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Micah: Because the Crookshanks versus Scabbers battles have begun, this is MuggleCast Episode 192 for February 18th, 2010.
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Andrew: Welcome everyone to Episode 192. We're approaching - I was doing the math the other day and it looks like we're going to be hitting Episode 200 in late May or early June, or maybe mid-June, I can't remember. But it's very exciting. 200 episodes.
Micah: Unbelievable.
[Andrew laughs]
Eric: So...
Andrew: As you think back on all that transcript work for 200 episodes.
[Eric laughs]
Micah: That's true - very true. Do you think we'll get a trailer before that?
Andrew: Oh, I hope so.
Micah: Yeah?
Andrew: Oh, geez, I hope so!
[Andrew, Eric, and Micah laugh]
Andrew: But, yeah, I was - there's not going to be anything big unless they release a trailer around that time, but we'll have to make sure Episode 200 is one big bonanza.
Eric: So, what you're saying Andrew, is that we're going to London?
Andrew: [laughs] I - yes - sure. No.
Eric: Because we did London for the first hundred.
Andrew: Right, right. Yeah, the hundred - Episode 100 was in London for the release of Deathly Hallows. That worked out perfectly.
Eric: It did. It really did.
Andrew: Nothing can top that I don't think.
Eric: No.
Andrew: But anyway, first we need to get through eight more episodes including this one. There's - there hasn't been much news, but we have plenty of e-mails to go through, and of course, Chapter-by-Chapter of Prisoner of Azkaban and all that good other stuff that you've come to know and love. I'm Andrew Sims.
Eric: I'm Eric Scull.
Micah: I'm Micah Tannenbaum.
Nick: And I'm Nick Myers.
Andrew: All right Micah, what's in the news this week? It's a Lego news episode, isn't it?
Micah: It is a Lego news episode. There hasn't been much going on as you mentioned, and I figured we'd just take a little bit of time here to talk about Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and the question I wanted to pose, because we've gotten a lot of screenshots lately - the producer of the game just recently did another interview and actually today the cover art for the game was officially released. Do you guys think this is shaping up to be the best Potter video game?
[Andrew and Eric laugh]
Andrew: That's a bold statement. I mean there have been so many classics in the past.
Micah: There have not been.
[Andrew and Micah laugh]
Nick: It's certainly shaping up to be the funnest Harry Potter game for sure.
Andrew: Yeah. There's a lot - and I know we say this for all the EA games - they do the games for each film, but they seem to really be putting a lot of care in this and all the videos look great. I was a big fan of the original Lego Harry Potter. This one looks great too, so, yeah, I think it could be one of the best ones.
Micah: Eric, I know you're a big Lego video game fan.
Eric: Yeah, yeah definitely. I'm a fan of it. Everything I've been reading about the Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 game just seems really awesome and, of course, this cover art just makes it look even cooler.
Andrew: Yeah, it's really well done.
Eric: It definitely wins the cover art competition for me, compared to other Harry Potter video games.
Eric: Yeah, I think it's going to be - the Lego games have a sort of humor to them that just works really well in a lot of ways and it's going to work just as well with early Harry Potter. I think it'll be a great game.
Micah: Yeah.
Eric: And the fact that they've had practice with two renditions of the Star Wars, two renditions of Indiana Jones, Batman, and a few others that are in the works - it's great that they've waited a little while to get into Harry Potter, but the Lego Harry Potter set is a thriving area of Lego's company and so it's great to see that they, with TY Games, has worked on this rendition.
Micah: Yeah. It seems like a lot more care has been put into this game and I don't mean to knock the games that have come from Electronic Arts because they did an amazing job with Hogwarts and the surrounding areas, but I think the biggest problem...
Andrew: But it ends there.
Eric: [laughs] Yeah.
Micah: Yeah, but the biggest problem people have had with the games is the actual gameplay and there not being enough to do...
[dog barks in the background]
Micah: ...as somebody's dog points out...
Eric: Sorry. [laughs]
Micah: ...that they agree - no, your dog agrees which is - that's a very good thing. [laughs] And I just - I'm hoping that although this seems, in practice, like a more childlike game, meaning that it's geared more for younger people, our age group may be able to enjoy it more than the EA games because I actually thought that as much as the EA games look like more adult games, they are actually geared more towards children.
Andrew: Yeah, and I mean look where we are in terms of technology these days. I think this game is going to look beautiful on Hi-Def televisions and especially with systems like the PS3 and th Xbox 360. I mean, I'm looking forward to just the graphic quality on these as well.
Eric: Yeah, and like you were saying about gameplay too, Order of the Phoenix, for instance, had a great roaming Hogwarts, that we read the interviews months before the game came out and we were like, "Oh wow, fully immersive Hogwarts!"
Andrew: [laughs] Yeah.
Eric: And it pretty much - it did, it was pretty big for an environment, but you really couldn't do anything with it.
Andrew: Yeah.
Eric: And this Lego game is promising to - you can rebuild parts of Hogwarts and destroy them and all that stuff.
Eric: And that just sounds totally awesome. So no crevice in the game will go untouched.
Andrew: I have a PS3 that I bought primarily for the Blu-ray capabilities and this will be probably the first video game that I buy for it [laughs] having had the PS3 for close to two years now.
Nick: Whoa.
Andrew: Because it's a game that actually looks worth it. And I'm just really excited for the quality - the visual quality - that you're going to get. The trailer - it's just very animated - it just looks great. It looks great.
Micah: Yeah, the detail as I said is just amazing and I like how the producer pointed out that if you're in Year 1 you're not able to access everything around the castle - certain parts of it are locked off - or even other areas that they've developed - not just Hogwarts specifically, but - and also that you need to actually travel from one place to another. It's not going to be like EA where you get these cut scenes and all of a sudden you end up somewhere else. You have to work your way through the years.
Nick: Not only that, but the fact that the characters can grow throughout the game and you're not given all the spells at the start to practice with and then use throughout like you are with EA games. With this one you'll learn them and grow throughout the year and that's fantastic.
Andrew: Yeah, that is definitely cool. We got some Twitter - we got some feedback from you guys via Twitter. We asked you on our Twitter account at Twitter.com/MuggleCast. We asked, "Do you think that this game is turning out to be the best Harry Potter video game?" APGB said:
"I love the fact you'll be able to play as over 100 unlockable characters - even Fang."
That's really cool.
Nick: That's amazing.
Eric: That's been a staple of the Lego games though - play as literally that many characters. Like especially Star Wars - everyone - every character even non-play characters - they call them guards and all sorts of soldiers that are in the background of certain cut-scenes and levels are all programmed so you can end up playing as them, especially in free play mode. But playing as Fang and everything - each of the characters have their own skill set, especially in Indiana Jones in particular - and there was an article where they said - they would reference something similar to that - where each of these a hundred characters are going to have a different set of skills and abilities even if it's just jumping higher, that's going to help you choose which character you're going to be roaming Hogwarts.
Andrew: Right, right. And there was a video demonstration the other day of how they're designing Quidditch. And it's that same exact thing where Harry is the best person to use for flying around on brooms. And they demonstrated how Ron and Hermione had sort of - they struggle with controlling their brooms and climbing aboard it - so that's the kind of detail that I think we're all looking forward to.
Eric: Oh, yeah.
Andrew: But FlizLovesKon writes:
"The game looks excellent. I love the way I can revisit the books in gaming format with the added bonus of the Lego theme."
prudhvii writes:
"The previews look good, but do you think that they will have two games for the seventh book because the movie is in two parts?"
Nick: I don't think so, personally. I think they'll do a 5-7 one as well.
Eric: Yeah.
Nick: I mean, for me personally one of my problems with the EA games is that the storytelling is actually quite short and the game doesn't last very long - it's only the mini quests and adventures that pad it out and I think one of the things that's going to be good about this Lego game is that it encompasses four whole years and they can add a lot more to the length of the game.
Andrew: Well, also, a possible Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 would - I think would directly ride on how well Years 1-4 do.
Nick: Yeah.
Andrew: Like, you know, in terms of sales and in terms of reviews. You know, if it gets great reviews and great sales they'll definitely go for 5-7.
Eric: And it - it was...
Andrew: So let's hope it does well.
Eric: It was really clever and, you know, I almost want to say insightful that they - they stopped, you know, with Years 1-4, that they focused on essentially half the series.
Andrew: Right.
Eric: Because I mean after - these games - what I want to say is these games have this level selection and main menu kind of world in and of itself, be it like in Star Wars it was the cantina and in Indiana Jones it was Cambridge where you just - you can walk around and that has its own game play almost as well. And thinking about Years 1-4, you know, I can't wait and what you said about certain parts of Hogwarts being locked off. You know, as a level select area there's no better place than Hogwarts but Years 5-7, especially 7, takes place, you know, really far away from Hogwarts so they're going to have to re-evaluate how they do that for that - that section of the gaming. You know, because a lot of the books start taking place elsewhere and important areas that we're going to want to play in but - they can revisit - they can cross that bridge when they come to it essentially because they just have Years 1-4 and it's - they're all set at Hogwarts and they're all going to be lots of fun.
Andrew: maritza_cardona writes:
"The visuals seem great and the comedic moments actually made me smile. This one looks better than the first HP games released."
Prior, I guess she means.
Micah: Absolutely, yeah. I think we all touched on that.
Micah: That we agree this is better than EA.
Andrew: Finally, AndrewNH writes:
"I think they are awesome. So much more like the books and I hope it's an open world like the other Lego Harry Potter - like the other Lego games. And it will be so fun."
So there you go. Some feedback from those of you who follow us on Twitter at Twitter.com/MuggleCast. Thanks for the feedback! In other news Micah?
Micah: Well, I just wanted to mention - since we're on the topic of video games...
Andrew: No!
Micah: ...didn't EA - no? Didn't do anything?
Andrew: I said onward! Onward! Yah! Yah! No, go ahead. [laughs]
Micah: No, this is important though...
Andrew: Go ahead, you're right.
Micah: ...for the people who love the boring EA games that...
Andrew: [laughs] Ouch.
Micah: ...Electronic Arts announced that there's going to be a Harry Potter title that's going to be released this fall and...
Micah: ...I'm just kind of wondering though, are they going to break the game up in two? Because that would just be the end...
Andrew: I think so. [laughs]
Micah: They don't have a choice I guess because they use so many cut scenes from the movies and they're very movie based as opposed to book based, but...
Micah: I can't see the sales for that video game doing very well.
Andrew: Well, I think that's the thing, like, if they don't release a video game - a Harry Potter title this year, they would have to wait for Part II. They can't release an entire video game for Part I and Part II this fall, because it would spoil the second half of the movie. So, they got to - I think they see it as a money making opportunity. Even though, I officially have lost faith in EA's Harry Potter video games. I mean, I know they care so much and they're such a good team of people. We've met them and interviewed them, they're so nice, but I guess the Harry Potter games just aren't meant to be built how they are building them because they really don't work.
Micah: No, they don't. I think they should've developed them more as a role-playing game, kind of similar to Legend of Zelda, where you...
Micah: ...have that free roaming ability. I mean you do, but it's still restricted, like if you play these past video games - you know, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, you can move around Hogwarts and you can kind of go to the outlying grounds, but you can't get into Hogsmeade, you can't go to other places and travel around, you know, Diagon Alley or - I don't know, pick a place. But the point is that they really screwed up I think. Not in their design because again, what they did with Hogwarts was unbelievable in how they created it in the video game sense, but just the game-play aspect of it failed so miserably.
Andrew: Yeah. On the other hand, maybe EA could surprise us and release an entirely new game! Like a new Quidditch game, that would be good! Quidditch World Cup! That was a good game.
Eric: Agreed.
Eric: And it was totally - and that seemed to have the least direct influence from a movie or anything. I mean, they basically took Jo's world and they fleshed it out and - playing that game in Tokyo, for instance...
Andrew: Yeah!
Eric: It's a beautiful stadium, and you get to play in the sunset. Just amazing visuals, great game-play all around, and it wasn't an easy fix, you know. You had to go around and play as all the different teams and win the World Cup with them. So it was long playing. You know, it was just a really smart idea.
Andrew: It was fun. So maybe they'll do a new unique idea like that. But, who knows? We'll just have to wait and see. Even though my money's still on Deathly Hallows: Part I, the video game being released. "Run through the forest! Press A! Press A!
[Everyone laughs]
Andrew: "Zoom around that tree!"
Micah: So wrapping up the Lego news, there was a press release last week that six new Harry Potter construction sets and a Lego Harry Potter board game are going to be released later on this year, in the fall.
Micah: Excited?
Andrew: I've always been a fan of the Lego construction...
[Someone "tsks"]
Andrew: Hey, don't laugh! This is serious!
[Nick laughs]
Andrew: I've always been a fan of the Lego construction sets and they tend to be kind of expensive, so I may not buy one, but they're fun!
Nick: Did you see the video though?
Andrew: Huh? Oh, of the board game?
Nick: It doesn't even look anything like...
Nick: ...anything related to the series.
Andrew: The board game they're building does not look good. But the construction sets look cool! [laughs] And I got to say, those old - you know, they had made a castle close to ten years ago now as a construction set, and that thing is worth a lot of money now.
Eric: Is it?
Andrew: Those things, if you have an original, yeah. My dad bought one and sold it on eBay for like, $300.
Eric: Wow.
Andrew: [laughing] Yeah! So, I was like, "Dad, why didn't you give it to me?" And he was like, "Quiet son! Back to the cupboard!"
[Nick, Micah and Eric laugh]
Andrew: But, yeah I'm looking - is anyone else excited for these construction sets?
[Prolonged silence]
Andrew: No?
Eric: Yeah. Yeah.
Nick: [laughing] That was a no.
Eric: Well, I mean like - and it looks like the Burrow and stuff, the're getting - they're getting creative again, you know? And it's not just the graveyard set where it's like, you know, maybe a few characters or so, but mostly nothing in - you know, it's probably difficult to come up with these construction sets. There are so many places in Harry's world, but they're so huge. Like the Ministry of Magic, you just don't want to not do them justice. But yeah, I think they got their little creative edge back.
Andrew: Right, right. Anything else in the news, Micah?
Micah: No, that is it. Lego news.
Andrew: Well, we should also say "Happy Birthday" to Emerson Spartz, the webmaster and founder of MuggleNet. He turns 23 - he turned 23 on February 17th so Happy Birthday to him.
Eric: Happy Birthday Emerson.
Andrew: Sorry, I don't have a song prepared...
Micah: Yeah, I was waiting for...
Andrew: ...I just wanted to say that.
Micah: ...something to play there.
Andrew: No, but...
Micah: We can all sing if we want. But, I would advise against that.
Andrew: [sings] "Happy Birthday, to you."
Eric: [sings] "To you."
Andrew: Okay, well, before we get to Muggle Mail this week, we have a couple of e-mails about that J.K. - that negative J.K. Rowling e-mail that we read on the show last week. We got a lot of feedback but we just have two e-mails here. Nick, do you want to read the first one from Brittany?
Nick: Sure. This is from Brittany who's 14 and from Ohio and she writes:
"After listening to Anna's letter last episode, which was highly critical, I feel I must disagree with her strongly on one point in particular. She says Harry Potter is nothing more than a staggeringly popular book for children. Well then, how did it get so popular? When she was reading the series, did she understand the emotional depths, powerful themes, and meaningful morals in it? Or did she just read it looking for nothing but pleasure reading and taking in no knowledge whatsoever? This book is not popular because it is merely an enjoyable children's book. Incidentally, it is not just for children either. It is popular because of the themes of love, grief and trust. Can you get that in a video game? I encourage readers of Harry Potter to look deeper, as the MuggleCasters have always done so well and not judge based on popularity."
Andrew: I actually do think that's one of the things thats harmed Harry Potter. You know, an outsider - outsiders look at Harry Potter and say, "Oh, it's just popular because it's popular. It's just in right now. It's sort of the thing." But, as Brittany brings up, how did it get so popular? And it's because of how well written these books are. It wasn't - I really don't think it was sort of like trend, you know, people genuinely enjoy the books.
Eric: Yeah, the world and the books is just unmatched, really it is. And as we go through, I know my chapter of Chapter-by-Chapter this week. We'll just see how crafty, you know, Jo was in these early Harry Potter novels and establishing just how deep her world is and the characters are just really relatable.
Eric: And completely...
Nick: It's unfair to cheapen the series as a fad I think.
Eric: Yeah. Absolutely. Do that with Twilight if you want, I agree with you, but...
Micah: I don't think that we spent 192 episodes on nothing either. Thats the other side of it.
Micah: There have been shows that we've really gotten deep into things and one of them would be the politics show that we spent just I think close to two hours discussing the...
Andrew: Politics.
Micah: ...symbolism.
Micah: Yeah, yeah, I didn't know what other word to use, but we really did spend a lot of time discussing that, and we've broken down characters, we've had analysis of a lot of them, devoted shows just to certain characters, so I don't think that it's a child's book - I don't think you can do that with, you know, the Mother Goose stories, where you can break down [laughs] characters to the depth that we've done, or look at the symbolism in those stories as much as you can with a series like this.
Andrew: Yeah. I think you're right. There's no way we could do a podcast, like Micah said at the beginning of that, for one hundred and ninety-two episodes - like there's just no other book series that I know of - maybe Lord of the Rings, although I've never read it. Well, let's move on now to Muggle Mail. The first e-mail comes from Aaron, nineteen, of Sydney, Austrailia. He says:
"I'm up to the bit where you guys are talking about the Weasley's winnings and their trip in Episode 191. I think it was not a case of money mismanagement, and I don't think they should be penalized for spending it the way they did. The Weasleys have lived like this forever, and they're comfortable with it. They don't want any Malfoy mansion. The Burrow is their mansion. They're proud of who they are. Anyway who says investing money to get more money is wise? I think spending the money on the family trip would have brought them much more joy than any amount of money, not to mention all the memories they now have."
Micah: So...
Andrew: It's a good point...
Micah: Are these the same people that wrote in about how the Weasleys were mismanaging their money? Now all of a sudden we criticize them and these same people are writing back [laughs] to criticize us? I mean, I know the biggest thing we left out when we discussed it on our last show, was that they were going to visit Bill. And that was their primary reason for the trip.
Micah: And...
Nick: You were all kind of harsh last episode.
Andrew: Well what's your opinion of it, Nick?
Nick: They should just invest in banks, and...
Nick: ...I think that was the conclusion?
Nick: It's the last time they all got to spend time together as a family before later in the series when half of them die. I think it was a good thing to do, they came across a windfall of unexpected cash, they had lived acceptably before they had it, and yeah. I can't blame them.
Andrew: Yeah. I don't know - I just - maybe I was wrong when I said that we always hear them complaining about money, because they really don't in the books...
Eric: No...
Andrew: ...but they do, sort of allude - we do see hints of - J.K. Rowling drops ideas to us of how poor they are, and maybe Aaron's right. Maybe they enjoy living that way. And that's fine. And I'm glad they went on a vacation and had a great time.
Micah: It couldn't have cost that much money, though, if you think about it. I mean, they don't travel by air.
Eric: With seven kids? Oh, yeah. You're right.
Micah: And they probably have a place to stay with Bill...
Eric: Or a tent. [laughs]
Micah: So, they probably didn't spend a whole lot of it on the trip. But I would say we got fifty e-mails alone just on this, and how horrible...
Andrew: People are very passionate.
Micah: ...of people we are...
[Andrew and Nick laugh]
Micah: ...to be criticizing the Weasleys.
Eric: well, you picked a strong e-mail, I mean, I think that this e-mail is very strong, and not offensive in any way. But it gets to the point. So that's really good.
Nick: I was just wondering, it's not cleared up in the books, but can't they just like Floo Powder themselves to Egypt, and then just...
Andrew: You would think so.
Nick: I can't imagine the cost being that much anyways.
Andrew: True. Or use a Portkey.
Andrew: Nick, can you read the next e-mail for us please?
Nick: Sure. Next e-mail is from Aaron, who's 17 and from New Zealand.
"In Episode 191, you were discussing why Harry didn't stay away from Marge, why Vernon doesn't stop him being near Marge. Well, the answer is actually in the book. I didn't see how any of you didn't pick up on this when you just read those chapters."
And he quotes the books, and it says:
"Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia usually encouraged Harry to stay out of their way, which Harry was only too happy to do. Aunt Marge, on the other hand, wanted Harry under her eye at all times, so that she could boom out suggestions for his improvement."
Andrew: I'd like to say that I did know about this and I tried to bring it up, but I think we sort of got sidetracked. My point was that Uncle Vernon should have stepped in and overpowered Aunt Marge, since he knew what Harry could do if he was pushed. So therefore, it was his responsibility to take action. We knew that Aunt Marge wanted Harry there, but Uncle Vernon should have said, "No, he has to stay up in his room. Sorry." And just leave it at that.
Nick: I think Uncle Vernon is under the hierarchy of people now, isn't he? He was kind of...
Andrew: It is what in the hierarchy, sorry?
Nick: Lower down. I think Aunt Marge - what she says goes.
Andrew: Yeah...
Andrew: I guess so. I mean, that is pretty sad if it's true.
Eric: [laughs] Vernon is kind of submissive there.
Andrew: Eric, you want to take the next e-mail?
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TC TO JEAN CARLYLE AITKEN ; 19 February 1850; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18500219-TC-JCA-01; CL 25: 30
Chelsea, 19 feby (Tuesday) 1850
Dear Jean,—Many thanks for your little Note; which I was right glad to read this morning. I am very glad to hear you express your adherence to the painful doctrine I set forth; it is really a terrible job,—so lonely as I am, no man sharing my adventure, only all men looking at me in it as they wd do at a man walking perilously on the roof-ridges,—asking themselves, "When will the dog fall?" He won't if he can help it, friends; and he has a bit farther to go!— Almost 30 years back, I can recollect the poor little craw Jean running tripping about my feet, eager to catch what I said, when Jack and Alick were with me; and I have always respected her rugged veracity and strength of natural judgement, and been very glad to be approved by her.
No 2 has been done some time; but I am like to break my heart over "No 3,"1 which seems as if nothing could ever do it! But that is always the way; by some course or other, I shall get thro' No 3 too, better or worse.— By the bye, as I send by post my mother's copy, I think there will be one superfluous, remaining on your hands; is there not? If so, I wish you could send it regularly to Gillenbie2 (whom I quite forgot, till a pair of wedding cards came here the other day): if there is not a superfluous copy, or if difficulties any way intervene, never mind this at all.— — — The Pamphlets have "a vigorous sale," the Publisher says; otherwise the response of the public hitherto, I think, is pretty much, All the dogs of the Parish barking sharply, "Whaf-thaf? Bow-wow!" and a few private voices of men saying earnestly "Go on, go on!"3— —
But I must out, and have a walk, as this headof mine admonishes. We have good walking weather now, some rare times very beautiful, tho' there is still much wet and bluster of winds, and puddle of darkness and mud. I am by no means strong in the liver department; must do the best to husband my strength there!— — Jane is pretty well; will write to you soon, I hope.— Good b'ye dear Sister: my regards to James to Jenny and them all. Take care of yourself too!— Ever your affectionate
T. Carlyle


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Newsletter Issues
Exactal News
Exactal appoints resellers for African & Adria regions
Exactal is pleased to announce the appointment of two new resellers for the African and Adria regions, based in South Africa and Slovenia respectively. The appointment of these two respected resellers will allow continued growth of the CostX® range of products around the world as it becomes the new industry standard for estimating software worldwide.
Exactal Office Expansions
Exactal is pleased to announce that both Exactal's Head Office in Brisbane and Exactal Asia's office in Hong Kong have relocated to larger premises. The move of both these offices to larger locations is due to the continued growth within the company as more and more people adopt the CostX® technology within their own businesses.
Exactal to Visit AWCI Conference 2011
Exactal is pleased to announce that they will be attending the 2011 66th Annual AWCI Conference as an official exhibitor.
Exactal to Visit AVEVA World Summits
Exactal is pleased to announce that they will be attending the 2011 AVEVA World Summits as an official sponsor.
The theme of this year's conference is Joined-Up Thinking, and Exactal hopes to exemplify this theme by promoting CostX® software's new PDMS compatibility.
CostX Certified Partners Program
Exactal is pleased to announce the commencement of the CostX® Certified Partners Program this week. This mutually beneficial program will signify more growth for Exactal and continue to raise the reputation of CostX® as the new industry standard for estimating software.


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The wrestling program at Southern Virginia University is moving from club status to becoming a NCAA Division III varsity competitor, the Buena Vista, Va. school announced Tuesday.
With the upgrade, which goes into effect for the 2014-15 season, Southern Virginia will be the third Division III wrestling program in Virginia, joining Ferrum College, and Washington & Lee University.
Logan Davis, head coach for the SVU wrestling club, will continue to head up the program once it moves to NCAA D3 status. Davis, a 2009 Southern Virginia graduate, was a two-time USCAA Academic All-American in both cross country and wrestling. Davis was also a three-time qualifier for the NCWA (National College Wrestling Association) national tournament in the 133-pound weight class.
This past season, the wrestling club sent six individuals to the NWCA national championships while five were named USCAA All-Academic honorees. Coulter Sims, a junior at SVU, was also recognized as an NWCA All-Academic recipient.
Since the 1999-2000 season, the Southern Virginia wrestling club can claim 17 NCWA All-Americans, including two national champions: Nate Casperson (2000), and three-time champ Peter Rose (2008-10).
"We're excited to add wrestling as an official sport at Southern Virginia and continue the proud history of the program," said Director of Athletics Jason Lamb. "Our wrestling program is the only one offered in a Latter-day Saint environment, so to become an official sport will attract additional wrestlers who want live by the code of honor and compete at an NCAA level. Coach Davis is doing a great job with the team and we're excited to see them compete at a higher standard of competition."
Coach Logan was equally eager to take the wrestling program to a new level.
"We are very excited to compete at a higher level and see how we match up on a national stage," said head coach Davis. "This is the next step in our evolution and we are prepared to meet the new challenges that will be presented. A varsity wrestling program pairs very well with the overall mission of the school. Wrestling is about more than brute strength - it's about developing the complete self. I believe we can quickly rise to national recognition.
"There is a lot of untapped wrestling talent out there and I believe recruits will see the commitment of the university to its wrestling program and desire to join our team."
According to the school's official website, Southern Virginia University can trace its roots back to 1867, developing into a women's college. The school welcomed men in 1994, and, two years later, became affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It changed its name from Southern Virginia College to its present name in 2001.


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The Torrance Cultural Arts Foundation presents BUBBLEMANIA: Comedy with a Drip! for two shows only at the Armstrong Theater on Sunday, April 27.
Witness the beauty, wonder and fun of bubbles, as Casey Carle brings his amazing one-man show combining spontaneous comedy, jazz music and brilliant bubbling, to the South Bay.
Among the many featured skills are fantastic fog-filled bubble sculptures, blobs of helium-filled foam, bubble Ping-Pong, trapping an audience member (or two?) inside a gigantic soap bubble and thousands of bubbles filling the stage.
The show offers amazement and amusement for ages 5 through 95.
Arrive early for the show and participate in a special art project provided by Art To Grow On Children's Art Center.
Showtimes are 2 and 6 p.m. and tickets are $20 per person.
For additional information, call 310-781-7171 or visit the website at http://www.torrancearts.org/about-torrance-cultural-arts-foundation/.
For a calendar of upcoming events, view the season brochure here http://www.torrancearts.org/brochure/index.htm.
The Armstrong Theatre is located in the Torrance Cultural Arts Center at 3330 Civic Center Drive in Torrance.


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Google is launching smartwatches that are based on its Android mobile software. The wearable devices is set to push the expanding internet company the line is called Andriod wear and will be available late 2014.
Google has partnered Samsung Electronics Co, LG Electronics, Intel Corp, Fossil Group and several consumer electronics and technology companies to develop the new line of watches.
Wearables is just the beginning of what' s to come with mobile technology Google stated
""That's why we're so excited about wearables—they understand the context of the world around you, and you can interact with them simply and efficiently, with just a glance or a spoken word."
The smartwatches include features that will enable people to speak into their watches to check sports scores, control music, send replies to text messages and even open their home garages.Google's Android operating system is used in more than three out every four smartphones sold worldwide.
Currently the company is developing Google Glass, a small stamp-sized screen attached to a pair of eyeglass frames.


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Jeff Tweedy and his side project, simply named Tweedy, came back from a week long break to play on the fourth of July at the Ottawa Bluesfest in Ottawa, Ontario. Tweedy and his band, made up of guitarist Jim Elkington, bassist Darin Gray, keyboard player Liam Cunningham, and Spencer Tweedy (Tweedy's 18-year old son) on drums, took the Blacksheep Stage, LeBreton Flats Friday evening to play seven songs off their upcoming debut disc Sukierae, (dropping on dBpm Records on Sept. 16), plus a crowd pleasing batch of Wilco and Uncle Tupelo songs. It went something like this:
"Diamond Light"
"Summer Noon"
"World Away"
"New Moon"
"High as Hello"
"Low Key"
"I Am Trying To Break Your Heart"
"New Madrid"
"Passenger Side"
"Spiders (Kidsmoke)"
"Born Alone"
"Jesus Etc."
"I'm The Man Who Loves You"
"Shot in the Arm"
"You Are Not Alone"
"California Stars" (Tweedy changed California to Canada for the occasion singing "Can-a-dian" in the chorus)
Read a brief review of the show by Daniel Sylvester at exclaim.ca:
Jeff Tweedy Blacksheep Stage, LeBreton Flats, Ottawa ON, July 4
Next up:
Toronto Urban Roots Fest, Toronto, ON July 6
Taste of Chicago, Chicago, IL July 12
The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH July 25
L.L. Bean Flagship store, Freeport, ME July 26 (Sold Out)
Visit Wilco's official website (wilcoworld.net) for more information.
Please subscribe to the Wilco Examiner via the subscribe button above and follow @filmbabble on Twitter.


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This photographic book contains photographs of the terrain of the Devils River State Natural Area and 4,000 year old pictographs of two Rock Art Shelters located within this pristine 20,000 acre preserve located in Val Verde County, Texas. This is located in a very remote area 22 miles down the dirt Dolan Creek Road that begins approximately 27 miles north of Del Rio, Texas off Hiway 277. Access is very limited and requires permission and a tour guide. These photographs were taken on a tour with the Texas Rock Art Foundation in early May 2010
I have been doing photography since mid 1960's moved to digital in 1990's currently using Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon 5D, Canon 20D, Canon L lenses and Sigma Macro Lenses. Photographed in Australia, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, China, Korea, Equador, Italy, France, Spain, Canada, BVI and USA. Types include Landscape, sports, action, bull rides, rodeo, fashion, glamor, portraits, animals, pets, macro, medical, fauna, flora, adventure, polar bears, rock art and just about anything you can think of capturing. Capturing the emotion of the moment or place and incorporating all the technical components of composition, exposure, light, design elements, focus, DOF and digital darkroom work are utilized and important in my work. I hope you enjoy.
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Del Rio Rotary Independence Day Rodeo Published February 26, 2016
Trey Benton Winner GPM 2014 Published February 12, 2015
TREY BENTON WINNER 2013 GPM Published March 17, 2014
North America's Oldest Library Book 3 Published September 16, 2013
Cole Echols Winner 35th GPM 2012 Published January 11, 2013
J. W. Harris Champion GPM 2011 Published March 08, 2012
North America's Oldest Library Book Two Published January 16, 2012
Clint Craig Champion 2010 GPM Published March 23, 2011


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"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Brandi Glanville has said some things over the past season that has not sit well with some of her co-stars. In fact, she insulted Joyce Giraud with various racist comments, including one that she didn't think Joyce could swim. However, Brandi did more than offend her cast members. According to a new Bravo report from Feb. 11, "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Brandi Glanville is now fighting back after Kenya Moore called her "ignorant" after her comments about "black people not being able to swim."
"You're a black person...all my black friends can't swim," Brandi told Joyce during an episode of the show. That comment didn't sit well with Kenya who later said, "Brandi cannot be more ignorant." Of course, such a comment hasn't created peace between them. However, Brandi is ready to defend herself. She recently set the record straight. "I am sorry but I just don't care nor do I respect the opinion of a grown ass woman who flirts, texts, and tries to sleep with another woman's husband," Brandi has revealed. "Once she finds some self respect maybe I will learn to care about what she thinks."
The two women are not getting along these days, and one can imagine that the two would have lots of tension if they went to the same Bravo event and had to hang out.
What do you think of Brandi's comments?


text: BEFORE THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD OF THE STATE OF OREGON HEARINGS DIVISION Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division ) Docket No: SH92070 Plaintiff, ) CITATION NO: D223808191 ) PAC ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS Defendant ) OPINION AND ORDER Hearing was held in Medford, Oregon on August 11, 1992 before Philip A. Mongrain, Referee. Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division was represented by Assistant Attorney General Norman F. Kelley. Pacific Electrical Contractors, Inc. was represented by Emerson Hamilton. The hearing was reported by JoeAnn Johnson of Business Support Services and was closed at its conclusion. ISSUE Whether the employer violated a safety standard as alleged by a citation issued on September 25, 1991. FINDINGS OF FACT On September 5, 1991 Mike Hill, an employee of Pacific Electrical Contractors, Inc. was observed by Safety Compliance Officer Dennis Dixon working for about five minutes in an aerial lift about 25 feet above a paved surface while repairing a pole-mounted light (Dennis Dixon's testimony; Exhibits 3, 4). While doing this work Mr. Hill did not wear a safety belt and a lanyard, although a belt and lanyard were in the truck cab (Dennis Dixon's testimony; Exhibits 3, 4). Mr. Hill stated to Mr. Dixon that he was trained to use a belt but often did not wear the belt and lanyard for "short" jobs at heights less than 50 feet; that the time it takes him to put the equipment on is as long as a short job may require (Dennis Dixon's testimony; Exhibits 3, 4). Mr. Hill stated that use of a safety belt and lanyard had been discussed by the company but over a period of time there had been no follow-up that frequently he might not see a supervisor on the job site for as long as two weeks (Dennis Dixon's testimony). The aerial ladder which Mr. Hill climbed on September 5 had a sign on it requiring a safety belt when using the ladder (Exhibit 5, page 2). After speaking with Mr. Hill the compliance office spoke with Steve Hess, owner and president of Pacific Electrical Contractors (Dennis Dixon's testimony; Exhibit 3). Mr. Hess acknowledged his awareness of the rules and stated that employees are trained to use belts when in the basket (Exhibit 3). Mr. Hess then prepared documents describing a violation of OAR 437-03-001 29 CFR 1926.556 (b)(2)(v), pertaining to failure to use a safety belt and lanyard on an aerial ladder (Dennis Dixon's testimony; Exhibit 3). A citation was issued on September 25 charging the employer with violation of the above standard in that an employee working on an aerial lift was not using a body belt with attached lanyard (Exhibit 1, page 2). A penalty of $800 was imposed for a serious violation, based on Mr. Dixon's assessment of a low probability of an injury that could result in death, and a 20 percent reduction for immediate compliance (Dennis Dixon's testimony; Exhibits 1 (page 3), 3). The employer has a thorough safety program for advising employees of safety rules and the importance thereof, including recognition for safety, a general policy guide, safety meetings, internal "newsletter" publications, and envelope "stuffers" (Steve Hess's testimony; Exhibit 8). Enforcement of company rules, including violation of safety rules, is accomplished by escalating measures from verbal warnings by Steve Hess to written warnings to termination (Steve Hess's testimony; Exhibit 8). However, site inspections and monitoring of possible violations on small jobs is difficult and not subject to any clear and regular procedure (Steve Hess's testimony). safety rules are at times difficult to publicize and enforce because yf more flexible work hours of more employees and because highly skilled electrical workers are often not intimidated by threats of termination (Steve Hess's testimony). The booklet outlining for employees the employment procedures and policies of Pacific Electrical Contractors was amended at some point, possibly after this incident, to require without exception the use of safety belts and lanyards with ladder trucks (Exhibit 8, page 14). Mr. Dixon testified that Steve Hess stated he knew some employees did not wear belts on "short term" jobs, but he did not know what to do about it. Mr. Hess testified he was unaware where such an interpretation came from. ULTIMATE FINDINGS OF FACT 1) An employee of Pacific Electrical Contractors violated the safety standard requiring use of a safety belt and lanyard. 2) The employer safety program is deficient insofar as discovering violations of the type alleged. OPINION OAR 437-03-001 29 CFR 1926.556 (b)(2)(v) provides: "A body belt shall be worn and a lanyard attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift." Clearly, the standard was violated on September 5, 1991 when Mike Hill was working without a belt and a lanyard. The employer, however, alleges the affirmative defense of employee misconduct contrary to its safety program, which is a proper affirmative defense. H.B. Zachry Company v.OSHRC 638 F2d 812 (1981). Such a defense places in issue the adequacy of the safety program. Zachry, supra. As I view it, the employer's safety program was appropriately designed to provide information to the employees about safety matters, including use of safety belt and a lanyard when working on an aerial ladder. Meetings, newsletters and envelope "stuffers" apparently provided a great deal of relevant information, and of course in this case the aerial ladder itself carried a sign that a belt must be used. Mr. Hill was aware of the rule. The employer's safety program apparently provided a mechanism for warning an employee about safety standard violations and ultimately discharging him. Perhaps something more could have been done in the way of positive or negative recognition insofar as safety violations, but I am not prepared to conclude that the enforcement mechanism was insufficient. The problem with the safety program, as I see it, is that there is no persuasive evidence of sufficient procedures to discover violations on the short term jobs, for example one hour or less. The burden is on the employer to establish the adequacy of its program, so it must prove the program was sufficient to discover such violations. Zachry, supra. I recognize the problems of monitoring short term jobs that might be completed before a supervisor could even get to the work site, but surely something could be done. What that might be I am not sure, since I am not at all educated in the operation of this type of business, but the law would appear to require the employer to at least present evidence of an attempted procedure to discover violations. At the risk of sounding like one more uninformed bureaucrat as far as the practical realities of business operation, I feel compelled to conclude that no such evidence was presented and therefore the employer's burden has not been met. Accordingly, although I believe the employer to be sincerely concerned about the safety of its employees the affirmative defense must fail. I have no basis to dispute Mr. Dixon's assessment that the violation represents a low probability of the employee falling and death being the most severe possible result of a 25 foot fall to a paved surface. Such an assessment requires a $1000 fine, which was imposed and properly reduced by $200 for immediate correction. OAR 43-701-145; Exhibits 1 (page 2), 3 (page 1). CONCLUSION OF LAW The alleged violation in the citation has been proved, with no proved affirmative defense. ORDER IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the alleged violation and proposed penalty in Citation No. D223808191 are approved. NOTICE TO ALL PARTIES: If you are dissatisfied with this Order, you may, not later than sixty (60) days after the mailing date on this Order, request a review by the Court of Appeals, Third Floor, Justice Building, Salem, OR 97310, pursuant to ORS 183.480, 482. A request for review shall be mailed to the Court of Appeals at the above address with copies of such request mailed to all other parties to this proceeding. Failure to mail such a request for review within sixty (60) days after the mailing date of the Order will result in LOSS OF RIGHT TO APPEAL FROM THIS ORDER. Entered at Medford, Oregon on this day October 21, 1992 WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD Philip A. Mongrain,Referee


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|This picture is my place holder until I make the real deal this weekend.
Lime Ice Cream
found on AllRecipes.com in 2007, from "field editor Betsy Hedeman"
(I wish I could take credit for this!)
Prep time: 20 minutes
Ready in: 20 minutes
Serves: 4
2 c. milk
1 1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup lime juice (1-2 limes)
1 1/2 tsp grated lime peel
I cup heavy whipping cream
In a saucepan, combine milk and sugar. Cook over medium heat until sugar is dissolved and mixture reaches 175 degrees F. Cool to room temperature. Stir in the lime juice and peel. Freeze in an ice cream freezer according to manufacturer's directions.
Transfer frozen lime mixture to a bowl; allow to soften slightly. In a small mixing bowl, beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form. Fold into softened lime mixture. Allow ice cream to firm up in your refrigerator freezer for 4 hours before serving.
Enjoy!I love to serve this with a few fresh raspberries on top, it's irresistible and so very fresh!
And, someday, I'm going to do this with the ice cream:
|from: suziesweettooth.com
My mouth is watering...


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I have installed truecrypt and try it with tar.gz file, where I had some important data.
Now when I mount this file I just see empty folder, and was not able to find some solution, how to decode the file to be extractable?
Is it even possible?
Thanks for your time.


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Authentic Monique Lhuillier silk faille signature hand tufted skirt. Matching corset also available. Unaltered label size 10.
Contact me at email@example.com for more pictures and info. Go to www.white-organza.com to see more gowns.
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- Will Ship to: Anywhere at Buyer Expense
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Water is vital for life. In an emergency though, do you have enough water stored? Do you know how to treat water so you can drink it safely? Emergency water expert Glenn Meder and the American Preppers Network will present a free webinar Thursday on how to properly treat water.
The seminar, titled "Understanding Red Cross Recommendations for Treating Water During an Emergency," will cover how to properly purify and store water, key things to know to keep safe, understand the American Red Cross recommendations for treating water, and what to do and not do in a water emergency. It will last one hour.
Meder has been in the water purification business for over 20 years. He also invented the Survival Still emergency water distiller.
This free webinar will be offered at 8 p.m. on Thursday, 30 January. Registration is required. You can register by clicking here. Once you register, you will receive an email with the link to the webinar.
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I have a customer with a very very wide screen (1366 x 768) and I can reproduce the symptom using Virtual PC because I can resize the virtual PC window to get something close to that resolution.
But I'm trying to set the same conditions on my development PC and having no luck. I only get a set or preset aspect ratios.


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TC TO ALEXANDER CARLYLE; 11 September 1827; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18270911-TC-AC-01; CL 4:255-258.
21. Comley Bank, Tuesday Evening [11 September 1827]—
My Dear Alick,
Had it not been for the Doctor's intimation of your imperative need to hear from me, I should surely not have written tonight; for never man was busier than I at present; worn to an entire scraping with sleeplessness and scribbling and a thousand half-vexations, halfwelcome calls upon me. You will be satisfied with a word or two.
With regard to the cunceiling1 of these two upper rooms, it is not to be done on all the four sides, for in that case the bedhead would not get close to the wall; nor on only one side, for that would be very ugly; but on two sides; the front, where it is natural, and the back which must be made to correspond with it. Our uncle described it well enough as meant to "die away into a kind of oval thing.["] This I hope you will understand sufficiently; and herewith ends the main purport and bearing of my letter.
Within the last ten days I have received no fewer than three letters from the Doctor; so fierce and manifold are his resolutions at present that he is forced to fly to and fro with inconceivable rapidity. I wish I could commission you to bid him come along in Heaven's name, and the sooner the better; for College classes begin in Munich with the month of October; and I daresay the poor Doctor will be as nearly as possible deranged in mind till he get thither. But on your seeing him I must not depend; and so shall write to himself, one of these days, perhaps tomorrow. I cannot but anticipate great good to the Doctor from this journey, if the honest soul have luck: at all events, he may come back with his humour out, cured of his whim of foreign illumination, and set himself down to practice the cure of diseases like another honest Christian graduate.
I suppose he has mentioned to you that I had thoughts of starting as Candidate for one of the London Professorships. This must be kept among ourselves as much as may be; for it seems nearly certain that I shall actually make a trial; tho' the thing as yet is full of perplexity. Rhetoric, the class I once thought of applying for, has (I now find) as yet no existence; and I hang for the present divided between English Literature and Moral Philosophy, with a considerable leaning towards the latter. I wait for advice from Edward Irving and Henry Duncan of Ruthwell, to both of whom I have written (Duncan's letter goes with yours), and both of whom know much more of the details than I do.2 For one or other of these classes, it is almost certain that I shall become a competitor. Jeffrey whom I have talked with at large of the matter seems to augur rather favourably of my success in Moral Philosophy: both Jane and I dined with him at a country place of his called Craigcrook last night, and had a really pleasant five hours of it in such fine society. Jeffrey evidently has a high opinion of me, and even seems to like me well; tho' he thinks I am a little extravagant or so; or as he calls it "too German." We shall see what comes of this; it is all to be settled in November.
If I go to London, the mansion of Craigenputtock and its silent moors are likely to see much less of us; only at most, some two months yearly. On this, however, it were very rash to calculate at present; for that I shall not go is certainly by much the likelier issue of the business: indeed the good and evil are of the two are so very nearly balanced, that I really care very little whether I go or not: on healthier days, I am clear for going, and teaching all the Earth to be wise; but again on bilious days I care not one straw what becomes of it; for I think that in the wilderness of Craigenputtock I should be stronger in body, and I feel that the thing which lies in me will be spoken out, go whither I may. Surely, surely, it were good for a man to have some anchorage deeper than the quicksands of this world; for these drift to and fro so as to baffle all conjecture! We will leave the issue, as should ever be done, with the higher powers.
Meanwhile you do well to get forward with that House of the Moor; and glad am I that the ticklish part of it has been got so softly over. It will be a home for us at least in all weathers, and a kind of grim stronghold betide what may. I long to hear how it is all going on; how your crop stands these rough winds, what hay you have collected, how your peats have proved, and all other etceteras. Jean,3 I suppose, is with you by this time, and as I suppose farther heartily satisfied with the Pleasures of Solitude, which thereabouts can be so plentifully commanded.4 My best love to her, and hopes of seeing her here ere long.
Jack among his other mighty enterprizes has been writing to me of a probable change in your situation also. What state of forwardness the arrangements are in he does not state to me; but it would appear that things wear a promising aspect. On this point, my dear Brother, if your own views are clear, I have nothing to do but to wish you from the bottom of my heart all prosperity in your untried state, which with a woman whom I so much regard, I cannot but consider as in many points of view an encouraging and hopeful one. You cannot always live as you have done, a wayfarer, and half homeless man: there is a time, when a hearth of one's own becomes an indispensable necessary. Certainly it is a highly serious step, and an almost fearful thing to think that there is no return! But what can be thought is thought already, I daresay in your case. So be of steadfast resolve; mean honestly and there is no fear! Other arrangements between you and me will in some respects be easier than they were: I doubt not all will be well. God grant it may!
Jack speaks of your coming in October by Langholm,5 and bringing Jean and our Mother with you. Do! Do! Our good Mother must see Edinr, and when can she do it so well? Of course you will warn us duly. Write if you have any leisure tho' there should be "nothing" to say. Good night, my dear Brother! I am Ever Yours— T. Carlyle—
[JWC's postscript:] My dear Jane. You must not think me a promisebreaker because I did not write in three weeks— You know we had arranged the matter of purposed writing about the night before I left Scotsbrig; and so that promise seemed no longer to hold good. Are you still in as high heart about coming to Edinr? and are the poochies6 all extirpated? and have you given over saying a's gan? I should like to have an answer in the affirmative to all these questions. You are to come with Alick now, it seems, instead of with the Dr who indeed in his present fever of mind is scarcely to be entrusted with the charge of any thing so precious. See that you get ready in time then and [bring] your Mother with you and love me always


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The band Zoso brought 'the ultimate Led Zeppelin experience' to the Rev Room in Little Rock, Arkansas on Saturday, June 7, 2014. The band rocked a packed room for well over two hours, playing and acting the part of the classic rock superstars Led Zeppelin.
Zoso consists of Matt Jernigan who plays Robert Plant, John McDaniel as Jimmy Page, multi instrumentalist Adam Sandling as John Paul Jones and Greg Thompson on the drums as the late John Bonham. The band got its name from one of the four symbols on Led Zeppelin's fourth album. (The album is sometimes referred to by that name)
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Communication Breakdown
The Ocean
Over the Hills and Far Away
The Immigrant Song
Out on the Tiles
Black Dog
That's the Way
Going to California
Achille's Last Stand
Song Remains the Same
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By Vtatkar-Oracle on Jan 21, 2008
I often get asked about which compiler options work best for x86 or SPARC or even between Intel and AMD or various SPARC architectures.
Here is a handy reference for compiler optimization and Performance Tuning options that is nice to have handy. Getting good performance out of applications is both important and often a little tricky, so this should help.
Of course the generic advice is that -xtarget=generic and baseline options are constantly being tuned to be generally the best average case options. It should suffice in most cases to get the most juice across the broadest set of machines. But there will always be those who need to go the extra mile and need to know how they can get the most.
Selecting the Best Compiler Options
How to get the best performance from an UltraSPARC or x86/AMD64 (x64) processor running on the latest Solaris systems by compiling with the best set of compiler options and the latest compilers? Here are suggestions of things you should try, but before you release the final version of your program, you should understand exactly what you have asked the compiler to do.
Advanced Compiler Options for Performance
Users wanting the best performance from CPU-intensive codes may wish to explore the use of additional libraries and advanced compiler options that control individual compiler components.
Getting the Best AMD64 Performance With Sun Studio Compilers
Performance is a factor of both hardware and software. To extract the maximum performance from the new AMD-64 based systems on your critical C/C++ and Fortran applications, choose the best compilers. Then use compiler options to take advantage of the Opteron system features to maximize performance.
How I Got 15x Improvement Without Really Trying
A case study in program optimization.
Using Inline Templates to Improve Application Performance
Inline templates are a mechanism for directly inserting assembly code into an executable. Typically, this approach is used to obtain the best performance for a given function, or to implement an algorithm in a specific way.
Performance Tuning With Sun Studio Compilers and Inline Assembly Language
Here are examples of using a compiler flag or inline assembly language with Sun Studio compilers to increase the performance of C, C++, and Fortran programs.
Prefetching Pragmas and Intrinsics
Explicit data prefetching pragmas and intrinsics for the x86 platform and additional pragmas and intrinscs for the SPARC platform are now available in Sun Studio 12 compilers. Prefetch instructions can increase the speed of an application substantially by bringing data into cache so that it is available when the processor needs it. This benefits performance because today's processors are so fast that it is difficult to bring data into them quickly enough to keep them busy, even with hardware prefetching and multiple levels of data cache.
Using F95 Interfaces to Customize Access to the Sun Performance Library
When porting Fortran source, the Fortran 95 generic interface can be used to allow the source code to remain virtually unchanged and yet facilitate the use of the ILP-32, LP-64, and ILP-64 programming models.
Using VIS Instructions to Speed Up Key Routines
The VIS instruction set includes a number of instructions that can be used to handle several items of data at the same time. These are called SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) instructions. The VIS instructions work on data held in floating point registers. The advantage of using VIS instructions is that an operation can be applied to different items of data in parallel; meaning that it takes the same time to compute eight 1 byte results as it does to calculate one 8-byte results. In theory this means that code that uses VIS instructions can be many times faster than code without them.
The Sun Studio Binary Optimizer
The Binary Optimizer is a static SPARC optimizer that accepts as input a binary and creates an optimized binary as the output. We define a binary as either an executable or a shared object. The availability of the original source code is not a pre-requisite for using this tool. It can optimize binaries irrespective of the source language used (C, C++ or FORTRAN). It can also optimize mixed source language binaries.


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Events concerning the Grand Theft Auto series in 2013:
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- Grand Theft Auto V was released on September 17th for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360[1]. A PC version has not yet been confirmed.
- Grand Theft Auto Online was released on October 1st for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
- The Holiday Gift Pack is released for Grand Theft Auto Online on December 24th. With this temporary DLC, the entire game map is covered in snow, (only for Christmas Day) and a group of Christmas-related clothing such as Elf outfits and Christmas sweaters are available only until January 5th.
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- Mock police records on the Grand Theft Auto 2 website are dated between 10/07/13 and 03/11/13[2]. This, along with the game's futuristic setting led some fans to believe that the game takes place in 2013. However, the game's manual uses the phrase "three weeks into the future", and the website's clock is always set three weeks ahead of the current time[3] - this puts forward the idea that the game takes place in an unspecific time and place, fitting with the game's setting of "Anywhere, USA". On top of this, radio host Johnny Riccaro mentions in the game that "the millennium's coming," which would set the game shortly before 2000.
HD Universe
GTA Online
The events of GTA Online takes place in Los Santos.
The events of Grand Theft Auto V takes place in Los Santos and after the events of GTA Online.
- ↑ Grand Theft Auto V Is Coming 9.17.2013
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I came across yet another news story about credit card skimming and the horrors of unsuspecting diners that have had their credit card information stolen. In this latest story, a 21 year old waitress from Salem State College in Massachusetts stole the credit card information of at least 40 of her customers last spring at the local Salem Beer Works restaurant, using the help of a hand held card skimmer.
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In her statement to police, the woman said that she agreed to the scheme because the classmate assured her she wouldn't get caught and because she would make $25 from every card she skimmed. She must have been pretty disappointed when she found out that most of the cards she'd skimmed were useless because they were debit cards that required passwords.
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Scott Baio's show "See Dad Run" has been canceled after three seasons. This comedy had a lot of fans, but it was not airing on a major network. On March 18, MSN shared the news about this show not coming back again.
"See Dad Run" aired on Nick at Night. It was a family friendly show that everyone could watch. Baio played a man who decided to be a stay-at-home dad when his acting career was over. It also starred the young boy that used to play Jamie Scott on "One Tree Hill." His wife on the show was played by Alanna Ubach. It aired for three seasons.
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Abyss crystals are going to see a nice increase, as you can now d/e something in patch 3.3 as a loot option.
That's probably going to look like this:
In fact, the pass option might dissapear entirely. Neat stuff!
Looking forward to this change, even more infinite dust and greater cosmics will be flooding the market as people d/e the cheaper abyss crystals. Supply goes up, price goes down. When that hits, abyss crystals should see a similiar dive to what they saw when TOC 5 man came out and dropped epics even in normal mode. Be wary of buying oppurtunities in the weeks after patch 3.3, especially during the day when most pugs are running, instead of at night when raids are in session.
Abyss crystals are going to see a nice increase, as you can now d/e something in patch 3.3 as a loot option.
13 comments: on "Disenchant as a Loot Option in 3.3"
Gustavo said... October 13, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Hey markco!
Where did u see that?
I've looked for this info on patch notes in wowhead and the official site and haven't seen a thing.
Anyway... that's sad, abyss crystals and dream shards are a great income..
You think the price will recover after a while?
btw, I got your guide, very nice. Gotta apply lots of things yet, but great guide.
Best regards,
Markco said... October 13, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Thanks! Yeah everything will be fine, you'll be able to run like 4 5 mans in 3.3 that don't drop blues so dream shards should be fine and abyss shatter will keep abyss crystals in a good place.
Good luck!
Belsebub said... October 13, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Finally! I'm tired of having to tell the whole group that I'm a DE just to have everyone greeding on every piece of BoP loot...
I see no reason why this wouldn't apply to greens as well.
However, I also don't think it will make that much difference to enchanters.
I expect a lot of people will STILL want to sell these items for the cash they're always short on instead of getting enchanting mats to save for when they need an enchant. The majority of people are just short sighted like that.
I'm not saying that to be mean or imply people aren't smart, it's just that there's a tendency to be "Immediate needs oriented" as opposed to thoughtfully planning for the future.
Anonymous said... October 13, 2009 at 12:37 PM
My question:
Will you still have to have an enchanter in the group to use this option, or will the game somehow disenchant the item for you without the need for one?
-Tufak of Feathermoon
Gustavo said... October 13, 2009 at 12:47 PM
I don't think they would add the possibility of everyone disenchanting just like that. That would be unfair, imo, to enchanters since they had to raise their skill to 375 in order to disenchant level 200+ items.
That's just a flag to show your intentions with the item, i think. What matters most is the order they it will come. Before or after greed.
Matt said... October 13, 2009 at 1:02 PM
why do you guys think this change is good? i make my gold by farming the ah for greens and selling the mats. this will just result in less greens on the ah, and more mats. they are cutting the middle man (me) out of the equation. its bad all around.
Hob said... October 13, 2009 at 1:29 PM
@Matt - buy up cheap enchanting mats and sell some sweet enchants on the AH. Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing the mats for fiery weapon enchant going down, because I can still sell the enchant for about 90g on my server.
Markco, do you know if this will be an option for running solo? My rogue isn't an enchanter, but he can solo most Azeroth content like no one's business. Would be very good for my (lower level) enchanter.
Nitemarre said... October 13, 2009 at 2:28 PM
Matt, you're right, this is not very good for people that make money off high level enchant mats. I understand why blizz is implementing these changes. On some servers (namely low pop ones) enchant mats are grossly inflated with respect to their prices. On high pop servers, where there are more 'goblins' (ya that's a plug) enchant mats profit margins are much smaller.
On high pop servers I expect to see a decrease in value of the enchants across the board. Will it be a lot? Probably not too much. There is usually an enchanter in every group anyways, but with that being said there will be more mats hitting the market and supply demand = lower prices.
What to do? Diversify. If all your eggs lay in enchant mats I would liquidate at reasonable prices until the market re-stabilizes.
Keeva said... October 13, 2009 at 6:17 PM
The biggest question, I think, as already mentioned, is whether it is merely a flag to say "I would like this item disenchanted" or whether the game disenchants it for you and drops it in the winner's bag.
I'm leaning towards the latter - why bother having a flag, after all - you can just greed the items and get someone to DE later; or with BOP items/epics, the standard thing is for the group enchanter (if you have one) to DE and then everyone /rolls for the mats. A flag would essentially be a voting button that is unnecessary because you could just decide at the start of the run that all unwanted items be sharded.
If the game did it for you - that's pretty nifty, and would really make things easier for enchanters as they wouldn't have to do all the DEing and trade everyone each time. True, some would be annoyed that they might not get as many materials, but I don't think there would be much difference between how things are now, and when this change goes in.
However - as liene said - what happens when people actually want to take the item itself - to AH or vendor?
Will Greed be higher priority than DE? Or can we assume that Greed and Disenchant will be on the same roll "tier", perhaps? So if I roll Greed and Bob rolls DE, the computer puts us in the same roll bracket, and the highest roll wins their choice?
- if I win, the green lands in my bag
- if Bob wins, 5 dust land in my bag
That would make rolling for epics a slower process because you have to wait for genuine Greed rolls first..
If people Greed the item for offspec, you couldn't have your designated enchanter person hit DE, or they might win the roll and the item would be disenchanted when it was actually wanted by someone else.
So, then, would the DE option need to be lower priority than Greed?
If *that* is the case, I believe it will cause fights in 5 mans because some people will still want to pick up greens, while some people want the shards.
Interesting stuff - I'm realy looking forward to seeing how they handle it.
Reki said... October 14, 2009 at 4:44 PM
I still can't find any confirmation of this.
Where did you get this information?
As about 99% of all WoW news from MMO-Champion.com:
Interface Changes
"You can now roll to disenchant an item in an instance.
* +LOOT_ROLL_DISENCHANT = "%s has selected Disenchant for: %s"
* +LOOT_ROLL_DISENCHANT_SELF = "You have selected Disenchant for: %s"
* +LOOT_ROLL_ROLLED_DE = "Disenchant Roll - %d for %s by %s";
* +LOOT_ROLL_WON_NO_SPAM_DE = "%1$s won: %3$s |cff818181(Disenchant - %2$d)|r";
* +LOOT_ROLL_YOU_WON_NO_SPAM_DE = "You won: %2$s |cff818181(Disenchant - %1$d)|r";"
Source: http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/patch-3-3-ptr-build-10554/
@Blogpost: I am really curious, as most other, whether I will be able to use it on my own and in a group without enchanter. Also wonder about loot priorities and whether some people will screw 'me' over with BoE items when they select disenchant, etc, etc. So many unanswered questions. Let's hope we will get more info soon.
Archangel said... October 15, 2009 at 5:37 AM
How does your article regarding dream shards stands now, that i pointed you this info, Markco ?
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