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"Unleash the Flavor" has been Thirsty Dog's motto since their beginning in 1997. They've gone through some changes, a few hiccups, and a lot of growth in those sixteen years, but are now going strong and continuing to unleash new flavors.
Starting in Canton, Ohio with a brewpub and expanding with brewpubs in Dayton and Akron in 1999, Thirsty Dog struggled a bit in the early years, even while continuing to make good beer and bring home medals from the World Beer Cup and the Great American Beer Festival. The brewpubs closed in 2005, management changed, and their beer was contract brewed until 2007 when the new brewery opened in Akron.
Owner, John Najeway was able to convince brewer Tim Rastetter to return to Northeast Ohio. Rastetter has a history of brewing in Northeast Ohio, having formerly worked at Great Lakes Brewing Company as head brewer and then at the now defunct Liberty Street Brewing in Akron. He then moved to Kentucky and designed and built a 15-barrel brewhouse for Brewworks, which subsequently went out of business in 1998. Then Rastetter began brewing for the Hofbrau Haus near Cincinnati, the first one outside of Munich, Germany. Meanwhile the Brewworks brewing system was sitting unused. Najeway acquired the system and brought Rastetter back to Akron to set it up, be the Head of Brewing Operations, and breathe new life into Thirsty Dog. Now, six years, and several expansions later (including a tasting room), they have a brew crew of eight people and brew three batches a day, seven days a week. Occasionally they run 24/7 to keep up with the demand, and will hit about 12,000 barrels per year this year, a 30% growth over last year.
Demand for their beer has been growing at a 30-35% rate over the last four years, much faster than they anticipated. They are in the process of renovating a couple of 1870s era buildings adjacent to the brewery to make room for more expansion. An old icehouse is now ready to be used for additional warehousing and storage, while other areas of the building are still being renovated. A recent tour of the construction site revealed Wolf Creek running in a cave under the building…the source of water for the old Burkhardt Brewery back in the 18 and early 1900s.
The reason for all this growth? It's all about the beer, of course! To Rastetter, "Unleash the Flavor" means balance and complexity. No matter what beer he talks about, the word balance seems to always come up. "Balance is a big thing," he says. "It's the thing that makes people want to drink another, after they've had one. And I don't do simple plain beers, I brew beers with complex character."
Let's just take a look at some of their recent offerings. Raildog is a smoked black lager. They are quick to tell you it is not a schwarzbier. It is a higher gravity beer with more malts to balance the smokiness. They smoked their own malts with cherry and apple wood, and hand roasted the malts for the toastiness. It's a well-balanced (there's that word again), not too smoky lager.
Then there is their first IPA called Citra Dog…for the citra hops, of course. At about 95 calculated IBU's it is the hoppiest of their beers. The citra hops aren't as "grapefruity" as some, and have a sweeter, almost tangerine aroma, which Rastetter says draws people toward it. It's different from most IPAs, but that's exactly what Rastetter was aiming for.
The beer he really raved about is their bourbon barrel aged wee-heavy, called Wulver. Some have said this is the best barrel-aged beer they have ever had, reported Rastetter. It's a sipper at 12% ABV, but a fantastic complex beer, and, again balanced so as not to have too much bourbon flavor.
Thirsty Dog has quite a barrel aging program now. Currently they have over 100 beers aging in barrels. Some in whiskey barrels, some in wine barrels. Barrel aging of sour ales is also something relatively new with Thirsty Dog, and something that few breweries are doing. They currently have a release of Cerasus Dog, a Flanders style red, in 500 ml. bottles, and in December they will release a Belgian saison aged in Chardonnay barrels with lactobacillus added.
The 12 Dogs of Christmas is Thirsty Dog's best selling beer. It, too, has seen about a 30-35% growth year over year. As Rastetter was head brewer at Great Lakes Brewing, that also has a best-selling Christmas Ale, the rumors have spread over the years that the recipe for 12 Dogs is from Great Lakes. Rastetter says that is not true and explains. When he was there, he wanted to make some changes to the recipe. He was told that it was selling fine, and no changes were allowed. When he subsequently went to Liberty Street Brewing Co, he created his own recipe with a spice profile similar to the GLBC recipe, but incorporated the changes he had wanted with a completely different hop and malt profile, different yeasts, and added nutmeg, making it a more complex and, dare I say it, balanced beer. That is essentially the recipe he uses today at Thirsty Dog. So, it is not at all the same recipe, but does have the cinnamon, ginger, honey profile that the GLBC beer has. I urge you to compare the two and see what you think. Also try their barrel-aged 12 Dogs available in 1.5 liter magnums.
When asked if there was anything new to look forward to, both Rastetter and Najeway mentioned a new project they are embarking on (no pun intended) with the Akron Art Institute. The AAI wants to have a beer exclusive to their café that complements their current exhibit, which at the moment is "Multiplicity." Right up Rastetter's alley, he's excitedly working on a recipe with more than three malts, more than three hops, more than three hop additions, and more than three yeasts. Do you think that'll be complex? How about tricky to balance? And this is just the first of many beers… and maybe one of the reasons John Najeway says "This is a job I just love to get up and come to."
Najeway says Rastetter is a huge asset not only to Thirsty Dog, but to the brewing community as a whole. He does a wonderful job and has trained all the crew, most of whom are home brewers. The crew, which now includes Adam Stull as Head Brewer and Brandon Benson as QC Biologist, continues to push the envelope with new beers and old favorites…and of course "unleashing the flavor."


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I have just bought a pair of TP-Link powerline adapters (TL-PA211) and I'm trying to test speeds around a very large building. When plugging into the sockets that are the furthest away from the other unit the PowerLine LED does not light up, giving the impression that there is no powerline network available (perhaps they sockets are too far away, different circuits etc), however, there is a connection which I can clearly see using the TP-Link utility tool.
So the powerline adapter is working upstairs, but the light isn't coming on. When downstairs the speeds are of course faster, but the light does come on. I don't want to invest any more money getting the entire building fitted with these things if they aren't going to work, but they seem to be working bar the light telling me they aren't!
The manual states that if the powerline LED is not lit, then there is no powerline network detected. But they are connected and working fine, so I'm scratching my head as to whether there is some other problem I need to be aware of before buying some more units.


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JINTAI Group is a hi-tech international group composed with investment, manufacturing, researching & developing, trading together. Under JINTAI Group, there are three subordinate companies:
- Jiangxi JINTAI Special Material LLC.(mainly dealing with Environment-Friendly Ceramics)
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JINTAI Group has many advantaged nature factors: with its headquarter located in Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province, the "Chemical Packing County of China", where has abundant chemical packing and nonferrous metal resources. JINTAI products have been widely used, its application ranging from environment-protecting, energy saving, civil aluminium material, automobile to military industry and other hi-tech industries.
JINTAI Group has more than 400 employees, including 22 senior engineers, 27 engineers, 35 technicians, 16 trade commerce & managerial staffs, 8 professional translators, 292 workers, and the contingent is continuously growing. JINTAI workshop covers about 95,000 square meters, equipped with advanced production equipment, analysis and test instruments, implemented in accordance with the ISO9001:2000 quality standard. JINTAI Group has been dedicating to providing first-class products and services to the world. JINTAI people are looking forward to your joining with "golden credit standing and Taishan-like promises".


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I found this, along with the Lee's Jaffa Orange bar, in my local Wegman's international aisle. I love browsing this section of the store, as they're always bringing in new and different things for me to look at every time I visit. On this specific occasion I found these bars by the Scottish manufacturer Lee's. I was first drawn to the Jaffa bar, but noticed this sister bar next to it, so I decided to bring both home.
This bar is described as a "A delicious mint creme fondant covered in real dark chocolate". The packaging design is classic and very reminiscent of UK design with it's tartan patterned stripes and bold background. The bar itself feels heavy in the hand and has a heft to it. Turning it over, I see the ingredients are so simple and straightforward. No funny business going on here.
As soon as I open the wrapper I immediately get a powerful scent of mint and peppermint. Wowza.
The bar itself is gorgeous. The dark chocolate coating is beautifully dark and rippled like sand when wind blows on it. The break is dense and clean and the mint fondant center is fresh and fragrant. The texture of the fondant is dense, and well, reminds me of hardened frosting, much like the Blue Monday bar I reviewed before.
The flavor is fresh, very minty and sweet. Like an intense, gourmet Andes mint. It's good, but not quite my cup of tea. Afterward I felt like I ate some chocolate and chased it down with some Scope or toothpaste.
An awesome bar for those of you really into mint flavors. I appreciated it, but I can't see myself getting it again out of personal preference.
Rating: Might Eat Again
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TC TO JANE WELSH CARLYLE ; 5 September 1852; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18520905-TC-JWC-01; CL 27: 266-269
Bonn, Sunday, 6 [5] Septr, 1852—
Thank thee very much, dear Jeannie, for the Letter of yesterday; which lay waiting to refresh me, in the afternoon, when I returned from my dusty labours in the Library here! It seemed to me the kindest I had got from you in this long while, almost like the old ones I used to get; and any Letter at all, so anxious and impatient had I grown, would have been right welcome. Be comforted, my poor little Goody; there has nothing gone wrong here; neither at Chelsea will these confusions last forever: I shall get my journeyings done, better or worse; the weary Morgan also will end; and by Heaven's blessing we shall get into our own little crypt again (where the human body can at least sleep), and if we are wise, we will stay there, I think!— But in truth, I ought rather to thank the Fates, I believe, than complain of them; for except the botherations and failures of sleep &c my journey has had nothing that was not pleasant and lucky hitherto. "Forward, forward!" that is the word; and Oh cease not to spur that lazy ass we have for Builder in Cheyne Row;—and get by some method or other the upper bedroom ready; where at least one's imagination beyond seas may solace itself with thinking of possible quiet, where, in practical fact, poor Goody herself may get a little Christian sleep, free from "foul creatures" and foreign Numbers 2.— — Alas, alas, I am losing my eyesight (sad symptom of bile) by stooping over this flat table; and must without circumbendibus write briefly what is indispensable.
I hoped Jack had fully explained how I found your missing letter next morning at Ecclefechan, and what a load of care it at once took from me: I perceived clearly you had done whatever was punctual and right in the affair. Alsop's pills unfortunately did not even then present themselves; only came next day, and now will never reach me at all: a circumstance whh John, writing to Neuberg, treats as perfectly indifft (there being "plenty of medicines in Germany"), tho' to me it would have been handier otherwise!— However, you could do no more; and all that was essential is successfully done. I wrote yesternight to Rotterdam for your other letter; and expect it the day after tomorrow. At Bonn here on my arrival there lay nothing for me except this Note from Lady Ashburton, enclosing the introductn from Ld A. to the Ambassador at Berlin,—not a first-rate comfort to me! I must & should acknowledge it today, if I can; but writing of all kinds in these sad biliary circumstances, with half-blind eyes, and stooping over low ricketty tables, is perfectly unpleasant to me. Not to mention that I hardly know what it is I am writing; and in short, cannot be expected to like such a job. Heigho!—
Well, but let me say I got beautifully up the Rhine; stuck by the river all day, all night; and, the next afternoon (the second after I had written to you), found Neuberg waiting here on the beach from1 me, and so got fairly out. Alas, at Rotterdam I had slept simply none at all, such was the force of noisy nocturnal travellers, neighbours snoring, and the most industrious cocks I ever heard! The Customhouse Officers too had spoiled the look of my portmanteau (which is now mended, better than ever), and on the whole I was in such a whirl of stormtost fluries2 and confusions:—God help me, wretched thinskinned mortal that I am, at 5 a.m. next morning I was in a precious humour to rise, and settle with unintelligible waiters, and German steamboat clerks, and get myself on any terms on board. On board I got, however; and the place proved infinitely better than I hoped; some approach to Christian food to be had in it, some real sleep even,—indeed the principal sleep I have yet had since friday gone a-week was 4 hours and again 4 hours, deep, deep, lying on the cabin sofas, amid the general noises, in that respectable vessel. I spoke German too, being the one Englishn on board; made agreeable acquaintances; one really nice Gröningen gentn, acquainted with England, who solemnly took leave of me, with a "Stet in memoriâ" [keep in memory] after our six hours of good companionship.— The Rhine, of a vile reddish drab colour, and all cut into a reticulary work of branches, flowing thro' an absolutely flat country lower than itself, was far from "beautiful": about Rotterdam, and for a 50 miles higher; but it was highly curious and worth seeing once and away. A country covered with willows, bulrushes and wet woods; kept from drowning by windmill pumps: one looked with astonisht upon it, and with admiration at the invincible industry of man. Higher up (towards 4 p. m. of the first day) the river gets decidedly agreeable; and about Cologne 20 miles below this, a beautiful mountain-group (Sieben-gebirge, "the 7 hills," see Neuberg's cross),3 which is still some 5 or 7 miles beyond us here, announces that the "Picturesque" is just going to enter on the scene,—much good may it do us! We had beautiful weather all the way, and yet have; but surely the most picturesque of all objects was that of Neuberg standing on the beach here, to take me out of all that puddle of foreign things, and put me down (as I hoped) in some place where I might sleep and do nothing else for several days to come.— Neuberg's kindness nothing can exceed; but as to the rest of it—as to sleep in particular, I find the hope to have been some what premature. Oh Heavens, I wonder if the Devil anywhere else ever contrived such beds and bedrooms as these same are! And 2 Cocks are industrious day and night under the back window; and I have had to shift into the front room whh looks out upon the highway— But upon the whole, I have slept everynight here, more or less, and am decidedly learning to do it; and Neuberg asserts that I shall become expert by and by. The grand thing is, to get my journey done, now that I am on it; a second journey, I trust, is not likely to follow soon.
Yesterday, as my first day's work, I went to the University Library here; found very many good books, unknown to me hitherto, on Vater Fritz; took down the titles of what, on inspection, promised to be useful; brought some 20 away with me,—and the plan at present is, that N. and I shall go with these to a rural place in these Siebengebirge, called Roland's Eck for one week, where sleep is much more possible, and then examine my 20 Books before going farther, and consider what is the best to be done farther. We go to look at it this day sunday at 2 o'clock,—an hour hence, ay de mi! The good Neuberg is meantime out towards Bonn,—to try for some pills to me (at a venture)! This "Coblenzer-Strasse" of his is not a street in the town at all but a row of scattered houses, built along half a mile of straight flat road leading to Coblenz, eastward and upward along the river,—the Coblenz road, in fact. Not nearly so nice as Comely Bank or Morningside;4 more like the level coach-road at Malvern: may I soon take leave of it, for a quieter region! Poor Ng with his Sister has only a furnished floor in the house, and that none of the best. But it is impossible for man to be kinder and that covers all kinds of things.
Dearest, Dearest, did you ever read such a Letter in your life! Our place of address is still Herrn Joseph Neuberg zu Bonn;—and n.b. the C. Barton5 is "at Frankfurt," not here,—Dieu merci [Thank God]?!—I sent you a Bonn newspaper the next day after my arrival; the like to Jack: did you get yours? I will take that method sometimes. I avoid all Professors &c here; but mean to see old Arndt6 for a minute or 2.
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Michele Claire
As we pass through life each day with mundane routines of our daily schedules, just one moment seen in the blink of an eye allows us that split second to stop and notice one incident or event that will capture your heart and stay in your memory for all time to come; but yet, we continue on our daily routines passing that moment in time by, even though we were left with such a good feeling about it that it touches our spirit and holds onto us for one moment.
As an artist, I see even the smallest moment or "thing" as a beauty of life and capture it in my heart with the desire to "burn" that memory or incident to canvas to keep and treasure it forever and save that one moment in time for all to remember; that see this "piece of work", reminding us how precious each and every minute of our days should be held onto to treasure and to remind us of that passing moment.
My focus in all of my art is to try to capture those special passing moments in time or incidents that so quickly passes us by and place it to canvas for all who look upon my work to see this moment as it stands out and stares back at us.
I must have been born with a pencil and brush in my hand, as I came into the world seeing life this way and cannot remember when I saw anything different, trying to put those images down on paper to express how clearly I saw it.
But, as my life grew with me, through family, work and commitments, I too, held back from indulging such a love of art and the commitment to do more with it as many of us do, until one day, all stops, and here we are, with the time to now look at life's simple pleasures and once more the burning desire to paint and draw as much beauty that we can simply get down to canvas for all the world to share and hold a piece of it in their hearts.
Throughout all of my "careers", I surrounded myself with art, went to school for art, public and private, attended local and distant art shows, learning as I grew, but with "careers" taking over I never was allowed the time to fully indulge in this love of art to the fullest extent.
But yet, as now the time has come, I can now pour all of the love and passion I can muster for the subject matter and while I feel I am still learning to achieve for me my "best" works, I still work really hard to satisfy that artistic whim as I progress with each piece.
I work with oils, acrylics, gouaches, charcoal and some pastels, usually from life, but with the new technology of the digital camera, I too, have grown to use this and the computer to work from in the solace of my studio, still keeping my focus not so much on rules and methods, but on the "moment in time" less it passes me by.
For further information or requests of my work, you can contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
1% of the profits from my work goes to support Wild Foundation.


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Welcome to the World of Tanks!
For all the new players joining us this week we welcome you!
To get acquainted with the game please you may want to check out the Tutorial Videos, WIKI, Tankopedia and Newcomers Forum Section
From the Financial Department
For those that may behaving problems with any financial issues please check the Financial Issues section on the forum, if you can't find an answer there contact support at support.worldoftanks.com or firstname.lastname@example.com If you haven't received a response please be patient all tickets will be answered. If you are getting an error when buying gold on the website please try a different Internet browser Internet Explorer has issues with certain sites.
From the Reconnaissance Department
Game Manual
And for those that missed it, the release version of the game now includes a game manual. You can find it in your game folder or download it here: world_of_tanks_game_manual.pdf
Alpha tank
You may have seen a PzKpfw V-IV Alpha in battle, and no they aren't Alpha testers, they are those that dedicated a lot of their time in Beta to help the World of Tanks community. They are the translators, wiki editors and moderators. If you see them in battle make sure to thank them for all their hard work with a 15 gun salute.
New French tank pics
Find new french tank renders in Souroy's post: Screenshots from the Press meeting of Paris
T1 Cunningham
History and renders now available on the official site for the T1 Cunningham
From the Research and Development Department
Supertest Applications for the Supertest have closed, 45 players were chosen to participate: Congratulations! If you are on the list you should have received an email with follow-up instructions.
Sneak Peak at some screenshots of a map in development:
Changelog 0.6.3.11 -> 0.6.4.3 (not finalized)
From the Special Operations Department
The Drill Boot Camp Tournament Open
WoT players proved to be great warriors during the Ural Steel Championship and continue following its updates, demonstrating unlimited desire and potential for Great Combats. At this stage World of Tanks team gladly announces the start of The Drill Boot Camp Tournament, which will engage vehicles of 5/60 Division.
Use the chance to advance your team skills and gather with other players in the Tournament on the threshold of oncoming Clan Wars!
Find more info in the contest forum section: The Drill Boot Camp
A separate qualifying round is organized for players from Asian and Oceanic countries, it will be held in accordance with UTC +8 time zone. To take part in this UTC+8 qualifying round, note it in your message to GM that you are applying for UTC+8 tournament.
The exact schedule will be announced when the registration is over.
Elbe Day Contest Open
World of Tanks warriors should make images in the style of historical photos on the basis of in-game screenshots. The rules of the contest are given in the special forum topic.
The contest will close on the 8th of May 8:00 UTC.
1st place: 12500 gold
2nd place: 8500 gold
3rd place: 5000 gold
Clan Parade Contest Open
Use this unique chance to frighten the enemy with your carefully honed coordination and discipline! Make a video of your Clan as if you are on Parade! Your 1 to 5 minutes long videos should contain at least 10 Clan tanks. The rules of the contest are given in the special forum topic.
The contest will over on the 8th of May 8:00 UTC.
1st place: 30000 gold
2nd place: 20000 gold
3rd place: 10000 gold
Kill the Mod: The Return of Tank Company Competition Open
May 8 starting 5:00 PM UTC and up to 7:00 PM UTC the team of WoT developers and moderators will unite again to fight against players. If the players' team wins, each warrior will be granted 1,000 in-game gold. In case of defeat each participating player will get 500 in-game gold. And 750 in-game gold will be your reward for a draw. More information on the event is given in the special forum topic.
If your tank company happens to end-up struggling with the tank-knights of Wargaming.net twice, you won't be granted any gold for your second and all the further battles. However all the victories still count as they cannot but bring the enjoyment of defeating such enemies. Use the chance to show off your combat skills!
We invite all our soldiers to take part in the stunning Contests Marathon!
Climb to the Top Contest Results
Players fought hard to get their high-end vehicles as soon as possible, but only the fastest get the prizes.
SonOfDilbert - Maus in 134 hours (10000 gold)
tony666 - T30 in 138 hours (10000 gold)
inkXx - IS-7 in 181 hours (10000 gold)
trumsodo - Object 212 in 80 hours (7000 gold)
cipherd - M40/43 in 87 hours (7000 gold)
fmonte - GW-Tiger in 163 hours (7000 gold)
You can find out more about the contest here
Across the board North American players acquired their desired tanks faster than the European ones.
Kill the Mod: Afterwipe Competition Results
The second Kill the Mod event was held on April 16th and fun was had by all.
For the North American server 824 players participated, 401 will receive a total amount of 103 000 gold!
You can find out more about the event results as well as a list of all of those that will receive gold here
NA MVPs:
FiendlyFoe[MM] Killed 7 in 1 battle
Brewhammer[TCH] Killed 6 in 1 battle
catalase Killed 6 in 1 battle
8bit WoT Contest Results
The results are in and the winners are:
Vektor - World of Tanks 80's Style Video (9000 gold)
manpo - (8-Bit NES Style) World of Tanks (6000 gold)
Easter Hustle and Bustle in World of Tanks Contest Results
Wargamming hid the Easter eggs well, so only 4 players found them:
d_black_se (5000 gold)
Cousteau (2500 gold)
aRmoreD_eX (2500 gold)
rahx (2500 gold)
You can find more about the contest here
Design Your Tank Contest Results
The winners of the Design Your Tank contest are:
keptin - M5A1E2 Stuart VII (World of Tanks T-shirt, 3000 gold and 5 days of premium account)
Raptor_Fulcrum - M38-43 (World of Tanks T-shirt, 2000 gold and 3 days of premium account)
_____SCOPE_____ - Rakete-Tiger VI (World of Tanks T-shirt, 1500 gold and 1 day of premium account)
Hawkwood26 - S22/40 Italian tank (World of Tanks T-shirt, 1500 gold and 1 day of premium account)
You can find more about the contest winners here
Keep on the lookout for new events, contests and competitions.
From the High Command
Q: According to some of our more informed members on the forum, the gun depression/elevation values of some German tanks have been severely nerfed from their historic stats.
A: It is not true, there was no such special treatment for German guns. Depression values are chosen in accordance with 1) historical data 2) balance 3) 3d modelling requirements.
Q: One thing that talk of revised tech trees has made me wonder is how accounts that have a tank that is being patched out will be handled. Will the player get the exp back? or will we be able to keep the old tank as a sort of "Back in the day this was what we had to use" kind of thing?
Also, we've gotten approximate dates on the fleshing out of the US and German trees (except for the open top TDs, but that's fine ), but what about the Russian tree? There's a truly absurd number of light tanks on there, along with a few mediums and even a couple of TDs. Any updates on those guys? (I'm personally most interested in the Object 416 and the Uralmash-1 TD....)
A: 1. We are going to announce all revised tech tree soon, in 1-2 weeks I think. Going to provide a complete breakdown of how all the changes will be handled.
2. Currently working on so-called roadmap that is going to comprise all events and planned changes to the game available for players.
Q: Do you have any plans on combining both the NA server and the EU server?
I vaguely recall reading something about that but I can't find it.
A: Depends on what you mean exactly, these 2 will be treated separately, but we are planning to introduce roaming feature. It will allow players log in to the non-primary server.
Q: As we are fast approaching the end of April, is there a revised ETA for 0.6.4?
A: My personal estimation is mid May, however this is a piece of internal information.
Q: Well not to be a stickler or anything but the original date was release lol, Kinda getting bored with the game time to release some new content! Most of the players feel the same way.
How about clan wars is that with 6.4 or no?
A: They will come almost simultaneously, we would like to release an expanded version of Global map with more provinces than we have on Russian server at the moment. Mid May should be rather firm date.
Q: Is the AP shell penetration drop per distance traveled of same % for all guns/shells or depends from gun to gun?
Example does AP 88mm shell after 400 meters drops 25% of its penetration and 122mm shell after 400 meters 25% of its penetration.
- Is it same for all guns or do they defer?
- If they defer can you give us an example?
- If they are same , why are they same and do you intend to implement deferent percentage drops for high velocity and slow velocity guns and when?
Why does 88mml56 has limited range ( cant shoot more then ~550 meters with AP ammo )?
- Any changes planned for that and if , when?
Can we see battle statistics for 3001p German tanks across all three servers?
- Are you considering improving this vehicle?
- If yes , can we get an example and when to expect them?
A: AP shell penetration drop per distance depends on a gun. Cannot give you example right now. Don't have numbers by the side.
Two reasons:
- balance issues,
- long distance shell projectiles are not free (they consume some hardware resources) and we don't want them to exist for a longer period, small range (<400 m) shells are almost free.
I'm not sure if I can disclose vehicle statistics.
Q: Are there any chance for getting a "in battle" and "afk" symbol next to our name in clan/contacts list instead of just a green circle? Hope it doesn't sound to much of an suggestion.
A: We are planning to implement these statuses in 7.0. No dates.
Q:I know you plan to change the fire extinguisher mechanic, but do you intend to do anything against the get-killed-by-shot-that-sets-you-on-fire and loose a fire extinguisher after you're dead?
With the new non-premium I don't see that happening, but it still might happen to a premium one, and loosing 50g without the damn thing even firing in-game is a waste.
Maybe some way of in-battle toggling on the 0.5sec standby ON/OFF?
What about making driver move from his position and help with reloading of gun, or shutting down the engine for additional camouflage? Ofcorse there would be time penalty of starting the engine/restoring driver again.
A: It's pissing me off too. "get-killed-by-shot-that-sets-you-on-fire and loose a fire extinguisher" won't happen in 6.4. You'll get damage from hit, than damage from first tick of the fire, than fire extinguisher will cease fire.
Q: When You'll balance repair costs for all nations - so far jerrys are far more expensive than ivans and if You compare quality its the other way around.
So, when we will see balance in thic case - 14k for tiger's repair = 14k for IS repair ?
And when medium tanks will be cheaper than heavies or at least similar ?
A: The whole game economy is under revision.
Repair costs depend greatly on the amount of tank hit points and module hit points.
Q:1. Euro tree - what tanks and when?
A: It will comprise tanks of different European nations (Swedish, Czech, Polish, etc).
After French, British, and Japanese tanks are added.
From the Eastern Front
Q: Are there plans to create battle mode with wagers?
A: Nothing like that in the plans.
Q: In order to better understand the mechanics of visibility, I'd like to know which tank has 100% visibility (without net and crew experience)? If there are several - just name one so it would be more clear when comparing different tanks.
A: There are no tanks with 100% visibility. If I remember correctly SU-14 has 95%.
Q: Are you planning to introduce a rangefinder for the aim reticule which measures distance to other solid objects (stones, houses, trees) except tanks?
A: No due to technical reasons.
Q: Are you planning to expand types of available ammo in the future? Because the same gun could shoot piercing and cumulative and other times of projectiles. If yes, what is the priority on it?
A: It's in the plans
Q: Way back in the CBT we had 30vs30 battles. Are you continuing the work to increase the number of tanks in the battles?
A: We are working on it, but it is not expected anytime soon.
Q: A bit silly question, are you planning to implement possibility for tanks to sound the horn and signal with lights? Sometimes you need to bring attention of teammates that they are doing something idiotic like blocking movement, but you don't want to waste time on typing it in chat.
A: A horn will be introduced. For gold. There are some concerns about spamming the horn, so need to figure it out first. One idea is to tie it to the radio module - you abuse the horn, your radio will get damaged. Or something like that.
Q: What about "company vs random" mode?
A: So far we will not have it.
Q: Dear devs, have you noticed the following problem?
In the SPG howitzer mode the function binded to the RMB is not working.
A: This will be fixed, but for now try not to bind any functions on RMB.
1. Are you planning to increase number of players in a platoon to at least 5?
2. Are you planning to introduce writings on tanks in this year?
Will the players be able to come up with their own slogans?(just ban people for things like "F*%$ you all!!!")
1. No
2. Yes. First stage - chose pre-made slogans from the list. And then, maybe, we will allow adding custom writings. But this option will be very expensive since pre-moderation costs us.
Q: I've read today that with the introduction of a new patch, the maximum video settings on the 32-bit systems will not exceed medium quality. Could you explain this.
A: Graphics are made with considering technical possibilities of rendering in 32-bit systems. With change in render - we'll remove the limitations.
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German Tanks: These monsters were created by German engineers and scientists during the Second World War. Following World War 1, Germany was banned from making anything military-related but under a secret program they developed fast, light tanks, which fit in with their Blitzkrieg tactics. Proving successful, they continued to develop tanks once they entered World War 2 and they were engineering masterpieces of their time. Some of the more famous German tanks included the Panther Medium Tank, the Tiger I and Tiger II heavy tanks, as well has superior tank destroyers. They were a little too advanced, as their armor was tremendous and the engines were under-powered and the transmission often broke down. (Poor gas mileage and gear failings). They influenced tank design forever though.
Soviet Tanks: Soviet designers focused on speed and firepower, as well as sloped armor, and while their weaknesses are hard to show, they do have weaknesses. In the earlier tiers you will find yourself with extremely low armor, but you usually have a nice gun and average mobility. The Soviets concentrated on Firepower and Mobility, leaving armor to be sloped for protection. They had very versatile heavy tanks, although most weren't used in World War II, with the IS-7 being developed in 1948. The most legendary Soviet tank that most of you know is the T-34 medium tank. It combined sloped armor with a good speed and a really nice gun to make a perfect balance. Plus, they were made in 30,000+ numbers, which far out-whelmed the Germans.
American Tanks: Although American wasn't known for it's legendary tanks in World War II, it did have the M-4 Sherman Medium Tank. It had 2 inches of frontal armor, and a good engine, and it's 75mm gun was good enough to penetrate the rear of German tanks. They did influence future American designs though. They had a nice balance of firepower and mobility, only sometimes lacking in good armor for protection. German crews called the M-3 Lee the "6-man coffin" and the Sherman as well, because of their tendency to burst into flames when hit in the engine.
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A more general soft constraint is the Tikhonov regularization constraint $$ \mathbf{w}^\text{T}\Gamma^\text{T}\Gamma\mathbf{w} \leq C $$ which can capture relationships among the $w_i$ (the matrix $\Gamma$ is the Tikhonov regularizer).
(a) What should $\Gamma$ be to obtain a constraint of the form $\sum_{q=0}^Q w_q^2 \leq C$?
I think this is just the identity matrix since $\sum_{q=0}^Q w_q^2 = \mathbf{w}^\text{T}\mathbf{w}$
(b) What should $\Gamma$ be to obtain a constraint of the form $\left(\sum_{q=0}^Q w_q\right)^2 \leq C$?
To me, this is saying $\mathbf{ww} \leq C$. How is it possible to get $\mathbf{ww} = \mathbf{w}^\text{T}\mathbf{w}$ just by multiplying by some $\Gamma^\text{T}\Gamma$? Where am I going wrong here?


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Ph.D., Communication, The University of Memphis
M.A., Communication, The University of Memphis
B.A., Communication Studies, Furman University
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As a student and teacher of rhetoric and public address, I am professionally committed to investigating the ways that rhetoric imagines and sustains our democratic practices, with a specific emphasis on the intersections of gender, politics, and communication. I am currently working on projects related to southern culture and race, first ladies and presidential advising, and rhetorics of Biblical womanhood.
Courses Taught:
SPCH 140: Public Communication
SPCH 331: Organizational Communication
Recent Publications:
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Rhetoric: Concord and Controversy (co-edited with Antonio de Velasco). Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, 2011.
Journal Article:
"Jackie Joins Twitter: The Re-Circulation of 'Campaign Wife.'" Rhetoric & Public Affairs 15 (Winter 2012), 667-674.
Book Chapters:
"First Ladies and Presidential Advising: Ann Romney, Hilary Rosen, and the 2012 Presidential Campaign." Studies of Communication in the 2012 Presidential Campaign, ed. Robert E. Denton, Jr. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2014: 95-110.
"Strong Frontrunner, Weak Woman: Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Politics of Pile On." Venomous Speech: Problems with American Political Discourse on the Right and Left Volume 2, ed. Clarke Rountree. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger, 2013: 223-236.
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"Hillary Studies, the State of the Scholarship, and Disciplinary Implications for Gender and Public Address." Southern States Communication Association, Tampa, Florida. April 2015.
"Press Framing and the Art of Personal Diplomacy: Special Focus on Pat Nixon's Peruvian Mission." National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois. November 2014.
"Reconciling Ourselves to the Southern Archive" Roundtable. Carolinas Communication Association, Greenville, South Carolina. October 2014.
G.I.F.T.S. (Great Ideas for Teaching Speech): "Talking Like TED: Ideas Worth Spreading in the Communication Classroom." Carolinas Communication Association, Greenville, South Carolina. October 2014.
"Raising Children as Work: Ann Romney, Hilary Rosen, and the War on Women." National Communication Association, Washington D.C. November 2013.
"Jackie Joins Twitter: The Re-Circulation of 'Campaign Wife.'" Southern States Communication Association, San Antonio, Texas. March 2012.
"From the 'Mother of Our Country' to the 'Mom-in-Chief': First Lady Nicknames andtheir Rhetorical Power." Eastern Communication Association, Arlington, Virginia. April 2011.
"'A Proud Supporter of Barack Obama': Rhetorical Transformation in Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 DNC Keynote Address." National Communication Association, San Francisco, California. November 2010.
"'Being Ladylike Does Not Require Silence': Betty Ford's Remarks to the International Women's Year Conference." Tennessee Communication Association, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. September 2010.
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The world ended for the Hebrew tradition in 70 AD when the temple was destroyed for the third and last time. Life was never the same for the Jewish community after that. In fact, the Catholic Encyclopedia explains that destruction almost 2000 years ago as the end of the world that the book of Revelations prophecizes.
- A second century Roman Priest predicted the end of the Earth in 500 AD based on the dimensions of Noah's ark.
- Then, 1000 AD went down as one of the most heightened periods of hysteria over the return of Christ and thus, the end of the world.
- There were dozens of other predictions between then and Y2K, which was supposed to be the end of the world for technical, rather than religious, reasons. Many of them are listed here.
- Then, of course there were the Mayan predictions that the world would end in 2012 (and some derivations on that). In fact, Drunvalo Melchizedek recently said that we really won't be out of danger until 2016.
- Actually, there is one more major prediction of upcoming doom. Sir Isaac Newton spent 50 years and wrote 4,500 pages trying to predict when the end of the world was coming. The most definitive date he set for the apocalypse was 2060.
- Myth Mistakes
- Misunderstood Myth #1
- Most of the worry about The End can be traced to an old Hebrew prophecy that states that during the ending times, a savior ("Messiah") will ride in and save the day. This is the same prophecy that got Jesus in so much trouble when even his followers expected him to rise up, destroy Rome, and restore the Jewish empire to its former glory. (This notion, and the idea of trying to force Jesus to do his job as the Messiah, is also what got Judas in so much trouble.)
- St. Paul built his church on this accepted threat that the end was near. Even tho the end didn't come after many of Paul's converts had died, or 500 years later, or 1000 years later, or 2000 years later, many people still expect it to happen any time now BECAUSE of this old Hebrew myth – which may have simply related to the end that was in process during the life of Jesus and finally completed with the destruction of the temple in 70 AD. Or, for those who aren't so religious, can probably be written off to wishful thinking and the desire for one person to suddenly appear and save us all from the world that everyone created.
- Misunderstood Myth #2
- Many religious types are looking forward to the rapture (which has also been officially dismissed by the Catholic Church). But before that can happen:
- "I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations." ~ Zechariah 14:2
- So, the good people of many churches are waiting anxiously for the war against Jerusalem to begin in a serious way. This tends to work against a sustainable peace in the Middle East, which actually sets up these good church-going folks as the bad guys, who of course, they are dead set against – in principle anyway.
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- New Age escapism: The myth of ascension is very much like the old idea of the rapture. And the spiritually elite today use it as a reason to separate themselves from the common folk, who "deserve what they get."
- Armed with just enough spiritual knowledge to be dangerous, they isolate themselves, comfortable in the assurance that divine order will take care of everything just fine without them (another misunderstood Myth!)
- They go to retreats to learn how to raise their consciousness and cloister themselves away preparing for their personal ascension. For those who can afford it, preparing for "the end" can involve all sorts of further isolation of those with the resources from those who need the help. This is all done in the name of New Age enlightenment, but it's really just misguided, self-indulgent, escapism.
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- There are numerous ways that our world, or at least our civilizations, could suddenly come to an end. But unless it's an inescapable act of God, the many possible ends to our civilization that might result from our short-sighted activity (or inactivity) can be corrected – if we can just manage to not let the major misunderstood myths control us.
- The end of the world could be coming any time to you or someone close to you. But that's even more reason to live every day to the fullest and help all those you can. Many have been expecting the end of the world for over 2000 years, and have used that as an excuse to not rebuild the world in front of us with any long term expectations.
- When will people learn and stop relying on superstitious myths as their way out and start behaving in a spiritually mature and active way? Being spiritually active "is not about any form of dogma, it is simply activism that comes from the heart, not just the head, activism that is compassionate, positive, kind, fierce and transformative. It focuses as much on what we are for, as on what we are against."
- "It is in itself a Path of Transformation – a Spiritual Blueprint for living. The core dynamics behind the Spiritual Keys of Activism are creativity, adaptability, understanding and the peaceful resolution of conflicts." And the number one rule of spiritual activism is, " All Action is Based on Compassion."
- Seems to me that's what Jesus taught, but our old Roman heritage gets the best of us sometimes.
- For more specific background on the ending times and what actions are necessary NOW, see one of these two best selling Anthologies: The Sacred Shift or 2012, Creating Your Own Shift.


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US Lags Behind in Tobacco Regulation
It isn't new for the United States to fall behind the rest of the world on causes like global warming and arms control. But this week, news from the rest of the world reveals how much more seriously the tobacco problem is being addressed, even in the tiny, poverty-stricken country of Uganda.
The government of Uganda is considering banning all tobacco advertising in that country, because ministers consider the ads to imply falsely that smoking is an attractive and positive thing to do.
In China, the world's greatest consumer of tobacco products, the governors of Hong Kong may force several tobacco companies to change the names of their brands, because terms like "light" and "mild" imply that the cigarettes are less harmful.
In South Australia, the government is set to ban fruit-flavored cigarettes it claims are targeted to children. (You think?)
In the UK, the 2006 budget includes provisions for massive fines on tobacco companies whose product is found being smuggled anywhere in the world.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch ... a new study from a coalition of anti-tobacco groups shows that tobacco companies in the United States still spend $28 in advertising for every $1 they spend on anti-tobacco cessation and education programs.
After a series of high-profile lawsuits that mandated some of Big Tobacco's profits go to public service education campaigns, the industry has spent a lot of time and money advertising its altruistic side, while far less is being spent actually funding those community programs being hyped.
And there is always more. Just yesterday, a study showed that Indiana -- a major tobacco-growing state -- actually loses money because of tobacco.
Profits and tax revenue generated by tobacco production and sales is
far outweighed by the resulting costs associated with health-care and
decreased productivity due to tobacco-related illness and death.
But even with such evidence, tobacco companies are freer in the US than many other parts of the world. Appeals have shrunk the monetary awards resulting from those suits to negligible amounts, and tobacco again looks untouchable in this country. Last week the Illinois Supreme Court reversed a lower-court verdict penalizing Philip Morris over $10 million for defrauding customers into thinking its "light" cigarettes were less dangerous.
As ever, it keeps friends in high places to ensure that regulations like those in Uganda, China, and Australia do not happen at home. For example, Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds reportedly supplied now-sullied Texas Senator Tom DeLay with their corporate jets as he flew from campaign fundraiser to campaign fundraiser.From an Associated Press story today:
R.J. Reynolds let DeLay use a company plane at least nine times since
1999, once joining Philip Morris in making jets available for a DeLay
PAC fundraiser at a Puerto Rican resort in winter 2002. R.J. Reynolds
spokesman David Howard said planes are loaned usually at lawmakers'
request and are only done if jets aren't needed for company business."It's
much more convenient as opposed to your regular commercial travel,"
Howard said, noting there is no need to go through airport security.On
R.J. Reynolds' planes, smoking is allowed and there are usually
beverages and deli-style food. There's more leg room and the
convenience of phones.The smoking rule suits DeLay, who likes
to chomp on cigars while golfing and reported spending at least $1,930
in PAC money on cigar-shop purchases. The cigars were reported to the
Federal Election Commission as donor gifts.
It's business as usual in Marlboro country.
Is Wal-Mart Good for You?
"Progressive" economist Jason Furman and Barbara Ehrenreich are currently engaged in an eye-opening dialogue over at Slate. He presents the old red-herring argument that boild down to "What do you elitist liberals have against saving working people money?"
He makes some points I'll concede that I think critics should internalize: it isn't the low prices we object to, it's the way Wal-Mart treats people. If anything, the efficiencies that allow Wal-Mart to have such low prices do not require that the company abuse its employees, fail to provide a living wage or the most basic benefits, or to source product from factories that abuse people oversees. Wal-Maerts low prices, and its low regard for its own employees has been proven to depress wages in the communities where it operates. If Wal-Mart is so clever, why doesn't it innovate when it comes to how it treats human beings? Why doesn't it spend as much money actually improving communities as it does telling us about how it improves communities?


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In a surprise move sure to dissapoint fans of hardcore hyperbole, Rabbit Bartholomew has stepped down as ASP president.
"After deep consideration, I have decided not to seek a fifth term as ASP President," Bartholomew said.
Pretty interesting quote from Rab there - who knew that ASP President was an elected office? It's going to be hard [...]
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Bugs Has Left The Building
In a surprise move sure to dissapoint fans of hardcore hyperbole, Rabbit Bartholomew has stepped down as ASP president.
Move Over, Nostradamus
Apparently Wilbur Kookmeyer could also see the future (or at least Wilbur's author, Bob Penuelas, had a good hunch for fortune telling.)
The whole Alaia board craze is worthy of at least a few posts. Without getting too analytical about prehistoric nostalgia, I thought it was worth pointing out that Kookmeyer saw the Alaia kooks coming.
Surfer [...]
The Ballad of AI
For the last week I've been working with Andy Irons and Blair Marlin (AI's manager) on the AI interview that Surfline put up today.
After a tumultuous couple years on tour, Andy has decided to take 2009 off. One of the many interesting facets to this story is that Andy is perhaps the first surfing superhero [...]
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When I first saw a press release titled "Gorilla Welcomes German Marlon Lipke To Team" show up on Surfline, I got very excited.
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Building a Microscope
Product Type: Lesson Plan/Activity
Audience: Educators, Informal Education
Grade Levels: 9-12
Publication Year: 2000
Product Number: EG-2000-10-64-MSFC
Subjects: General Science, Physical Science
Students build microscopes by using mailing tubes and convex lenses. Instructions for building a file folder microscope are included.
Building a Microscope [147KB PDF file]
This activity is part of the Optics Educator Guide.


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Dave Coulier, John Stamos and Bob Saget had a "Full House" reunion while taping the trio's Dannon Oikos yogurt ad teaser for Super Bowl 2014, according to a Jan. 21 Us Magazine report. Reminiscent of their hit show, the clip shows with Dannon spokesman, Stamos aka Uncle Jesse eating a Dannon yogurt in the kitchen while watching a sports game with Coulier in a red onesie, and Saget, sitting to his right.
"What do you say boys, time to go to bed?" Stamos asks his co-stars. "Don't you think it's time we all get our own places?" Saget responds, as Coulier yawns. ""Nah" they all say in unison.
According to E! News, this is not Stamos' first Super Bowl ad for Dannon. He reportedly made his Super Bowl debut for the Greek yogurt in 2012. The entire ad featuring Coulier, Stamos and Saget is expected to run on Feb. 2 at the highly anticipated Super Bowl XLVIII game featuring Peyton Manning and Richard Sherman or the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks.
Even though "Full House" ended its ABC run in 1995, the co-stars have kept in touch and are often photographed together, according to Us Magazine.


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Grew up in San Jose, California.. Educated Stanford. Total EVA Time: 2.07 days. Number of EVAs: 7.
In August 1993, Smith completed one year of astronaut candidate training. He served as the Astronaut Office representative for the Space Shuttle main engines, the solid rocket boosters, the external tank, and Shuttle safety from April to November 1993. In September 1993, Smith became the first member of the 1992 astronaut class to receive a flight assignment.
Smith served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on Mission STS-68, September 30 to October 11, 1994. Smith's responsibilities were split between Shuttle systems, Space Radar Lab 2 (SRL-2, the flight's primary payload), and several experiments located in the crew cabin. Smith was one of two crewmen trained to perform a space walk had one been required. As part of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth, SRL-2 studied the Earth's surface and atmosphere, creating radar images of the Earth's surface environment and mapping global carbon monoxide pollution. Endeavour circled Earth 183 times and traveled 4.7 million miles during the 11 day, 5 hour and 46 minute flight.
From November 1994 until March 1996, Smith was assigned to duties at the Kennedy Space Center as a member of the astronaut support team. The team was responsible for Space Shuttle prelaunch vehicle checkout, crew ingress and strap-in prior to launch, and crew egress post landing.
Smith performed three space walks as a member of the February 1997 STS-82 Discovery crew which serviced the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The crew completed five space walks in order to dramatically improve the scientific capability of the telescope and to replace degraded support equipment. HST's orbit was also increased 8 miles by the crew. The flight orbited the Earth 150 times covering 4.1 million miles in 9 days, 23 hours, 37 minutes and Smith's three space walks totaled 19 hours, 10 minutes.
Birth Place: Phoenix, Arizona.
Status: Active.
Born: 1958.12.30.
Spaceflights: 4 .
Total time in space: 40.01 days.
Mission Specialists: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics and minimum three years of related experience or an advanced degree. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. Four pilots and 15 mission specialists, nine civilians and ten military. Chosen from 2054 applicants, 87 of which screened in December 1991/January 1992. Five additional international astronauts.
The Hubble Space Telescope was released back into orbit at 06:41 GMT on February 19. Discovery landed on Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center at 08:32 GMT on February 21.


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Tuesday May 13, 2014: Honouring Your Body's Wisdom
with Kassandra Prus
In this sacred-space workshop, participants will take
time to investigate how they see their own body and explore its
wisdom and intuitive knowledge. Come improvise with me and begin to
rediscover your own authentic, creative movement–all abilities
Tuesday May 20, 2014: Caring for Ourselves and Each
Other through Lovingkindness and Compassion with John Pollard
In this presentation, through discussion and gentle
exercises, we explore the tenderness of the awakened heart of
compassion, and see what it has to teach us.
Tuesday May 27, 2014: Movement-Based Empathy Building
with Kassandra Prus
Facilitator's Bio:
Adam is a black and queer activist, born and raised in Toronto,
Canada. He has had the privilege of working with youth in many
communities across Toronto, including Malvern, Perth-Randolph,
Davenport-Perth, Jane and Finch, Blake-Jones and Regent Park.
Currently, he is working with LGBTTI2SAQQ youth in both the Black
Queer Youth and Alphabet Soup groups at SOY.
Growing up, Adam was exposed and submersed in the Catholic and
Lutheran faiths. Curiosity around uncovering the "truth" led to
exploration of his spirituality through other faiths, such as Islam
and Wicca. After completing his undergrad, he continued this
exploration in England while working at a Tibetan Buddhist retreat
centre. This exposure to multiple faiths and beliefs has allowed him
to uncover different elements of spirituality, and learn more about
himself as a person and as a human being. This diversity has taught
him to view spirituality as a deeply personal and individual
experience that is to be honoured and respected.
As a self-proclaimed "conflict worker", Adam completed his Honours
Bachelors of Art at McMaster University in Anthropology and Peace
Studies. He is currently completing his Masters of Arts in Conflict
Analysis and Management at Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC.
His interests include reading, writing, movies, music, meditation
and fitness. Adam is also Certified Personal Trainer
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|Northridge downs Idaho in four
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - The Idaho volleyball team dropped its fourth consecutive match, a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Cal. State Northridge on Monday afternoon, wrapping up its four-match California swing.
The Vandals lost 28-26, 25-17, 21-25, 25-20 to fall to 2-5 on the season while the Matadors improve to 4-2.
"Every team that we played was good, we didn't lost a match to a team that wasn't deserving," Idaho coach Debbie Buchanan said. "As we go back, we need to be better out of system. That's the biggest thing."
The Idaho lineup looked a little different Monday than it did in Idaho's first five matches. Senior Jenny Feicht got the start at setter over fellow senior Ryann Carter, and tallied 44 assists, nine digs and two blocks. Sophomore Jessica Hastriter took over the outside hitter position previously held by freshman Katelyn Peterson, and finished with 12 kills while hitting .200.
Some of the names that didn't change in Idaho's lineup, including Allison (Walker) Baker, Alyssa Schultz and Alex Sele, lived up to their high standards Monday. Baker extended her double-double streak to seven matches with a team-high 20 kills and 12 digs, and added two blocks. Schultz hit a team-best .520 with 13 kills and no errors on 25 attempts, and had two blocks as well. Sele finished with five kills and hit .333 while adding a team-best four blocks. Julia Church led the Vandals with 14 digs and had one kill on two attempts.
Idaho hit .225 as a team in the match, but Northridge hit a blazing .327 and had 12 more kills than the Vandals, a 66-54 advantage. The Matadors also out-blocked Idaho 8-7 and out-dug the Vandals 67-62.
"We got better as the match went on, but we had too many little errors," Buchanan said. "We've got to be able to side out at a higher percentage and we need to block better."
Idaho will return to action Sept. 7-9 at the Verizon Volleyball Challenge in Honolulu, Hawai'i where it will take on UCLA (Sept. 7), Hawai'i (Sept. 8) and San Diego State (Sept. 9).


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The Utah Senate initially approved a bill last Friday that would make public school teachers include anti-evolution caveats when teaching the about the origins of life: a position the ACLU, which opposes the bill, has likened to the textbook stickers included in biology textbooks in Cobb County, Georgia. A court later ruled that the Georgia stickers had an implicit religious meaning, and that precedent is important in this case as well, as the senator leading the anti-evolution charge, Republican Chris Buttars, has promoted the evolution bill using religious arguments and language, while denying that the bill had anything to do with "'intelligent design, creationism or any faith-baseed philosophy.'" Rather, claims Buttars, it is simply about the lack of scientific consensus on evolution, and nothing to do with how he's promoted the bill — by labeling his opponents zealots of "'this religion of atheism and secularism,'" and deciding to sponsor the bill after hearing the complaints of one of his constituents, the mother of two children whose faith "blew up" after being told that they were "evolved from a lower kind."
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College Hockey:Christie's two goals, assist, lead Merrimack to upset of Quinnipiac
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass – Merrimack came out guns blazing in the first period Saturday night and never looked back. After getting trampled 6-1 Friday in Hamden, Conn., the Warriors took the Bobcats' message to heart, dropping six goals of their own en route to a 6-3 win Saturday night.
After facing a 2-0 early advantage in the first period, Quinnipiac rallied and tied the score with a late first-period goal from Sam Anas and a quick second-period goal from Travis St. Denis. The game remained tied until Warriors sophomore Ben Bahe's breakaway goal just 2:33 into the third period gave Merrimack the lead for good.
"It was a better effort, a more consistent effort," said Merrimack coach Mark Dennehy, who was less than pleased, understandably, with Friday night's outcome. "We weren't easy to play against. When they made a play, we answered. I didn't think we did that last night."
Answering was an understatement. During three of the Bobcats' power plays, Merrimack managed to draw a penalty from their opponents, negating the advantage. Then, there were shots.
Quinnipiac allows just 18.8 shots per game, and leads the nation with only 1.77 goals against, but Merrimack came out firing, ending the first period with 15 shots on sophomore goaltender Michael Garteig and a 2-1 lead.
"You've got to be ready to shoot the puck, because they take away lanes in a hurry," Dennehy added. "I thought we were way more prepared. I don't know that we did anything differently. We emphasized it again but it didn't work last night. It was just a matter of being ready."
As prepared as Merrimack was, Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold felt his team wasn't prepared at all.
"I was really disappointed with our effort tonight," he said. "Poor game prep in the first period, really poor execution across the board. Lack of coachability would be the good phrase, and then throughout the game a lot of selfishness.
"Probably the worst part of the game was when we went down 4-2 [in the third] and we panicked. We need to believe we can come back."
Bobcats captain Cory Hibbeler lamented the feeling as well.
"We came out slow again, we've been struggling to get going in the first period. We dug ourselves a hole, got ourselves back out of it … we started to panic a little bit, took some stupid penalties. There's a bunch of things we did wrong tonight."
Just over two minutes into the game, Quinnipiac freshman Tommy Schutt gave the Warriors the first power play of the night following a cross-check. Brian Christie shoveled in his third goal of the season after senior Jordan Heywood's one-timer — which at first glance appeared to be a goal itself — clanked off the right post and fell loosely in the crease. Senior Brendan Ellis picked up the secondary assist on the play.
Midway through the period, Bobcats goaltender Michael Garteig's rebound troubles continued, leading to a pretty wrister from Warriors junior Justin Mansfield. It was only fitting for Mansfield to score the goal. Playing his first game as a forward, Mansfield chased down a would-be icing behind Garteig's net. Junior Connor Toomey raced down the ice after him, where Mansfield fed a pretty pass to Toomey, who just missed the puck and a goal of his own. Several rebounds later, Mansfield took a pass at the bottom of the right circle and flicked the puck past Garteig for a 2-0 advantage.
With just 38 seconds left in the opening frame, Quinnipiac's Sam Anas found a loose puck in the middle of a scrum and shoved it past Tirronen to cut the Merrimack lead in half just before the end of the period. Just 1:45 into the second period, sophomore Travis St. Denis knotted the score at two.
"Obviously we responded really well," said Christie, who finished with a team-high three points (2-1-3). "I think everyone just stuck with the game plan and kept working hard and it worked out."
After Bahe gave Merrimack the lead, Christie broke free for an odd-man rush of his own, firing almost the exact same shot past Garteig. When senior Mike Collins added a power-play score to open up a 5-2 advantage with 11:11 to play, Pecknold pulled Garteig.
"He was struggling from the moment we dropped the puck," Pecknold said of his sophomore netminder. "He struggled the whole night, and he's played every game for us so we figured we'd get the other kid [Jacob Meyers] in there."
Quinnipiac added a power-play score with Meyers pulled late in the third to pull within two goals at 5-3, but a Dan Kolomatis ice-length empty-net goal with 26 seconds left sealed the win for Merrimack, which has now earned points against top 12 teams in three straight weekends.
"We want to win, so you need to turn the page to some extent [after a 6-1 loss Friday], you can't harbor it," Dennehy finished. "Both teams are undefeated coming into today. Neither team had won or lost a game on the 18th of January, 2014. So you take what you need to take from last night and move on. It was a step forward tonight."
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Update: I have to pay to send them back and receive a refund, they have no policy to cover shipping if it is THEIR fault. The shipping is on you. The time from order to arriving to my house was 16 days."
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I have ordered glasses online for years always from Zennis but this time I saw some on googgles4u that I liked. I ordered 5 pairs.
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cefdinir - oral, Omnicef (cont.)
HOW TO USE: Take this medication by mouth, with or without food, usually once a day, or twice a day every 12 hours, or as directed by your doctor.The dosage is based on your medical condition and response to therapy. Do not take more than the maximum recommended amount of 600 milligrams per day.Antibiotics work best when the amount of medicine in your body is kept at a constant level. Therefore, take this drug at evenly spaced intervals.Continue to use this medication until the full prescribed amount is finished even if symptoms disappear after a few days. Stopping the medication too early may allow bacteria to continue to grow, which may result in a relapse of the infection.Some medications can bind with cefdinir preventing its full absorption. If you take antacids containing magnesium or aluminum, iron supplements, or vitamin/mineral products, take them at least 2 hours apart from cefdinir.Inform your doctor if your condition persists or worsens.
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