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Debian's Civil War: Has It Really Come to This? October 27, 2014 Well it seems no matter how loudly we here in the Linux blogosphere try to hum a happy tune or discuss cheerful FOSS matters, we just can't seem to drown out the shouts and screams coming from those standing too close to the Systemd Inferno. Stand back, people! It's dangerous! The embers, of course, had been hot for some time already before the blaze flared sky-high a few months ago. |
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Reading and Writing and Open Source October 22, 2014 Digital textbooks with open-licensed content -- and sometimes even complete open source textbooks -- are starting to change the way students and teachers interact with subject material. The budget-busting prices of traditional printed textbooks and the ubiquity of mobile devices have provided textbook authors and educators with convincing reasons to give students an alternative. |
FOSS and the Fear Factor October 20, 2014 In a world that's been dominated for far too long by the Systemd Inferno, Linux fans will have to be forgiven if they seize perhaps a bit too gleefully upon the scraps of cheerful news that come along on any given day. Of course, for cheerful news, there's never any better place to look than the Reglue effort, run by longtime Linux advocate and all-around-hero-for-kids Ken Starks. |
For Gentoo Linux Initiates, Iron Penguin May Be Too Heavy October 16, 2014 Gentoo Linux can be either an experienced Linux user's ideal desktop choice or a new user's worst computing nightmare. I am not talking about being new to the Linux OS. I mean just plain and simple new to Gentoo Linux. The Linux OS has many dozens of specialized distributions. Many of them are easy to install and need only a few settings adjustments to perform as desired. |
Lollipop Could Make Android Stickier October 15, 2014 Google on Wednesday unwrapped Android 5.0 Lollipop, officially replacing the "Android L" code name by which the latest version of its mobile platform previously had been known. "Lollipop is our largest, most ambitious release on Android, with over 5,000 new APIs for developers," wrote Sundar Pichai, Google's senior vice president for Android, Chrome & Apps, in a blog post. |
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And Now for Something Completely Different October 13, 2014 Well it's a good thing we here in the Linux community had a refreshing and refocusing break recently, because last week it was back onto the hot coals once again. The Systemd inferno -- which Linux Girl is starting to think of as "The Blaze That Must Not Be Named" -- has spread even further, your trusty reporter is dismayed to report, extending now to encompass the entire FOSS community. |
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GNOME Again, GNOME Again, Jiggety Jig September 29, 2014 There's just never a dull moment here in the Linux blogosphere, and the last week or so has been a perfect illustration. Not only did the Shellshock bug hit the proverbial fan, but the ever-burning Systemd flames flared even brighter, thanks to the addition of some fresh fuel. The Debian team has decided to make the GNOME desktop default again -- and Systemd is at least part of the reason. |
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Red Hat Slurps Up FeedHenry September 19, 2014 Red Hat has inked a deal to acquire FeedHenry as part of a stepped-up initiative to support mobile application development. "Given the sheer number of mobile phones out there and the sheer adoption in the market at large of mobile technologies, our customers and prospects and target customer base are moving more and more toward mobile," said Mike Piech, Red Hat's general manager for middleware. |
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one last little thing to check is the QVL for your mobo... its not required for your memory to be on the QVL, but it helps...
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What is increasingly clear is that those behind the massacre of Catholics with their priests, during the celebration of Holy Mass at Our Lady of Deliverance in Baghdad last Sunday, are not finished with their evil. We once again invite our readers around the world to pray for those who mourn, pray for the Pope, and pray for the conversion of the perpetrators of this evil. Serious times demand serious responses. Continue Reading
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Why are these threats not considered a "declaration of war"?
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it is needless to post any condemnation. God knows best! let's just wait and trust in His promises.
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sadly, the world is turning a blind eye to what is happning to our catholic brothers in iraq and other muslim-dominated states...islam doesn't reflect peace in the christian connotation of the world. Is everywhere..from Turkey,. sudan morrocco, nigeria and on to iraq.
my pains and tears is that europe is providing a safe haven for them to thrive. But i know one thing|: The blood of our brothers will never cease crying to heaven for justice. the blood is the foundatiion upon which the church is thriving. Christ mean't his world: The gate of hell will never prevail against her -
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Saddam Hussain chemically gassed the Kurds, and the US deposed him. The US helped against the genocide of the Muslims in the Chec Republic. Ask Obama (as Commander in Chief) what he is going to do in Iraq to protect the Christians.
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Unless the patient is willing, it becomes impossible for the doctor to treat a cancer. If it is your arm that causes you to sin, cut it off and earn the right to enter heaven without an arm. Muslims must acknowledge that they are rotting from within.
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Turn the other cheek, but don't turn your backside. This is a religion of brutes, back shooters, and tyrants, that ought not be allowed to function in our free society. DECLARE ISLAM TO BE A POLITICAL/ECONOMIC IDEOLOGY LIKE COMMUNISM THEN OUTLAW IT IN CIVILIZED COUNTRIES. That is our only hope!! as I read in a recent column "calling this blood thirsty tiger a bunny rabbit will not make it one."
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There is a limit to these barbaric acts of islamic terrorsm. God is doing the cleansing on good and evil irrespective of muslims or christians. God is testing our faith in Him. If you read the Old Testaments, God allowed His people to be killed and suffered so that they would search for Him. But there was also a limit to God's anger. God sent down disasters to these destroyers of His creation. The followers of Islam will never find peace and love even among themselves. They kill each other because of power and greed. Islam will never dominate the world because of its teaching and conversion by the "sword". They themselves are infidels as well as their Allah. Their Allah encourages killing according to the teaching of koran while the christian God forbids taking away human lives. I pray for all moderate muslims to turn to the true God of mercy and compassion and get out of the religion that promote terrorism. This terrorist group has tainted the bad name for Islam with terrorism and evil. These muslim terrorists promote islamophobia through their acts of terrorism. Blame themselves and let them be accountable for the "jihad". It may be God's will that all these may happen so that finally good will overcome evil. Persecution on christians will make way for more conversion to chrstianity. Church history has shown that. Christian brothers and sisters in the Lord, be strong in your faith. Our life on earth is short. When we leave this world, we live everything behind.
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Thanks for another good article Deacon. Fr. Thomas is right. We must pray daily to St. Michael the Archangel, the great defender of the Church. I do, along with morning mass and the daily rosary. To these prayers I add this:" Lord, if you will not to convert these people today please send your holy angels to restrain them from all forms of violence" Christ has the power to restrain evil even when He doesn't remove it.
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There is such a thing as a just war. A call to arms to destroy these evil muslims must be made. They are servents of the devil. Western nations were in best position to do this, but they are tangled up in secularism, liberalism, and marxism. Those are the seeds that Satan is trying to leave to weaken the culture before he strikes with his agents which are the muslims. Christains in the middle east are defensless now.
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Xavier.It was'nt the masons that got us into Iraq it was a President who boasted he did'nt read "books"and this is the results.
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The Problem With Flash Mobs: The Word 'Mob' Is Your First Clue
by Erik Sass on Jul 29, 4:15 PM
Earlier this week, Los Angeles experienced the power of social media -- and not in a good way -- after a popular DJ named Kaskade tweeted an invitation to his 92,000 Twitter followers to attend a "block party" to celebrate the opening of a music documentary about the Electric Daisy Carnival, a series of raves (I just totally dated myself), at Hollywood's famous Grauman's Chinese Theater. "Let's see if the magic of social networking will work today," Kaskade tweeted -- and boy howdy, did it ever.
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It's hard to know whether Google+ will succeed in attracting the large, stable user base it needs to be a viable social platform. I think even preliminary judgments on that score will have to wait at least three more months, considering it was just launched in late June. However, the latest traffic data from Experian Hitwise suggests the initial, publicity-fueled feeding frenzy surrounding Google+ is subsiding, giving us a better view of its actual appeal in the long term.
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by Erik Sass on Jul 27, 4:30 PM
As ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner discovered to his detriment, careless posting on social media can have dire, humiliating consequences. But at least he's not alone. It turns out that 18% of Americans say they regret something they sent or posted online, according to the Marist Poll, a national telephone survey of 1,003 adults conducted by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion in mid-June.
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Social Networks for Business Expanding
by Erik Sass on Jul 26, 4:45 PM
While big mass market social networks like Facebook and Twitter grab the headlines, a new generation of social networks for businesses is quietly expanding alongside. They include companies like Bizzingo, which is launching a business-to-business social network, and Socialcast, which allows businesses to create their own proprietary social networks for employees.
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by Erik Sass on Jul 25, 5:00 PM
Spectacular, premeditated acts of violence like the bomb attack and mass murder at a political meeting for young people in Norway always leave questions about the motives of the assailant. While no one really expects to make much sense - let alone provide real justification - we do feel compelled to at least try to understand what the perpetrators were thinking. For their part the perpetrators are often eager to explain what "forced" them to commit mass murder. But like so many other things, in recent years the business of publicizing one's crazed beliefs has been transformed by social media.
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Social Media "Incidents" Cost Companies
by Erik Sass on Jul 22, 3:26 PM
Social media "incidents," including security breaches and negative publicity, have real financial costs associated with them, according to Symantec, which recently reported the results of its 2011 Social Media Protection Flash Poll, surveying 1,225 executives in 33 countries around the world.
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How Big Is Google+, Anyway?
by Erik Sass on Jul 21, 3:45 PM
Google+ has clearly been getting a lot of traction, both in terms of new users and publicity, but what's not clear is exactly how many people are using this social thing (which is not a network, thank you very much).
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Ubiquity does not equal quality, and that applies to social media sites as well as cable providers, according to a new survey of social media users by the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Specifically, the ACSI found that Facebook, by all accounts the dominant social network, has one of the lowest customer satisfaction rankings both on the Web and among major companies generally. How low? We're talking down by the airlines... ouch!
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by Erik Sass on Jul 19, 8:42 AM
While there are still plenty of social media skeptics out there, one group of hardnosed pragmatists -- the U.S. military -- appears to be convinced that social media has considerable potential for organizing popular movements. And it makes them nervous.
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by Erik Sass on Jul 15, 4:00 PM
Owners of small businesses are lukewarm about social media, even as they recognize its potential for connecting with existing customers and reaching new ones, according to a survey of 304 U.S. small business owners and managers by Hiscox. The findings suggest how far social media still has to go in proving its utility, especially in the area of measuring and demonstrating ROI.
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Dewayne Hendricks is a serial entreprenuer, innovator, and wireless expert. Wired magazine labeled him a broadband cowboy back in 2001. And he is our guest on the 18th episode of Community Broadband Bits.
Our discussion focuses on the promise of wireless technologies and how a few entrenched interests in DC (the big broadcasters and wireless telephone companies like AT&T) are preventing innovative approaches that would dramatically improve the capability of all our modern technologies.
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One of the reasons community broadband networks face so many unique hurdles (often created deliberately by states in response to cable/dsl lobbying) is because of the many ways in which campaign finance corrupts our national and state governments.
Community broadband networks are focused on meeting community needs, not sending lobbyist armies into Washington, DC, and state capitals (though one of things we do at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance is offer help to those that do push pro-community agendas in these areas).
To understand why DC is so focused on furthering the corporate agendas of AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and others, is to understand the revolving door. (Also, understanding capture -- which we have explained previously.)
In short, many of the people who make decisions about telecommunications policy in DC have worked, will work, or are presently working for the massive companies that effectively control access to the Internet in most of America's communities.
The good folks at Geke.US have created the following Comcast Venn Diagram illustrating a small piece of the DC revolving door.
Reforming this system is a deep, seemingly intractable problem. But for those looking for answers, a good place to start is with the work of Lawrence Lessig. I just finished his Republic, Lost, which offers a grand tour of the problems resulting from the present system of campaign finance.
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His organization, the Rootstrikers aim to get to the root of problems rather than being distracted by trying to fix symptoms of deeper problems. This is precisely what we do with our focus on community networks.
Many focus solely on resolving digital divide issues, improving rural access to the Internet, lowering the cost of broadband, or the various other problems that result from narrowly-focused private corporations owning and controlling essential communications infrastructure with inadequate regulations.
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In this work, Susan Lindquist and colleagues from the Whitehead Institute reported a functional interaction between α-synuclein and the yeast ortholog of the Parkinson gene ATP13A2. Moreover, they showed that a knockdown of the corresponding ortholog in C. elegans enhanced α-synuclein misfolding. Finally, they demonstrated that the yeast ortholog could protect cells from manganese toxicity. This elegant work has, for the first time, demonstrated a functional link between two different Parkinson genes in combination with a recognized environmental factor—it contributes to an increased understanding of the complex mechanisms behind Parkinson disease.
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This PySymbian script shows a contact list class for choosing phone number(s), like the native one when sending SMS.
import appuifw, contacts
class ContactList:
'show a contact list for choosing phone number'
def __init__(self, sortable = None):
'initialize variables'
self.__db = contacts.open()
self.__contact = []
self.__number = {}
def __load_contact(self, sortable = None):
'load contact list from database'
for id in self.__db:
name = self.__db[id].title
mobile = self.__db[id].find('mobile_number')
phone = self.__db[id].find('phone_number')
number_tmp = []
if mobile:
number_tmp.extend([field.value for field in mobile])
if phone:
number_tmp.extend([field.value for field in phone])
self.__number[name] = number_tmp
if sortable:
def select_single(self):
'return a string contains a single number'
index = appuifw.selection_list(self.__contact, 1)
if index == None:
return None
number_list = self.__number[self.__contact[index]]
if not number_list:
return None
if len(number_list) > 1:
index = appuifw.popup_menu(number_list)
if index == None:
return None
index = 0
return number_list[index]
def select_multi(self):
'return numbers in a list'
index = appuifw.multi_selection_list(self.__contact, 'checkbox', 1)
if not index:
return None
multi_number = []
for i in index:
number_list = self.__number[self.__contact[i]]
if not number_list:
if len(number_list) > 1:
ind = appuifw.popup_menu(number_list)
if ind == None:
ind = 0
if multi_number:
return multi_number
return None
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Chris Bosh poured in 26 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and dished out seven assists, as the Toronto Raptors used a late surge to fend off the Indiana Pacers, 117-102, in the opener of a home-and- home set at Air Canada Centre.
Andrea Bargnani added 17 points for the Raptors, who have won five in a row. Jarrett Jack donated 16 points and six assists against his former team. Antoine Wright ended with 15 points and six boards off the bench for Toronto, which has eclipsed the 100-point mark in 13 straight games.
"In order to win it [the division], we have to keep playing consistently and not take anyone lightly," Bosh said.
Luther Head finished with 15 points off the bench for the Pacers, who have dropped three straight and seven of nine overall. Troy Murphy and Brandon Rush each chipped in 14 points. Murphy also had eight rebounds for Indiana, which dropped to 6-19 as the guest this season.
These two teams will complete the home-and-home series in Indiana on Tuesday.
The Pacers started the fourth on an 11-2 run to deadlock the contest. Head scored seven points during the flurry, including a trey to deadlock things at 97 with eight minutes to play.
It was all Raptors from that point on, as Toronto finished the game on a 20-5 burst to claim victory. Bosh had eight points during the flurry that Wright capped with a three-pointer in the final seconds.
Trailing 14-10 with seven minutes left in the first quarter, the Raptors ripped off 11 straight points. Bosh's layup had Toronto in front 21-14 with less than five minutes remaining. The Raptors held a 32-29 edge after 12 minutes.
The second period was a back-and-forth battle that saw Toronto take a 63-59 margin into the locker room.
Ahead 67-66 with 10 minutes remaining in the third, Toronto went on a 22-7 burst to build a large margin. Bosh tallied 10 points during the spurt, including a jumper to make it 89-73 with 4:45 to go.
Danny Granger and Head each made three-pointers at the end of the quarter to cut the gap to 95-86 heading to the fourth.
"He played like he normally does," Pacers head coach Jim O'Brien said of Bosh. "We just didn't defend him well. He knows how to win. He is just a great player."
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So, we've heard a lot over the last year in particular about this thing called "anti-fun" champions. That is where your level of enjoyment is not proportional to the amount of fun it robs other players of the game. In that regard, there are two older champions who fit this in a variety of ways... Teemo and Singed. We'll start with Teemo because it's pretty easy to talk about him. Teemo's mushrooms, to me, are the very epitome of anti-fun. They offer no real active engagement when used simply because of the way they behave and there is no real counterplay involved in them. However they are one of the single most frustrating things to encounter in the game. In fact, I really can't think of anything more frustrating than walking over a random mushroom placed somewhere and I can't really see how they are rewarding. Sure, it's cute every now and then when you manage to pick someone off who is low because they popped a shroom, but this isn't a regular occurrence. Far more often than not you hit someone that is at or near full hp and all it causes is utter frustration. What's worse is there really is no counterplay involved here. "Buy an oracles" and that's it, but not really... Trying to melee those shrooms can actually cause them to explode anyway. There are two champions that have a similar trap-effect that do not behave in such a grossly anti-fun manner: Caitlyn and Nidalee. Both of these traps are visible and can be easily avoided. Teemo's could function in a similar manner with the trade-off being a much larger activation range and persistent vision of the area after detonation for a few seconds. On to Singed... There are two options for counterplay with Singed: burst him down immediately or avoid engaging on him. Without a hard CC to lock him up, the chances that you'll actually be able to bring him down are pretty slim too. For me, his poison trail is the real culprit. Chasing Singed is simply a mistake in almost all cases. I don't even get the appeal of playing him really because you aren't actively making any decisions with him. You simply run around and occasionally slow/fling a priority target. Sure, it's fun to run around and watch people stupid enough to follow you kill themselves, but that's not active. It's a completely passive experience for all players involved. To be clear though, I have no problem with the relative level of power that each of these champions have. I don't really find Teemo or Singed broken per se. It's more that the reaction I have to playing against them is almost universally, "Ugh... really?" And that stems simply from the fact
singed is fun. Teemo is not. death to teemo
The thing about anti-fun isn't just whether or not the champion is fun to play, but whether it actually denies the rest of the people you're playing against fun. In Singed's case I think you can make a pretty compelling argument that his anti-fun outweighs the fun.
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Singed is really only anti fun IMO if you aren't a ranged champ or a champ that has ranged abilities (like Teemo and Kayle can pewpew Singed from a range and he cant get close early game to do anything.) Banned'Zix is completely anti fun for many things about him it seems like he replaced mantheon completely in terms of semi tanky assassin. Wukong is also completely anti fun if his user is good at playing him, a lot of damage and negative armor from Q is sleeper OP. I find Evelynn also pretty anti fun but I play her in 3v3 a lot because of QQQQ spamming and her ult. Eve roams like no tomorrow and will gank everyone at any time.
The difference between Kha'zix and Wukong is that they are actively making decisions to maximize their abilities. Singed in that respect is completely different because of how his mechanics really make everything passive.
I think the ughs mostly come from when these 2 show up in 3s. Singed is OP in 3s....but the game isn't balanced around 3s... Teemo was really really strong in 3s. The lightbringer changes kind of balanced him out a bit though. If you have trouble with Teemo...go learn a mage... Mages see teemos as food. As far as Singed goes. You've just gotta make good choices. Singed is really good at punishing people who make bad choices. Don't walk into his poison. Don't chase him. A low hp singed still has more hp than a full hp teemo...remember that... Don't fight Singed while his ult is going...it hurts and he gets crazy regen. Don't stick around with less than 50% hp...a turret isn't going to save you if he dives. Singed wants to draw out the engagement for as long as possible. Just wait for a good engagement, get a hold of his carries and then focus him down when they're dead...unless he runs...then don't chase him...go do an objective. Learn how his flip works. If he's going to catch you, at the last second run at him. He might flip you to safety instead of behind him into his poison.
Well, let's see. To me, potentially "anti fun" consists of champions who are exceedingly simple, particularly frustrating to deal with, require little skill/effort or engagement and/or are too strong. (Note: "too strong" does not mean overpowered; If anything i hate how people just vomit and parrot terms like OP and UP... Such terms mean a player/team has an inherent advantage/disadvantage for no reason other than playing/containing a particular champion. "Too strong" is simply a reference to a champion having particularly large amounts of raw power, while sacrificing little else, thus requiring rather specific tactics to deal with; Darius, for instance, isn't overpowered, he's a rather limited champion, but he is certainly "too strong", bash head against him and even if you perceive yourself to be ahead, he may get you on sheer power alone) Outside of personal perspective, champions i think could be argued to make the list for "anti fun" are: Darius - Playing against him is like playing against an old video game boss... Find a pattern that works and play carefully and repetitively ad nauseum... Fail to do so and a competent Darius will punish you for it. Again, not OP, but certainly too strong. Very beatable, but boringly so. Garen - Just annoying in that he can focus on damage while being tanky or vice-versa rather too well. Jax - The only champion, i my opinion, who could be argued for "OP"... I can only guess he's a pet to someone at Riot, seeing as he's tanky, does a lot of damage, huge burst, huge DPS, scales incredibly well, versatile, easy to build, lots of built in free stats, hard CC, one of the best dashes, engage/escape, very safe... The list goes on... He's pretty much the Mary-Sue of LoL. Hell, even his lore is textbook Mary-Sue... Mordekaiser - This is the only guy in the list that's my personal opinion; I don't expect many people to agree with this, but i just don't like playing against him... I don't have trouble beating him, or anything, it's just laborious, frustrating and kinda boring... Olaf - Similar issues to Darius, though not as drastic. Still, basically it's a guy who can build full-tank, with capped CDR and will do massive damage, can't be reliably CC'd, and so on... Singed - Has been addressed. It's just a matter of design, really. Fighting him is annoying. Though personally, i rather like how unique he is. Teemo - I can totally see the issue here, but i find the concept of doing things to the field itself, such as laying traps and all, to be an interesting element to have in the game. To me, the issue isn't so much with Teemo himself, but how he fits into the context of the game currently.
I find myself in a funny position. I hate playing against Teemo with a burning passion, but I love playing Singed equally as much. I will say I'd dispute the idea that Singed plays completely passively, as I find him to be the most mentally challenging champion to play. He CAN be bursted down, especially if he's built AP rather than HP, and so that creates a constant series of important choices re: how close to approach, when to commit, etc, which are exacerbated by his complete lack of ranged damage and reliance on the opponent's actions to do significant damage. Personally, I find many other champions less fun, because playing them sometimes boils down to: "Do ability rotation, assess, do it again or retreat," whereas Singed involves constantly anticipating and reacting to the opponent's actions to, in my opinion, a much greater degree. And, for all of those reasons, I can see why people might dislike playing him, because you cannot either fight him or use him the same way you do every other champ in the game. Edit 1: To clarify, I am not saying that other champs don't require you to anticipate the opponent, but that most of them involve more anticipating their opponent's attacks and abilities, rather than their movement, whereas Singed absolutely requires both.


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A Delhi court on Monday dismissed separate pleas of Essar Teleholdings Ltd (ETHL) and another accused in 2G spectrum scam case seeking a joint trial in the case.
"Both applications are dismissed," Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini said, adding the "trial will continue as it is".
The court had reserved its order on the pleas after hearing arguments of CBI and the counsel for ETHL and a private firm's director, facing trial in the 2G case.
ETHL, which is facing trial in a case arising out of the probe into the 2G spectrum scam along with the promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom, had moved the court seeking a joint trial with former Telecom Minister A. Raja and others in the case.
The private firm director Rajiv Agarwal, facing trial with former Telecom Minister A. Raja, too had moved a similar plea.
Earlier, the CBI had opposed the pleas saying any "attempt to derail the trial" would be against the Supreme Court's order of day-to-day proceedings.
Special Public Prosecutor U.U. Lalit had argued no prejudice would be caused to the accused if the trial was conducted separately in the case.
Senior advocate Harish Salve, who had appeared for ETHL, said CBI has created a "mess" and a "big confusion" has been created due to their stand.
He had said CBI had told the apex court that section 220 of CrPC (trial for more than one offence) would apply in the case while before the trial court, they have argued that it would not apply.
Regarding CBI's arguments that 146 prosecution witnesses have been examined in A. Raja's case and 71 witnesses have recorded their statements in Essar-Loop case, Salve had said ETHL was just demanding its right.
"If you have persuaded and told the Supreme Court that section 220 of CrPC will apply and that I have been made an accused in 2G scam, 146 or 1,460 witnesses will not matter. I am demanding my right. I will not go to any other court," he had said.
Keywords: 2G spectrum scandal, spectrum allocation case, Essar Teleholdings Ltd, separate hearings, joint trial, special court, 2G case


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Obama and Clinton campaign together
How is he doing at winning over her supporters – and tapping into her formidable fundraising network? What might she get in return?
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It will be the photo-op seen 'round the world: Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, together Friday on stage, a picture of Democratic unity in the town of Unity – the New Hampshire burg where each got 107 votes in the January primary.
But just as important for Senator Obama, in his quest to reunify his party after a divisive primary season, will be a private meeting the night before with a few dozen of Senator Clinton's top fundraisers .
While polls indicate that the rate of "defections" – Democrats who intend to vote for presumed GOP nominee John McCain – is already approaching the usual rate of the recent elections, Obama can take nothing for granted. And, having decided to forgo public financing on the wager that he can raise far more money on his own, now he has to deliver. Clinton donors, and their fundraising prowess, are key to that equation.
"Unity is the key word," says Democratic strategist Peter Fenn. "On the Hillary side, some of these people are angry and tired and a little bitter. But they will be a lot less so if Obama can assist her."
In a teleconference on Tuesday, Obama asked his top fundraisers to consider helping the former first lady pay back some of her campaign debt. She ended May $22.5 million in the hole, but at least $12 million is money she loaned to herself. Obama is asking his money bundlers to help her pay off money she owes to outside vendors, totaling at least $10 million.


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No, no, no, no, no.
I thought this was a joke. But Nicole Kidman doesn't strike me as a ha-ha-ha kinda chick.
In times like these, there's only one thing we can do – a poll.
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No, no, no, no, no.
I thought this was a joke. But Nicole Kidman doesn't strike me as a ha-ha-ha kinda chick.
In times like these, there's only one thing we can do – a poll.
Okay, I get that the MA overdid the secret brightening powder around her eyes, but what in the name of baby Jesus were they doing with the powder around her nostrils? Winehouse-Chic?
Some makeup artist is getting icy death stares this morning.
Hey Grace
Well….that MUA will be lucky to get work for a while, neveer mind icy death stares…
Someone loves their HD powder a bit too much IMHO. Which products do you love enough to both snort it and ingest it through your eyeballs?
Hey Jasmine
Ooooh I'd snort gel liner, if I could. Don't ask about the black around my nose and eyes.
i believe it's the powder MUAs use to protect other areas of the face from fallen bits of eyeshadow when they do the eye make up…guess the mua forgot to brush it off…i wonder how someone could do it on nicole kidman without no-one noticing before she leaves her car.
Hi Sunmom
Yeah, because its nicole SOMEONE should have checked it out before she left the car – its crazy!
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1 <> Sing to the LORD a new song, For he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him. | 1 Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. |
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Just for anyone that is amused by the stupidity/drama in my life.....
So, my phone rings today.... it's BM on the caller ID. I ponder for a moment... thinking "what does SHE want?" after all, SD is in school & she can't be calling to talk to SD. But, my curiosity got the best of me and I answered it. Well, BM IS MAD!!! She just got a call from the school telling her SD is not being fed lunch today! She yells at me "THE SCHOOL SENT YOU AN EMAIL" and I tell her, "no, they didn't. When you set up that account, I told the school to close the account in our name... so no, the school would send YOU the email, not me." Then I tell her she needs to call DH, and ask "why are you calling me? what do you want ME to do about it?" She says she called him and he won't call her back. I tell her he's at work, you know he can't call from work. I tell her that DH sent her an email that SD will be eating meals at school from now on and she says "well, if YOU don't want to feed SD at home!" and I stopped her with "we don't have a problem feeding her but she doesn't need to eat twice." and she says... "well, I wrote him back that it was only to get a mid morning snack, like an apple to keep her blood sugar up." and again, I told her she needs to talk to DH, that they need to communicate better. I tell her SD didn't eat today so she needs to arrange something with the school for today because we assumed she was taking care of it. She told me she already talked to the lunch lady (made it sound like they were buddies) and said "I told her it was just for a snack and she said that's all SD gets is something to tide her over until lunch." She said she took care of today, they would let her eat but she wasn't going to be able to pay anything until Friday. (yeah right, it's her mom that is going to pay...BM pays for nothing!) So, I am guessing that the conversation to be brought up later will be BM saying we refuse to feed her poor daughter.. we are neglecting her daughter's health by not feeding her! BLAH!!! I called the lunch lady and she says she anticipated this when BM set up the other account. I said me too. She says she'll let SD eat today and I will pack her lunch the rest of this week & see if BM pays anything on Friday for next week. She said BM never said anything about SD only being able to get a snack... that she just told BM that it had to be paid because it's getting close to the end of the school year & they are not doing anymore charge accounts. SD is already over by 3 days worth. Raise your hand if you saw THIS one coming???? |
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- Posted by finedreams (My Page) on Wed, May 6, 09 at 16:33
document that mom set up an account but refuse put money in it. present in court. nuts |
I did, I did! ;-) Waving furiously |
I feel so sorry for this girl. You've said she has food/wieight issues. She needs routine, healthy food, and no sress regarding food. Good luck. |
It IS sad because when SD came home today, I asked her if she trusts me & her dad? She said yes. So, I asked her why she wouldn't tell us about her lunch account? She asked if the school called me.. probing for how much I know. I asked her how it feels and she asked me what did I mean. I said when you know something but you can't tell anyone. She said she feels sneaky when she doesn't tell her dad things. So, I told her we don't want her to feel that way ever. Then she told me she didn't get breakfast yesterday or today. They gave her lunch today because BM and I talked to the lunch lady. (Yesterday, she had a field trip & we packed a sack lunch) So, I let her know that we feel terrible now because we sent her off to school without breakfast today, thinking she was going to eat but she knew from yesterday that she can't use her 'moms' lunch account. She looked SO relieved to talk about it... |
It was said about pants and it applies here too... "You can't fix crazy!" (These people are obviously bonkers) |
Ahhh that is so sad. I feel terrible for her. You know it had to be hard for her to know that and having money problems is the worst. Kids shouldn't have to worry about money or if they eat, just have fun being a kid. One time my son had to eat a B/J sandwich because his account was empty and they wouldn't serve hot lunch to accounts behind. He was so upset, that never happen again. Have you ever went to buy something and your card is declined for some reason...Sick feeling!! I know you will watch out for her and make sure she is good!! Maybe pack an extra brownie so she can be OOOOHHHHED instead of AAAAHHHHED!! |
nikemama, what is a B/J sandwich? You're right, kids shouldn't have to worry about money or where their next meal is coming from. Not sure if you understand the whole story, but DH restricted SD from getting meals @ school because she was buying her friends things. We were feeding her @ home. She told BM & BM set up a 'secret' account in her name so SD could eat at school. The school notified DH of this 'secret' account so he told BM that SD can eat at school, she doesn't need to eat at home and at school. (she's also had weight problems/food issues) We believe BM only did it so DH would throw a fit but he didn't give her that reaction and SD has been eating at school. We have no access to that account so we have no idea what SD is doing.. ie. feeding her friends??? but the account ran out of money & BM is mad that the school called her to put more money in the account... and TRIED to turn it around on us, like WE don't want to feed SD from home. Poor SD is stuck in the middle because either we feed her and she eats twice or we don't feed her & now mom refuses to put money on the account and nobody (BM or SD) tells us the account is overdrawn & she can't eat at school.... it's a no win for SD. SD didn't want to tell us... probably because it's BM's account and it's supposed to be secret. BM didn't tell us and claims she didn't know. The school didn't tell us because BM set it up so only SHE has access. and I wouldn't have found out except that BM called ME up, trying to pin blame on me/DH... saying the school sent us an email that the account was overdrawn... and saying SHE wrote DH back telling him it was only for SD to get a snack. (the stupid thing is... SD was eating breakfast...whether she got just an apple or a full breakfast, it cost the same. There is no ala carte at breakfast time & that is what SD was eating before we found out) It is all a game BM is playing to try and keep us engaged in battle... hoping we will strike back and she can play up her victim role... Well, the way she snapped at me in front of the mediator, it's a stretch to see HER as the victim of me! |
Last week, BM was notified by DCSS that he submitted the judgment he got back in January for the attorney fees/medical bills... so DCSS can collect them too. Well, DCSS called DH to tell him BM called up yelling that she has paid those things and has proof. We talked to the attorney who says she hasn't paid anything, she can't have proof.... Well, after BM called me yesterday about the school lunch situation & I got it cleared up with the school... I got my mail. Inside is our invoice for our attorney... but this time, there's also a letter from our attorney to BM (our copy) Basically, she is telling BM that she (our attorney) received a call from DCSS because BM told DCSS that she has paid $300 and has receipts from the attorney. Our attorney goes on to tell her that she has NOT received ANY payments and there is no way BM has any proof that she paid anything and gave her the balance w/ interest. I guess BM had told the attorney she was going to start making payments and asked that statements be sent to her each month, which the attorney had been doing. (which won't happen again... I'm a little upset that BM would get copies of what WE owe and whenever the attorney does work for US. But, apparently DH authorized it back when BM said she would make payments) Then I glance at our bill. There it is. There's a $100 payment that DH made a couple of weeks ago. and it hits me... BM has been getting copies of our attorney statements showing DH's payments and she is going to claim to DCSS that SHE made those payments!!! Well, I am speechless. DH is livid. and DCSS will get a copy of that letter. |
It just keeps getting better. I'm guessing your hubby has some documentation that HE is the one who made the payments? Cancelled checks, bank transfers? It might be a good idea for him to provide those pre-emptively so BM's claims won't hold up for even a day. |
- Posted by finedreams (My Page) on Thu, May 7, 09 at 13:12
what is DH making payments for? attorney fees/medical bills? I am lost. |
We still owe our attorney over $3000 on OUR attorney bill. BM was ordered to pay $1000 of it directly to our attorney as a penalty for not turning in a completed income/expense declaration and failing to bring proof of her income/or show up at the last hearing. She was penalized $500 each time. |
"You can't fix crazy!" Can I get a Amen. (Insert soulful gospel music here.) |
ha, the latest.. (how I get anything done is beyond me...) DCSS sent DH an email that they are not collecting on his Judgment... reprimanded him for even turning it in and said BM gave them proof she paid the medical bills. am I in the twilight zone??? |
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