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90% of the Nidalee's I come across are utter trash. This is how you play her. This video has some very good inside tipps from HS. Watch it before you play some crappy Nidalee, running Ignite. http://www.own3d.tv/video/80392/CLGa...17_-_19_36_37_
Hmm. Thanks for the Nid Vid. I play her and was looking for some pro videos to learn from. Look forward to watching it.
nidalee is easy to learn and hard to master
kinda like guitar
I dont think she is easy to learn. She has 6 skills and a swap. Her pounce is hard to figure out how to use because its about the only skill in the game that relies on your champ's facing. Spear is a very hard skillshot to use and man does it drain the mana fast! You have to learn to remember to drop traps often, instead of forgetting for minutes at a time when in cougar. Your health sucks... so cougar and leaping in equals a quick death. This doesnt sound like an easy to learn champ to me.
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She's my main. Looking forward to watching this video.
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Nidalee's my main too, and it seems I play very similarly to HotshotGG. The only thing different is I get sheen after rageblade: I don't go towards Blasting Wand or Needlessly Large Rod, as I find sheen to synergize very effectively with Nidalee's low cooldowns in cougar form (enables even faster jungling). It gives a quick boost to physical damage, ability power and mana, a great combination of items for the jungle ganking cougar nidalee past level 6.
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needlessly large wand is a much better choice. endgame nidalee is a spear spamming heal bot. sheen encourages you to go cougar form and jump into a fight to get a big cougar Q off. then you die. stacking ap > sheen/lichbane
Does anyone know what runes/masteries he runs? I heard he has two Nidalee runepages. I'm pretty sure armorpen quints and reds, but blues/yellows? I'm just wondering because I have serious mana problems with Nidalee and no blue buff. Sometimes I even take clarity to 2v1 and stay in my lane forever.
I've actually been considering buying Nidalee lately, but every one I see ends up being a feeder. Good time to come on the forums since this video was linked, just got done watching it and I am a whole lot more interested now.


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I had the opportunity to taste the green juicing series of Juice Shop SF. There will be more on this company in an upcoming post, but first and foremost, as the name indicates, they're started by three brothers, and are local to San Francisco. Furthermore, a hydraulic press is used to extract the juice. The … Continue reading
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I agree! Yes, it looks niceSubmitted by joyelite (not verified) on Fri, 10/19/2007 - 2:53pm.
I agree! Yes, it looks nice to have a pretty green lawn but when there is no water left to shower with and you have to go to work smelly, the pretty lawn really loses it's importance. If you are gonna use your share of the water to water your grass, don't take a shower and stop brushing your teeth! Seriously people, What is more important? Kudos on the road sign idea!
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Big banks hit new lows in small business satisfaction survey
PUBLISHED: 30 Jul 2013 11:06:29 | UPDATED: 31 Jul 2013 07:38:14PRINT EDITION: 30 Jul 2013The big four banks are less popular with Australian small business now than at any time in the past, according to an East & Partners survey.
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The big banks are at their most unpopular among small business customers at any time on record, reflecting their failure to invest adequately in relationships with the small end of town.
Five years after the global financial crisis led banks to tighten lending covenants, increase interest rates and jack up fees on small business, the sector has responded with a stinging rebuke of the country's largest lenders.
A national survey of more than 6000 businesses by East & Partners shows the satisfaction ratings of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ANZ Banking Group and Westpac Banking Corp have deteriorated significantly since the global financial crisis.
The banks' ratings among business have approximately halved, according to the business banking index.
Micro-businesses turning over between $1 million and $5 million reported a BBI of 11.4, down from 21 in 2008, out of the 10 banks measured.
Bank of Queensland bucked the trend, stealing a march on bigger competitors to rank first in satisfaction among business customers. HSBC was ranked second, followed by St George Bank and National Australia Bank.
Lachlan Colquhoun, head of markets analysis at East & Partners, said the results reflected a deterioration in relations between big banks and small business since the global financial crisis struck in 2008.
"The gap for the small end of the market had widened significantly," Mr Colquhoun said. "I don't think the majors are really investing in relationships with small business to the extent the Bank of Queensland is."
Despite the Reserve Bank of Australia's official cash rate falling to a low of 2.75 per cent, many small businesses have had their borrowing rates increased.
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Since Windows XP, Windows [1] comes with 'AutoPlay' and 'AutoRun' features. AutoPlay will show you a popup dialog whenever you insert external media (drive, CD, DVD, etc.) to choose what to do with your inserted media. AutoRun, on the other hand, allows a file on your removable media to automatically run once the media is inserted into your computer. Because the way of these features work, your computer always faces with risk from viruses on your removable media or devices. For example, there may be a virus on a thumb drive, which is set to autorun when plugging the drive into a computer; this virus can easily get onto your system thanks to AutoRun. Therefore, in this article, I will show you how to disable AutoPlay and AutoRun in Windows 8.
With just a few simple clicks, you can easily disable AutoPlay and AutoRun. To disable them, do the following:
Although these settings reduce exposure to risks on removable devices and media, you should always be careful in inserting or connecting unknown media and devices to your computer — especially CD/DVDs, because they often AutoRun when you double-click the drive in My Computer. Be safe!
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Research and DevelopmentBackground on Disease Markers The disease marker being used is SNP rs35685286. This is the marker for sickle-cell disease found on chromosome 11. Patients with sickle-cell disease have red blood cells that are mishapen and are a "sickled" or crescent shape. This results in less oxygen being carried to the patient's body tissues. Therefore, patients experience crisis, where they have severe pain in their bones in their backs or chest. These symptoms can last for hours or even days. More information about this particular SNP can be found at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/SNP/snp_ref.cgi?rs=35685286


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Sex, lies and the Catholic Church: Thank you for your continued excellent reporting on the past and current state of affairs in Bishop O'Brien's office ("Blame Game," Robert Nelson, May 30). As a member of the church, I must tell you that the depth of the continued sanctimonius deceit, as well as the obvious malfeasance, continues to both amaze and sicken me. I for one have withheld all payments to the church and have written a letter of protest to the Office of the Holy See in Washington, D.C. Mr. Nelson, do not stop. Do not relent. Do not allow your newspaper to give in to the threats. I also applaud Mr. Romley. I ask and support his prosecution of the law. No one, no institution is above the law. Shame on O'Brien, who, as far as I am concerned, has forfeited his title. If I ever see him on the street, I will be happy to spit in his direction and then offer my forgiveness.
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Minority report: As an artist and arts writer, I read Susy Buchanan's piece on the MARS Artspace with great interest ("Ghosts of Mars," May 23). The circumstances that plagued the MARS space are not uncommon in the visual arts. This is particularly true of minority spaces as well as alternative venues. Either through design, or the way situations evolved, it seems from the article, that the MARS space was a victim of its own success in showcasing artists. As soon as the founders began to claim an audience for their individual works, a precipitous decline in interest and support of the group collective began. The draw to find other, and perhaps more profitable, venues left MARS minus the very people it needed the most for the long haul its founders. Minus that drive, the space became a venue minus either an aesthetic direction or a community foundation.
I also feel that certain "attitudes" on the part of some members did not help matters. It is to be expected that artists use bravado and self-aggrandizement as promotional tools. However, Jim Covarrubias' quote: " Those cats just aren't as good as I am, that's why they can't sell," does very little to promote the merits of Chicano Art. Was it really necessary to allow that to see print, or was it a joke? Was this just so much "self promotion" along the lines of "I'm the best artist in Arizona?" What may pass as idle chatter or clever wit in private takes on an air of decided self-importance and superiority that may, or may not, be entirely merited. Since Mr. Covarrubias aligns his artistic identity with his ethnicity, this brings into question his sense of both commitment and support of the very ethnic group that fuels his creations and identity. I have seen this time and time again, where once a "minority" artist achieves some level of recognition and frequent sales, there is a persistent need to differentiate him or herself from the collective group by taking on the mantle of being "special." Rather than permitting a range of artists into this exclusive enclave, it seems imperative that the successful from the group ensure that their expressions are seen as the definitive ones and others as the contrivances of "lesser" talents.
Another issue that the article raised was that of Annie Lopez and her reaction to a negative review. It is to be expected that, when you place work in an open arena, you place yourself on examination. Lopez' reaction to the review was to create a work that was as jejune as it was confusing. When one evaluates work, one must create a judgment, either pro or con. To accuse an art reviewer of being judgmental is like punishing an artist for being too creative. It is part of the review process to be "judgmental" and to create a system for evaluating the merits of a work. One hopes that the reviewer will have an open system that is inclusive and aware of the state of visual art on both a local and international level. To respond with a work that is critical of the concept of judgment makes little if any sense and seems to point to an inability to accept constructive criticism.
Another point made by Lopez was her irritation at being refused exhibition space for her work while attention and room were made for "La Grafica Chicana: Three Decades of Chicano Prints, 1970-2000" at the Phoenix Art Museum. While she pointed out her exclusion from the proceedings, she did not note that it is a huge step forward that mainstream museums are acknowledging the artistic merits of Chicano artists, the very goal MARS was established to foster. The fact that Ms. Lopez was not included does not automatically mean that there is systematic segregation. Could it be possible her works are simply not on a level of accomplishment to make them worthy? Could it be possible that her creations did not fit the premise of the show? These are questions that one could easily ask before jumping to the conclusion that there is systematic racism taking place in this instance.


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A reported glitch on the official Assassin's Creed 4 website suggests the game will release on next-gen consoles.
While Ubisoft has only confirmed the game for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC so far, Gematsu has captured a screenshot of the official website that promises the game is "also coming to next-gen consoles".
The page reportedly confirmed October 29 as the release date. The PlayStation 4 is expected to release in November.
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Thousands avoid criminal records in Plymouth by 'making amends'
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THE number of offenders avoiding criminal records by 'making amends' for their behaviour has trebled in the last five years in Plymouth.
Some of the potentially serious crimes resolved in the city through 'restorative justice' have included assault, burglary, harassment and sexual offences.
Restorative justice is a scheme that allows offenders and victims to decide how the crime should be resolved.
Examples of how amends are made include repairing damaged property, cleaning up graffiti or writing a letter of apology.
Police claim the scheme can reduce re-offending rates and save money by stopping offenders being charged and going to court.
New figures, released to The Herald under the Freedom of Information Act, show Devon and Cornwall Police used restorative justice to resolve 18,821 in the region from January 2008 to November 2012. The scheme was used 4,378 times in Plymouth during that time rising from 515 in 2009 to 1,586 in 2012.
PC Phil Skedgell, restorative justice support officer for Devon and Cornwall Police, described the scheme as a "proportional" response to low-level crime.
He said: "Restorative justice is a process which brings victims and those responsible for the crime together to communicate, thereby enabling everybody affected by a particular incident to play a part in repairing the damage.
"It's about communication to try to resolve conflict.
"A shopkeeper might ring in to say 'I have had a couple of kids nicking some sweets' and they just want it to be a low-level response.
"People say we sometimes use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, a disproportional response to a low-level incident.
"We often find that people are committing crimes that are naive and unintentional."
Offences range from shoplifting and criminal damage to theft of a vehicle, domestic burglary and fraud.
PC Skedgell says the offence categories might seem shocking, but the actual crimes are often less serious.
"Restorative justice is only ever used where the victim agrees and the offender accepts responsibility," he said.
"In the right environment people can gain great confidence in the police because we are taking a proportional response."
Tony Hogg, new Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall said: "I very much support the use of restorative justice. It can be applied by police at street level or more formally through the courts.
"In addition to catching criminals, it is essential that we place increased emphasis on prevention of crime and keeping people, especially young adults, out of prison where appropriate.
"Restorative justice has a high success rate in reducing re-offending.
"It is therefore valuable in keeping communities safer and also in reducing the demands on our police."
But Mr Hogg warned that serious crimes should be dealt with by serious penalties.
"There can be no soft answers for those who have committed serious offences, but for minor offences restorative justice provides an increasingly sensible route to reducing re-offending," he said.
"We must put victims first and give them an opportunity to decide how criminals who have damaged their lives are dealt with.
"But often young adults who have committed minor offences are or have been victims themselves, and many who are looking for a way out of a life of crime need support from their community. There is a balance to be set."
Restorative justice was used to resolve 18,821 crimes in Devon and Cornwall from 2008 to 2012
Fact panel: It was used 7,227 times between January and November this year - up from 2,422 in 2009
Fact panel: In Plymouth the scheme was used 4,378 times in the last five years
Fact panel: 2009: 515
Fact panel: 2010: 1,118
Fact panel: 2011: 1,159
Fact panel: 2012 (to November): 1,586
Fact panel: The crime the scheme was used for the most in Devon and Cornwall was shoplifting - 4,311 times since 2008
Offences in Plymouth resolved through restorative justice between 2009-12:
Shoplifting: 1,060
Criminal damage: 881
Common assault: 683
Other assault: 663
Harassment: 344
Other theft: 298
Fraud and forgery: 147
Other crime: 127
Sexual offences: 48
Other burglary: 26
Drug offences: 18
Theft of vehicle/TWOC: 17
Theft from vehicle: 17
Domestic burglary: 16
Other violence: 14
Serious assault: 7
Robbery: 6
Handling: 5
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text: Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity "Say It Again" first appeared in the September/October 2010 issue of Touchstone. Say It AgainRandall Smith on What Is There to Talk About in Heaven? Not too long ago, I was at a funeral. It was a sad affair, as the funerals of people who have played an important part in one's life usually are. But one thing that went a long way to diminishing the grief was the excellent homily of Fr. Marvin O'Connell, preaching on the occasion of the death of his long-time friend (of some 65 years), the venerable Ralph McInerny, professor of philosophy for over fifty years at the University of Notre Dame, author of numerous books on Thomas Aquinas, founding editor of Crisis magazine, and creator of the priest-sleuth Fr. Dowling. During that homily, Fr. O'Connell suggested that Ralph McInerny would now reside in the company of the communion of the saints. He would, for example, see once again his beloved wife Connie and the son they lost when he was only four years old. And being a dedicated Thomist, he was probably already deep in conversation with "the Angelic Doctor" himself, St. Thomas Aquinas. What a conversation that would be! A Very Good Question Later in the homily, Fr. O'Connell made reference to the passage on heaven in Thomas's Exposition on the Apostle's Creed that says: "Our desire for knowledge will be complete because in heaven we shall know the nature of all things. We shall know all truth and whatsoever we wish to know, we shall know." Fr. O'Connell's rendering was a bit pithier, shortening Thomas's lengthy scholastic prose to the simpler and more dramatic, "In heaven, we shall know all." Well, that got one of the ten-year-old children present thinking, as children sometimes do. He saw a small problem, which goes something like this: If, when Ralph McInerny gets to heaven, he will be talking with Thomas Aquinas; and if the two of them, because they are in heaven, "know all," then what will they have to talk about? That, I think both Ralph McInerny and Thomas Aquinas would agree, is a very good question for a ten-year-old. (Nor would it have hurt this particular ten-year-old's cause any that he was one of Ralph McInerny's grandchildren.) What that question shows, I think, is a profound grasp of basic logic and the ability to see logical inconsistencies between statements within an extended discussion. And that's impressive for a person of any age. (If only more of our politicians shared that ability.) Be that as it may, I think there are two replies that we might offer our bright young ten-year-old, neither of which is: "Hell is made for people who ask too many questions." Quite the contrary. As Pope John Paul II pointed out at the beginning of his encyclical Fides et Ratio, asking questions is what makes us human. Indeed, in Crossing the Threshold of Hope and many other places, the pope talked about the hope he had in the young, precisely because the young ask so many questions, especially questions about the meaning of life. So, while admitting that we do not yet "fully know as we are known" and that the true nature of heaven is not yet clear to us, we should welcome such questions. Perhaps we should even hazard a guess or two, especially if our guesses are based on God's own revelation. Heaven was made for people who continually ask questions in search of the Truth. Sharing Beauty If I were to hazard a guess at what people in heaven, who "know all," have to talk about, I would say: the absolute beauty of it all. Even during our own brief lifetimes on this earth, it is not uncommon to hear conversations between friends that go something like this: "Aren't the mountains beautiful?" says one. "Yes, they are," his friend replies. "They make me think of those lines from Robert Frost's poem 'The Mountain': 'There ought to be a view around the world/ From such a mountain.'" "Yes, I know that poem. It's beautiful," the first one says. "The mountains also remind me of that passage in the Psalms: 'I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.'" "Ah yes, I love the Psalms." And on and on they would go, sharing with each other in words the truth and goodness of the beauty they behold. The fact that each sees the same mountain and knows the same poems would not make the sharing of them any less valuable or joyous. Such conversations are far from dull. They are not really like the obvious parody one might imagine, which would go something like this: "Isn't that sunset beautiful?" "Yes, I know." "And the mountains, aren't they beautiful, too?" "Yes, I know." "And the play of light and shadow on the mountains, isn't that beautiful, too?" " Yes, I know!" That's not a conversation really. It's more of an assault on someone who's neither looking, nor interested in looking. It shows that Person A doesn't really know Person B, and that Person B doesn't really grasp the beauty of the mountains—at least, not at that moment. Same & Different I've had conversations with good friends who knew me so well that they knew the poem I was thinking about before I mentioned it. With certain friends, if I were to say, "That mountain makes me think of Frost's poem, 'The Mountain,'" they would reply, "I knew that's what you were thinking!" What is strange is that, when the friendship is really good, the fact that the other person knew what I was thinking doesn't destroy the joy of it. It's not like ruining a joke by blurting out the punch line ahead of time. With good friends, even though I might know the poem by heart, I'd be likely to say, "Go ahead and recite it. I want to hear it." But of course, that's only part of the truth. I not only want to hear the poem; I want to hear my friend recite it. When the same poem is read by different people, the beauty is in some ways the same and in some ways different, just as when the same song is sung by different people, the beauty is in some ways the same and in some ways different. I love hearing Judy Garland sing "Over the Rainbow," but I also love hearing Israel Kamakawiwo'ole sing it. It's the same song, but those are two very different voices and two very different personalities that shine through in the music. In their own way, these various expressions of Beauty—what the theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar called "the forgotten transcendental"—give us a certain foretaste of unity in difference and difference in unity, about which we will say more in a moment. In the meantime let me suggest that the same things we have noticed about Beauty might also be said about Goodness and Truth. Watching Mother Teresa cradle a premature baby in her arms isn't any less interesting than watching a surgical nurse do the same. Seeing how other teachers teach the same passage in Dante isn't only interesting to me as a source of information about how I should teach it; sometimes it's just a joy to see the way other people's minds work. It fills me with wonder to see and hear how other people can make the same passage come alive in different ways, to see the faces of the students as they respond, and to see the bond that begins to form as students and teacher both stand in awe before the same ineffable truth. Sharing of Self The experiences we have of sharing beauty and truth validate something the French Canadian theologian René Latourelle once said in The Theology of Revelation: namely, that with words, we not only communicate information (How long until dinner? Where is the nearest gas station?), but we also communicate ourselves (I love you. How may I help?). Words, he says, are "the means through which two interiorities unveil themselves to each other with a view towards reciprocal exchange." When words attain to this level, they are Perhaps this is why I not only want to hear Robert Frost's poem again, I want to hear it recited by this particular person whom I love. It's not just the words of the poem that are a gift; so, too, is the person speaking them. I not only want to hear the words and notes of "Over the Rainbow" again; I want to hear it sung by this person. When the song works, it's because the singer has shared something of himself in the singing. But it's not only that. When the song works, it's also because the singer has somehow found the innermost beauty, the deepest truth, of the song and expressed it in a way not yet seen or heard by anyone else in quite the same way. Merely to copy someone else wouldn't be to share oneself in the singing. And yet, when the song is sung well, there's no need to change the tune into something else or to alter the lyrics so as to "make it one's own." Often enough, to make a song one's own is precisely not to share it; it is merely to offer odd bits of oneself peeking out from behind the mask of the song. Great singers manage to express both themselves and the song. Mediocre singers express neither the song nor themselves. A Foretaste of Heaven What do people talk about in heaven? Everything. They don't necessarily tell each other things the other person doesn't know. Rather, with their words, they offer the gift of themselves to one another (and to God) in a reciprocal exchange of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. In this way, they mirror the relationship between the three Persons of the Triune God, in whose image they have been made and then re-made, the God who is both One and Three, whose unity of Being does not make impossible the difference between the three Persons, and in Whom the difference between the Persons does not make impossible the true unity of their Being. As a theological doctrine, this statement can be hard to grasp. How can there be a unity in God if there is distinctness and indeed difference? And how can there be distinctness and difference in God if there is unity? Admittedly, this is a difficult doctrine to visualize. But perhaps in our shared experience of Beauty, we enjoy a certain foretaste of that "difference in unity, unity in difference" for which we strive only imperfectly in this life. For those who are united to the Triune God in the communion of the saints, it is not unimportant to their joy that it is one and the same Word that each of them pronounces with his being. But that wouldn't make any less interesting the distinct and different song each one sings. Randall Smith is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. "Say It Again" first appeared in the September/October 2010 issue of Touchstone. If you enjoyed this article, you'll find more of the same in every issue. Letters Welcome: One of the reasons Touchstone exists is to encourage conversation among Christians, so we welcome letters responding to articles or raising matters of interest to our readers. However, because the space is limited, please keep your letters under 400 words. All letters may be edited for space and clarity when necessary. firstname.lastname@example.com This page and all site content © 2015 by The Fellowship of St. James. All rights reserved. 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Madonna Kicks Off 'Give Me All Your Luvin'' Hype Week
Before Madonna gives us her new single, "Give Me All Your Luvin'," the pop star who literally wrote the book on sex has the good sense to tease us first.
On Sunday, as previously reported, the Material Girl is set to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, where she'll presumably perform "Give Me All Your Luvin'" with her collaborators on the song Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. (though that last part still hasn't been confirmed). Madonna just announced she'll release the song, the first single from upcoming 12th studio album MDNA, on Friday, both digitally via iTunes and as a YouTube video. But first, on Thursday, a "preview" of the song's video will appear on American Idol. And right now, below, you can watch about two seconds of the video in what I guess you'd call a "preview of the preview," though none of the music is audible, below. It's like living in the future, man.
Madonna is also set to appear tonight on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. The brief snippet above does little more than confirm her announcement that the "Give Me All Your Luvin'" video will be "football and cheerleader-themed," in a nod to the Super Bowl. According to the announcement, the song was "written" by Madonna with Minaj, M.I.A., and French DJ/producer Martin Solveig, though Solveig and collaborator Michael Tordjman officially "composed" the song — like raising a child, coming up with a Toni Basil-style cheer that in its leaked demo version goes "L-U-V! Madonna!" takes a village. Madonna and Solveig produced the track.
The full "Give Me All Your Luvin'" video is slated to premiere on Madonna's YouTube channel at 9 a.m. ET on Friday. In a clever marketing approach, MDNA will be available for pre-order at a price point of $9.99 along with a bonus remix that's only going to be for sale from Friday through Monday, and fans who pre-order her first album of new material since 2008's Hard Candy will also get the new single immediately.
In other MDNA news, Madonna has confirmed a list of co-producers for the album. Along with Solveig, she's also working with the Demolition Crew, Marco "Benny" Benassi and Alessandro "Alle" Benassi, Hardy "Indiigo" Muanza, and Michael Mali. It's unclear which other guest performers, if any, will be appearing on the record in addition to Minaj and M.I.A., but nowadays it's generally a good bet there will be more. Hard Candy featured guest vocals from Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, and Kanye West.
Expect a global tour in the second half of 2012, Madonna told the Los Angeles Times. In the meantime, on Super Bowl Sunday, Madonna says she's not going to repeat Nipplegate, but she does appear to harbor provocative ambitions. "I have 12 minutes and 40 seconds to do something extravagant and exciting in the middle of something that's quite sacred to all of America," the pop queen is quoted as saying. "No one's asked me to tone down my moves." At this point, it'd be foolish to try — but as with the Super Bowl itself, the hype cycle for MDNA could soon risk drowning out the actual event.


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North Dakota Governor John Hoeven joined FPL Energy, Minnesota Power, and nearly 100 dignitaries and guests in Oliver County to break ground on April 19 at the 50-megawatt Oliver Wind Energy Center just north of Center, North Dakota. Twenty-two wind turbines at the Oliver Wind Energy Center will generate enough electricity to power more than 16,000 homes. Construction will begin this spring and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
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A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories. Most meteors are smaller than a grain of sand, so almost all of them disintegrate and never hit the Earth's surface. Intense or unusual meteor showers are known as meteor outbursts and meteor storms, which may produce greater than 1,000 meteors an hour.[1]
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Because meteor shower particles are all traveling in parallel paths, and at the same velocity, they will all appear to an observer below to radiate away from a single point in the sky. This radiant point is caused by the effect of perspective, similar to railroad tracks converging at a single vanishing point on the horizon when viewed from the middle of the tracks. Meteor showers are almost always named after the constellation from which the meteors appear to originate. This "fixed point" slowly moves across the sky during the night due to the Earth turning on its axis, the same reason the stars appear to slowly march across the sky. The radiant also moves slightly from night to night against the background stars (radiant drift) due to the Earth moving in its orbit around the sun. See "IMO" Meteor Shower Calendar 2007 (International Meteor Organization) for maps of drifting "fixed points." The radiant must be above the observer's local horizon in order for meteors from that particular shower to be visible.
Meteor showers are named after the nearest bright star with a Greek or Roman letter assigned that is close to the radiant position at the peak of the shower, whereby the declension of the Latin possessive form is replaced by "id" or "ids". Hence, meteors radiating from near the star delta Aquarii (declension "-i") are called delta Aquariids. The International Astronomical Union's Task Group on Meteor Shower Nomenclature and the IAU's Meteor Data Center keep track of meteor shower nomenclature and which showers are established.
A meteor shower is the result of an interaction between a planet, such as Earth, and streams of debris from a comet. Comets can produce debris by water vapor drag, as demonstrated by Fred Whipple in 1951,[2] and by breakup. Whipple envisioned comets as "dirty snowballs," made up of rock embedded in ice, orbiting the Sun. The "ice" may be water, methane, ammonia, or other volatiles, alone or in combination. The "rock" may vary in size from that of a dust mote to that of a small boulder. Dust mote sized solids are orders of magnitude more common than those the size of sand grains, which, in turn, are similarly more common than those the size of pebbles, and so on. When the ice warms and sublimates, the vapor can drag along dust, sand, and pebbles. Each time a comet swings by the Sun in its orbit, some of its ice vaporizes and a certain amount of meteoroids will be shed. The meteoroids spread out along the entire orbit of the comet to form a meteoroid stream, also known as a "dust trail" (as opposed to a comet's "dust tail" caused by the very small particles that are quickly blown away by solar radiation pressure).
Recently, Peter Jenniskens[3] has argued that most of our short-period meteor showers are not from the normal water vapor drag of active comets, but the product of infrequent disintegrations, when large chunks break off a mostly dormant comet. Examples are the Quadrantids and Geminids, which originated from a breakup of asteroid-looking objects 2003 EH1 and 3200 Phaethon, respectively, about 500 and 1000 years ago. The fragments tend to fall apart quickly into dust, sand, and pebbles, and spread out along the orbit of the comet to form a dense meteoroid stream, which subsequently evolves into Earth's path.
Shortly after Whipple predicted that dust particles travelled at low speeds relative to the comet, Milos Plavec was the first to offer the idea of a dust trail, when he calculated how meteroids, once freed from the comet, would drift mostly in front of or behind the comet after completing one orbit. The effect is simple orbital mechanics – the material drifts only a little laterally away from the comet while drifting ahead or behind the comet because some particles make a wider orbit than others.[3] These dust trails are sometimes observed in comet images taken at mid infrared wavelengths (heat radiation), where dust particles from the previous return to the Sun are spread along the orbit of the comet (see figures).
The gravitational pull of the planets determines where the dust trail would pass by Earth orbit, much like a gardener directing a hose to water a distant plant. Most years, those trails would miss the Earth altogether, but in some years the Earth is showered by meteors. This effect was first demonstrated from observations of the 1995 alpha Monocerotids,[4][5] and from earlier not widely known identifications of past earth storms.
In the 1890s, Irish astronomer George Johnstone Stoney (1826–1911) and British astronomer Arthur Matthew Weld Downing (1850–1917), were the first to attempt to calculate the position of the dust at Earth's orbit. They studied the dust ejected in 1866 by comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle in advance of the anticipated Leonid shower return of 1898 and 1899. Meteor storms were anticipated, but the final calculations showed that most of the dust would be far inside of Earth's orbit. The same results were independently arrived at by Adolf Berberich of the Königliches Astronomisches Rechen Institut (Royal Astronomical Computation Institute) in Berlin, Germany. Although the absence of meteor storms that season confirmed the calculations, the advance of much better computing tools was needed to arrive at reliable predictions.
In 1985, E. D. Kondrat'eva and E. A. Reznikov of Kazan State University first correctly identified the years when dust was released which was responsible for several past Leonid meteor storms. In anticipation of the 1999 Leonid storm, Robert H. McNaught[6] David Asher,[7] and Finland's Esko Lyytinen were the first to apply this method in the West.[8][9] Peter Jenniskens has published predictions for future dust trail encounters, resulting in meteor storms or meteor outbursts for the next 50 years.[3] Jérémie Vaubaillon continues to update predictions based on observartions each year for The Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des Ephemerides (IMCCE).[10]
Over longer periods of time, the dust trails can evolve in complicated ways. For example, the orbits of some repeating comets, and meteoroids leaving them, are in resonant orbits with Jupiter or one of the other large planets – so many revolutions of one will equal another number of revolutions of the other. This creates a shower component called a filament.
A second effect is a close encounter with a planet. When the meteoroids pass by Earth, some are accelerated (making wider orbits around the Sun), others are decelerated (making shorter orbits), resulting in gaps in the dust trail in the next return (like opening a curtain, with grains piling up at the beginning and end of the gap). Also, Jupiter's perturbation can change sections of the dust trail dramatically, especially for short period comets, when the grains approach the big planet at their furthest point along the orbit around the Sun, moving most slowly. As a result, the trail has a clumping, a braiding or a tangling of crescents, of each individual release of material.
The third effect is that of radiation pressure which will push less massive particles into orbits further from the sun – while more massive objects (responsible for bolides or fireballs) will tend to be affected less by radiation pressure. This makes some dust trail encounters rich in bright meteors, others rich in faint meteors. Over time, these effects disperse the meteoroids and create a broader stream. The meteors we see from these streams are part of annual showers, because Earth encounters those streams every year at much the same rate.
When the meteoroids collide with other meteoroids in the zodiacal cloud, they lose their stream association and become part of the "sporadic meteors" background. Long since dispersed from any stream or trail, they form isolated meteors, not a part of any shower. These random meteors will not appear to come from the radiant of the main shower.
The most visible meteor shower in most years are the Perseids, which peak on 12 August of each year at over one meteor per minute. A useful tool to calculate how many meteors per hour are visible from your observing location is found here: http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/estimator.html.
The Leonids meteor shower peaks around 17 November of each year. Approximately every 33 years, the Leonid shower produces a meteor storm, peaking at rates of thousands of meteors per hour. Leonid storms gave birth to the term meteor shower when it was first realised, during the November 1833 storm, that the meteors radiated from near the star Gamma Leonis. The last Leonid storms were in 1999, 2001 (two), and 2002 (two). Before that, there were storms in 1767, 1799, 1833, 1866, 1867, and 1966. When the Leonid shower is not storming it is less active than the Perseids.
Official names are given in the International Astronomical Union meteor shower list.[11]
Shower | Time | Parent object |
Quadrantids | Early January | The same as the parent object of minor planet 2003 EH1,[12] and perhaps comets C/1490 Y1 and C/1385 U1 [13] |
Lyrids | late April | Comet Thatcher |
Pi Puppids (periodic) | late April | Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup |
Eta Aquariids | early May | Comet 1P/Halley |
Arietids | mid June | Comet 96P/Machholz, Marsden and Kracht comet groups complex [1][14] |
June Bootids (periodic) | late June | Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke |
Southern Delta Aquariids | late July | Comet 96P/Machholz, Marsden and Kracht comet groups complex [1][14] |
Alpha Capricornids | late July | Comet 169P/NEAT[15] |
Perseids | mid-August | Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle |
Kappa Cygnids | mid-August | Minor planet 2008 ED69[16] |
Aurigids (periodic) | early September | Comet C/1911 N1 (Kiess)[17] |
Draconids (periodic) | early October | Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner |
Orionids | late October | Comet 1P/Halley |
Southern Taurids | early November | Comet 2P/Encke |
Northern Taurids | mid-November | Minor planet 2004 TG10 and others[1][18] |
Andromedids (periodic) | mid-November | Comet 3D/Biela[19] |
Alpha Monocerotids (periodic) | mid-November | unknown[20] |
Leonids | mid-November | Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle |
Phoenicids (periodic) | early-December | Comet D/1819 W1 (Blanpain)[21] |
Geminids | mid-December | Minor planet 3200 Phaethon[22] |
Ursids | late December | Comet 8P/Tuttle[23] |
Any other solar system body with a reasonably transparent atmosphere can also have meteor showers. For instance, Mars is known to have meteor showers,[24] although these are different from the ones seen on Earth because the different orbits of Mars and Earth intersect orbits of comets in different ways.
Although the Martian atmosphere has less than one percent of the density of Earth's at ground level, at their upper edges, where meteoroids strike, the two are more similar. Because of the similar air pressure at altitudes for meteors, the effects are much the same. Only the relatively slower motion of the meteoroids due to increased distance from the sun should marginally decrease meteor brightness. This is somewhat balanced in that the slower descent means that Martian meteors have more time in which to ablate.[25]
On March 7, 2004, the panoramic camera on Mars Exploration Rover Spirit recorded a streak which is now believed to have been caused by a meteor from a Martian meteor shower associated with comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff. A strong display from this shower was expected on December 20, 2007. Other showers speculated about are a "Lambda Geminid" shower associated with the Eta Aquariids of Earth (i.e., both associated with Comet 1P/Halley), a "Beta Canis Major" shower associated with Comet 13P/Olbers, and "Draconids" from 5335 Damocles.[26]
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Levi's Commuter 511 Trousers $87.95
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James Robbins
Fashion meet Function
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
These pants are great. Why maybe not the best for cycling they are a lot better than most pants that look this good. I can ride my bike to work in these and not have to pack an extra pair of pants. The are thick as other reviews have noted. They are pants, which I typically wear when gold, so I don't mind the thickness. They were stiff when new. After a couple of times wearing them and a wash the became much more comfortable. The fit is good. Slim fit, but not too tight. Have a little bit of stretch to them. All around a great pant. I liked them so much I got a second pair
James Robbins
Wedding Ready
Wore these on my wedding day. They looked good and provided all day comfort.
Lexi Dowdall
Shawn Quigley
love em
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
Said this last time, loved the blue ones the green ones are even better.
Spencer Oliphant
Love these
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
I've got them in two different colors and they're a go-to for occasions where I feel like adding a little more class than I get with my jeans. Fit is excellent and they feel incredibly solid.
- Familiarity: I gave it as a gift but have feedback to share
- Fit: True to size
Got these for my boyfriend, he loves them!
Josh R
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Bought and liked the Levi 504s (read my review there) so tried these too. Seem to have all the attributes (including fit) of the 504s I like. Here's what I think you need to know about the 511. These are trousers, not jeans so no five pocket, or rivets or patch pockets on the rear. They are sturdy material in the construction so will take more abuse than most pairs of khakis I'm familiar with (save for Mountain khakis perhaps). If the modern, slimmer fit works for you (I think they fit much like the 504 jeans) and you need something a little different or more work appropriate, these would be the ticket. My only complaint, the stitching for the double layer in the seat panel is pretty noticeable (visible) in the light color pants (e.g. tan/khaki). I have black and you have to look for it to notice the stitching on it and the other dark colors from what I recall. I just saw they are on sale—I may pull the trigger and get another color.
A little too tight
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
- Fit: Runs small
Pretty much what I wanted in terms material but I'm not a big of fan of tight leg jeans. I expected a little bagginess to it. The title should mention these are slim fit. I did notice after the fact that it's in the box description but other jeans are listed with "Slim Fit Denim" in the title
Vinny Mauro
Sorry about that Andy! These are definitely a pretty slim pant even by today's standards. For a comprehensive guide on all of the Levi's fits you can check out their site here:
And we will definitely take your suggestion into consideration regarding the titles to help you all shop our site. Hopefully you were able to get them returned and get something you liked without too much trouble.
If you're interested in denim, I would highly recommend you check out the 504 commuter options we have in stock. Similar pant to the 511, but a looser fit.
Patrick Ross
Just too good
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
I just bought two more of these after having beaten my first pair to a pulp. These can be worn in almost any situation, dressed up, dressed down, dressed sideways. Yes, even to bed. They are durable, incredibly comfortable, and look like a million bucks. The deep pockets let you carry what you need.
Get a few colors, and you won't have to own another pair of pants in your life.
Vinny Mauro
Must Try
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
If you haven't tried these pants, you really should. They're a great mix of comfort and style, and just formal enough to be worn for most occasions. They have a really nice slim cut that looks very good, but is not overly aggressive so most "average" to slim guys will be able to pull it off. Super thick legs may want to look to the 504 style... but I'd say I have moderately hefty legs and I still love these. I got my first pair two weeks ago, and just came back to order a second pair.
I'm 6' 190lbs and a consistent 34x32. The 34x32 fits me perfectly, like a glove. They're definitely fairly tight, when first putting them on I thought they were too tight and almost returned them. After settling in a bit though, they are great. Best fit I've got from a pant without going to a tailor.
Joe Rizzo
Another new favorite!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
After getting a few pairs of the 511 commuter jeans, I tried out these trousers and love them just as much! Can even dress them up and get away with them at that fancy dinner you didn't want to go to anyway. But, yet still durable for a day in the dirt. Comfortable, well made, and long lasting.
Great pants but are thick
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
These pants are awesome. Everything from the fit to the tech on these jeans is well placed and perfect. The U-lock holder is a bit tough while wearing a backpack but works great. The extra stitching on the crotch is a phenomenal feature. The reflective strips on the inside are neat and otherwise, unhindering. These things are champs in light rain. And best of all, these pants stretch a bit, just enough to allow for easy riding.
That being said, my only problem with these jeans is that they are thick. I guess all these toughening features cause the jeans to gain some width and they loose breathability. For someone whom has an exceptionally hilly commute everyday, I heat up REALLY fast. And the low breathability causes me to take a while to cool back down. This should come in handy as it gets colder but for right now, it's a bit of a bummer.
Eli Hays
Need to add a touch of class?
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
These will do the job. Great, simple, slim fit to them, but not too tight like those skinny jeans we rocked in high school... Been looking for something I can wear when dressing up a little, but not feel like I'd ruin them on a night out and these definitely fit the bill. Nice strong material that takes a few days of wear to break in, but once worn, are super comfy. Great attention to detail on them as well- from simple things like the stitching, or color of the pocket interiors to more noticeable details, like the lock holster and reflective highlights on the cuffs. Wish they were a little bit longer so that I could cuff them without looking like highwaters, but, I mean, I'm kinda tall and slender anyway, so sometimes we gotta take what we can get. Hell, they impressed my lady and the judge, so they're a win in my book!
John M.
Great fit
Excellent quality with great attention to detail
Ty K.
Timberwolf are longer than the rest
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
Beware: the Timberwolf color runs longer than the Harvest Gold. Harvest Gold fit very true to size. Overall, great commuter/business casual work trousers. Pockets in the back are more formal than jeans - great feature.
Luke Isom
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
Long lasting pants. The reinforced crotch is a great feature on this biking pants. The reflector in the cuff is useful in case you forget your lights or just want to be more visible while riding at night. Also, these pants are semi waterproof. Very nice if you caught in bad weather. All around good. The sizing is similar to other Levi's pants.
Dr Hapiauer
Suffer for Fashion
All I wear are Levi's 511. But, I'm disappointed in the commuter trouser. Unless, I bought a defected pair. The waist fits fine but they're way too tight in the grundage area. It seems the construction is a bit off. I might buy another pair just to see if they fit differently. Considering my complaints, I still wear them quite a bit. Because, they're functional and look good.
Austin Owens
wow. thats all i can say
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I've worn these basically every other day since I bought them. Really comfortable and feel great for lounging around and trying to steal wifi, but also extremely durable when you're out and about on your bike. Levi's made the crotch bomb proof, so say goodbye to biking issues. They fit wonderful as well, the classic 511 fit spot on. Sizing is true to Levi's sizing. I wear a size 32 in most Levi's and the 32 in these is perfect. Buy them, you will not be disappointed!
Great Pants! Wish they'd restock them!
Love these, keep trying to find more pairs but hard to come by. Great fit, durable material. My new favorite pants!
Great all around pant
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
I bought a pair of these guys last year and recently doubled down on another. The Commuters are true to the 511 cut (skinny) so if you've worn a pair before, these will fit the same way, but better. The high back, reinforced seat, and slim legs make riding comfortable and the reflective cuffs are a nice bonus (how well it actually protects you is up for debate, i personally have yet to be side swiped by a car and would like to keep it that way).
As for wearing to work, the Commuters are great due to the trouser-esque back pockets. They wear like a trendier pair of dockers.
The water-repellent coating makes these pants my first choice for casual hikes and climbing. They wick a light sprinkle away nicely but do get soaked through for anything heavier. These are not technical dry-fit pants by any means but are great for light hikes when you know you may hit the bar afterwards and don't want to look like an outdoor wonk.
All said and done, these pants do it all.


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