on it for dear life before! Hahah
Cover the bottom of a large flat pan with water, season with salt and pepper and bring to boil. Add your baby spinach, spreading evenly
Using thongs, quickly turn the leaves a few times
It is ready as soon as it turns deep green and softens. Be careful not to overcook. Drain in a collander and set aside
Wipe the pan, add a splash of olive oil to it and toss your plump Cumberland sausages in
Let them cook away and get the mash ready by draining the potatoes and putting them in a large bowl with a splash of olive oil and a splash of milk. Discard the whole peppercorns but keep the cumin. It's so lovely when you bite onto the occasional seed, what an absolute explosion of flavour! Add some more sea salt if needed. All depends on how salty you like your food. The two pinches in the water are plenty for me.
Crush well, still leaving some texture in. I love coarse mash. if you are after a smooth one, add a knob of butter, continue crushing and pass through a sieve
Mash is ready and the sausages are now nicely browned. Remove from the pan and keep warm.
Put the kettle on. In a mug, add a spoon of Bisto's Best Onion gravy powder and a spoon of Rich Pork gravy. Fill with boiling water and stir well. Poor into the sausage pan and lift off those wonderful burned flavoursome bits. Yum. That's as close you are gonna get me to making gravy from scratch…
Spinach' turn now. Add a splash of olive oil in a deep pan, put the spinach in and grate 1/4 of a nutmeg straight over it. Add a squeeze of lemon, toss to warm through and remove from the heat. Voilà.
Now for the assembly: In a large, deep plate add a dollop of the beautiful saffron mash and make a little nest on top with the spoon
Spinach goes on next. Be generous, it's fabulous!
Sausages on top. 4 for a hungry hungry beaver
Last but certainly not least, poor a ladle of gravy around the mash. Soooo pretty, isn't it? But trust me, you won't care about the looks after the first bite! Deeelish!
I hope you enjoy it as much as I have
Here is a recap of the ingredients:
8 good quality Cumberland sausages
500gr bag of new potatoes
1 large garlic clove
260gr bag of young spinach
Bisto's best gravy
whole nutmeg, Cornish sea salt, saffron, whole black peppercorns, olive oil, splash of milk


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Posted: January 23, 2013 | Author: jwheeler1967 | Filed under: Authors and Poets, Quotes, Top 10, Writing | Tags: advice on writing, dylan thomas, edith wharton, Ernest Hemingway, hemingway's home in key west, ian fleming, john steinbeck, neil gaiman, norman mailer, polydactyl cats, roald dahl, rudyard kipling, stephen king, virginia woolf, writer's desks, writer's homes, writer's houses, writer's spaces, writing advice, writing practices | Comments Off"It starts with this: put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remind yourself why it isn't in the middle of the room. Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around." ~ Stephen King, On Writing
Pictured above is Stephen King's own attic writing space at his home in Bangor, Maine. In contrast to his statement above, his desk does appear to be in the middle of his room, but surely he means "corner" to be taken metaphorically; that is, any place that is quiet, that is yours; the place where you sit to write your work. While there are some writers who purportedly can write in the midst of chaos, most of us require a place of retreat. I believe it was J.K. Rowling who said that she cleared out a walk-in closet, put a desk and a lamp in there, and sealed herself off from the rest of the family while she was composing her first Harry Potter novel.
Here are ten intriguing places where writer's write, along with some advice for all who write:
1. Neil Gaiman's Gazebo/Cabin
- Write.
- Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down.
- Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.
- Put it aside. Read it pretending you've never read it before. Show it to friends whose opinion you respect and who like the kind of thing that this is.
- Remember: when people tell you somethings wrong or doesn't work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.
- Fix it. Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start to write the next thing. Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.
- Laugh at your own jokes.
- The main rule of writing is that if you do it with enough assurance and confidence, you're allowed to do whatever you like. (That may be a rule for life as well as for writing. But its definitely true for writing.) So write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter.
2. Edith Wharton's view from "The Mount" in Lennox, Massachusetts
"Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive."
3. Dylan Thomas's Boathouse at Laugharne, Wales
"Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it may become quite true: no one will feel the need to read it because it is written for yourself alone; and the public won't feel any impulse to gate crash such a private party."
4. Ernest Hemingway's Home in Key West, Florida
"Writing is something that you can never do as well as it can be done. It is a perpetual challenge and it is more difficult than anything else that I have ever done."
"There's no rule on how it is to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly. Sometimes it is like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges."
"Ordinarily I never read anything before I write in the morning to try and bite on the old nail with no help, no influence and no one giving you a wonderful example or sitting looking over your shoulder."
5. Rudyard Kipling: Dummerston, Vermont
"I am, by calling, a dealer in words; and words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."
"I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards."
"If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten."
6. Ian Fleming's home, GoldenEye, in Jamaica
"All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards their goal. The great scientists, the philosophers, the religious leaders – all maniacs. What else but a blind singleness of purpose could have given focus to their genius, would have kept them in the groove of purpose. Mania … is as priceless as genius."
7. Norman Mailer's Fourth Floor Apartment, Brooklyn Heights, New York
"I've written at times about the spooky element in writing. You go in each morning, and there's a blank page. Maybe it takes five minutes, maybe it takes an hour. Sooner or later you start writing, and then the words begin to flow. Where does that come from? You can't pinpoint it. You always wonder, "Will it all stop tomorrow?" In that sense it's spooky. In other words, you're relying on a phenomenon that's not necessarily dependable. " ("Norman Mailer Interview," The Academy of Achievement, June 12, 2004)
"Over the years, I've found one rule. It is the only one I give on those occasions when I talk about writing. A simple rule. If you tell yourself you are going to be at your desk tomorrow, you are by that declaration asking your unconscious to prepare the material. You are, in effect, contracting to pick up such valuables at a given time. Count on me, you are saying to a few forces below: I will be there to write."
8. Virginia Woolf's Writing Desk at "Monk's House," Sussex, England
"Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth."
"To write weekly, to write daily, to write shortly, to write for busy people catching trains in the morning or for tired people coming home in the evening, is a heartbreaking task for men who know good writing from bad. They do it, but instinctively draw out of harm's way anything precious that might be damaged by contact with the public, or anything sharp that might irritate its skin."
"Arrange whatever pieces come your way."
9. John Steinbeck's Summer Home in Sag Harbor, Maine
"The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true. "
"Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. "
"The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty."
"In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable. "
10. Roald Dahl's "The Gipsy House," Buckinghamshire, England
1. You should have a lively imagination
2. You should be able to write well. By that I mean you should be able to make a scene come alive in the reader's mind. Not everybody has this ability. It is a gift, and you either have it or you don't.
3. You must have stamina. In other words, you must be able to stick to what you are doing and never give up, for hour after hour, day after day, week after week, and month after month.
4. You must be a perfectionist. That means you must never be satisfied with what you have written until you have rewritten it again and again, making it as good as you possibly can.
5. You must have strong self-discipline. You are working alone. No one is employing you. No one is around to fire you if you don't turn up for work, or to tick you off is you start slacking.
6. It helps a lot if you have a keen sense of humor. This is not essential when writing for grown-ups, but for children, it's vital.
7. You must have a degree of humility. The writer who thinks that his work is marvelous is heading for trouble.
Seven Poetic Presidents
Posted: November 5, 2012 | Author: jhgardner | Filed under: Authors and Poets, Poetry | Tags: abraham lincoln, dylan thomas, george washington, jfk, literature, Poetry, politics, president, robert burns, Robert Frost, US presidents | Comments OffIt's voting time! In the spirit of the culmination of the presidential election tomorrow, below is a list that highlights historic presidents' more poetic attributes. Ever wondered whose poetry Thomas Jefferson cozied up with? Or which past president favored the eccentric Welsh poet Dylan Thomas? Read on to find out…
George Washington and Phillis Wheatley
He was the first president of the United State, she was the first African-American woman to publish a collection of poetry. In 1776, she sent Washington a poem that praised the general's leadership. In reply he told her that, were she ever in town, he would "be happy to see a person so favoured by the Muses."
Now here, now there, the roving Fancy flies,Till some lov'd object strikes her wand'ring eyes,Whose silken fetters all the senses bind,And soft captivity involves the mind.
I feel like oneWho treads aloneSome banquet-hall deserted,Whose lights are fled,Whose garlands dead,And all but he departed!
Ae night the storm the steeples rocked,
Poor Labour sweet in sleep was locked,
While burns, wi' snawy wreeths upchoked,
Wild-eddying swirl,
Or thro' the mining outlet bocked,
Down headlong hurl.
"The paper I copied it on kept wearing out, and I kept recopying it. I don't know how many times, twenty or thirty, I expect," Truman reportedly told the journalist Merle Miller, adding that he "had a lot more faith in poets than reporters."
Love took up the glass of Time, and turn'd it in his glowing hands;Every moment, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden sands.Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might;Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music out of sight.
Such as we were we gave ourselves outright(The deed of gift was many deeds of war)To the land vaguely realizing westward,But still unstoried, artless, unenhanced,Such as she was, such as she would become.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray,Do not go gentle into that good night.Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Top Ten Famous Last Words and Final Stops: Writers and Their Gravesites
Posted: October 23, 2012 | Author: jwheeler1967 | Filed under: Authors and Poets, Books, Top 10 | Tags: authors, death, dylan thomas, Ernest Hemingway, gravestones, halloween, hunter s. thompson, james joyce, jane austen, johann wolfgang von goethe, l frank baum, last words, literature, writers | 3 CommentsHalloween draws near, and with it, the reminders of our own mortality. Ghosts and goblins are ways of coping with what George Bernard Shaw called "that troublesome business": death. And, as Jim Morrison aptly noted, "No one here gets out alive." So on that cheerful note, here are some of the last words of famous writers and images of their final resting places. At eNotes, we only haunt you with the very best!
1. Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961)
"Goodnight, my kitten." ~ To his wife, before he shot and killed himself.
2. L. Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919)
"Now I can cross the shifting sands." ~ Referring to the desert that surrounded his fictional city, Oz. Baum suffered a stroke from which he never recovered.
3. Dylan Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953)
"I had eighteen straight whiskies…I think that's a record." While alcohol probably hastened the poet's demise, new theories attribute undiagnosed pneumonia as the more likely cause of death.
4. James Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941)
"Does nobody understand?" No direct cause has ever been attributed to Joyce's death but his heavy drinking almost certainly played a prominent role.
5. Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888)
"Is it not meningitis?" ~ It was not, actually. Alcott died as a result of mercury poisoning.
6. Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817)
"I want nothing but death." ~ To her sister, Cassandra, inquiring if she wanted anything. (It has never been determined from what, exactly, the 41-year-old author succumbed to (speculations have included stomach cancer, Addison's disease and bovine tuberculous) but the latest research suggests arsenic poisoning may have been the culprit.
7. Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910)
"Goodbye. If we meet…" ~ To his daughter, Clara. Twain died of a myocardial infraction (heart attack).
8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832)
"More light!" ~ The cause of Goethe's death is unknown.
9. Henrik Ibsen (20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906)
"On the contrary!" ~ Ibsen's response to his nurse, who remarked that he seemed better. Ibsen died as a result of complications from a stroke.
10. Hunter S. Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005)
"Relax — This won't hurt." ~ Thompson's final line in his suicide note. The author shot himself. An iconoclast to the end, his widow said Thomas wanted to go out with a bang, and he did. On a platform he personally designed, Thompson had his ashes shot from a cannon to the music of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky" and Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man." You can watch a video of Thompson's final farewell here.


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A Great Day in Harlem
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A Great Day in Harlem is one of the most famous photographs of all time and a snapshot of a key moment in musical history. On January 1, 1959, photographer Art Kane shot this black-and-white picture commissioned by Esquire magazine. The concept was simple: to take a portrait of living legendary jazz musicians on a Harlem street. The photograph's compositional brilliance, its historic importance, no less the complex logistics required to organize the shoot are all astonishing and the result is a true tour de force.
Amongst those featured, we have Buster Bailey and Count Basie, Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie, Gigi Gryce and Jimmy Jones, Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan, Pee Wee Russell and Lester Young.
Harlem was home to some of the best and most experimental jazz music that has left a great legacy. Find out why with our special playlist of the sounds of Harlem. If you want to know more, why not start out by reading all about the idiosyncratic Thelonious Monk.


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Before last Saturday I had never made risotto. I didn't have any idea what I had been missing. Risotto is not as difficult to make as I thought. You only need to have the right ingredients and be patient to make a delicious dish that will blow you away. For a long time I had been considering making a risotto with a Mexican twist so I decided to try with one of my favorite Mexican ingredients, chiles poblanos, for the dinner I had last Saturday for my friends.
I think they loved it, it was something very different and they welcomed the new flavors, but unfortunately I didn't make enough and didn't get to taste it (I only tried it when I was making it and I really loved it). So I decided to make it again last night and take some pictures. The only difference between them is that I used scallops for the one on Saturday and shrimp for yesterday's. I hope you enjoy this recipe. And now if you excuse me, I have a date with a hot Italian for lunch
- •2 TBSP olive oil
- •1/2 cup chopped onion
- •1 cup Arborio rice
- •1 cup white wine
- •4-6 cups chicken broth
- •1 poblano pepper, seeded
- •handful fresh parsley or cilantro
- •salt and pepper to taste
- Heat olive oil in a cast-iron skillet or any other heavy skillet. Add chopped onion and saute.
- Add Arborio rice and mix well with the onion. Add wine, bring to a boil and reduce heat to low. Simmer and stir constantly until the wine is absorbed.
- While the wine is absorbed by the rice blend poblano pepper and parsley with one cup of the chicken broth.
- When the wine is absorbed add one cup of chicken broth. Repeat step 2. When that cup of broth is absorbed add poblano mix and repeat. Add another cup of broth.
- At this point the rice should be al dente. Taste and adjust seasoning. If the liquid has been absorbed and the rice is still not tender enough, add another cup of broth.
- Remove from heat and serve immediately with garlic shrimp.
The afterthoughts:
- Risotto is one of those dishes where your imagination can go wild. I will be making more dishes with this starchy rice using different ingredients, flavors and colors. But this particular one was perfect as it was. Maybe I'll add some cheese next time.
¡Buen provecho!
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Now, you'll wonder why you didn't try this earlier I adore risottos and yours looks gorgeous
First time w/ risotto?? How funny. I've not worked much w/ Poblano's so how's that?!
Looks like a great combo!
I love the fusion of flavors! Just bought some poblanos the other day, and now I have a new way to make them–yum!
Wow, the first risotto! I just totally love risotto's as you can do so much with it and it's such an easy and great dish. Your first one suddenly looks delicious!
What a great idea. I absolutely LOVE poblanos and risotto so this is right up my alley. I bet some cerveza in place of the wine would be great too!
I love risotto. It's so easy when you have a little patience. Hope your lunch when well.
love the idea of poblano pepper in this. Yum!
Very nice recipe. I always cook with anchos its fresh version more in my kitchen.
Also hoping your lunch went really well. -
Very nice dish, simple and light just love it thanks for sharing.
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Please take as much time as necessary to answer each question in as much detail as possible. There are 10 question on the page; six on the front side, four on the back side. If you need more room to answer a question, please feel free to use a separate sheet. Put your name, instructor, and date on that separate sheet. You are not required to complete this survey, but your participation in this research project is greatly appreciated.
- What song(s) did you end up using in your PPT Music video, and how did you use it, musically and lyrically?
Song(s) and artist(s):
Musically (tone, mood, rhythm, instrumentation, era, genre):
Lyrically (story, images, concepts, messages):
- Did you follow your initial plan (including but not limited to the storyboard) closely, loosely, hardly at all? Please circle the appropriate word and provide a brief explanation.
- If you had composed with music before (i.e. used music in a video, a website, a movie, or other multimedia project) before, did you learn anything new about composing with music from this assignment? Write N/A (not applicable) if you have not composed with music before.
- Please describe the thought process and problem-solving tasks that this assignment required. E.g. did you start with a song and try to illustrate it, or did you start with a concept and try to find a song that matched. How did you go about compiling and arranging images, particularly in relation to your music? What software and hardware did you use? Did you seek help? From whom? Etc.
- Was there a model or models you drew on at any point in the process? Please explain what role, if any, a model had in shaping your product.
- What, if anything, did you learn about US copyright law and fair use guidelines while working on this music video assignment? Do you plan to change any of your downloading practices, whether legal, illegal, both, or neither?
- What ideas or concepts relevant to composing a video seem relevant to composing a traditional print text essay?
- How long (in hours) did you work on your PPT Music Video? Compared to other assignments in this course, did you a) put in more time, b) about the same amount of time, or c) less time? Please circle the appropriate description, and explain why you put in more, the same, or less time.
- Thinking not just about composing with music and making a video, what, if anything, did you learn from this assignment?
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Two Studies Suggest NCLB's 'Highly Qualified Teacher' Rules Aren't Helping (August, 2007)
Two new reports are shedding some much-needed light on the issue of highly qualified teachers under NCLB.
One study, released by the Department of Education, found that while some 90 percent of teachers may be considered "highly qualified'' under the federal law, that states used very different standards to define the HQ status and that the characteristics of teachers in high-poverty schools who met the HQ standard differed significantly from those for teachers in more affluent schools. Teachers in the disadvantaged schools hold fewer bachelor's and master's degrees in their fields and are more likely to be new to the profession than their peers.
This large-scale federal study, undertaken by the American Institutes for Research and the Rand Corporation, is part of an ongoing congressionally mandated evaluation of the federal Title I program for disadvantaged students.
A report from the Center for Education Policy, which examined how states and school districts have implemented NCLB's teacher quality requirements, found that, according to state and district officials, the HQ teacher requirements have had minimal or no impact on student achievement and have not had a major impact on teacher effectiveness. The report also discusses state and district implementation of the federal requirements to equitably distribute experienced, highly qualified teachers among higher and lower poverty schools.


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Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 Why are the nations in an uproar, the peoples grumbling in vain? | 1 Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? |
2 The earth's kings are taking positions, leaders conspiring together, against ADONAI and his anointed. | 2 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One. |
3 They cry, "Let's break their fetters! Let's throw off their chains!" | 3 "Let us break their chains," they say, "and throw off their fetters." |
4 He who sits in heaven laughs; Adonai looks at them in derision. | 4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. |
5 Then in his anger he rebukes them, terrifies them in his fury. | 5 Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, |
6 "I myself have installed my king on Tziyon, my holy mountain." | 6 "I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill." |
7 "I will proclaim the decree: ADONAI said to me, 'You are my son; today I became your father. | 7 I will proclaim the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father. |
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance; the whole wide world will be your possession. | 8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. |
9 You will break them with an iron rod, shatter them like a clay pot.'" | 9 You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash them to pieces like pottery." |
10 Therefore, kings, be wise; be warned, you judges of the earth. | 10 Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. |
11 Serve ADONAI with fear; rejoice, but with trembling. | 11 Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling. |
12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish along the way, when suddenly his anger blazes. How blessed are all who take refuge in him. | 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. |
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. (The Complete Jewish Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Recently I installed 4 dusk to dawn CFL light fixtures on the front of my home. These fixtures replaced standard incandescent fixtures that have worked fine for 30 years. I tried to use screw in dusk to dawn controllers, but they didn't work very well and didn't last long, so I decided to install new fixtures with built in light sensors. The installations worked fine in 3 locations, but I have burned through 3 fixtures on one outlet. The last fixture was one that I relocated from another box where It worked fine. But sure enough, this 3rd and last installed fixture failed again. Once the fixtures fail, they don't work in the other locations where the fixtures work properly. The outlets are all on the same circuit controlled by a 2 3-way switches next to the front door and the door to the garage.
It seems to me there must be something happening with the wiring in the outlet where every fixture fails. Initially they work fine, but overnight they stop working completely. With 3 in a row dying on the same outlet, one of which was working ok on another outlet, I don't think the problem is the fixture. I would appreciate any ideas on how to troubleshoot and repair the problem. |
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"It seems to me there must be something happening with the wiring in the outlet where every fixture fails. Initially they work fine, but overnight they stop working completely." Sound like a sensor that is not compatible with a CFL. Just about every dusk-to-dawn sensor uses a solid state Triac to electronically turn the light on and off. Triacs distort the voltage wave, even when they are fully on. Try a CFL bulb that is rated to operate with a dimmer and you might have better luck (they are deigned to cope with the distorted voltage). |
One other thing that can cause any florescent light to fail quickly is inadequate grounding. It makes it very hard to start up the arc inside the lamp, and can result in prolonged and repeated starting cycles. |
- Posted by geeman1082 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 9, 11 at 11:23
I agree with brickeye, the fluorescent lamps are raising cain with your relays. I use an X-10 wall switch to automatically switch 7 CFL downlights around my house, and I had to use an "appliance-rated" switch, which has a third wire for ground (or something like that ... I'm not an electrician). If you look at the ratings of your sensors/fixtures, they will likely say something like "150W incandescent" or "150W resistive", which indicates that they won't play nice with CFLs. |
""appliance-rated" switch," The appliance rating probably means the part has an actual relay and not an electronic (Thyristor) switch. |
- Posted by geeman1082 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 9, 11 at 15:10
Correct ... it's definitely not a solid state relay, and makes a very noticeable thunk (sorry for the technical term) when it actuates. |
"Correct ... it's definitely not a solid state relay, and makes a very noticeable thunk (sorry for the technical term) when it actuates." Bingo. A thyristor takes about 0.7 V to start conducting (or ore). That means the current cannot flow until the voltage hits at least 0.7 V (sometimes higher). |
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The trade deadline is one of the most overhyped days on the NHL calendar, but, since I'm a sucker for manufactured drama, I'll be up bright and early in the morning to watch all of the non-action live. Or perhaps I just enjoy watching the TSN crew desperately clawing for something to report for hours upon hours until finally James Duthie snaps, steals Darren Dreger's phone and starts frantically dialling numbers to ensure the outside world hasn't ceased to exist.
My favourite part of watching the trade deadline is seeing three different desks full of analysts breathlessly breaking down a trade involving a depth defenceman, a career AHL-er, and a draft pick because it's the only trade that has happened in the last four hours.
This time around, the trade deadline looks like it's going to be even more dull than normal. Here are 5 reasons why:
1 | The lockout-shortened 48-game season
When I looked at what a 48-game season would have meant for last season, it turned out that there weren't many major differences. For the most part, the teams that made the playoffs in the full 82-game season also would have made the playoffs in a shortened 48-game season, with a couple teams on the bubble switching places. The biggest difference was in how tightly clustered the points became.
The last place team in the Western Conference, the Colorado Avalanche, are just 6 points out of the playoffs. Any team in the West could go on a winning streak and end up a playoff team at this point. Things in the East are a little more spread out, as it's fair to say that the Panthers, Capitals, and Sabres are done, but even the Capitals are just 7 points back with 19 games to be played. If they string a few wins together before the deadline, will they want to trade, say, their leading scorer, Mike Ribeiro? Not likely.
Last season's last place team, the Columbus Blue Jackets, finished 30 points out of the playoffs. The 12th place team in the Western Conference, the Minnesota Wild, were 14 points out of playoff position, and the 12th place team in the East, the Carolina Hurricanes, were 10 points out.
Point being, plenty of teams knew that they weren't going to make the playoffs going into the trade deadline and it still turned out to be a complete snoozefest, with the biggest name, Rick Nash, staying in Columbus until the off-season. Here are some other names thrown around prior to the deadline: Steve Ott, Mikhail Grabovski, Derek Roy, and Dustin Brown. What do those players have in common? None of them got traded by the deadline.
This time around, very few teams are going to consider themselves sellers, as so many teams will be convinced that they can make the playoffs if they just put together a couple wins in a row.
2 | The Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup
This is why my previous point is such a problem. The Kings made the playoffs as an 8th seed, then went on to smash through their opposition enroute to the Stanley Cup. This is the story that all the teams on the playoff bubble will be telling themselves: just get into the post-season, squeak in as an 8th seed, and then go on a run all the way to the Cup. Unfortunately for them, it's an extremely misguided notion. The teams that squeak into the playoffs this season are unlikely to be anywhere near as good as the Kings.
Everyone seems to have learned the wrong lesson from the Kings. For instance, from this Ian Mendes column on why we should expect a quiet trade deadline:
If the Los Angeles Kings taught us anything last season, it was that a team can squeak into the playoffs as the eighth seed and make some serious noise.
No, if the Los Angeles Kings taught us anything, it's that they were nowhere near as bad as their record indicated, particularly after hiring Darryl Sutter and trading for Jeff Carter. And that's the other issue. Teams that find themselves outside the playoffs as the trade deadline approaches might think that they should be buyers, aiming to find their own Jeff Carter in the trade market that puts them over the top.
The fact is that the Kings were a good team during the regular season, regularly dominating possession and out-shooting their opponents. They had no business being the 8th seed in the West and, with a few bounces going their way, would have finished first place in the Pacific Division. They finished the season just 2 points behind the Phoenix Coyotes for the division lead.
So now, even teams that have long odds to even get to 8th place will think it's worth going for it, even though it's incredibly likely that if they do beat the odds and make the playoffs, they'll get slaughtered in the first round. And, if they trade a bunch of draft picks to rent a player at the deadline, they'll have nothing to show for it but a couple more games at home.
3 | Injuries Galore
The Florida Panthers are the one team that is really and truly out of the playoffs. There's basically no questioning it at this point. Thus, they should be sellers heading into the trade deadline and, considering they're pretty much the only ones, they can demand a hefty price for some of their players, like Stephen Weiss and Kris Versteeg.
What's that? They have both had surgery and are done for the season? Oh. No matter, the Panthers have some good depth guys that people will be interested in, like Mike Weaver, a really steady defensive defenceman. Out 4-5 weeks with a lower body injury? Well then, there's Sean Bergenheim, who was really good for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the playoffs a couple years ago. Oh, he got injured before the lockout, then aggravated it playing in Europe and hasn't even played with the Panthers. Oh.
Well…uh…hey, what about Jose Theodore? Surely someone will be interested in a steady veteran goalie to backup their starter or step in if necessary and he's a UFA next season. So you're saying he has a groin injury and is on the injured reserve? Well then.
Geez, do the Panthers have anyone left to trade?
4 | No Trade Clauses and No Movement Clauses
These clauses are really popular amongst high-end players, who are the type of players that make a trade deadline exciting. With Corey Perry re-signing in Anaheim, Jarome Iginla becomes the biggest name on the market. Guess what his contract has? A No Movement Clause.
Roberto Luongo has been rumoured to be on the move for months. One of the hang-ups is his No Trade Clause. Marian Gaborik? NTC. Mike Ribeiro? Limited NTC. Brenden Morrow? NTC. Jay Bouwmeester? NTC.
That's not to say that none of those players will get traded, but the clauses on their contracts present a potential stumbling block, particularly for teams that are in the playoff mix. Even if there is a deal in place, these players could exercise their No Trade Clauses to stay put. Does Iginla want to be a rental player for a Cup run or would he rather stick with the Flames, who are just 6 points out of the playoffs, then move on in free agency?
5 | Some of the supposedly available players make no sense
Dan Boyle's name has been thrown around a lot in trade rumours lately, but does it make any sense whatsoever for the Sharks to trade him? The Sharks are currently in 8th place in the Western Conference and are good enough to finish higher in the standings. Boyle leads the Sharks in ice time, quarterbacks the powerplay, and is their top-scoring defenceman. Why in the world would they trade him?
Marian Gaborik's name is out there, but I'm having trouble figuring out why. He's not having his best season, but he still has 17 points in 29 games. Besides, the Rangers are tied for 7th in the East and have to feel confident that they can reel in some of the teams ahead of them. Do they actually want to trade away a potential gamebreaker in Gaborik heading into the playoffs?
What about Derek Roy and Brenden Morrow, who are important players for the Dallas Stars, who are just 3 points back in the playoff race in the West, with a game in hand on the two teams in front of them. Do the Stars actually want to trade them while making a push for the playoffs?
I've even seen Keith Yandle's name mentioned. I don't even know how to explain how ridiculous the idea of Yandle getting traded out of Phoenix seems to me.
Sure, there are a few big names that do make sense, like Iginla, Luongo, and Bouwmeester, but some of the names being tossed around sound more like hype than substance.
Then again:
The biggest trade at last year's trade deadline came out of left field, as the Canucks and Sabres swapped high-end forward prospects Cody Hodgson and Zack Kassian. It's entirely possible that with so many teams in the mix for the playoffs, they'll all go into "buyer" mode and start making hockey trades, trading players from where they have depth for players where they lack it.
Who knows, we could be in for an incredibly exciting trade deadline, with big name players flying left and right. Just don't count on it.


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Only one agency - CalPERS - thinks differently.
CalPERS has left Yolo and five other Sacramento-area counties in its Bay Area Region, where public employees pay health care premiums 15 percent higher on average than residents of Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado counties. That's according to CalPERS' own data. These Yolo County civil servants are making Sacramento-area wages and visiting the same Sacramento doctors at the same Sacramento health care facilities as their neighbors in CalPERS' Sacramento Region. So why are they paying Bay Area health care rates?
Moving Yolo and five other area counties - Yuba, Sutter, Nevada, Amador and San Joaquin - from the Bay Area Region to the Sacramento Region would mean that thousands of local public employees can pay their fair share for health care premiums, not hundreds of dollars per year more.
Putting Yolo and the other five counties where they belong would raise rates for Bay Area public employees an estimated 3 percent, according to CalPERS.
The current alignment is unfair. CalPERS ought to recognize widely-held geographic norms instead of girding against protest from the Bay Area. Fairness should trump expedience.
We urge the CalPERS Pension and Health Committee on April 15 to make the common sense decision to move Yolo County to where it belongs: the Sacramento region.
-- Matt Rexroad represents the Third District on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors. Mat Ehrhardt is the executive director of the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District.