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Sunday, 17th March, 2002, 11:20 PM #121
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Although not present, Kessel's voice echoes from the air itself, giving no sign to it's origin.
"Leaders of the Union of Oerth. As a sign of our... peace, allow me to present you with a gift."
"This gift that I shall give to you, if you accept it, is a nuclear weapon. True, it is a sign of death and destruction. However, I believe that giving this weapon of utter annhiliation, that you will understand that I advocate peace - and to show my willingness to promote peace, I will give those who are not enemies and yet not friends my technologies."
"You will also be taught in the usage of this weapon. If you ask for more, your request will be granted, if it is within reason, and we have the supplies for it. However, I feel that it is best to give one to you as a symbol of our mutual peace and cooperation with each other."
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Sunday, 17th March, 2002, 11:26 PM #122
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"We accept your gift Lord Kessel. You have indeed shown your willingness for peace. We will ask for no more than a single weapon for the time being. Perhaps if future circumstances change, our attitude will also.
On the behalf of the Union of Oerth, I would like to take this opportunity to request a military and technological alliance with the nations of the Oerth Alliance. May we prosper together in the future."
Sunday, 17th March, 2002, 11:44 PM #123
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All the Powers in the IR have spies.
All the spies, are busy spying and sending back reports of what they have found.
Of course, the spies are not able to find out everything.
In many cases, the Power being spied upon is feeding false information to the spies.
In many cases, the spies are caught and have their memories and knowledge magically altered.
And of course, there are always double agents.
About 1/3 of what follows is true information, based on the Templates sent to me, that you are able to discern from your spies.
About 2/3 of the information, is false, given to you by a Moderator who is lying like a dog.
It is up to you, to figure out what is the truth and what is - to use the American term - baloney.
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Concerning Alyx:
Varnaith is evacuating it's entire civilian population.
They are all going to the new Hope Isle created by Alzem.
The Lendore Isles have evacuated their civilian population.
These have all gone to the Faerie Realm, with help from Black Omega.
The elves of Celene have turned green, and are now eating the leaves off the trees.
The Celestial Imperium has declared neutrality, and has backed out of the war.
The Metallic dragons have bequeathed on the elves the ability to become dragons themselves.
Concerning Alzem:
Alzem has founded his new Hope Isle on Toril.
All efforts to find it, or scry it, even with 10th level magic, have failed.
Forrester aided Alzem in creating Hope Isle.
Forrester has deployed his forces on Hope Isle, from which he can now monitor all of Oerth.
Hope Isle is actually not an island, but is underground.
Hope Isle is actually not an island, but is up in the air.
Hope Isle is actually not an island, but is in a pocket dimension.
Hope Isle is actually not an island, but is on Mount Celestia.
Alzem's forces are preparing to attack with new golems that are cyborgs.
Alzem's forces have discovered a new City of the Gods, and have raided it for weapons of superscience.
Alzem's forces plan to attack with a massive army of good undead.
Alzem is actually not planning to attack at all, but is peacefully leading people to Hope Isle.
Concerning Anabstercorian
The Solistarim are planning an immediate assault
The Solistarim are remaining neutral
The Solistarim, have figured out a new form of invisibility that thwarts 10th level scrying.
The Solistarim, have the aid of a dragon fleet all of their own.
The Solistarim, have secret undersea shelters that are immune to 10th level scrying.
The Solistarim, are in secret league with the Kevellond League to destroy the Dark Union.
The Solistarim, are in secret league with the Shade to destroy Acererak.
Anabstercorian has been overthrown in a coup by Soloron, former leader of the Solistarim, and has disappeared, and cannot be found, even with 10th level scrying.
The Solistarim, are in secret league with Valkys to overthrow the Dark Union.
Concerning Black Omega
Black Omega is in secret league with Alzem to produce magical, cybernetic golems with superweapons mounted on them.
Black Omega, has figured out how to create incorporeal golems.
Black Omega, has a new substance, made of crystal, that is as hard as Red Steel. He is armoring all his Faerie with it.
This crystal, glows a green color.
Black Omega, has cut a secret deal with Forrester to give his lands to the Torilians when the war is over.
Black Omega, has cut a secret deal with Anabstercorian, whose army lies on his northern border.
Black Omega and his Faerie Magic, is the reason the Whyestil rose and is now twice as big as it was.
Black Omega intends an immediate assault against Iuz.
The people of Perrenland, have disappeared, without a trace as to where they went. Nothing, including 10th level scrying, can discover their existence.
The Faerie, are using the Gates of Faerie to be able to transport Black Omega's entire PL from one part of the board to another.
Concerning Creamsteak
The elves of Delrune are turning green.
The elves of Delrune, can bathe in the Red Goo, and it does not harm them.
The elves of Delrune, have learned how to turn into Red Goo, and thus can secretly deploy their entire strength to anywhere on the board by going through the underground lattice.
The elves of Delrune, have learned how to teleport to the Outer Planes, then teleport back, and while they are gone, nothing can scry them or discover what they are doing.
The elves of Delrune, can simply vanish into thin air.
The elves of Delrune, can shapechange at will, thus impersonating other peoples, and walking amongst them undetected.
Concerning Dagger
The Metallic Dragons have taught the people of the Kingdom of Keoland the secrets of draconic magic.
They have taught them how to shapechange at will.
They have taught them how to become dragons themselves.
The mountains themselves have allied with the Kingdom of Keoland.
The very gold of the earth has allied with the Kingdom of Keoland.
Concerning Darkness:
The Baklunish Forest of Garnak was destroyed in the Antimatter Barrage.
The Baklunish Forest of Garnak was not destroyed in the Antimatter Barrage.
The Baklunish have discovered how to create vast armies of undead impervious even to Acererak's control.
The Baklunish, are dying in huge numbers.
Whole regions of the Baklunish Realm are empty of people, for they all went off to die.
The Baklunish, plan to assault the Solistarim.
The Baklunish, have gathered an enormous fleet off of Zeif to assault the Solistarim with.
The Baklunish, intend to attack the Dark Union which holds the mountains to their east.
The Baklunish, intend to remain neutral.
The titans of Esmerin, have invented spelljammers appropriate to their size (which have catapults, appropriate to their size also)
Ket is about to secretly go over to the Baklunish, and betray Iuz.
The Baklunish, have made a great discovery in the Sea of Dust.
Concerning Mr Draco and Serpenteye:
The Union has created walking bombs.
The Union, has teleporting golems.
The Union, has discovered a land to the east of Kaboom's Isle of the Phoenix. There, they have moved their research and development, and this new place is protected from all scrying.
The Union, is planning to invade western Oerth.
The Union, is planning to attack Acererak.
The Union, is preparing a large army to invade ... nobody knows where.
The Union, really does want peace.
The Union, has created undead trolls.
The Union, has created a new form of demon.
The Union, has created a monster immune to fire and acid.
The Union, has taken what Red Steel they have, and outfitted their elite legions with it. Nobody else, but their elite legions have this armor.
The Union, has a secret place in the Rakers immune to 10th level scrying, where they have put all their research and development.
The Union, is devoting all it's efforts to learn 10th level magic.
The Union, is devoting no effort to 10th level magic, and is instead preparing a vast army.
Concerning Festy Dog
Festy Dog's underdark races, can no longer be scried.
Festy Dog's underdark races, can still be scried.
Festy Dog's underdark races, have learned how to permanently Stoneskin themselves.
Festy Dog's underdark races, have created an army of super golems.
Festy Dog's underdark races, have learned how to create Red Steel firearms that will penetrate any armor.
These Red Steel bullets, will penetrate most spell defenses also.
Festy Dog's underdark races, have learned how to borrow through the earth like Umber Hulks, to emerge from the ground anywhere they want, to give an enemy army a nasty surprise.
Festy Dog's underdark races, have access to secret tomes of magic that will give them a headstart to 10th and 11th level magic.
Concerning Forsaken One
Forsaken One's Formians can no longer be scried.
Forsaken One's Formians, can be scried.
Forsaken One's Formians, intend to attack the Kevellond League.
The Formians, plan to attack the Baklunish.
The Formians, plan to attack the Solistarim.
The Formians, plan to attack Black Omega's Faerie.
The Formians, plan to hide underground and let everyone else destroy each other, while they grow strong.
The Formians, have secretly allied with Forrester.
The Formians, have secretly allied with Melkor.
The Formians have become invincibly tough, practically unstoppable in battle.
The Formians, have become highly intelligent beings.
The Formians, have developed an advanced civilization.
The Formians, plan to attack Kalanyr, who they consider a traitor.
Concerning GnomeWorks
The entire population of the Lortmil Technomancy has disappeared.
No, half the population of the Lortmil Technomancy has disappeared.
No, one third of the population has disappeared.
No, nobody has disappeared.
The Lortmil Technomancy has nuclear weapons, and with this ultimate weapon they will crush all opponents.
The Lortmil Technomancy has placed it's nuclear weapons where they cannot be scried, even by 10th level magic.
The Lortmil Technomancy, intends an immediate and grim retaliation (of the nuclear kind) against the Dark Union over the loss of the Eastern League.
The Lortmil Technomancy, knows where Acererak actually is, but intends to deal with him themselves - it's a personal matter with them.
The Lortmil Technomancy, intends to abandon the Union of Oerth.
The Lortmil Technomancy has created something called Battlemechs.
The Lortmil Technomancy, has created something called Jet Fighters.
The Lortmil Technomancy, has created something called Rockets.
The Lortmil Technomancy, has created something called Starships.
The Lortmil Technomancy, has created something called Sentient Weapons.
The Lortmil Technomancy, has created something called Hunter Killers.
The Lortmil Technomancy, has created something called Terminators.
The Lortmil Technomancy, has created something called Antimatter.
(end of part one of the Rumor Mill)
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Monday, 18th March, 2002, 12:01 AM #124
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Re: THE RUMOR MILL
A spellljammer will be sent to affirm or deny this.Originally posted by Edena_of_Neith
The Union, has discovered a land to the east of Kaboom's Isle of the Phoenix. There, they have moved their research and development, and this new place is protected from all scrying.
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Monday, 18th March, 2002, 12:33 AM #125
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Concerning Kaboom
There is a real phoenix.
With it's power, the Isle of the Phoenix will attack with invincible power, for the phoenix can never be truly killed.
The giants intend to invade the League of the Warlords.
The giants, intend to invade the Dark Union.
The Sky-Sea League has developed something called Starships.
The Sky-Sea League, has invented an underwater blast wave attack, that will sink a fleet of ships.
The Sky-Sea League, has invented a Siren-like weapon that will incapacitate an entire fleet of ships, or even flying ships of the enemy.
The Sky-Sea League, has it's own fleet of dragons, and the phoenix will lead them in a great attack.
The Sky-Sea League, has discovered a new metal on the Isle of the Phoenix, which gives one the innate ability to fly if it is forged into armor.
The Sky-Sea League, has mass produced flying swords, which will storm into battle on their own, needing no wielders.
Concerning Kalanyr
The drow are faking the change to good alignment
The drow are secretly in league with the Dark Union
The drow are secretly in league with Forrester
The drow really have joined the Alliance of Oerth
The drow, have learned how to turn themselves into starlight
The drow, have gained the alliance of Eilistraee's followers, who dance under the stars
The drow, are turning themselves back into elves
The drow, are working with Uvenelie, drawing secret aid from Krynn (and, there is a rumor that the Dark Union knows of this, and is planning to attack Krynn because of it)
The drow, are in solid alliance with Uvenelei
The drow, are planning to betray Uvenelei, and quickly overwhelm the Alliance of the Crescent
The drow have become like Lythari, able to blink out and blink in at will
Lythari have allied with the drow
The drow are in secret communication with their kin on Toril, and the Border Guard of Toril is helping them
Concerning Maudlin
There are no rumors concerning Acererak.
All the spies sent out to watch Acererak perished in the cataclysm that destroyed the Vast Swamp.
All the spies sent out since that time, have yet to report anything.
Acererak has disappeared into the blue.
Concerning Melkor
Well, actually, there are no rumors about the Shade.
Which is probably more disturbing than any rumors themselves could be.
Concerning O'Skoteinos
The orcs have purple worms coming to their aid.
The orcs, have learned to ride these worms.
The orcs, intend to assault the Lortmil Technomancy.
The orcs, intend to assault the Kevellond League.
The orcs, intend to remain neutral.
The orcs have all disappeared.
No, but a good part of the orcs have disappeared - nobody knows where, and scrying is useless.
No, no orcs have disappeared. Their entire population is right there, when scried.
The orcs have greatly increased intelligence, because Forrester enchanted them with his 10th level magic.
The orcs have greatly increased stature and strength, because of the same.
The orcs have psionic powers, because Forrester gave it to them.
Concerning Rhialto
There are rumors the Black Brotherhood has gained a realm in the sky.
From this realm, they can watch Oerth die below, while they are safe and sound in the clouds.
The Black Brotherhood is also rumored to be preparing a truly stupendous assassination attempt, using some sort of new secret weapon Acererak gave them.
It is, obviously, rumored that Acererak and the Black Brotherhood are allied.
It is rumored that it is the Shade who have given the Black Brotherhood these new superweapons.
It is rumored that the Black Brotherhood knows a number of special secrets known only to the individual Powers - and that they are not deceived. They intend to use their special, unique knowledge (you all know what I'm talking about!) to blackmail everyone into giving them special help.
Concerning Sollir
The League of the Warlords is solidly in alliance with the Dark Union
The League of the Warlords, terrified of the Dark Union, has secretly joined the Alliance of Oerth
The League of the Warlords, has secretly allied with Acererak.
The League of the Warlords, has secretly allied with Forrester.
The League of the Warlords, has secretly allied with the Shade.
The League of the Warlords, is actually totally neutral (as they have been for most of the IR.)
The League of the Warlords, has access to a parrallel reality where they have secreted away all of their people, and are doing all their research in this protected place, safe from all scrying.
A large army of minotaurs has joined the League of Warlords.
The League of Warlords has discovered several dozen Deepspawn, and is using them to create a Monster Army.
This is being done in secret at Riftcrag.
Concerning Tokiwong
All of the civilian population of the Empire of Iuz is marching northward.
All of the civilian population is not marching northward.
All of the civilian population has disappeared.
None of the civilian population has disappeared.
A host of fire elementals have come to the aid of Iuz.
A host of efreet have come to the aid of Iuz.
A host of demons has come to the aid of Iuz.
The warriors of Iuz have gained demonic powers.
The warriors of Iuz can hurl Spellfire.
Iuz intends to stand with the Alliance of Oerth.
Iuz has secretly joined Acererak.
Iuz has secretly joined the Dark Union.
Iuz and the League of Warlords have a secret deal, where Iuz gets the Kevellond League, and the League gets the Dark Union.
Concerning Uvenelei
Uvenelei is getting secret aid from Krynn
Uvenelei is getting secret aid from Athas.
Uvenelei is getting secret aid from Toril.
Uvenelei is getting secret aid from Sigil.
A nation called Arlon has joined Uvenelei.
A nation called Gigantea has joined Uvenelei.
A secret nation up in Telchuria has joined Uvenelei.
Uvenelei plans to destroy Kalanyr.
Uvenelei and Kalanyr are true allies.
Uvenelei has discovered how to make his own sky ships and Flying Citadels.
Uvenelei and Alyx have a deal - Uvenelei gets the Celestial Imperium, and Alyx gets Ishtarland.
Concerning Valkys
Valkys has a secret base in the Alliance of the Crescent
Valkys has a secret base in the Baklunish Confederation
Valkys has a secret base in the Kevellond League
Valkys has a secret base in the Empire of Iuz
Valkys has a secret base in the League of Warlords
Valkys has a secret base in the Delrunian Alliance
Valkys has a secret base in the Dark Union
Valkys has a secret base offmap
Or all of the above
All these bases are somehow protected from even 10th level scrying, have massive defenses that nobody can penetrate, and no spies have ever successfully penetrated them
No, the bases have been penetrated. The one in the Alliance is in the ruins of an evil temple, the one in the Kevellond League is at the site of a massacre, the one in the Empire of Iuz is a place of torture, the one in Delrune is an old shrine to the Unseelie, the one in the Baklunish Confederation is in an evil forest, the one in the Dark Union is underground.
Concerning William
The Kevellond League is secretly plotting to attack Toril, once the Dark Union is dealt with.
The Kevellond League, plans to turn over all their lands to the Torilians, when the war is over.
The Kevellond League, has established a base on the continent east of the Isle of the Phoenix. There, undetectable, they are doing all their research.
The Kevellond League is evacuating it's civilians.
They are going to the new Hope Isle.
They are going to great fortified underground bunkers.
They are climbing ladders into the sky.
They are being succored by Kalanyr, who is putting them all into pocket dimensions.
The Kevellond League intends to attack the Dark Union.
The Kevellond League, is willing to keep the peace with the Dark Union.
The Kevellond League, knows where Acererak is at, but won't tell anyone because Hazen fears to suffer the fate of the Wanderer.
The Kevellond League, knows where Acererak is, and is planning their own personal vendetta against him.
The Kevellond League, hasn't the faintest idea where Acererak is.
Concerning Zelda
The barbarians are quiet
In fact, most of them have disappeared, and are unscriable by 10th level magic.
Which should be totally impossible, for they are not strong magically.
The barbarians intend to assault Heisenbaudos.
The barbarians, intend to assault the Dark Union.
The barbarians, intend to assault the Hold of Stonefist.
The barbarians, intend to clear out the mountains of evil giants.
The barbarians, intend to remain neutral.
Monday, 18th March, 2002, 12:34 AM #126
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Kaboom, there ... IS ... a land east of the Isle of the Phoenix.
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(amused look from the Moderator)
What new situation?
This one: I just recalculated our PL: it's around 1600 now. That means a PL increase of a small 300, and that's almost 9*30...so I guess you all had a
SECRET MAIL - DON'T SHARE IC OR OOC OR YOU'LL LOSE THE PL, in which you gained some special power(s)...
The question is, what do we do now?
We can't help Kalanyr get 11th level magic.
I might just be able to escape the expanding Blood Waste (yes, my country will be ruined, but my population will survive). And, no doubt, you've
recieved something as well. We'll need to come up with a new strategy.
Personally, I'd like to advance my civilization, research 10th level magic and get a Red Goo factor of 2 to 4 (not sure yet). But if some of you have
some other brilliant plans, please share them.
Also, and this might be a good idea for you as well, I'm going to destroy all my undead (1 PL). With the new SECRET things, I think Ancerak finally
achieved his apotheosis...and if he hasn't, he can soon achive it. (hey, I was allowed to plot OOC )
[disclaimer] All my letter said was not to share it [the letter]. It didn't say anything about not sharing the *fact* that I had recieved the letter
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Ok. Consider this to be a part of the rumor mill.
I can go to the Lurker's Forum too, you see.
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Hazen did speak outside the temple. I have not posted to the thread since last night. It must be assumed that I am there.
"Lord Kas, God Emperor of the Union of Oerth, we stand with you in this dark hour. Let us put aside past disputes and stand against those who would seek to destroy us both."
"The Church of Shade has proven to be unreliable as it poisoned your lands. Did it consult with the Union of Oerth before taking their actions? No. They acted against you."
"The Union wisely decided to assist us in fighting the Church of Shade. We will assist you in your struggle against Acerak."
"Since the Church of Shade has allied with Acereak, they seem to be declaring war on you. As for Anabstercorian, he seems to stand with our common enemies."
"I urge everyone to assist in the efforts to locate Acerak and prevent his apotheosis."
"Also, we should regard the Wanderer with some respect. I believe he must have know what risk he faced in trying to reveal Acereak's location. His courage should be honored."
"I will ask for all who can to join an elite strike force against Acerak and render aid. I suspect Lord Melkor - who seeks to summon the Elder Ones to destroy Oerth if he cannot rule it - may strike openly. I urge all members of the Oerth Alliance to stand with the Union of Oerth in this hour. Perhaps in the battle for survival, old rivalries will be extinguished."
"I have disagreed with the late Wanderer on many things. However, on one matter at least he spoke the truth. We are the children of Oerth. We now fight for our world. Let us stand as one against threats to it."
"I would also strongly urge the United Commonwealth of Toril to consider removing its escaped criminal elements. If they are unable to do so because of other threats, I will respect this decision."
Edena: If possible, I will move my civilians into Kalanyr's pocket dimension. If not, I ask that what I asked in the e-mail entitled the Kevellond League occur. (I am avoiding the word happen. )
Maudlin: Good point about the drama rule. Is the new map ready?
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Hazen will contact Kaboom and try to contact the inhabitants of the lands east of the Isle of the Phoenix, after performing divinations about who they are, general alignment tendencies, any political alliance, and whom I should contact.
The Oerth Alliance asks to set up an embassy with this people.
Also, you can find some history on this land - if it is what I think about it - at http://www.greyhawk-codex.com/.
This is also a great Greyhawk site, as is www.canonfire.com
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Well, for what it's worth, you do find Dark Union soldiers in this new eastern land.
They, of course, deny any knowledge of any base, much less your accusations of research and development in secret here.
Also, you find some of Valky's Unseelie - which costs you the lives of some of your soldiers.
The Unseelie, run off at once.
You find some of Alyx's people - they are renown as sailors, after all.
They deny that they have created a base of any sort here, even to you, William.
The native people of this land have fled and hid themselves, and do not talk with you.
If forced to talk, they will not reveal anything willingly.
Something is obviously scaring them badly.


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[icon style="calendar" color="gray"]August 7 – 9 2015[/icon]
[icon_link style="link" href="http://squamishfestival.com/" color="gray" target="_blank"]Squamish Valley Music Festival[/icon_link]
The Festival takes place in Squamish (map) which is about a 30 minutes away from Whistler. Headlined by Sam Smith on Friday, Drake on Saturday and ending it off with a bang as Mumford & Sons closes the festival on Sunday. Get the best of both worlds, but rocking it out at the Festival and unwinding in Whistler on your private hot tub or a beer the balcony overlooking the mountains. Various Whistler accommodations options are available for those who prefer not to spend the night outdoors. There will be shuttles picking up and dropping off music festival participants for $40 roundtrip.
Music Festival ticket information are as follows:
[icon style="tag" color="green"][/icon] Single Day Pass $149.50 | VIP $349.50
[icon style="tag" color="green"][/icon] Regular Weekend Pass $325 | VIP $799
[icon style="tag" color="green"][/icon] MUSICBOX + Timber Lounge $1, 299
It's time to follow your ears this summer, to the Whistler area and get treated to an amazing music festival experience. Whether you're looking to enjoy the outdoors camping out, or taking it easy and staying in Whistler for the night, you've got options. For all other Whistler events during the summer, visit our Whistler summer events calendar page on alluraDirect.com.

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Following the success of her recent release Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, she is now set to take commercial films. She said that she always wants to be a commercial actor though she is game for masala films too. She added that she would like to do light-hearted, fun and uplifting films.
She is currently awaiting the release of That Girl In Yellow Boots, where she plays a British citizen who comes to Mumbai in search of her father. She said that her role in the film is the toughest she has played so far.
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It's a big day at Roland Garros on Thursday, with lots of the top tips in action—Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Maria Sharapova, for starters. Will they coast through, or will there be any surprises?
Well, don't expect Nadal to slip up against compatriot Pablo Andujar, and Murray should be okay against Simone Bolelli.
Sharapova, though, could be pushed by France's Caroline Garcia. They're up third on Philippe Chatrier, so plenty of time for the No. 7 seed to fret about needing to recover her form.


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American Cancer Society, along with the The Center for Leadership and Community Engagement, would like volunteers to assist with children's activities during Relay for Life, a walk that raises awareness and funds for cancer patients. While their parents are helping raise awareness for cancer, as well as celebrating cancer survivors, the children will do their own activities to support the cause.
The event will be held at Tomlinson Stadium on Friday, May 9 and on Saturday, May 10. Children's activities will start at 5:30pm and continue for an hour before we take a short break for the opening ceremonies at 6:30pm. The fun will then continue with more activities from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. On Saturday the event will be from 8 am- 10 am.
Visit the CLCE office in SURC 256 to start volunteering. If you have volunteered with the CLCE before, you can sign up for Relay for Life at www.cwu.edu/leadership-engage. For more information, call (509)963-1850 or email email@example.com (Subject: "ATTN: Relay for Life").


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At $73 per unit, the distrib could be lowered to $7.30/yr and the yield would still be an astonishing 10%. But with the price of oil this qtr avg approx $86-92 so far, it seems unlikely that this might happen....unless oil for the next 6 wks goes down to the mid 70's, then the avg would fall to approx
$80-82 for the entire qtr. Or, if production is falling faster than known. Therefore, the decline in BPT cannot be based on the oil price but rather an
increase in taxes for dividend stocks from 15% to 20% to 39.9% plus add'l medicare taxes, etc. However, BPT distributions are already taxed at ordinary rates, so an increase in div taxes should not affect unit holders. If the distr falls to $6.00/yr, as it did in 2009 during the depths of the recession when
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The commission was created in 2005 to promote and protect the basic human rights of all persons in Barnstable County. The 16-member representation council is made up of appointees from each of the Cape's 15 towns and one from the Wampanoag Tribe. Members serve as liaisons between the commission and their towns. They work within their communities to support the county's human rights and discrimination policy, and to advise the commission. The representation council meets at least quarterly.
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Understanding Web Design
We get better design when we understand our medium. Yet even at this late cultural hour, many people don't understand web design. Among them can be found some of our most distinguished business and cultural leaders, including a few who possess a profound grasp of design—except as it relates to the web.
Some who don't understand web design nevertheless have the job of creating websites or supervising web designers and developers. Others who don't understand web design are nevertheless professionally charged with evaluating it on behalf of the rest of us. Those who understand the least make the most noise. They are the ones leading charges, slamming doors, and throwing money—at all the wrong people and things.
If we want better sites, better work, and better-informed clients, the need to educate begins with us.
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Ten Rules for Web Startups
#1: Be Narrow
Focus on the smallest possible problem you could solve that would potentially be useful. Most companies start out trying to do too many things, which makes life difficult and turns you into a me-too. Focusing on a small niche has so many advantages: With much less work, you can be the best at what you do. Small things, like a microscopic world, almost always turn out to be bigger than you think when you zoom in. You can much more easily position and market yourself when more focused. And when it comes to partnering, or being acquired, there's less chance for conflict. This is all so logical and, yet, there's a resistance to focusing. I think it comes from a fear of being trivial. Just remember: If you get to be #1 in your category, but your category is too small, then you can broaden your scope—and you can do so with leverage.
#2: Be Different
Ideas are in the air. There are lots of people thinking about—and probably working on—the same thing you are. And one of them is Google. Deal with it. How? First of all, realize that no sufficiently interesting space will be limited to one player. In a sense, competition actually is good—especially to legitimize new markets. Second, see #1—the specialist will almost always kick the generalist's ass. Third, consider doing something that's not so cutting edge. Many highly successful companies—the aforementioned big G being one—have thrived by taking on areas that everyone thought were done and redoing them right. Also? Get a good, non-generic name. Easier said than done, granted. But the most common mistake in naming is trying to be too descriptive, which leads to lots of hard-to-distinguish names. How many blogging companies have "blog" in their name, RSS companies "feed," or podcasting companies "pod" or "cast"? Rarely are they the ones that stand out.
#3: Be Casual
We're moving into what I call the era of the "Casual Web" (and casual content creation). This is much bigger than the hobbyist web or the professional web. Why? Because people have lives. And now, people with lives also have broadband. If you want to hit the really big home runs, create services that fit in with—and, indeed, help—people's everyday lives without requiring lots of commitment or identity change. Flickr enables personal publishing among millions of folks who would never consider themselves personal publishers—they're just sharing pictures with friends and family, a casual activity. Casual games are huge. Skype enables casual conversations.
#4: Be Picky
Another perennial business rule, and it applies to everything you do: features, employees, investors, partners, press opportunities. Startups are often too eager to accept people or ideas into their world. You can almost always afford to wait if something doesn't feel just right, and false negatives are usually better than false positives. One of Google's biggest strengths—and sources of frustration for outsiders—was their willingness to say no to opportunities, easy money, potential employees, and deals.
#5: Be User-Centric
User experience is everything. It always has been, but it's still undervalued and under-invested in. If you don't know user-centered design, study it. Hire people who know it. Obsess over it. Live and breathe it. Get your whole company on board. Better to iterate a hundred times to get the right feature right than to add a hundred more. The point of Ajax is that it can make a site more responsive, not that it's sexy. Tags can make things easier to find and classify, but maybe not in your application. The point of an API is so developers can add value for users, not to impress the geeks. Don't get sidetracked by technologies or the blog-worthiness of your next feature. Always focus on the user and all will be well.
#6: Be Self-Centered
Great products almost always come from someone scratching their own itch. Create something you want to exist in the world. Be a user of your own product. Hire people who are users of your product. Make it better based on your own desires. (But don't trick yourself into thinking you are your user, when it comes to usability.) Another aspect of this is to not get seduced into doing deals with big companies at the expense or your users or at the expense of making your product better. When you're small and they're big, it's hard to say no, but see #4.
#7: Be Greedy
It's always good to have options. One of the best ways to do that is to have income. While it's true that traffic is now again actually worth something, the give-everything-away-and-make-it-up-on-volume strategy stamps an expiration date on your company's ass. In other words, design something to charge for into your product and start taking money within 6 months (and do it with PayPal). Done right, charging money can actually accelerate growth, not impede it, because then you have something to fuel marketing costs with. More importantly, having money coming in the door puts you in a much more powerful position when it comes to your next round of funding or acquisition talks. In fact, consider whether you need to have a free version at all. The TypePad approach—taking the high-end position in the market—makes for a great business model in the right market. Less support. Less scalability concerns. Less abuse. And much higher margins.
#8: Be Tiny
It's standard web startup wisdom by now that with the substantially lower costs to starting something on the web, the difficulty of IPOs, and the willingness of the big guys to shell out for small teams doing innovative stuff, the most likely end game if you're successful is acquisition. Acquisitions are much easier if they're small. And small acquisitions are possible if valuations are kept low from the get go. And keeping valuations low is possible because it doesn't cost much to start something anymore (especially if you keep the scope narrow). Besides the obvious techniques, one way to do this is to use turnkey services to lower your overhead—Administaff, ServerBeach, web apps, maybe even Elance.
#9: Be Agile
You know that old saw about a plane flying from California to Hawaii being off course 99% of the time—but constantly correcting? The same is true of successful startups—except they may start out heading toward Alaska. Many dot-com bubble companies that died could have eventually been successful had they been able to adjust and change their plans instead of running as fast as they could until they burned out, based on their initial assumptions. Pyra was started to build a project-management app, not Blogger. Flickr's company was building a game. Ebay was going to sell auction software. Initial assumptions are almost always wrong. That's why the waterfall approach to building software is obsolete in favor agile techniques. The same philosophy should be applied to building a company.
#10: Be Balanced
What is a startup without bleary-eyed, junk-food-fueled, balls-to-the-wall days and sleepless, caffeine-fueled, relationship-stressing nights? Answer?: A lot more enjoyable place to work. Yes, high levels of commitment are crucial. And yes, crunch times come and sometimes require an inordinate, painful, apologies-to-the-SO amount of work. But it can't be all the time. Nature requires balance for health—as do the bodies and minds who work for you and, without which, your company will be worthless. There is no better way to maintain balance and lower your stress that I've found than David Allen's GTD process. Learn it. Live it. Make it a part of your company, and you'll have a secret weapon.
#11 (bonus!): Be Wary
Overgeneralized lists of business "rules" are not to be taken too literally. There are exceptions to everything.(written by evhead)
Yahoo puts IM on Web thanks to Flash
Instant messenging users who don't like the overhead of downloading an IM client should checkout a new beta download called Yahoo Messenger for Web. The new service from Yahoo lets users partake in the text chat features of standard Yahoo IM but lacks file transfer, voice calls and web cam capabilities.
The web-based IM service is built using Adobe Flash technology and, like the download version, is interoperable with Windows Live Messenger and can be accessed from any of the four most popular browsers – Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Opera.
The browser-based Yahoo IM service, the first to hit the market from one of the major IM providers, frees users to acccess their IM accounts from any computer with Internet access and a browser installed.
Yahoo is touting the service as particularly applicable to users who don't own a computer and for workers at companies that disallow downloads. The implication is that the service opens up the possibility for people in lower income brackets to partake in IM.
According to Yahoo, it intends to rollout Yahoo Messenger for Web initially to South East Asia, a region with high Internet penetration but low PC ownership. Cyber cafes are especially popular in places like the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand and Yahoo stands to gain a significant new audience from clientele without access to the net in their homes.
Google grapples with increasingly political Web
WASHINGTON–With the Internet poised to be the "epicenter" of the 2008 elections, Google is contemplating how best to keep candidate information readily accessible without allowing the Web to transform into a giant tabloid.
One major question the company faces is how to "provide a platform for free expression without exacerbating the ugliness," Elliot Schrage, the company's vice president of global communications, said at the annual Politics Online Conference here Thursday afternoon.
Schrage pointed to what he called a "disturbing" video posted by a YouTube user that featured the late son of presidential hopeful John Edwards. He said the company, after much contemplation, ultimately decided it was not in a position to remove it.
"We are redefining boundaries when it comes to the personal lives of candidates and their families," Schrage said in his conference keynote speech at George Washington University. "We all have to be more vigilant about protecting the truth."
As more and more candidates and voters use the Web as a soapbox, the public-relations chief acknowledged that the search giant is left in an awkward place. He said he believes that "self-policing" is the best way to prevent online mudslinging.
"We're not in the business of assessing truth or falsity," he said in response to an audience member's follow-up question. "That's not a path we want to take, or we think is appropriate, or our users would expect."
Schrage was also quick to point out the unprecedented democratizing benefits he believes the Web has brought to candidates and voters. He said the Internet has led to easier interaction between politicians and constituents, greater accountability for politicians who make missteps and a broader fundraising base.
Google hopes to promote that exchange by creating a special sales team to handle ad requests from political campaigns. It has also invited all of the 2008 presidential candidates to journey to the Googleplex to "talk tech and policy and maybe even grab lunch," Schrage said.
If the candidates agree to it, Google hopes to film some of the visit and put the videos they produce online, he added. YouTube recently launched a site called YouChoose '08 that provides an official platform for the presidential candidates to post videos.
For the company that likes to say its mission is organizing the world's information, it will remain a challenge to give voters the information they need without overwhelming them, Schrage said.
"I defy anyone here to search for 'Hillary 2008′ and read all the results without passing out," he quipped, adding: "not because of the content, mind you, but because of the volume."
AppFuse: Start Your J2EE Web Apps
by Matt Raible
One of the hardest parts about J2EE development is getting started. There is an immense amount of open source tools for web app development. Making a decision on which technologies to use can be tough — actually beginning to use them can be even more difficult. Once you've decided to use Struts and Hibernate, how do you go about implementing them? If you look on the Hibernate site or the Struts site, you'll probably have a hard time finding any information on integrating the two. What if you want to throw Spring into the mix? As a developer, the best way for me to learn is by viewing sample apps and tutorials that explain how to extend those applications. In order for me to learn (and remember) how to integrate open source technologies such as Hibernate, Spring, Struts, and Ant/XDoclet, I created AppFuse. The beauty of AppFuse is you can actually get started with Hibernate, Spring, and Struts without even knowing much about them. Using test-driven development, AppFuse and its tutorials will show you how to develop a J2EE web application quickly and efficiently.
The Birth of AppFuse
In early 2002, I managed to land a contract where I was the lone developer. I was responsible for everything, from gathering requirements to database creation to DHTML on the web front end. While I'd done a lot of front-end work (Struts, HTML, etc.) over the years, the business layer and persistence layer were mostly new to me. So I searched and searched for J2EE patterns to do things the "right way" for my new client. I ended up implementing Business Delegates, DAOs, and ServiceLocators — many of them modeled after J2EE Blueprints. Towards the end of that contract, I was contracted to help write a book on JSP 2.0. The publisher was Wrox Press and the book was Professional JSP 2.0. I volunteered to write two chapters — one on Struts and one on web security. Note: in March 2003, Wrox went out of business and this book eventually became Pro JSP, Third Edition, published by Apress.
When you write a technical book, it's helpful to use a sample app to demonstrate concepts. I was tired of reading books that had a throwaway sample app, so I wanted to develop something meaningful; something I could use after I was done writing. My initial thoughts were to write an application that would help you get started with Struts, and would use XDoclet to do a lot of the heavy lifting. It also had to have a lot of security features so I could use it for my chapter on web application security. I came up with the name
struts-xdoclet and began developing my application.
After a couple of weeks, I decided that "
struts-xdoclet" was too hard to say and renamed the project AppFuse. I developed the sample app for my Struts chapter using AppFuse and released it as Struts Resume. After publishing Struts Resume, I needed to extract the resume-specific stuff out of it to revert back to the generic "jumpstart" application I wanted AppFuse to be. It took me almost three months, but I finally released the first official version of AppFuse in April 2003.
Since its initial release, AppFuse has gone through many changes and improvements. Most of the technology decisions were made from experience. It was a pain to keep my ValueObjects (VOs) and ActionForms in sync, so ActionsForms are generated using XDoclet. I found it tedious to write JDBC and more tedious to update SQL and VOs when adding new table columns. To solve this, I chose to use Hibernate for persistence and use Ant/XDoclet to dynamically create my database tables. Rather than lose my tables' data each time, I integrated DBUnit, which also came in handy when running unit tests. I decided to use Tomcat/MySQL as the default server/database setup because I was most familiar with them. I integrated a plethora of unit/integration tests so I could make sweeping changes and verify that everything still worked (including the JSPs) by running
ant test-all.
In March of 2004, I moved the AppFuse project from the Struts project on SourceForge to java.net. I had a couple of reasons for doing this. First of all, it was a sub-project on SourceForge, and its user base was growing quickly. It needed dedicated mailing lists and forums. Secondly, java.net seemed to do a better job of marketing projects and I'd heard their CVS system was much more stable. My experience at java.net has been quite nice: it's a very stable system, and the administrators are very supportive of the project and have even helped with marketing it.
What is AppFuse?
So after all that history, what is AppFuse? At its very core, AppFuse is a web application that you can package into a .war and deploy to a J2EE 1.3-compliant app server. It's designed to help you create new web applications using a
new target in its build.xml file. The
new target allows you to specify a name for your project and a name for the database it will talk to. Once you've created a project, you can instantly create a MySQL database and deploy it to Tomcat using
ant setup. Furthermore, you can verify that the basic functionality of your new application works by running
ant test-all. At this point, you might sneer and say, "What's the big deal? Anyone can create a .war file and deploy it to Tomcat." I agree, but do you have a
setup-tomcat target that will configure Tomcat with JNDI resources for connections pooling and mail services? Most of what AppFuse does is not rocket science. In reality, it's nothing more than a directory structure, a build file, and a bunch of base classes — with a few features thrown in. However, it has vastly accelerated my ability to start projects and develop high-quality, well-tested web applications.
AppFuse tries to make it as simple as possible to build, test, and deploy your application. It virtually eliminates setup and configuration, which are often the hard parts. Tools like Ant, JUnit, XDoclet, Hibernate, and Spring can be difficult to get started with. Furthermore, features like authentication, password hints, "remember me," user registration, and user management are things that most web apps need. AppFuse ships with tutorials for developing DAOs, business delegates, Struts actions (or Spring controllers), integrating tiles and validation, and uses an Ant-based XDoclet task (written by Erik Hatcher) to generate master/detail JSPs from model objects. It uses slick open source tag libraries like Struts Menu (for navigation) and the Display Tag (for paging and sorting lists).
One of the best parts, in my opinion, is that it embraces the Java community's ideas and suggestions. The directory structure and build file are largely based on Erik Hatcher and Steve Loughran's excellent Java Development with Ant book. In this book, Erik built a sample application that inspired me to learn more about Ant and XDoclet — and use it in my Struts development.
When I first started learning and using Hibernate in AppFuse, I made many mistakes — and the community let me know. At first, I opened and closed its Session object for each DAO method. When Gavin told me this was a bad idea, I made modifications to use an OpenSessionInView pattern, with my own ServletFilter to do the work. I passed the session object into each method signature, for which the community repeatedly questioned my logic. My answer was, "I wanted to get it working more than anything — do you have a better idea?" The better idea turned out to be using the Session as a constructor argument, which worked pretty well.
Then, late last year, I discovered the Spring framework and found the beautiful solution I'd been looking for. Using its ORM support, I was able to eliminate any Session handling in AppFuse; now Spring elegantly handles it all. AppFuse now uses Spring's
OpenSessionInViewFilter. All I needed to do was configure it in web.xml and it manages opening and closing the session for me. When I integrated Spring in AppFuse's persistence layer, I deleted two or three classes and reduced my LOC count by around 75 percent. All of the Hibernate issues I'd had before disappeared! In addition, I was quickly able to add a DAO implementation using iBATIS, which I worked with on a project last year. On that project, I discovered that iBATIS was easy to use and worked very well for interacting with complex database schemas.
AppFuse is not only a jumpstart kit for your web apps; it's also a showcase for integrating technologies like Hibernate, Spring, and Struts. Tutorials exist for integrating these different open source components, but rarely do they give you an application you can walk away with and use to develop your next application. In a sense, AppFuse is a glue that binds open source projects together. When I found Spring, it was a perfect fit, since it was the glue to configure components and loosely couple the different layers of an application. Erik's book might have been the match that lit AppFuse, but Spring is the gasoline that really got it roaring. Spring has vastly simplified how I develop with AppFuse and forced me to follow best practices in J2EE. In short, it's the best tool I've ever used with J2EE. I realize Spring is not the be-all-end-all for J2EE applications — AppFuse worked fine before I integrated it. However, it helped answer all of my "How should I do …" questions — which was a nice relief.
What Does the Future Hold?
AppFuse 1.5 was released at the end of May. Its major feature is the option to use Spring MVC instead of Struts. All of the tutorials have been updated to educate users how to use Spring (or Struts) for their web layers. For AppFuse 1.6, I plan to add support for using WebWork and SiteMesh, as well as make it easier to run unit tests from Eclipse and IDEA. By the end of the year, I hope to add Tapestry and JSF as MVC options. The middle tier and back end (Spring plus Hibernate) probably won't change much. It's a well-oiled machine at this point. This isn't to say that I think AppFuse is perfect. I hope I continue to receive valuable feedback and suggestions. After all, this is the driving force behind improving its quality.
When I find innovative and easier ways to develop web apps, it ends up in AppFuse. People ask me why AppFuse doesn't support Middlegen. The reason is simple: I've never used or needed Middlegen on a project, so I don't see any reason to add it. If I end up on a project where I use Middlegen, you can bet I'll end up adding support for it. Recently, I started using Spring's MVC framework instead of Struts. At first, I found it a bit difficult to understand, so I implemented the web layer with Spring MVC. Since the web layer contains many features that I use in web apps (i.e., templating, validation, file upload, and exception handling), I learned the ins and outs of Spring MVC by integrating it.
Using and learning AppFuse is a good way to keep up to date with the latest releases of its dependent projects. I try to keep as up to date as possible with new releases — and due to AppFuse's unit test coverage, I can easily test new releases by dropping them in and running
ant test-all. This even works for dependent resources such as Tomcat and MySQL, in which I've found bugs via AppFuse. For me, it acts as a testing tool to verify the functionality of new open source releases.
AppFuse Light
Equinox is a lightweight version of AppFuse; hence its pseudonym "AppFuse Light." I was inspired to create it when looking at the
struts-blank and
webapp-minimal applications that ship with Struts and Spring, respectively. These "starter" apps were not robust enough for me, and I wanted something like AppFuse, only simpler — with no build-time dependencies.
It's designed to show web app developers how to start a bare-bones Struts/Spring/Hibernate app using the QuickStart Chapter in Spring Live. More functionality may be added in the future, but the main goal is to provide a better implementation of a bare-bones web app.
Equinox should mostly be used for writing tutorials and rapid prototyping. I don't recommend using it for starting a full-fledged production application. That's what AppFuse is for.
How Do I Start Using It?
The best way to get started using AppFuse is to download it and read the QuickStart Guide. AppFuse is a part of the Java Enterprise Community on java.net. Its project homepage is at appfuse.dev.java.net.
If you're interested in Equinox, you can read the QuickStart Chapter from Spring Live to build a quick and easy application using Struts, Spring, and Hibernate. If you like, you can view a demo of the MyUsers application that this chapter helps you build. Equinox is a sub-project of AppFuse on java.net. Its project homepage is at equinox.dev.java.net.
- AppFuse Project: appfuse.dev.java.net, Wiki Page and Demo
- Support: FAQ and Mailing List
- How-Tos: Tutorials, Using Resin, Using OracleAS, Using DB2, and Using Velocity instead of JSPs.
- Similar Projects: Java Application Generator and Megg
Matt Raible is currently authoring Spring Live and is a member of the J2EE 1.5 Expert Group. He blogs about J2EE and his experiences on both jroller.com and raibledesigns.com.
Current style in graphic design for the web
This is where I try to sum up the current state-of-the-art in graphic design for web pages, and identify the distinctive features that make a web page look fresh, appealing and easy to use.
I'll update this article over time as new features stick out.
I'm glad to say that web design in 2006 is better than ever. And it's not just because there are more web sites out there, so more good stuff to look at. There's still an awful lot of crud too. I just think that more web designers know more about how to design than ever before.
The examples below (which I'll roll over time) show excellent modern graphic design technique. They all look good, and are clear and easy to use.
I'm not saying these are the very best sites out there, just that they're typical of today's best design.
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Adventuress Ittle Dew and her sidekick Tippsie crash onto a strange island, filled with loot and mysterious inhabitants. It quickly dawns on the duo that this might become their biggest adventure yet.
* Lots of secrets and shortcuts to explore
Ittle Dew boils down the classic adventure formula until there is only fun left. Experience devious puzzles, timeless gameplay and lots of exploration!
* Lots of secrets and shortcuts to explore
* Combine your tools in ingenious ways
* Beautiful hand-drawn HD wobble graphics
Great game, don't get me wrong The game is good, really good. The only issue is that it doesn't take up the whole screen on Nexus devices. The nav buttons still show up while playing. If the dev were to update it and get rid of those, then I would give it a full 5 stars. Using the Nexus 6.
Great original Zelda clone. A few bugs, but not a deal killer. -Google+ login broken, crashes application -Controller left d-pad is incorrectly mapped. (Nexus 7 2013 + ipega bluetooth telescopic controller)
Great challenging game with good story line Big lifelong Zelda fan and heard about this game and wanted to give it a try. Could not play on older device (Galaxy S3). After I got new S7 decided to give anothet chance. Great game and challenging puzzles. Great graphics and storyline. You will not be disappointed unless it does not run properly on your device. Looking forward to sequel.
Great game
Touchy physics for a touch game Be ready to die a lot because you missed the touch button or was out of position ever so slightly. That would be a cardinal sin in most games but ittle dew has great imagery, attitude and challenging puzzles. Besides, some people have the option of physical controllers :-)
I can't even start it. I play this on my Samsung Galaxy S3. I keep trying to go into Itan's shop, but every time I try, it freezes and force-closes on me, and I can't get any of the items I need to get through the castle. I love the graphics, and I can tell the game is gonna be great, but I can't play it. Please fix, I really want to play. I'll give it more stars if the glitch gets fixed.
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Hotel Domidea
Via Raffaele Costi, 17/21, Rome 001554.0 out of 5.0
Located in Tiburtina EST, this hotel is within 6 mi (10 km) of Piazza Bologna, Porta Maggiore, and Roma Est. Roman Forum an …
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These apartments are located throughout the area in Rome.
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Happy Village & Camping
Via del Prato della Corte 1915, Rome 00123
Situated in Rome, this romantic caravan park/campground is within 9 mi (15 km) of Auditorium Parco della Musica, MAXXI - …
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Houston Texans wide receiver Lestar Jean (18) hauls in a touchdown against Dallas Cowboys cornerback B.W. Webb (20) in the first half of NFL preseason football action at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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This video series provides a fresh look at skill-transfer exercises and midline stability, combining the powers of Kelly Starrett and gymnast Carl Paoli. Both San Francisco CrossFit coaches add their expertise to refine basic CrossFit movements with the aim of improving power output.
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Rafael Rodriguez I purchased Microsoft Office Proffesional Plus 2010l from 365 Professionals on 04/12/2013 Miami Florida
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This past July 29 a Windows authentication warning came up. When I went to authenticate my Product Key again a message displayed stating Product Key is installed on another computer and is not a valid copy and is counterfeit. I called Microsoft and they said to file a report. Before filing the report I decided to contact them. After no answer on the phones and creating a ticket I still have not heard from them and did my research when I found this link. We are being ripped off by 365 Professionals
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I think i confused some of you with my original post, so i made it more apparent that I need help.
Ok, I am a noob at this so don't go crazy with me yet. I visit this site on a regular basis, http://www.majornelson.com, and I noticed something on his site that I was wondering if any of you could help me put on mine. Under each post it says this:
Posted: June 16, 2005 @ 4:12 pm (7 hours, 23 minutes ago) By: Major Nelson
Where it shows the date, time, when it was last posted ( which updates every minute that the page is reloaded), and the author who posted it. I'm sure it has to be a script because he wouldn't manually update the time by himself each minute.
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Assignment Three
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Urban Planning 539:
Using data on employment, education, occupation, and other relevant demographic characteristics, answer the following questions about your two case study locations:
1. What is the current occupational profile and labor market status of your locations (e.g., employment by occupation, unemployment, labor force participation rates)? How does this compare to the larger geographic context (e.g., the region, state or nation)? What can you say about skill and education levels?
Be sure to find all the relevant data (or note why it is not available), such as:
2. Given the locations' current labor/occupational structures, what are their prospects for the future? That is, how well or poorly positioned are the two local economies to weather economic uncertainties and meet the demands of the changing labor market? Can you find evidence that suggests that the locations' occupational structures have led to the local economies doing either better or worse than the national economy as a whole? [question updated 9 Nov 2015]
Note: Q#1 involves a quantitative analysis of current (or recent past) conditions. Q#2 addresses the future (e.g., the next 1-10 years), so is predictive and involves intelligent speculation and interpretation. You have flexibility in how you answer Q#2 given the lack of one clear answer.
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Here are some comments/advice for Assignment 3 on labor markets/occupations:
The assignment is, in some ways, similar to Assignment 2, though this time you are looking through the framework/lens of occupation (what people do at work) rather than of industrial sector (what firms produce). However, rather than using several specific methods (e.g., shift-share, LQ, etc.) with Assignment 3 you have more flexibility & discretion about how you analyze and present your results. So, do cover the basics (Q1), but I encourage you to also be creative and exploratory -- the labor side (since it involves people, skills, education, culture, neighborhoods, race and gender politics, migration, etc.) is arguably more complex and rich than the firm side (Assignment 2).
Q#1 involves a quantitative analysis of current (or recent past) conditions. Q#2 addresses the future (e.g., the next 1-10 years), so is predictive and involves intelligent speculation and interpretation. You have flexibility in how you answer Q#2 given the lack of one clear answer.
Also: you can generally find employment-by-occupation data for the recent past (for Q1). But finding employment-by-occupation projections for local areas may be hard; projections (looking to the future) tend to be at the national level. One strategy is to take national-level projections by occupation, and then see how your cities occupational profiles compare: does your city have a concentration in fast or slow-growing occupations? (like shift-share analysis, only here a measure of "occupational mix
Looking for Differences / Looking for Similarities: You will likely find differences (e.g., in wages, occupational structure, unemployment rate, etc.) between your cities (or metro areas) and the U.S. as a whole. This is a significant finding, but how to interpret? Are these patterns specific to your case studies (e.g., they are distinctive metro areas?), or are these patterns general to all US metro areas? (e.g., you're picking up, through your two cases, a more general metro vs. non-metro difference).
For examples of understanding local economies through analyzing occupations and labor markets, please see the links for the Nov 11 class session on New York, Los Angeles and Detroit. (You might also see the optional reading in ctools: Koo, J. 2005. How to analyze the regional economy with occupation data. Economic Development Quarterly 19, no 4: 356-72.)
Please be sure to...
some additional data sources:
International Cases and Challenges in Finding Data:
Each country seems to have different practices and traditions about what and who is counted -- and not counted. In the US, we look at employment both by industry (defined by the sector) and occupation (defined by the nature of the individual's work tasks). But other countries often don't go into detailed occupational data. Sometimes they just compare blue-collar (manual labor), white-collar (mental labor) -- and sometimes have a third category of civil servant (which is often white collar, but some countries have a clear tradition of civil servants so they separate this category).
For this assignment (especially if you are looking at non-US cities), those if you can't find all the elements for ....
... then briefly explain what data you can and CANNOT find, and then do the best with the data you can find. If there are useful statistics about work and the labor force (beyond the ones listed above), feel free to substitute some other measures of the labor force.
So: I will not penalize assignments in cases where the data is not available, especially if you explain the limits to the available data -- and do your best to find and document measures of the labor market.
Finally: PRESENTATION (Nov 16)
As with earlier assignments, each group will briefly present their findings in class. Please therefore upload a copy of your assignment to your drop-box in ctools before the start of class (pdf format). For the presentation images, you have two choices:
Advice: don't just march through a long, numbing display of statistics; instead, use the statistics to illustrate your narrative analysis of your city's economy through the lens of its workers, labor force, education, skills, etc. Organize your presentation around several main points.
Since Wednesday's class also covers labor issues (and may trigger some ideas for your Assignment 3), I am extending the deadline for the WRITTEN submittal to the end of the day Friday, Nov. 20. (So: presentations on Monday, and upload your visuals for the presentations to ctools drop box before Monday's class; final written version uploaded by end of Friday.)
IMPORTANT FINAL WORD: Use complete and correct citations (really small footnotes or references fine -- or perhaps use footnotes on one page and have a separate "sources" page). Refer to all sources used (including data, maps, images, tables, graphs, course readings and materials found on the Internet). Please familiarize yourself with standard practice of academic integrity in coursework. --> See this link for complete information.


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The French slalom specialist is recovering from surgery on his right knee at the end of March, two years after having first gone under the knife.
The 28-year-old had targeted Val d'Isere as the venue to make his long-awaited return to the slopes, but the demanding nature of the course prompted him to change his plans.
"I do not feel 100 per cent ready yet even if the development is going in the right direction but unfortunately it would be a bit too premature for Val d'Isère," Grange said.
"The face on Bellevarde is a challenge both physically and technically. I do not have enough training days under my belt to be competitive. That's why I prefer to continue to train and prepare myself properly before returning to completion.
The 2005 slalom title winner will now concentrate on preparing himself for the World Cup events at either Madonna di Campiglia in Italy on Decembert 18 or more probably on January 6 in Zagreb.
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Which flash is a good choice for my needs ?
I shoot a d7000 and enjoy landscape architecture and photographing musical instruments .this is my first post on any forum so my apologies if I'm not following protocol but I'll learn . I would like to buy just one flash that will serve my needs the first time .In all fairness I look forward to exploring most forms of photography at some point but finding free time seems to be a challenge .Any recommendations?
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#1. "RE: Which flash is a good choice for my needs ?" | In response to Reply # 0avm247 Charter MemberThu 07-Mar-13 02:36 AM
Mike, welcome to Nikonians!
I am by no means a "flash expert" there are other more qualified photographers here that have earned that title. But since you asked please allow me to offer some advice.
Get a flash with a high Guide Number (GN). You can always lower the output of the flash but you can't really increase the output of the flash. Straight on flash is harsh so I typically recommend bouncing flash or using a diffuser. Doing this further reduces your flash output so, again, you'll want a more powerful flash. Get one with a flash head that tilts and swivels, that way you can model the light the same way for portrait and landscape orientation. I also recommend a Nikon flash, an I-TTL unit. I believe you can use the D7000 as a commander and control up to two groups of speedlights for multiple flash experiments.
So I recommend you look at the SB910, SB900, SB800, SB700 or SB600. As long as you do not shoot a high amount of flash images and allow the flash head to cool, you should not have any issues with any of the speedlights. The SB900/910 and SB700 have very good user interface and is supposed to be better than the SB800 and SB600 units. Many members here still swear by the SB800 (now discontinued but available used).
Yes, these speedlights are big, especially the SB900 and SB910, but will help you to control the light.
I guess the next questions for you are: what's your budget and are you comfortable with a used speedlight?
As finding time to shoot...sorry, I have the same problem, can't help you there other than to say, I got into macro because (1) I had flowers available and (2) I could set something up at night when I had some free time. Otherwise I shoot when I can which unfortunately isn't very often.
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#2. "RE: Which flash is a good choice for my needs ?" | In response to Reply # 0Thu 07-Mar-13 07:31 PM
Hi Mike,
Welcome to Nikonians!
Do you have a budget in mind?
If your budget is robust and you want the Speedlight with maximum versatility consider an SB-910. It is better to have the extra power and features and not need them then to need the extra power or features and not have them.
A second hand or refurbished SB-900 or SB-800 are similar to the SB-910 in features and power but are available for significantly less money.
Next would be an SB-700 and if your budget is tight a used or refurbished SB-600.
Good Luck and Enjoy your Nikons!
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#4. "RE: Which flash is a good choice for my needs ?" | In response to Reply # 0Arkayem Charter MemberThu 07-Mar-13 07:52 PM
>I shoot a d7000 and enjoy landscape architecture and
>photographing musical instruments .this is my first post on
>any forum so my apologies if I'm not following protocol but
>I'll learn . I would like to buy just one flash that will
>serve my needs the first time .In all fairness I look forward
>to exploring most forms of photography at some point but
>finding free time seems to be a challenge .Any
The other replies are spot on, but I thought I would add that the reason you need lots of power is because you have to greatly diffuse the flash when shooting subjects with a highly reflective surface, like musical instruments.
In fact, when I shoot musical instruments, or jewelry, or items for sale online, I point the flash backwards so that no light goes directly from the flash to the subject. This turns the whole room into a giant diffuser, which greatly reduces nasty reflections of the flash back into the camera (so-called 'hot spots'). Of course, this will only work in a fairly small room, and it must have walls and ceiling of white or neutral colors to avoid making a colorcast on your subject.
However, using this technique requires a powerful flash. The SB900, 910, 800, 700, and 600 are all powerful enough.
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#5. "RE: Which flash is a good choice for my needs ?" | In response to Reply # 4Fri 08-Mar-13 01:09 AM
Thank you all for the great responses,I will be going to my local camera shop in Allentown to look at the 700 and 910 for a comparison in the very near future and as for the recommendation for a d800 I'm not sure if you mean't the fx body but I already have serious lust for one.Going to the Lancaster railroad museum this weekend to do some shooting .Can't wait!
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#7. "RE: Which flash is a good choice for my needs ?" | In response to Reply # 6Sat 16-Mar-13 12:43 AM
First thank you all for your advice, I did get an sb700 on Monday and in a moment of weakness bought a d800 body.I am in awe of the functional beauty of the tool.Well another learning curve begins.More questions to come.Thanks all !
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#9. "E: Which flash is a good choice for my needs ?" | In response to Reply # 8mkbee1 Registered since 26th Nov 2012Sat 23-Mar-13 01:13 PM | edited Sat 23-Mar-13 01:15 PM by mkbee1
Hi, Mike;
It all depends on your need and budget. Nikon flashes are marvelous, no doubt about it, but, I have great service from Nikon, Vivitar and Sunpak flashes over the years, so you might wish to look at third party offerings.
I had the SB 400 for a while, and found it adequate for snapshots, but generally, lacking in power and utility.
I then bought a Sunpak PF30, which was a great little flash. My buddy, the Canon shooter, also bought one, and likes it.
Then, in The True Spirit of Never Leaving Well-Enough Alone, (A malady my wife assures me I have developed to a fine art! ) I bought an SB600. Really nice flash, but it has features I will never use! It was a close-run thing between it and the Sunpak PZ42X (N), which cost less, and offered the same power and convenience. But, I had the $$$, sooooo...
For a smaller flash, I am thinking of buying my wife the Sunpak RD2000N, for her/my D50, because it tilts and allows power level adjustments, something the SB400 doesn't.
I hope this has not muddied the water for you, but whatever you choose, you will probably be happy with the performance.
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