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1862 Liberty Eagle, PR65 Ultra Cameo1862 $10 PR65 Ultra Cameo NGC. The Civil War raged in the United States from 1861 through 1865. Early on, the North thought there was little doubt about the war's outcome, but by late 1862 the Union war strategy was in disarray. President Lincoln had replaced General George B. McClellan as commander of the Union forces with Ambrose Burnside, an ineffectual leader. In December 1862 Burnside and the Union troops suffered staggering losses of life near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Increasing numbers of Federal troops began to desert their ranks.
35 Examples Struck, 12-15 Survive
Single Finest Certified Example
35 Examples Struck, 12-15 Survive
Single Finest Certified Example
Against this historical backdrop, first silver, and then gold coins disappeared from circulation in 1861. In November 1861 the Reverend M.R. Watkinson, of Ridleyville, Pennsylvania, suggested to Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase that the nation's coinage should feature a motto emblematic of its trust in God. Various half dollar and eagle pattern coins of 1861 and 1862 feature mottos such as IN GOD IS OUR TRUST and GOD OUR TRUST. By the second week of July 1862, even Indian Head cents had ceased to circulate. The Philadelphia Mint produced only a bit more than 92,000 double eagles in 1862, compared with more than 2 million the previous year, and only 10,960 eagles, against more than 113,000 pieces in 1861. Even mintages of proof coins plummeted: While 1859 through 1861 saw proof eagle mintages from 50 to 80 pieces, in 1862 only 35 proof eagles were recorded. Few proof specimens were made of the gold eagle in this year, but some of the Judd-297 and -298 copper patterns were produced from an obverse die used for the regular-issue proof gold pieces. The reverse of those copper patterns features the motto GOD OUR TRUST, either on a scroll (Judd-297) or in the field above the eagle (Judd-298). Walter Breen's proof Encyclopedia describes the obverse die: "Large date, placed low, slanting down a little to r., 2 nearer border than 1; left base of 1 almost over r. edge [of a dentil]; date nearer first than 13th star." Some of the copper patterns feature a different obverse die, with the "date about centered and too far right (as in 1863), the 2 almost in line with r. corner of truncation [illustrated in Adams-Woodin, 356]." It is unknown if any regular (No Motto) gold eagles were produced with this obverse, but Breen comments that if they exist, "They are probably restrikes."
The present example offers superbly contrasting, deeply mirrored fields against the frosty devices. The obverse die shows the diagnostics of the first obverse die above, with the date shifted to the left. A curious curved mark between the bust truncation and the 2 in the date appears to be the lunule of the top of a previously mispunched 2.
This is the single highest graded Ultra Cameo proof example of this elusive Civil War-era issue at either NGC or PCGS. A search through our auction archives shows that this is only the fifth time we have ever offered a proof of this elusive date, with one of those citations being a previous appearance of the present coin. PCGS estimates that only 12 to 15 examples exist, and its population data show nine submissions of the 1862 proof eagle, all in the PR64 grade -- five in PR64 and four in PR64 Cameo. NGC shows a total of six submissions -- two each in PR64 Cameo and PR65 Cameo, one each in PR64 Ultra Cameo and this coin in PR65 Ultra Cameo (7/13). These 15 grading events almost certainly represent a number of resubmissions, given the strong monetary incentives for even a one-point grade bump of this rare issue.
Illustrated on page 60 of Proof Gold Coinage of the United States, by Robert J. Loewinger, M.D., as a representative of the Type II reverse with shorter, thinner claws, no motto, and small letters.
Ex: Dr. Robert J. Loewinger Collection (Heritage, 1/2007), lot 3136, realized $115,000.(Registry values: P5) (PCGS# 98798)
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Washington Office: 122 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
January 30, 2008
President George W. Bush
Dear President Bush,
On behalf of America's small business trucking professionals, I am writing to ask that you do all that you can to stabilize the cost of diesel fuel in our country. Along with the more than 160,000 members of OOIDA, small business truckers across the nation are suffering greatly from the erratic and escalating price of fuel. While I fully recognize that this is an extraordinarily difficult and complex problem to address, I believe that there are some measures within your Administration's power that may be taken to alleviate tight domestic fuel markets and ultimately help to rein in fuel prices.
As you may know, small business truckers (operating 6 or fewer trucks) comprise close to 90 percent of the trucking industry. Considering that trucks account for the movement of 69 percent of all goods transported in the U.S. and are the only providers of goods to 75 percent of American communities, small business truckers are quite literally the backbone of our nation's economy. The cost of fuel is the single greatest operating expense with which small business truckers must contend. Volatile and often high fuel prices have devastated these businesses over the last several years. Thousands of trucking companies have not been able to survive. The corresponding loss of businesses has had an enormous impact on the freight hauling capacity of the trucking industry and its ability to address the needs of America's manufacturers, shippers, and retailers.
Each time the price of fuel increases by 5 cents per gallon, a trucker's annual costs increase by roughly $1,000. In just the past six months, the average price of diesel has climbed by more than 40 cents per gallon. This is an enormous burden on the small business trucker whose average annual income is $37,000 to $40,000. With strong demand, tight supplies and the rising cost of crude oil, the Department of Energy predicts that diesel prices will continue to rise well beyond former record highs. The urgency for action to help truckers survive grows with every additional cent they must pay at the fuel pump. The line between profit and loss for small truckers is getting thinner every day.
With consideration to the current prices of fuel, we ask that your Administration immediately cease the diversion of oil supplies to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and instead allow that product to directly enter the marketplace. While most small business truckers understand the premise behind the SPR, it is very difficult for them to understand the Administration's insistence on continuing to ship oil to the SPR at a time when all Americans are suffering from high fuel costs. Shipping oil to the SPR at this time only serves to exacerbate the already tight domestic fuel market. As was appropriately stated by several members of Congress in a recent letter to you, "Filling the SPR, without regard to crude oil prices and the availability of supplies, drives oil prices higher and ultimately hurts consumers."
We also implore you to make use of your Administration's authority and influence to ensure that American fuel producers and refiners cease their exports of diesel and biodiesel products to other nations. As you well know, with the intent to encourage and support the production and refinement of fuel for the domestic marketplace, those entities receive an extraordinary amount of taxpayer dollars in the form of grants, tax credits and other financial incentives. There is no justifiable reason those companies should accept American taxpayer incentives and then export their products. Actions such as that are nothing short of fraud. Every drop of fuel that has been subsidized by American taxpayers should be available only to American consumers.
The majority of OOIDA members have supported your efforts to encourage domestic production, including opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and the outer continental shelf to drilling. Our members believe however, that the federal government should not be providing financial incentives to multi-billion dollar companies during a time when market factors provide more than sufficient encouragement for those entities to invest in expanding their domestic production and refinery efforts.
Mr. President, the hard-working truckers that drive the commerce of this country and make our nation competitive in the world marketplace need your support now more than ever.
Jim Johnston
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The heyday of blockbuster drug discoveries may be gone, but 2012 turned out to be the best year in recent memory for new drug approvals, offering the promise of help for patients and big sales opportunities for drug makers.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the green light last year to 39 new drugs, for diseases that include cancer, HIV and cystic fibrosis, the highest number of approvals since the mid-1990s.
The outlook for 2013 is almost as sunny. Regulators are on track to approve as many as 36 novel drug compounds able to generate U.S. sales of $9 billion in 2018, says Michael Latwis, director of corporate research for Decision Resources.
It isn't easy to predict which drugs will beat expectations by enough to boost the stocks of a pharmaceutical giant. Barrons.com picked five candidates that have a high probability of getting regulatory approval in 2013 and advancing the treatment of a serious illness. They each have the potential to deliver annual sales of more than $1 billion – in layman's terms, to become blockbusters. Even at a pharmaceutical giant such as Merck & Co. MRK 0.12152777777777778% Merck & Co. Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD57.67 0.07 0.12152777777777778% /Date(1435870832800-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8234097 AFTER HOURS USD57.67 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 284283 P/E Ratio 14.94041450777202 Market Cap 162930543174.032 Dividend Yield 3.1212068666551067% Rev. per Employee 588414 More quote details and news » (ticker: MRK), with annual sales of more than $45 billion, that's real money.
Of course, the FDA is unpredictable. And while more Americans may afford prescriptions under the Affordable Care Act, even innovative therapies can flop if insurers don't pay, doctors don't prescribe and patients don't use. Just look at the disappointing sales of the obesity drug Qsymia, and the 50% drop in drug maker Vivus's VVUS -0.43103448275862066% VIVUS Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD2.31 -0.01 -0.43103448275862066% /Date(1435870800223-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 658664 AFTER HOURS USD2.31 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1682 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 239814958.430328 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1166550 More quote details and news » (VVUS) share price since July.
"It's always a challenge," says Decision Resources' Latwis. "Things never get easier for the drug industry."
Other companies have had better luck. Of the five drugs highlighted by Barrons.com last year (see Weekday Trader,"5 Big Drugs for 2012," Jan. 25, 2012), the FDA approved four in 2012: The blood thinner Eliquis, Kalydeco for cystic fibrosis, tofacitinib for rheumatoid arthritis and the HIV medication known as the Quad.
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Critics say early estimates for BG-12's are too aggressive. Still, annual sales could reach $4 billion by 2019, says Cowen & Co. analyst Eric Schmidt.
Canagliflozin could be the first of a new class of diabetes drugs to hit the U.S.
Known as an SGLT2 inhibitor, Johnson & Johnson's JNJ -0.030466131816796995% Johnson & Johnson U.S.: NYSE USD98.44 -0.03 -0.030466131816796995% /Date(1435870874794-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6001634 AFTER HOURS USD98.36 -0.0799999999999983 -0.08126777732629012% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 90252 P/E Ratio 17.610017889087658 Market Cap 290435670725.638 Dividend Yield 3.0475416497358796% Rev. per Employee 580258 More quote details and news » (JNJ) canagliflozin lowers blood sugar levels by increasing glucose excretion in the urine. And so far clinical trials show the drug works alone or with existing treatments, and helps patients lose weight.
Scheduled for approval in mid-2013, canagliflozin is J&J's first diabetes medication. But there are potential roadblocks: A similar drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY -0.28077434609132557% Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. U.S.: NYSE USD67.48 -0.19 -0.28077434609132557% /Date(1435870944450-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5145578 AFTER HOURS USD67.47 -0.0100000000000051 -0.014819205690574985% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 58754 P/E Ratio 49.98518518518519 Market Cap 112487476948.463 Dividend Yield 2.193242442205098% Rev. per Employee 644360 More quote details and news » (BMY) and AstraZeneca (AZN) has been delayed due to safety worries.
Also, there are unpleasant side effects, including increased risk of urinary tract infections and raised cholesterol, says Barclays Capital analyst Tony Butler. Still, he sees sales reaching $1 billion by 2018.
Merck hopes suvorexant could help 70 million sleepless Americans catch a few winks.
Merck's drug blocks chemical messengers called orexins that help keep the brain alert, letting patients fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer, while also minimizing grogginess the next morning. Another potential advantage: Studies suggest patients could use suvorexant longer than current therapies.
Insomnia is an enormous market, though littered with generics and the remains of failed efforts by other big drug makers.
Also, suvorexant may not be available until 2014 because, as a controlled substance, it requires assessment by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Still, Barclays's Butler sees sales in 2017 peaking at $1.5 billion.
T-DM1, developed by Roche (RHHBY), combines two old drugs to deliver a powerful one-two punch to cancer cells.
Called a "drug conjugate," it attaches a chemotherapy drug to the breast cancer therapy Herceptin. The Herceptin attacks HER2 proteins on the surface of the cancer cell, while also delivering a poisonous payload that enters the cell and kills it.
T-DM1 isn't a cure. In studies it did delay worsening of a form of breast cancer with fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy. And its approval – expected in February -- could lay the groundwork for a potential series of new cancer treatments.
Meanwhile, T-DM1 sales could reach $2 billion by 2018, according to analysts from Cowen.
Also called sofosbuvir, GS-7977 is the wild card on our list. Though many expect FDA approval in early 2014, the market for hepatitis C drugs – at $5 billion and growing – may push regulators to act sooner.
Hepatitis C affects 180 million people globally, outpacing AIDs and HIV. The demand for better treatments has several big drug makers fighting to be the first to deliver an all-oral drug regime.
Gilead Sciences GILD -0.8361348159641411% Gilead Sciences Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD115.04 -0.97 -0.8361348159641411% /Date(1435870800142-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8748129 AFTER HOURS USD115.1 0.0599999999999881 0.0521557719054242% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 83841 P/E Ratio 13.05788876276958 Market Cap 169063470642.339 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 3888500 More quote details and news » (GILD), with GS-7977, could win that race. In trials, the drug was superior to the current treatment regimen, which includes injections of the drug interferon. That fueled big hopes and helped Gilead's share price rise 80% last year.
Analysts at Cowen expect Gilead to file for FDA approval during the second quarter, and see annual sales reaching $4 billion by 2016, or 23% of the $17 billion top line Wall Street expects Gilead to generate that same year.
Of course, sales forecasts can be wildly optimistic, thus the old adage "buy the approval and short the launch." Government austerity in Europe is pressuring drug prices. And with increasingly complex compounds filling research pipelines, it's hard to handicap regulators.
If these five drugs can meet expectations, however, they could be just what the doctor ordered.
Five Drugs to Watch
|What It Treats
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|Biogen Idec
|multiple sclerosis
|$4 billion
|$1 billion
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|$1.5 billion
|breast cancer
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Sources: Barclays Capital, Decision Resources, Cowen
*Projections for BG-12 reflect 2019 sales. Canagliflozin and T-DM1 estimates reflect 2018 sales. Suvorexant projections reflect 2017 sales. GS-7977 estimates reflect 2016 sales.
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The billionaire royalty who dreamed of a world without the stars and stripes i enjoying the spectacular view of Tangier from his high perch one minute and, in the next, he is dead.
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"Killer Joe" is the story of the Smith family, one of the most unsavory collections of reprobates you'll ever see on film. The Smiths are a desperate, trailer-dwelling stew of venality and dysfunction. Young Chris owes money to some very bad people, and since he knows—or thinks he knows—that his sister Dottie is the beneficiary of his mother's life insurance policy, he naturally decides to have his mother murdered. Enter Killer Joe (Matthew McConaughey), a police officer who supplements his income by working as a hit man. Chris's father, Ansel (Thomas Haden Church) soon learns of the plan, as does Chris's stepmother, Sharla (Gina Gershon). Then Dottie finds out about it. So now the whole family knows that a murder is about to take place. And no one cares.
What makes "Killer Joe" such a fascinating and unnerving film is the sheer amorality of its characters. The Smiths discuss murder as if it were the equivalent of taking the car in for an oil change. In a brilliant act of misdirection, Friedkin and Letts suggest at the beginning of the film that Dottie will serve as the moral compass of the story. Her waiflike innocence promises—at first, anyway—to provide non-sociopathic audience members with a character they might possibly relate to. But Dottie (Juno Temple, in a mesmerizing performance) turns out to be just as deranged and the rest of her family, albeit in a slightly more childlike way.
Then of course there's Killer Joe himself. If you plan on seeing this movie, prepare to meet a new Matthew McConaughey. Gone is the shirtless doofus whom half-witted movie heroines just can't help falling in love with. As Killer Joe, McConaughey is menacing, weird, reckless and calculating all at once. It's a fascinating character arc: when we first meet Killer Joe, he appears to be the consummate professional, incapable of carelessness, but as soon as he lays eyes on Dottie, his supposed professionalism gradually gives way to a peculiar brand of insanity that cares solely for the gratification of its darkest, most corrupt impulses.
If all of this sounds unbearably dark and unwatchable, I assure you it isn't. The writing is brilliant, the acting superb and the direction flawless. There are scenes in "Killer Joe" that build such slow, convincing tension you're likely to find yourself holding your breath without knowing it. There's a feel to "Killer Joe" that's hard to pin down. It's been called a "noir" film, but it employs none of the usual noir visual tropes, and there's a vaguely surrealistic quality to the proceedings that contradicts the hardboiled realism characteristic of the noir genre.
As an examination of the "dark underbelly" of the American dream, "Killer Joe" is somewhat reminiscent of David Lynch's "Blue Velvet." But whereas Lynch's vision has always been suffused with odd metaphysical undercurrents, Friedkin and Letts locate the disruptive power of madness and violence strictly within the realm of human behavior. Their premise appears to be that humankind is bizarre and frightening enough without any help from supernatural forces.
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Haswell is here!
The NDA is lifted and quite a few interesting reviews are up:
Desktop: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7003/t...i54560k-tested
Iris Pro 5200 Mobile GPU: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6993/i...74950hq-tested
Overclocking: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/...w#.UapR2ZXNr8s
I think it looks quite good overall. As the focus was clearly on mobile products, Haswell will be very important for upcoming notebooks. High End products like the Retina MacBook Pros should use Iris Pro 5200 and that will be a major improvement over the current generation when running without the dedicated GPU on the go. Overall CPU performance will probably be similar to current notebooks in day-to-day usage but the battery life should be fantastic! With WWDC just a few days away, I'm really looking forward to the new Mac line-up now :)
On the desktop side it's more like a small improvement. The Z87 chipset with more native USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 ports is probably the most important change.
Anyone here looking to upgrade?
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i'm still happy with my sandybridge :)
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Will stick with Ivy myself.
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I will go haswell later this year. Have a friend who wants to buy my ivy cpu and motherboard. He wants to upgrade from a x58 motherboard and core i7 920 2.66ghz cpu. Want to talk about bottlenecks, he's using a gtx 670 with that setup!
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I'm very tempted to upgrade just because of the SATA ports. But I doubt I'll see much gain in iRacing. I'm extremely GPU bound anyway.
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Yeah I'll also wait another year. The next chipset generation should support SATA Express so with that I'm able to skip SATA 3 SSDs completely ;)
CPU performance itself has not been an issue for many years now. Curious to see what Haswell solutions Apple will show tomorrow ;)
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I kept my I7-920 at 4.2gigs from day one,for over 4 years,but with a better CPU cooler.IF you waited this long and something new is coming out in a year ,I would just overclock the hell out of it and get all the power you can get from it ,because if you are running stock at 2.66gig then you should have quiet a bit of head room if your pC has the voltage and overclocking tools.It should do 3.8gig to 4.6gigs.
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After the somewhat lackluster Ivy Bridge E reviews I decided to simply get a Haswell system.
I had the itch to upgrade and the Z87 is the much more attractive platform than the old X79. Since I don't use SLI anymore, X79 has zero advantages for me.
CPU performance and cores are not that important either, a little 4770K will do just fine. But I'm definitely looking forward to some long overdue SATA 3 SSD RAID 0 fun, with TRIM ;)
Funny thing is, this whole upgrade costs about what I used to pay for the CPU alone :p Kinda glad those times are gone...
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Hey all. It been awhile since I last posted :( been busy with work etc. Anyways just built up a new rig. Went a i7 4770k, Maximus vi extreme etc. see sig for more details. I will post some pics soon!
Had a couple of issues when building it, the back plate for the H100i was loose so had to use some rubber washers between the plate and the mobo, worked a treat. Luckily I had some lying around that came with my old 650d case. Also had some issues with USB keyboard and mouse randomly not being detected, only a fully power off and on would resolve the issue. Anyways a BIOS flash to 0804 fixed the issue!
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I'm going to milk my current system a little longer and wait for the 14nm refresh 'Broadwell'. I've always rushed into buying the 'Tock' CPU generations so gonna go with a 'Tick' refresh for a change. Other than that a Haswell would be a viable upgrade from my current system.
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Asheron's Call, deserves more than this.
The Tavern (General) « Asheron's Call
Originally posted by bingo69
The lack of players is certainly disheartening. Although you can do almost everything alone in AC, you get to thinking that you're playing a single player rpg. That was especially true before the global chat channels. F2P would be interesting, actually it'd be incredible to see all the new players in the old newb grinding spots from 2000... lugian outpost anyone? I wonder how they would limit the froobs, maybe the original level cap (126)... no tinkered gear? shrug...
I would definately want f2p limited and not be like a mall where you can purchase expansions and new zones using "turbine points". No item mall in AC!
Edit.. when you were back in game did you go to any t'thun summonings? On Morningthaw, which is middle of the road population wise, iirc, there were nearly 100 people on weekend summonings. Had portal storms even.. this was Q1 2012 when i was ingame last.
Asheron's Call, deserves more than this.
The Tavern (General) « Asheron's Call
Originally posted by Vhaln
I'm in the same boat as you. It's a shame isn't it? I love mmo's, they get the majority of my gaming time, but i find myself just bouncing from one to the next and can never get into any post 2003 mmo for more than six months or so. Only Asherons Call and Anarchy Online have held me for more than year, and now I alternate between the two about every 4 months or so. I'm like the OP and give most new mmo's a chance, I even go to end game in many of them... though that's not saying much as it usually only takes a couple months. Let's not get all nastalgic, but how long does it take to end game in AC? A decade? lol.
Actually, now that I think about it... Eve online has held me for long periods, its complexity is delicious, but it's also more impersonal and colder than avatar based mmos. The story and lore of Eve is just... well I guess it's there, but you can travel a thousand star systems and not encounter it.
I think the only themepark mmo that I played for any amount of time, and actually returned to once or twice was lotro.
Anyway I jumped around a bit in my post, but I agree with you OP. And I'm probably going to fire up AC again within the next few months.
Too little, too late. Game is dead.
Rubi-Ka Lounge (General) « Anarchy Online
Thought I would mention that two years after the OP posted this, the game is very much alive. All the end game raids still run regularly, the largest (s42) running several times a week. LFT is full during euro prime and it's not hard getting quests done.
My other favorite mmo, Asherons call, is much closer to "dead" than AO.
Good, Great, and the Ugly
Rubi-Ka Lounge (General) « Anarchy Online
I'm still of the opinion that SL killed the game. It was a far departure from the original game in terms of style and substance. From sci fi to a fantasy good vs evil. From instanced missions to outdoor grinding. From a city-esque backdrop to wild outdoors. From many end game raids to virtually one or two. In one swoop it invalidated practically all of Rubi-Ka, the xp, loot, and raid rewards were much better in SL. And yet players only went to SL to do those things, and came back to RK when they were done. Because SL was just too alien.
SL did introduce a ton of content, and it was bottom heavy. However I'm sure you remember how most of the quests were nerfed as too hard. Remember the trouble of getting your breathing aparatus, and snow goggles? Later they were given for free. I've never seen an MMO expansion larger than SL. It truly doubled the game size. Now imagine if all that content had been applied to RK where it should have been....
Should I Try AC?
The Tavern (General) « Asheron's Call
A casual player will take many many months to reach max level in AC. Probably a year or more.
Sure you can make 180 in a couple days if you have the resources to collect the neccessary turn in xp items. However the total accrued xp at 180 is about 24billion. The max level is 190billion. Get the picture?
Botting isn't as bad as some make it out to be. Even the popular leveling spots are rarely full. The population is pretty low on the servers, still enough to do quests but barely. The PVP server has about 2x as many people playing.


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The Paris meeting bringing together the Israeli and Palestinian leaders Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat and US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright looked set to continue into the late evening, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.
After two and a half hours of talks at around 8.30 pm (18H30 GMT) sandwiches were brought into the suite in the American ambassador's residence where the three are meeting, they said.
The negotiating teams accompanying Arafat and Barak have been reduced in order to facilitate their discussions, they added.
Its extension into the evening was being taken as an encouraging sign, the sources said.
Once the talks are over, the three are expected to travel the short distance to the Elysee Palace for a meeting with French President Jacques Chirac and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, the diplomatic sources added – PARIS (AFP)
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The Red Wings are just a 'normal' team
Mar 10, 2010, 6:45 AM EDT
I wasn't very popular among Wings fans this past week when I brought
up the notion that the Detroit Red Wings might suffer a bit of a let
down season after years and years and years and years of regular season
domination, but the cracks are definitely showing this season.
true that the majority of the issues this season start with and revolve
around the massive amount of injuries the team has to deal with.
But Red Wings cannot deny that the team this year is not the same as
the one that went to two straight Stanley Cup finals, and they're going
to be fighting tooth and nail for a playoff spot this year. That's a
completely new concept for this team and it's fans, but it's reality.
before was this more apparent than in last night's loss to the Calgary
Flames. For the second game in a row the Red Wings folded in the third
period, nearly letting a three goal lead get away from them in Chicago
and then allowing three late goals against Calgary. This is a Red Wings
team that is not only vulnerable but is stumbling when the pressure is
on in the playoff hunt.
Nicklas Lidstrom realizes that things aren't
like they've been in the past.
"In certain games,
we've played well
with the lead, we kept going after them, kept the third player high but
got pressure on their defensemen," Detroit captain Nicklas Lidstrom
said. "We haven't gotten that consistently this year.
"I think
caught taking a step back instead of being on our toes and being more
aggressive. I think we're a little hesitant and that just invites the
other team to come after us a little more and get a lot more pressure
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There's no doubt that if the Red Wings do
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I understand that Red
Wings fans have been hearing their team is too old and is bound to
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level of competitiveness. I contend that we are seeing that stumble
right now in front of our eyes; forget the injuries from earlier this
season, this is a mostly healthy Red Wings team that is 3-2-0 since the
break (not bad) but is far from perfect.
This isn't to say that
the Red Wings are suddenly a bad team, in fact they are from it. But
they are a normal, middle of the road team that struggles from time to
time and from game to game. It's not anything to be ashamed of, it's just
something that Red Wings fans will have to get used to.
- Jordan - Mar 11, 2010 at 6:48 PM
Mr. Worley,
That is certainly a fair assessment of this years Red Wings. Even when considering the almost 300 man games lost to injury, and the mass exit of UFA's in the offseason, this is still virtually the same roster, minus a couple of players, that won the Stanley Cup in 2008. I think their current struggles have to do more so with the struggles of Henrik Zetterberg than anything else, which has been well covered by the local media in Detroit. The third period letdowns have been a constant struggle for this team throughout the entire season, and that was showcased again against Calgary. The Red Wings are among the least penalized teams in the NHL, yet one of the most penalized teams in the third period. I think there's a direct correlation there as well. This season has been disastrous in many ways for the Red Wings, injuries, inconsistent play, the demise of Chris Osgood, and then throw on top of that the giant distraction the Olympics created for this team, often playing back-to-back games TWICE a week, with a coach and front office staff, who essentially were doing twice the amount of work trying to get prepared for Vancouver while also maintaining the Red Wings. Just a lot of negative factors this season that could lead to a major letdown should Detroit miss the playoffs.
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There's a lot planned for the Microsoft Management Summit next week in Vegas! I'll be there, as will several other content managers and writers from the System Center team. The following sessions are good places to meet the team and influence upcoming Operations Manager or System Center content:
Operations Manager Jam Site Tuesday, April 29, 2:00 – 4:30 in Casanova 603Chris Fox, Senior Technical Writer for Operations Manager; Bill Anderson, Technical Writer for Capacity Planner
[Edit: We've had a few requests for the location of this site -- it's in the prototype stage now, but we will absolutely announce it here once it goes live.]Are you interested in learning more about the new Operations Manager Jam site and providing your feedback? This is a community-oriented site to facilitate the sharing of management pack (MP) solutions and learning about other unique implementations. Site content includes customer-authored MP's, managed code, command shell scripts, featured articles, forums, and a unified search across the best of Operations Manager content sources. In this focus group, you can:
System Center Documentation: Content Innovations, Content as a Service, and Other New ArchitecturesMonday, April 28, 3:00 – 4:15 in Titian 2201BKim Field, Director; Steve Kaczmarek, Dionysia Sofos, Deb Lewy, John Merrill, Jonobie Ford, Content Managers; Elise Morrison, Managing Editor
This session, conducted by the content management team, will demonstrate current innovations in content delivery, and describe future architectural directions including Content as a Service offerings and Health Models. This session will provide detailed demonstrations of new content deliverable including the System Center SuperFlow, Configuration Manager Feature Quizzes, the System Center Content Search Gadget, and Virtual Machine Manager How-To videos. We'll also discuss our Content as a Service and Community Jam initiatives. Finally, we will close with a Q&A session during which the content management team will seek feedback on these new solutions.
Content as a ServiceTuesday, April 29, 2:00 – 4:30 in Casanova 604Prescott Klassen, Senior Program Manager; Kim Field, Director
Are you interested in providing feedback to Windows Server Systems Division User Assistance on scenarios and prototypes for next generation content delivery systems? Attend our Focus Group session and help us set the future vision for our Content As A Service (CaaS) project. In this focus group, you can:
There is also a strong writer presence for System Center Configuration Manager, so if you use that product as well, check out this post on the System Center Configuration Manager Writer's blog for the details.
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29 year old man | Washington, DC, USA | Seeking women 25-34 within 15 miles
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Match says that I should talk about these four topics so as I don't waste my time and be successful here, so let me address each one: 1. Talk about yourself and what makes you unique – I have short term memory loss from falling from a hot air balloon on my wedding day. It also makes it hard to wake up before midday. 2. Talk about your hobbies. – kicking baby kittens 3. Talk about your goals/aspirations – finding a rich woman to take care of me 4. Your taste in music – whatever Ryan Seacrest tells me to listen to I'm looking for Girls who like guys Ages 25-30 Near me Who are single For long-term dating, short-term dating Perfect match: The person will be a yoga loving philanthropist who has a full wardrobe of yoga clothing. Shopping exclusively in lululemon is a must. The idea of talking dirty will include the words namaste, asana, chakra, and om.
Camping , Cooking , Museums and art , Exploring new areas , Playing sports , Travel/Sightseeing
Baseball, Basketball, Golf, Running, Skiing, Tennis / Racquet sports, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines
I exercise 5 or more times per week.
Don't display my sign
I like Dogs
Blackjack, Marvin's, Stoney's. U St and P st.
After college, my best friends and I went to Tanzania and went on a safari and climbed Mt Kilimanjaro. It was one of the best trips I've been on.
I picked up SCUBA diving a couple years ago. I love traveling to island destinations and getting in the water and exploring the reefs and fish. I also play golf and racquetball
Washington Post, David McCullough's biographies, Malcolm Gladwell's series
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|What he is looking for
|6'2" (187cms)
|5'0" (152cms) to 6'0" (182cms)
|Body type:
|Athletic and toned
|Slender, Athletic and toned
|No preference
|Light brown
|No preference
|No Way
|No Way
|Social Drinker
|Social Drinker
|Political / Govt / Civil Service / Military
|No preference
|I'll tell you later
|No preference
|Never Married
|Never Married
|Have kids:
|Wants kids:
|Definitely, Someday, Not sure
|White / Caucasian
|White / Caucasian
|Agnostic, Christian / Catholic, Christian / Protestant, Jewish, Spiritual but not religious, Christian / Other
|Graduate degree
|Bachelors degree, Graduate degree, PhD / Post Doctoral


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James C. Boyd is the Group Manager Management Information Systems of Ducks Unlimited, Inc. .
Ducks Unlimited, Inc. filed as a Foreign Non-Profit Corporation in the State of Nevada filed on Tuesday, July 2, 1985. This corporation is approximately thirty years old according to documents filed with Nevada Secretary of State. Ducks Unlimited, Inc. also lists James Hulbert as Chairman.
James C. Boyd is connected to other officers through these corporate roles. One of the top connections is James Hulbert .
Key roles for James C. Boyd
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Group Manager Management Information Systems, Chief Information Officer MIS Manager


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Xi has styled himself as an economic reformer, an iron-fisted graft-buster, a staunch nationalist and a no-frills man-of-the-people - spurring expectations for change. But as he prepares to be appointed to the largely ceremonial role of president, pressure will be growing on him to deliver.
China faces rising public anger over corruption, a burgeoning rich-poor gap and the degradation of the country's air, soil and waterways. Slower economic growth and territorial disputes, especially with Japan, add to the tension.
Mounting protests over environmental issues, land seizures and high-handed officialdom point to the underlying social discontent. Days before the party conclave that brought Xi to power last year, thousands of protesters in the eastern city of Ningbo faced off against riot police outside government offices, calling on officials to halt a chemical plant expansion.
"I think there has been a revolution of rising expectations," said Willy Lam, an expert on party politics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. "People realize they can get away with even demonstrations to make their wills heard."