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Carlyle finds positives in Leafs' fourth straight loss
Jan 10, 2014, 10:47 PM EDT
Even considering his occasional joviality in front of HBO's cameras for their 24/7 documentary series, few would call Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle a beacon of optimism. Still, he seemed pretty positive after the team fell to the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Friday, dropping their fourth game in a row.
"This might be one of the better games we've played in a month," Carlyle said, according to TSN's Jonas Siegel.
"We've been begging, pleading, kicking, kissing, whatever we can do to try and find a way that we can play with some confidence."
For those who've been critiquing the Leafs' underlying stats for months now, one might quip that Carlyle should add "shooting more than our opponents" to that previous quote. To be fair, they almost did so on Friday, as the Capitals only managed a 35-34 shot advantage.
Dion Phaneuf backed up his coach's positive outlook to Siegel.
"I think we played harder. We competed more," Phaneuf said. "No one likes to be embarrassed the way that we were."
Ultimately, admittedly nervous Capitals goalie Michal Neuvirth was up to the task, as he won in his first start since Nov. 22. He didn't deny his excitement after the game, either.
Whatever way you spin it, the Buds find themselves just a hair above .500 (21-20-5) while the Capitals improved to 22-16-6. Moral victories might be better than nothing, but the Leafs need to generate standings instead of style points soon or things might get ugly in Toronto.
- graymalkin26 - Jan 11, 2014 at 9:11 AM
Now the Leafs are soundly losing the fights as well as the games….hahaha….losers!
- flyersfan67 - Jan 11, 2014 at 10:09 AM
Playing harder, phaneuf is a joke and he's your team leader. If he's such a leader why was he cowering behind ref when erskin was in his face. If he's toronto leader, no wonder they're as pathetic as the are
- joey4id - Jan 11, 2014 at 11:19 AM
Because he wanted to stay out of the penalty box. His team is struggling, and desperately fighting for a playoff spot. You said it! He's the leader so he can't be getting involved in those scrums. Did you not read what the Montreal did to PK Subban after he got a 2 minute penalty for punching Couturier during a scrum?
- slickdemetrius - Jan 11, 2014 at 11:09 AM
So glad Mr.Carlyle is becoming accustomed to the Leaf's free-falling ways.
Another positive, you will be open for golfing dates the day after the last game on schedule.
Further positives are the chance to leave Toronto (a good way to stay alive) and with them being so pathetic, they can get a decent draft prospect. Perhaps someone from the Iron League…
- joey4id - Jan 11, 2014 at 11:26 AM
I've criticized Carlyle in the past for his comments. But! This time I agree with him. The team responded well after an ugly performance verus the Caines, and team meetings where the focus is on individual contribution and play within the system. That said, they lack depth and experience on O and D. I can see them make a trade to improve their D to make a push for the playoffs. Making the playoffs means so much from a financial perspective. It's estimated each home game during the playoffs will net the organization ~1.5 million.
- slysipops - Jan 11, 2014 at 12:43 PM
- graymalkin26 - Jan 12, 2014 at 2:01 PM
Clarkson was a great catch….36.7 mil….hahaha!
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Worcester, Mass. - Holy Cross freshman Gerry Dickinson (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler Area) was named the BRINE Rookie of the Week for his performance in the Crusaders' Oct. 22 game at Army, as announced by Patriot League officials this morning. This is Dickinson's first career league award.
In Holy Cross' only game of the week last week, Dickinson scored his first career goal, and propelled the Crusaders to an important 1-0 win over league foe Army in West Point, N.Y. Dickinson collected a pass from sophomore forward Chidie Okpoebo (Chelmsford, Mass.) and ripped a shot past Army keeper John-Michael Gallogly to break a 0-0 tie in the 87th minute. Okpoebo's assist was the first of his career.
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Holy Cross, which was recently ranked 10th in the New England region by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, has won two straight league games and stands at 7-6 overall and 2-3 in Patriot League play. The Crusaders return to action on Saturday, Oct. 29, when they play host to Lafayette in a crucial conference match. Saturday's game is slated to begin at 2:00 p.m.
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I assumed the hundreds of protesters who've come to D.C. to protest against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline weren't out there because they thought the Administration was on their side. They meant to pressure the Administration over the environmental and political consequences of their imminent actions. Indeed, we now learn that at least one imminent actions may be a day away.
The State Department will remove a major roadblock to construction of a massive oil pipeline stretching from Canada to Texas when it releases its final environmental assessment of the project as soon as Friday, according to sources briefed on the process.
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Canada has already released a report showing that greenhouse gas emissions from tar sands production would increase by one-third by 2020. As oil becomes more scarce, these more environmentally harmful processes to find energy get used, leading to a spiraling downward effect. And the jackpot is often oversold; we just learned today that the Marcellus Shale has 80% less oil and gas than originally estimated.
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Dreamtime astronomers understood meteors
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
A new study has found Aboriginal dreamtime stories were linking meteorites to impact craters and the origins of life.
Quake could alter Tokyo risk: experts
Monday, 14 March 2011
Experts say it is too soon to know if the tectonic upheaval that shook northeast Japan last week has put Tokyo at greater risk.
Antarctic ice forming beneath glaciers
Friday, 4 March 2011
A team of scientists has discovered that masses of ice in the Antarctic form underneath the ice sheet instead of on top.
Tiny grains record solar system's infancy
Friday, 4 March 2011
Tiny grains of dust are providing the earliest glimpse of the primordial solar system before Earth was born.
Life elements came from outer space
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
A meteorite found in Antarctica adds extra impact to the theory that the essential building blocks of life on Earth came from outer space, say US scientists.
Sulphur secrets uncovered
Friday, 25 February 2011
Scientists say a previously little known form of sulphur, which only occurs at extreme temperatures and pressures may be the most common form of the element on Earth.
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Wednesday, 23 February 2011
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Turkey quake gives warning clues
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A series of foreshocks which preceded the 1999 Turkey earthquake may provide clues to increased warning times, say an international team of geoscientists.
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Russian scientists are on the brink of piercing through to the secrets of an icebound lake which has been sealed deep beneath Antarctica's frozen crust for 15 million years.
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Green energy awards top $23b in May
According to the announcement on May 7th, the Army plans to buy renewable energy from privately developed power plants. The power plants are to be built, operated, and maintained by the five companies, under an agreement that is being hailed by some service officials, as the first of its kind.
"This effort will lead to enhanced energy security and sustainability for our installations," Col. Robert Ruch said in statement. Col. Ruch is the commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers center in Huntsville, Ala., which is overseeing the work.
According to an analysis of the Pentagon's daily contract announcements, this award was among more than 250 contracts with a combined value of over $23 billion seen this May. This is a 22 percent leap from the values of contracts in the previous month, not reflecting what was actually spent, or obligated, as many deals are not fully funded at first. The Army chose the five awarded companies out of a total of 16 companies bidding on part of a contract to buy energy generated by geothermal technology. The five chosen firms were Constellation NewEnergy Inc., based in Baltimore; ECC Renewables LLC, based in Burlingame, Calif.; Enel Green Power North America Inc., based in Andover, Mass.; LTC Federal LLC, based in Detroit; and Siemens Government Technologies, based in Arlington, Va.
According to the Army release, the contract includes a three-year base period and seven one-year options. The service said that it is the first of several expected this year that, when combined, may total to a potential value of $7 billion.
"In our current fiscal environment, attracting third-party money to build renewable energy production facilities that will allow military installations to purchase energy at a pre-determined rate without building, owning and maintaining the facility is the right thing to do," Ruch said.
The Defense Department's goal is to derive 3 gigawatts of power - enough power to support about 750,000 homes - from alternative energy sources such as solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal by the year 2025.
The military's venture into renewable energy is facing opposition by some lawmakers. Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., has criticized the Navy's "Great Green Fleet" initiative to power ships, aircraft, and combat vehicles with biodiesel and other alternative fuels under the claim that fuels from alternative sources are unnecessarily costly. Fuels derived from algae and other alternative sources are currently more expensive than petroleum-based products.
In a related, but separate effort, Siemens has also teamed with the Chicago-based Beoing Co. in the mission to upgrade the Defense Department's current energy grid to a more independent system.
"The challenge they face today is, at times they are dependent on the local utilities, which work, but at certain times today and in the future there might be the need to island or cut themselves off from the grid for security reasons," Judy Marks, chief executive officer of Siemens Government Technologies Inc., said in a video announcing the partnership. "We have an offer that will help them do that."
Out of the top five awards in May, four were so-called multiple-award contracts. Under these sorts of arrangements, companies win positions on the contract then compete against each for individual orders.
The second-largest contract, a Navy agreement worth as much as $1.9 billion over a five year span, supports habitat systems on vessels and small crafts. This contract was won by four companies, including three from Virginia.
A group of 15 companies, including units of the London-based BAE Systems Plc and Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin Corp., won the third-largest contract; another Navy agreement, this one potentially valued at $900 million over five years with the aim to provide information-technology services for combat systems and intelligence collection.
Another group of 30 companies, including McLean, Va.-based SAIC Inc. and Chantilly, Va.-based Engility Corp., won seats on the fourth-largest contract, a deal worth as much as $855 million deal over five years to provide the Marine Corps with logistics support.
A unit of Northrop Grumman Corp., based in Falls Church, Va., won the fifth-largest contract, an Air Force award potentially valued at $556 million to upgrade the biggest unmanned aircraft in their fleet, the Global Hawk drones. Work is expected to take place in San Diego and finish in 2015.
Northrop received individual contracts with a potential combined value of $872 million - the most of any company last month.


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(a) The surviving parent of any minor may by will appoint a person or persons [who shall be] AS guardian or co-guardians of the person of such minor, a guardian or co-guardians of the estate or both. Such appointment shall not supersede the previous appointment of a guardian made by the court of probate having jurisdiction.
(b) The ward of a testamentary guardian may, when he or she is over the age of twelve, apply to the court of probate in which such ward resides, for the substitution of a guardian or co-guardians of his person to supersede the testamentary guardian. The court of probate may, upon such application and hearing, substitute such guardian or co-guardians chosen by such ward to be the guardian or co-guardians of the person of the ward. [If the custody of any child has been committed to either parent by the Superior Court, such parent alone shall have the power of appointing a guardian or co-guardians as provided in this section.]
(c) Any [such] guardian or co-guardians APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION shall receive the trust subject to the control of the court of probate as specified in this section and subject to the provisions and restrictions to which the trust was subject in the hands of the parent at the time of his decease. A guardian or co-guardians of the person shall furnish a written acceptance of guardianship and, if the court deems it necessary for the protection of the minor, a probate bond. A guardian or co-guardians of the estate shall furnish a probate bond. Upon such acceptance of guardianship or furnishing such bond, such guardian or co-guardians shall have the same power over the person and estate of such minor as guardians appointed by the court of probate.
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Recycling facilities to be extended at Leek centre
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by Leslie Jackson
WASTE recycling facilities in Leek could be extended to seven days a week.
Staffordshire County Council said this week that household waste recycling centres will be open longer with residents able to recycle more items – including carpets, mattresses and hard plastics.
The improved service follows the introduction of a new contract with waste and resource firm FCC Environment and will result in average savings of £240,000 a year.
Staffordshire County Council's cabinet approved a new contract in June. It means that all household waste recycling centres in Staffordshire will be open for longer with some introducing additional opening days.
Winter opening, which starts on October 28, will be extended by half-an-hour to 5pm at 13 waste recycling centres.
Openings will be extended to seven days at four centres, including Leek, at a date to be confirmed.
In addition to the improved recycling facilities, small businesses and sole traders will be able to benefit from a new service provided at the centres at affordable prices.
The centres will also facilitate better handling of larger items of waste and allow more efficient disposal of fly-tipped waste collected by district and borough councils.
New reuse opportunities will also be available at the sites – giving people the chance to make use of goods no longer wanted by others.
Sites will soon undergo refurbishment, including installation of new equipment where needed. All new waste compacting equipment will come from Staffordshire firm JCB.
Staffordshire County Council's cabinet support member for environment and rural affairs Gill Heath, who represents Leek Rural, said: "We want to make it as easy as possible for people to recycle used items and our new contract with FCC is enabling us to do so.
"People will see the improved facilities being gradually phased in at sites across the county. They will include longer opening hours, new services for small businesses and more people on hand to help at each centre; meaning a better all-round experience for centre visitors. In addition, we will be achieving annual savings of £240,000 resulting in an efficient and best value for money service.
"Our new waste recycling centre arrangements will be a real winner for Staffordshire people, businesses and the environment. This is another example of how we're improving how we operate, running an efficient county council and getting the best value for money for Staffordshire people."
FCC Environment's head of group development Steve Longdon said: "FCC Environment is the leading operator of household waste recycling centres in the UK. We know that our experience and expertise will help to significantly improve re-use and recycling rates in Staffordshire in a cost effective way."


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UNC chases 5th straight College Cup vs. Indiana tonight
Two of the more storied programs in recent men's collegiate soccer meet at 6 tonight when No. 9 seed North Carolina hosts No. 16 seed Indiana at Fetzer Field in the NCAA men's soccer tournament quarterfinals.
The winner will advance to the NCAA College Cup. Defending national champion UNC (16-3-3) has advanced to the last four College Cups — soccer's version of the Final Four. If the Tar Heels advance, they would be the fifth team in NCAA history to make it to five consecutive College Cups and the first since Indiana did it from 1997 to 2001.
Carolina and Indiana (13-5-3) are no strangers. The teams have met three times in the last four years, with UNC winning twice. Since losing to the Hoosiers in the 2000 NCAA quarterfinals, the Heels have won three straight against Indiana in the tournament, winning their first national title over the Hoosiers (2-0) in 2001 and taking 1-0 quarterfinal wins in 2009 and last season.
The Tar Heels are making their 20th all-time appearance in the NCAA Tournament and will be playing in their 52nd NCAA Tournament match and are looking to become the first team since Indiana in 2003-04 to win back-to-back national championships.
UNC is 5-2-1 all-time in the NCAA quarterfinals with the last setback coming in 2005 against SMU.
Indiana has the 29th-best scoring offense in the country and will face the nation's top defense in Carolina and the Hoosiers will be looking to snap a 307-minute shutout streak that the Tar Heels hold since the 2000 contest.
Carolina reached the quarterfinals with a second-round shootout win over Maryland-Baltimore County and a 1-0 overtime win in the first round over Fairleigh Dickinson. Indiana downed Xavier 4-1 before dispatching No. 1 seed Notre Dame, 2-1, in overtime in the second round.
Carolina enters tonight's match with the lowest goals against average in the country and the fourth-lowest in a single season in NCAA history, surrendering just six goals while posting 17 shutouts and a 0.26 goals against average.
Given an early lead, UNC has been unbeatable of late. Since Sept. 28, 2010 the Tar Heels have won 40 straight games when scoring the first goal of the match.
The numbers are similar at Fetzer Field. UNC is only the second side in NCAA history to go unbeaten in 40 straight home matches.
Post-overtime shootouts are another UNC strength. The Heels have won six straight shootouts over three seasons, including three in the 2010 NCAA Tournament.
NOTES—The 2012 College Cup will be held at Regions Field in Hoover, Ala., Dec. 7 and Dec. 9. The host school is the University of Alabama-Birmingham.


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The Thames is overflowing with mega-yachts for the rich and chartered ships for workers
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West India Dock is the busiest it's been since the 1980s as the world's 1% avoid Heathrow's lines or traffic gridlocks and dock right on the Thames for as much as 9,000 pounds a day.
Superyachts equipped with helipads and submarines have joined Britain's biggest warship, more than a dozen tall ships and cruise liners on the Thames River for the Olympic Games.
Seven weeks after a flotilla of more than 1,000 small craft celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, the city is host to a glitzier collection of boats docked to celebrate the games that run from July 27 to Aug. 12. They range from Allen and Lowy's yachts to cruise ships docked near the Excel Center, an Olympic venue in east London, and Britain's largest warship, HMS Ocean, anchored near Greenwich.


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Full detailed profile on Nancy Wesley Played by Patrika Darbo on Days of Our Lives Daytime Soap Opera.
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Birthday: April 6 1948
At home, Daniel finds Nancy's passport. Nancy comes from the bedroom. She's almost done packing. Dan asks if she has shots of Parker playing in Central Park or anything. Nancy claims she didn't have her cell phone with her that day. He leaves and makes a mysterious call.
Nicole drops by Chloe's. Nancy leaves them alone and Nicole blames Chloe for Jenn breaking up with Dan.
Daniel wakes up at home from a nightmare. Jenn's in his bed. He tells her they broke-up in his nightmare but she reassures him she loves him. He wakes up for real to Chloe knocking. She brought Parker home. Daniel hugs his son and comments that it won't take Chloe long to pack her things. Nancy tries intervening and runs Jenn down. Daniel shoots her a look and decides to take Parker out for a walk. He goes to change while Nancy worries Jennifer will spill all to Daniel. After Dan and Parker leave, Chloe wants to go after Daniel. Nancy thinks it's a bad idea.
Daniel returns home and recoils upon hearing Nancy singing "(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey" in the bedroom. He searches for his cell phone and spots Nancy's passport on the table.
At Jenn's, she's astounded when Chloe issues an ultimatum: stay away from Daniel, or he'll lose his son forever. Jenn attempts to call Daniel but Chloe stops her. Nancy took Parker out of the country, where Daniel will never find him. Jenn cautions the brunette against playing games with her son.
Back at Jenn's, Chloe connects her computer to Jenn's wifi and gets Nancy on Skype. Nancy tells them she's in Brazil and confirms by showing her what's outside the window. Jenn goes pale and asks Nancy to bring him home. Parker says he misses his daddy. They disconnect and Jenn attempts to call the police. Chloe reminds her Daniel has no rights to her son and shows her Parker's birth certificate. There was a mistake made and no father was named. Jenn calls Chloe sick. Besides, Daniel won't turn to her. He doesn't love her! Jenn doesn't know how to dump Daniel and cries that she hates Chloe.
Chloe returns home to update Nancy on the phone.
Chloe returns home, moping and weepy. She tells Nancy what she saw. She's giving up. Nancy gives her a pep talk. Jenn's just a blip on the radar screen. Chloe remembers when Daniel fell in love with her. He would never have cheated on her and he won't cheat on Jennifer. Nancy calls him a "player" and reminds her daughter that Daniel slept with Carly while married to Rebecca. Chloe cries that Daniel will never leave Jenn unless she tells him to. Chloe sobs about not having the life she was supposed to with Daniel. Nancy tears up when Chloe asks what she should do. She considers her options and comes up with a plan. With an eerie look on her face, she tells Nancy she knows what she needs to do for Daniel, Parker, and her.
Chloe packs a bag at home to meet Daniel at the conference. Nancy's against it but Chloe explains she talked a friend into getting her an audition for voice-over work in San Francisco. She insists Daniel still wants her. She calls the same hotel Daniel's staying at for a room, and learns Daniel canceled his reservation. She calls him but he ignores it while he and Jenn make love. She runs out searching for him.
At home, Chloe wants to go with Daniel to the conference but Nancy yells that she has already overplayed her hand a few times. Chloe realizes her mother is right. She just wants "that dreary loser out of all of our lives." She'll go for a walk instead. Nicole shows up to make sure Chloe knows her place. Chloe's gone, so Nic and Nancy sling insults at one another.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks – interviewed at Deloitte (Boston, MA) in November 2012.
This company's HR is a mess. I initially applied via on-campus recruiting at my university. They granted me an interview, only they never bothered to tell me about it. I only found out about the interview after they emailed me to say that an alternate had taken my place. I followed up with HR, who recognized a "technical error" and said they would schedule a phone interview "by the end of the day". A whole week later I hadn't heard back from them, so I followed up. Finally, they scheduled the interview. The interview went well, and they wanted me back for a final round on-site in Boston... only once again, they didn't bother to inform me. When I contacted HR after a couple weeks of not hearing back, I was told, "Oh, we left you a message on your phone. We want you to come back for round two." I checked all of my voicemails and missed calls--they certainly had not left me a message. At any rate I thanked them and they said they would be in touch with scheduling by "tomorrow evening." "Tomorrow evening" became a week, at which point I contacted them again and they told me that my interview was scheduled for the next morning in Boston. So I quickly found a rental car and a hotel in Boston and at expense of time and money to myself made it to the headquarters. This part of the process was also a mess. The interview was supposed to be with two partners, an hour long, but we started 25 minutes late and one of the partners couldn't join us. Because we started late, there was no time for me to ask questions at the end of the case interview. Afterward, I met my liaison in HR who told me that she would be in touch with a final decision by "early next week" regardless of the outcome. I never heard back. Based on my previous experience with them, this probably means that I got an offer and they simply forgot to tell me, but I decided I had ZERO interest in working within a company this disorganized and chose not to follow up.
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Company was obviously disorganized. With recent acquisition of Monitor Group I'm certain that disorganization could only go downhill from here.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days – interviewed at Deloitte (Ithaca, NY) in October 2012.
1st round - 1 hour, 30min behavioral, 30min case/calculation 2nd round: 1 hour individual case, half hour behavioral, 1.5 hour group case I progressed steadily into round 2. Group interview was good; four of us each with individual roles, ie finance, competitive landscape, products/services, expansion opportunities, etc. The group just needs to work together and piece info together; no My individual case and final behavioral portions were led by unfriendly interviewers who didn't try much to hide the fact that they came in with their decisions already made. I guess they had their favorites from looking at resumes and that was that. Not sure what to describe but I'd be happy to answer questions.
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The process took 3 weeks – interviewed at Deloitte (Los Angeles, CA) in October 2011.
My first interview with Deloitte was an initial phone interview with HR about why I was interested in Deloitte, consulting, etc. The second round of interviews was 2 1:1 45-minute phone interviews. The first 45 minute interview was an over the phone case study. Not too bad nothing unexpected came up. The second 45 minute interview was a behavioral interview (always stress the benefits of diversity in the workplace, show that you can handle potential issues that commonly arise in the work-place, talk about how you work well with people, and be able to give EXAMPLES for ALL of these types of questions. Last interview was with a partner and director at the firm. Overall good experience up until that point, but after trying to contact HR as to why I didn't make the cut, I couldn't get a hold of them. Go figure.
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The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at Deloitte (Washington, DC) in March 2011.
There is a standard phone screening phase that evaluates at a high level your skills specific to the position you are being considered. This is done by a Deloitte recruiter. If you pass, you become eligible for the interview process after you complete a series of paper work. Much information will be asked of you especially if you are targeted to work on one of their government contracts. The most important info that is asked is your current salary. Be careful on how you answer this because it will be verified thru Lexis Nexis. If you misrepresent yourself, you wll not continue to the interview phase. Take note, however, that your offer from Deloitte will hinge on your current salary provided. Your offer will be around 10% more. It will be difficult to negotiate more. Once you pass the background check, a schedule of your interview date will be given. All interviewers for the day will get a brief intro to the firm. Then you proceed to a series of 1:1 interviews, each focusing on different aspects. This can go in any order since the interviewers rotate thru the candidates. One interviewer will focus on your technical skills to the job or field you are being evaluated for. Another will give situational, case-study like questions. This interviewer will give a situation and after you provide a solution, will throw a monkey wrench by changing one of the parameters and will see how you react/ cope to the change. Third interviewer would be the most senior of the 3 and will evaluate if you "fit" the firm. You will be asked seemingly innocuous questions like 'what do you like to do?', 'what motivates you?', and the sort. Take care in your answers, don't give cookie cutter answers like Ms. Universe contestants give. Be sincere but don't oversell. Remember it's a very senior person doing this part of the interview, so they'll see thru the insincere responses. The 3 interviewers will ask if you have any questions and encourage you to do so. However, any questions about salary willbe deflected since none of the 3 interviewers have a say. The person that you will need to speak to is the actual phone recruiter. I think the recruiter also has little decision power since I'm sure they follow a set formula (like +10% From current salary max). So depending on position and current salary, you will hit a ceiling.
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Hard to negotiate since there is a formula being used which the recruiter cannot deviate from. So depending on position considered for and current salary, a given max salary can be offered. I think that ~85k is max for a mgmt consultant.
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I applied through an employee referral – interviewed at Deloitte (Singapore (Singapore)).
Interviewed by senior manager. Basically, it went more like a conversation. The senior manager wanted to find out more about what was written in my resume and what my skills are. Looking for fit in the company as well I would say. He did not ask any technical questions. It was a chance for me to get to know more about what kind of projects the senior manager handled as well.
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I applied online – interviewed at Deloitte.
First round is a phone interview asking mainly about experience, as well as understanding of the position. They want to see how one's experience will fit into the role. Questions include how you made those decisions, why you want this role, what are your roles in the past experience, how you worked in a team.
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I applied online. The process took 3+ months – interviewed at Deloitte (Hyderābād (India)) in August 2012.
My CV was selected from a job portal and i was contacted by the HR. After an initial screening of typical HR questions, my CV was forwarded to the Sr. Manager of that consulting group. R1 consisted of CV related questions and a mini case of 20 min. followed by any questions i had, regd the firm and profile. Next round was with another Sr. manager - a detail, long case interview. The case was typical market entry strategy one with P&L, Break even analysis. Last round was with the partner which was a discussion about industry trends etc and was more candidate -led rather than interviewer driven. Over all a nice experience. I was an out of country candidate so some interviews were conducted over Skype. HR was very helpful and kept me posted as the entire process took about 3.5 months.
The salary was as per my expectation so did not negotiate.
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The process took 1 day – interviewed at Deloitte in September 2011.
Deloitte got back to me pretty soon after I submitted my application to schedule an interview. I only had first rounds which consisted of two 1-to-1 hour-long back-to-back interviews. These interviews included both behavioural and case-based (so make sure you brush up your case interview skills). The work culture seemed easy-going and the candidates got to interact with some consultants as they waited for their interviews. The consultants were really down-to-earth, friendly people. Definitely a great lot to work with.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days – interviewed at Deloitte in May 2008.
1st round consisted of 2 interviews, both with a "mini case" and a behavioral element. The interviews were 1 on 1 and were quite standard case interviews and standard behavioral questions. The 2nd round consisted of a 2:1 interview which lasted an hour. The case had a strong accounting and finance element to it.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day – interviewed at Deloitte in January 2008.
Deloitte was, by far, the worst interview experience I've ever had. I've had plenty of rejections in school, having been one of the youngest candidates in the field, but this was the only interview that truly offended me (I often kept in touch with other companies who rejected me, and got interviews with them again, down the road - so I'm not one to take offense at rejection). The interviewer began by accusing me of being a legacy to my graduate school. I had no parents, siblings, or other remotely close relatives who had ever attended my university, making the statement baseless and false, in addition to offensive The remainder of the interview involved the interviewer asking questions about why I'm a terrible candidate. Any attempt to spin the question on a positive, or remotely professional note, and the interviewer would immediately interrupt me to throw in another insulting "questions." This was a colossal waste of my time. I would never interview with them again, now would I interact with this company on any professional terms.
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Like any good college bar, the burgers are juicy and the beers are plenty. The Chimes serves imperial pints, which contain 19.8 ounces of beer instead of 16. Though college-aged, the bartenders know how to help you choose a good brew from the dozens on tap. The bar also boasts oysters on the half shell and an extensive collection of top-shelf bourbon, scotch and tequila.
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The following topic will be updated as the game goes on. Feedback and additional information are highly appreciated. At the moment this is work in progress.
- There are different types of armor available in the game: Light, Medium, Heavy. Each class can only wear one of them.
- There are six equipment slots: Head, Shoulder, Chest, Pants, Gloves and Shoes.
- As soon as your character is underwater a breathing apparatus is equipped automatically which replaces your head slot item for that time.
- Additionally each hero can equip 1x back slot item, 1x amulet, 2x rings and 2x accessories. All of these - except for the back slot item- can be crafted by a jewelcrafter.
Generally you will want to strive for the best possible gear. At one point, however, your character will have reached the highest possible amount of stats on one single item. At this point players have the opportunity to customize the visual appearance of their items to distinguish themselves from other players. To achieve this, a player can use transmutation stones and apply any gear or weapon skin to whatever highend equipment they are currently wearing. This is where low level items as well as literally any item you can find may become very attractive.
So what you want to do is figure out which stats your profession and/or build profits most from and then go for the respective gear. Once you feel comfortable with what you are wearing, it is time to customize your gear to your liking.
In Guild Wars 2, gear can be obtained in many different ways. Gear can be:
- crafted by the following professions: armorsmith, weaponsmith, tailor, artificer, huntsman (armor)
- crafted by a jeweler (accessories)
- looted from enemies
- a reward for a personal story mission
- a reward for 100%ing an area
- a reward for finishing a dungeon on story mode
- purchased from Karma vendors all around Tyria using Karma
- purchased from normal vendors using Gold
Crafted Armor
Armorsmiths, weaponsmiths, tailors, artificers and huntsmen can craft exotic items. These may vary in stats, depending on which Insignias/Inscriptions/etc. are being used.
- armorsmith (heavy), leatherworker (medium), and tailor (light) are the three armor-based crafting professions
- weaponsmith, huntsman, and artificer are the three weapon-based crafting professions
Extensive PDF file on craftable items and their required mats: Crafting Guide
|Crafting Discipline
|Craftable Gear
|Melee Weapons and Shields
|Ranged Weapons i.e. Rifle, Pistol, Shortbow, Longbow
|Staves, Scepters, Foci, Trident
|Heavy Armor
|Medium Armor
|Light Armor
|Rings, Amulet, Accessory
How to craft Exotics (Armor + Weapons)
- Exoctic items consist of three components: Armor Slot Item #1, Armor Slot Item #2, 1x Insignia/Rune/Inscription (Note: From here on always 'Insignia')
- Armor Slot Items are the ones you can craft with the highest crafting material (e.g. Orichalcum or Gossamer)
- If you were to create Shoes you would need 1x Shoe Sole and 1x Shoe Upper + 1x Insignia of your choice
- Insignias define a certain stat combination. There are seven different ones in game: Carrion, Cleric's, Explorer's, Berserker's, Rampager's, Knight's and Valkyrie
- There is no limitation on how to mix and match your gear. You can go all Berserker or 2x Bers, 2x Knight and 2x Rampager
- In order to craft Insignias you need to buy the appropriate recipe from your profession trainer (karma) and learn how to do it
- Each Insignia requires: 5x Globs of Ectoplasm (salvage Yellows/Oranges for these), 5x high end refinements such as Gossamer Bolt or Orichalchum Ingot, 20x high crafting mats purchased from your profession trainer (e.g. thread, etc.) and 5x of the highest fine crafting components depending on which Insignia you want to create (Vial of Powerful Blood for Berserker for instance).
- Once you have 1x Insignia and both armor slot items you are all set :)
|Stat Distribution
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|+Condition Damagar, Power, Vitality
|Ancient Bones
|+Healing Power, Power, Toughness
|Elaborate Totems
|+Magic Find, Power, Precision
|Vicious Claws
|+Power, Critical Damage, Precision
|Vials of Powerful Blood
|+Precision, Condition Damage, Power
|Powerful Venom Sacs
|+Toughness, Power, Precision
|Armored Scales
|+Power, Critical Damage, Vitality
|Vicious Fangs
Cultural Armor
Every race gets a unique set of armor that is only available to characters belonging to the respective race. These items can be found and purchased in the associated capital cities. For each type of armor (light, medium and heavy) there are three tiers available. Tier 1-3 differ in skin and price. Armor gear can be purchased by using Gold as currency. Weapons need to be bought with Karma.
Prices Full Sets
- Tier 1 Cultural Armor Set 2.88 gold
- Tier 2 Cultural Armor Set 7.10 gold
- Tier 3 Cultural Armor Set 119 gold
Prices Weapons
- Tier 1 Weapon 9.800 Karma
- Tier 2 Weapon 35,000 Karma
- Tier 3 Weapon 63,000 Karma
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|Minor Bonus #1
|Minor Bonus #2
|Condition Damage
|Critical Damage
|Condition Damage
|Condition Damage
Dungeon Armor
In order to get exotic dungeon sets you can exchange tokens for pieces of armor. Each dungeon has one unique item set for each type of armor (light, medium and heavy) which results in three sets per dungeon and a total of 8 sets for each type of armor. Additionally, every dungeon comes with its own unique set of weapons which can be purchased with tokens as well. Now, tokens can only be obtained by doing explorable mode dungeons. Each explorable mode dungeon rewards the player with a different kind of token, which means that there is a total of 8 tokens ingame. In order to buy armor or weapons you will end up farming a particular dungeon to get enough of the same tokens. Once you have collected enough of the same tokens (say Ascalonian Tears) you can purchase anything related to the dungeon you got your tokens from (in this case Ascalonian Catacombs).
- Generally each boss will drop 5 tokens
- If you complete an entire dungeon you will get and additional 15 tokens
- These numbers do not seem to difffer between the 3 paths of one single dungeon
- Note: As of now (09/05/2012) you will get 30 tokens by completing any path in Ascalonian Catacombs and 25 tokens in Caudecus' Manor
- All dungeon sets cost the same, except for the Ascalonian Catacombs set.
Prices Ascalonian Catacombs
- Helm 180 Ascalonian Tears
- Shoulder 160 Ascalonian Tears
- Chest 260 Ascalonian Tears
- Gloves 180 Ascalonian Tears
- Pants 240 Ascalonian Tears
- Shoes 180 Ascalonian Tears
Prices All Other Dungeons
- Helm 180 Tokens
- Shoulder 210 Tokens
- Chest 330 Tokens
- Gloves 180 Tokens
- Pants 300 Tokens
- Shoes 180 Tokens
Prices Weapons for All Dungeons
- 2-handed weapons 390 Tokens
- 1-handed weapons 300 Tokens
- Off-Hand weapon 210 Tokens
Dungeons with respective tokens
|Ascalonian Catacombs
|Ascalonian Tears
|Caudecus' Manor
|Seal of Beetletun
|Twilight Arbor
|Deadly Bloom
|Sorrow's Embrace
|Manifesto of the Moletariate
|Citadel of Flame
|Flame Legion Charr Carving
|Honor of the Waves
|Symbol of Koda
|Crucible of Eternity
|Knowledge Crystal
|Shard of Zhaitan
There are even more sets of gear in Guild Wars 2 (e.g. Ebon Hawk, Order gear, Karma Vendors in Orr). This topic will be updated accordingly. Feedback and information is highly appreciated.
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Students to collect Vietnamese American stories
UT class is first offering of Vietnamese American culture and history.
Posted: January 28, 2008
As part of the upper-division course for undergraduates, students will interview local Vietnamese Americans. Fifteen to 20 oral histories will become part of a one- day exhibit and reception at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum on April 27, three days before the 33rd anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Afterward, the exhibit is expected to travel to libraries and schools, including the Little Walnut Creek Branch library in North Austin, where many Vietnamese Americans live.
Because the class will provide a connection to the local Vietnamese American community, "the whole community is very excited," said Nancy Bui, president of the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation, which has collaborated with UT's Center for Asian American Studies on the class project, helping identify potential interview subjects in Austin and other Texas cities.
At UT, students of Asian ancestry, including international students, make up about 20 percent of the student body, said Madeline Hsu, director of the Asian American studies center. And most students in the new class identify themselves as Asian, said Linda Ho Peché, the class instructor.
"Students are at a time when they are thinking of issues of identity and how they fit into the United States," Hsu said.
Peché, a doctoral student in the anthropology department who is researching Vietnamese American ancestor altars and who also works at the Bullock museum, has 25 students in class.
During a recent class, students learned about historical stereotypes of Asians in popular culture. They also learned how Vietnamese Americans fit into the historical framework of Asian immigration to the U.S.And they talked about how they identify themselves.
"Are you more Asian or more American?" senior Sehjong Hamjong asked. "Are you more flesh or more bone? ... You can't make that distinction."
The daughter of a Vietnamese father and Mexican mother, Peché said that growing up in El Paso, she was called "La Chinita," a reference to her Asian heritage.
Most of the oral history interviews will be done next month. Students will be given the option of interviewing Vietnamese family members or people from the list being compiled by the foundation,a national group based in Austin that is working to preserve, promote and celebrate Vietnamese American history and heritage. The list includes Vietnamese Americans of different migration periods.
There is Tran Dinh Tru, a convenience store clerk in Dallas who was a lieutenant colonel in the South Vietnam Navy and imprisoned for 13 years, and state Rep. Hubert Vo, D-Houston. Chat Thiet, who founded Austin's Walnut Creek Elementary School bilingual and cultural programs in 1968, also will be interviewed for the project, Peché said.
Though Texas has the third largest Asian population in the U.S. (behind California and New York), Hsu said few people have studied Asians in Texas or in the South.
Vietnamese language classes have been offered the last couple of years and are popular, Hsu said, and UT hopes to offer more classes in the future. But "there has been a real need for this class, a real demand," she said.
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Gardening is a nearly perfect family activity. It instills wonder of life (whether from a scientific or spiritual perspective), healthy eating habits, and early environmental ethics, and it's just plain fun. I don't know any kids who don't light up at the prospect of digging in the dirt, planting seeds, watering plants (and themselves), and filling baskets with produce from the garden.
Gardening instills wonder, healthy eating habits, early environmental ethics, and fun.
The first time my three-year-old son helped with gardening was on his first birthday, when we sat him in the dirt to plant a fig tree in honor of the occasion. Since that time, he has enjoyed gardening as part of our home life and part of church (where we started a garden for the hungry—more on that in a future post). I love that my son gets to know natural rhythms and the richness of…well, dirt. I especially love that he gets excited about eating so much nutritious food—and I fantasize that these eating habits will stick with him through adulthood. From the garden, my son eats everything from fennel, to beans (he sometimes snacks on them raw out of eagerness), to zucchini, to a staple in most U.S. gardens, tomatoes.
Tomatoes are part of the impetus for my post today. I read an opinion piece by Dan Barber in the New York Times about the pernicious, tomato (and potato), late blight fungus, which is affecting farmers across the Northeast. I began to read out of vague, superficial interest (I live on the west coast and I am not a farmer, so I expected the article to be interesting, but not directly related to me except in terms of produce prices). By the time I finished the article, I realized that I have unconsciously helped to create a problem that is decimating the crops of even the small farmers who I try hard to support.
Late blight is a fungus that affects tomatoes and potatoes (and some weeds) late in the growing season. While it isn't harmful for humans, it ruins the crops, rendering them unusable. (Late blight was a culprit in the Irish potato famine of the 1840s). This year, the fungus has appeared much earlier in the season and been much more destructive than in other years. The reasons for this surprise crop attack may be many. But among them is the rise in home gardening, whether in pots or backyards.
Increasing numbers of people are starting their own gardens. But, over the decades since the general population stopped growing its own food in favor of grocery stores, people have lost much of their inherited knowledge about the red flags of plant disease. So, they don't see the early signs of infections like late blight and let the plants go. Late blight takes effect quickly—in as short as a couple of days. And the spores can travel up to 40 miles.
This year, apparently many large retailers (like Home Depot, Lowe's, Kmart, and Wal-Mart) sold some starter plants that had been infected with late blight. Unsuspecting customers purchased the plants, planted them in their gardens, and helped to create a late blight epidemic in the Northeastern (rapidly spreading into the Southeastern) United States. (After doing some research, I discovered that late blight is also spreading this year in the tomato-growing regions of California, where we live. See Master Gardener Fred Hoffman's blog.)
When we plant things in the ground, we are inserting ourselves into an agricultural web, which comes with responsibility.
I easily fall into the category of ignorant suburban gardener. I grew up in the suburbs of D.C., with no garden and no plant knowledge. My husband, although he grew up on a farm, paid little heed to the gardening lessons of his grandmother (partly in rebellion against farming and partly because his chores focused more in pastures, hay fields, and the kitchen). So, over the years, we have taken a somewhat laissez faire approach to gardening. We usually start from seeds (which reduces some of the risk of infection), planting a wide variety of almost anything that seems interesting. Then we water, weed infrequently, and see what takes. Some years we reap vast quantities of food and other years, almost nothing works out. This is certainly a fun approach to gardening, but it is not a responsible or conscientious one.
What this article made clear for me is that when we plant things in the ground, we are inserting ourselves into an agricultural web, which comes with responsibility. Our responsibility extends beyond decisions not to use pesticides and herbicides (which can leech into and pollute groundwater for everyone). It is also about the types of plants we use and the care we take of them. The article offers this advice on selecting plants for your garden:
…If you're planning a garden (and not growing from seed — the preferable, if less convenient, choice), then buy starter plants from a local grower or nursery. A tomato plant that travels 2,000 miles is no different from a tomato that has traveled 2,000 miles to your plate. It's an effective way to help local growers, who rely on sales of these plants before the harvest arrives. It's also a way to protect agriculture.
In addition, as part of the web of growers, we have a responsibility to learn about the plants we grow. Regional master gardeners, local universities, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are good starting places for information. These resources can help home gardeners learn how to spot diseases, invasive plants, and other growing concerns.
Taking care in plant selection and gaining knowledge are part of living consciously. Because, although fences and walls may give home gardeners the illusions that they are doing their own thing and not bothering others, life is interconnected and our choices have effects.
*For more information, including identifying photos of late blight on crops, check out Cornell University's Agricultural Center.
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