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Satorri has written an essay on 'the less obvious way to win' in the forums. Just one of its several sections is below.
Leadership Meta Skills
This section will always be pertinent to your group, though it will be a variable as to who serves as the leader. Typically, if there isn't someone assertive (and sometimes even if there is), this job will be expected of the tank. That said, it does not *have* to be the tank, but the tank is often the easy choice for the nature of their job. The tank is the first person into a fight and will care most in what order things are attacked. There is no reason this job cannot be done by anyone else, but it is ideal that someone does take the leadership reins to make sure that the group is coordinated and acting as a whole, instead of a collection of individuals doing what they please.
Target Assessment – Kill/Manage Priority – Marking
Every time you face a new pull, encounter, or group of opponents, you will need to size them up and handle them carefully. If you simply race into the pull blindly, often enough, when things explode and fall apart you may not have a clear idea of how you can improve or what you can do differently. Worse are the pulls where you don't fail outright, but pull it out by the skin of your teeth. If you do not learn from your encounters you will simply always struggle through and instances will be a far more stressful ordeal than they need to be.
Fights have sufficient risk in the current climate, and take long enough, that it is well worth your while to take a moment or two to plan/prepare and coordinate. This is exceptionally the case if you or any member of the group has not fought this enemy before. Do not assume that just because you *have* done it that your group will know what to do without asking.
"That's all well and good," you say, "but how do *I* know what to do when I'm leading the group; Especially if I have not done the pull before?!" I'm glad you asked!
1.) Identify your tools!
Every class and spec comes with its own set of tools that they can offer to the group, in 3 major forms: Active Class skills (the buttons you press to fill your role), Passive Buffs (Applied, Auras, and Short-term maintained buffs and debuffs to improve your group and weaken your enemies), and Secondary/Control abilities (spells that incapacitate, immobilize, slow, confuse, stun, and interrupt your enemies to reduce or limit their effectiveness).
Primary class skills will be the province of each member. You do not *need* to know them beyond any secondary significance such as Control/Debuffs that may be offered through the course of them just doing their normal routine.
Buffs and Debuffs will usually be applied ahead of time. There is a fairly short list of group buffs, and many listings of who can provide those abilities. Debuffs are frequently applied through abilities, but sometimes involve using non-central abilities. If you take a minute at the beginning of an instance you can potentially improve your group's effectiveness, which can actually save appreciable amounts of time later on. At very least, you can more than gain back the few moments spent making sure everyone knows what buffs they are responsible for providing. There are convenient addons that can track what buffs and debuffs your group can offer, personally I use "Raid Comp."
Every class and spec has Secondary and Control abilities of varying use and value. I won't list them all completely as there are a great many, but I will highlight the categories for reference later:
Full Control Abilities = these abilities will completely take the target out of the action for a longer duration (20-50 sec), these include a Mage's Sheep (Polymorph), Shaman's Hex (Froggy), Shaman's Bind Elemental, Priest's Shackle Undead, etc. These abilities vary in sensitivity; Some will break to any damage, others can take a little hurt without breaking free completely.
Quick Control Abilities = these abilities will take the target(s) out of action for a short duration, but can be more robust for their short duration. These abilities include a Druid's Cyclone, Warlock's Fear, Paladin's Hammer of Justice, Frost Death Knight's Hungering Cold, Warrior's Intimidating Shout, and Priest's Psychic Scream. Some of these abilities can be chained, but their shorter durations can make that less ideal for long-term control.
Movement Impairing Abilities = these abilities will root (stop movement) or snare (slow movement) opponents without otherwise incapacitating them. These abilities are important for settling chaotic situations so people can set up longer-term solutions, or for handling more complex scenarios like "kiting" opponents (luring the opponent around while staying out of reach). Roots tend to be very sensitive to damage and/or very short in duration, while snares are usually very robust. These abilities include Mage's Frost Nova (root) and Chill effect (snare), Hunter's Frost Trap (snare zone) and Concussive Shot (targeted snare), and Shaman's Earthbind Totem (snare, Elemental can talent for a short root as well).
Interrupts = these abilities will stop the cast of an opponent's harmful spell/ability. Typically only spell-type abilities can be interrupted, while physical abilities that have a "cast" preparation time cannot, though there are exceptions. If a spell can be interrupted it is often well worth your while to do so. Many class-specs will be able to interrupt without interrupting their own actions to do so, particularly melee classes. Almost every class-spec has a form of traditional interrupt with a cooldown period between 6 and 40 seconds. The exceptions are: Discipline Priests, Restoration Druids, Beast Mastery and Survival Hunters (though certain pets are capable of interrupting), Holy Paladins, and Warlocks not using the Felhunter pet. These class-specs may have an ability that can effectively interrupt, provided the target is not immune to the true nature of the ability (for example, Holy Paladins can use Hammer of Justice to stun the target, but if the target is immune to stun it will not stop the ability from casting).
Identify the abilities your group has, and keep them in memory when it comes time to deciding how you want to manage each pull. It can be better to err on the side of coverage and have multiple people trying to do the job, than put all your eggs in one basket.
2.) Identify your opponents!
Even if you have never done a fight before, you can often tell by the names, appearances, and presentation of your opponents what sort of part they will play. For ease of comprehension, until you start become familiar, let's create some archetypes to identify. Blizzard uses classic concepts as well as class-based concepts. Most mobs in the game will follow fairly predictable roles, though they will sometimes mix and match.
Type 1 = The Grunt
Grunts are the rank-and-file, simple, no-frills fighters. They are largely filler, something to give you multiple targets to pay attention to without having too much concern about what they do. They will not be a major concern, and often enough may be low priority for controlling or killing.
Type 2 = The Bruiser
The Bruiser will stand out because you will not encounter more than one or two at a time or in a group, and they will usually be noticeably bigger, meaner looking, or possibly be shackled/controlled/"buffed" by the staging of the group. Bruisers are often resistant to control abilities, which means they are usually higher priority targets for killing for their increased threat to the tank. In other circumstances, when you have higher priority targets, the healer will simply have to be ready to heal the tank more heavily.
Type 3 = The Healer
There are a variety of healer types, and often they will carry obvious names, sometimes as obvious as "<blank> Healer." These mobs will have the direct ability to restore health to your enemies. Usually, if there is such an enemy present, their heal will be significant enough that you will want to be sure to avoid that healing; where that healing will be far greater than the damage you would cause in the time it takes to stop and interrupt or otherwise avert their healing. Usually, "avoiding" the healing will simply be a matter of interrupting a cast, but sometimes it will involve dispelling a buff (HoT or self-regen buff) and possibly mitigating a heal with healing reduction abilities like Mortal Strike. If there is a single healer and no other particularly dangerous opponents, it can be easy to simply focus and kill the healer first. If there are any other dangerous opponents (particularly ones that are immune to control), it may be equally worthwhile to control the healer and focus on the other risks first.
Type 4 = The Mage
I use the term "mage" in the general sense, more than the class-specific sense. They may shoot fire, frost, shadow, holy, or nature bolts (or something else altogether), but they are offensive spell casters, and they will often hurt. Tanks have heavy tools to handle physical attacks, but limited abilities to counter spells. This means these targets will usually be focused for control and/or interruption to reduce the threat to the group. Note: there are a distinct sub-set of the mage type that will ignore traditional threat and will pick enemy targets at random, these are usually the heaviest wear on the healers and will be high priority for control. Mage-types will also present a positioning challenge for tanks (see below) so interrupts will be key even if they are only to make sure the enemy moves to where you want them to be. Learning Line-of-sight (LoS, see tank section) tactics will also be valuable against these opponents.
Type 5 = The Controller
Controllers are mobs who specialize in trying to control and restrict the players. The mob itself is rarely as big a concern as their spells. Some will attempt to control your group members (Hex/Sheep/Fear/Mind Control) and some will apply damaging or performance reducing debuffs. These will be easy targets to prioritize for long control while you kill the rest of their groups, and are rarely high priority for killing unless they are immune to control.
Type 6 = The Swarm
Swarmers are always present in high numbers. Any individual in the pack will not be very dangerous, but when there is a large number of them, the damage adds up and can become a threat for survival and a challenge for the tank to gather their attention. These are rarely controlled because taking one or two out of the swarm will have little effect, but some abilities can be very useful for handling them should you choose to try. Mage's Ring of Frost, Frost Death Knight's Hungering Cold, and Warrior/Priest AoE Fears can be important for occupying those targets while you focus on another part of the pull (like a pack master who directs the swarm). Be wary of the "pack master" scenario, staged as a single humanoid who has a collection of pets, as they have a tendency to direct the swarm with no traditional threat behavior.
Type 7 = The Boss
This may literally be a dungeon or raid boss, or it may be a mini-boss of sorts. The boss-type is a larger version of one of the first 5 types, is always immune to control abilities, and is very dangerous. These targets, when not encountered solo (most boss fights are solo, and/or with "adds," additional mobs who will join the fight and are usually taken from the above categories) will be a decision whether they are managed/tanked while you kill off the supporting mobs, or if you control all the supporting mobs and focus on the boss first.
There are many interesting variations and many twists that the developers will place on this, but these should create a baseline for identifying potential elements in the composition of a group before you pull them. Once you do engage you and the group can coordinate and observe what each mob does so you can refine your strategy in the future.
3.) Identify Priorities and Assign Marks!
Now you need to decide on how you will try to kill them. The two major factors for this will be their risk to the group, and the ease with which they can be killed or controlled. If a target can be controlled or sufficiently stifled (by kiting or interrupting) that can reduce the priority with which they need to be killed. No matter how large a risk, if something can be killed markedly easier than the others, it may be best to take that enemy out of the equation to simplify the field. The biggest priorities will always be the best combination you can make of risk and ease of killing. If one mob can wipe out your group, but can be kept completely covered with your group's control, you may want to leave it controlled, or you may want to kill it first and try to keep it locked down until it is dead. There is no universal right answer.
Marking is a key skill, and one usually left to tanks, but it should fall to the group's leader to use it to direct the group. Set marks, and explain to your group what significance the marks will play for your group. Note: everyone has their own short-hands, and while there are common elements like Skull being the first target to kill, Square being a Hunter trap, and Moon being a Mage Sheep, it is still well important to spell it out for the group so that everyone is on the same page, especially if you have a group of strangers.
Marks and/or priorities can and should change mid-fight as needed. If you have a high risk enemy, like a healer, who is unsuccessfully controlled, or the control is made impossible (or you discover it to be impossible) you need to be ready to set aside your pre-planned order and kill the new risk immediately, or find another way to keep it shut down temporarily. Communication is always key. The tank needs to be ready to pick up the new target and the interrupters need to be ready to stop the heals.
If you are on live communication (VoIP or in-person) it is easy to leave marks the same and simply inform people to "kill the star" instead. If you have no voice communication, it may be easier to simply change the skull to direct people's attention. If necessary in a raid, the Raid Warning (/rw) chat ability can make a loud announcement to shift this priority.
I highly recommend keybinding marks. I set them to the same numbers on my keypad for every character. Keybinding the marks will let you assign them as quickly as if you were typing or using your other abilities, and speed may be imperative if you are setting or changing marks mid-fight.
4.) Adapt!
Always be ready to change and reassess based on what you learn as you progress with the fight. If you see something you did not expect, it may change your priority and risk assessment. Perhaps what you thought was a Mage turns out to be a Healer, or what you thought was a Bruiser was really no more threatening than a Grunt. Perhaps that one mob actually summons a swarm if left untouched, so you want to control or kill them first.
If you are inflexible you will find you have to start more pulls from scratch, while those who can adapt mid-stream can salvage a pull the first time and remember the lessons to start it better the next time.
Let's construct an example pull, and break it down to see how these can be applied to strategy. Let's say your group consists of a Protection Warrior, Elemental Shaman, Marksmanship Hunter, Subtlety Rogue, and Discipline Priest. You face a group of 5 opponents, all humanoid-type, named the following: Ironwall Reaver (x1), Ironwall Pledge (x2), Ironwall Acolyte (x1), and Ironwall Commander. They are staged surrounding the Commander who appears more heavily armored. The Acolyte is wearing robes. We can guess that the Pledges are grunt-types. They will likely be less concerning. The Acolyte is most likely a caster of some sort, so it may be a healer, mage, controller, or all of the above. The Commander and the Reaver are question marks, but we can expect something more than grunt behavior, and the Commander may be a likely candidate for Boss or Bruiser behavior. The group wants to be careful so they decide to take the Acolyte out of the situation with the Shaman's Hex. They also decide to limit their exposure by trying to sap the Reaver, who is immune (fortunately they tried to sap which they could do without entering combat, Hex/Hunter's trap would've required them to readjust mid-pull). This means the Reaver may be a bruiser-type and they'll have to handle him carefully. The Commander is sap-able, so they Sap the Commander, and the Hunter drops a trap for one of the grunts to catch. The tank gives the Reaver a Skull to be the first target killed. The tank initiates combat and pulls back giving the time to Hex and Trap, and so only the Reaver and one of the Pledges come to the tank. The Shaman notes that the Acolyte was casting Holy Smite before he was Hexed. Mobs rarely use cross-element abilities, and they tend to be fairly class-oriented, so Holy Smite suggests a healer-type with some offensive spells. That likely means the Acolyte *can* heal, but will also resemble a light Mage between heals.
As fighting starts, sure enough, the Reaver comes out with two weapons and starts hammering the tank (Bruiser). The tank marks the Pledge that doesn't get caught with an X to kill second. The group kills the Skull-Reaver as quickly as they can, and starts working on the X-Pledge. An accidental mis-fire by the Shaman breaks his own Hex and the Acolyte comes loose and starts healing the X-Pledge. On the fly, the tank puts the Skull on the Acolyte and the Rogue helpfully Shadow Steps and Kicks (interrupt) the Acolyte. The Warrior tank charges the Acolyte and proceeds to keep the Acolyte interrupted and stunned while the group kills it. The X-Pledge is mostly ignored until the Acolyte is dead (possibly with the occasional Multi-Shot from the Hunter or Chain Lightning from the Shaman (which are carefully applied since the tank pulled the enemies away from the Hunter trap and Sap). The Sap runs out and the Commander charges the nearest party member (the Shaman who had been closer to Hex). The tank immediately taunts him and begins tanking him. The Hunter trap breaks and though the Hunter was ready to kite the Pledge into another trap, the tank picks it up and lets the group kill it along with and after the Commander. The tank also notes positioning concerns (see Tank meta-skills!) from the Commander in the form of a Shockwave (forward cone stun and damage) along with a Demoralizing Shout that reduces the groups damage. The latter is deemed ignorable, but the tank makes a note to the group about the Shockwave.
So, in retrospect you have learned:
1.) The Commander is a Controller type that needs to be faced away from the group, but can be controlled and taken out of the action.
2.) The Acolyte is a Healer and represents a high risk.
3.) The Reaver is a Bruiser and cannot be controlled, but appears to only single-target. This means the smart response will usually be to control the Acolyte and kill the Reaver first, but if there is no control available, or your healer is confident, you can simply let the tank get beaten on, and kill the Acolyte first.
4.) Pledges really are nuisances, and their only real threat is stacking their damage on top of the Reaver should they all be active at the same time. They may be controlled if you are trying to protect the tank, but probably won't need to be.
In the future, you know all this before the fight and can plan and direct the group accordingly. Learning all the groups you come across can allow you to move through instances at a good pace while being safe and tactical in how you manage your enemies.
This is one part from Satorri's essay on meta skills, originally posted over here.


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I was a week and a half late and it really hit me as I was rocking our son to sleep that our family is complete. Hudson's enough for us! (I say enough in a love drenched cuddly unicorn way) We are just so happy and now I feel the huge weight of not knowing for sure has been lifted off my shoulders.
You shall be treated with a photo bomb if you've read this 😘!
And if anyone who's had their tubes tied is reading this, quit looking at me swan and tell me your info! Xo
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Two Bomb Mr. Cranky Movie Reviews
|Gone with the Wind
This film probably single-handedly set back Civil Rights a full ten years.
|08/27/2000 - 21:31
|Good Night, and Good Luck
This whole film is just a bunch of liberal whining if you ask me.
|10/14/2005 - 21:36
|Gran Torino
A twist in this movie is as involved as a four piece puzzle. Everything is exactly as it seems.
|01/09/2009 - 17:31
|Half Nelson
Hey look, the camera is shaking so this must be real life. Screw that.
|08/11/2006 - 02:37
Although she's pretty resolute for a girl being chased by a maniac, Laurie still makes all the same mistakes that drive audiences nuts. Let's list them quickly.
|08/28/1999 - 02:58
|Hamlet (1996)
Branagh wheels out the big Hollywood guns like he's hosting a marathon celebrity roast for the Big Bard himself.
|12/25/1996 - 03:04
|Hamlet (2000)
Why don't they just make a version of "Hamlet" with farm animals?
|07/12/2000 - 03:06
"Who is that chick who isn't Jodie Foster?" Movie ruined.
|02/09/2001 - 03:11
|Hard Eight
Unlike real life, where questions and complications are rarely resolved in two hours, this film's secrets are readily revealed as though Vanna White were flipping the pages of the script.
|02/28/1997 - 16:15
|Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
Here's what I hope the sequel will be titled: "Harold and Kumar Go to Jail."
|07/30/2004 - 16:25
|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Given the anticipation of finally meeting Voldemort, one would expect the moment to be intense, powerful, and fulfilling, which is why I couldn't have been more disappointed when Harry, having been transported via port key during the Triwizard tournament, comes face-to-face with none other than... The English Patient.
|11/18/2005 - 16:30
|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The periodic fight scenes are really nothing more than re-staged B-western gun battle scenes using sticks instead of six-shooters.
|08/21/2009 - 03:05
|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Giving (director Alfonso) Cuarón creative control of the Harry Potter franchise is like giving David Fincher the reins to "Barney."
|06/04/2004 - 16:35
Not too long ago, Deborah Harry was putting out cigarettes on her breast in "Videodrome." Now she looks like the "before" shot in one of those Slimfast advertisements.
|06/05/1996 - 17:04
|Hedwig and the Angry Inch
I really thought Mitchell was going to pull a "crying game" at some point, and I spent most of my time in the theater desperately looking for somebody with an enormous cranium to hide behind in case that happened.
|07/27/2001 - 17:07
The couple behind me had a word for it: cute. I had a word for it too: brainwashing.
|06/27/1997 - 17:19
|High Fidelity
This film contains plenty of people we all know. They're called "losers."
|03/31/2000 - 19:53
|Hilary and Jackie
I just hate cello music. It makes a sound like a group of old people in a rest home when the help emerges from the kitchen with the "strained fruit of the day."
|01/15/1999 - 20:03
|Hiroshima Mon Amour
The back of the Criterion DVD case calls this Alain Renais film "a cornerstone of French cinema." If you ask me, the building must be crumbling.
|08/29/2000 - 20:05
Not only are there a lot of holes in the film, but in the premise, the plot and the director's head as well.
|04/18/2003 - 20:09


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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
I have so many blessings, its a crime to complain. So I wont. Except for one leetle thing.
Hell, for me, wouldnt be a lake of fire or a never-ending Dave Matthews concert or a place without books: Its cleaning house.
Like Sisyphus in Greek mythology--who was condemned to forever push a giant boulder uphill, only to watch helplessly as it rolled down again--Im trapped in an endless cycle of dirty laundry, dog hair and a dusty dining room table you could write War and Peace on.
I dont understand it.
Heres the thing: I actually like to move (I lived in three apartments in one complex), so Ive had a couple dozen homes and I kept them clean. CLEAN, I tell you. So we know Im not a slob. But the house I share with Widdle looks like a frat house, after the frat moves out.
You wont find beer kegs on the stairs or magazines and dirty socks and junk mail piled on every chair. In fact, books are neatly shelved, framed photos are arranged on tables and pillows are plumped on sofas. If you suddenly walked into my house, and I cant imagine why you would, you might think, This doesnt look so bad. And thats some nice crown molding over there.
But theres dust on the crown molding, and on the eight-inch baseboards and chair rails, and dont even look at the silk plants or the six-panel doors. Youd faint.
Heres what Im supposed to do, according to our unspoken marital contract: Make the beds, wash dishes, empty the trash, do laundry, fold clothes, sort the mail and newspapers, feed and medicate the animals, scour my bathroom (hubby has his own, which I Do. Not. Touch), mop, dust, vacuum and occasionally clean the windows.
Heres what I actually do: As little as possible. OK, I fold and put away the laundry hot out of the dryer, recycle faithfully and change the beds like clockwork, but my house does not sparkle and shine. I have no idea how women with children and a job handle it, unless maybe they strap sponges to the kids feet.
Id probably clean more if I could drink wine while doing it, but even I know that drinking Chardonnay at 11 a.m. on a Tuesday is dicey.
Housework is boring and tedious. Take dusting, and I wish you would. We have lots of wood furniture, wood floors, wall art and books. And all those surfaces collect dust and dog hair. Plus you have to clean the lamps and coasters and candlesticks and move the flower arrangements and wipe down the picture frames. Its ridiculous.
I also hate to vacuum, because the machine is too heavy and too loud, and I always run it over my feet or pull the plug out of the wall.
Maybe our house is harder to keep clean because we have a dog. Maybe its because we live near a busy road. Maybe its because Im oblivious. Example: I didnt realize ceiling fans were supposed to be dusted until maybe five years ago. I was flabbergasted. How can something that spins in a circle all day collect dust?
The obvious answer is to hire a cleaning person, but s/he might silently judge me. Or run away screaming in horror. I dont know, and Im unwilling to find out.
For now, Im going to go cut up some sponges. And tie them to the dogs paws. Its worth a try.
Julie R. Smith, who also cant fathom how dust gets inside a china cabinet, can be reached at email@example.com.
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SUMMERVILLE — The concrete panels going up along Dorchester Road are maybe the most visible marker of what's happening to the once-sleepy Oakbrook suburb: It's becoming a city.
The five segments comprising 6,000 feet of sound wall under construction will be the first of its kind in Dorchester County.
The 8-foot-tall wall is a noise barrier to blunt the drone from traffic passing by residences. It is, in other words, the sort of thing you find along interstates in busy metro areas, not the Oakbrook area, where people moved for the environs and relative quiet. The wall will replace a fringe of live oaks and other trees.
Sound walls are becoming a political battle — incongruously because more people want one than are likely to get one. A fight under way over the walls near Summerville is likely to break out across the traffic-swarmed Lowcountry. The fund-strapped S.C. Department of Transportation just toughened the criteria to have a wall built.
The walls are expensive — the Dorchester Road panels cost $1 million — and they carry maintenance and liability costs.
DOT decides whether to erect a sound wall based on a weighted set of criteria such as decibel level, distance from the road and support for it.
The department recently denied a wall to residents along Bacons Bridge Road, which also is being widened near Dorchester Road. But DOT reversed the decision late Thursday after protests by residents, local officials and state legislators, who said the residents were treated unfairly.
"We were completely getting run over," said Jennifer Armenti.
Residents in her neighborhood, Summerville on the Ashley along Bacons Bridge Road, originally were told they met the criteria. Project engineers had run the numbers: The subdivision qualified, said Donnie Dukes of Davis & Floyd, the engineers.
Some 90 people were at the meeting and evidently approved of the 900-foot-long wall planned: No one commented against it. But at the same time, no one spoke in favor.
DOT then denied the wall saying it didn't have public support. Residents protested when they found out, and project organizers appealed the decision.
In the meantime, though, DOT had toughened the criteria and the neighborhood no longer qualified. The department gave local officials a choice: Resubmit under the new criteria and take your chances, or pay for the wall from local funds and take on the maintenance and liability.
"It sounds like DOT has changed the rules in the middle of the game," Dorchester County Councilman Jay Byars said when told. Byars contacted state Sen. Sean Bennett, R-Summerville, and Rep. Chris Murphy, R-Summerville. DOT announced Thursday the resubmittal will be evaluated under the old criteria.
"We were able to convince DOT engineers of the need," Murphy said. "The residents should not be penalized for things that were out of their control."
The re-evaluation will "fix what was basically a wrong to this neighborhood. The residents should have that wall, and they will," Byars said.
Department staffers didn't respond to The Post and Courier's query about why the criteria had been toughened to start with.
The county, meanwhile, has dodged the first bullet. If it had taken on the wall, it would also have taken on the precedent. Some residents along Dorchester Road in the Ashborough neighborhood were denied the wall, and they are seeking county help to fix that too. Dukes estimated adding that wall would cost $1 million.
Armenti led the fight in Summerville on the Ashley. She bought her house 10 years ago, even though Bacons Bridge Road was out there behind it, because the road was quieter then and she was assured a wooded buffer would remain. Now the buffer is expected to be shaved almost to her property line for the widening. "The last thing I want is a highway running through my backyard but I understand the need for growth and access. We just would like to have our peace and serenity preserved as best as possible," she said.


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Samsung Galaxy S II ReviewSamsung Galaxy S II 9
Samsung Galaxy S II to Forrest Gump, he might try to have a bite and say it's because it felt like a bar of slim dark chocolate in his hand. Well, the top-shelf version we are holding now feels like that too. At the same time though its shell and inner workings have been ironed out just where it counts to shape the Android smartphone to beat this year.
Is it a worthy sequel to the Samsung Galaxy S, which was the Android phone to beat last year? After all, the green robot got equipped with the most powerful chipset and the most innovative screen technology at the time… will history repeat itself?
Samsung has gone dual-core with the chipset now, made the thinnest smartphone outside of Japan, upped the screen size to 4.3", the camera to 8MP with flash, and slapped the newest 4.0 version of its TouchWiz Android 2.3 Gingerbread skin.
The display technology has also been innovated on, to the tune of 50% increase in perceived pixel count, but will these all be enough for the Samsung Galaxy S II to reach its ten million units sold target goal in 2011? Breeze through our review to find out...
So how thin is the Samsung Galaxy S II; what does 0.33" (8.49mm) really mean? The answer is so much so, that there's an air gap between your palm and the back of the phone, and you always end up trying to squeeze it with four fingers on one side to the base of your palm on the other, so as not to drop it.
You can compare the Samsung Galaxy S II with many other phones using our Size Visualization Tool.
This is mainly due to the fact that the handset comes pretty wide, even for our larger than average hands - the Samsung Galaxy S II is actually one of the widest Android handsets, only giving way to some of HTC's high-ends.
We'd rather have the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc approach, to be honest – its screen is 4.2", and it is almost as thin as the Galaxy S II, but is less wide, and fits very comfortably in the hand. SE's "human curvature" design philosophy wins the ease of handling here, against the high-tech rectangular slab approach of Samsung's labs.
That's the only gripe we have with the design, but we guess that's the price to pay for having a Super AMOLED Plus display. From what we know about the technology, Sammy was most likely forced to work the design around the display dimension template, not the other way around.
The other gripe we had with the design of the pre-production version – the back cover flexing inwards - has been largely dealt with in the retail phone. The battery cover is still paper-thin, but now the air gap between it and the battery inside, is almost non-existent, so no flexing when you push the back in with your finger.
The 4.3" screen evokes one word – fantastic. Super AMOLED Plus delivers better perceived resolution than Super AMOLED on the Samsung Galaxy S, since it uses a standard matrix to form an image with 50% more subpixels than the PenTile arrangement, used in the Galaxy S. The resolution stays the same - 480x800 pixels - but due to the use of a normal RGB matrix, text appears crisper in books and websites than on the Galaxy S, which has interpolated resolution of 392x653 pixels.
The Super AMOLED Plus display is also brighter, consumes 18% less energy, and comes in a thinner package than the previous generation, which has probably been one of the precursors for the slim chassis of the Galaxy S II. Samsung is moving to a laser-based production method for its AMOLED displays this year, which will allow for Retina Display-like 300ppi+ pixel densities, so we are looking forward to such higher resolutions.
Thanks to the increased brightness, and the low-reflectance coating, the display reads very well outside, better than the previous generation. Besides, you can boost the screen intensity significantly when framing your shots in camera mode, or watching videos in the player. There is an additional mode for that in these apps, called "Outdoor visibility", which comes in handy when it's sunny outside. The browser and video player also have their own brightness setting sliders.
Samsung uses mDNIe+ - a mobile version of the image processing technology from its TV sets, to enhance the picture when watching media, similar to what Sony Ericsson does with the Mobile Bravia Engine on some of its new Android handsets. The display section in the Settings app allows you to choose from three general background modes – Dynamic, Standard and Movie – just as on our Samsung HDTV at home. Dynamic deepens the blacks for a visible contrast boost, casting away some detail in the process, while Movie mode brings a more toned down, cinematic atmosphere to the image.
In addition to these general display modes, while running video the player settings let you manually decide on the color warmth, and also adjust an individual brightness level. For all these improvements, the Super AMOLED Plus still has that blueish tint, which means its color representation is on the colder side.Contrast and viewing angles are still as good as they come on a mobile display, thanks to the AMOLED technology. On auto setting the light sensor doesn't cope with adjusting the brightness smoothly, but rather skips through stages, which can get annoying if you are reading something, but it looks like a software issue, which might be fixed with a firmware update.
To recap the design overview we'd say that the etched edges of the 8MP camera area on the back are the only thing that sticks out of an otherwise bland plastic black chassis. The camera has an LED flash this time around, and the phone records any sounds accompanying the captured Full HD videos in stereo, thanks to the microphone duo, which also serves noise-cancellation duties. We have another distinctive feat at the bottom - the microUSB port doubles as an HDMI-out one. It is called a Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) port, but more about that later.
The etched edges of the 8MP camera area on the back are the only thing that sticks out of the chassis
We don't mind the all-plastic design, however, since you come to appreciate this material whenever you are holding a phone beast with a 4.3" display, as it makes the Samsung Galaxy S II feel feathery – it weighs about the same as its first edition.
This, of course, is a subjective preference – some like more the unibody aluminum design of HTC's hunks of a phone. After just a day or two spent with the device, it actually grew on us, and didn't feel uncomfortable to hold, we just got used to it.
173 Comments
1. touness69 (unregistered)
What ?? the iPhone 4 has 9.5 and this one 9 ?
This is by far the best handset to date it even deserved an unprecendeted 10/10
How can say "Motion sensor-powered gestures could see more practical usage" when no other phone have motion controls ??
Phonearena = definitely biased to the bone
12. AndroidTroll (Posts: 359; Member since: 05 Mar 2011)
I thought the same thing. Iphone 4 should not even be mentioned as a recommendation in this review because it is way out of it's league compared to the Galaxy S 2! I swear PA gets paid every time they recommend iphone.
This is a very nice phone that should get a 9.7. I like all of the photo and video options like panarama and video editing to satisfy the shutter bug in me. I will still be getting the Evo 3D but this is a close second. I like that the Evo 3D has a qHD display and the new htc sense has some cool features. Plus I just can't trust Samsung with software updates anymore... Although I must credit them for possibly learning their lesson since it has gingerbread and an unlocked bootloader.
99. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
hey u guys are stupid... phone arena isnt gonna go back to every review and make it lower as the years pass... when the ip4 came out there was nothing to beat it... simple as that... this phone is coming out and the sensation, evo 3d, and thrill beat it... technically not one of these phones is in the US market, so they are all future phones... but how can you expect them to give this a perfect score when there are already better phones?
108. vishu9 (Posts: 252; Member since: 03 Mar 2011)
u say there are better phones? The ones u mentioned are in the making still and without a release date. And by any freaking way a review is not done by comparing it with other similar phones its purely done by the one phone-in-hand's performance.Period.
and going by wat u said that iphone4 got 9.5 coz there was nothing that could beat it when it came out..the same can be said about the GS2.there really is no phone out there that can beat it.
I'm not against iphone getting 9.5, its great but giving this one a 9 when it truly is unbeatable is far fetched
109. vishu9 (Posts: 252; Member since: 03 Mar 2011)
and why is it that in every page that mentions Apple u are defending it vociferously and calling other people 'Stupid' ...are you getting paid too? (jk) That would make you Stupid!
144. zoulou (unregistered)
Sorry but there is NO better phone than the SGS2 at least hardware wise. Even in the future planned phones, nothing comes CLOSE.
Maybe in 4 month...
Rarely a phone is such a gap with the competition.
Certainly, the IP4, while it has its merits, was not. And also has antenna issues - and still does.
110. FarooqPasha (Posts: 1; Member since: 05 May 2011)
I wonder how stupid the reviewer is. He is mentioning iphone 4 as the alternate. Shame on you PhoneArena. Shame on you.
Engadget is much more better than you if its iFanSite than you
116. vishu9 (Posts: 252; Member since: 03 Mar 2011)
180. Gesh75 (Posts: 1; Member since: 01 Sep 2011)
Common if there is one of the worst phone review sites it's engadget, and their the biggest apple suck ups i've ever come across so have disagree with you there.
34. calamazoo (unregistered)
LG Optimus 2X and the LG Black have motion controlled gestures, and they seem way more useful than what Samsung has done here - the tilting one is plain dumb, and the panning stuff - meh. From what i saw in the Optimus Black review, you hold a button on the side and tilt up or down to zoom in the website - and here you need two hands for them, very silly
43. KingK (unregistered)
This phone is just on par with the competition. Nothing special.
Too many kids over excited over nothing.
Brings nothing new to the table.
Quadrant scores are exaggerated by 2.3 and low resolution and they've been all over the place. Yet this phone still has lags.
By the time it comes out all over the world, it will be close to yesterdays news.
Not to mention the compatibility issues with the CPU that will come later, can't play tegra 2 games, mali is weak.
Only real ok thing about it is the 1080p recording and the screen.
Its a good thing but it blows nothing out of the water like everyone is drooling at it. Maybe its 4.7% better at best.
52. touness69 (unregistered)
Lags ? Exynos weaker than Tegra 2 ?? on par with the competition ?! You obviously have no idea what you are talking about, just stfu and good bye.
59. cheetah2k (Posts: 1579; Member since: 16 Jan 2011)
@ touness69 - The Tegra II is faster clock for clock. The only reason Samsung overclocked the Exynos at 1.2Ghz is that it wasn't competitive at 1.0Ghz.
And yes, the handset still lags. Go have a play with one you fuckknuckle
71. Jeez (unregistered)
I'm sorry, did the SGS2 make some baby of yours look like antique? You seem very deperate to rationalize away its leadership.
128. cheetah2k (Posts: 1579; Member since: 16 Jan 2011)
My Motorola Atrix still got a 9.5
79. lacp (unregistered)
Mali it isn't weak. It's much stronger than Tegra 2 GPU. Five times because Nvidia Tegra 2 it has the same performance than PowerVR SGX540.
80. rayjones09 (Posts: 149; Member since: 16 Dec 2010)
I actually must concur. Though I favor this handset, with all that power, this should be the smoothest handset around. Period. As is evident, however, it is not. And to be honest, the improvements it does bring are relatively marginal. The only ones who would truly appreciate its improvements are those who like to tweak and work their phone to death. This is a great phone, yet, the greatest thing to me is the screen. Everything else is simply cool to have.
57. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
Hey PA, stick to reccommending phones that are out.. and in the same class.
That would limit you to... oooh... hmmm.. maybe an LG G2x.
"Hey, instead of this fully loaded ferrari enzo.. how about.. last years BMW.. or waiting till 2014, i hear there will be new cars out then"
Reccomending you wait to check out phones that arent out yet is rediculous. Why not just tell people to wait till the Galaxy 4 super duper mega amoled hologram phone is out?
60. chinakidoliver.iab (Posts: 75; Member since: 07 Dec 2010)
it has 9 and a half but that phone is beast
61. Mario (unregistered)
How can you give iPhone4 9,5/10?
- Sensor problems,
- Anetnna problems,
- No way to customize the handset after own needs and wishes! Stoneage?
- No types of widgets
- No way to get contacts on the homescreen
- No Flash
- No wireles sync
- Notification system that is bullshit compare to Android
- You can only sync the iPhone with ONE pc/mac
- Social Clients buildt in where?
- Only 3,5" IPS screen
And so on..
Do you call this a 9,5/10 product?
10 - A perfect product
9 - Nearly perfect, but...
8 - Great product with few flaws
7 - Solid product with some minor issues
6 - Decent, but not as good as it could be
5 - Fair; not great, but not horrible
4 - Okay, but we can't recommend it
3 - Very few redeeming qualities
2 - Almost no redeeming qualities
1 - Pure crap
So is really iPhone4 even an 8!?
73. leoking3 (unregistered)
They are PAID by the ishit company to compare everything to that user-friendly failure of a phone. Wake up people at PA!!! It has resolution? On a 3.5 display? Does it play a decent movie? Without buying a bullshit app? Jesus, when are you gonna wake up and stand up for yourselves?! I know we all work for money, but....wtf???
It doesnt even have delivery reports for sms!!!! Jesus!
94. captainqtp (Posts: 16; Member since: 25 Jun 2010)
I don't like Apple, I don't use Apple, but Phone Arena reviews the phones when they come to market.
Considering when the Iphone 4 hit, it was a top of the line device. I think the retina display is still king of the PPI measurements. Not only that, it had (arguably still has) the better application store on release.
Also, despite whatever specs pissing match you want to get into in comparing a phone released today to a phone released last summer, it is still remarkably snappy. I believe it warranted a 9.5.
Again, I'd never buy one, because I don't like Apple's closed ecosystem philosophy. I'd constantly feel trapped. That said, many people don't have a problem with Apple's approach.
174. davinci1993 (Posts: 2; Member since: 02 Jul 2011)
Right on, my friend!
179. Troll Police (unregistered)
You want to see some Apple bias? Go to Engadget
5. sak96 (Posts: 4; Member since: 12 Apr 2011)
Phonearena dnt dlt ma accnt or cmmnt plzz, I m saying the truth why did u gav iphone 9.5, this device should get 10/10. its the best phone in the market now. I hav iphone4 and this phone in ma hands now so i m saying it
98. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
well buddy when the iphone came iout it was best... when this phone comes out it wont be best... (sensation, evo 3d, ad thrill are better)
101. scruffle (unregistered)
3D phones are gay.
Galaxy s2 is king
102. Comatose (unregistered)
Have you ever played with the Thrill evo 3d or sensation? Admittedly the new htc sense 3.0 does look mouthwatering ,it is highly graphic intensive and hence manages to waste some of the raw power of the sensation and evo 3d .
Also i am not really a fan of the evo 3d as i think 3d in phones are pretty unnecessary and mostly a gimmick , atleast in present times.
The sensation is the only true rival to this phone , but it is hard to determine if it is better or not until we see some reviews.
157. Allday28 (Posts: 283; Member since: 19 Nov 2010)
I hate to break it to you but the ssgs2 is already blowing the doors off the over rated evo 3D and will continue to do so....
6. scruffle (unregistered)
This review is bogus.
This has to be the greatest phone to date and it receives only a 9???
It almost seems as if phonearena was just digging to find cons on this phone.
the cons listed are stupid and rediculous.
81. rayjones09 (Posts: 149; Member since: 16 Dec 2010)
Did you read the entire review? I'm quite sure if you did, you wouldn't call the entire thing bogus off of a simple rating.
7. Hallucinator (Posts: 376; Member since: 24 May 2010)
Sak96, you need to learn english. Scruffle, don't call something/someone ridiculous if you can't spell it correctly.
33. sak96 (Posts: 4; Member since: 12 Apr 2011)
dudd, i think u dont use social netwrks so u r blaming me, hey its jst fast typing
8. doubler86 (Posts: 320; Member since: 26 Jan 2011)
Yep a 9 is really to low there is no phone that has been announced to even compete with this phone. At minimum it should be a 9.5 and I would rate it a 10. I would get the Samsung Galaxy S II in a second if it came to Verizon in the US. Considering that the iPhone 4 when it came out already had the better EVO to contend with shortly after, this phone really doesn't have any competition as the best smart phone out right now. The EVO 3D is number 2 and that's not going to be out for at least 2 months. The downsides of this phone really don't bring it down, in rating. This phone deserves a better rating.
14. AndroidTroll (Posts: 359; Member since: 05 Mar 2011)
Check your facts. The original evo came out 3 weeks before iphone 4. Also, it's quite likely the Evo 3D will be released next month, although no one knows for sure... IMO the evo 3D is better because of the qHD glasses free 3D display, sense 3.0, and it's not made of plastic and by Samsung who doesn't give a damn about it's existing users. The Evo 3D just brings more innovation and reliability to the table. Thumbs up if you agree with me or thumbs up if you agree with doubler86 :-)
28. doubler86 (Posts: 320; Member since: 26 Jan 2011)
lol nice thumbs up both ways. I'm telling you right now if comes out next month, it's looking like late June at best. The Evo 3D may have a qHD screen but that matters very little when comparing to the Samsung screen. Super AMOLED Plus has proven to look amazing in comparison to HTC screens. When you look at the Samsung Charge and the HTC Thunderbolt, its just no comparison. The brighter look and clean text is amazing. While the text might be sharper on the Evo 3D of course because of the qHD, Samsung won't really look bad in comparison. As for the 3D display, there is a reason why the 3DS has sold incredibly less than nintendo thought it would, 3D glasses free technology needs to be angeled just right and gives people headaches more than making people say wow. Not to mention that it generally doesn't make the screen look as crisp when comparing to the same screen shot in 2D. So why would you care about having a qHD screen clarity just to lose it to 3D? Im pretty neutral when it comes to Touch Wiz 4 and Sense 3, I like both interfaces and they each have really good points. I think Touch WIz 4 though has a sense of simplicity that the average person will like more however. I'm not going to disagree with the past samsung phones being a bust with upgrades and backing cause well that would be dumb lol. In the end innovation is good but I'd say I'd prefer having a thinner lighter phone without the 3D. As is 3D is getting less and less popular. Keep trolling, as long as it's with Android
72. AndroidTroll (Posts: 359; Member since: 05 Mar 2011)
You make valid points. However, if you don't like 3D, just turn it off, no big deal. It's still fun to have the option. And the main reason the 3DS is off to a slow start is because there are no good games for it yet.True, touch wiz is simple, but it doesn't add as much functionality to the stock Android OS as sense does. And on the first Galaxy S it created a lot of lag. I am sure they have fixed many of those issues as the new touch wiz is a hell of a lot better than the last.
What I am most interested in is to see these two beasts in a fair benchmark test. As of yet, the Evo 3D's tests were pre release so they are way low as it is not optimized yet. Just wait a couple weeks and we will see some mind blowing scores that will hopefully best the Galaxy S2. Although I must hand it to samsung for the original Galaxy S for making the most powerful chipset at the time. It wasn't until recently that an htc phone bested it with the 2nd gen snapdragon as seen in the Desire HD and ThunderBolt. But this third gen chipset will be quite impressive...
lol I stopped trolling a while back because it's just not nice.
56. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
well, as long as you want to read text as small as possible, then QHD is a better screen. For EVERYTHING else, Super Amoled+ is the king of the hill from color, brightness, power usage, and everything else.
The whole "samsung hates its customers" thing is crap. They updated the phone and last i checked there werent too many HTC phones running gingerbread. GalaxyS is already recieving that update.
Bottom line is this phone does deserve a better rating. A 9 for a near perfect "future proof" phone.. and yet somehow they find a way to reccommend an iphone4 multiple times in the review.
Really.. the iphone4 isnt even in the same class as this phone its puney 3.5 inch screen with low end hummingbird chipset (yes thats right, not even the full featured hummingbird found in the SGS1, ibots), lower quality camera, calling issues, and more cant compare..
it has NOTHING on the SGS2 other than a shiney apple logo. Hell, even the app store is about to get over taken by android, so they wont have that to yack about either.
Anything less than a 9.5 is CRAP. Its insainly hard to get a perfect 10, but is there really a more deserving phone? NOPE.
158. Allday28 (Posts: 283; Member since: 19 Nov 2010)
LMAO!!! Did you really say that the evo 3D was better because it has 3D!!?? I knew it wasnt gonna be long before some nerd said that.. LOL!!! Sorry BUT THE GALAXY S2 IS ALREADY A BETTER PHONE!
159. Allday28 (Posts: 283; Member since: 19 Nov 2010)
Did you really just say the evo 3D is better cause it has 3D!!?? LMFOA!!! I knew it wasnt gonna be long before some nerd was gonna say that. SOrry to bust your ass but the ssgs2 is a beast and the evo 3D is gonna be #2 behind this phone like it or not buddy!!
160. Allday28 (Posts: 283; Member since: 19 Nov 2010)
But I do like HTC phones better but man this thing is a F!@#$%Y^ beast boi!!
175. davinci1993 (Posts: 2; Member since: 02 Jul 2011)
Yeah, even the T-Mobile G2 got a 9! This is the best smartphone till date with specs to shame a computer and they mention some stupid cons!
9. scruffle (unregistered)
grammar nazi
10. Hallucinator (Posts: 376; Member since: 24 May 2010)
No english for you!!!
13. json405 (unregistered)
Yeah, the Cons do not merit a point deduction for this phone. I say a fair assessment would be 9.5 or above. If there was a con regarding battery life or call quality, then I think a 9 would be appropriate. However, the cons listed aren't even real cons for day to day use.
15. vishak (unregistered)
16. pratham (unregistered)
xperia ARC is best now.....sexy & smart ......with gr8 bravia ing. + xmor camera .....thump up....se
36. sak96 (Posts: 4; Member since: 12 Apr 2011)
I lyk xperia arc but it should hav dual core
17. phonefreak (unregistered)
I bet the person who posted this review must be a fan of iphone, because all he talks about are the cons of GS II. In my opinion this phone is a real iphone-killer. I just love this phone n I m really upset the kind of review phonearena has posted.
18. bucky (Posts: 2582; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
i think its a fair review. I think the confusion comes with the timing of the review. The bar has definitely been raised recently with the atrix and lg 2x phones. Great phone with the exception of the cheap samsung plastic and for my tastes, screen size.
Well done samsung. Now just keep word on those updates!
19. eren (unregistered)
lol..."Design could be a bit more differentiating"...design is subjective so i cant see any con here...
"Automatic screen brightness adjustments are not smooth"...and where are they? what exactly is smooth adjustment...?
"Motion sensor-powered gestures could see more practical usage"...even more lol...do you want to control whole point with motion sensor gestures? its horrible even for gaming and browsing and i never used it on any phone...
this is highest end mobile with zero competitors just now so i dont see any reasons to give it 9.5 like to that iPhone last year...
37. calamazoo (unregistered)
think Engadget mentioned that the screen just skips stages when going darker or lighter. i had a laptop once and the light sensor did the same thing - constantly jumping between one stage to another, it was pretty annoying so i taped it up with scotch tape and never looked back :-)
20. rtimi (unregistered)
Nice one phonearena, you have found a way to doug Samsung once again. I was hoping as I read along to become a fan once again of your websites but now I know you are truly biased about android and Samsung. How does an outdated, non future proof phone beat this phone. hint for you, it's not all about the app store.
82. rayjones09 (Posts: 149; Member since: 16 Dec 2010)
If you Android fans didn't make these superfluous comparisons to the iPhone, you all wouldn't be whining right now. I have never seen people complain over a 9/10!!! Complaining about a .5 difference! I could argue that the Omnia 7 should deserve a 10 or some other device. My annoying whines will be seen yet ignored. Omnia 7 got a 8.5/10. iPhone 4 got a 9.5/10. The Omnia 7 is my favorite phone. SHould I whine and cry? NO! I'm still alive and will have work to do. I think a phone's SUBJECTIVE rating is the last thing I need to worry about. How old are you people???
124. AndroidTroll (Posts: 359; Member since: 05 Mar 2011)
25. 26 next month.
135. rayjones09 (Posts: 149; Member since: 16 Dec 2010)
Lol, thanks for answering my question.
112. vishu9 (Posts: 252; Member since: 03 Mar 2011)
"its not all about the app store"......true that!! Well said!
21. mr_roundtree (unregistered)
"The Samsung Galaxy S II records video in the .3GP format - we'd rather have .MP4 files..."
Are you sure about this? All other reviewers say GS2 records video in .mp4 format, not .3gp
22. phonefreak (unregistered)
Now that's call an comment well done @rtimi.
23. wtf (unregistered)
Laughed my ass off at the cons. Seriously, PA?
Samsung Galaxy S IIOS: Android 4.1.2 4.0.4 4.0 2.3
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|4.3 inches, 480 x 800 pixels (218 ppi) Super AMOLED Plus
|8 megapixels
Samsung Exynos 4 Dual, Dual-core, 1200 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9 processor
|4.93 x 2.60 x 0.33 inches
(125.3 x 66.1 x 8.49 mm)
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The International Business major can be broken down into one simple equation: business plus travel equals awesome. This unique major draws students, like Landenburg, Pa., native Ashley Clark, to Elizabethtown College. To complement her studies, she is also majoring in Spanish and will spend her entire junior year abroad in Spain and Ecuador.
After attending an International Business Program at Governor's School of Pennsylvania, Ashley knew she wanted a school that offered International Business as a major. She liked how the major allowed her to learn from a different and more global perspective; Ashley also loves the sense of community she feels at Elizabethtown College.
"Being able to know everyone, from students to faculty to Mrs. Linda (Lokey), the Marketplace host, made E-town feel like home," she said.
As a peer ambassador to international students, she built friendships and gained perspectives from people of many different cultures. Small class sizes provided opportunities to build relationships with professors, which Ashley found to be indispensable.
"[The faculty] is there to help you," Ashley said. "They can aid and guide you and help you become the person you want to be."
With the support of her peers and professors, Ashley surprised herself during the 2011 Scholarship and Creative Arts Day by overcoming her fear of public speaking. In fact, with the help and encouragement from Dr. Hossein Varamini, the director of the International Business program, Ashley presented a paper about the possibilities of online tutoring to promote global learning.
Ashley encourages all students to "get involved and do as much as you can." As for International Business majors, her advice is to study abroad, build relationships with professors and use all the resources available.
After graduation, Ashley hopes to receive a Drem Fulbright Grant to implement her ideas of global online tutoring and teaching. She might also attend grad school abroad or get a job abroad teaching languages.
--by Emily Dotter '13


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Loyola University Maryland is a Catholic, Jesuit university committed to the educational and spiritual traditions of the Society of Jesus and to the ideals of liberal education and the development of the whole person. Accordingly, the University will inspire students to learn, lead and serve in a diverse and changing world.
Loyola University Maryland maintains four campuses in the greater Baltimore metropolitan area. One, a traditional collegiate campus in northern Baltimore City, primarily houses Loyola's undergraduate programs. The Timonium and Columbia campuses focus on graduate programs and boast convenient access for working professionals. The University also operates the Loyola Clinical Centers at Belvedere Square and at the Columbia campus.
The University was named for St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order of Catholic priests, and was the first among four colleges in the United States to bear the name "Loyola." There are a total of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States.
The University offers more than 35 undergraduate and nine graduate programs through its three schools: Loyola College (Arts and Sciences), the Sellinger School of Business and Management, and the School of Education. Loyola features a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest academic honor society.
Loyola offers the following undergraduate degrees:
Loyola offers graduate programs in the following areas:
Faculty FTE (full-time equivalent) - 429
Full-time - 364
Faculty-Student ratio: 1:12
Total Headcount - 5,967
Student FTE (full-time equivalent) - 5,087
Undergraduate - 4,084
Entering first years - 1,137
Entering transfers - 59
Continuing - 2,888
Maryland resident - 17%
Living on campus - 81%
Women - 58%
Students of color - 20%
International - 1%
Entering students:
Avg. high school GPA - 3.4
SAT middle range scores (25th & 75th percentiles) - 1130-1260
Graduate - 1,883
Entering - 538
Continuing - 1,345
Maryland resident - 87%
Part-time - 68%
Women - 69%
Students of color - 24%
International - 1%
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Receiving financial aid - 73%
Received a Loyola-funded grant or scholarship - 67%
Tuition varies by program.
Graduate and Resident Assistantships are available.
Loyola competes in the Patriot League, fielding teams in seven men's and nine women's sports. Athletic facilities include the 6,000-seat Ridley Athletic Complex, 2,100-seat Reitz Arena, 3,000-seat Diane Geppi-Aikens Field, and the Fitness and Aquatic Center, where the Swimming and Diving teams compete before a 500-seat spectator area in the Mangione Aquatic Center.


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As the Bill Turns…Episode 14
Across the country, state legislatures are winding down while state legislators gear up for election season and upcoming primaries. Since our last update, another state has passed a law giving affordable access to cancer treatments, two states updated their existing laws, and a few more states are headed back to the drawing board to build more ground support for next year. Click here to follow the drama!
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Election season is right around the corner and the IMF is here to educate you on the tools you need to perform your civic voting duty. In the coming months we will be sharing information on electoral process, candidate information guides, and much more. To start off, we want to inform you of when the primary election is happening in your state. Click here to find your state and the date of your primary. Please note: The IMF is a non-partisan organization, which does not support or endorse any candidate or political party.
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So, I was really gonna go all out for my anniversary, but I decided just to go with Bucket of Noodles. She broke up with me.
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Known for centuries along Portugal's coast and prized for its strength, spirit, and soundness, the Portuguese Water Dog is a loyal worker and companion. Medium-sized and robust, the breed possesses a waterproof coat and the ability to swim all day. Its coat can be curly or wavy and is black, white, or brown, or combinations of black or brown with white.
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Referred to as the Cao de Agua (dog of water) in its native Portugal, the Portuguese Water Dog was bred to accompany fisherman on their boats. An exceptional swimmer and diver, the breed retrieved broken nets, dove for fish, carried messages between boats and to shore, and guarded the boat for his master in foreign ports. The Portuguese Water Dog started disappearing in the early 20th century when technology made his daily job somewhat obsolete, but Dr. Vasco Bensuade, a wealthy Portuguese shipping magnate and dog fancier, saved the breed.
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An athletic, active breed, the Portuguese Water Dog requires daily vigorous exercise. He is very intelligent and responds well to obedience training. His profuse coat is hypoallergenic but requires regular maintenance. It may be kept in the lion clip (the coat on the hindquarters and muzzle are clipped to the skin) or the retriever clip (the entire coat is clipped to one inch in length and follows the outline of the dog).
- Working Group; AKC recognized in 1983.
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Walking into Jack's Southern Comfort Food is like stepping from gritty Lowest Greenville Avenue into a small cafe in a tiny Texas town. The walls are painted in pastel shades of yellow and green above white paneled wainscoting. There's a big glass-fronted refrigerator case filled with platters of to-go fried chicken and salads. There are shelves with jars of peach butter and pickles for sale. What you won't see is any of the country corn-pone claptrap that's usually used to signify rusticity — no old-timey tin signs, no arch menu references to jes' like Mama used to make. What you will see are careful touches of whimsy: bouquets of trimmed scallions instead of flowers in jelly jars, walls decorated with an assortment of vintage deviled-egg platters.
Jack's, in other words, treats its roots with both wit and respect. And that's a perfect description of the food at this 2-month-old restaurant. It's comfort with imagination instead of condescension.
Weekend brunch is really the time to enjoy this cuisine, much of which is biscuit-based. You'll be asked, for example, if you want to start with an order of sticky biscuits, sweet cinnamon buns in maple butter with toasted pecans and walnuts. You do.
On the savory side, you can have a golden, flaky buttermilk biscuit topped with thick porky gravy made from Jimmy's sausage. Or there's something called the BFLGT, which sounds like a particularly thorough list of sexual predilections but stands instead for a crunchy, tangy, pleasantly messy biscuit sandwich containing fried green tomatoes, pepper bacon, lettuce, jalapeño tomato jam and mayonnaise. The same biscuit makes a cameo appearance in the upside-down chicken potpie, under chunks of smoked chicken enveloped in a blanket of rich béchamel.
The menu is still something of a work in progress, but if the smoked-brisket chili appears in any of its guises, you should pounce. It's unctuous, meaty, smoky and sultry with spice — hands-down one of the best bowls of red around. You can have it ladled over jalapeño cornbread, or at brunch over poblano corn cakes and topped with a fried egg, billed as Texas Benedict.
The chef, Terance Jenkins, a Katrina evacuee from New Orleans, also turns out some Louisiana-inflected dishes, including a correct gumbo thick with crawfish, shrimp, andouille sausage and okra. A little less successful is the crawfish bacon jalapeño mac 'n' cheese, in which the fishy funk of the crawfish clashes with the creamy, cheesy sauce.
So, room for dessert? Try the tangy buttermilk pie in a flaky crust — how's that for a true taste of the South? — or the chocolate peanut butter pie, like a Reese's cup that's died and gone to heaven. Order a slice, and you'll probably meet its maker, Sandy Jones, who co-owns the place along with her brother, Scott Jones, creator of the late Screen Door. In fact, just about everybody who works here will stop by at some point: the chef to deliver a plate of his chili; Sandy, to talk about her pies; and Scott, to pour a complimentary mimosa or watermelon Sangria. Jack's is a labor of love, and it shows.
Mark Vamos is a journalism professor at Southern Methodist University.
Jack's Southern Comfort Food (3-stars)
Price: $$ (soups, salads and sandwiches $8.95 to $12.95; brunch dishes $6.95 to $14.95; dinner entrees $10.95 to $16.95; desserts $4.95 to $5.95)
Service: Gracious and friendly. Everybody from the chef to the owner to his sister will stop by. The kitchen's tiny, though, and can get a little backed up at busy times.
Ambience: A tiny dining room with country-store touches. The decor is studiedly casual, featuring vintage deviled-egg platters on the walls and mismatched china on the tables.
Noise level: The music is sometimes cranked up a little loud for this small space.
Location: 1905 Greenville Ave.; 214-821-0900; jackssoutherncomfortfood.com
Hours: Monday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Reservations: Accepted
Credit cards: All major
Wheelchair accessible: Yes
Smoking area: Outside on patio
Alcohol: None. BYOB, with a $10-per-table corkage fee for wine (no fee for beer).


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What is a Endocrinologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; practitioners treat disorders of the internal (endocrine) glands such as the thyroid and adrenal glands. Endocrinology also deals with disorders such as diabetes, metabolic and nutritional disorders, pituitary diseases, and menstrual and sexual problems.
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3080 College St
Beaumont, Texas 77701
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Beaumont, Texas 77701
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Beaumont, Texas 77640
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- 7Renaissance Hospital
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Beaumont, Texas 77619
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Beaumont, Texas 77642
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- 9Dubuis Hospital At Port Arthur
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Beaumont, Texas 77642
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- 10Baptist Orange Hospital
608 Strickland Dr
Beaumont, Texas 77630
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- 11Winnie Community Hospital
538 Broadway
Beaumont, Texas 77665
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Rather than creating a normal topiary by shaping the bushes into squirrels and other small animals, the gardener created a remarkable image of himself. His wife referred to it as his egotopiary.
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These days, humility and desires to become a better man are being drowned out and stampeded over by self-seeking egos. Discover why humility can be found in a real man. read more
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Through the Boy and Girl Scouts network in Amman, a concert will be offered by an orchestra playing traditional instruments. There will be a volunteer fair after the concert, where more than 20 volunteer involving organizations will introduce volunteering opportunities to the general public.
All citizens in Jordan will have access to the IVD celebrations through the awareness raising sessions on volunteerism, which will be held at Ministry of Social Development centres and at Ministry of Health centres in all Governorates.
These activities will take place on Thursday 4 December 2008, under the Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Basma bint Talal, and under the theme "Hand in Hand for a Better Life":
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Tim is a Child, he is a little fuck faced cunt!!
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Tim you fuck faced cunt!!!!
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The geographic area of modern day France was originally colonized in antiquity by the Gauls, then taken over in the 4th century AD by Germanic invaders known as the Franks, from whom the nation's name was derived. France remained a monarchy until the French revolution in 1789 transformed it into a republic. Through its storied history, France possessed tremendous influence in shaping European politics, economy and culture. Many of humanity's scientific breakthroughs and most famous works of art came from France.
Your vacation with Ritz Tours takes you to visit France via the famous Eurostar train, which journeys under the English Channel from Dover to arrive at fabulous Paris.
Situated on the banks of the eternally romantic Seine River, Paris is the capital of France and home to 2.2M inhabitants. Paris and its surrounding area are home to numerous famous historical monuments and landmarks, including Bastille, the Champs Elysee, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, Eiffel Tower, Opera House, Place de la Concorde, Louvre Museum, and Versaille Palace.
Visitors to France will find a large variance in temperatures dependent on which region is being visited. France is divided into four climactic zones but for the most part, France has temperate winters and mild summers. In Paris, the average annual temperature is 53F with 25.2 inches of rainfall.
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A girl so deathly beautiful and sexy that any guy who even looks at her will feel like they just died and went to heaven. She also has the finest ass of anyone in this world.
Man! Did you see that girl Jami!?!? She was hott!! Am I in heaven or something???
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One-of-a-kind, different, brown eyed girl. Knows too many people for her own good but hangs out with only a specific few. She is funny, very smart, loud yet quiet in a lot of situations, and beautiful. :) Playing her many instruments or even listening to music calms her till she comes back to reality. Also she comes off as a strong brunette but she is the worst type of nervous. Oh! One last thing; if you like her, its better to just say it because even if she doesn't like you she won't turn you down like a bytch.
That girl over there is SO a Jami.
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she is beautiful both inside and out..amazing friend and mother..if you are lucky enough to have this one in your life, you are truly blessed..there for friends through thick and thin, but cross her and look out, because there is no wrath like that of a jami..she is loving without fault, lives life to the fullest, and is just an all around amazing person.
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hottest motherfucker ever!
the only person you should ever want to give a blow job to!
the only person you should ever want to give a blow job to!
"ohmygod jamis, he's so hawt. i'd so suck him"
"Dont lie you know you want to"
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a person who likes to eat peaches while extracting germans from the grand canyon.
man that chick is soooooo jami.
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My sister; one of my best friends in the world; one of the sweetest people EVER!
I love Jami and wish her all the happiness in the world!!!!
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It will get around by remote control.
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It carry items, it provides a thermometer, notebook, printer and a place
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C What are the challenge with this technology
A It depends. If you say " draw the curtains" for ex., they
might pull out a pen and paper. Say you have to be specific about your
B Naturally Speaking, at a cost of $115.00. It''s just a plain keyboard
that you speak to and it responds.
C You have to take care of it (make sure it's clean, etc., you can't talk
fast or else it will get confused and may disfunction. You have to be
specific of what you say.
How can you
tell it apart from other robots?
We can install a special identification button into the remote control.
We can also make it a vibrant of rare color to be easy to notice.


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