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At little past 5 PM Eastern Time today, Twitter stocks fell by 14% from its initial IPO opening price of $45.10, apparently on poor market sentiments triggered by its less-than-expected growth in user base. In fact, the markets seem less anxious about the net loss of $132 million than the slow user growth. Timeline views by monthly active users declined 8% year-on-year. Analysts are fervently comparing what they deem as a 'lackluster' performance by Twitter with the great results of Facebook a week ago. I guess this was inevitable given that Twitter's newly launched profile page mimics Facebook's so closely. However, as there are some fundamental differences between the two social media networks in terms of user engagement and content lifespan, I think the comparisons are less than fair.
Expectations versus Performance
After a great year in 2013, when Twitter beat Wall Street estimates in terms of both earnings and user additions, the 5.8% growth in monthly active users this quarter was not enough to boost sentiments. I think the low user additions, much below Facebook and LinkedIn averages, is triggered by poor user experiences. Though Twitter has been tweaking its UI in order to bring in more visual experience to its audience over the years, it still feels like it has a long way to go. The company also has challenges when it comes to user engagement, partly because of the very nature of Twitter and partly because of the poor user experience.
Twitter's sub-par user growth is also because of the significant downtimes it has witnessed over the years. How many times have you been turned away by the "Oops, something seems to be wrong" or the fail whale banner when you had rushed in to post a tweet? To be fair, some of these downtimes were because of unforeseen network overload when some big news or event breaks over the Internet. Twitter seems to have learnt from its past mistakes though as it has been investing in infrastructure and network failover mechanisms over the last several months.
The Future
The biggest challenge for Twitter is that its growth is slowing even when it has enough headroom to grow. Unlike Facebook, it is not nearing market saturation even in mature markets such as the US, let alone globally. While Facebook's slower growth in user base is more or less anticipated, Twitter should be sprinting along at a considerably faster rate, which is not happening right now. The growing popularity of competitors such as Pinterest, Snapchat and Instagram can be attributed to the fact that these are more appealing visually and hence sustain user engagement. Even relative newcomers such as WhatsApp, which has about 55 employees, had a daily active user (DAU) count of 353 million compared to Twitter's 120 odd million DAU in early 2014. However, WhatsApp's use case as a messaging application is different from Facebook or Twitter, which are both pure-play social networks.
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo admits that the platform has to become more user-friendly in order to grow and retain registered users. However, I am not entirely convinced that copying a Facebook-style profile page is a step in the right direction. Twitter has to leapfrog competition in terms of both user interface and experience in order to overcome some of its growth challenges. Also, for a company that bets most of its future growth in international business, it has not been consistent in rolling out new products for the non-US markets, contributing to the growth slowdown.
Growth in the most prospective Asian markets has been slowing for sometime now. Especially in Japan and South Korea, where the percentage of mobile users is very high, due to a larger market movement towards private social networks rather than more open platforms such as Twitter. In Korea, only one in seven of Twitter users are said to be even moderately active on the social network. Dick Costolo rejects any claims that the fundamental nature of Twitter could be inhibiting adoption. While this may be true, it should also be acknowledged that despite the fact that a majority of its users are not from the US, international revenues contribute just 27% of total sales.
Will the recent improvements in the interface be enough to overcome what seems to be a mounting number of issues? I am skeptical.


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All I want is the answer to my first post.
Gee, I can't imagine why anyone hasn't helped you out yet.
I am part of a degenerate elite
Dragging our society into the street
Thank you for ganging up on me like that, I expected no less from you.
Be that as it may, I am still waiting.
Is it a french thing to laugh about bad old jokes in a foreign language you don't understand? So others shall join your stupid idea because you're not good enough in British English? I don't understand that either, guess what, I don't listen to it. Neither does anyone else here obviously. So why bothering others about a stupid idea? Why should anyone watch something he's annoyed of, especially if he doesn't even understand it? Is it so hard to guess?
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To just have one thing to turn out right?
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"Harrenhal" is part of the Histories & Lore, a special feature in the Blu-ray of Season 2 of Game of Thrones. It is narrated by Michelle Fairley as Lady Catelyn Stark.
On the shores of the Gods Eye due north of the Isle of Faces rises a monument of arrogance and cruelty: Harrenhal. For a people who prided themselves on their ships, the Ironborn of old seized any chance to leave them, and carved out a vast kingdom from the peaceful Riverlords. Their empire reached its zenith under King Harren Hoare, called "The Black" by those he terrorized; and his own men, though they meant it proudly.
King Harren enslaved the Riverlands to raise the mightiest fortress Westeros had ever seen, with walls so vast that winters would come and go and besieging armies grow old and grey before the castle fell. Five towers he ordered, reaching into the heavens like grasping fingers; a monstrosity which he forced the people of the Riverlands to build for their own subjugation.
But the day the slaves layed down the last stone, Aegon I Targaryen and his sisters Visenya and Rhaenys rode south. When they arrived with their small army, Harren laughed and shut the gates. Harrenhal was given an easy first test; it failed. Harrenhal could have survived all the armies of Westeros combined, but Harren learned that the tallest and thickest walls meant little to Dragons. With Harren and his sons dead, Harrenhal quickly surrendered to Aegon. House Tully then raised the River lords in rebellion against the Iron Islands, and with aegon they flushed the Ironborn to the sea.
Rather than tear it down, Aegon claimed Harrenhal as a prize and gave it to one of his commanders, whose line then withered to extinction as would every family to hold it thereafter.
When many speak of Harrenhal, their voices drop to whispers. They speak of Mad Lady Lothston, who was said to send a giant bat to send children for her crock pots and to bathe in blood and serve feasts of human flesh. They also mention the ghosts of Black harren and his sons who still walk the castle at night, all aflame. Another tale tells of servants who went to bed at full healt and were found in the morning burnt to ash. These are usually dismissed as stories to frighten wayward children and excite young girls.
Harrenhal is a prize; a nigh impregnable castle with enough land an income to make a man one of the greatest lords of Westeros in a single stroke. However, the castle is believed to consume it's tenants and wipe out entire families.
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WASHINGTON – Commuters are celebrating a considerable milestone in the 11th Street Bridge project.
The long-awaited, much-anticipated ramp connecting the Southeast-Southwest Freeway eastbound to D.C. 295/Kenilworth Avenue northbound opened Wednesday, Dec. 19.
Anyone who has endured those lengthy lines from the eastbound freeway to Pennsylvania Avenue and the Sousa Bridge, only to then wait in another lengthy line to turn left from Pennsylvania onto 295 northbound understands the significance of this.
Perhaps you used to take 295 south to the Howard Road exit, and then had to to merge onto 295 north in those terrible, accident-prone merge lanes. Some of the sneakier drivers may have even tried to avoid the long Sousa Bridge lines by taking the illegal left exit at Barney Circle, then plod their way over to Kenilworth from East Capitol.
Because the major highways in the District did not connect from all directions, those convoluted routes were once necessary. Now, since the opening of the southbound 295 ramp to the westbound freeway/I-395, and with the opening of this new ramp, we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief. The wait is over.
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Urban planners in the country's growing towns have been challenged to ensure that they build infrastructures which would eliminate traffic congestion so as to save the income eaten up by traffic jams.
This was said on Friday in Dar es Salaam, by transport stakeholders when discussing the challenges facing the development of the sector.
One of the stakeholders, Joel Mtatiro, said there has been increased traffic congestion in the country's major cities like Dar es Salaam leading to chaos on the roads.
"I urge urban planners in the growing towns to make sure that they put into practice organised infrastructures that would ensure that the problem of congestion is solved once and for all," he said.
The transportation sector in Tanzania, he said, faces many factors.
They include poor planning, increasing number of vehicles, concentration of major commercial and government services in city centres and the poor conditions of feeder roads.
A survey conducted by the Confederation of Tanzania Industries (CTI) in 2010 established that traffic jams eat up to 20 per cent of annual profits of most businesses.
While the problem of congestion affects all sectors of the economy, companies that deal with the supply goods constantly find it hard to timely make deliveries, incurring extra costs in the process.
Unlike in the past, traffic jams are currently experienced in most major cities almost at all times of the day with the situation worsening whenever there are downpours or an accident.
The Chief Executive officer of the Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit (Dart), Cosmas Takule, was last year quoted saying businesses and other institutions incur about 4bn/- in loss every day in Dar es Salaam city due to persistent traffic jams.
The loss is mainly incurred through decreased productivity as workers and entrepreneurs report late at work or miss appointments, fuel wastage, and late delivery of mechandise. Besides, there is environmental pollution which causes diseases such as cancer which cost huge sums of money to treat.
Experts say the losses have a direct bearing on the national economy considering the fact that Dar es Salaam, the most populous city in the country, generates about 70 per cent of all government's revenue.
The losses caused by traffic jams, according to CTI director of Policy and Research Hussein Kamote, are so far immensurable but they affect the whole economy and hence erode the competitiveness of Tanzania in the region.
He said the effects of traffic jams in Dar es Salaam clearly make Tanzania's economy uncompetitive as the congestion has a huge bearing on the cost of doing business in the country.


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|日向ヒアシ Hyūga Hiashi
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Hiashi Hyūga (日向ヒアシ, Hyūga Hiashi) is a shinobi from Konohagakure as well as the current head of the Hyūga clan.
Hiashi was born only seconds before his twin brother Hizashi, making Hiashi the head of the Hyūga clan and Hizashi a member of the branch house, whose only purpose in life would be to protect members of the main house. Years later, when Neji was born, Hizashi became bitter that his son would never be able to reach his full potential like a member of the main house, causing him to be openly resentful of Hiashi and his daughter. Hiashi was also responsible for branding the family's curse seal on Neji's forehead, further straining the relationship between the two brothers. One day during Hinata's training, overwhelmed with resentment and anger, Hizashi gave Hinata a murderous glare, Hiashi sensed the killing intent and activated the curse seal on his younger brother, causing him intense pain. He told Hizashi to leave as he would no longer tolerate incidents like this, telling him to never forget his duties.
During a visit to Konoha by a Head Ninja of Kumogakure, who had come to the village to sign a peace treaty, a young Hinata was kidnapped. Hiashi however saved her, quickly killing her would-be kidnapper, only to discover that it was the Kumogakure ambassador. Kumogakure demanded Hiashi's head in return for the life he had taken, or risk resuming open warfare between the two villages. Konoha, wishing to avoid another conflict, was compelled to comply, but was not willing to fulfil Kumogakure's desire of getting to study the Byakugan. Their father suggested that Hizashi be used as a body double, since his cursed seal would seal off his Byakugan upon his death. Although Hiashi tried to find an alternative to this, Hizashi insisted, saying that he would finally get to choose his own fate (to make up for his wrongdoings against Hiashi), and save his brother's life. Before going to his death, he asked Hiashi to someday tell Neji about why he had made his decision.[4][5]
Originally, Hiashi had trained Hinata to become the successor of the Hyūga clan. However, Hinata's lack of confidence ultimately led him to decide she was not worthy. He instead turned his attention to his younger daughter, Hanabi Hyūga.[6]
Hiashi's general personality is very stern and strict, as he assigned both his daughters arduous training, and rarely compliments their performance. This is especially true with Hinata; when she was assigned to Kurenai, he told her that he was unconcerned about the possibility that she would die, saying that the Hyūga clan had no use for a weak successor.[6] In truth, what he felt was weak was not Hinata's talent or potential but her drive to succeed as the successor of the Hyūga clan. As the series progressed and she started to show her true dedication, he began to openly cheer her on. Hiashi was also very strict with his younger brother and nephew, and was willing to use the cursed seal to punish if they disobey. However, he truly cares for them as part of the family and his brother primarily seen in his hesitation to allow him to die to protect the secret of the Byakugan.
After the noble sacrifice of his brother, Hiashi began to change his views with the caste system of his clan. As a result, Hiashi has also shown at times to be lenient and is not as strictly devoted to following the main house's traditions, as seen when he started training Neji in the Hyūga clan's full arts in the hopes to end the growing rift within the clan, despite it being considered a taboo to pass down secret techniques of the main house to members of the branch family.
Being an identical twin, Hiashi is a mirror image of his brother Hizashi with the exception of an unmarked forehead. He has long, black hair (sometimes depicted as brown in the anime), and featureless white eyes like all members of his clan. He normally wears very traditional, loose fitting robes with a long-sleeved, brown haori. As part of the Allied Shinobi Forces, he donned the standard uniform of the Konoha shinobi, along with a black forehead protector (bandanna-style in the anime) of the alliance.
As the leader of the Hyūga clan, Hiashi is undoubtedly a powerful shinobi. He's a master of the Gentle Fist taijutsu art. He is also knowledgeable in juinjutsu such as the one used by his clan, used to brand members of the Branch House.
As a member of the Hyūga clan, Hiashi possesses the Byakugan: a dōjutsu kekkei genkai which grants him an almost 360° field of vision (with the exception of a small blind spot at the upper thoracic vertebrae), x-ray vision and the ability to see the chakra pathway system. He was also able to use the dōjutsu's extensive visual range to watch as a far off village was destroyed in an instant by the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball.[7]
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Also, as the head of his clan, he is well-versed in all of his clan's secret techniques. While the full extent of his prowess remains unknown, during Orochimaru's invasion, Hiashi demonstrated tremendous skill by repelling several Oto and Suna ninja with the Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven technique. He also showed his great skill with the Gentle Fist when he killed the Head Ninja of Kumogakure with a single strike to the chakra pathway system around his heart and left the fight unharmed. When collaborating with his nephew, Neji, they were able to combine the force of their Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven technique and deflect the Ten-Tails' tail without giving any ground. He can also use the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Wall Palm with such force using his both hands, that he was able to buffet one of the Ten-Tails' tails away by himself.[8] He can also use the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm to hit targets seemingly out of his range.[9]
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Chūnin Exam Arc
Hiashi made his first début in Kurenai's flashback, when she was watching Hinata's and Neji's match in the preliminary matches of the Chūnin Exams. Hiashi debuted for the first time (in person) with Hanabi, watching Neji's match during the final rounds. He was amazed that Neji had been able to learn the main house's secret techniques by himself, but was disappointed by Neji's resentment of the main house, and his strong belief in fate. After Neji lost to Naruto Uzumaki, and seemed to have found himself at a crossroads in his life from Naruto's words, Hiashi decided to tell him about the circumstances surrounding Hizashi's death. Although Neji did not initially believe him, Hiashi's bowing to him for forgiveness showed him that it was true. In the anime, he also gives Neji a letter written by Hizashi, explaining the circumstances surrounding his death.
Invasion of Konoha Arc
When the invasion that was devised by the Otogakure and the once allied Sunagakure ninja began, Hiashi assisted the other Konoha shinobi in driving the renegade forces out of the village. Surrounded by shinobi, one of whom confidently commented that there was only one opponent and several of them. With his Byakugan activated, Hiashi used the Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven to defeat them all in one fell swoop. He then told them that the Hyūga were the strongest in Konoha; a fact they would do well to remember.
Sasuke Retrieval Arc
Towards the end of the arc, after the Sasuke Retrieval Team returned to the village and Neji was resuscitated by the medics at the hospital, Hiashi began taking a more active role in Neji's training. They were seen at the Hyūga estate sparring until Hinata brought them tea and Hiashi declared that they should take a break. During this time, the three casually chatted until Kiba Inuzuka, Akamaru, and Shino Aburame arrived on the compound to get Hinata.[10] In the anime, this was moved to the beginning of the Mizuki Strikes Back Arc.[11]
Part II
Invasion of Pain Arc
Hiashi was noted to be away with Hanabi during Pain's attack on Konoha. He left Hinata's protection to Kō Hyūga during his absence.
Konoha History Arc
Main article: Konoha History Arc
In the anime, it was later revealed that during the Invasion of Konoha a pair of Kumogakure ninja had tried to steal the Byakugan, kidnapping Hinata once again. After hearing about what happened from his father, he and Kō Hyūga set out to rescue Hinata. He arrives just as Neji is about to be struck fatally after trying to save Hinata. Hiashi blocks the attack using the Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven. Upon realising who he was the ninja attempts to flee, but he uses the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm to stop him. When Neji questions him on why he'd leave the battlefield to come after them, Hiashi tells Neji that Hinata is his precious daughter, and Neji, a precious memento of his late brother.
Adventures at Sea Arc
Main article: Adventures at Sea Arc
Shinobi World War Arc
When Hiashi returned to Konohagakure, he was assigned to the First Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces under Darui's command. While his division was taking up their post and Akatsuki's army was starting to advance, Hiashi used his Byakugan and saw not only the White Zetsu Army clones, but many revived shinobi mixed in with them as well, including, much to his shock, his brother, as well as Dan and Asuma amongst the reincarnated shinobi.
Hiashi confronted Hizashi who cursed that though the branch family was supposed to protect the main house, he stood before him as an enemy and lamented that this must be his fate for defying the main house while he was alive. Remembering his brother's last words to him before his death, Hiashi stated that there was no such fate and that Neji and Hinata were on the battlefield fighting alongside one another to prove that, not as branch house and main house members, but as two comrades protecting one another. With this, the two brothers began battling. As the battle at the coast concluded, Hiashi stood on Chōji's colossal fist as the latter restrained his brother in his fist.
Ten-Tails Revival Arc
Hiashi along with the rest of the Allied Shinobi Forces later relocated to the battlefield where the jinchūriki were located. Announcing their arrival, Hiashi apologised to his fellow jōnin that they had kept them waiting so long, and then commended Ino for throwing the beast's attack off even though her control of the Ten-Tails was short lived. Hiashi later stood alongside the other members of the Allied Shinobi Forces to face their opposition. As the Alliance's attempt to incapacitate the Ten-Tails proved futile, and the now fully-matured beast emerged from the hole it had been trapped in Hiashi noted that its Tailed Beast Ball destroyed an entire town far away in an instant. He also watched on after he realised that the next blast was headed towards the Alliances' Headquarters.
Instructing Neji to use the Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven technique along with him as the Ten-Tails attacked once more, Hiashi later told Naruto that then wasn't the time to get distracted. He goes on to tell him that in war there was always the possibility that people might die, but they had to fight on to ensure that everyone didn't die and that he, Neji, and Hinata were going to protect him on the battlefield. Deflecting the subsequent projectiles which rained down on them, Hiashi used the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Wall Palm technique to deflect the beast's tail, which was headed straight for them only to see the beast launch an pinpoint attack at Naruto and Hinata. Afraid that neither Neji nor Hinata would not be able to deflect it in time, Hiashi watched in horror as his nephew used his body as a shield to protect Naruto and Hinata and later passed away, having been heavily injured. As Hiashi watched on, he apologised to his brother for not being able to protect Neji. After Hinata had been enveloped with Kurama's chakra, Hiashi watched on in amazement as she was able to deflect on the the beast's tail with a simple Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.
Hiashi later watched on as the events unfolded on the battlefield. When the Ten-Tails' body disappeared from the battlefield, and an Akimichi beside him questioned whether or not the beast had been defeated, Hiashi told him that was not the case.
Naruto 5: Blood Prison
During Naruto's flashback to the members of the village when he was gathering natural energy to enter Sage Mode, Hiashi can been seen amongst the villagers.
- Hiashi's name means 'daytime' or 'position of the sun'.
- According to the databook(s):
- His favourite food is devotion frying (tempura). His least favourite foods are cheese and egg cuisine.
- His favourite phrase is "Steadfast and unswerving" (確乎不抜, Kakko Fubatsu).
- His hobbies are playing Go and shoga which is a field of art that combines calligraphy and painting. It is considered a very important skill for a classic literati.
- In Finally a clash! Jōnin vs. Genin!! Indiscriminate Grand Melee Tournament Meeting!!, Hiashi stands behind his youngest daughter Hanabi Hyūga before the start of the event.
- (To the invading Suna and Oto shinobi) "The Hyūga clan is the strongest in Konoha. Remember it well."[12]
- (To Neji) "Hinata is my precious daughter. And you are the precious memento of my late brother."[9]
- (To Hizashi) "There is no such fate! Your son and my daughter are out there fighting to prove it! This isn't about the branch house protecting the main house, it's about two comrades protecting each other!"[13]
- ↑ First Databook, page 111
- ↑ Second Databook, page 140
- ↑ Fourth Databook, page 153
- ↑ Naruto chapter 102, pages 7-21
- ↑ Naruto chapter 105, pages 10-19
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Naruto chapter 78, page 10
- ↑ Naruto chapter 613, page 13
- ↑ Naruto chapter 614, pages 10-11
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Naruto: Shippūden episode 192
- ↑ Naruto chapter 238, pages 8-10
- ↑ Naruto episode 142
- ↑ Naruto chapter 137, page 9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 526, page 12


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The project employer is the Tanzania government through TPDC whereas the contractor is China Petroleum and Technology Development Corporation (CPTDC) a unit of Chinese Natural Petroleum Corporation (CNPC).
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- Title
- Where are we at all? And whenabouts in the name of space?
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- Tofts, Darren
- Abstract
- When Dante entered the abject world of hell, it was Virgil, a classical poet who accompanied him and explained its mysteries. In a similar retro gesture, it is James Joyce, as opposed to William Gibson or R.U. Sirius, whom I adopt as my guide to cyberspace. Part of Virgil's appeal for Dante was ancestral, for he had previously taken a journey into the underworld in The Aeneid. As we continue to forge a brave new electronic frontier that goes by the name of cyberspace, Joyce seems a most appropriate guide. He too has been there before, and Finnegans Wake is my Aeneid, since it embodies the convergence of paperspace and cyberspace. [Introduction]
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- Hypermedia Joyce studies, Vol. 1, no. 1 (Autumn 1995)
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- 1995
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- 20th century literature; Communications; Hypertext; Information technology; Irish literature; Joyce, James, 1882-1941; Media
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Eternal Thirst is a passive ability that grants Warwick an on-hit effect.
- The attacks will apply other on-hit effects and can critically strike as normal.
- Magic damage will be mitigated by magic shields.
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- The healing portion is independent from the damage portion of the ability, meaning the heal is always the same regardless of the damage dealt to the target.
- Disregarding bonus Attack Damage, Eternal Thirst is an equivalent of ~ 5% / 10% / 15% Lifesteal at level 1 to ~ 14% / 27% / 41% Lifesteal at level 18.
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Hungering Strike is a single targeted ability.
- Applies spell effects as a single target ability.
- Spell vamp is fully applied.
- heal you for 15% of the raw damage dealt. will
- slow for 1.5 seconds. will apply a 40%
- Magic damage will be mitigated by magic shields.
- Spell shields will block the damage.
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- The point of health where the base damage is equal to the percentage equivalent at each level for Hungering Strike is 938 / 1250 / 1458 / 1607 / 1719 health.
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Hunters Call is a point blank area of effect ability.
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- Hunters Call has no cast time and does not interrupt Warwick's previous orders.
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Blood Scent is a toggled ability.
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- Despite being a toggled ability and not a passive ability like Toxic Shot, there are no associated costs with Blood Scent.
- Upon sensing an enemy, that enemy will become visible to Warwick and his allies, even in fog of war or inside a bush.
- Stealthed units will not be revealed even if they are sensed by Warwick. He will still gain the movespeed bonus, but he will not be able to see the unit.
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Infinite Duress is a targeted channeled blink ability.
- None of Infinite Duress's strikes can critically strike.
- Magic damage will be mitigated by magic shields.
- Spell shields PENDING FOR TEST
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- Assuming you already have 2 stacks of Eternal Thirst's, Infinite Duress will deal a total of 232.5 / 240 / 247.5 / 255 / 270 / 385 / 400 / 415 / 430 / 445 / 560 / 575 / 590 (+ 200% bonus AD) magic damage. This is assuming you take ranks in Infinite Duress at level 6, 11 and 16.
- Infinite Duress will continue to deal damage and suppress the enemy even if the target is moved from blinks and knockbacks.
- All the strikes have the potential to trigger and apply Spellblade but will only hit once because of the internal cooldown of this item.
- If Infinite Duress applies the Spellblade effect of , or , the proc is converted into magic damage.
- Infinite Duress will apply the passive part of , and each hit, but the damage to secondary enemies will remain physical.


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The National Assembly yesterday withdrew the widely criticised Constitutional Review Bill, 2011 and gave more time for public consultations and contributions to the document.
"My office respects the opinions of the public and stakeholders… We are now withdrawing the Bill," announced Speaker of the National Assembly, Anne Makinda.
The Bill which was tabled in the house under a certificate of urgency, attracted fierce criticism from academicians, students, legislators, government leaders and other stakeholders from Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar.
The Parliamentary Committee on Constitution, Justice and Administration, which was tasked to collect opinions through public hearings in Dodoma, Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar, spotted numerous shortfalls on the draft Bill, the Speaker told MPs.
According to Makinda, the committee submitted its report on the stakeholders' opinions on the bill plus its recommendations.
"But parliamentary rules and regulations empower the Speaker to make the final decision on the recommendations made by such a committee…my final decision must be made in accordance with specific laws and the country's constitution," said the Speaker.
"As the final decision maker, I would like to announce that the Bill is officially withdrawn in order to give Tanzanians and other stakeholders sufficient time to discuss, consult and contribute their views on it," she added.
The Speaker said the Parliament respected public views as reflected in the recommendations of the Constitution, Justice and Administration parliamentary committee, thus suspending further processing of the Bill in this Bunge session.
The move is good news to millions of Tanzanians, including high-profile government figures —from both Mainland and Zanzibar, who had complained over the government move to fast-track endorsement of the Bill, which has numerous shortcomings.
The public hearings in Dodoma, Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar were marred by exchange of bitter words, chaos and use of live bullets by police, all of them criticising the draft Bill as "unfriendly and undemocratic."
In her official statement withdrawing the Bill from the agendas of this Bunge session here yesterday, the Speaker said the parliamentary committee that coordinated the public hearings recommended to the government to draft a Swahili version of the Bill, to allow more Tanzanians understand the contents of the document and contribute meaningfully.
"Another recommendation is that the Bill should be published in newspapers and other media to enhance public awareness on the document, to enable them contribute their opinions," said Makinda.
The committee also proposed that the objectives of the Bill should clearly be explained to allow Tanzanians understand the main focus of the constitutional review process, she said.
Quoting recommendations of the committee, Makinda said many members of the public and stakeholders did not understand objectives of the Bill. "People thought the Bill intends to enact the country's Constitution, while in actual sense, it seeks to 'kick-start' the constitutional review process," she noted.
On the basis of results of public hearings plus constructive recommendations of the responsible parliamentary committee, she said the constitutional review Bill needed to be re-worked before being presented in the next Parliamentary meeting — for discussions and subsequent endorsement.
She tasked the parliamentary committee to use this period (between now and the next Bunge session in June) to continue collecting public views on the proposal in a bid to reshape the document and accommodate concerns and interests of all stakeholders.
Speaking shortly after Speaker's announcement, the leader of Opposition in Parliament and Chadema national Chairman, Freeman Mbowe said the opposition party has decided to suspend its planned countrywide demonstration aimed at challenging the government' rush in legislating the constitutional review Bill.
"Chadema has officially suspended Saturday's (today) planned demonstration, because the government listened to the public outcry on draft Bill, and agreed to take the document back to the drawing board to allow Tanzanians to contribute their views…this is the party's official announcement; we are not going to march," Mbowe said in an exclusive interview.
On Thursday the government refused to be drawn into stating whether or not it would withdraw the disputed Constitutional Review Bill, 2011, only saying it awaited the opinion of National Assembly Speaker Anne Makinda.
"It's difficult for me to announce here if the government will proceed with legislating the Constitutional Review Bill or not," said Pinda during the Prime Minister's Question Time.
He was responding to a question posed by leader of the Opposition Freeman Mbowe (Chadema).
The prime minister said in recognition of the importance of reviewing the country's constitution, the government had opted to draft the Bill and table it in the House under a certificate of urgency.
"This was done in good faith, taking into consideration that Tanzanians themselves demanded a new constitution," he noted.
Pinda said the office of the Speaker, realising the urgency of the matter, had decided to organise public hearings on the Bill through its Parliamentary Committee on Constitution, Justice and Administration.
Pinda said that the committee had already collected views on the Bill and submitted its recommendations to the Speaker for scrutiny so she could come up with recommendations.
"As the leader of government business in the House, I am waiting for the opinion of the Speaker…I cannot say, at the moment, if the government will proceed with the process of legislating the Constitutional Review Process Bill unless I get an expert opinion from the Speaker," he said.
The premier dismissed as speculation suggestions that public hearings on the Bill created public fear and tension, saying the government was committed to leading the process towards a new constitution.
"There is no need for people to fear; the government acknowledges significance of this process for the development of Tanzanians and the nation as whole," he observed.


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