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Dark Souls 2 Beta Impressions — Yeah, This Game Is Still Really Hard
I've never been a huge fan of multiplayer in Dark Souls, mostly due to the fact that my experiences with summoning players and invading other people's games typically involve more waiting around than actually playing with other people. Fortunately, with everyone in the beta centralized in the same area, that obviously wasn't an issue.
For the most part, multiplayer in the Dark Souls 2 beta seemed pretty identical to Dark Souls. Messages can be left on the ground to warn others of traps, players that were in human form could summon hollowed players into their game to engage in jolly cooperation, and those with darkness in their hearts could invade other player's games and try to kill them for souls.
The one big addition I noticed in the multiplayer came in the form of blue phantoms. Blue phantoms are basically the opposite of the invading black phantoms and are automatically summoned into a game when a player is being invaded. Once summoned, the blue phantom must help the player by protecting them from the invader. A player may opt into becoming a blue phantom thanks to a special ring that was part of the default equipment set of the Warrior class in the beta.
This was probably my favorite aspect of Dark Souls 2 that I got to experience from the beta. It's a fantastic new addition to the series that now lets people engage in PVP multiplayer and feel like a hero, rather than a villain or a victim.
The Bosses
My biggest regret about my time with the beta is that I didn't get to test out the boss battles as much as I would've wanted. I managed to do battle against the Skeleton Lord once and felt like I did pretty decently as the sorcerer class, but was eventually overwhelmed.
The Skeleton Lord seemed like a pretty basic battle against three very tough skeleton mages all at once. I had some slight success grouping two or more of them together and nailing them both with a sweeping soul greatsword spell, but it became very challenging dodging all three of their attacks at once. This battle felt difficult, but surmountable given enough time spent learning the enemies' attacks.
Then there was the chariot boss battle, of which I unfortunately never got to see the second phase. This battle took place in a circular arena where a giant chariot would race around the track and trample anything that got in its way. By squeezing into small doorways along the wall, you could avoid getting crushed, but you then would have to deal with a constant stream of reviving skeletons that would wail away on your shield as you tried desperately to stay in the small safe zone of the doorway.
By fighting your way from doorway to doorway, killing the liches on the way that revive the skeletons, you could apparently make your way to a lever that would bring down the gate and cause the chariot to crash. I say apparently because whether by glitch or my own blindness, I never spotted that lever and ended up getting killed. I heard about the lever's existence after the fact.
Like all limited play sessions with Dark Souls 2, the beta left me with a gaping hole in my gamer's heart. A nagging regret that I wasn't able to beat either of the two bosses. Fortunately, there will be another chance as another beta is planned for Oct. 27, this time opening its gates for even more players to participate. For more information, check right here.
Those who don't make it into the beta can still have a completely unspoiled experience when Dark Souls 2 releases on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on March 11, 2014.


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Very nice! It kind of reminds me of a post-apocalyptic eurasia
Btw, is Vestia on this continent?
Have some rep!
I've finally taken to starting up a new project after completing this map quite awhile ago. I consider this map to be a continuation of the aforementioned, in that I will be adapting ideas, symbols, placenames, etc. I will also seek to build upon what I consider to be my own personal style of cartography.
Most current WIP (11/23):
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Very nice! It kind of reminds me of a post-apocalyptic eurasia
Btw, is Vestia on this continent?
Have some rep!
I'm trapped in Darkness,
Still I reach out for the Stars
I've updated the first post...I will be posting all future WIPs as lower res images so I can fit them onto Imageshack and everyone can see them.
The map is continuing along nicely...
As you can see I work very slowly. I've continued to expand on the southeastern portion of the map, adding in a second nation (obvious Japanese influences there!). I've also changed the style of the rivers and attempted to add some subtle terrain gradations...my favorite addition is the miniature flags to the capital cities.
If anyone has any ideas on how to make political borders that would blend with the map, please don't hesitate to give your two cents. I'm also considering altering the shape of the northwestern continent to make it less of an amorphous blob.
Are you looking for something like these? Of course I just did a random shape of area. Although I did it in GIMP it shouldn't be too hard to do in PS. If it looks good I can write something up for you.
Edit: I can't seem to upload them on to the CG's server. So I'm hosting them off site.
Edit 2: Haha sorry about the big images. I changed it to links instead.
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I think your detailed areas are looking fairly awesome already. Nice work!
I agree with Mearrin69. Your first map was among my favorites when I first became a member of the Guild. I'm glad to see you are back at it again. This map is looking great so far (I really like the mountains). I look forward to watching it progress.
This is progressing quite nicely.
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I'm just having far too much fun with this map...why study for an Organic Chemistry exam when I could be doing something infinitely more fun?
What's new you ask? I added a graticule to the border as well as a map scale and have experimented with some political borders (thanks geamon!), but I'm not sure if they're going to stay that way...you'll also notice some big changes to the landmass in the northwestern portion of the map, now it looks a little more exciting. You'll also notice the big cloud blob in the bottom...more then anything that was just an excuse to paint some clouds, but I do think it makes the map feel bigger.
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President Obama on Medical Marijuana Laws:
"What I specifically said was that we were not going to prioritize prosecutions of persons who are using medical marijuana. I never made a commitment that somehow we were going to give carte blanche to large-scale producers and operators of marijuana – and the reason is, because it's against federal law. I can't nullify congressional law," Obama said.
President Obama on the Economy:
Each time, Mr. Obama has emphasized the fact that he is bypassing lawmakers. When he announced a cut in refinancing fees for federally insured mortgages last month, for example, he said: "If Congress refuses to act, I've said that I'll continue to do everything in my power to act without them."
All in all, the White House's agenda is clear. "I refuse to take 'no' for an answer," Obama professed in a speech carried out earlier this year. "When Congress refuses to act and — as a result — hurts our economy and puts people at risk, I have an obligation as president to do what I can without them."
President Obama on Medical Marijuana Law:
"I can't ask the Justice Department to say, 'Ignore completely a federal law that's on the books.' What I can say is, 'Use your prosecutorial discretion and properly prioritize your resources to go after things that are really doing folks damage.' As a consequence, there haven't been prosecutions of users of marijuana for medical purposes," Obama said.
President Obama on the Federal Defense of Marriage Act:
The Obama administration started down this path soon after Republicans took over the House of Representatives last year. In February 2011, Mr. Obama directed the Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act, which bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages, against constitutional challenges.
Look, it's perfectly clear. If the president wants to create jobs for veterans, prevent drug shortages, raise fuel economy standards, curb domestic violence, nominate various "czars", cut refinancing fees for federally insured mortgages, ignore the Defense of Marriage Act*, curb greenhouse gas emissions, give states waivers from federal mandates if they agree to education overhauls, grant relief to some illegal immigrants brought to the country as children, ease terms on student loans, overrule stronger antismog rules, continue to allow discrimination by federal contractors based on sexual orientation, and wage war in the Middle East, he doesn't need to heed federal law and can just ignore Congress and do as he wishes.
But if it is not running roughshod over the states that have legalized medical marijuana, his hands are tied.
* Which, by the way, I'm glad he's doing… I'm just saying if he can ignore federal law that allows states to discriminate against married gays from legal gay marriage states, then he can ignore federal law that allows US Attorneys to persecute medical marijuana providers from legal medical marijuana states.
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Then I walked away and refocussed. I made a web connecting concepts from one subject to another. I saw themes emerge. Real themes. Meaningful themes. I began to ask, "Why does this matter?" rather than "How do I organize it?" I started to picture myself as a student and then I pictured former students.
I pulled out a sheet of paper (yep, I still use that) and write the words, "Be intentional." From there, I started my own list of what I plan to do to engage students. I'm planning the framework this week, but I plan to look honestly at everything next week and ask myself if my plans have the following:
- Be intentional. I understand that I have to teach the standards. However, I don't want teaching to have the mentality of "we're learning this because you have to learn it." I need to have a purpose for what we are doing and students need to see that. Disengaged students are often disengaged because a teacher disengaged. I want to avoid that as much as possible.
- Know where we are going. I think this goes beyond simply stating the objective. I want students to see the project framework and know where we are going and why it matters. I plan to let students help develop the project planning before each unit. I want the essential questions to go beyond a question on a paper.
- Connect it to a real context. Students can tell when a teacher is giving them a false context. Use the Pythagorean Theorem so that a catcher can find the distance from home to second base? Really? That's why I tuned out of math as a child. I want the context to be real.
- Or better yet . . . connect it to a really imaginary, creative context. I've been working on my visual prompts that allow for the fictional and fantastic. I'm thinking of how to allow students to explore more of that on their own.
- Let them talk. Often. My students are in sixth-grade and they're social. They need a chance to talk in small groups and with partners.
- Allow for mistakes. I think the biggest enemies to engagement is the risk-averse student. Often he or she looks lazy and helpless. But really, that student is terrified of messing up and gives up instead.
- Embed intervention and enrichment. Every lesson should have a way for students to get help when they are struggling and a place they can go if they have already mastered it. Confused students disengage. Bored students do the same.
- Give more choices. I find myself thinking, "I could have students do three different things, but I'm not sure what's best." Why not let them decide?
- Give more freedom. This is different than simply giving choices. Freedom involves creating looser-structured assignments that students can develop on their own. Choice says, "here are your options" and freedom says, "go make your options up on your own."
- Let them move. Create standing centers where students can work on a different task for a little while when they are stuck. Do gallery walks and inside-outside circles and belief walks. Let them change seats often. I know that I disengage when I am at a conference for too long.
Get rid ofTry and avoid punishments and rewards. Avoid the temptation to create systems of rewards and punishments. They can become like crack and ultimately the addiction kills the love of learning. No PAT points. No pizza parties for a job well done (though maybe we'll do a pizza party for the heck of it at some point). (Edited due to some nuanced push back from readers)
- Make it meaningful. This should be obvious, but it needs to matter and students need to know why it matters. It's okay to state the objective, but I want to articulate why we are learning what we learn. I want to ask students why it matters and let them articulate it in their blogs.
- Push critical thinking. Learning is naturally exciting. I see this with my kids at home. There is wonder and awe when they pick up a new skill or expand a new concept. I've learned that even at two years old, they are natural critical thinkers.
- Create quiet spaces. I need to respect introverts by embedding moments of silence through the day so that they don't simply tune out and disengage, going invisible and so internal that they aren't engaged with the learning. I'm not sure how I will do this, but I want to allow for extra quiet spaces in the classroom so that introverts can decompress a little.
- Build trust. I used to think team-building was fluff. However, I want to do some team-building exercises, allow them to tell their own story and start building relationships. Students are more likely to engage when they feel like they belong.
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The LAST State of the Dis-union speech of George W.
Bush! Can it be true? I had to pinch myself last
night. I thought we'd never get here, but HERE WE ARE!
We survived, so far. Oh, thank you, lord. So many Last Wonderful Moments coming up this year. Whether you're a Creepublican or a Weeniecrat, the next president will be so refreshing, so articulate, so intelligent, so...so... NORMAL!
This may also be the last year I use terms like
"Creepublican" and "Weeniecrat." Whoever is president
next year, I'll give him or her a nice long honeymoon,
longer than the usual honeymoon I give a new
president. My custom has been to give the new Commander in chief a week, maybe two, before I start hammering. The next chief executive, I may give him or her a month, a whole month! Maybe six weeks. I'm already feeling generous, magnanimous.
"Mitt, Bam, Hill, Mack, Whoever!" That should be the
chant for this year. "Yes We Can! With Mitt, Bam Hill,
Mac, Whoever! Mitt, Bam, Hill, Mac, Whoever!" The
over-educated among us can chant "Mitt, Bam, Hill,
Mac, Whomever!" I feel good today and I'm going to
enjoy it. W is going to do things he never thought
do-able because he's desperately trying to salvage his
pathetic failure of a presidency. You watch, this last
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NEW YORK, June 10, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- City National Bank announced today that it has opened its first ground-floor banking office in Manhattan on the corner of 6 th Avenue and 44 th Street as part of its continuing expansion in New York City, which it began in 2002. The company's growing New York Entertainment Division will move to the full second floor above the new branch from its current location on Park Avenue to be closer to the Broadway theater district. In addition, City National will open a second ground-floor office in its New York headquarters building on Park Avenue later this fall.
- City National currently provides banking services for more than half of all the Broadway shows, including "Book of Mormon," "Kinky Boots" and "Lucky Guy."
- The company provides banking and wealth management for more than 60 law firms as well as many other businesses and professional service firms throughout Manhattan and the surrounding tri-state area.
- Last year, City National made two acquisitions in the state of New York. The bank purchased Rochdale Investment Management, which is headquartered in Manhattan and is being combined with City National Asset Management to form City National Rochdale, with $19 billion* in client assets. It also purchased nationwide equipment leasing firm First American Equipment Finance, with $325 million in assets, headquartered in Rochester, New York.
- City National is now the 24 th largest American commercial bank and has been listed by Barron's as one of the nation's top 40 wealth management firms for the past 12 consecutive years.


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Tag: stock manipulation
Analysts setting up to crush Apple stock price?
I'm really not one for conspiracy theories, but I'm recognizing a pattern I've seen all too often with Apple analysts…
U.S. SEC probes Blackberry options trading ahead of Reuters report about Samsung talks
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating a January 14 spike…
Apple's stock again mysteriously drops sharply on no apparent news
Apple shares sold off sharply on Tuesday in afternoon trading on no apparent news…
Apple's not dead and never was
Is anyone really that surprised to see Apple's (AAPL) stock rally…
Wall Street analysts: Accuracy is the least of their concerns
The accuracy and timeliness of their earnings forecasts came in dead last…
Do Apple analysts serve the broker or investor?
Let's take the Apple analyst employed by the brokerage that's holding your money…
For Apple, the hits keep on coming; Why does DigiTimes' latest Apple rumor read like a Samsung ad?
So there's a report this week, unconfirmed as usual, that Apple has…
Apple stock price swoons after Cirrus Logic warns
A disappointing quarterly report from one of Apple Inc.'s major suppliers…
False perceptions about Apple continue to dominate
Just when I began to think that Apple's stock price had begun to overcome the doldrums…
Most Apple analysts, if they had any real talent at all, wouldn't be Apple analysts
Most Apple analysts are nothing more than glorified financial reporters…
How Apple invites poor analysis; conjecture and misunderstanding trumps actual knowledge
The sentiment and stock action related to Apple offer a perfect study in how conjecture and misunderstanding can trump actual knowledge…
Apple stock: Five fat fingers before noon Friday. What's the deal?
Were they computer glitches? Human error (so-called fat finger trades)?
Doug Kass shows how easy it is to manipulate shares of Apple
In early morning trading, shares of Apple dropped down to about $437 a share…
Can the U.S. SEC prosecute Doug Kass over Apple stock split rumor?
Apple's (AAPL) shares moved sharply from the red to the green Tuesday afternoon..
Apple's search for its next billion-dollar product
A larger iPhone, a smaller iPad, a thinner Mac and a taller iPod are what count…
Which funds dumped Apple in Q4?
There was a lot of selling pressure on Apple (AAPL) last quarter…
Is there a media conspiracy against Apple?
If it's "guilty'" of anything, the media…
So, who dumped 800,000 shares of AAPL in the last second of trading on Friday?
it looks like a very premeditated unloading of some 800K shares of AAPL in the last second…
Apple's $500.00 close was not manipulation
Apple's $500 close has nothing to do with market manipulation…
Japan's Nikkei, The Wall Street Journal blow it, get iPhone demand story all wrong
A decade ago, MTV debuted a show called Punk'd in which Ashton Kutcher…
Did Apple reduce 4-inch Retina display orders due to improving yields?
Wall St. is absolutely smashing Apple, with the stock dropping down to sub-$500 levels…
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Young adults are paying the price for spending hours slumped in front of the television, it was suggested, after research found that a third of 16 to 24-year-olds suffer from back pain.
Research company Mintel found that young adults and pensioners are suffering from similar amounts of pain.
Are sedentary lifestyles to blame for chronic back pain?
The study found that 34% of 16 to 24-year-olds suffer from back ache compared with 38% of over-65s.
Two fifths of Britons across all age groups suffer from back pain, the research found.
Michelle Strutton, from Mintel, said: "The high incidence of back pain in Britain's youngsters is pretty alarming.
"Too much time sitting, weakens muscle tone and this can lead to back pain. Many of Britain's youngsters lead a sedentary lifestyle and lack of sport may well be contributing to back pain as well as poor posture.
"Britain's youth are spending hours at a time slumped in front of TV and computer screens, which is doing nothing to strengthen their backs."
"Back pain is becoming one of society's main issues and accounts for a high proportion of reasons for taking sick leave."
Mintel said the research also identified the nations top five ailments which are colds and flu, headaches, sore throats, coughs and back pain.
The study also found that women are more likely to complain of headaches than men, with 62% of women saying they suffer from headaches compared with 49% of men.
Feeling lazy? Here are 25 easy ways to move more...
Rather than nursing a drink sitting down, belly up to the bar, or grab dinner at a high table with bar stools. Leaning against a high stool is a step up from sitting, but can be more comfy than standing all night, Health magazine reported.
This old-timey favorite is fun for kids and adults alike, and can burn 100 calories in just 30 minutes. Flickr photo by Machine is Organic
You don't have to be Michael Phelps to get a water workout. Even some leisurely splashing around can shave off 200 calories, and it's a great way to stay cool in the heat, too! Flickr photo by Joe Shlabotnik
Instead of just lounging on the sand working on your tan, get up and move around if you're at the beach this weekend. Bonus: Digging in the sand can be a surprisingly good workout for abs and obliques. Flickr photo by Michael Bentley
Let the music move you when you're out on Saturday night. A little boogying can burn 150 calories in just 30 minutes.
You're not chained to that park bench! If you're already enjoying the outdoors, why not throw around a Frisbee or a football, pass a volleyball or kick a soccer ball? It doesn't have to be strenuous -- you don't even have to be any good! -- but it will get you up and moving. Flickr photo by Elvert Barnes
If you've got a date night planned this weekend, skip dinner and a movie in favor of something that gets you off your rears. It doesn't have to be a trip to the gym or a jog -- it can be anything active you like doing together. Flickr photo by Tobyotter
Many local parks, rivers and lakes have row boats, canoes or kayaks available for rent. No matter your vessel of choice, it's a fun, seasonal way to burn some serious calories. Flickr photo by Josh Hawley
During the busy week, you sometimes might just let your pet out in the backyard to dig up his own trouble. This weekend, spend a little extra time moving with him. Play fetch, give him that much-needed belly rub or take him on an extra-long walk. Flickr photo by footloosiety
If you've made plans to meet a friend for coffee, take your catch up session to-go instead and gab on a walk. Even strolling at a snail's pace will burn 85 calories in 30 minutes!
Put down the drink for some foosball or pool if you're at a bar this weekend that offers it. Thirty minutes of pool can shave off 85 calories, not to mention you may save yourself a few if your hands aren't wrapped tightly around that pint glass. Flickr photo by Nicola since 1972
Head for the hills! Depending on where you live, a hike can be a weekend expedition or a quick afternoon adventure. It's a change of scenery and a great way to spend some time outdoors. If you're feeling sporty enough to tackle some hills, you can burn almost 250 calories in just 30 minutes. Flickr photo by mikebaird
If you typically find yourself hailing a taxi on the weekends, try hoofing it instead. If your destination is too far to make it on foot, try public transportation -- and leave the seat for someone else. Flickr photo by TMAB2003
If you have plans to barbecue this weekend, break out the lawn games to get you out of your seat. Try croquet or badminton, which can burn more than 150 calories in 30 minutes. Flickr photo by Jessa B.C.
Those people who do their exercise walking around the mall are onto something. Whether or not you plan to buy anything, browsing around your favorite shopping center gets you moving -- especially if you decide to wiggle in and out of a few things in the dressing room. Flickr photo by jimmyharris
Spend some time strolling through the halls and galleries of your favorite museum. You'll give your brain a workout while you're at it!
Pick your favorite nearby joint and walk to pick up your meal.
Sure, it might take a little longer than sitting through the drive-thru, but you get the pleasure of working those muscles a little bit.
Instead of sitting at a restaurant waiting to be served, why not whip something up at home? You'll be on your feet slicing, chopping, mixing and more, not to mention cleaning up after yourself. Flickr photo by mamaloco
A number of fall veggies are ready for planting now. Spending an hour digging, crouching, weeding and planting in your garden can burn more than 300 calories. Flickr photo by auntjojo
You don't have be imitate the Tour de France! Even the most casual rides can burn 200 calories an hour. Don't own a bike? Many cities now have bike share programs that allow you to take a short spin for a small fee, and some parks have bikes available for rent, too. Flickr photo by machernucha
Go old-school, and grab a group of friends to head to the nearest laser tag arena. You'll run, jump, squat, crawl -- all in the name of fun and (healthy) competition. Flickr photo by shawnzrossi
With the increase in popularity of bouldering, you no longer need a load of gear (and experience!) to reap the fitness benefits of rock climbing. Try it out at a local gym -- you'll burn calories and seriously work those arm muscles. Flickr photo by toolmantim
It's not just for dads in bowling shirts! Grab a pair of nerdy-chic shoes and aim straight. You may even wiggle a little arm workout out of it! Flickr photo by junklab
Dreaming of a couch-potato weekend? Turn that screen time into something more productive by challenging a roommate, spouse or kid to a Wii Fit boxing or tennis match. Flickr photo by SashaW


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A Russian rocket put a trio of European science satellites into orbit around Earth's poles on Friday for a four-year mission to map the planet's magnetic field and learn more about why the protective shield appears to be weakening.
The $280 million mission, called Swarm, is the first to map the sources and strengths of Earth's magnetic field, an invisible bubble that protects the planet from deadly solar and cosmic radiation.
GALLERY: Visualizing the Onslaught of a Solar Storm
Mars once had a magnetic field and its disappearance billions of years ago is believed to be the primary reason why the planet lost its atmosphere and turned into a cold, dry desert.
The main generator of Earth's magnetic field lies deep in the planet's core where flowing super-hot liquid iron creates electrical currents that in turn produce magnetic fields, a process known as a "dynamo."
The fields extend for thousands of miles into space, creating a bubble, known as the magnetosphere, that deflects potentially dangerous charged particles streaming from the sun and cosmic sources.
NEWS: Space Radiation Probes Make 'Shock' Discovery
There is some evidence that Earth's magnetic field is weakening, a sign perhaps that the field is preparing to flip. Geologic records show that happens on average about every 250,000 years, but the last time Earth's magnetic field flipped was about 800,000 years ago.
"We really need to go what's going on because it does have an impact on life," mission manager Rune Floberghagen said in an European Space Agency interview.
"It has an impact on the behavior of animals. It has an impact on navigation systems. It has an impact on a lot of things, practical things to all of us, not only scientists who would like to understand the Earth itself," he said.
ANALYSIS: Our Planet, Tangled in Magnetic Spaghetti
Swarm is designed to ferret out the different sources of Earth's magnetism as well as study currents in the planet's ionosphere that can interfere with the magnetic field coming from the core.
"Swarm is about to fill a gap in our view of the Earth system and in our monitoring of global change issues," Volker Liebig, ESA's director for Earth observation, said in a statement.
Image: Artist's rendering of Earth's complex magnetic and electrical fields. The three Swarm satellites are designed to track their sources. Credit: European Space Agency


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May 6, 2016
The state Pesticide Board will hold a new hearing this summer on whether tomato grower Ag-Mart forced workers to stay in fields that had just been sprayed with chemicals.
The board tentatively agreed Tuesday to hold a hearing in July
on 202 violations. Attorneys for the state and Ag-Mart say the
hearing could take five to 10 days.
The board also assessed a civil penalty of $21,000 for 42
willful violations and voted to revoke the private pesticide
applicator's license from Ag-Mart manager Jeffrey Oxley for two
In doing so, the board rejected the recommendation of an
administrative law judge to not revoke Oxley's license and to
assess a penalty of $5,500.
Florida-based Ag-Mart has denied exposing workers to pesticides.
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LONG ISLAND, July 16. Veterans Cristina Teuscher and Lea Maurer, both of the Badger Swim Club, completed their sweeps of their respective events at the Long island Open meet.
Teuscher won the 200 IM by over seven seconds, notching her fourth win. Earlier she had won the 200 and 400 free and the 400 IM. Despite having an easy time of it in the shorter medley, Teuscher still clocked a very solid 2:15.70.
Maurer added the 100 back to her earlier win in the 200, touching in 1:02.33 after splitting 30.11 at the 50. She finished almost two seconds ahead of Brielle White at 1:04.27.
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Matthew Klemm, Assistant Professor in the Department of History, presented the paper, "Medical Theory and the Animal Soul, ca. 1300," at the annual Symposium of the International Medieval Society-Paris: Human/Animal, June 28 in Paris, France.
The conference addressed the relationship between humans and animals in all aspects of medieval life. Klemm's paper considered the ways that animal behavior was analyzed by medieval physicians in order to better understand humans.
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A sport found in the garden of Wolfgang Oehme by Tony Avent of Plant Delights, clear yellow edges highlight the leaves of this sedge. The foliage radiates horizontally from 12"-18" stems, resembling a small palm tree. A great native substitute for dwarf variegated bamboo. Spreads slowly and tolerates a wide variety of conditions.
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This 1994 Plant Delights Nursery introduction was found by our friend, the late Wolfgang Oehme of Oehme and Van Sweden (famous landscape designers). This sport from Wolfgang's garden has the typical growth habit of the North American native (Canada south to Arkansas) Carex muskingumensis (resembling a 1' tall palm tree) but with a clear yellow border around the leaves. Although Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme' emerges green, the vivid yellow stripes appear soon after. Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme' is tolerant of a wide range of soil moisture including waterlogged sites. As with all sedges, Carex 'Oehme' has excellent deer resistance. - Plant Delights
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Handbook of Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials and Devices: Chalcogenide glasses and sol-gel materials
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UNITED STATES—It seems that almost four years ago, Americans were not consumed with the notion of what they should be eating or what they should not be eating. Nowadays, it appears everyone is on this health kick, explaining to consumers what things they should be placing into their bodies. There has been a huge debate for years now on rather you should eat organic foods or non-organic foods. In my opinion, I'm inclined to eat non-organic. It's not because I don't want to eat healthier, it's almost impossible with the price of food these days.
Its no secret that if you purchase a pound of organic bananas you are going to spend about a buck more than if you were to purchase non-organic bananas. What's the reasoning behind that? Well with organic fruits and veggies, the consumer lowers the chances of pesticides getting into their bodies. Pesticides are used to deter insects from eating away at the crop. Some data over the years have proved that organic is better, but recent studies have shown that there is not much of a difference between the two. What the business world and health gurus fail to acknowledge is the price for organic foods are two times, even in some cases, three times higher than the non-organic product.
You cannot expect the consumer to make wiser choices when it comes to eating healthy if the prices are not affordable to begin with. You can easily spend over $100 on organic fruits and veggies. The worst thing about that is that you would have ½ the portion of what you would have gotten if you purchased non-organic fruits and veggies for half the cost.
My biggest concern is this massive push towards eating all gluten-free products. There are gluten-free cookies, flour, cake mixes, rice, pasta, bread; the list goes on and on. Gluten is a protein that is found mainly in wheat. It's primarily used as a food additive for the product being eaten. Its understandable why those who suffer from celiac disease would have to stay away from foods that contain gluten, as it affects their health.
I would love to have a gluten-free diet, but there is no possible way for me to afford it. The prices are unattainable for the everyday American who struggles just to put food on the table. For example, quinoa is one of those super foods that have been tossed around quite a bit in the last two years. It's a type of grain that is being used heavily in many homes, but the price for a bag of quinoa is quite costly. At my supermarket, a bag of quinoa will cost close to $15.00. Put in perspective that someone on a limited budget for groceries can purchase milk, eggs, bread, butter, juice and a few veggies for what they would pay for a bag of quinoa.
The key to getting the consumer to eat more health conscious foods is to make the prices affordable for everyone. Not just for those who are middle and upper class, but those individuals from the lower class as well. You cannot expect people to eat healthier if they're unable to afford the products that are beneficial to the body. Every adult wants to provide the best nutrition for their kids including themselves, but with prices not in the typical budget for the everyday consumer, how do we expect them to consume those products? The point is they can't.
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The Poetry Center's Poet-in-Residence Matthew Conley recites "Kindness" by Yusef Komunyakaa on November 19th as a part of the Poetry Out Loud Professional Development session for teachers. We encourage teachers and students to view and use these as an example of a strong recitation when preparing for the National Poetry Out Loud competitions at the school, regional, and state levels.
When participating in the National Poetry Out Loud competition, selecting a poem to memorize and recite is an important decision. Students who have stories to tell about why they select the poems they do at the regional finals really demonstrate how having a connection--and not necessarily a personal one--to a text can make learning and working with that poem more enjoyable and produce a compelling performance. One of the goals the Poetry Center has in serving as a regional partner for this national program, is to set students up to help them start to have a conversation with their poem. This conversation invariably starts early in the poem selection process. Leaving students plenty of time to read broadly is essential to fostering these connections with the text.
Beth Alvarado is the author of a memoir entitled Anthropologies (University of Iowa Press, 2011) and a collection of short stories titled Not a Matter of Love (New Rivers, 2006). She lives in Tucson where, with her husband Fernando, she raised two children. She teaches at the University of Arizona and is the fiction editor for Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts.
Beth Alvarado will be reading at the University of Arizona Poetry Center on Monday, December 5 at 7 p.m., along with Christopher Cokinos. The reading is free and open to the public.
PC: How or why did you begin writing "Emily's Exit?"
Alvarado: Several things had to come together for me to write this story. One semester I had a very religious student who would sit in my office for hours every week trying to convert me to her particular beliefs. Now I really liked this student and I knew she liked me because she was concerned about my soul. She was very smart and I found it interesting to talk to her about her beliefs but, after a while, I started wondering why she was so anxious to go to heaven. I mean, I've always wondered what could be better about heaven than earth because I find the earth so beautiful.
Timothy Dyke is a fiction writer and MFA candidate at the University of Arizona. He currently holds the field trip internship position at the Poetry Center, leading and creating content for field trips for students of all ages.
During October and November, two groups of students from Tucson High School visited the Poetry Center for field trip experiences focusing on the work of Emily Dickinson. As a writer, reader and teacher, of course I was delighted to converse with young people about the poetry of this great American writer. As an education intern at the University of Arizona Poetry Center, I found myself confronted with this question: what can Emily Dickinson mean to teenagers in Tucson today in 2011?
There are, of course, answers to this question. Some educators might focus on the biography of Dickinson. Perhaps students would draw inspiration from learning about this original and independent woman who refused to allow society's expectations to hinder her dreams of personal expression.
The Poetry Center's Poet-in-Residence Logan Phillips recites "Eagle Poem," by Joy Harjo, on November 19th as a part of the Poetry Out Loud Professional Development session for teachers. We encourage teachers and students to view and use these as an example of a strong recitation when preparing for the National Poetry Out Loud competitions at the school, regional, and state levels.
Sarah Kortemeier has worked professionally as a poet, musician, and actor; she holds an MFA in Poetry from the University of Arizona and has taught creative writing at the elementary, high school, and university levels. Sarah has published most recently in Ploughshares, Spiral Orb, Sliver of Stone, and Folio, and was a finalist in 2011's Gulf Coast and Tennessee Williams Festival Poetry Contests. She serves as Senior Library Assistant at the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
What helps a poem to connect with an audience when it is spoken aloud? Each poet, and each listener, will answer this question differently, and there are few hard-and-fast rules that govern performance. However, many compelling performances of poetry do share a few characteristics, such as vocal energy, spontaneity, and rhythmic variation. Poems vary their textures and tempos on the page; their rhythms shift, dance, and play against one another, and effective performances usually acknowledge this, letting the text dictate the velocities and inflections of the reading.
Below is a listing of some performances from the Poetry Center's online Audio Video Library. Though each of these readers handles performance differently, all of these performances communicate both content and music.
Hilary Gan is an Education Intern at the University of Arizona Poetry Center, and is pursuing her MFA in Fiction at The University of Arizona.
Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Dennis is noted for his use of the everyday and the everyman in his poetry. He is the author many collections of poetry, including House of My Own (1974). Carl Dennis has received many awards for poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize for Practical Gods, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an NEA Fellowship, and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (2000). He is currently an artist-in-residence at SUNY Buffalo in New York.
Carl Dennis will be reading at the University of Arizona Poetry Center on November 3, 2011 at 7 p.m. The reading is free and open to the public.
Carl Dennis' Pulitzer Prize-winning collection Practical Gods (2001) is a treatise on solace. He uses biblical symbolism and Roman mythology to illustrate the post-broken moment, when you have swept up the shattered glass and now your floor is slightly cleaner but you are short one tumbler in the set. Dennis uses everyday imagery to cement the normalcy of convalescence, but the subject matter suggests a more spiritual crisis from which his poems are recovering.
Christy Delahanty is a former Poetry Center intern, and recent graduate in Creative Writing and Linguistics from The University of Arizona.
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Philip Schultz is the author of several collections of poetry, including The God of Loneliness: New and Selected Poems (2010), Failure (2007), Living in the Past (2004), and The Holy Worm of Praise (2002), all from Harcourt. In addition to the Pulitzer for Failure, his many awards include Fulbright, Guggenheim, and NEA fellowships. He is the founder/director of The Writers Studio, a private school for fiction and poetry writing based in New York City with branches in Tucson, San Francisco, and Amsterdam.
Philip Schultz will be reading at the University of Arizona Poetry Center on October 20th, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. The reading is free and open to the public. Join us!
The effect of Philip Schultz's 2007 collection, Failure, is an overpowering sense of fine craftsmanship and candid ambiance. With a voice plain, sure, and wholly unpretentious, he recounts smoldering moments past and present, which serve to illuminate the anxieties of family life in its varied stages. Though the title seems an epithet for "father" (both his own and the one he has become), Schultz ventures also into slices of marriage, mourns for kindred spirits of no relation, recounts the warm lamplight of one-time tenement-mates, and sings the extensive praises of canine love. In a sustained breathless intimacy, failure spans decades and coastlines ― with the New York's '70s and 2001 most heavily represented ― and oscillates between emotional insufficiency and utter wonder.
Elizabeth Falcón is an MFA poetry student at the University of Arizona. She is also the Education Intern at the UA Poetry Center and maintains the Poetry Center's education blog, WordPlay. She is a TPAC rostered teaching artist and has taught several residencies at Corbett Elementary School in Tucson. In addition to pursuing her own writing, she aspires to help children fall in love with poetry as a teaching artist in the schools.
Brenda Hillman
I remember reading Brenda Hillman's Cascadia as a teenager, before I understood craft, before I understood much of anything about poetry, before I really discovered that I even liked poetry. Actually, it might have been that book that made me think of poetry, Maybe I like this stuff after all. Cascadia broke all the rules I had ever understood about poetry, about narrative, about making sense. What I loved about it most was that there was such a physical space carved out by the words on the page. The words used the page as a canvas, rather than being forced to fill it. I was captivated, even though I had no context for California or the Pacific Northwest, to which the title, Cascadia, refers.
Elizabeth Falcón is an MFA poetry student at the University of Arizona. She is also the Education Intern at the UA Poetry Center and maintains the Poetry Center's education blog, WordPlay. She is a TPAC rostered teaching artist and has taught several residencies at Corbett Elementary School in Tucson. In addition to pursuing her own writing, she aspires to help children fall in love with poetry as a teaching artist in the schools.
Mary Jo Bang will be reading with Joni Wallace at the Poetry Center on October 6, 2011 at 7 p.m. at the University of Arizona Poetry Center. Joni Wallace will be leading a shop talk on Mary Jo Bang's work on October 4 at 6 p.m. prior to the Oct 6. reading. Both events are free and open to the public. Join us! To read an interview between Mary Jo Bang and Joni Wallace, click here.
Joni Wallace's debut poetry collection, Blinking Ephemeral Valentine (Four Way Books, 2011), was selected by Mary Jo Bang for the 2009 Levis Prize. Joni grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and earned her MFA from the University of Montana. She lives in Tucson and is currently working on a series of poems tracking the migration paths of mule deer.
Joni Wallace's Blinking Ephemeral Valentine is one of those rare books that haunts the reader afterwards with its language, mood, and images. The poems are assemblages of lists, sounds, objects and they feel conscious of their craftedness, their objectification, artifacts for a reader to examine and dissect. Flashes of landscapes with odd collections of things from modern life--sequins, red cups, Lite Brite, boulevards, pigeons. Love blinking on and off in the cold slush of winter. Just enough narrative to grasp the moment. Anaphoric echoes. Eerie pulses of quiet and disquiet.


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DENVER (AP) — A bear that became famous after it was tranquilized and fell from a tree at the University of Colorado died when it was hit by two cars after returning to town, likely looking for food.
A photograph captured an image of the 280-pound black bear in midair, its arms and legs spread, after it was tranquilized April 26. It was relocated 50 miles away to the mountains and was struck on U.S. Highway 36 — which connects Denver to Boulder — around dawn Thursday.
The spot where the bear was killed was a little more than 2 miles from the university's campus. Both cars were towed from the scene and one driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, the Colorado State Patrol said.
Wildlife officials believe the unusually warm and dry climate in Colorado has left limited sources of natural food for bears, prompting them to wander into town.
When bears find food in an area, they adapt to that environment thinking it's a home range, even when there are people nearby. They often return, especially if there are no other male bears around they have to fight for food, water and space, Churchill said.
The bear was identified by a tag placed on him after he was tranquilized. Officials track bears that are captured after coming close to people. Bears that are considered a nuisance — meaning they become habituated to certain areas that create a public safety issue for people — are sometimes euthanized.
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Columbia, SC - ECU bounced back from an rough 22-5 earlier routing at the hands of #2 South Carolina to beat the Gamecocks 13-4. Brandon Henderson hit a grand slam for the Pirates who improve to 1-1 on the season. The rubber match of the three game series is Sunday at 1:30.
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240MHz ARM Cortex-M4 with 13+ ENOB ADC, LQFP176
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- Dual 16 bit SAR ADCs with no missing codes, 13+ ENOB, 380ns conversion speed for high precision closed loop control.
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The ADSP-CM408F Mixed-Signal Control Processor integrates dual high precision 16 bit ADCs and an ARM® Cortex-M4TM processor core with floating-point unit operating at 240 MHz core clock frequency and integrating 384KB of SRAM memory, 2M byte of flash memory, and accelerators and peripherals optimized for motor control, photo-voltaic (PV) inverter control and other embedded control applications.
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The ADSP-CM403F EZ-KIT Lite and ADSP-CM408F EZ-KIT Lite include all hardware necessary to immediately begin evaluation.
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The ADSP-CM403F EZ-Board and the ADSP-CM408F EZ-Board can also be purchased separately, if a debug probe is already available to the customer.
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IAR Embedded Workbench is a complete high-performance C/C++ compiler and debugger toolchain that incorporates a compiler, an assembler, a linker and a debugger into one easy-to-use IDE. It is required for development and purchased directly from IAR Systems. Free evaluation versions are available for download.
The CM40x Enablement Software package provides C language programming environment and Application Programming Interface (API) supporting a quick and easy functional interface to the Analog's ADSP-CM40x mixed-signal control processor family products. The API abstracts the low-level details of various peripherals (Controller Registers, DMA Engine and Interrupt Controller) into a simple, easy-to-use programming model. It comes in source form with various example programs to shorten your application's time to market. Current and future versions of the software are available free of charge and always downloadable from here.
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How many women actually get requests from guys to see their feet on here? I get a few women here and there offer to send me pics of their breasts, but I never take them up on it because I'm not into breasts. It's always good to see women in their panties, and yeah, to see a shot of their pussy, but I would never ask women for pussy shots. I have had a few women over the few months offer to send me shots of their feet, and yes, I took them up on it. I have seen some really sexy feet too. I like it especially when they have clinched something with their toes for me in this pics, like a stress ball, a rose, small candy kane, a bra, a peanut M&M. I would say of the 5 or 6 women that did this for me all were such a turn on. It did made me horny as hell. Ladies, if a guy asked you to do this fetish for them, would you? And how far would you go?
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Jan 27 @ 5:26PM
I dated a foot fetish guy for a while a few years back... kinda weird... I like my white cotton sox too much to take em off... even for sex...will only do it for the shower and for a foot rub, then back on they go!!!
Jan 27 @ 5:29PM
Well, I wouldn't mind you coming home after a long day at work, pulling your shoes and socks off to where I could give you a foot massage.
I give great one too!
Jan 27 @ 5:30PM
Oops, typo in that last line in my comment. I give great ones too is what it should have read.
Jan 27 @ 5:32PM
Umm....I think you have the answer to this and the pictures!!
Jan 27 @ 5:33PM
I'd LOVE to take pictures of my feet for ya. All ya gotta do is ask. I'm very sexually open, so not much surprises me, or warrents a no.
Just today I had someone who had a fetish with "house hold objects" ask me to take some pictures of things I use on a daily basis entering me. I said yes! (then realized I didn't have any battery left in my camera, damnit)
I love taking sexy pics for people, b/c it turns me on. I love knowing that someone is looking at whatever picture I took and touching themselves. It's a major compliment.
Jan 27 @ 5:37PM
just what I need right now
Jan 27 @ 5:40PM
Sunshine79, I did love your pics with you clinching the candy kanes with your toes.
Geena, I would love to help you out with that.
Jan 27 @ 6:21PM
Been with a few guys into feet. I dont mind it's harmless and fun to watch them get excited.
Like a little warning though. Last night I was with my friend w/beni's and we have been seing each other for awhile. Well right in the middle of it he starts sucking my toes something I had no idea he would do. Okay I almost kicked the poor guy I was so in shock. So for safety issues let us know when your gonna do that.
Jan 27 @ 7:00PM
Since i've already sent you pics of my feet too, i don't guess i need to answer either.
Jan 27 @ 7:21PM
Hi Luv,
I luv my heels. All my shoes are between 3 and 6 inches (no platforms.) Most of them are 4 inch stiletto heels from Fredericks. Even my work shoes are high heels. So yes I do get a lot of men who ask me for shots of me wearing my heels. Heels and feet really seem to get a man going. I have even had men request that the pantyhose that I wear for the day, to seal in a baggie and mail to them. I find this too strange, and when I asked why some guys like to sniff pantyhose and others like to cum in and on them. Needless to say, I don't send my pantyhose out. At $20 and $30 a pair I want credit card security codes before that. However I am sure that us women and "women" have our quirks that we like in men. The scent of a man after a work out ... a men's locker room ... reminds me of Porky's the movie ... however it is true. Call me Lassie and make me howl at the moon. You might want to ask women here at AMD what quirky little feteishes get them going ... might surprise ya
Always With Luv,
Ms. Eva
Jan 28 @ 2:01AM
Yes,,,,,,Yes,,,,,,Yes,,,,all the time....Of course I have high arches....You know what that means....Lena
Jan 28 @ 6:54AM
if we start taking feet pics I'm putting my funny looking dogs up too!
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cant seem to find link to download this java console?can this console be used without the an avr micro, directly connected to a uart-rs232 on a PC.
... but take care that UART voltage levels are 3.3V, not RS232 +/-12V