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Yesterday, for the first time in my life, I moved residences using a moving service. All of my previous moves were from home to college or college to home, or a couple of times between apartments that were a 2 minute drive apart. Well, and the major move from Kansas City to New York, which consisted of two suitcases, and wine boxes mailed via USPS.
So as fearful as I was that something was going to go wrong with my move, everything turned out fine. They were early (amazing!) and the whole process including driving from uptown to Brooklyn didn't take more than 3 hours. So while there wasn't a horror story to come out of the move, I don't have any heroics to report either. They showed up, moved my stuff, and left–a pretty neutral experience.
But I want to hear from you. Do you have any crazy moving stories to share? Do you have anything you wish you'd done differently? Or do you have a move looming and you're looking for advice? Share it all in the comments below.
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How Everyday Things Are Made
If you've ever wondered how things are made – products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles – or if you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding, then you've come to the right place. (from their main page, 12/9/13)
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The Mississippi Legislature has ended its session, having turned aside efforts by Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and the Republican legislative leadership to expand charter schools and politicize state employees by removing them from civil service.
Legislators are to be commended for holding the reins on efforts to raid the state treasury to build more charter schools to compete against the state's already poorly-funded public schools. Legislators also deserve praise for stopping the governor's effort to inject politics into virtually every state job by ending workers' civil service protection.
But on another front, the legislature could not resist creating major mischief with a bill to limit – or some would say destroy – the powers of the constitutionally elected attorney general.
The bill has two parts. One attempts to limit the attorney general from hiring outside attorneys on a contingency fee basis to handle some major cases. Cases include the 1997 tobacco settlement that reaped the state $4.1 billion and a $100 million windfall in a lawsuit with MCI Worldcom.
The other part requires the attorney general to appoint outside counsel to represent state agencies or officials when their opinion differs from his. This could cost taxpayers millions.
This is nothing more than partisan politics, Attorney General Jim Hood is a Democrat, the only statewide executive office not controlled by Republicans. And he's very popular, winning his last election by more than 20 percentage points.
Hood should fight this attack on his office in court. The attorney general, whether Democrat or Republican, is the people's elected attorney for the state. The voters, not the legislature, should decide whether he is doing a good job.
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When my kid joined the circus that is youth hockey, I was assaulted by lingo that had mutated wildly in the thirty years since my own youth hockey "career" ended. Then as now, there were mite, squirt, peewee, bantam and midget teams. Then as now, there were AAA, AA, A and B teams. But that basic vocabulary had evolved into a snarl of Tier teams, Tier I, Tier II, rec, Double-B, birth year teams, Brick teams, tournament teams, minor teams, major teams, ADM teams, Select teams, Midget-minor teams, Midget-major teams, mini-mites, mighty-mites…
As a kid, I was dimly aware of the existence of an entity known as USA Hockey, but I don't think I knew that it governed my local (Michigan) hockey team. I probably would have said it had something to do with the Olympics (which it does). From the USA Hockey 2012 Annual Guide:
USA Hockey's primary emphasis is on the support and development of grassroots hockey programs. […] While youth hockey is a main focus, USA Hockey also has vibrant junior and adult hockey programs that provide opportunities for players of all ability levels. […] As the National Governing Body for the sport of ice hockey in the United States, USA Hockey is the official representative to the United States Olympic Committee and the International Ice Hockey Federation. […] USA Hockey is divided into 12 geographical districts throughout the United States.
USA Hockey, Inc., is recognized as the National Governing Body for the sport of ice hockey in the United States under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act Title 36, Chapter 17 § 391 United States Code.
The 12 Geographical Districts of USA Hockey
Listed in order of number of registered members.
- Central [Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin] (59K)
- Minnesota (55K)
- Michigan (53K)
- New York (48K)
- Massachusetts (47K)
- Southeastern [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia] (47K)
- Pacific [Alaska, California, Nevada, Washington, Hawaii, Oregon](43K)
- Rocky Mountain [Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Texas, Oklahoma] (39K)
- Atlantic [Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware] (36K)
- Mid-American [Ohio, West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indiana] (35K)
- New England [Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont] (35K)
- Northern Plains [Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming] (14K)
Signing Up
I'm quite sure that no-one ever asked to see my birth certificate (to prove that I wasn't lying about my age) or required me to register with USA Hockey as a pre-requisite for joining a team. But that (birth certificate and USA Hockey registration) is what we had to do — and by we I mean the hockey parent "we" which doesn't include me at all — even for us (him) to take a "Hockey 101″ class, or to play in a mite house-league.
We (this time I mean me, me and the other old people) also never had to sign "letters of intent," as Quisp Jr (and his teammates and every kid playing on a travel team now) has to, binding him contractually to one club for the entirety of the season. The letter of intent is a contract of more than 10 pages in length (I'm tempted to say 20 pages), the kind which I as a grown-up generally would send off to a lawyer to draft a response. But he and we (his parents) just signed the thing. When I was a kid, I would say I "made the team." Quisp Jr says he "signed with."
Signed with!
Since he joined the circus, I have been bothering every parent who would stand next to me for thirty seconds with my incessant questions regarding the definitions of these various terms for team levels and what have you. Naturally, I also used Google, expecting to find some kind of easy-to-access resource that would boil this mess down to a chart or a simple FAQ. What I found were scattered bits and pieces, much of it contradictory or so badly-written that it begged the questions it was supposed to be answering.
What's a Mite, Squirt, Pee-Wee, Bantam or Midget?
And why are they all words that mean "small"?
I don't know where the names came from, so let's just get that out of the way.
USA Hockey groups players according to birth year. Each level consists of two birth years. In order to make it as confusing as possible, the names of the levels refer to age rather than birth year. The thing you need to know is, a player is the "age" he will be on his birthday in the calendar year in which the season in question starts.
For example: the 2012-13 season has just begun (in October). My son was born in 2003. That means he turns nine in calendar year 2012. So he plays in the 10 and under group, a.k.a. 10U (a.k.a. Squirts). Also in Squirts this season are kids who turned 10 in 2012. If they were born in the first months of the year, they will turn 11 while the 2012-13 season is still going. They will be 11, playing in 10U.
A child born on 1/1/2003 and another child born on 12/31/2003 are both 2003 birth year (obviously), but are also both "9" years old for the purpose of grouping, and so they both play (this season) in 10U (a.k.a. Squirts). If the kid born on 12/31/2003 had been born the next day, he would be an '04, would be "8" this entire season, and would be playing in 8U (a.k.a. Mites).
The levels are:
- 8U (Mite)
- 10U (Squirt)
- 12U (Pee-Wee)
- 14U (Bantam)
- 16U (16U Midget, sometimes called "Midget-minor")
- 18U (18U Midget, sometimes called "Midget-major")
What is a Tier team?
A Tier team is the highest level of what we used to (and still do) call "travel teams." According to USA Hockey, tier teams exist only at the Bantam level and above. (Before this year, there were Peewee tier teams, but not anymore, according to the USA Hockey 2012 Annual Guide.)
However, some states (California, for example), recognize "tier" teams for pee-wee and above. Since USA Hockey does not sponsor nationals for pee-wees (according to the 2012 guide), I'm not sure what the "tier" designation can possibly mean for a pee-wee team at the state level.
Tier I is the highest level. Tier II is below Tier I. USA Hockey recognizes both Tier I and Tier II as official designations. Tier I is supposed to be for the highest skilled players and allows billeting of players from other geographical regions. Tier II is supposed to be geographically-limited to to the location of the team. The definitions, per USA Hockey:
TIER I – Any youth or girls' team that is properly registered with USA Hockey as a Tier I national championship-bound team.
TIER II – Any youth or girls' team that is certified Tier II by an affiliate organization which has jurisdiction over the team. Tier II certification will be based on criteria set up by the affiliate […].
In other words, USA Hockey leaves it to the state programs (CAHA in California) to sort out the tiers.


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MEXICO CITY, March 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Mexico has
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday that she and
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In 1935 a regular 3 ft. 9 in. upright piano was put into a new style case. This became known as the spinet and was very dainty looking compared to the old bulky upright. This new style immediately caught the public's fancy immediately. All piano manufacturers followed with similar and widely divergent designs. Soon more different styles were available to the piano buying public than ever before.
The 3 ft. 9 in. high pianos were as small as could be built with existing actions and even these had cramped knee room. To make pianos smaller new actions had to be devised. Almost all pianos manufactured then used either the compact direct action or the drop action both of which were invented in 1935. In 1936 Baldwin introduced the Acrosonic Spinet piano which was to become the largest selling piano of all time.
When the piano known as the spinet type came into the market in 1935, with new engineering and styling, the public had its choice of conventional upright pianos, grand pianos of all sizes and new spinets. All these types were shown side-by-side in a wide variety of prices, and of course in different grades or qualities. At that time the lowest priced types made for the mass markets were studio uprights, approximately 3 feet 9 inches high. The highest priced types, in the popular-priced field, were the new spinets, consoles as many called them at the time. The in-between price was the small grand produced by makers seeking the mass market. The public, by its purchases, decided that the new types were the most desirable.
Every skilled pianist knows perfectly well that the finest small grand is totally inadequate for concert hall purposes, and you'll never hear a concert pianist perform on any vertical. Take the automobile for example. The most popular cars in America are wholly adequate for their purpose. But if someone wants a car that will take them 200 hundred miles an hour they must buy something that might be compared to the concert grand piano. A professional pianist in his concerts would never play anything short of a 9-foot concert grand. Thousands of children successfully started their piano lessons on cardboard keyboards with no tone or touch at all.
By 1941 the old vertical or "upright" piano was being turned out almost exclusively in the spinet design, and the change increased its value as a decorative piece of furniture, if nothing else: the new spinet pianos had cleverly designed, compact, console type cases from 36 to 45 inches high.
Unfortunately, decreasing the size of the upright pianos meant decreasing the size of the sounding board and shortening the strings, which was totally unacceptable to many purists, technicians, and teachers. The result was a controversy that still lingers 68 years later. According to the experts, the tone of spinet model pianos tends to be slight and more or less "wooden." Consequently, spinets were never recommended for purchase for serious students or by competent pianists. Because of the shorter string length above the hammer, the striking position of a hammer in an action of spinet pianos 38 inches and less must necessarily be indirect. That is, when a key is struck, it does not force the hammer against the string; there is a delayed striking action. Since this may be objectionable to some players, the lower spinets are generally less desirable than the 39 inch-or-higher models which make use of a direct striking action.
THE TRUTH IS - Regardless of the shortcomings of the spinet piano, they were still better than the cardboard keyboard with no sound at all or today's electronic keyboard that plays that has no control of loud or soft.
Despite the rating and grading of pianos by many consumer "tip sheets" somehow the spinet piano survived and in 1947, according to figures released by the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce, there were 148,300 pianos manufactured. Of these 70,800 were vertically strung pianos, 37 inches or less in height. While there was no authoritative dividing line between what might be called a spinet or a console at that time. Any piano 37 inches or less in height falls rather definitely in the category of the spinet. Of the 1947 production 72,700 were described by the Bureau of the Census as vertical, uprights or consoles over 37 inches in height. Most of these pianos were generally called spinets. While there are no authentic figures to how many uprights, as distinct from spinets or consoles, were included in this number of 72,700 we in the piano industry know perfectly well that studio uprights, approximately 45 inches high, were made in very small numbers in that year. I would like to make a little wager that there were not 5,000 studio uprights manufactured in 1947. In that same year, there were less than 5.000 grand pianos made. Therefore; nearly 90% of the pianos manufactured in that year were of the type variously described as spinet. console, or vertical, over half of those vertically strung styles having been instruments that were not over 37 inches high.
Of course the evil in the consumer tip-sheet's grading is that many readers assume those grades are the result of an authentic laboratory analysis, something that is possible in many other lines of consumer goods. True, the tip sheet states that the listings were prepared by a professional pianist or professional technician with the aid and council of "35 technicians who must remain anonymous", but that statement is obscure in the body of the article. Most readers jump to the listings without reading the preamble.
Any first class console piano is an excellent musical instrument, and will outperform and outlast an inexpensive, small piano, grant it, that is if you wish to play a concert. But a spinet piano will still provide endless hours of fun if that is the purpose of having a piano in the "family room". Vertical pianos come in a variety of furniture styles and finishes that can enhance your home's decor, and in several sizes and in varying degrees of quality that will take a fraction of the space of even a small grand.


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Any ideas on how to make an Apothecary more combat skilled? I am not talking about house rules; I'm looking for advice on talents, etc.
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Posted 25 August 2012 - 04:37 AM
The best way to do this is with chapter advances. Blood Angels works pretty well, but any chapter with combative advance tables should work pretty well. Codex chapters have a lot of combat choices so they should be pretty good. You won't be as dangerous as a dedicated combat marine, but you can be pretty lethal.
Posted 26 August 2012 - 10:49 PM
Jsut to keep it in mind, my KT with a SW Dev, A Ultra Tac and psyker, SW Tech and a DA Apathicary had fought genestealer some 12 of them. With bolt pistol and chainsword the DA apothicary killed 8 of them without suffering a single wound when all the other members of the team get bad wounds.
Yes it was a lucky day for him but my point is that apothicary are quite gifted already…
Posted 27 August 2012 - 11:11 PM
Depends on what you mean by Combat. Shooty, choppy, or a mix of both?
I run a BA Apoth geared towards sniping. My logic being that I need to stay alive to keep the other members of the team alive. So being at the back, picking off things from range, and moving up to heal as needed, seems to work. And if you do your gear up right you can cause horrific damage, many times being the cou de gras for something big and nasty. Or picking off the more foolish enemies engaged in Hand to Hand with your brethren to free them up.
For signature Wargear I chose a Stalker Pattern Bolter, with Chainblade Attachment, and a Telescopic Sight. With the +10 to Hit choice for it being Signature. Load that baby up with some choice ammo, and you are unseen death at almost any range. And you can even stab people with your gun for when shiz gets real.
That being said remember your role in the team. You aren't the Dev. You don't need to be all killing all the time. You are the healer. And ultimately you should put that before anything else. If anyone gives you crap for it, you remind them who it is that keeps them fighting in the Emperor's name when they notice there is more of their blood outside of their body than inside.
Also, poisons and drugs woo! Its awesome. Trust me, I'm a doctor.
Posted 28 August 2012 - 12:43 AM
In the scirmish between my KT and the genestealer the DA Apothicary dispatched them with bolt and chainsword; A real Ad for Space Marine, dodging and parrying all attack made against him and there was a lot of them and never missing his target with a 3 out of 4 attack who had been death sentence for his oppement.
This day was quite impressive.
Posted 28 August 2012 - 02:33 AM
Acrobatics. Hands down one of the funnest skills to have. You literally get to flip out of combat. Which is great if you are shooty since it means you get a nice single point blank shot.
My BA Apoth has two claims to fame. The first was when I chose to take a shot at a Stealer about to rip our new Tech-Marine to shreds after my turn (one more round of wounds would have killed him, and no fate points left) which would be easy to hit but had buckleys chance of the Stealer not dodging, over finishing the Dagon Overlord and completing our mission then and there. I chose to shoot the Stealer, the Emperor smiled, the Stealer failed to dodge, and its head disintegrated saving out Tech-Marine from assured death. That won me sniper honors.
The other was throwing a Chaos Lord off the roof of a building whilst we held there for evac, despite my piss poor strength. He didn't die, but it was AWESOME. No one uses the Maneuver action enough to throw people off things. It is great fun.
If I have the Req I always try to bring a Fire Wasp from The Jericho Reach book. Those things are bros.
Been while since we played a game of Deathwatch. And I am itching to play around with my Apoth again. The fell forces of evil need to be reminded that Brother Raphael Tran is still out there, and why he is Baal's #1 commodity. Watch out evil, here comes Apothecary Tran.


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Some viewers launched the hashtag #BlameLouis, with posts blaming the popular pop ground for the dismissals of Johnny Robinson and frontrunners The Risk.
One Direction, formed by judges on last year's series, will return to the X Factor stage next weekend to perform their new single 'Gotta Be You'.
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Capital FM have confirmed the lineup for the Sunday show of the Jingle Bell Ball on December 4th at London's O2 Arena, and will include One Direction, JLS and Ed Sheeran.
The annual event takes place over a whole weekend this year, kicking off on Saturday will be the already confirmed lineup headed by Rihanna, and tickets for the Sunday event are expected to sell out quickly when they go on sale this Monday, November 7th, at 8am.
The addition of X Factor 2010 runners-up One Direction to the lineup, who sold out their debut UK tour in minutes when they went on sale last month, is sure to see demand for tickets sky rocket. One Direction are set to release their eagerly-anticipated debut album 'Up All Night' later this month. The album includes the singles 'What Makes You Beautiful' and their new song 'Gotta Be You'
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+ 1 – TBC Monday 8amTickets for Jingle Bell Ball Saturday are already on sale, Sunday tickets are onsale from 8am on Monday November 7th.
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You'll all know by now that Harry Styles and Caroline Flack supposedly shared saliva not so long ago, and according to Star magazine, Harry's mum Anne Cox is not happy about it whatsover!
Anne and Harry have a rather close relationship and we really respect the woman (not at all just because we want her to think we're amazing potential daughter-in-laws…) so if we were Caroline we'd probably be a little scared right now!
Apparently Anne has warned Caroline: "Keep your hands off my son!"
A close family friend told Star: "Understandably, Anne doesn't want Harry to end up getting hurt. Caroline is a worldly woman, who is never short of male attention. Anne just feels Harry needs to stick to girls his own age and says Caroline should back off!"
We're pretty sure Harry won't be getting hurt, have you seen the amount of women that are after him?!
What do you think? Is Anne right? Would you want to annoy Harry's mum?
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One Direction, JLS and Susan Boyle are among the acts due to perform at Children In Need 2011.
The boyband will open the show on November 18 with their new single 'Gotta Be You', with Susan Boyle due to sing a track from her new record Someone To Watch Over Me.
The Children In Need Collective, starring Gary Barlow, Ed Sheeran, Ms Dynamite, Labrintha and Tulisa Contostavlos, will also take to the stage, as well soon-to-split boyband Westlife.
Last year's official single from JLS was a chart-topper, as was the 2009 release from Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band.
Kylie Minogue, Jessie J and Cheryl Cole have filmed appeal clips for this year's telethon, which will see long-running host Sir Terry Wogan team up with Tess Daly, Fearne Cotton and Alesha Dixon.
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Afghan soldier kills 3 ISAF troops in Uruzgan province
An Afghan soldier opened fire on Coalition soldiers in southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing three and wounding two more. The attack is the latest in the long string of so-called green-on-blue incidents, or insider attacks, in which Afghan security personnel have killed or wounded members of the International Security Assistance Force. There have been over 50 such attacks reported since 2008.
ISAF said that the three soldiers were killed after "[a]n individual wearing an Afghan National Army uniform turned his weapon against" them. According to the ISAF press release, the incident is under investigation. The nationalities of the troops killed were not disclosed.
The attack took place in the southern province of Uruzgan, Geo News reported, where 1,500 Australian troops are currently deployed. According to Geo News, a US commander said the slain troops were not from the US.
Several hours later, the Australian Department of Defence confirmed that the attack, which occurred on a base in Uruzgan, killed three Australian soldiers and wounded two more, according to the Australian news agency ABC. The circumstances of the attack were not disclosed.
The attack is the third known green-on-blue incident in Uruzgan province; all three attacks have targeted Australian forces. On Nov. 9, 2011, three Australian soldiers were wounded when an Afghan soldier shot them at a base in the province; the attacker fled in an army vehicle. And on May 30, 2011, an Australian soldier from the Mentoring Task Force was shot while manning a guard tower at patrol base MASHAL in the Chorah Valley by another guard, a soldier from the Afghan army, who fled after the incident.
On Aug. 7, the Taliban released a video showing Taliban forces welcoming 'rogue' Afghan army soldiers who had attacked Coalition troops; one segment of the video purportedly shows the man who conducted the Nov. 9, 2011 attack in Uruzgan. [See Threat Matrix report, Observations on Taliban video 'welcoming' rogue ANA soldiers.]
Background on green-on-blue attacks
Attacks by Afghan forces on Coalition forces have skyrocketed this year. In the first eight months of this year, the number of green-on-blue attacks (29) has more than doubled last year's total of 14.
Attacks that resulted in deaths of ISAF troops have also surged; they account for 14% of Coalition casualties so far this year. In 2011, green-on-blue attacks accounted for 6%; in 2010, 3%; in 2009, 2%; and in 2008, less than 1%. [For more details and statistics on the green-on-blue attacks, see LWJ Special Report, Green-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan: the data.]
ISAF commanders have insisted that most of the attacks are due to cultural differences between Afghan and Western troops. General John Allen, the commander of ISAF, even blamed the spike on Afghans being hungry and irritable due to fasting during Ramadan.
In seeking to account for the rise in insider attacks, ISAF commanders have downplayed the role of Taliban infiltration. Commanders have issued conflicting estimates of the percentage of attacks caused by Taliban infiltration and coercion, ranging from 10% to 25% in recent weeks, to 50% earlier this year.
The Taliban have seized on the green-on-blue attacks in their propaganda, and routinely claim each attack to be a result of infiltration. In early August, the Taliban released a video of two Afghan soldiers who attacked ISAF soldiers in Kunar and Uruzgan [see Threat Matrix report, Observations on Taliban video 'welcoming' rogue ANA soldiers].
Mullah Omar, the leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, or the Taliban, addressed the issue of green-on-blue attacks in a statement released on Aug. 16. Omar claimed that the Taliban "cleverly infiltrated in the ranks of the enemy according to the plan given to them last year," and urged government officials and security personnel to defect and join the Taliban as a matter of religious duty. He also noted that the Taliban have created the "Call and Guidance, Luring and Integration" department, "with branches ... now operational all over the country," to encourage defections. [See Threat Matrix report, Mullah Omar addresses green-on-blue attacks.]
READER COMMENTS: "Afghan soldier kills 3 ISAF troops in Uruzgan province"
Posted by James at August 29, 2012 8:23 PM ET:
At what point LTG do we quit making excuses for the Afghans and start holding them accountable. No matter what you say at the end of the day you as we and THEM are all accountable for our, your's, their actions. No matter what the culture!
Posted by rogue at August 30, 2012 1:54 AM ET:
Two more Australian soldiers were killed today in a separate incident involving a helicopter crash. This brings the number killed today up to 5, making today the highest combat losses Australia has had since the Vietnam War.
Posted by Phillips at August 30, 2012 9:16 AM ET:
The official comments of the Generals, obviously driven by civilian and military politics, are rather pathetic. Those hungry and irritable Afghans, while not necessarily speeding up our Afghan withdrawal, will certainly cause our combat soldiers to reevaluate their military career. Particularly the special operations soldiers and sailors who will be remaining there as others return home.
Posted by CluelessCommand at August 30, 2012 5:20 PM ET:
See the link:
Trainers to Get Closer to Afghans to Stop Attacks
Aug 29, 2012 Stars and Stripes | by Megan McCloskey
The CluelessCommand has come up with a new idea for coalition troops: Get closer to the men who might be thinking of killing you!!!
Leaders are telling troops, who are increasingly finding themselves isolated among the Afghan security forces they are trying to help, "that the closer you partner with your Afghan guys -- the better you understand each other -- the safer you're going to be," said Command Sgt. Maj. William Johnson of the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command.
WOW!!! Is CSM Johnson seriously putting this out to the troops? How about growing a spine and TELL THE TRUTH! You can't get any higher than E-9. Are you vying for an appointment somewhere like the rest of the Full Birds and Generals?
How about this? Kindness is seen as a sign of weakness by the Afghan people. Chew on that before you start telling troops to get closer to the Afghans they're training. What does that mean? Whatever happened to making the mission statement short, CLEAR, and CONCISE?
The picture of the Marine Cpl "nut to butt" with an Afghan Local Police that he is teaching to shoot is such a pathetic display of the CluelessCommand's Guidance and LOL (Lack of Leadership). Aug 29, 2012 Stars & Stripes Front Page


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May 30th 2011 12:54PM @(Unverified)
Complaining about the death penalty is both silly and valid, I think. What needs to happen is the death penalty needs to be less punishing to new players. Older players, with built up isk and assets, will a) rarely be flying something they can't afford to lose and b) usually have one or more spare, already fitted ships waiting. As a newbie, "death" can mean 30minutes or more of flying around collecting a new ship and all the modules you want for it - and that's assuming you have the isk for it. What I think needs to happen is a graduated penalty, where players with under 1 month of play time and less thab X amount of isk are compensated with an exact copy of any cruiser or below that they lose, complete with all non-t2 modules.
Also, the instanced battleground with no penalty for dying (maybe an entrance fee?) would be a fantastic addition, in my opinion, that will never happen due to the mentality of the devs and existing player base. The Alliance Tournament is a pretty big hit with fans, and yet most people never get to compete. What if there was a permanent "Corp Tournament" with smaller brackets (3-5 a side, different hull class brackets too) and a cash prize for winning in isk that would compensate a newly fitted ship (t1 modules maybe), so that every win would pay for every loss. Add a ranking system, and you've got some fun for casual players. Oh well.
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May 29th 2011 8:23PM I'm in love with the Eve universe and backstory, and I've subbed to the game on three occasions (for maybe 8-9months total). I've tried faction warfare (after it had "died", sadly), tried to get into a couple of corps that were actively doing things in 0.0 but got turned down, and been a part of a couple of different "Casual" corps, which were semi-inactive and rarely did group activities.
I think Eve has such great potential, but is really missing some dedicated content for casual gamers. And I think it's on purpose - there seemed, to me, to be a very real feeling of hostility towards me as a casual gamer from other players involved in more engaging content than mission running, of "hardcore gamer elitism" from these people. And I think this sense might be shared by some of the dev team, but who knows.
I wonder if Incursions are something I'd enjoy? But mostly I wish there would be dedicated, casual-friendly content that provided all the thrill I got from my brief pvp encounters, without the hours of organizing and set up, and with some form of cost-mitigation that makes it accessible from week 1 or 2 of gameplay.
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Mar 22nd 2011 12:18PM @(Unverified)
Just replying here to give your post more visibility. Agreed with your points.
@The writer of this post
How can you write an opinion piece like this (which you are, of course, fully entitled to do) and not see how it comes across as someone who is either unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality (your arguments, when taken to further extremes, are the same arguments that support banning videogames that are mildly violent...in fact I think Massively had an opinion piece on that being bad, at some point) OR as someone who is unsure-of/afraid-of/jealous-of/insecure-about sex and sexuality. Sex exists. Lots of people like sex, attractive bodies, fantasy bodies. These things sell, not because of some evil corporate ploy, but because people LIKE them. Sex sells because people like sex. Why are all the models I see attractive? Why are 90% of actresses women who make my pulse quicken?
The holy crusaders against violence, sex, alcohol and drugs in videogames, music, and movies would probably be well-served by some solid introspection. Are their own minds so infirm that, upon seeing some skin, they are instantly aroused into a mindless, bigoted, sex-addict? Or are they perhaps insecure or jealous of some part of a fantasy? If the first - seek help. If the second - deal with reality, appreciate fantasy, and don't confuse the two.
And if you can't appreciate the idea of a sexy fantasy, that doesn't cater to realistic armour models and body-shapes, perhaps videogames, movies, music, and most modern novels are not suitable entertainment mediums for you. (Though there are heavy levels of snark in that comment, it is made in all seriousness).
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Jan 15th 2011 5:56PM "As a class, we're in a good place in PvP at present, which of course means everybody else thinks we're overpowered, meaning this won't be the last time the nerf bat grazes us."
If by "PvP" you mean PvPvE ie Alterac Valley & Isle of Conquest...maybe. I think I'm overpowered in PvP right now though. I miss when playing a mage required skill and finesse, and I could tell a good one from a bad one very quickly. Now all I see is icelance spam. Turn on recount, go in a BG, and check out the mages around you. 80%+ of damage done is often coming from mindless ice lance spam. Why did I get Ring of Frost? Was there a huge mob of angry mages on the forums complaining about my lack of control that I missed? I'd gladly give the entire ability to Balance Druids or Elemental Shamans.
Slight rant at your obvious bias aside, I do feel your PvE vs. PvP dilemma. Changes to one that seem completely reasonable often have a huge impact on the other. Resto Druids lost the ability to lifebloom more than one target because their PvE healing would have been out of control, but now they are even more vulnerable to switches in PvP, which I hardly thought possible (also, spellsteal, heh :D ). Death Knights had a horrendous run with Scourge Strike & the unholy tree being redesigned every major content patch in LK (I got a lot of free respecs), making the ability no longer the main attack in PvP (Death Coil) due to the nerfs, and yet keeping it incredibly strong in PvE. Warlocks, much as I'm sure you and other mages hate them, almost had a ridiculous change to their Fel Armor for what may have been PvP reasons, all though nobody thought the old Fel Armor was out of control since they all sit in Demon Armor anyway.
"Nerf in PvP only, unless the PvE usage of the spell also warrants a nerf. If the PvE usage of a spell requires a nerf, but not the PvP usage, feel free to apply this wisdom in reverse. If you get to the point where a spell becomes too far removed in one aspect of the game than the other, perhaps you need to reconsider the spell entirely."
The issue with your opinion is that you aren't actually considering what "PvE usage" means, and how it's different from "PvP usage". A Frost Mage rarely has to worry about kiting a boss, rarely has to spend the ENTIRE fight trying to avoid damage while also doing damage. Rarely has to CC and interrupt on multiple targets while avoiding huge amounts of damage AND while creating large amounts of pressure through his own damage. If you removed all of a my damage spells except ice lance, and combined all the damage and damage-on-proc abilities into ice lance, you'd see the same damage in PvE (by definition of this hypothetical). Maybe a little more on fights requiring movement. Maybe a little less on fights where DoT ticks are more important. But PvP would be a different beast entirely.
The two need to be separate because movement, positioning, control, "tanking", interrupting and CCing mean very different things in PvP opposed to PvE. There's more to my class than just damage. And I couldn't tank a raid boss :D
Interesting article though.
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I don't know why we didn't see this coming when the NFL was forced to cancel its annual rookie symposium last week, but with hindsight it seemed like an obvious move. The trade organization formerly known as the National Football League Players' Association has organized its own rookie symposium, according to NFL.com's Albert Breer.
The event, which according to Breer will take place June 28 and 29 in Washington, DC, is considered to be crucial for the league's fresh batch of players. And I can't see it being any worse as an event run only by the players. They should be able to take the content from previous years and deliver it to this year's rookie class without losing a step.
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