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Joined: 8/14/04
Originally posted by austriacus
I dont think until recently many players didnt take notice because anet tried to keep it under their hat..
But as an example if you have ran from one place to another in orr and fought most of the mobs along the way it is very likely your loot has been at least partially diminished due to killing to many of the same mobs to fast, an obvious flaw in a place to where every mob is a risen and they often come at you in groups of 3-5..
Or if you run with 10-12 friends just for the love of the game like i do and you complete to many DEs to fast because you play very well together and just power slam almost everything anet will punish you very badly..
Im not even going to get into the punishment anet provides for working well together as a well oiled machine and kicking a dungeons butt good..
I will just say anet would be better off to just flat out limit groups to one dungeon per 30 minutes than to ruin a gamers play for upwards of 2 hours with the diminishing garbage and thats only if you log off..
Bots and exploiters are botting and exploiting while i and 4 friends are waiting for our DR to wear off..
GW2 was an extremely well made and fun game at its core but due to poor decisions concerning their battle with bots i have to question anets ability to keep gamers playing it or even if they want people to keep playing it at this point....
It does no good if you won the battle against the bots but due to blindness lost the war when your playerbase gave up..
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Novice Member
Joined: 11/05/10
What am I doing wrong? Why haven't I experienced this DR? I farm for mats too. How long do I have to repetitively do a single activity in order to be hit by this penalty? Do I have to stay in an area or something?
I also brought it up on Map chat while farming in Gendarran and got crickets.
Elite Member
Joined: 12/19/10
I see a lot of people doing exactly this - running a lot of DE's back to back. Heck, most of them have the popular DE timers down flat. They just jump between zones in downtime, or run a DE chain or two in an adjacent zone and then run back over.
I can't speak to the dungeon issue - I don't hear as much about it, but from what I can gather it just prevents you from doing the exact same path in the exact same dungeon. Sure, if you can run it in 15 min great - but run it 4 times in a row at 15min... ok... well, maybe if you just attempt one other path in between, or run another dungeon inbetween - problem solved.
Everyone wants to freak out like this is specifically aimed at them. It's not.
ANet hasn't tried to cover it up. They have posted about it - it was in patch notes every time they change it. There's no conspiracy here. It may have bugs - sure - and bring those up. But there's no black helecoptors hovering over trying to gimp every player not wearing a tin foil hat and take away their loots.
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Joined: 11/06/08
I only play 5-6 hours a night , usually the last hour is at the crafting tables on alts, but I will look out for this DR that is hitting other people.
Thanks for letting us know it is an issue for some, maybe I will notice it happening when I stop following my storyline.
Originally posted by BadSpock
You and I vastly disagree on this.
A LARGE amount of GW2's current problems (botters/goldspammers) stems DIRECTLY from ANet's apparenty refusal to provide for a two-factor authentication system like WoW, SWTOR, Rift and others do. Yes, the individuals with hacked accounts share blame, but ultimately it's Anet's 'infrastructure' that's being compromised and that means that it is ultimately THEIR responsibility to insure their systems are secure. So we have a hacked account problem which leads DIRECTLY to the botter problem which leads DIRECTLY to the goldspammer/seller problem with leads DIRECTLY to a ham-handed attempt by ANet to deal with the situation. The end result affects legitimate players more than the botters.
The community IS up in arms because the issue both because of it in and of itself but also because we STILL have broken DE's, quests, other bugs etc and for all intents and purposes, ANet is giving the impression that DR is their prime focus. Whether or not that's true is actually immaterial. The widespread belief in the community is ANet would rather screw with DR (thereby screwing with TOS abiding players) than deal with other, more pressing problems.
The botters are less affected, if at all, by this because a) they don't care, they're automated and b) while ANet is CLAIMING they're taking an active stance in banning botters, it takes a simple run thru of nearly ANY zone (lowbie or 80's) and you'll find swarms of bots running around. And they're there for hours every day, for days on end. And when they DO get banned, they resort to their library of hacked accounts and start over again.
And that quote isn't naive bullshit and isn't entirely appropos to this discussion.
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Joined: 8/14/04
I should point out the DR system besides just sucking also appears bugged, as a RL guild we often move in a pack of 10-12 in 2 or 3 groups and we experience the same events and mobs yet only 4 or 5 of us will get a diminishing return punishment..
When i play solo sometimes it is nearly impossible to trigger the DR except under certain circumstances and other times i trigger it doing far less than the day before..
IMHO anet needs to remove this flawed system and find a better way to target bots instead punishing players..
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Joined: 2/01/06
The only problem i have with it is endgame stuff. Endgame gear,legendaries,crafting ingredients,etc make you farm for them cuz some of the req to make things are atrocious,so you really dont have a choice but to farm for stuff or farm the gold to buy them. The only other option is to buy gems and trade them for gold and i think thats what ANET is trying to force people to do.
They want to make you pay that 14.99 a month anyway they can if its not a sub fee then the ywant to make stuff so insanely hard to get that people just spend the money because they cant farm it.
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Part of the whole incentive to finish those kill 1000 of these type of mobs achievements was to get the loot while working toward that goal. Now that Anet has effectively killed that desire to hunker down and knock out that grind with this DR system, I wonder how long will it take them to realize the total contradiction of having those types of achievements in the first place with such a counterproductive system.
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Originally posted by aesperus
Thats so very true, and thats why its very important to find the true complaints between the whines, and its even harder to find some advise in those threads from players that have tought toroughly about a problem and add solutions for the problem...
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Joined: 10/24/10
I feel like the DR is negligible for people who arent cutting events.
The only time it came to play for me was when I start doing half of the events like collecting only a few things then going off and killing off 2 waves of escort and moving on to another event.
As for farming, I farmed for an hour on the fireflies in gendarren fields and it felt more or less the same for an hour. I maxed out my venom sac at that point so I just stopped farming. The drop rate seemed to be cut in about half after an hour of just running around killing fireflies and the odd minotaur. But then again I had around +50% magic find during this whole thing so that may have been a part of it.
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Joined: 12/09/11
Question - i honestly don't know this.
But do you get an ingame msg when the DR triggers ? Last night i had a 4 hours gaming session (in 1 and the same zone without logging off) and i didn't notice any less rewards. I got about 4/5k karma i think.
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Joined: 10/24/10
No message. I tried it again earlier but i only measured exp and after around 20 DE that were paced (centaurs in kessek place) i never got lower than 980ish exp as reward for the de. It used to be 1000 before the DR patch. 2% less reward doesnt seem very rageworthy tbh. It went defend the place -> centaur bridge ->leuts -> overlord -> risen krait/bandit captain/centaurs in west side/krait slavers then repeat. Safe to say the only time youll get significant Dr is if you ditch halfway and go around doing that for all the events.
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Joined: 9/04/09
Nevermind someone already supplied this info.
Originally posted by BadSpock
Well, you have to do something but too much is not good. Too much copy protection for an instant actually make more people getting cracks then less, letting your customers suffer too much isnt good.
I cant say that I noticed the DR myself though and I played a lot, but it is something Anet needs to be careful with. Keeping people from farming the same mob for hours is not really a problem but getting no loot becuse I play in Orr and it is full of undead would suck.
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Joined: 11/16/06
Political correctness is tyranny with manners
What is this DR of which you speak?
I play for around 8 hours every day, I get my daily done, then I go do whatever I feel like doing, for example: a couple of days ago I took an alt over to repeatedly kill Kol, as he was respawning before the event chain had finished, took that alt from level 40 to 46 just doing that one event chain repeatedly, and saw no DR at all.
In fact, I have not noticed any DR of any kind so far, and I have been playing pretty much every day since the headstart, XP, Karma, drops, all appear to be the same at the end of my play sessions as they were at the start of them.
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Originally posted by Byrhofen
It mostly kicks in for people speed running the same dungeons several times in a row or spend hours in the same place, but there was a bug that hit some people until the last patch where it kicked in way too soon for some players.
I havnt noticed either but some were unlucky and I can understand if they are annoyed.
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Joined: 12/25/06
It's really annoying but understandable why it had to be done. It's not a game breaker for me as the game is already easy enough as it is and once you complete one event chain you can always go to another.
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Joined: 7/30/08
Originally posted by biggarfoot
What is DR system anyway...?
I don't notice nor really care about all of that DR or XP limiting stuffs because I am always having fun when I'm playing this game. You know.. just running around and killing things.. events.. story... event... gather resources when I feel like it.... craft something when I'm tired of fighting... do jumping puzzle when I'm bored of other stuffs... log off when I have enough of play time.. and that is usually 2 hours on average. Bottom line.... this DR thing didn't effect my play time much. I do feel you hardcore farmers tho.
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Joined: 4/04/11
Dr had not impacted myself, I spent 3 hours rotating between maybe 4 events and mob farming and no issues. The cost of DR is that you lose the ability to do 1 thing over and over again, the benefit is that you are prevented from doing the se thing over and over again (and maybe curb a little of the Botting)
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So before you fall in love with those big brown eyes and want to bring a dog home (for all those reasons of good health) make sure you understand the particular needs of that dog. Do some research about breeds and do some soul searching about yourself to make sure you can provide for those needs.
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Guided tours through OUTLETCITY METZINGEN and individual specials as part of a supporting programme for MICE guests possible upon request.
Active Lifestyle and Nature
Enjoy the picture book countryside of the Swabian Alb and at the same time do something good for your body – there are wonderful possibilities waiting all around Metzingen. The Swabian Alb Biosphere offers various activities for those enthusiastic about nature and sports. Hiking, biking, a visit to the Marbach stud farm or even golf.
Health and Fitness Holidays
Bad Urach health resort and spa with its ultra hot mineral spring at the heart of the health and fitness culture, which also boasts the Hohenurach specialist clinics, the Swabian Alb's health and rehabilitation centre as well as an established spa garden, is located next to Metzingen.
Furthermore OUTLETCITY METZINGEN co-operates with several touristic partners to offer attractive health holidays especially for the Arab and Russian market.
Exclusive events and monthly themes like Cosmopolitan Travel, Late Night Shopping (until midnight) or After Work Shopping (until 10pm) make your visit to OUTLETCITY METZINGEN a unique experience all year.
All dates and events are available on www.outletcity.com.
Besides, Metzingen's annual wine festival in October and its annual Christmas Market in the historic city centre in December are always worth a visit.
Benefits for groups arriving by bus include free bus parking at P6 next to the outlets as well as a broad selection of information material about OUTLETCITY METZINGEN and the region's top tourist attractions (different languages). Additional offers, individual tour programmes and packages upon request by mail to email@example.com.
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There is a lot to discover – no matter whether guests have only a few hours or several days.
Hotel packages
Selected hotels in Metzingen, Stuttgart and the region offer special "OUTLETCITY METZINGEN shopping packages" with benefits for shopping tourists.
Shopping Shuttle
The Shopping Shuttle connects OUTLETCITY METZINGEN with Stuttgart International Airport, the Trade Fair Centre and International Congress Centre of Stuttgart as well as selected hotels with OUTLETCITY METZINGEN shopping packages. It runs Thursday to Saturday. Detailed information, schedule and tickets available on www.outletcity.com/shoppingshuttle.
Guided Tours
Guided thematic tours through OUTLETCITY METZINGEN and the historical inner city of Metzingen available on request.
Tourist Guide
OUTLETCITY METZINGEN offers a compilation of thematic touristic tips for every taste to round off a shopping trip to OUTLETCITY METZINGEN available on www.outletcity.com in several language versions.
The Sales Guide of OUTLETCITY METZINGEN contains all the information the travel industry needs about OUTLETCITY METZINGEN, its services and discount deals for tour operators and their guests, plus details of customised programme modules for MICE and leisure industry packages put together in cooperation with a wide network of tourism partners.
More information and a PDF-version of the Sales Guide is available on www.outletcity.com/traveltrade.
Tourist Information
Lindenplatz 4
72555 Metzingen
Tel. +49 (0)7123 925326
Opening hours:
Monday – Friday from 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
Saturday from 9 a.m.–8 p.m.
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Saturday from 9 a.m.–8 p.m.
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Detailed information, schedule and tickets available on the website www.outletcity.com/shoppingshuttle.
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PAC-6 4-A releases all-stars in all fall sports
Player of the Year — Joel Evans, Riverside.
Player of the Year (Offensivel Line) — Brandon Thompson, Hillside.
Player of the Year (Defensive Back) — Kalen McCain (Hillside).
Player of the Year (Defensive Line) — K.J. Covington (Hillside).
Coach of the Year — Antonio King, Hillside.
All-PAC-6 Offense
Quarterback — Nas Forté-Ferguson (Hillside), Dianté Strothers (Riverside), Zaaqhai Mann (Northern).
Running back — Donté Thomas-Williams (Hillside), Joel Evans (Riverside), Rahim Winston (Jordan), Taymon Smith (Person), Colby Owens (East Chapel Hill)
Tight end — Malik Evans (Hillside), Jalon Nixon (Northern), Darryl Smith (Riverside). Honorable mention: Alphonso Gbojueh (Northern).
Wide receiver — LeRon Cash (Person), Trevion Thompson (Hillside), Miles Kelly (Hillside), Corey Young (Person), Arkavius Parks (East Chapel Hill), Deon Yarborough (Riverside).
Center — Brandon Thompson (Hillside), Steven Perry (Riverside).
Offensive guard — Daquan Brown (Hillside), Garrison Weaver (Riverside), Patrick Volk (Riverside), Aaron Rhames (Jordan), Marcus Paylor (Person).
Offensive tackle — Emanuel McGirt (Hillside), Rashawn Henderson (Hillside), Demond Timberlake (Riverside), Daniel Evers (East Chapel Hill). Honorable mention: Romonnie Dotson (Person), Julian Humes (Jordan).
All-PAC-6 Defense
Player of the Year (Defensive Back) — Kalen McCain (Hillside).
Player of the Year (Defensive Line) — K.J. Covington (Hillside).
Defensive tackle — Kendrick Bailey (Northern), Teshawn Dawson (Hillside), Markus Crutchfield (Hillside). Honorable mention: Patrick Volk (Riverside), Vince Harrington (East Chapel Hill), Chris Alston (East Chapel Hill).
Defensive end — Raquan Riley (Northern), K.J. Covington (Hillside), Khalon Howard (Hillside), LeRon Cash (Person), Jawwad Evans (Riverside). Honorable mention: Chris Smith (Jordan).
Linebacker — James Vample (Riverside), Darryl Smith (Riverside), Lasone Midgette (Hillside), Keith Beasley (Hillside), Robert Trayham (Hillside), Atavion Oliver (Northern). Honorable mention: Mathew Mayer (Person).
Defensive back — Eric Young (Hillside), Alex Woods (Hillside), Marcus Starr (Northern), Cameron Roane (Riverside). Honorable mention: Juwan Williams (Riverside).
Safety — Kalen McCain (Hillside), Jalon Bethea (Hillside), Tré Tapp (Person). Honorable mention: Jacob Bierman (Northern), Arkavius Parks (East Chapel Hill), Stephan Jacobs (Riverside).
All-PAC-6 Special Teams
Punter — Jacob Oakley (Person), Micah Goodwin (Riverside). Honorable mention: Will Rivenbark (East Chapel Hill).
Kicker — Jacob Oakley (Person), Micah Goodwin (Riverside). Honorable mention: Ian Burris (Hillside), Ellis Lewellyn (East Chapel Hill).
Specialists — Trevion Thompson (Hillside), Rahim Winston (Jordan). Honorable mention: Donté Thomas-Williams (Hillside), Arkavius Parks (East Chapel Hill).
Player of the Year — Casey Speer (Riverside)
Coach of Year — Mike Hodge (Riverside)
All-PAC-6 — Daria Robinson (Hillside), Annie Carter (East Chapel Hill), Sarena Seclbach (East Chapel Hill), Emily Wu (East Chapel Hill), Kristen Clay (Jordan), Mararet Gunn (Jordan), Tyler Bryan (Northern), Yakima Clifton (Riverside), Moné Jones (Riverside), Zariya Thomas (Riverside), Casey Speer (Riverside), Victoria Pearce (Riverside), Hannah Blaylock (Person), Casey Goodwin (Person), Megan Wehrenberg (Person).
MVP — Nikolaus Kreiling (Jordan)
Coach of the Year — Steve Marquis (East Chapel Hill).
All-PAC-6 — Nickolaus Kreiling (Jordan), Ryan Brady (ECH), Daniel Beamer (Jordan), Colton Lawson (Northern), Matthew Blivin (Jordan), Ethan Ready (ECH), Connor McDonald (ECH), James Gildard (ECH), Matt Ruston (ECH), John Haase (Riverside).
MVP — Clare McNamara (East Chapel Hill)
Coach of the Year — Steve Marquis (East Chapel Hill)
All-PAC-6 — Clare McNamara (ECH), Lilly Price (ECH), Maddie Fowler (ECH), Leland McDonald (Riverside), Eryn Clark (Jordan), Sarah Forham (ECH), Katie Cubrilovic (ECH), Sarah Owre (ECH), Anne McDonald (ECH), Rachel Geoffrion (Jordan).
Player of the Year — Caroline Pope (East Chapel Hill)
Coach of the Year — Lindsey Linker (East Chapel Hill)
All-PAC-6 Singles — Caroline Pope ( East Chapel Hill), Brooke Pritchard (East Chapel Hill), Rainie Heck (East Chapel Hill), Meghana Holegadde (East Chapel Hill), Iskra Joksimovic (East Chapel Hill), Jocelyn Reckford (East Chapel Hill), Hope Allen (Jordan), Genevieve Whitcomb (Jordan), Leland MacDonald (Riverside), Emily Danes (Riverside), Rebecca Andrews (Northern), Breanna Duvant (Hillside), ), Honorable Mention:), Kiri Schulz (East Chapel Hill), Adrianna Graves (Jordan), Jenny Shaw (Jordan), Gabrielle Dunn (Person), Shelby Barnhill (Riverside).
All-PAC-6 Doubles — Caroline Pope/Mackenzie Bright (East Chapel Hill), Meghana Holegadde/Kiri Schulz (East Chapel Hill), Hope Allen/Jenny Shaw (Jordan), Genevieve Whitcomb/Taylor Phillips (Jordan), Cassidy Gillie/Danielle Russell (Person), Molly Horton/Hannah Mattson (Person).
Player of the Year — Jake Dressman (Jordan)
Coach of the Year — Don Jones (Jordan)
All-PAC-6 — Cam McNeil, Jake, MacMillan, Samuel Carrell (Riverside); Michael Balog, Zack Lee, Max Feldman, Walker Hayter, Jeffrey Balog (East Chapel Hill); Kevin McKinney (Person); Luis Rodriquez, George Bukenya, T.J. Cruthfield, T.J. Milloy (Northern); Jake Dressman, Michael Lawson, David Yeyeodu, Huntley Munn, Spencer Bruce, Austin Rochelle, Lawain Howell (Jordan);
All-PAC-6 Goalkeeper — William Morganlander (Jordan), Fletcher Frycznksi (Person).
Honorable mention — Bryan Navarro, Blake Berry, Danny Brossart, Alexis Vanegas (Riverside); Bradley Demoll (East Chapel Hill); Tajarell Wright, Johnathon Carver, Mario Lara (Person); Jack Ryan, Oscar Cienega (Northern); Danny Potts, Kaushik Puranam (Jordan).
All-PAC-6 — Marissa Creatore, Maddie Futch, Marina Jones, Caroline Kolk, Sarah Towne (East Chapel Hill); Margaret Mcleod, Anna Rosemond (Jordan); Nekesa Schutte, Morgan Whithaus, Schuyler Wright (Riverside); Ivy Stecher (Jordan).
Honorable mention — Bonnie Hansley, Emily Mitchell (Riverside); Jordan Bermudez (Jordan); Grace Haley (East Chapel Hill).
* The NCHSAA and the PAC-6 do not sanction field hockey championships. The PAC-6 programs that do compete in field hockey compete under the N.C. Field Hockey Association umbrella.


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Assistant Professor Sonja Martin Poole is an internationally recognized lecturer and researcher on transformative marketing strategy and marketing education. With particular emphasis on the ways in which marketing is used to bring about social change, Dr. Poole explores topics that include marketing ethics, sustainability, corporate responsibility, multicultural markets, education, public policy, and social welfare.
Having earned both her Ph.D. and M.A. from University of California at Berkeley, Professor Poole shares her expertise in behavioral economics in achieving specific social goals. With the ever-increasing congestion and competition in the arena of online marketing and advertising, Dr. Poole helps her students come up with innovative ways to interact with, add value and offer rewards to their target audiences, giving students an informed head start as pro-social consumer-focused digital marketers.
Dr. Poole lectures internationally on compassionate marketing and offers public commentary on issues related to marketing and society. She is a New Orleans native and maintains an active consulting practice in Oakland, California.
Post-doc, Business, Marketing Emphasis, Tulane University, Freeman School of Business, New OrleansPh.D., Education Policy, Organization, Measurement and Evaluation, University of California at BerkeleyM.A., Economics, California State University, East Bay, College of Business and EconomicsM.A., Education, University of California at BerkeleyB.A., Economics, University of California at Berkeley
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Dean's Circle Teaching Fellow Award, USF School of Management, 2010
Tulane University Postdoctoral Fellowship in Business, 2008 - 2009
National Science Foundation, Howard University Evaluation Institute Fellow, 2004 - 2005
National Science Foundation, WMU Institute on Evaluation Fellow, 1999 - 2000
Louise Patterson Academic Achievement Award, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
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Chair, Black Community Council, USF, 2012 - present
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Is Kim Kardashian's boyfriend Kanye West coming between the reality star and her family? That's what it looks like on the next episode of Kourtney & Kim Take Miami!
In a sneak peek of the February 10 episode, Kim's stepfather Bruce Jenner calls her out for bailing on family plans because of her boyfriend. "Little Kimmy," Bruce says as Kim comes down for breakfast, "What are you going to back out on today?" Before she can answer, sister Kourtney jumps in with a well-timed, "How's Kanye?"
It turns out Kim cancelled plans to participate in a family boat race because Kanye was coming to Miami, and the Kardashian/Jenners were not happy about it. They were even more pissed when Kim tried to re-join the race, because Kanye had meetings.
"We're your second priority?" asks Kourtney. "Yeah you are," Kim answers. "Right now in my life you are."
Yikes! What do you think, is Kim being rude to her family? Or do they just need to chill?
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There are many interesting questions in the Chrome help forum, but some of the requests are quite unusual. Here are some strange questions from users who can't distinguish a browser from a search engine or a mail client.
"I want the old Google search engine, not Google Chrome. How do I go back to regular old Google? I want to change my default search engine from Chrome to Google. The tools don't help me," asks Orville.
"If I change from Outlook Express to Chrome browser does my E Mail address have to be changed to a G Mail address?" wants to know Haljoan.
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High-altitude windpower: pie-in-the-sky or sound science?
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CONCORD, N.C. – The following rule for the WKA West Super Series has been added to the WKA Tech Updates for the series' HPV/KPV class.
HPV / KPV pipe are to have welded end caps only. Flex lengths are as follows.
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A little bit of work has been happening at the Laurens Street bridge to beautify the area around the newly-built structure.
City of Aiken Public Service crews worked this week to paint the silver, chain-link fence black to match the fencing that was installed at the end of Colleton Avenue.
At the corners of the bridge, the ground has been mulched, and Brodie junipers and Royal Raindrops crabapple trees have been planted.
The City is continuing to look at "other beautification opportunities" for the bridge and surrounding area, according to City Manager Richard Pearce's "Issues and Updates" letter.
Pearce said the City saw opportunities to use funds from its plant bank to replace greenery that was lost during construction.
Pearce said he has gotten a few anecdotal comments about the bridge. Some people expressed their distaste with the look of the bridge through the Aiken Standard "TalkBack" while others said it was the functionality, not the aesthetics, that mattered.
Pearce said that, since the bridge was within public right-of-way, it didn't fall under the jurisdiction of the Design Review Board, which works towards preserving the character of the historic district.
It was an emergency repair in which federal money was used, and it was a project that only had a short time to be completed, he said.
The bridge was an emergency repair prompted by the S.C. Department of Transportation when a corner of the structure began to fail after heavy rains in April.
The project was mostly covered with Federal Relief funds, which meant it had to be completed within 180 days. The bridge was demolished in mid-June.
The project went just a few days over deadline, which meant SCDOT had to pay 20 percent of the remaining cost – that was about $6,000 out of the approximately $2.5 million the new bridge cost.
The bridge reopened in October.
The bridge, which was flat before, was designed differently with a small arch to meet new requirements established by Norfolk Southern, which has a railroad track running underneath.
This increased elevation meant that the portion of Colleton Avenue that intersects with Laurens Street had to be permanently closed.
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I'm so sorry you are struggling with her slow growth. It does sound like getting her evaluated would be a good idea. Many kids improve a lot with therapy. Getting new clothes sounds like a good plan - just to give you and her a little boost. Just because they still fit does not meant hat she has to wear them.
FYI - as car seats go the bucket is no safer than a convertible - as long as the child fits the seat. Some babies start out rear facing in a convertible seat. If you want her in a convertible seat, then by all means put her in one. Keep in mind though that it is safer to rear face until at least the age of 2 (the new AAP recommendation.)
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I stumbled upon a very interesting question at Yahoo Answers and, surprisingly, the answers were quite thought-provoking. The question was: "What is the difference between Yahoo and Google?" and here are some of my favorite answers (slightly edited):
ThisNickIsTaken: "Google has a philosophy of keeping things simple so that people who are technically challenged can use it without getting confused, Also that simple things are fast.. Yahoo believes in feature rich application.. their products are more customizable and complex."
Gags: "It's a difficult one to answer since both companies are positioned very very differently; on face value, Yahoo looks hip and colorful, whereas Google looks simple and elegant; (...) Google is more thoughtful and strategic, Yahoo is flamboyant and more reactive; Google concentrates on value added solutions rather than presentation and Yahoo concentrates on superb presentation followed by value creation."
Ravelin101: "Yahoo has tons of media and ADS (loads slower). Google search is better (faster) only text ads. I started with Yahoo since I've known it first: Mail, Photos (now Flickr), Geocities but since Google's introduction, I've been moving things to Google Mail, Photos (Picasa), Googlepages."
So Google is strongly associated with simplicity, usefulness, pages that load fast (in one word: text), while Yahoo is connected with rich interfaces, complex designs, pages that load slowly (in one word: multimedia). Gags even called Yahoo flamboyant, which means "elaborately and heavily ornamented". It will be interesting to see if the acquisitions of YouTube and DoubleClick will change people's perception about Google.
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We need your help! This is a call to fellow good Samaritans and winter enthusiasts who know how valued our local recreation time here is. There was a snowboard lost on Monday, February 26, 2007, at the Sugarbush Mount Ellen parking lot a little after noon. It's a Burton Witchcraft, length: 151; color: dark blue and green with 2006 Burton Mission bindings. We at Sugarbush Guest Services would like to help our local friend and business woman locate her snowboard which fell off her car rack Monday afternoon as she was leaving the resort.
Did you see it happen? She saw someone waving to her as she left and
didn't realize what happened until it was too late. We all know how
busy it gets here in The Valley during the winter holidays. This was
this woman's treasured item: her snowboard. It represents a chance to
unwind and be outdoors where we all can catch our breath and get some
balance in between our hectic work. If you know anything about this
snowboard, or found it by the side of the road near Sugarbush North, or
along German Flats Road headed south, or perhaps heard about someone
"acquiring" one like it, please call Kristy or Harry at Mount Ellen
Guest Services at 583-6867.
A reward is offered. Thanks for your good karma and understanding. Peace, fun and a ton of snow.
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Tallinn TV Tower opens on Easter weekend02.04.2012
Upcoming Easter weekend welcomes the opening of Tallinn TV Tower on April 5.
The renovated 1980s era television tower (Kloostrimetsa tee 52) opens its doors once again for visitors as a museum, restaurant and venue for different events; taking you up into the heavens and beneath the clouds.
Visitors start the tour, to the 314 metre tower, with a 3D film followed by interactive exhibition about Estonia's greatest achievements, a fascinating overview of the story of the tower. People then head up to the highest viewing platform and café in the country. A special panorama programme magnifies the view by a factor of ten. Visitors can record video greetings in the tower's television studio and broadcast them globally.
Combined with the visit to the nearby Tallinn Botanical Garden this promises to be a full day out for the whole family.
The tower itself will play host to concerts, performances, exhibitions and open air events throughout the year. The landmark building offers three conference rooms each holding up to 100 delegates.
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Note: We are offering this cold frame at a reduced price because it did not pass our quality inspection. Due to a manufacturing error, the ties that are intended to hold the rolled-up doors and vents were improperly attached. Therefore, there is no way to secure the rolled-up greenhouse cover panels to allow ventilation. This defect will not affect the functionality of the unit as a season-extending cold frame to protect plants against chilly temperatures; however, because the vents won't stay rolled up, you'll need to remove the entire cold frame in warm weather. No grommets for stakes. To secure cold frame to the ground, you must push stakes through fabric. Sold as is.
- Start gardening earlier and extend the harvest in fall
- Woven poly cover has roll-up vents and insect netting
- Factory second; no ties to hold roll-up doors and vents; no grommets for stakes
Nurture plants in a warm, stable environment during wet and windy spring weather. Start seeds earlier, harden off indoor-growing seedlings, and extend the growing season into fall, too. This cold frame is a generous 71" L x 56" W with a peaked 36" roof that gives plants plenty of headroom. There's a large access door with two-way zipper on each side, and a roll-up vent at each end for good air circulation. Rustproof powder-coated steel frame and polyethylene cover. Insect netting covers doors and vents. Includes anchoring stakes. Raised bed not included.
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I have had a "first quality" one for a few years and have really liked it. I figure I can work around the "seconds" issues. It is great for late season protection as well as protecting early plantings.
I got this to cover a very small goldfish pond for the winter. The pond has an aquarium heater in it.
This works perfectly!! to contain the warm, moist air and to prevent loss of the water's heat.
It creates such a warm humid climate that I am storing some of my delicate epiphytic plants inside there as well.
The fit was exactly right for this use. And it's not unsightly, as last year's plastic wrap was.
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This cold frame was well worth it due to the price the factory defaults do not greatly impair the functionality. The design fits well over my raised beds which were 4 by eights. I found that the bedding frame holds the frame down.
The frame felt flimisy when constructing it but appeared to gain some structural integrity after complete built. I would give more insight into the quality of this product after having used it for a year or two.
While I think a factory second should have a larger price reduction than $20, this is simply the best product on the market for winter gardening. That is kinda sad, so I implore someone to make an improved version that I'd happily pay more than double for--IF it was sturdier, better made, etc.
Others have complained that this model is less sturdy than the previous one, but I found it not terribly so and actually easier to assemble. I was not so concerned about the zipper flaps not having ties, as I am sure I can attach velcro or ties myself. The other flaw, the lack of stakes or grommets for securing to the ground, is also of little consequence because the holes on the last model all tore and the stakes rusted, so I prefer using stones to secure the bottom.
Bottom line, if you are not a DIY expert and don't want to contruct hoop houses, this is currently the best way to winter garden. The previous model held up under 3 ft of snow, and I am using it for the fourth winter.
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Other interesting facts -- wealthy players make use of addons and websites to boost their gold-earning prowess. While that shouldn't be much of a surprise to anyone, it does mean that those looking to get a foot in the door may want to check out the various addons and websites listed if they'd like to be competitive with those already pulling in the gold. In addition, there's a section that inquires about ToS-breaking activities, and according to the survey, botting doesn't seem to be making a big impact.
All in all, it's an interesting survey, and has some good food for thought for those seeking to make more gold, or just wondering where they stand in the grand scheme of wealth and WoW players. Xsinthis has the full results, including more information about demographics and in-game activities, available for reading on his website.


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At Thanksgiving, by the way, when we went around the table to give thanks for those things we are grateful for, I included Dr. Pescatore and the ALCAT test in the things I was thankful for. It's not a cheap test, but it works for us and we are very fortunate to have access to alternative tests and doctors.
A few days ago I got the results back from the ALCAT test and my son is severely intolerant of CANE SUGAR! Which is not a huge surprise, considering how much I bake and cook sweets and my son's leaky gut-- which allows proteins to enter the bloodstream that normally should stay in the gut. A is also moderately intolerant of potatoes and corn also, so we will be on our own version of the specific carbohydrate diet--with only rice and quinoa grains and sweet potatoes instead of potatoes.
The only thing harder than being gluten free/casein free/sugar free/corn free/potato free is being gluten free/casein free/soy free/sugar free/corn free/potato free ON THE ROAD--so we stayed home this year for the holidays. My son's official diagnosis, by the way, is "allergy syndrome" which, as time goes by, couldn't be more accurate.
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Allergic Red Cheeks
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Saw an article yesterday where Jackson was responding to the charges,and flatly denying what was reported.He says the wranglers were a few malcontents that were not doing their job properly,were fired,and waited a period of time till just before the premiere to bring these charges..I guess it is turning into a he said/he said situation,without independent corroboration it is tough to say what really went on..
I am decidedly anti-abuse -- I've got five cats (one of whom is meowing at me quite vigorously at the moment for reasons unknown), which surely counts for something -- but I'm also decidedly anti-PETA. They are run by clowns, and are seemingly always pulling some stunt like this.
Is it possible that the production was responsible for the abuses? Sure, it's possible. But it's unlikely, and I'll tell you why: it's in everyone's best interests to make sure that things like that do not happen. You cannot account for every person who works for you, though, and it sounds to me as if this was the work of a couple of people who were incompetent at best.
In my mind, the worst you can say about the production is that it made a couple of hires that worked out poorly. Nothing ominous, or boycott-worthy, about that.
Just want you all to know that I am a card carrying member of PETA and I have been for years. I don't agree with everything they due but they certainly aren't run by lunatics.
I think I just wrote "due" instead of "do." Oops.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- Chattanooga Mocs women's golf coach Colette Murray adds two new signees to her previously announced three from the early period. While she'll wait until August for the initial trio, the recent two join the squad in January.
Transfer Sarah Dolmovich (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and incoming freshman DeeDee Russell (Queensland, Australia) are immediately eligible to compete in the spring.
Sarah Dolmovich, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Sarah transfers in from Birmingham-Southern as a sophomore where she tied for medalist honors at the 2013 BSC Southern Shootout which was one of her four top 10's and seven career top 15's. A Dean's List student, she was the women's golf representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and was a new student orientation leader.
Prepped at Signal Mountain High School where she helped lead the Eagles to three straight TSSAA Women's Golf titles (2009-11). She lettered in volleyball, golf, track and softball and was a two-time Chattanooga Best of Preps honoree. She was a member of the National Honor Society, Scholar-Athlete of the Year, senior class vice-president and won the AP Art Award.
Dolmovich won the Signal Mountain Golf and Country Club title in 2012 and finished third in the Chattanooga Women's City Amateur. She works as a pro shop assistant at Chattanooga Golf and Country Club.
Murray on Dolmovich:
"First of all I would like to welcome Sarah back to Chattanooga. I recruited Sarah a few years ago when she was in high school. We had a great visit, and I told her that whatever her decision was for college, that the door would always be open here at UTC for her. I am delighted that Sarah is now coming to join our team. I believe she will have a huge impact on our team and our program both on and off the course. She brings a number of elements to our team that I feel we currently lack and I am looking forward to seeing how good of a player she can become."
DeeDee Russell, Queensland, Australia
DeeDee comes to the Scenic City with impressive credentials. She helped lead Queensland to the 2012 Australian Girls' Interstate Teams Matches crown. It was part of a special 2012 earning Greg Norman Golf Foundation Player of the Year and was the Gold Coast District Golf Association Junior Champion.
Russell continued her fine play in 2013. She qualified for match play in the Australian Amateur ending in the round of 32. She played for her Queensland state team as well as the State of Origin team in the Greg Norman Golf Foundation and the Queensland South Coast District team. DeeDee qualified first at the Australian National Golf School and finished third in the Katherine Hull Classic and was fourth in the Queensland Girls Amateur.
Murray on Russell:
"DeeDee will be joining us this spring and will immediately have an impact on our squad. She has a wonderful junior resume, and I am eager to see how quickly she can develop as a player here at Chattanooga. DeeDee is excited to be joining us, and we are over the moon that she will be part of our team on our quest to another Southern Conference Championship and trip to nationals."
The Mocs return to the tee in February at the UGA Individual (Feb. 8). The first team event is February 17-18 at the Central District Invitational.GoMocs.com is the official website of the Chattanooga Mocs. The Mocs can also be followed on their official Facebook page or on Twitter. Find out how to join the UTC Mocs Club and support more than 300 student-athletes by clicking here.


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Sprint in talks with Japan's Softbank, may sell stake in company
Sprint has disclosed that they're in talks with Softbank, Japan's third-largest mobile carrier, about Softbank potentially acquiring of a large stake in Sprint. In a statement this morning, Sprint announced that the talks primarily regard a "substantial investment" in Sprint by Softbank, and a potential transaction could change who controls Sprint. Such a move would give Softbank an instant national foothold in the United States, and help Sprint financially. They would not be the first internationl carrier to come to the U.S. either. Vodafone, the second-largest carrier in the world, owns a large stake in Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile is famously owned by Deutsche Telekom.
Sprint has been the thrid-place carrier in the U.S. for years, and though a Softbank investment would not change that, at least in the short term, it might allow Sprint a bit of breathing room, as well as more resources to increase the deployment of their LTE network. What this means for a potential Sprint bid on MetroPCS is unknown.
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Sprint in talks with Japan's Softbank, may sell stake in company
What could possibly be the business case for a japanese carrier to want to try to break into the US teleco market?
Why, whenever we see an iphone on sprint it only has 2 bars? I get great signal 90% of where I go & I'm in Las Vegas. Bad PR stunt on the side of iMore all should be at 4 bars just to make them equal.
ソフトバンク(Sofutobanku), and Sprint would be スプリント(Supurinto).
You'd think it would make more sense for KDDI to try to buy Sprint, as they're both CDMA. I guess KDDI wasn't interested.
Awesome more money that will be leaving this country. At least when At&t was trying to by T-Mobile USA, inc from Deutsche Telecom it would've kept future revenues in the USA.


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Zenkei Blanche Hartman began sitting in 1969 at the Berkeley Zen Center with Sojun Mel Weitsman and in San Francisco with Suzuki Roshi. She was priest ordained in 1977 by Zentatsu Baker and received dharma transmission with Sojun in 1988. Zenkei was the first woman Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center, serving in that position from 1996-2003.
Zenkei has lived and trained at all three of SFZC's practice centers. She has led retreats for women at both SFZC and in Japan, and is an expert in the ritual of sewing the priest's robe (kesa) and the lay precept-holder's garment (rakusu). She is a member of the American Zen Teachers Association (AZTA) and sits on the Board of World Religious Leaders for the Elijah Interfaith Institute. Since stepping down from the abbacy, she has served as a Senior Dharma Teacher at City Center.
Before coming to Zen practice, she studied chemistry at the University of California and worked as a chemist for the State of California. She married her late husband Shuun Lou Hartman in 1947 and together they had four children, eight grandchildren, and a growing number of great-grandchildren.


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The Botanical Leaf kitchen collection is based on one of Michael's most beloved motifs. Michael felt that pieces which are generally left out on kitchen counter and table tops should be as decorative as they are highly functional.''I believe everybody has an emotional response when they see natural objects. They are part of all of us. These pieces are a prime example of my love of functional objects which possess the organic beauty of natural forms.''
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The Talking Carpenter is packed with all the tools of the trade: a vice, measuring tape, drill and three removable tools to develop hand coordination skills. Includes play modes:
- 1. Melodies: entertaining tunes and songs inviting children to play with all the carpenter's tools.
- 2. Real-life tool sounds: a variety of sound effects that reproduce the real-life noise that carpenter tools make.
- 3. Sing and learn: songs, sound effects and phrases help children discover numbers, the alphabet and the trade of a carpenter, in both English and Spanish
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On Wednesday, March 30, 2011 the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation spent the day cleaning up and repairing the Kiamichi Bridge Park on HWY. 271 just outside of Antlers.
The ODWC owns approximately three acres of land at this location and it is open to the public as a park, complete with a swinging bridge, picnic tables, restrooms and a boat ramp leading into the Kiamichi River.
During their day long outage to cleanup the park, workers replace boards on the bridge and tighten sagging support lines, cleaned up the boat ramp, replace and repair posts and safety cables, brush hogged and picked up trash.
The ODWC comes in and cleans up the park once every other year and in the past the County Commissioners have agreed to help out in-between their visits, but due to busy schedules and tight budgets no one group can supply the time needed to keep the park clean without the help of the individuals who use the park.
Joe Hemphill, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Regional Supervisor for the Southeast Area, said that in the process of the cleanup their crew picked up approximately 22 bags of trash consisting of common litter, beer cans, broken beer bottles, and used syringes. They also pulled two refrigerators out of the river that had been dumped off the boat ramp.
Another issue that Hemphill and his crew noticed was that four-wheel drive vehicles had been driving through the grounds and tearing up the land. To combat this issue the Department plans to put up more posts and safety cables to eliminate access to the land.
Shinning a bright light of hope on the park is the Little Dixie Community Action Agency who have came up with funds to help maintain the park during the summer. However, the ODWC still asks all visitors to pick up after themselves when they leave the park.
Pushmataha County residents and out of town guests all need to practice the "If you brought it, take it with you" policy. If this problem isn't solved (the trash and turning the boat ramp into a dumping ground) the ODWC will be forced to gate up the park and make it closed to the public.
"We are giving this park one more go as we fix it and clean it back up," said Hemphill. "The bridge is going to be as safe as it can be, the grounds are going to be clean and the ramp is going to be fixed up. But if people continue to ransack and ruin the park we will be forced to close it and let it grow up."
County Commissioner Brittingham, the Sheriff's Department, Antlers Police Department, Little Dixie CAA and Southeast Disposal have all agreed to help keep the park at its' best but that isn't going to be enough! It is up to you to help keep this park operational for all who enjoy using it. The public is going to have to take responsibility for themselves and their trash and help keep the park clean and safe for everyone otherwise, we are going to loose yet another place for outdoor recreation, family outings and local access to the river.
The people who have stepped up and are responsible for the cleanup of the park, and the last chance we have to keep it that way, were: Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Representative R.C. Pruett, Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Pushmataha County Commissioner for District 1 Mike Brittingham and Clinton Lewis of Southeast Disposal.
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Ashe County's junior varsity baseball team ended the year on a high note with a 6-1 victory over West Wilkes on Monday.
Joseph Lowder was fantastic on the mound as he allowed just one unearned run on three hits with nine strikeouts to record his sixth win of the season and third win in a row. Before this start, Lowder fanned 15 North Wilkes batters and allowed just two hits.
This win over the Blackhawks gave Ashe a 12-4 overall and conference record.
Possibly the biggest highlight of the 2013 season was when Lowder tossed a complete game, no-hitter in a 10-0 victory over Elkin on April 18.
Offensively, several Ashe players had solid seasons at the plate. Lowder led the team in hits this year with 17. Hunter Barnes had 15 hits, Thomas Sexton added 12, Bradley Richie had 11 and Carter Calhoun had 10. Lowder also led the team in RBI's with 15. Barnes finished with 13 runs knocked in, Richie had 11 RBIs and Ben Brown chipped in with nine runs knocked in.
Calhoun got most of the scoring started by reaching base at the top of the lineup. Calhoun led all Ashe players with 17 runs scored and seven stolen bases.