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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has invited Palestinian anger by saying that Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) is Israel's capital, ignoring their own claim of the holy city.
"We condemn his statements, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told Reuters on Monday, July 30.
Those who speak about the two-state solution should know that there can be no Palestinian state without East Jerusalem.Al-Quds: The Olive City (Folder)
Romney, who seeks to beat Democrat president Barack Obama in the November election, has said that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
"A nation has the capacity to choose its own capital city, and Jerusalem is Israel's capital," Romney told CNN's Wolf Blitzer in an interview set to air Monday.
"I think it's long been the policy to ultimately have our embassy in the nation's capital of Jerusalem."
Al-Quds is home to Al-Haram Al-Sharif, which includes Islam's third holiest shrine Al-Aqsa Mosque, and represents the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Israel occupied the holy city in the 1967 war and later annexed it in a move not recognized by the international community or UN resolutions.
Most countries, including the United States, have not recognized Israel's declaration and have kept their embassies in the coastal city of Tel Aviv.
Previous US presidential candidates, including Senator Obama in June 2008, have referred to Jerusalem as Israel's capital ahead of elections, only to row back when taking power and suggest the issue should be resolved by negotiations.
The Republican hopeful refused to be pinned down on whether he would recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital if he beats Obama and wins the White House.
"A nation has the capacity to choose its own capital city, and Jerusalem is Israel's capital," he said.
"I think it's long been the policy of our country to ultimately have our embassy in the nation's capital, Jerusalem. The decision to actually make the move is one, if I were president, I would want to take in consultation with the leadership of the (Israeli) government which exists at that time. So I would follow the same policy we have in the past."
Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, arrived in Israel on Sunday on a two-day visit to present himself as a close ally to Israel in the November election.
Romney met Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad briefly in Jerusalem on Sunday, but did not travel to the nearby occupied West Bank, focusing primarily on Israeli leaders.
Palestinian officials have criticized the Republican candidate for seeking to win votes at the expense of Palestinian rights.
"What this man is doing here is just promoting extremism, violence and hatred, and this is absolutely unacceptable," Erekat told Reuters.
"His statements are just rewarding the occupation and aggression."
A senior aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Nabil Abu Rdeineh, said Romney's statements were unhelpful, stood in the way of a peace settlement and "contradict the previous positions held by the American administration".
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) secretary-general Yasser Abed Rabbo was also critical.
"American policy makers must abandon hypocrisy and stop attempting to gain votes at the expense of the Palestinian people's rights."
"Mr Romney must understand that such an era has ended and Arab nations who are rebelling for the sake of freedom and dignity will not allow him to mess with their fates in order to win some votes."
Seeking American Jewish and fundamentalist Christian votes, Romney has criticized Obama on Israel, alleging last year that the Democrat leader had "thrown Israel under a bus" in pushing hard for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
Direct peace talks brokered by Washington ground to a halt in 2010 and attempts to get the two sides back to the negotiating table have since failed.
Romney did not criticize Obama by name during his two-day stay but made some pointed criticisms of his policies.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak made clear on Monday he was happy with the support received from the U.S. president."This American administration of Obama has been giving unprecedented backing to Israel's security ... This administration has done a lot to maintain Israel's qualitative advantage," he told Israel Radio.
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Our daughter's home is going to be repainted and she's not sure about what colors she should use. It's a Spanish Colonial Revival home, built in 1925.
The windows used to be brown, now they are white. She was thinking about painting the home in a light cream and painting the trim white to match the windows. Do you think this would look too washed out? What if she painted the house a light cream, painted the window trim white, but painted the window sills in a terra cotta color? Your thoughts? maybe a darker color to have more contrast with the windows? That darker swatch is the original color that has faded to a light mustard. And she needs to give the painter the colors tomorrow. Nothing like rushing a $$$ decision! |
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- Posted by chickadee2 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 25, 12 at 23:35
I like the look of the entire window being a dark color and the house off white. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Spanish Colonial Houses
Sadly, The PO changed out the brown windows for white ones. So, are you suggesting an off-white wall color, brown trim around the windows with the actual window/mullions in white? And the stucco window sills also in brown? |
- Posted by AnnieDeighnaugh (My Page) on Thu, Apr 26, 12 at 7:27
Here is what my friends did. The color is creme caramel. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Creme Caramel
Did she find something? I have a Spanish style too, and they are hard to paint. Most of the colors used on Spanish houses are not colors I would use to paint a house, but you are limited with the red tile roofs ... unless you aren't worried about looking like a MacDonalds, bright daycare center or a crayola box!!! |
Nothing definite yet, but she's considering this look. I like it and it's a change from the home's previous colors. Please note this is only a rendering,walls will be a tad lighter and all of the windows will be white. What do you think? |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Fri, Apr 27, 12 at 11:17
I like the last richer color that you posted. My only suggestion would be to go richer than you think considering the problem of eventual fading that you mentioned. I love her house. When are going to post how they did the inside ? I remember the wonderful room you posted and the view to the outdoors...more pics would be such a treat. c |
That color could work, but if she has any red/orange roof tiles, make sure it doesn't clash with them or the brick steps. |
- Posted by laurainlincoln (My Page) on Fri, Apr 27, 12 at 12:46
What a great house! I always suggest this book so sorry for my repetition, but it is terrific: House Colors: Exterior Color by Style of Architecture by Susan Hershman. It is a helpful resource. |
Laura, thanks for suggesting the book. It sounds like it would be a wonderful help. |
- Posted by GreenDesigns (My Page) on Sun, Apr 29, 12 at 11:41
I would suggest the darker color for the main body of the house, and then a lighter color on the forward section with the entry in it. Then, a third color on the round "tower". Darker or lighter, just different. Then pick out the details in the stucco individually, such as the trim around the arches in the white to tie it in with the windows, and the actual interior face of the arch in the blue. I'd also find some pretty tile to put on the steps face, and under the sill of the arch sections. Tile and color accents. |
Green, very interesting suggestion. Thanks. |
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I do not grow produce to sell, but I do grow my own produce to use in my baked goods. Mostly cupcakes and cookies. My plan was to sell at a local farmer's market this summer.
Getting legal is taking me so much longer than I had expected. So in the meantime, the Farmer's Market that I am trying to get set up in is filling up with vendors who sell baked goods. Here is the reply that the lady in charge sent me today. "Our market has been joined by Great Harvest and we have at least 2 additional people (farmers) selling baked goods, so I will need to assess the demand for baked goods when I go to the market on Saturday to see if we can support another baker -- we can't get too lopsided and we need to be careful that we stay a farmers market with a preponderance of farmers and farm products." Great Harvest is a franchise andt heir products are available at about 15 different grocery stores in our area. I would think that a Farmer's Market would much rather have the small home business, instead of a business that already has a large customer base. You could just go around the corner anyday of the week to get their baked goods. I just can't seem to find the right words to help persuade her in my direction. Help! I really want to sell my cupcakes at this market. It's in a very upscale section of our town and I know there would be a niche for my "gourmet" cupcakes. |
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I would stress that you are using "locally grown" products in your goods, and if there is anything you do not produce yourself that is available locally, like honey, promise to buy from other farmers at the market. offer to fill in spots on an irregular basis when other vendors are gone just to get your foot in the door. Good Luck |
- Posted by hanselmanfarms (My Page) on Wed, Apr 22, 09 at 9:23
We have a Great Harvest at our market, also. They show up when sales are up, and disappear when sales are down. Customers show up expecting them to be there and since they're not, the customer leave and don't come back. Great Harvest has been coming to our market since 2000, and have done the same thing each year. You might mention this. I'm from the Lafayette Downtown Farmer's Market, Lafayette, IN. While Great Harvest does bring customers in WHEN they are there, they also discourage customers if the customers know that they will not be there. Good luck competeing. They are adding all kinds of bakery things this year. |
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It was utterly dumfounding! This teacher was telling him that one must be born a second time! But how could that be? he wondered.
Ever since Nicodemus' mind-boggling conversation with Jesus Christ, many have been just as confused as he was concerning the truth about what it means to be born again.


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This modern cast metal floor lamp is based on artisanal metalwork techniques developed hundreds of years ago.
Jamie Young mixes unrelated styles and techniques in ways that create wonderfully innovative lighting designs. This cast metal floor lamp was created using a technique that is hundreds of years old. A mold is made of the original carved model, then liquid metal is poured into the mold. Craftsman hand-apply the incredible black patina that gives this piece its unusual look. A large tapered rectangular shade of natural linen sits on top.
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Surveys That Pay – My Review of Cash For Surveys
Posted: February 27th, 2013 | Author: David | Filed under: Online Survey Jobs | No Comments »One of the most difficult things to do is determine who is a scammer and who isn't. I've had to learn the hard way throughout my life that sometimes things are just too good to be true and so I take extra caution when someone recommends something to me. Well this is one of those times where they were absolutely right!
I am talking about "Cash For Surveys". It's about a guy who in hard economic times decided to start doing surveys for a living. He actually pulls in about $3000 per month according to his website. If you rather go right there and read his site instead of my review you can do so. For the rest of you, keep reading on.
Learn How An Unemployed Guy Gets Cash For Surveys and Makes Over $3000 per month!
Still with me? Let's get into this.
When I first got this link shared with me I am thinking, "This is a scam." I mean this guy is claiming to make over $3000 per month by completing online surveys. I've made some decent and not so decent money but this guy also claims he's got a database full of companies he found.
Well I just had to check this out for myself and here is my honest to goodness review of what I think.
The main page is clean and really sucked me right in. I couldn't tell if this guy was serious or not but I thought "He's offering a 60 day money back guarantee" Well that's good. Let's see what this is about.
I signed up and received my own unique username and password. Within I say about 5 minutes I was able to log in and check things out.
The very first thing that caught my attention was seeing the extremely clean layout. At the time I signed up there was also an offer for $50 but I don't know if he took that away or not.
Learn How An Unemployed Guy Gets Cash For Surveys and Makes Over $3000 per month!
The next thing that I noticed was a smooth flow in the design so that you can find exactly what you need. Simply scroll down the page and the website walks you through everything you need to do and all the free offers it includes like make money with blogging, make money with Amazon etc. If you are new to making money online then you simply cannot beat these offers. I know they are free on my screen but I don't know how long that will last either.
Finally let me get to the real meat of why I wrote this article. Gary Mitchell claims to have the largest database in the world of legitimate real surveys that pay. Does he? Let's find out.
I went to the database area and it's basically a drop down list where you pick your country and then it lists all the companies that offer surveys for money in those regions of the world. The first thing I saw was Afghanistan and I thought "Oh boy I think I got scammed" So I clicked it and sure enough Afghanistan lists many companies that have surveys.
So I scroll down the list and find USA because those are the ones that appeal to me.
I was blown away!
Here on this list he has at least 100 companies that offer cash, rewards, points and merchandise! If I count them I think there are around 150 companies there!
So how does this work? Well according to Mr Mitchell, you sign up for all of these accounts. This is the longest part of the whole process. He says it may take about 4 hours to do them all. This is where I recommend my post on RoboForm.
You may also want to see my article about making sure you have a separate "Offer" email account that you can check.
Once you get all of these signups completed and filled out you simply check your email and any new offers that you are qualified for will be sent to your email. Just for reading some emails you can make some change.
He also shows you how you can get your own website. I didn't bother looking into that because I already have this one but if I need one in the future I may take him up on that offer as well.
So to summarize here is a list of things you get when you sign up:
- A huge list of paying survey sites with links on where to sign up and a brief description
- Make Money As a Professional Blogger Guide
- Make Money with Domain Cash Generator Guide
- Make Money with Amazon Affiliates Program Video Series
- Make Money Selling on Ebay Video Series
- Make Money With Twitter Video Series
- Make Money with Google Tutorial
That's quite a list!
Now this wouldn't be a completely honest review unless I included something negative about this offer. Clearly for his hard work he wants to get paid for the information he is giving you. That's the downside. This isn't free. But the cost isn't that much either. The good news is that it is only a one time fee and not some hidden subscription. Also if he is still offering the $50 cash bonus then he is basically paying you to get started!
So if you are interested make sure you click on the link below!
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I have a Bryant Evolution Controlled heat pump; electric only. Does it ever make economical sense to force the system to run on emergency heat if the outside unit is functional? During cold periods(<30F) the outside unit seems to run and run and then defrost (thawing out, getting the coil to 70F) and the cycles back through running the heat pump until the coils is about 15-20F just to defrost again. The auxiliary heat runs while the defrost cycle is taking place so we are partially using the strip heating then. At some point it would seem cheaper/more efficient to just let the emergency heat run getting the house warm and then shutting off rather than cycling so much and wasting the electric outside heating the coils to 70F just to suck that defrost generated heat back via the heat pump operation. I am newer to the heat pump world and our electric use is not out of control but it seems wasteful to be defrosting frequently just to essentially take the defrost energy back into the house as heat pump product. The heat pump seems to run with few defrost cycles when the outside temp is 35+F but below 30F there is an increase is the defrost cycles. Thoughts? |
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Yes there is a temperature where it makes sense to not use the heat pump and only use the auxiliary heat. It sounds like your Evolution controller has not been set up properly for temperature lock out temperatures. I believe the controller has two lock out temperature settings. You can set one temperature to lock out the heat pump, and a second to lock out the auxiliary heat. In between the two temperatures the controller will use both as needed. Based on what you have said, I suggest the heat pump should locked out at 35 degrees, and the auxiliary heat should be locked out at 40 degrees. In between these two temperatures the heat pump should come on first and then switch to auxiliary if the controller decides it is taking too long to satisfy the temperature. I think you will need to go into the service menu to set these temperatures. |
Thanks for the direction Mike. I checked and I only have 1 lockout setting. Under Setup-Heat Pump-Elec Lock Out, when outside temp above this temp the electric heat will not operate. (currently set for 35F). I only have a 1 fuel system(electric) so I am not sure where the other lockout setting would be (if it exists) Any suggestions? |
Below is a link for the installation instruction. It explains the settings in the set up menu. It looks like what I described is only available if you have a hybrid heat pump and furnace set up. Sorry for the misinformation. I have this thermostat but use it with furnaces and not heat pumps. It looks like you can only lock out the auxiliary electric heat and not the heat pump in heating mode. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Bryant Evolution Installation Instructions
Here is another document which describes the algorithm the Infinity/Evolution Controller will use. On page 11 it states heat strip only heating is available but it doesn't explain how it works. I suppose as long as the heat pump COP is greater than one, then it is more efficient than the electric heat strips. The COP is supposed to account for defrost cycles. Perhaps one of the heat pump experts can provide more information. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Sequence of Operation
- Posted by tigerdunes (My Page) on Thu, Dec 27, 12 at 7:43
RJ Could you provide your location and typical winter climate? I would not lock out heat pump condenser unless outside temp is 10 degrees and below. Then you could run auxiliary/emergency heat only. Unfortunately for Bryant/Carrier, they do not offer real electronic demand defrost. With time defrost like you have, you get many unnecessary, nuisance, and expensive defrost calls. Here the auxiliary/emergency heat is needed to temper the AC air that is entering your home. I would lock out auxiliary heat at 38-40 degrees and above. If much lower, then you will get chilled from the AC air entering your home. Shame on Carrier/Bryant not making the upgrade to EDD. IMO |
We live in southern end of the north east. (Eastern panhandle wv). We tend to be in the low 30s during the day and upper teens in the evening. Thanks for your comments. |
- Posted by countryboymo (My Page) on Thu, Dec 27, 12 at 21:39
I would say below 10 to 15 degrees cut the pump. Without demand defrost you might be better off sticking to 15. I have demand defrost and cut mine at 10 but I also have a pellet stove in the basement for power outage heat and I run it when it gets down in the teens or colder so the strips stay off as much as possible. |
Do you have to force the system into emergency heat manually? Are there thermostats which you can program a temperature? |
- Posted by countryboymo (My Page) on Fri, Dec 28, 12 at 23:23
Yes Mike many newer stats with the use of an outdoor temp sensor can be programmed to lock out both the aux heat and heat pump depending on temperature outside. Any temp above 35 and no matter what my heat strips will not activate. The only reason for this temp is if the heat pump did fail I wouldn't want anything to freeze which even at 30 is highly doubtful but I am not taking the chance the way my luck runs. The heat pump shuts off below 10 degrees and the strips carry it from there. So I am pump only above 35, pump with strips to 10 and below 10 strip only. If we are going to be gone for days and I set the stat at 65 and come home and its 40 degrees out and crank it to 73 a reg stat would kick on both strips and pump to roll that temp up wasting $$. |
Countryboy...our thermostat does allow for lockout but only a lockup of the heat strips. I have a Bryant Evolution controller but since it is a single fuel system(electric) it does not allow the heat pump to be locked out. If I want to lockout the heat pump I think I will have to manually force emergency heat, not ideal. mike... Do you know if the newer Bryant Evolution controllers allow for single fuel systems to lockout the heat pump. |
It looks like the new Evolution Connex Control will allow you to lock out the heat pump. It is described on page 35 as heat source and heat pump lockout. I don't understand why your current controller can't perform the same function. If it has the ability to lock out the heat pump in a dual fuel set up, then why not in a heat pump and heat strip configuration? Did you try asking the Bryant dealer who installed your equipment? You can also try calling Bryant customer service. Maybe the set up can be configured to look like a dual fuel configuration. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Evolution Connex Control installation manual
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A haven of calm set between the bustling blocks between the European Parliament and the Royal Palace, the 1991 Stanhope has a decidedly British charm. And it's no wonder: half the 108 rooms, which are spread among three adjacent 19th-century townhouses, were designed by Viscount Linley, a nephew of Queen Elizabeth II. These feature soft, floral fabrics, portraits of bewigged dukes, and prints of the hunting and cricketing set. Guests can also sip Earl Grey tea amid leather-bound books and Persian rugs in the library bar, or take a gin fizz on the terrace beneath a 100-year-old magnolia tree. (No wonder Brits like Tony Blair, Ewan McGregor, and Shirley Bassey have stopped off here.) The restaurant is an Oriental fantasy inspired by George IV's banqueting hall in the Brighton Royal Pavilion, but the food is gourmet French—try the sweetbreads with black Périgord truffles.
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Room to Book: No. 110, the Print Room, is a duplex with the bedroom reached by a curving wooden staircase and walls covered with etchings of ancient Rome.
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Insider Tip: Round the corner at 39 Avenue des Arts, Filigranes is one of the city's great bookshops, with a café, wine bar, and basement English section (www.filigranes.be).
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Instead of using plywood rings and internal bolting or clamps to hold the Wynn Invironmental filter on my HF dust collector I drilled 4 equally spaced holes around about 1/2" below the upper...
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I also installed the Wynn 35 Series filter on my Harbor Freight dust collector. Instead of cutting rings I simply placed 3/4" thick rubber weatherstripping on the botton of the filter. To hold the filter down I drilled 4 holes (3/8") equally spaced around the upper rim and about 1/2 inch below the rolled edge. Cut a circle about 4 inches larger than the diameter of the filter from fiber board and drilled 4 holes in it corresponding to the holes in the collector rim. Took four lengths of 1/4" all thread rod, bent one end and inserted each in the collector rim and the other end through the holes in the fiber board which was placed on top of the filter. Put washers and nuts on top and tightened them down.
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(from Italian mezza tinta, halftone) Engraving produced by pricking the surface of a metal plate with innumerable small holes that will hold ink. When the engraving is printed, the ink produces large areas of tone with soft, subtle gradations. Engraved or etched lines are often introduced to give the design greater definition. Mezzotint was invented in Holland by German-born Ludwig von Siegen in the 17th century but thereafter was practiced primarily in England. Its adaptability to making colour prints made it ideal for the reproduction of paintings. After the invention of photography, it was rarely used. In recent years the technique has been revived, especially by U.S. and Japanese printmakers.
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Patrick Leach scored the only try of the game just before half-time, while Tom Prydie kicked three penalties for the hosts.
Dan Parks' early penalty nudged Connacht ahead early on but they could not score again.
The Irish province did the double over the Dragons last season, including a well-earned win at Rodney Parade, but never looked likely to repeat the trick when they fell a score behind early in the second half.
The Dragons headed into the game on the back of seven successive defeats, while Connacht - whose captain Gavin Duffy was making his first start of the season - were chasing back-to-back victories for the first time this season.
The Irishmen were adapting better to the awful conditions but it was level-pegging on 25 minutes when Dragons full-back Prydie kicked his first penalty, with Connacht hooker Jason Harris-Wright sin-binned in the process.
And the visitors were under pressure when back row forward Andrew Brown was also yellow-carded.
The Dragons took their chance and had an 8-3 half-time lead when centre Leach slid over in the left hand corner, and they took total command with half an hour left when a brace of Prydie penalties put them 14-3 ahead.
Connacht were given a chance when Dragons captain and flanker Lewis Evans became the third man to be sent to the sin-bin.
But they were far too error-strewn to make their sudden dominance of possession and territory count, with a number of scrums and lineouts close to the Dragons' line going to waste.
The Welsh side defended their line with plenty of commitment until the final whistle, to notch just their third victory of a troubled campaign.
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Breakfast Topic: To "grats" or not to "grats" {WoW}
Feb 14th 2011 2:57PM Yeah same here,
It has to be something that at least took a little effort. Explore a zone, no, explore a continent, yes. Shave and a haircut, WoW's x anniversary, Can I keep him? etc., no - level plateaus, exalted reputations, downing a boss for the first time (if it's level appropriate), yes. Meta achievements, yes, always.
The Queue: Extra strength {WoW}
Feb 11th 2011 4:55PM Nevermind ... the XKCD comic was a reference to something too ...
The Queue: Extra strength {WoW}
Feb 11th 2011 4:29PM OMG is that an XKCD reference on the Bard's epic axe on that page?!?! HAHA! Awesome!
5 things Blizzard should implement from other MMOs {WoW}
Feb 7th 2011 4:08PM You missed the single most awesome thing I have ever seen in an MMO -
Account-based friend/ignore lists.
If someone is as asshat on one toon, I don't want to talk to ANY of their toons. If I could account-based ignore in WoW I would be the happiest man alive.
Learning your role {WoW}
Jan 28th 2011 5:40AM Also, what addon is he using to show that "X begins to cast Y"?? Or would that be an option in the scrolling battle text addons mentioned above?
Addon Spotlight: Reforgenator {WoW}
Jan 26th 2011 12:10PM I had high hopes for Reforgenator, but sadly it left me completely disappointed. It got me to the hit cap, yes, perhaps even as close as possible without wasting anything, but then it told me (destro lock) to convert everything else to haste.
First and foremost, aside from PvP it is widely agreed that haste is the worst possible stat for destruction locks, but more important than that, it's going to leave me sitting at 13.93 mastery, 12 rating away from putting that 0.93 to some use!
The "everything to haste!" strategy also seems to completely ignore significant haste plateaus where warlocks squeeze extra ticks out of their DoTs. Once you cross one of those and can't reach the next, much like mastery (though less so for destro than aff) you're much better off putting the points into crit.
This is probably great for people who do zero theory crafting currently or who only vaguely even understand what a hit cap is, but for any slightly-more-than-casual player I do not think this will cut it.
Breakfast Topic: Which achievement are you most proud of? {WoW}
Jan 24th 2011 10:39AM Realm First! Illustrious Angler I think for sure, but Firefighter is a close second. That was VERY hard to get at the time.
The Queue: Boats {WoW}
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Jan 23rd 2011 10:58AM The comment made in the article implies the 80-85 leveling experience has the same amount of content as 58-70 in Outland and 68-80 in Northrend and that we just earn XP slower. That is not even close to true. THAT is what I was referring to.
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That is total BS. We got WAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY less content in this expansion than the last two and we paid the same price. We got freaking ripped off and if they try this crap again with the next one they'd better lower the price.
The worst part of all is so God damn much of this bloody expansion isn't even complete. I don't even know how many times I've read "We really wanted to do that but just couldn't get to it in time" - and the bugs and other issues, MY GOD.
Worst, expansion, evar.


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The corporate media routinely portrays the Occupy Wall Street movement as aimless and without coordination. Socialist groups, however, are quickly and aggressively moving to hijack the movement and ultimately expel or marginalize elements they oppose.
In the video above, Nelini Stamp is interviewed. She is a member of the Working Families Party. According to the interviewer, Stamp and her comrades have been in New York since the beginning of the protest and are organizing the leaderless movement.
Working Families' socialist pedigree
The Working Families Party was created by a coalition of labor unions, ACORN, community groups and the now defunct New Party.


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Nuns lose appeal to keep beer-and-wine pizza parlor, video arcade away from schools
LOS ANGELES, CA (The Tidings) - Sister Vincent Marie Finnegan is showing a visitor around the sloping, landscaped, four-acre grounds of the Little Flower Missionary House off North Broadway. An institution in Lincoln Heights since 1943, the complex of light tan stucco structures and five playgrounds provides pre-school, pre-kinder and kindergarten classes to 115 children ages 2 1/2 to six. Seventy percent come from the community.
TROUBLED NEIGHBORHOOD - Sister Vincent Marie Finnegan watches LAPD officers break up a conflict at Lincoln High School. At least five gangs fight over turf in Lincoln Heights. (R.W. Dellinger)
The seven Carmelites who live at 2434 Gates St. were one of two groups of unsuccessful appellants trying to overturn a recent ruling by the East Los Angeles Planning Commission. The other appellants were Lincoln Heights residents. The decision allows a nearly 22,000 square-foot pizza parlor selling beer and wine, and featuring a 100-video arcade, to be built directly in front of their tranquil hillside childcare and convent urban oasis.
�The developers say it�s going to be a family restaurant and not one person I�ve talked to is opposed to having a family restaurant, even with the beer and wine, even with the 100 video arcade games,� Sister Finnegan explains. �The crux of the difficulty is about the location and children. It�s not about Little Flower or the sisters. It�s about the children.�
She notes that on the corner of the approved block-long Las Villas Entertainment Center at 3319-25 North Broadway, there are three schools with more than 3,000 students. Next door to Little Flower is Lincoln High School, with Gates Street Elementary right across the street.
Nearby are the Gates Street Educator Center, Kwan Ying Vietnamese Buddhist Temple and American Vietnam Chinese Friendship Association, where some 350 children attend classes on weekends.
When the schools get out around 3 o�clock on weekdays, it�s like a �flood� of students and cars on North Broadway crisscrossing intersections, according to Sister Finnegan. She says parents are really worried that drinking patrons leaving Las Villas will add a new dangerous element to the already chaotic street scene.
Parents in the community are also concerned that the mammoth video arcade will be a temptation that some students at Lincoln High may find impossible to resist, both during and after school. The secondary school with more than 2,600 students is already one of the Los Angeles School District�s lowest performing high schools and in danger of being taken over by the California State Department of Education.
And then there�s Lincoln Heights� notorious gang problem. Sister Finnegan says there are at least five in the immediate area. Although �they don�t bother our children and they don�t bother us,� she�s worried that the entertainment center with its alcohol and video games will spark new turf wars and violence.
Hope casualty of hearing
The Carmelites spent weeks preparing their appeal of the project, which has been approved twice over seven years. The appeal included eight single-spaced pages of reasons against the development on North Broadway between Gates and Thomas streets, a 10-page application plus a dozen color photos from different angles of the graffiti-scarred site.
The appellants, along with more than 200 supporters, were encouraged. Their Feb. 27 hearing at Ramona Hall on Figueroa Street lasted from about four in the afternoon until way past midnight. More than 30 members of the Lincoln Heights community testified against putting a restaurant that served alcohol with a video arcade so close to schools. Citing a City of Los Angeles ordinance banning the sale of liquor near schools and churches, many wanted to know why legal variances were granted so the pizza-and-beer establishment could be built.
At almost 1 a.m., the three members of the East Los Angeles Planning Commission asked Sister Finnegan to return to the microphone. One of the commissioners wanted to know if the issue was �negotiable.�
Tired and emotionally drained from the eight-hour session, the nun recalls feeling almost like being in some �foggy� movie. �I stood there a moment and I thought about the children and everything,� she says. �And then I said it out loud: �Alcohol and video games and children � is that negotiable? No!��
The commissioners called a recess and shortly after came back with a 2-to-1 decision denying the Carmelites� and community�s appeals.
�The people went crazy,� reports the women religious. �They started screaming and yelling, �Shame on you!� and �Wait �til it�s time to vote?� and �How could you?� The people could not believe that after all our testimony and pleading that it was over.�
Looking through the rusty iron-mesh fences separating, by just three feet, Little Flower Missionary House from the vacant lot that is once again on track to be the Las Villas Entertainment Center, Sister Finnegan says she knows Lincoln Heights and her own religious community are almost out of options.
The Carmelites are studying the administrative process to see if any other city permits must be obtained before construction can start. The nuns are aware that their pastor at Sacred Heart Church, Father Mario Torres, is considering joining with community members to hire an attorney to initiate a lawsuit.
�We can�t just sit here and pretend it�s not happening,� says Sister Finnegan, shaking her head. �The parents who are most affected by this decision are the people who empty your garbage, clean your toilets, mop your floors. And they�re being steamrolled.
�We�re trying to back the people in the area up, because it�s a moral and justice issue,� she stresses. �That�s the way we see it and why we have to be active. It�s not that we can�t put up with the noise and that sort of thing. This always has been and always will be about the children � more than 3,000 on this corner.�
Father Mario Torres, pastor of 121-year-old Sacred Heart Church at Sichel and Baldwin streets in Lincoln Heights, was deeply displeased at the way the city commissioners treated Sister Finnegan and the other Carmelites who attended the appeal hearing.
�When the commissioners made their decision, they disrespected the sisters by saying they were �closed-minded� and not open to negotiation,� he maintains. �But what is there to negotiate? I went back after they decided to make a public comment, and I defended the sisters by saying, �How can they be open to alcohol?��
�I don�t think it�s right what�s happening to them,� he declares. �They�ll be right behind Las Villas� fence when it�s built. And that�s very disrespectful of them, too. They have a right to have a place where there�s some privacy and safety with their pre-school and silence with their own convent. But nobody�s listening to them.�
The 39-year-old pastor points out that in January, City Councilman Ed Reyes had LAPD Hollenbeck division officers testify at a council meeting about local gangs and crime statistics in denying a liquor license to J & L Meat Market, also on North Broadway. Capt. Todd Chamberlain stated that during the most recent two-year period 564 serious crimes had been committed in the area, including aggravated assaults, robberies, rapes and homicides.
What really gives Father Torres pause is Councilman�s Reyes� steadfast support for the Las Villas project even though it�s literally surrounded by three schools. He notes that opponents have used the same arguments � more opportunities for truancy during school hours, loitering after school, plus drunken behavior and gang violence � that the councilman himself employed to block the meat market�s alcohol license application.
He stresses that the Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council, which also backs Las Villas, was greatly outnumbered at the appeal hearing by more than 200 opponents to only a handful of supporters. �They�re not really representing our community,� observes the priest.
His parishioners are 100 percent against placing any establishment that sells alcohol next to a school. He took more than 1,000 signatures to the city council as well as to the appeal hearing. �I could have had more, but I figured that was going to be enough,� he says with a half-smile, half-chuckle. �I guess it wasn�t.�
For Father Torres, first and foremost, it�s a moral issue: putting business interests over children�s safety. He believes it�s a �great example� of developers� ambitions � in this case, Alice Corona�s and Teresa Duarte�s, who run Teri�s Fashion in Lincoln Heights and are the main backers of Las Villas � superseding the wishes of people who live in the community.
He wonders why so many city variances have been granted to the businesswomen over the seven-year struggle, including allowing the proposed structure to be the tallest building in Lincoln Heights at 45-feet, permitting zero percent setback from the sidewalk and having fewer than 25 percent of the required parking.
The pastor says he�ll support community efforts to hire an attorney to initiate a lawsuit stopping Las Villas from going up. But he also notes that his parishioners are immigrants and Spanish-speaking workers, often holding down two or three minimum-wage jobs just to survive. They just don�t have any spare funds.
�I know the people are upset and trying to raise money for a lawyer,� Father Torres says. �We�re not giving up. Maybe there will be somebody out there, a good lawyer willing to do it pro bono? I think that�s our only hope now.�
�This shouldn�t be forced upon us�
When Robert Vega went to Lincoln High in the mid-�70s, he and his buddies would walk three/quarters of a mile to a little restaurant off Broadway just to play pinball instead of going home to hit the books. Today, as a 48-year-old parent of two daughters � Sierra, a seventh-grader at Sacred Heart Elementary School, and Sabrina, a junior at Ramona Convent Secondary School � he has a whole different perspective. But he�s convinced that it�ll be even harder for today�s Lincoln High students to resist hanging out at a pizza parlor and video arcade right next door.
�Where I see the danger is older guys going in there watching a game on a big- screen TV and drinking pitchers of beer, and then leaving and driving home drunk,� he says. �It�s so close to the three schools that it�s going to put our children in danger.�
The auto dismantling shop owner is also worried, however, about junior high and high school kids mixing with older patrons in the arcade and restrooms. Look up Megan�s Law on the Internet, he says, and the names of 44 child molesters come up in Lincoln Heights� zip code.
Moreover, Vega is concerned about violent gangs like Eastlake, only a block away, taking over Las Villas as other gangs have done to popular hangouts.
�And this being a low-income area, I can see older kids taking money from young kids to play the video games and buy pizza,� he says. �So there�s a lot of things that really weren�t looked into before they developed this idea.�
Both of Vega�s daughters attended pre-school at Little Flower Missionary House. He got to know the Carmelites and admired their special dedication to educating young children. When he found out the Las Villas Entertainment Center was going to actually abut the nuns� property, he decided to speak out publicly about its location.
�I knew how much this was going to affect them,� he notes.
Hope turns to devastation
At the appeal hearing on Feb. 27, the father had �some hope� that the commissioners would see just how strongly the Lincoln Heights community was against putting the restaurant and arcade next to three schools.
�I was really devastated when they denied our appeal,� he admits. �I thought for sure we may have changed some opinions with all the people we brought to the hearing from different groups, including the Highland Park Neighborhood Council and a nearby white Protestant church.
�I mean, we�re all in agreement that we support this project, except for the alcohol and the games,� he points out. �I�ve asked again and again, �Why do you think this is what we need at this location?� And I�ve yet to this day been answered. This is something the developers, Councilman Reyes and the neighborhood council will not let go of.�
After a moment, Vega adds, �I feel as a parent and as a member of this community that we have every right to speak up. This shouldn�t be forced upon us.�
This story was made available to Catholic Online by permission of The Tidings (www.the-tidings.com), official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
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NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year running back Eddie Lacy having a lot of room ..... outcome: re-signs with Packers Running back James Starks -- With Lacy and ..... need to see what they have in Johnathan Franklin . It's difficult to see how
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who initially scooped up a fumble by Green Bay's Johnathan Franklin , and took it to the house for the game-winning score in ..... Jordan Todma, Jacksonville Jaguars. The rookie running back out of UConn shushed the crowd in Seattle after scoring
Packers have accomplished some offseason goals in free agency, still have work to do
their recent string of acquisitions by re-signing running back James Starks to a two-year contract worth slightly ..... Green Bay already had Eddie Lacy, DuJuan Harris and Johnathan Franklin , there didn't appear to be much of a need for Starks


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Good customer service is expensive.
Good customer service is less expensive than bad customer service. A smaller call center staffed with decently trained and compensated CSRs is far more cost effective than watching the headcount continuously grow and churn to deal with the increased call volume due to poorly trained staff dumping calls, permaholds, supervisor escalations, previous callers figuring out they've been lied to, etc. At some point, your call center will outgrow its allotted space, and then you'll have to deal with a costly move or additional locations. Both companies I worked for experienced this, one of them had to move TWICE in 4 years, and the cost was mindblowing. Then, as you lose a lot of your customers, there's the cost of downsizing.. all of which could have been avoided by just properly hiring, training, and compensating a solid, core group of people to take care of your customers and make sure they didn't become unhappy with the thought of giving you their money.


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HELENA — Conservative opponents of expanding Medicaid coverage for poor Montanans have launched a public-relations counter-attack, including mailers criticizing the expansion as a plan to put more people on "government-controlled health plans."
The mailers, sent to households in the Kalispell and Billings areas the past two weeks by the Montana Growth Network, say state lawmakers should "say no to Obamacare and the expansion of Medicaid."
"Special interest lobbyists and big-government activists are plotting to go against the will of Montana voters and enact key provisions of Obamacare," the mailer says.
Republican legislative leaders also have written op-ed pieces distributed to Montana daily newspapers, opposing the expansion, and Republican Sen. Jason Priest of Red Lodge — the treasurer of the Montana Growth Network — is introducing an alternative bill to postpone expansion for two years while the issue is studied by a legislative "select committee."
"My select-committee bill is a much better idea than simply hodge-podging a bunch of half-baked ideas into a bucket and hoping it comes out well," he said Tuesday, referring to expansion plans proposed by Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock.
The push-back from opponents of Medicaid expansion come just as Bullock prepares to unveil his own bill, which will be introduced Wednesday.
The expansion would extend government-funded health coverage to as many as 70,000 low-income Montanans, and would be financed almost entirely by the federal government for three years, starting in 2014.
The Bullock administration has estimated the expansion will bring $750 million of federal money into the state during the next two years and create thousands of new jobs.
House Minority Leader Chuck Hunter, D-Helena, the sponsor of the bill, said Tuesday that he thinks many criticisms of Medicaid expansion are based on misinformation and falsehoods — and that it has wide support across Montana.
"From what I have seen, a huge spectrum of interests from hospitals to physicians to health clinics to small businesses, to AARP — you name it — any collective group of people who care about how government and health care are run, is voicing support for this," he said. "The only people I hear who are opposed to this are Republican legislators."
John Flink, vice president of MHA, the lobby group representing Montana's hospitals, said he's surprised at the strident tone of the counter-attack, as hospitals — which support the expansion — are labeled as monopolists and part of the "bloated medical-industrial complex."
Senate President Jeff Essmann, R-Billings, in a column he wrote last week in The Billings Gazette, compared the hospital lobby with Anaconda Copper Co. and the copper kings of the 20th century in Montana, suggesting the "copper collar" had been replaced with a "hospital collar."
"The vilification of hospitals that has occurred in this session is unprecedented in my many years of working around the Legislature," he said. "These kinds of attacks make it impossible to have the kind of debate that an issue of this importance deserves."
Bullock's expansion proposal can't happen without approval by the Legislature, which is controlled by Republicans. So far, no Republican lawmaker has come out publicly in favor of the proposal.
Flink said hospitals and other supporters of the expansion "believe we need to move forward with some way of increasing the number of Montanans who have health insurance," and want to revise and reform the system as expansion occurs, starting in 2014.
Opponents say the expansion will end up costing Montana taxpayers millions of dollars, and that the state shouldn't start the plan without considering the risks more carefully.
Tyler Schott, executive director of the Montana Growth Network, said the group sent out several thousand mailers two weeks ago. The mailers say Montanans "rejected Obamacare at the ballot box," referring to a vote in November 2012 supporting a referendum that says Montana won't enforce the health insurance mandate required by the law.
The Growth Network's members support free-market approaches to solving problems and oppose more government control, he said. The nonprofit group doesn't publicly reveal its financial supporters.


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His cover may have more deliberately masculine overtones than Obama's professorial turn, but the fashion and luxury orientation of Men's Vogue remains. In Edwards' home state, a political blogger for the News & Observer wrote, "One of the central questions of the piece…is whether Edwards can live down the $400 haircut and win the hearts of Southern voters. Left unaddressed is how appearing in Men's Vogue will help. Was Details not available?"
As Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, told WWD: "At one level, it's probably not a smart thing to do because it keeps the focus on the frivolous stuff that is a distraction from Edwards' message, no matter what the substance of the story. It kind of undermines the messages and the sincerity of it no matter how much he talks or jokes about it." Still, he added, Edwards' position as third in line may mute the attention he gets on anything. The Edwards campaign did not respond to requests for comment.
But some argued that in a campaign, media ubiquity should trump all, so long as the venue is respectable. "I think the piece reflected John Edwards' commitment to ending poverty, and I'm not sure anybody reading Men's Vogue cares about the cost of the haircut," said Stephanie Cutter, who was communications director on Sen. John Kerry's campaign.
The apparently corresponding Elizabeth Edwards profile in Vogue itself led observers to wonder if the Edwardses were a two for one deal — and if so, which came first? A spokeswoman for both magazines said the stories originated independently, with Men's Vogue approaching John Edwards "last year." And, though Annie Leibovitz shot both portraits, the spokeswoman said: "We were very far along when we learned there was an Elizabeth Edwards portrait subsequent to ours in North Carolina, also with Annie. On the day of that shoot, Annie got some extra time with the senator for a solo cover shot at his home." Enter pickup truck.


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Yesterday, we took a look at the Western Conference players that will help shape their respective teams' destinies. Today, we look at the East. Remember, the term "success" here is all relative. *cough*Bobcats*cough*.
Atlanta Hawks: Jeff Teague
Teague had a coming out party of sorts last season when he was given the reins at the starting point guard position, starting all 66 games and posting career-highs across the board. Will he be able to improve on his 12.6 points, 4.9 assists and 1.6 steals from a year ago? His continued development and increased scoring opportunities following the trade of Joe Johnsonwill be key to the Hawks remaining in the playoff picture, where they'll surely lose in the first or second round.
Boston Celtics: Jeff Green
The Celtics just paid Green a lot of money during the offseason after he didn't play a lick at all last season. It's an obvious investment for the future, but with Paul Pierce getting old and with retirement rumors having surfaced previously, how Green develops will not only shape the fortunes of the team this season, but for the next few. He likely may not get enough minutes, but if he can show he can produce like his career-highs of 16.5 points and 6.7 rebounds, the Celtics will breathe easier. Almost went with Jason Terry here replacing Ray Allen, but Jet should be able to handle it. Avery Bradley was another option. Man, the Celtics are really deep at the guard position now, huh?
Brooklyn Nets: Brook Lopez
Bropez is the best center in the L that gets zero love. Shaq and his opinions don't count. Sure he lacks explosion, any concept of interior defense and there's an issue with his rebounding, but the dude averaged 18.8, 20.4 and 19.2 points the past three years! Granted, last year was injury-plagued and he only threw on the uni for five games, but before that he played every game of his first three seasons. In any case, this is the season that Brook has to shut his critics up and drop 20 and grab at least eight rebounds on the regular. If he can do that, the Nets have a chance to take the division. Yeah, this admitted Nets fan said it.
Charlotte Bobcats: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
Is it unfair to put any sort of burden on a rookie? Of course it is, but no one is going to cry for a newly-christened millionaire. After having the worst record percentage-wise last season in the NBA's history and missing out on Anthony Davis during the NBA Draft Lottery, all eyes will be on Kidd-Gilchrist, the other Kentucky superstar. He probably won't have as much of an impact as Davis will, but MKG is a versatile player with a high basketball IQ and is likely the "savior" for the team since last year's rookies, Kemba Walker and Bismack Biyombo, showed little in the way of being "that dude." Kidd-Gilchrist will have a lot of challenges this year, but if he shows that he can overcome them, the Bobcats may actually say, "Anthony Davis who?" Of course, the rest of the league may respond, "You know… that Rookie of the Year guy," but still.
Chicago Bulls: Kirk Hinrich
Hinrich is back with the Bulls after languishing in relative anonymity with the Washington Wizards and Atlanta Hawks the past two seasons. However, he won't be in the shadows anymore as the team is relying on him to keep the Bulls afloat until Derrick Rose returns from a torn ACL, whenever that may be. However, Hinrich himself has suffered from physical ailments (thumb and groin), which would be bad for the franchise if he's not on the floor. Hinrich is more than capable of running the team and his veteran experience is very much needed at this point.
Cleveland Cavaliers: Tristan Thompson
The former fourth overall pick had a lot of people scratching their heads at the 2011 NBA Draft and he'll need to do a lot of things better in order to justify the pick. As a rookie last season he shot horribly from the floor (43.9 percent) and the line (55.2 percent) and the former should be a lot better as a big. Thompson's per 36 numbers for boards (9.8) and blocks (1.6) are encouraging, and as the starter at the four he'll have ample chances to live up to the hype.
Detroit Pistons: Andre Drummond
Drummond was actually considered the top prospect for the 2012 NBA Draft before the 2011 college basketball season started and the aforementioned Davis went bananas. Even leading up to the draft, Drummond was a possibility for being a top three pick, but the Pistons were relatively lucky to get him at No. 9. He has a ton of potential and could eventually be the greatest running big man in the game, but it will be all about desire for him. Much like fellow UConn alumnus, Rudy Gay, was questioned during the early part of his NBA career, there's no denying the talent, but the passion is another issue. Can Lawrence Frank keep Drummond engaged?
Indiana Pacers: George Hill
The Pacers basically shuttled former starter Darren Collison away to the Mavs and handed Hill the starting spot at the one, something he's never been for a full season (he started nine games last season). Will he be able to lead the team toward its continued trend upward or will he fail? The offseason acquisition of D.J. Augustin should do two things: 1) keep Hill honest and let's him know that someone is ready to take his spot and 2) provide the team with a solid fallback player in case Hill can't handle his duties.
Miami Heat: Ray Allen
Allen was brought into the Heat fold during the offseason and I'm sure many Boston Celtics fans will boo him when he returns to Boston with the wrong color jersey. Despite turning 37 years old during the summer, Allen can still shoot the damn ball, averaging 45.8 percent from the floor, 45.3 percent behind the trey line and 91.5 percent from the stripe last season. He should open a lot of space for LeBron James and Chris Bosh in the post.
Milwaukee Bucks: Ersan Ilyasova
Was last season's 13.0 points and 8.8 rebounds a fluke for Ilyasova? The Bucks are banking on it being real to the tune of $40 million over the next five seasons. Their backcourt will be solid with Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis, but their four and five spots only have Ilyasova to rely on for offensive punch. If he can at least improve a bit offensively, it'll be all the better in Bucks country.
New York Knicks: Raymond Felton
Much like Goran Dragic with the Suns, Felton is taking over for a point guard that its team's fanbase held in high regard, sample size of work notwithstanding. Many may expect Felton to return to his former production with the Knicks — 17.1 points and 9.0 assists in 54 games before being traded for Carmelo Anthony — but that's almost impossible considering the change in offense and personnel. Add that at some point Jason Kidd might get salty for not playing much and Felton could relatively bomb in his return to the Big Apple. If he can get past Melo's ball stopping and actually lead this team, it will go a long way towards the Knicks making a nice run.
Orlando Magic: Arron Afflalo
Afflalo is the choice here by default because he was the main "name" player coming back to the Magic when the team traded away Dwight Howard. I'm not really sure what the team was thinking, but they are hoping that Afflalo can be the player that leads them to mediocrity as he's relatively young (recently turned 27), can shoot, play defense and has solid intangibles. Yeah, I'm writing this and even I'm not buying it.
Philadelphia 76ers: Evan Turner
We could probably go with Andrew Bynum's health here, but we'll go with Turner instead, since his development helped the Sixers move the overpaid and underappreciated Andre Iguodala. Like Iggy, Turner has a versatile skill set that allows him to facilitate an offense (2.8 assists) and board (5.8), which he did in limited minutes (26 minutes) last season. Turner doesn't have the defensive ability and athleticism of Iguodala, but he's a better overall shooter and has had the experience of taking a team on his back from his OSU days. If he can step up and be a leader on this Sixer squad, it could mean tons for the organization.
Toronto Raptors: Jonas Valanciunas
Finally, Valanciunas is in the NBA. After taking him fifth overall in the 2011 NBA Draft knowing he would stay overseas for a year, the Raptors welcome a true back to the basket center in JV. If he comes as advertised, he should wreak havoc down low and open the lanes for DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry, while getting open shots for Andrea Bargnani, Landry Fields and Terrence Ross. Valanciunas could have be a game-changer for the team and there are expectations for him to deliver.
Washington Wizards: John Wall
And we end with hitting a wall. Pardon the pun. Or don't. Either way, it's hard not to go with Wall here even though he's a star-caliber player. However, as he goes, this Wizards go. Wall is easily the most talented player on the team, but he will miss NBA action for about a month because of a knee injury and the season won't really start until he returns.
DV is the founder at Baller Mind Frame and can be reached on Twitter to argue about basketball. Also, if you'd like to challenge him in fantasy basketball, hit him up on Twitter and he'll hit you with the deets!


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Controlling Weeds in Winter Hardy Cactus Beds
posted by: mauch1 on 06.26.2007 at 05:52 pm in Cacti & Succulents Forum I have a hardy cactus beds (all Opuntia currently) and am in the process of expanding it (addig a few more Opuntias, chollas, Echinocereus (2), an Escobaria, and some succulents (Mesemb, sempervivum, and Sedum)).
I am having trouble with weed control. I have avoided using herbicide as I was afraid it would harm the cacti. I try to avoid herbicide, and when I do use it, I mainly use glyphosphate (RoundUp). I've tried flame weeding, but it is time consuming. The cactus spines burn (though the cacti seems unharmed), and the weeds as they are only top killed, seem to come back or aren't completely killed. Hand weeding is problematic because of the glochids. I tried using salad tongs, but have trouble getting a firm enough 'grip'. What do you who have hardy cactus beds (particularly in the rainy east), do to control weeds? Two other 'quick' questions: 2) I know of 3 hardy cacti 'books' Any thoughts on these? As to associations, I know of Any thoughts/comments on these groups or other groups I should consider? Thanks! NOTES: <none>
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posted by: roblkey on 08.19.2004 at 09:08 am in Seed Saving Forum Here is some:
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Easy Propagation Chamber
posted by: little_dani on 10.05.2005 at 08:34 pm in Plant Propagation Forum I make a little propagation chamber that is so easy, and so reliable for me that I thought I would share the idea. I have not seen one like it here, and I did look through the FAQ, but didn't find one there either. I hope I did not miss it, and I hope I do not offend anyone by being presumptive in posting this here.
That said.... This is what you will need. Janie NOTES: <none>
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Final Thoughts
When you first take a look at the BAT enclosure, your first thought is that it has a very nice physical appearance (assuming that Batman is a character you like). With an overall steel construction and a lot of molded plastic bodywork that actually lines up correctly when assembled, this really is a good looking case design. While this is a true enough concept, there is more to a case than just good looks.
As far as features are concerned, the BAT has many and most of them are good. The removable drive bays and tool-free optical locks are very convenient and worked flawlessly. The top I/O ports are in an easy to get to location and the wiring harness is plenty long enough to accommodate any motherboard design that I've seen to date. The funnel on the side fan is a good concept for those who can make use of it, and easily removed if you have a system design that can't. The lighting on the front bezel is a fun novelty, but a means to turn it off would be nice. The only choice you have to turn off lighting it to physically unplug the Molex connector coming from the front bezel. There are a lot of mounts for cooling fans, but only a single fan is included in the base package. If you have any tall PCI/AGP/PCI-E cards in use, take special note of the issue regarding the peripheral retention system mentioned on the previous page.
Pricing for this case isn't known for sure at this point in time. Availability is limited and the examples I was able to find online indicate a retail pricing in the neighborhood of $75US without power supply. This will put the BAT enclosure in the middle to upper echelon of pricing for this type of case without power supply included.
Bottom line... If your main goal is physical appearance, then this enclosure has a lot to offer you in this area. With body molding that is done right, the good looks are certainly present. If you're also looking for features, then you'll want to make sure that your component list will allow you to get the most out of this design. With some features good and other poor in design, this is a good initial offering that will hopefully improve in future revisions.
- Pros
Very good looking design
Plastic molding lines up very well
Steel construction is sturdy
Removable 3.5" drive bays
Tool-free optical drive locking mechanism
- Cons
Paint coating is very thin
Smaller than normal case design can cause problems when mounting optical drives
PCI retention device does not work with tall peripheral boards
Only one fan included with base design
Rating - 8 out of 10


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professionaly sold on ebay for years after starting with extra plants from moving moms garden when she moved in w me..I became a silver powerseller of live plants tropicals rare bulbs etc if you can grow it I could get it.I
stopped selling and trading for a few yrs as I had no time for plants or running my home business, due to my mothers poor health & small son that has special needs .
since then hubbby shut down his ebay acct(which I used for my plant sales)so I am restarting from scratch soon w extras from my own garden as we have recently moved and I will have thousands of plants avail for sale and trade as I certainly wouldnt leave all those lovely plants behind..
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AA formalizes with global freight network
American Airlines Cargo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Global Logistics Network (GLN) as part of an effort to extend its sales activities to a broader range of customers.
GLN, founded in 2003, has a worldwide membership of 423 independently owned and operated logistics companies, including freight forwarders, transportation intermediaries and associated companies – all working together in a network environment. The members' combined annual revenues total $8.7 billion, they employ more than 21,000 individuals and handle five million shipments per year, making the GLN network larger than many multinational forwarders.
Following a signing ceremony at its Fort Worth headquarters, Roger Samways, managing director of global accounts and sales strategy for American Airlines Cargo, said, "We have been looking at prospective network partners where there is potential to expand existing business. With GLN, I believe we have found such a partner where we can develop a relationship which is mutually beneficial.
"By working closely together in a more formal way, we hope to be able to build upon the relationship which we already have with some of GLN members and increase the business development opportunities for both parties."
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