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Columbia City resident Adam Neely is on a mission to preserve local lakes. Neely has been bowhunting 45-pound fish, such as the ones pictured, which are threatening the habitats of area waters. These non-game fish include Dogfish, Common Carp, Gar, Asian Carp, Buffalo and Grass Carp. These particular fish are breeding so quickly that they are threatening other fish species in Northeast Indiana Lakes.
Columbia City High School is hosting a camp for aspiring cheerleaders. The camp is led by the high school's cheer squad in the Donald S. Weeks gymnasium.
High school fall sports previews, including games schedules, will be inserted into the Aug. 21 edition of The Post & Mail.
CHURUBUSCO — Churubusco High School will have a new head volleyball coach this season with the addition of Suzanne Taylor. Taylor is a recent graduate of Indiana Tech where she majored in elementary education and played volleyball for the school for four years, as well as for other extra-curricular clubs and organizations.
Money was raised for Leadership Whitley County through a sand volleyball tournament at DeVol Field Saturday.
Recent Churubusco graduate Katie Monk signed with the University of Indianapolis for track and field. Monk holds records in discus at the Fort Wayne Northrop Sectional as well as a regional records. She was the state runner up in discus in 2014 and also competed in shot put at the state meet.
COLUMBIA CITY — The Whitley County Community Foundation is hosting a 5K run to benefit a local scholarship fund. The inTIMidatory 5K walk/run will be held Saturday, Aug. 2, at 8 a.m., with registration starting at 7 a.m.
The race will be held at Columbia City High School, and all proceeds will benefit the Tim Hearld Memorial Scholarship fund.
Pictured is the Columbia City Park Department's league and tournament champions — Downtown on the Square.
The Columbia City Main Street Association brought back the Big G's 3-on-3 Tournament to downtown Columbia City this weekend. The tourney hosted 11 teams, capped off with a win by Team Sheckler: Brent Sheckler, Doug Sheckler, Caleb Sheckler and Greg Bockelman — all of Whitley County. See a photo of the winning team on Page A10.
COLUMBIA CITY — Sounds of revving engines and the smell of exhaust filled the Grandstand Sunday during the Truck and Tractor Pull at the Whitley County 4-H Fair.
It was Matt Linnemeir that took first place at the 6500 Gas Modified class, after Jason Oliver tried twice to push his lime-green Chevy past the mark.


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Newest Volume of The Authoritative Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling
Newest Volume of The Authoritative Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling Includes Rare Interviews with Submission Master Seminar 2006 Clinicians
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With only weeks to go before the first ever Submission Master 2006 Grappling Clinic in Los Angeles, California, both the world renowned Yoshiaki Fujiwara (Karl Gotch protégé and Japanese television star) and the legendary 77 year-old Take All Comers carnival wrestler Dick Cardinal are interviewed candidly in volume three of The Authoritative Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 12, 2006 -- With only weeks to go before the first ever Submission Master 2006 Grappling Clinic (see http://www.scientificwrestling.com/Fujiwara_LA_2006.htm) in Los Angeles, California, both the world renowned Yoshiaki Fujiwara (Karl Gotch protégé and Japanese television star) and the legendary 77 year-old Take All Comers carnival wrestler Dick Cardinal are interviewed candidly in volume three of The Authoritative Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling.
Both experts in the obscure Western martial art of Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling (catch wrestling for short), Dick Cardinal and Yoshiaki Fujiwara share their stories as wrestlers in the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Authoritative Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling. Volume three also includes four exceedingly rare books chronicling the history of Western grappling:
1.Readers can peruse the seldom seen 1823 tome Wrestliana; Or, An Historical Account of Ancient and Modern Wrestling by W. Litt
2.the turn of the 20th Century classic Spaldings How to Wrestle which includes instruction by the man appointed by President Teddy Roosevelt to head the West Point Military Academys self-defense program Tom Jenkins as well as George The Russian Lion Hackenschmidt
3.the never before published You Dont Have to Be As Big As The Other Man; The Tom Jenkins Story by Colonel Red Reeder
4.the perennial classic Scientific Wrestling by champion wrestler George Bothner
The new encyclopedia sheds light on the nearly lost traditions of Western-style submission grappling and will be of particular interest to fans of Ultimate Fighting (UFC), Brazilian Jiu-Jitus (BJJ), and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Western Combatives expert Jake Shannon has compiled classics from his private wrestling library, along with other rare items into the Authoritative Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling.
The money paid for the original antique content in all of these volumes literally amounts to a small fortune, said Jake when asked about the project. Now that all is said and done, what was once in the hands of only the elite, privileged few has been preserved for future generations and made available to martial arts enthusiasts around the world.
The series is one of the best selling titles at Lulu Press and has received high praise from some of the biggest names from all facets of the wrestling community. Wade Schalles, the current Guiness Book of World Records all-time leader in wrestling wins and pins (as well as a NCAA Judo All-American and 9th Degree Black Belt and multi-time champion in the Russian martial art of Sombo) says, "The Authoritative Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling is an extremely pleasant walk down the sport's memory lane. Each volume is almost 500 pages of century old techniques that every modern day wrestler thinks he invented. It's a must have for anyone who has spent more than one season in America's wrestling rooms."
Retired Law Enforcement Officer and Catch As Catch Can Wrestling Legend Billy Wicks said, "Fantastic encyclopedia on wrestling, this needs to be in the Library of Congress."
Executive Director of the International Wrestling Institute and Museum, Mike Chapman said, "This is a very nice and impressive book, and, as the author of 16 books myself, I know how much work goes into such a project The book will be placed in our library here at the museum, so that others can have access to it."
After reading the first volume, Dick Cardinal said, "A tremendous, spectacular text filled with fascinating material. ...Strangler Lewis, Earl Liederman, the notes on gouging, I'm only 1/3 of the way and I've found interesting thoughts and memorabilia on each page. Thanks for this treasure & congratulations." Later, Mr. Cardinal allowed himself to be interviewed for the third volume of the encyclopedia project. Approached by Jake Shannon to share some ideas on the nearly lost techniques of hook wrestling, Mr. Cardinal agreed give a clinic on the brutal submission grappling methods of carnival-style hook wrestling at the Submission Master 2006 Grappling Clinic to be held February 25th and 26th in Los Angeles, California.
Also featured at the event are clinics with top of the food chain Mixed Martial Art competitor Josh Barnett as well as Shootfightings Bart Vale. Those familiar with the sport of Mixed Martial Arts will recognize Barnett as the youngest UFC heavyweight champion in history and the current King of Pancrase and those who followed early MMA in the United States will be familiar with Bart Vale.
It was purely a coincidence that both Fujiwara and Mr. Cardinal would both be instructing at the Submission Master event and both be interviewed in volume three of The Authoritative Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling, said Mr. Shannon. This is a once in a life-time opportunity for my generation of wrestlers to pick the brains of these giants, I feel very excited. Very excited.
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Stone Mountain Park's Laser Lawn will be blanketed in acres of soft, downy precipitation for the first time this winter season when Snow Mountain opens Saturday.
Gwinnett resident can enjoy a winter wonderland of activities for all ages. As adventurous mountain-goers brave the 400-foot glide down Memorial Lawn on tubes, kids and the young at heart can get crafty in the Snow Zone, where three unique play zones offer hours of entertainment, from snow construction projects in Igloo City to target practice in the Snowball Shooting Gallery.
Specially designed for younger kids -- ages 3 and younger -- Snowflake Hill provides the perfect setting for a first snow experience.
Beginning to feel a chill setting in? Warm up at one of the Hotspots or take a break around a bonfire at SnowFire Point, where warm, gooey s'mores are the daily special.
Snow will fall on the Laser Lawn select dates through March 7. Project engineer Paul Creasey said the amount of snow covering the lawn is equal to that which would cover about three football fields. The park began making snow Nov. 1 in anticipation of opening day. The snow is created using water borrowed from the park's lake that is filtered and treated. Snow-making machines, like those used at ski resorts, then chill the treated water until it becomes snow. Melted snow is redirected back to Stone Mountain Lake through a custom-designed drainage system.
Stone Mountain Park's machines can produce up to 240 tons of soft, downy snow a day and the snow will be replenished as needed over the course of the next three months.
To plan a visit to Stone Mountain Park's winter attraction, 770-498-5690 or visit www.snowmountainpark.com.
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Colorado's online schools have shown disappointing results.
Online school is helping Michelle Nuss catch up. The 17-year-old is only a freshman in high school, falling behind a few years ago when she and her mother were homeless and living in a hotel.
These days, Nuss studies online up to six days a week and hopes she'll be a junior by the end of the year.
"I love it," she said of Connections Academy, her publicly funded online-only school. "They should keep it around and make it accessible for everybody."
But some Colorado lawmakers want to know if Nuss and other online students are really getting the best education. So far, Colorado's online schools have shown disappointing results.
A 2010 report by the state Department of Education showed below-average test scores, dropout rates near 50 percent in some cases and, at one school, a student-to-teacher ratio of 317-1.
Still, the state's online school industry is growing by double digits a year. Enrollment grew by more than 12 percent between 2008 and 2009.
Last year, Colorado spent about $85 million teaching about 14,200 students online. Like brick-and-mortar schools, online schools are funded based on the number of students enrolled on a single "count day," Oct. 1. Some fear the enrollment procedure gives online schools little incentive to keep pupils enrolled.


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Oscars and hot dogs might not seem like the most likely combination. That is, of course, until you think of one of America's most beloved hot dogs, the Oscar Mayer Wiener, and then you wonder why the two haven't been paired together earlier. Here are nine Oscar-themed hot dogs inspired by each of the films nominated for Best Picture. Everything from "The Parisian Dog" for Midnight in Paris with pâté and Dijon vinaigrette to the pineapple and Sriracha "Hawaii Dog" for The Descendants. More


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Combing through thousands of tweets per hour in search of political keywords, the team based out of IU's School of Informatics and Computing will isolate patterns of interest and then insert those memes (ideas or patterns passed by imitation) into Twitter's application programming interface (API) to obtain more information about the meme's history.
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A line of storms in northern Indiana will continue drifting south, bringing the possible of strong to severe storms. Several severe thunderstorm warning have been issued for Benton and White Counties as the line pushed through, likely producing gusty winds and large hail.
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Elizabeth Byrum
Mrs. Elizabeth Morris Byrum, 86, went home to be with her Lord, surrounded by her family on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 from her residence.
Mrs. Byrum was born December 27, 1925 in Union County, daughter of the late Homes Morris Sr. and Patti Price Morris. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jamie Hogan Byrum, who died in 2002, also a grandson, Rob McLeod. Mrs. Byrum was retired from the Wesley Chapel School System.
Visitation will be Friday, December 21, 2012 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the McEwen Funeral Home of Monroe. Services to celebrate her life will be 11 a.m. Saturday, December 22, 2012 at Union United Methodist Church, 6315 New Town Rd., Waxhaw N.C. 28173 with her pastor, the Rev. McKenzie Sefa, officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Survivors include two daughters, Kay Byrum McLeod and husband, Malcolm, of Greenville, S.C. and Patsy Byrum Baker and husband, Danny, of Wesley Chapel, N.C.; grandchildren, Mary Beth McLeod Crisp and husband, Lindsey, of Washington, N.C. and Anthony Honeycutt of Wesley Chapel, N.C.; great-grandchildren, Allen Crisp and Libby Crisp, both of Washington, N.C.; one brother; Holmes Morris Jr. of Weddington, N.C.
The family would like to express their appreciation to the following for their loving care; Beth Ashley, Doris Carpenter, Sue Copeland, Sharon Helms, Geneva Costner, Zora Carson, Hospice of Union County, and Council on Aging.
Memorials may be made to Union United Methodist Church, % Virginia Horne, 917 Waxhaw-Indian Trail Rd., Waxhaw N.C. 28173 or to Hospice of Union County, 700 W. Roosevelt Blvd., Monroe N.C. 28110.
Online condolences may be offered at www.mcewenmonroechapel.com. McEwen Funeral Home of Monroe is Honored to serve the family of Mrs. Byrum.
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Mr. Richard 'Rick' Fowler, age 58, of Monroe, N.C., passed away Monday, December 17, 2012 at Carolinas Medical Center-Union.
Funeral Services to Celebrate the Life of Rick Fowler will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, December 22, 2012 at Davis Funeral Home Chapel, 1003 East Franklin St., Monroe, N. C. officiated by the Rev. Sherry Frerichs.
Mr. Fowler was born on May 1, 1954, in Union County, N.C., a son of Edwina Mullinax Fowler the late Clayton Eugene Fowler.
Mr. Fowler was a retired truck driver with The Boggs Group. He was also a member of Hebron United Methodist Church in Monroe, N.C. Rick loved riding horses, especially the trail rides he enjoyed with his friends.
Survivors include his mother, Edwina Fowler of Monroe, N.C., and his brother, Wade Fowler of Monroe, N.C.
The family will receive friends from 12 noon until 1 p.m. Saturday, December 22, 2012 one hour prior to the service at Davis Funeral Home Chapel in Monroe.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Davis Funeral Service, inc.
Davis Funeral Home of Monroe is serving the family of Mr. Fowler. An on-line guest register book is available at www.davisfuneralservice.com.
Lillian Knight
Lillian Christine Knight, 86, died Tuesday, December 18, 2012.
Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 in Walkersville Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Gordon Funeral Service in Monroe.
Mildred Wike
Mildred Stapp Wike, 91, died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012.
A graveside service will be 11 a.m Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 at Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte. The family will receive friends following the service.
Arrangements are being handled by Gordon Funeral Service and Crematory.


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OW2 Management Office members Alexandre Lefebvre and Cedric Thomas will participate in this open source training week aimed at researchers in French resarch agencies. Tuesday October 21 (9h30 - 10h30): The Human Factor: Open Source Communities, Cedric Thomas. Friday October 24 (9h30-11h00) : Corrective and Evolutive Sotftware Maintenance, and Contributions Management, Alexandre Lefebvre, More at (in French): http://www.projet-plume.org/ecole-envol2008 http://www.projet-plume.org/prog_envol2008
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Ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich isn't able to participate in the ratings disaster-in-waiting I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here as it would require him to head to Costa Rica for filming. International travel isn't an option as Rod awaits his trial for that whole Senate seat for sale snafu.
In another "NBC Executives Are Idiots" move, the desperate replacement for Blagojevich's slot is none other than his wife Patti. She wants to appear on the show so that people will know the real her. Um…is there anyone out there that has any perception of Patti Blagojevich?
I move that this show immediately be renamed I've Heard of Celebrities…Get Me Out of Here.


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The captain from Dubrovnik spoke of his stay in prison, and admits he had dark thoughts, and thought there was no escape.
DUBROVNIK, CROATIA - "I always thought, as I think today, that nothing could have happened besides my release to freedom, so I am trying to adapt and feel normal as soon as possible" said the Croatian captain Kristo Laptalo in the television show "Croatia Live", talking about the time he spent in the Greek prison Patras.
"On the ship you adapt to poor conditions, to bad food… But this prison is such that you do not get anything from it. The prison gives you one roll of toilet paper and one bar of soap per month. However, those who have money can buy whatever they want. Life is such that those who have money can buy what they need, eat something, talk on the telephone, and those who do not have money are forced to do some jobs for those who do" said Laptalo, confirming that Patras is really one of the most infamous in all of Greece.
"I often thought of the worst"
Laptalo thanked everyone for their support, because solidarity meant a lot, and it was easier when he knew that the public were with him. Regardless of it all, he says that he often had the darkest thoughts, and thought of the worst.
"There were moments when I thought that we would not beat the Greeks, that there was no way out. But I was not afraid. That is why, after they declared me guilty in July, I told one man the plan for my burial, in the case that I decide upon something. But he had to promise me that he would not tell my family anything" said Laptalo.
No suits for Cicak and Greece
Even though Ivan Zvonimir Cicak published false information that Laptalo knew about the drugs that were being smuggled on his ship, Laptalo's wife and daughter filed a law suit against him, but Laptalo says that he will not undertake any legal action against him.
Also, he has not announced a suit against Greece, but stresses that he will support his company if they decide to sue.
"The company spent more than a million dollars on the whole story, and I now leave it up to them to decide to do something" says Laptalo. He added that his company will no longer import bananas to Greece, all until they promise that these sort of things will no longer occur to staff and captains, if drugs are found buried amongst the cargo.
"The police in Europe and America will not come to me saying that they found something on the ship. On the contrary, they will hide it from me and follow where the drugs are going. If the freight comes to its destination, and in the end something comes back to me, then they will know that I am guilty. But these in Greece arrested me because I was the closest. It is interesting that the boxes that the drugs were in were immediately destroyed and thrown away. Without any search, or looking for fingerprints. We brought them a book from Eduador with fingerprints of all who were on the ship, only for them to say that they do not need it because they do not have the boxes" says Laptalo. He stressed that sea farers have to be ready, because something like this can happen, and it is most important that the company stands behind them.
Questionable if his sea faring career is over
The Dubrovnik captain said that he has yet to decide if his career at sea is over, and says that he will think about that after a long rest, and his family let him know that they do not want him to go to the sea anymore.
"My sons tell me that they will not speak with me anymore if I return to the sea. I am not certain what will happen, if everything falls together, maybe I wont go to sea. We will see" said Laptalo.


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The Top 10 Cheltenham Festival Winners Of 2013
Well, that's the Cheltenham Festival over for another year and what a week it was. The meeting started under a bit of a cloud, quite literally, when the snow and frost threatened to scupper racing on the first day, but as the temperature improved throughout the morning we only had to suffer a short delay of 35 minutes before racing got underway and from then on it was plain sailing for the rest of the week.
I'm sure you'll all have your favourite moments from this year's Festival, and to place them in some semblance of order has proved difficult for me today too, but I've given it my best shot and these are the horses that I felt personally put up the best Cheltenham Festival performances of 2013.
You can click on the title of the entries to watch a replay of each race too.
1 – Sprinter Sacre in the Champion Chase
Is there anything this horse can't do? Well, over two miles at least. This was his eight consecutive win and every time I see him his performances seem to be better than the last. He's only a 7yo too, believe it or not, so there's plenty of mileage left on the clock. The 1/1 that William Hill offered was amazing!
2 – Our Conor in the Triumph Hurdle
This was the most visually impressive winner I've ever seen in the Triumph Hurdle. He travelled like a dream throughout the race, drew alongside two out and then effortlessly pulled away from the field to win by 15 lengths. He's now the clear favourite for next year's Champion Hurdle and I can see why!
3 – Quevega in the Mares' Hurdle
What isn't to love about this amazing little horse? This was her fifth win in the race and she was only the second horse to win five races at the Festival since Golden Miller won the Gold Cup five years on the bounce back in the 1930's. For that fact alone she deserves her place at the top of this list!
4 – Hurricane Fly in the Champion Hurdle
Hurricane Fly defied the odds to land his second Champion Hurdle in some style. There had only been three winners over the age of eight in the last 58 years and it had been 40 plus years since a defeated champion came back to win it again, but the horse looked better than ever and won impressively!
5 – Bobs Worth in the Cheltenham Gold Cup
You might find it strange that the Gold Cup winner only makes it into number five on my list, and he did do everything right and won well in the end, but I felt that the race was tainted somewhat by the fall of Silviniaco Conti at the third last fence when he was probably travelling better than anything.
6 – Cue Card in the Ryanair Chase
I've been a huge fan of Cue Card since he strolled away with the Champion Bumper back in 2010, but there's always been a niggling feeling that he's been just short of top class, until now. That's two Grade 1 races on the bounce now and he couldn't have won the Ryanair any easier. One to follow, for sure!
7 – Briar Hill in the Champion Bumper (no video available)
Wullie Mullins had already notched up four wins at the meeting by the time we got around to the Champion Bumper, so it was amazing that this horse was allowed to go off at 25/1 with Ruby Walsh onboard. And what an impressive winner he was too – powering clear to win easily by 7 lengths!
8 – At Fishers Cross in the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle
Tony McCoy's first winner at the meeting, At Fishers Cross, was notching up his fifth consecutive win here, bringing his career record up to 7/9, and he just seems to get better and better with every run. Travelling strongly throughout, he took the lead at the last and then quickly went 4 lengths clear!
9 – The New One in the Neptune Novices' Hurdle
The New One came into this race with six previous wins and only two defeats to his name, the first time when he finished sixth in last year's Champion Bumper and last time out when he finished a 1/4 length second to At Fishers Cross, so both horses look like they'll be very exciting prospects next season!
10 – Champagne Fever in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle
The second placed My Tent Or Yours arrived at Cheltenham with a lofty reputation after demolishing the field in the £86,000 Betfair Hurdle at Newbury in February, but just when it looked as though he was going to take it up, Champagne Fever kept pulling out more. Both should be followed in future!
Those are my favourite Cheltenham Festival winners of 2013. Of course, there are others I could have included and every winner was a champion on their day, but these were my personal favourites of the meeting and I'm sure there will be plenty of winners to be had in the future from this list too.
So that's it for another year, but I always see the Cheltenham Festival as the start of the betting year, rather than the NH season coming to a close. The flat season kicks off at Doncaster on Saturday with the Lincoln Handicap and two weeks after that we've got the Grand National to get stuck into. Then, of course, a full summer of the best horse racing action in the world. Personally I can't wait…
4 Responses to The Top 10 Cheltenham Festival Winners Of 2013
Cue Card should/could have possibly been number #1 there actually, but I think when he meets Sprinter Sacre soon it will be all change. Sprinter Sacre will beat anything in the foreseeable future, including Cue Card, if the trip is right, me thinks!
Great list Duncan. I just noticed that you said on G+ that you should maybe have put Cue Card higher on your list, I would agree with that, but I like the ten you posted too. It's handy to be able to click straight through to the video of the replay for each race!
Yeah, probably. I like all of these for a variety of different reasons though, so it's difficult to put them in order. I could easily have moved Briar Hill up the list too, but they all had to fit in somewhere!
I think you did well there mate. Nice job.


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Advanced Topics in Liberty
Federalism and Competition
Conference for students - April 12-14, 2013
Discussion Leader: Geoffrey Brennan
Session 1: The Logic of Federalism
Weingast, Barry R. "The Economic Role of Political Institutions: Market-Preserving Federalism and Economic Development." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 11, no. 1 (April 1995): 1–31. Entire article.
Vanberg, Viktor J. The Constitution of Markets: Essays in Political Economy. London: Routledge, 2001. Chapter 1, "Constitutionally Constrained and Safeguarded Competition in Markets and Politics" (pages 1–16).
Session 2: The Original Case for American Federalism
Allen, W.B. and Gordon Lloyd, eds. The Essential Antifederalist, Second Edition. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2002. Selections from Chapter 2, "Federal Farmer, Letters I and XVII" (pages 78–96), and "Brutus Essay I and V" (pages 105–122).
Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg. Selected Writings of Lord Acton, Volume I: Essays in the History of Liberty. Edited by J. Rufus Fears. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1985. Selections from Chapter 23, "Acton-Lee Correspondence" (pages 362–367).
Carey, George W. and James McClellan, eds. The Federalist. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2001. Number 17 (pages 80–84), Number 39 (pages 193–199), and Number 51 (pages 267–272).
Ketcham, Ralph, eds. The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates. New York: Penguin Group, 1986. "Debate on Federalism (June 21)" (pages 86–89).
Session 3: Federalism's Dark Side
Bolick, Clint. Grassroots Tyranny: The Limits of Federalism. Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 1993. "Introduction" (pages 1–9), Part I, Chapter 1, "Competing Visions of Federalism" (pages 13–36), and Part II, Chapter 5, "The Many Manifestations of Grassroots Tyranny" (pages 95–109).
Session 4: The Dynamics of Centralization
Vaubel, Roland. The Centralisation of Western Europe: the Common Market, Political Integration, and Democracy. London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1995. Chapter 1, "Introduction" (pages 11–15), Chapter 2, "Efficiency Criteria" (pages 16–33), and Chapter 3, "Explanations" (pages 34–55).
Session 5: Competition in Law and Taxation
Marciano, Alain and Jean-Michel Josselin, eds. From Economic to Legal Competition: New Perspectives on Law and Institutions in Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003. Sophie Delabruyère's "On 'Legal Choice' and Legal Competition in A Federal System of Justice: Lessons for European Legal Integration" (pages 19–43).
Brennan, Geoffrey and James M. Buchanan. The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, Volume 9: The Power to Tax: Analytical Foundations of a Fiscal Constitution. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2000. Chapter 9, "Open Economy, Federalism, and Taxing Authority" (pages 197–217).
Session 6: Maintaining Jurisdictional Competition and Liberty
Bolick, Clint. Grassroots Tyranny: The Limits of Federalism. Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 1993. Part III, Chapter 11, "Liberty, Community, and the Future of Federalism" (pages 177–189).
Buchanan, James M. The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, Volume 18: Federalism, Liberty, and the Law. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2001. Selection from Chapter 2, "Federalism and Individual Sovereignty" (pages 79–89).


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Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) delivers many of the NHS services that are provided out of hospital, in the community. Our comprehensive range of services are delivered to best meet the needs of our patients and service users, whether in the patient's own home, through GP practices or in a residential or hospital environment.
NHFT began life as a mental health trust before expanding to incorporate both physical and mental health community services. In July 2011 1,700 NHS staff and 61 services joined NHFT as part of the national programme 'Transforming Community Services' (TCS). 'Transforming Community Services' aimed to separate providers from commissioning bodies. NHFT saw it as an opportunity to integrate community physical and mental health services, improve and enhance access to those services and address health and wellbeing in a more holistic way.
Today, we are proud to employ more than 4,400 hardworking, dedicated and skilled members of staff. Our services are delivered from a large number of sites including hospitals, children's centres, GP surgeries and clinics. Some of the best known sites that we operate from include Berrywood Hospital, Northampton; Willowbrook Health Complex, Corby; Danetre Hospital, Daventry; Isebrook Hospital, Wellingborough; and St Mary's Hospital, Kettering. We intend to ensure that our services are delivered as close to home as possible for our patients and service users. Where it is possible and appropriate to do so, services are delivered in people's own homes. We also provide prison healthcare services in Leicestershire as well as in Northamptonshire.
Northamptonshire is the second fastest growing county in England. The Trust therefore serves a growing, socially diverse population of more than 700,000 people living in the districts and boroughs of Corby, Daventry, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, Northampton, South Northamptonshire and Wellingborough.
Within Northamptonshire there are pockets of high deprivation and low life expectancy. The county is also facing a projected population increase of 50% over the period 2005 to 2035, due partly to increasing life expectancy and partly to inward migration arising from the Milton Keynes South Midlands region expansion. While the county's age profile is slightly younger than the UK average, we expect to see a significant increase in the age of the population we serve, particularly among people over the age of 85.
Taken together, these factors create a high requirement for access to health services and the need to engage with people in new and creative ways. On 1 May 2009 Northamptonshire Healthcare was authorised as a foundation trust by Monitor, the independent regulator. Foundation trust status gives us more control over the services we provide and new ways to involve local communities in the bigger healthcare decisions we make. It helps us to engage our staff in shaping how we operate, and make sure the views of service users, their carers and families are central to everything we do.
To achieve foundation trust status we had to demonstrate that we are legally constituted, well governed and financially viable. This section of our website sets out to tell you about who we are, how we work, our plans, our policies and a range of other information relating to Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Last updated: 07 July 2014
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Borghese Gallery
The Borghese Gallery (Galleria Borghese) is in central Rome, located within the Villa Borghese. The Borgheses were a very powerful Italian family rising to prominence and wealth after one member became Pope Paul V in 1552 and gave power and titles to many family members.
One such was his nephew Scipione Borghese who bought a large vineyard in 1605, turning it into formally landscaped gardens and building the Villa Borghese to hold parties and house his art collection. He was a patron of the famous sculptor Bernini, so many of Bernini's pieces are held in the Borghese collection.
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The Willcox hosted a lecture series Wednesday evening featuring three veterinarians who discussed a variety of topics in a forum that was informative and educational.
The guest lecturers were Dr. Dee Whelchel, Southern Equine Service, Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, whose presentation addressed Equine Metabolic Syndrome and Equine Cushing's Disease; Estrella Equine's Dr. Sarah Thompson, who gave an in-depth presentation on the identification, preparation and avoidance of colic and Avoca Equine's Dr. Keelin Redmond, who is certified in veterinary acupuncture and chiropractic, focused on the sacroiliac joint and its importance. Greystone Farms' Sharer Dale served as the Master of Ceremonies.
The focus of Whelchel's presentation was on two common health issues horse owners often have to address that are both linked to a pre-deterimental issue that is often career ending, and, in some cases, can be life ending, laminitis. The disease, often referred to as founder, is an inflammation of the sensitive laminae, an area between the hoof and the bone of the foot.
The diseases are separate entities, but there is overlap, and there is a predisposition for these horses who have EMS and Cushing's Disease for developing laminitis, said Whelchel.
"We think there's a link," said Whelchel. "We think that link is insulin resistance, and having too high a blood insulin level circulating in the body. That may trigger laminitis epsiode instances in these two groups of horses."
Equine Metabolic Syndrome usually effects horses between the ages of 5 and 15, and Pituitary Pars Intemedia Dysfunction or Cushing's Disease is usually found in horses greater than 15 years of age.
Colic is the No. 1 killer of horses, and Estrella Equine's Dr. Sarah Thompson's case load usually increases at this time of year due in part to the change in the weather. Colic is defined as any abdominal pain that comes from any gastrointestinal organ, said Thompson.
The presentation did address the symptoms associated with a horse who may be experiencing a colic episode but also placed an emphasis on what a horse owner should do. The information the owner should provide the veterinarian with in the event they suspect the horse is suffering from colic, the veterinary evaluation, what medications are used and why to treat the case, the types of colic, and what steps can be taken to preclude an episode.
"Colic just doesn't mean gastrointestinal pain," said Thompson. "It also effects a number of other organs."
Horses won't progress to a more dire situation, if a veterinarian is able to come out and give the individual a rectal exam, a nasogastric intubation and the proper medications the first time someone notices the signs, she said.
The sacroiliac region is often misunderstood, said Avoca Equine's Dr. Keelin Redmond during her presentation. The sacroiliac joint is the space between the sacrum and the pelvis.
"It's high up and in the back, and you can't see the effusion in it or feel the heat in it," said Redmond.
The sacroiliac region is massively involved in the biomechanics of the area, said Redmond.
"It's the spring that generates the kinetic energy that moves the horse 100 percent of the time," said Redmond. "They can flex the pelvis at the lumbo sacral and sacroiliac joints, and they propel the rest of the body forward that way. They're rear-wheel drive vehicles, and, in correctly and biomechanically functioning horses, all of the energy comes from the hind end, and they push the front of the horse along. Most of the flexion occurs at the lumbosacral and sacroiliac joints. That's every step and every time."
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How many classes, named Helper, you have on your hard disk? I counted, and I have 320. What is "Helper"? Helper – is static class, that consists of static methods, that provide simple services to your program. Good examples for such methods are
public static string FormatTime(TimeSpan time)
return time.Hours.ToString("00") + ":" + time.Minutes.ToString("00") + ":" + time.Seconds.ToString("00");
public static byte[] ConvertObjectToByteArray(object obj)
byte[] _resp = null;
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
formatter.Serialize(ms, obj);
_resp = ms.ToArray();
return _resp;
or, even
public static byte[] Compress(byte[] buffer)
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
GZipStream zip = new GZipStream(ms, CompressionMode.Compress, true);
zip.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
ms.Position = 0;
MemoryStream outStream = new MemoryStream();
byte[] compressed = new byte[ms.Length];
ms.Read(compressed, 0, compressed.Length);
byte[] gzBuffer = new byte[compressed.Length + 4];
Buffer.BlockCopy(compressed, 0, gzBuffer, 4, compressed.Length);
Buffer.BlockCopy(BitConverter.GetBytes(buffer.Length), 0, gzBuffer, 0, 4);
return gzBuffer;
Those stand-alone methods are in use all over the application and provide small, frequent services.
What are disadvantages of such approach?
- Another class = wider maintenance
- You never know where it in use (even after searching)
- You should remember all services provided
- Sometimes, you have a number of overloads for those methods in order to make it's using simpler.
- If you are working on shared project, someone can harm all your project, by changing "something small" in Helper class.
Can we do something else? Yes, we can. We can subclass our objects and hide those methods inside it. This approach is even worse. In spite of easiness of intellisense, provided with this method, you'll have large number of almost the same classes with little changes. Also, we cannot do anything with sealed classes.
What to do? In C# 3.0 (not only WPF), Extension Methods were introduced. What is it? The same "Helper", with only one difference – this keyword before the first argument. So, when changing our code to following:
public static string FormatTime(this TimeSpan time)
return time.Hours.ToString("00") + ":" + time.Minutes.ToString("00") + ":" + time.Seconds.ToString("00");
public static object ConvertByteArrayToObject(this byte[] data)
object[] _resp = null;
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(data, 0, data.Length))
object _tmp = formatter.Deserialize(ms);
_resp = _tmp as object[];
_resp = new object[1];
return _resp;
or, even
public static byte[] Decompress(this byte[] gzBuffer)
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
int msgLength = BitConverter.ToInt32(gzBuffer, 0);
ms.Write(gzBuffer, 4, gzBuffer.Length – 4);
byte[] buffer = new byte[msgLength];
ms.Position = 0;
GZipStream zip = new GZipStream(ms, CompressionMode.Decompress);
zip.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
return buffer;
We will able to use all those methods within regular classes of argument type. Full intellisense support and very easy syntax. Like this.
But, do not go to extreme with extension methods, 'cos you likely face with the problem, exists now with arrays and Linq – too much extensions. You'll never know what are the original class methods (except icons :)). See yourself
Have a nice day. I had not time (as always) to review this post before publishing
January 24th, 2008 · Comments (3)
3 Responses to "Stop subclassing and using Helpers – start Extension Methods"
Mike Brown Says:
January 1st, 2009 at 12:35 am
What's the difference between an extension method and a static helper function other than syntactic sugar? Nothing…so I'm trying to see why you feel the same hazards that exist for a helper function, don't exist for extension methods.
JH Says:
January 1st, 2009 at 12:35 am
Be aware that running headlong into the extension method realm may lead you to pain later on as extension methods (even from separate vendors/developers/projects) can conflict.
See: Extension Method Precedence
and  Resolving Extension Methods
y Says:
September 21st, 2011 at 1:30 am
The only real advantage I see, it is I can apply extension methods to sealed classes.
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World No. 1 Serena Williams opened defense of her Family Circle Cup title with a straight-set win today on Billie Jean King Court.
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Coming off a victory in the finals at the Sony Open on hardcourts in Miami on Saturday, Williams was not at her sharpest in her first match of the year on clay. But she was plenty good enough for a 6-2, 6-3 win over Italian Camila Giorgi in a second-round match.
"It was a bit awkward for me today," said Williams, a two-time FCC winner who could face 2009 champ Sabine Lisicki in the third round. "But it was good to get one under my belt."
Jelena Jankovic needed almost three hours today to outlast American Melanie Oudin and keep alive her hopes for a second Family Circle Cup title.
Jankovic, ranked No. 18, gutted out a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 victory over the 21-year-old Oudin. Jankovic, seeded ninth, won the Family Circle Cup title in 2007, but had been 0-2 in her career against Oudin.
Rising American star Madison Keys, 18, moved to the second round with a 7-6, 6-4 win over Alexandra Cadantu.
American qualifier Vania King pulled off a first-round upset knocking off 14th-seeded Yaroslava Shvedova. King, ranked No. 136, rallied for a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over the world's No. 37 player.
Earlier, 15th-seeded Sabine Lisicki got her chase for a second Family Circle Cup championship off to a fast start, sprinting to a first-round victory over Anna Tatishvili in just 41 minutes.
The 2009 Family Circle Cup champ won by 6-0, 6-0, on Billie Jean King Court, belting 26 winners to earn a second-round match with American qualifier Mallory Burdette.
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Sabine Lisicki d. Anna Tatishvili, 6-0, 6-0
Marina Erakovic d. Daniela Hantuchova, 7-6, 6-4
Vania King d. Yaroslava Shvedova, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Jelena Jankovic d. Melanie Oudin, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
Madison Keys d. Alexandra Cadantu, 7-6, 6-4
Julia Goerges d. Yulia Putintseva, 6-2, 6-3
Romina Oprandi d. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
Laura Robson d. Estrella Cabeza Candela, 6-2, 6-2
Second Round
Serena Williams d. Camila Giorgi, 6-2, 6-3
Stefanie Voegele d. Carla Suarez Navarro, 6-2, 6-4
Sorana Cirstea d. Anabel Medina Garrigues, walkover
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For our latest Community Spotlight article, community member Sylvinstar is back with a detailed analysis of ranger pets based on extensive testing during the final beta weekend. While many pet issues were seemingly addressed heading into BWE3, there are clearly a number of issues still in need of attention.
Jaguars, Jellyfish, and Moas Oh My!
By Sylvinstar
Last weekend I spent a lot of time testing Ranger pets and attempted to demystify some of the classes' vague trait descriptions. Some were cleared up in seconds, but there were a few that were very difficult to pin down. Unless noted below, I stripped down all PvP gear and kept trait lines not currently being tested at 0. I also made sure to leave out any signets or utility abilities that may have affected a trait being tested. Here is what I found.
Marksmanship line:
- Malicious training (malice training) granted an additional 10% duration to pet Condition Duration, which stacked with the 30% duration granted from putting 30 points into the Marksmanship line itself.
- Beastmaster's Might granted 5 seconds of Might
- Beastmaster's Bond granted somewhere between 3-8 seconds of its two buffs (sorry sloppy writing on my part leaves this a bit up in the air).
- Predator's Instinct had a 15 second cooldown applied from the time of its being applied. This is an important distinction it was up almost constantly, even with axes hitting multiple dummies and switching targets quickly after one died. I had 30 points in Marksmanship when testing this, which gave me an additional 30% duration to the condition.
Skirmish Line
- Companion's Might granted 1 second of Might
- Sharpened Edges granted Bleeding at 1 second per hit instantly, which made for some great stacking with certain axe and shortbow skills. Combine this with crits from opening strikes and bleeds from certain pets and you have a lot of bleed damage going very quickly.
Wilderness Line
- Expertise Training granted +6 damage per tick.
- Vigorous Renewal granted 6 seconds of vigor upon using a heal skill (I did not see if this applied to pet heals but I am assuming theirs did not apply).
Nature Line – 'Concentration Training' Drama
In this trait line, I put at least 2 hours into trying to figure out the specifics of the trait "Concentration Training" and I recorded a LOT of data. What I came up with was pretty inconclusive. It would have been helpful to know a few things. For example, the trait description says it increases the duration of boons applied by ranger pets. After a lot of work, I had to wonder if the trait should have said "increases the CHANCE of increasing boons applied by ranger pets".
One theory I had for a while was that the trait only applied to boons applied by pet attacks, not boons applied by the pet's F2 abilities, but then I ran into some pets that added a boon increase even with these abilities. An example of the testing I did was for the pet "Jungle Stalker". Its F2 ability is to apply a Might boon. This boon was to be applied for 10 seconds according to the description, although the counter always started at nine. There was always quite a delay between pressing F2 and the buff hitting my UI.
For many initial tests there was what seemed to be a random duration to the buff. It either applied at the 10 second duration or 14. I then figured out that if I did not target a mob before pressing F2, I would always get 9 seconds on the buff, but if I targeted the target dummy or mob first, I would always get the 14 second duration – even with the Concentration Training slotted. I thought I had the problem solved, but later on I was trying this out again for a second trial, and it didn't matter if I targeted first or not, I only got 9 seconds of the buff – trait, or no trait.
With bird pets that granted swiftness, the boon went from 10 seconds to 14 seconds when traited with Concentration Training (10 seconds base + 30% for 30 pts in Nature + 10% from the trait). This was true almost 100% of the time, but there were some times when it went with 10 seconds only, even when traited.
I did some testing with the raven and snow owl pets, but the majority of my swiftness testing with birds was with the Eagle and Hawk pets. I tried switching them out to stack the swiftness buff (which worked by the way), and I discovered that I would sometimes get the bonus 14 seconds and sometimes only the 9. This did not always coincide with pet criticals.
I eliminated other factors, like having the pet set on 'guard' vs. 'avoid combat', and then those two variables combined with other variables like having me attack the dummy first and then having the pet force attack it by switching to guard mid-fight. It seemed like certain patterns would develop, but then after five to eight trials the pattern would break down. There were several times when I would get five trials to either add the bonus or not, 100% of the time, but I would return later for another set of trials using the same setup and I would get the opposite results. In short, the overall randomness of the testing was frustrating as the trait description does not leave room for randomness. Either the trait description needs rewording or they need to fix some of the pets.
After going through land and amphibious pets, I moved on to the water pets. I thought I was almost done. I was dead wrong.
Watery Dilemmas
I spent nearly the same amount of time on the armor fish and jellyfish pets as I did on all the land based pets. The reason being, while the water pets had the same randomness issue with boons as the land pets, they applied their boons in a different manner.
If a bird or bear applied a boon or condition described as having a 10 second duration, that boon or condition would be applied and then immediately begin a countdown to zero when tool-tipped in the UI. If only all the water pet boons were so straight forward.
The Jellyfish's regen boon was listed as having a 10 second duration, but when tool tipped in the UI it would apply the boon in two second amounts for every one second pulse all the way up to 10, and then countdown by one's back to zero. What I got was a boon that would add two seconds, lose one second, then reapply two seconds [2s-1s, pulse 3s-2s, pulse 4s-3s, pulse 5s-4s..] and-so-on up to 10, when it would begin its countdown. This was untraited.
When using the 'Concentration Training' trait, the regen buff was applied in four second increments (dropping one second per pulse) up to 24 seconds. [4s – 3s, 7s-6s, 10s-9s, 13s-12s, 162-152, 19s-18s, 22s-21s, 24s then countdown to zero by one's.] I am assuming the countdown on the buff was actually showing a cooldown, as in the combat chat log, it would note that the buff was removed at the point where it began counting down on the tool-tipped buff in the UI. The jellyfish Blind condition had similar oddities to how it was displayed, but maybe my whole confusion on this was a difference between a condition or boon that pulses and one that doesn't. Whatever the reason, it definitely made bug testing the 'Concentration Training' trait a major pain.
Other Pet Bugs and Errata:
Armor Fish
When tool tipping the armor fish's 'Protection' ability, the text says that this ability's boon has a nine second duration. In reality it consistently only gave five seconds of the boon untraited, and nine seconds traited with 'Concentration Training'.
Moa pets and flamingo
These capricious fowl never once used their healing ability "Harmonic Cry" (regen heal) even when left to be beat to death by the practice mobs in the heart of the mists. Bear type pets with similar healing abilities in their bight attacks used them every time. The white moa pet incorrectly showed "Icy Screech" (a chill attack) as a regen heal when tool-tipped in the pet management page. The Blue Moa pet tool-tip shows its protection boon at a 10 second duration, when in reality it gives only five seconds 100% of the time (untraited).
Jaguar Pet
While not necessarily a bug, I thought it worth noting that this pet reapplied a vulnerability condition to the target dummy via its associated attack with no internal cool down. There were a few times when the jaguar would go several attacks without reapplying it, but there were many more where he would reapply the vulnerability 5-8 times in a row.
Beside some Necromancer trait clarification, the above is the majority of my bug testing experience in BWE3. While some things I found were legitimate bugs, I have to wonder how many were just changes that hadn't gotten their text changed in time for the weekend. Overall it was a rewarding experience, although I think for the good of the community someone needs to address target dummy etiquette at some point. I would love to hear from any of you hubbites if you were able to clarify any other traits, or if you have any additions and/or corrections to the data I found on Ranger pets.
A lot of information nice
A lot of information nice write up Sylvinstar. My biggest concern when I played the small amount I did was pet pathing, etc. I would really like an option to forgo pets in general for a more flavored DPS build or something but I obviously need to do some more experimenting.
Its a simple world for complicated people
In BWE2 pet pathing in sPVP
In BWE2 pet pathing in sPVP was horrendous. I did zero PvP of any sort in BWE3 so I can't say how well that improved, if at all. In PvE I have had almost no difficulties with pathing. The problems with pets not attacking and needing to be forced into attacking seems to have gone away. In trying to figure out "Concentration Training" I soaked up a ton of hours and did not get to all the traits I wanted clarification on.
Bear type pets with similar healing abilities in their might attacks used them every time.
This should read "..in their bight attacks.." sorry.
That line should now be fixed
That line should now be fixed for you!
As for pet pathing and responsiveness in BWE3, it was vastly improved over previous beta events. Still not without flaws by any means, but a major improvement nonetheless. Likewise, general pet survivability (not counting WvW where pets are still utterly useless) also seemed to be much better, or at least I rarely found myself needing to revive them between fights constantly like I used to.
Thanks for that Sylvin, very
Thanks for that Sylvin, very informative. I'm still keeping a close eye on the ranger as it's a profession that will always remain close to my heart :)
@ Sardu
@ Sardu
What is the problem in WvW? Too much AE damage, or just overall survivability issues?
As far as class choice goes, I guess i always go with what clicks for me. Even if a class is underperforming, I'll stick with it, knowing that class performance is cyclical in MMO's. Of course there are cases where classes are just broken or so underperforming that they don't make sense in the competitive sPvP environment. There is a lot more room for class performance issues in PvE.
Ranger itself is awesome in
Ranger itself is awesome in WvW as a general rule. Pets, however, die within seconds regardless of what type you bring, at least in larger fights. The best compromise I could find was to keep my fern hound set to passive and use the F2 regen as needed. But in terms of combat, it only proved marginally useful for resource camps and caravans... anything bigger and the pet is just a speed bump.
So useful pets will be ones
So useful pets will be ones that grant the best F2 buffs at this point. I'll have to look back through the pet guide. I know flight birds grant swiftness but that is an ae buff from one of their attacks..not too useful if they are dead.
I think there would be some
I think there would be some viability if the pets had a 'wait' feature along with guard and avoid combat. You could at least post your pet by keep doors (of course there would be a range limit before the pet respawned at your side), but this could be useful. An example would be being able to set up a ways from the main keep door, but have a bunch of ranger pets with chill set to 'wait'. When people burst through the gate you could have a lot of chill's going off, giving ranged defenders more time to AE etc.


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Crouching Tiger can't get right
Nobody's scared of Tiger anymore.
Which doesn't necessarily mean Tiger Woods is finished, just that we need to stop all of this waiting around for him to roar again.
New cats like "Roar-y" are raising their voices.
Rory McIlroy's British Open win Sunday allowed him to join Jack Nicklaus and Woods as the only players since the first Masters Tournament in 1934 to win three majors before age 25. McIlroy is 25. Woods was 24 when he did it, and Nicklaus was 23.
Woods is 38 right now, and his goal to surpass Nicklaus' 18 titles is looking iffy. Woods has 14 majors and hasn't won one since 2008.
Not that Woods needs to win anything else to validate his brilliance. But it's like the way we try to measure LeBron James based on the number of championship rings he has compared to Michael Jordan's jewelry.
Listen, Jordan is Jordan.
But James could retire right now without jeopardizing his je ne sais quoi.
Unless you're going to try to argue that Barry Sanders wasn't a beast because he retired too soon.
Remember when Mike Tyson was going from ring to ring knocking the fool out of dudes? But then Buster Douglas put Tyson on his butt. Remember that, over in Tokyo?
Tyson never was the same after that. We kept waiting for Iron Mike to return. All we got from him instead was something akin to various brands of aluminum foil.
That's the same way we're waiting for Woods to prowl and prey, but all he ever does is purr a little bit.
And that's OK. Life happens to all of us. We run into fire hydrants. We go through divorces. Our bodies get older and injured.
Yet there's something to be said about leaving it all on the field. Competitors do that, so there's no reason to expect Woods just to walk away from the game.
We, however, need to lower our expectations. If Woods winds up winning another major, then cool. Unexpected sports stories are the best.
And Woods roaring again would be a surprise. He finished in 69th place in the British Open. There were 72 golfers who made the cut.
Eldrick Woods might have some pretty good golf left in him.
But we've probably seen the last of Tiger.
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A record 74.62 per cent of the 46 lakh voters in Himachal Pradesh exercised their franchise in the assembly election on Sunday where ruling BJP and Congress are locked in a virtual straight contest.
After a slow start, polling for the 68-member assembly picked up as the day progressed and the hill state witnessed a massive turnout.
As per the voting figures till 5 PM, 74.62 per cent polling had been registered in the state and the percentage was expected to go up, election officials said here.
Image: Young girls show their marked fingers after casting votes for the Assembly elections at Devrighat in Shimla on Sunday.
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Sticky Password automatically fills login and password fields in web forms and usual dialog windows. It has an unique feature named "Sticky Button" which appears on any window that had password saved for. Careful backup feature will keep all your passwords safely stored until you will need them. Also Sticky Password allows to have multiple logins and passwords for a single account and there are many other useful features.
#14 Recover My Password Unlimited Edition 2.0 Portable LS
6-05-2011, 09:50
Recover My Password Unlimited Edition 2.0 Portable LS
Recover My Password Unlimited Edition 2.0 Portable | 135.29 Mb
#15 Password Unlocker Bundle v5.5.147 Retail
11-07-2010, 10:04
Password Unlocker Bundle v5.5.147 Retail | 32MB
Password Unlocker Bundle 5.5 is giant lost password recovery software, built in with up to 13 modules! It's to recover lost passwords for all popular files, archives, and applications, like Windows, Word, Excel, PDF, RAR, SQL, and more.. This password recovery solution contains all our flagship products of password unlocker series, We roll out this product bundle in a purpose to provide an all-in-one password solution for you either in office or at home.
#16 Password Depot Professional 5.2.5
1-11-2010, 10:21
Password Depot Professional 5.2.5 | 29.3 Mb
Password Depot is a powerful and user-friendly password manager which helps to manage all your passwords.
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#18 KeePass Password Safe 2.13 ML Portable
7-09-2010, 10:08
KeePass Password Safe 2.13 ML Portable | 5.43 Mb
You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk. So you only have to remember one single master password or insert the key-disk to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish).


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1990 | Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson
Location: Wrigley Field, Chicago | Result: AL 2, NL 0
The 1990s started with two now-legendary Seattle All-Stars in Randy Johnson and Ken Griffey Jr. In his second year with the M's, Johnson finished 14-11 with a 3.65 ERA and 194 strikeouts. Griffey, in his second year in the bigs, batted an even .300 with 22 homers and won a Gold Glove in center field.
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