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Our tour guide provided a very informative walking tour. It was a very hot day and he was considerate to stop and talk in shaded areas. He decided to skip the last stop at Gendarmenmarkt, due to the heat and we were running a little late. Not a big deal for us since our hotel was near the Gendarmenmarkt and we sat in the square between the 2 Doms. Stopping at the check point Charlie gave us a chance to go back to see the free Terror Museum at the Wall, no English only German self tour. Overall our guide did a great job, I would highly recommend this informative tour.
Doing what: Discover Berlin Half-Day Walking Tour
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The ride gives an incredible insight into this city, densely layered with such rich and intense history on every corner and beneath every cobblestone, from Gendarmenmarkt Cathedrals in the Huguenot French quarter to Checkpoint Charlie and one of the last remaining sections of the wall. The highlight for me is our ride through Tiergarten, past the Berlin Zoo and a lunch break at the gorgeous Schluesen Kreug, along the canal next to one of the locks. We pass the angel of victory, and head back into the city via the Reichstag, where our group poses for a commemorative wave... A great way to experience Berlin, especially for those with limited time!
Doing what: Berlin Bike Tour
Note from Viator: Editor's Note: This review was written by Jodi Rose who wrote a complete Berlin Bike Tour overview (with video!) on our Things to Do in Berlin Blog.
The tour was a good walking tour of central Berlin and the guide provided lots of historical and current information and stories. It was a very large group but the guide did a good job of speaking loudly in quiet locations.
I did not rate the tour as 5 stars because the description on viator is significantly incorrect. Contrary to the description on the viator site, the tour does NOT include mention of the State Library, passing the Russian Embassy, reference to the 1920's cabaret mile, seeing Potsdammer Platz, or visiting a ghost u-bahn station (which we had been looking forward to seeing). The tour ends at the Holocaust memorial and not at Gendarmenmarkt (which messed up our plans for the rest of the day). Obviously viator is a tour wholesaler, selling tours done by other companies, but they should make the effort to get the description correct.
Doing what: Discover Berlin Half-Day Walking Tour
We enjoyed the Christmas lights tour and would recommend this tour as a great way to see the city at night. We managed to stop at one market. Would have been great to stop at Berlin's best Christmas Market - Gendarmenmarkt.
Doing what: Berlin Christmas Lights Tour
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One of the most disrespected singers in all of heavy metal, Ronny Munroe has more than ably fronted Metal Church for a decade now. Fronting Metal Church since 2004, the band has been a touch inconsistent (A LIGHT IN THE DARK and GENERATION NOTHING being great, WEIGHT OF THE WORLD and THIS PRESENT WASTELAND being a bit forgettable), but that inconsistency really can't be blamed on Munroe. Having seen him a couple of times with Metal Church, he honors the work of Both David Wayne and Mike Howe without being a mere copycat clone of either. In short, he's taken the reigns of a legacy position and rode it ably into the future. Still, every time Munroe opens his mouth, there's some assclown on Blabbermouth screaming that he's not Wayne or Howe. No shit, Sherlock! His solo efforts though have been his places to shine on his own, and he's been especially strong there. ELECTRIC WAKE is definitely a strong metal effort. While not the best thing Munroe has done, it's a far cry from the worst.
Without question, Munroe knows how to sing metal songs well. Listening to songs like "Turn To Stone", this is exactly the kind of metal that old school metalheads are into now, and have always been into. His vast range is also on display on songs like "My Shadow", which opens up with a scream that sounded an awful lot like Ralf Sheepers of Primal Fear. Other songs, like "Ghosts", rock pretty hard and find Munroe in fine vocal form. This song also features Dokken/Lynch Mob guitarist George Lynch laying down a solid, albeit generic solo that reminds me of Kreator for some reason. Throughout the entire disc though, Munroe is powerful; his strong vocals dominate each and every song on the disc.
On a negative front though, the songs are good, but not great like on his last release LORDS OF THE EDGE or his solo debut THE FIRE WITHIN. There are several songs here that are kind of flat and feel more like songs left off the last Metal Church release than something written solely for this project. That could very well be the case though, and if Munroe believed in these songs, why should they die on the cutting room floor? Still, songs like "Not You Not Me" are very flat and lacking tracks. Another real issue with ELECTRIC WAKE is the overall lack of flair from the band; specifically Stu Marshall on guitar. That's not to say he plays poorly anywhere, as he doesn't. But the performance is just flat from Marshall; surprising when you consider just how nasty and dynamic he played when teamed with Ross The Boss on 2013's WAR MASTER from Death Dealer.
PITRIFF RATING - 81/100 - I know I wrote a good amount of negative stuff here, but this is not a bad release at all. If you are a Metal Church fan, it's an instant winner. Munroe has done better in both the solo environment and with Metal Church, but that's not to say that ELECTRIC WAKE is a subpar effort. In a way I think he might suffer a bit from "Zakk Wylde Syndrome" that occurred when he was trying to do both BLS and Ozzy at the same time. After awhile, one was a shell of the other. I certainly recommend this to metal fans. It's the lead singer of Metal Church. For God's sake, it's not going to suck!!


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Knowledge has become a central category in describing modern society. The development of knowledge is interdependent with changes in society, economy and culture. In this development, it is not only the substance matter of knowledge that is revised and recreated; it is entire cultures of knowledge that change. Traditional ways of organizing thought are joined by new ideologies and methods. The production of knowledge takes place within a wide range of diverse institutional, social and political contexts.
This congress addresses the complexities of the culture of knowledge, focussing on the scholar or savant as its main actors. It asks how, and to what end, savants in the 18th century collated, produced, critiqued, propagated, diffused and applied knowledge. What is the role of scholars, what is the self-image they communicate, and how are they perceived by others?
Being at the same time a poet and a savant, a collector, experimenter, encyclopaedist, researcher, university professor, magistrate, guild president, correspondent, distinguished author, feared reviewer, modern scientist and orthodox Christian, Haller can be seen as paradigmatic with respect to the developments and problem areas of the culture of knowledge of the 18th century. The Bernese polymath will thus be of special interest to the symposium, yet he is not its central topic: rather, it is the 300th anniversary of his birth that is taken as an occasion to engage with the practice of knowledge and the figure of the scholar at the time.
The symposium will focus on the following six issues:
1. Rising and advancing: the social topography of savants – who they are, where they are, their careers, prestige, success, patrons and servants in the Republic of Letters etc.
2. Reading and judging: ways of reading and acquiring knowledge, the savant as a critical authority, scholarly reviewing etc.
3. Printing and communicating: strategies of imparting and propagating knowledge, the exchange of knowledge within and outside the academic world etc.
4. Observing and experimenting: practical research, compilation, theory and experiment, working in laboratories, the academic world, the scholar's chamber etc.
5. Advising and serving: the savant in service to the state, as consultant and as civil servant, as citizen and as magistrate etc.
6. Perceiving and reacting: the savant's interactions with the tendencies of his time (pietism, enlightenment, patriotism/republicanism etc.) – which of those does he perceive, which does he blank out, how does he become involved etc.
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Hans-Erich Bödeker (Göttingen)
Laurence Brockliss (Oxford)
Lorraine Daston (Berlin)
Jeanne Peiffer (Paris)
Justin Stagl (Salzburg)
Kurt Wüthrich (Zürich/La Jolla, Nobel Prize 2002)
Simone Zurbuchen (Fribourg)
For a detailed programme see http://www.haller300.ch/conferences.html
The papers should be a maximum of 25 minutes and must relate to one of the six topics. They can be based on an individual scholar, but rather than looking at this scholar in isolation they need to situate him or her in a broader context and address a more general question. The organizers bear the costs for travel, board and lodging of the invited speakers. The congress languages are English, German and French.
Please submit your abstracts (max. 2 pages) by January 31, 2008 to email@example.com
The Congress is hosted by the Institute of History and the Institute of History of Medicine of the University of Bern, in cooperation with the Swiss Society for 18th-Century Studies, the Swiss Society for the History of Medicine and Natural Sciences, the Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Bern and the Swiss Academy of Sciences.
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Art, Chemistry, Physics and Math Light Up the Fourth of July!
The color of a fireworks burst is created by adding metallic compounds that flame with a known color to the stars within a fireworks shell. This photo shows fireworks bursts with a variety of color. Photographer was Kurume-Shimin. Photo used here under a
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Lights, Colors, Sounds, Shapes and Surprises!
Why do fireworks displays attract so many people? There are many answers to this question but most people simply enjoy the bright explosions of light, color and sound. Others enjoy being surprised by the shape and color of the fireworks bursts. These shapes and colors do not happen by chance. They are deliberately produced by a careful combination of art, chemistry, physics and math!
How Fireworks Work
An aerial fireworks burst is produced by launching a fireworks shell high into the air where an explosion occurs. This explosion propels brightly burning particles (known as "stars") in many directions. Each streak of light in the photos at right is a burning "star" flying through the air.
Examine the diagram of a fireworks shell below and read the caption to better understand what happens in the air when this explosion occurs.
Anatomy of an Aerial Fireworks Shell
When a fireworks shell is launched into the air the fuse is burning. The fuse is just the right length to ignite the explosive charge at the desired altitude. When the charge explodes it instantly ignites the gunpowder, increasing the size and force of the explosion. This explosion ignites the stars and throws them outwards in all directions. The stars burn as they travel through the air to produce the streaks of a brightly colored fireworks burst.
What Causes the Colors?
strontium, lithium
sodium, cadmium
magnesium, aluminum
copper, cobalt
strontium and copper, manganese
titanium, magnesium, aluminum
Chemistry holds the secrets to the color of a fireworks burst. The colors that you see in the sky are determined by metallic compounds that are deliberately added in very small amounts to the stars when they are manufactured.
As the stars burn the metal atoms absorb energy, become excited and emit a specific color of light. Some of the metals that produce the colors of fireworks are tabulated here.
Metals are also used to produce color in glass
The Mechanics of an Aerial Fireworks Burst
The people who make fireworks are really clever. They combine a knowledge of chemistry and physics with artistic ingenuity to produce an infinite variety of fireworks bursts. How do they do it? They change the size, shape, density, composition and placement of the stars within the fireworks shell. By doing this they change the shape, speed, direction, burn rate and color of the aerial burst.
They can also put shells within shells for multiple explosions and bursts. Or, they can include firecrackers, whistles or other noisemakers. Ingenious people can build fireworks shells for an infinite number of visual effects.
Controlling the Appearance of the Burst
A) Multicolor fireworks bursts can be produced by loading the charge with stars containing salts of various metals. Different sizes of stars will produce streaks of different lengths and brightness.
B) The outer part of a star ignites first and the inner part burns last. Stars that change colors as they fly have an outer layer that contains one metal salt and an inner core that contains another metal salt.
C) Changing the size and shape of the stars will produce bursts of different sizes, shapes and speeds.
D) Careful placement of the stars will change the shape of the burst. Rounds, rings, palms, willows, chrysanthemums and other burst shapes can be produced. An infinite number of bursts can be produced by carefully varying the shape, size, density, and composition of the stars.
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The next time you go to a Fourth of July fireworks display study the different types of bursts and imagine how they might have been accomplished. You can probably imagine how many of them are done.
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HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania state fraud investigators have been asked to look into cases in which someone was apparently using cash benefits and food stamps loaded onto electronic cards linked to the Social Security number of a dead person.
Department of Public Welfare Secretary Beverly Mackereth said Tuesday that her agency asked the inspector general's office to look into five cases after state auditors raised the matter.
Auditors said they found that the department had paid out more than $200,000 in benefits through 138 electronic benefit transfer cards linked to the Social Security numbers of dead people between July 2011 and March 2012.
But Department of Public Welfare officials said many of those Social Security numbers were incorrect in their system, and the cards belong to living people.
Man charged in fatal shooting of niece
HONESDALE -- State police in northeastern Pennsylvania have charged a man in the shooting death of his niece that investigators allege followed an argument over $20 worth of heroin.
Police in Wayne County charged Louis Ogden, 51, of Lake Ariel, with homicide in the death of Rebecca Pisell, 20.
Another relative told investigators that Pisell came to the South Canaan Township home on Friday and demanded the return of money she had paid for drugs.
The witness said Ogden told her he only meant to scare his niece by pointing a gun at her but "it just went off."
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PITTSBURGH -- A suspended Pittsburgh Public Schools principal has been sentenced to six months of house arrest and five years of probation for making sexual advances toward two men and a teenage boy in a health club's sauna and showers.
The Pittsburgh Public Schools had suspended Alfonzo DeIuliis, 37, from his job at Brookline K-8 and spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said the district was in the process of firing him after Tuesday's sentencing.
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NEWARK, N.J. -- A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to more than two years in prison after admitting he misappropriated more than 900 cell phones, handheld devices and accessories while working for Verizon Wireless.
New Jersey's U.S. attorney said James Hopkins was given a 27-month prison term Tuesday in federal court in Newark.
The 35-year-old resident of Telford previously pleaded guilty to a mail fraud charge.
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His training when he enters on his life's work has simply laid open to his vision a glimpse of its possibilities. His future depends largely on his capacity for work. His savings for years must be reinvested in office equipment. He must embrace the opportunities freely given by the masters of the profession at their clinics to see their work and to learn to a certainty that their success has been by intense application for years along definite lines. Specialism is only a division of labor as practiced by all people as they have advanced through the various
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FOSTORIA Fostoria Board of Education Monday approved the need for a "substitute" levy to be placed on the May ballot.
The substitute levy would allow for $1.8 million the first year to go toward school operations, with possible increases in future years.
A "substitute" levy, allowed by law since 2008, allows a school board to replace an emergency levy with a maximum of five years with a substitute levy for up to 10 years.
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Monday's action was the first step in getting the levy on the May ballot. If approved, fund collection would begin in 2014.
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Casey Hashimoto, General Manager
Casey Hashimoto was appointed General Manager by the TID Board of Directors in March 2011. Under the policy-setting guidance of the District's elected Board, he directs the day-to-day operations of the District's extensive irrigation water storage and delivery system, as well as the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity within a 662 square-mile service area in Central California.
Reporting to Mr. Hashimoto is the Director of Human Resources, Director of External Affairs, Director of Water Resources and Regulator Affairs, Customer Service Department Manager, and five Assistant General Managers with business unit responsibility in water resources, power supply, financial services, electrical engineering and operations, as well as resource management, planning and rates.
Mr. Hashimoto was previously the Assistant General Manager of Electrical Engineering and Operations and held that title since 2001. He is a 30-year veteran of the District, and was responsible for spearheading the design and operation of District distribution lines, transmission lines, substation and communications projects. In addition, he managed various technical studies and manages customer contact for large commercial, industrial and residential development projects within the District.
During his career with TID, Mr. Hashimoto has worked on several major transmission line, substation and power plant projects. He has been involved in the permitting, design, construction and commissioning of these projects. He has served as the electric system protection engineer and has been the project manager on several substation projects.
Prior to joining TID, he worked in a family farming operation and in other agriculturally-related businesses.
Mr. Hashimoto is a graduate of California Polytechnic State University with a Bachelor of Science degree and is a licensed professional electrical engineer in the state of California.
Larry Gilbertson, Assistant General Manager, Electrical Engineering and Operations
Larry Gilbertson joined the Turlock Irrigation District in May of 1988 and was appointed to his present position of Assistant General Manager, Electrical Engineering and Operations in March 2011.
Mr. Gilbertson, a 27-year veteran of the District, directs the planning, design and operation of the District's transmission lines, distribution lines, substations, and communications systems. He also manages various technical studies and oversees coordination with the District's large industrial and commercial customers in the design of new electric service facilities.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Gilbertson held the position of Electrical Engineering Department Manager of Power and Communications Engineering. During his career with TID he has worked on several projects involving transmission lines, distribution lines and substation facilities. He has served as the District's transmission planning engineer and has acted as project manager for computer control systems and communication projects.
Prior to joining TID, he worked as an electrical engineer for the Modesto Irrigation District (MID) in the area of transmission and distribution planning. Prior to MID, he worked for the Pacific Gas & Electric Company as a transmission planning engineer.
Mr. Gilbertson is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He is also a licensed professional electrical engineer in the state of California.
Brian LaFollette, Assistant General Manager, Power Supply
Brian LaFollette was appointed Assistant General Manager, Power Supply in 2011. He is responsible for managing the District's internal and external power generation and supply resources, day-ahead/hour-ahead energy trading and scheduling, energy settlements and various interactions with the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Mr. LaFollette also oversees the permitting, licensing, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of power generation and related facilities.
Mr. LaFollette is also responsible for the long-term development and management of strategic solutions to the District's power supply. This includes renewable energy and greenhouse gas emission mandates, wholesale electric and gas transactions, wholesale transmission agreements, risk management in economic modeling, load forecasting and retail rates.
During his 31 years in the electric utility industry and 25 years at TID, Mr. LaFollette has been responsible for planning and engineering of distribution, transmission, and substation facilities and has managed engineering, design, and construction organizations. He has also represented the District to the public and to various agencies and customer groups in matters relating to electric facility construction and operation.
Prior to his engineering and management career, he worked in a local family agribusiness operation and as an electrician.
Mr. LaFollette holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, and is a licensed professional electrical engineer in the State of California. He is a native to the Turlock area and is involved in local service and school organizations.
Joseph E. Malaski, Assistant General Manager, Financial Services, and CFO
Joseph Malaski joined the Turlock Irrigation District as its Assistant General Manager of Financial Services and CFO in August 2001.
Mr. Malaski directs the areas of Accounting & Finance, Information Services, and Materials Management. In his present capacity, he manages District and related assets of more than $600 million and gross annual revenue of more than $600 million.
Of his 43 years in the accounting business, 37 have been in the public utility industry. He served 13 years as chief financial officer of the public utility in Austin, Texas, and five years with the Illinois Commerce Commission. He was previously vice president of a privately owned CPA firm in Illinois.
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- Here in central Alabama,the whitetail deer go through a minor rutting phase in late December but the full blown,all out rut doesn't come around until the last week in January. We really don't have a "late season" or after rut hunting period as our season closes January 31st. What time do the deer rut in your area? I just saw a tiny spotted fawn this morning(Friday 9/25) reminding me of the late breeding time and prompting this thread.


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Designer Natalie Chanin will show you how to hand-sew appliqué and add artistic stencils and stitches to turn a Vogue coat pattern (included free!) into a work of art.
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What materials did you use? I used medium weight jersey from a t-shirt, that I over-dyed a darker shade of blue. I used a black medium weight jersey as the backing layer. I used fabric paint in a pearl blue for the design. Stitching was done with tan button and craft thread. Also, I don't like not having a pocket so I took the pocket that I had cut off the front of the t-shirt and added it at the top of the skirt with a blanket stitch. Now I have a place to put my cell phone.
the pocket is so cute! great idea. thanks for all the info on dying. like how you laid out the stencil too.love the colors.
Neat project, and I also love the blue. Did you get the whole skirt out of one tee shirt? I need to try this!
Thanks, yes each layer was one XXXL 100% cotton shirt. The top layer was a light blue T so I overdyed it to bring it to the more denim color I wanted. Both of these were from goodwill. It's a little bit difficult however to find black t shirts (without some graphic on it) that aren't a little bit faded. So I have also purchased 100% cotton t shirts at Wal Mart. They actually have a Men's Fruit of the Loom shirt that is 4XL - which is 30" for front and back so 60" total width by 3/4 yd high. Limited range of colors but you can always dye them. They are around $6.00 each - so definitely cheap, obviously not as high quality fabric as the organic cotton Alabama Chanin sells, but there are some projects that t shirts are a good option.
Oh, I just noticed you stitched both sides of the CF and CB seam, and your knots are on the outside - love that look!
I love this Sylvia, I haven't used t shirts yet but you have inspired me to give it a try!
beautiful . love. perfect. inspiring. Nice job!


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FAU Psychology Professor Studies How Friendship Influences Youth Behavior
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (August 30, 2011) – Brett Laursen, Ph.D., a psychology professor and director of graduate studies in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University recently published results from a study on how friends influence over problem behaviors in a sample of middle and high school students. The findings were published in August in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, a journal of the American Psychological Association. Part of a larger research collaboration with colleagues Hakan Stattin, Ph.D., and Margaret Kerr, Ph.D., from Orebro University in Sweden, Laursen's report examined three-years-worth of data on alcohol intoxication and delinquency, the latter defined by such nonviolent offenses as property damage, truancy and shoplifting.
"Parents often worry about the influence friends have over problem behavior. In this study, we answer the question, 'Who is influencing whom to behave badly?'" said Laursen. "The answer is that the better liked member of the friend dyad is the more influential member of the dyad, for better or for worse."
The findings indicate that if the better liked member of the dyad displayed more problem behavior than the lesser liked member of the dyad, then the lesser liked member of the dyad increased his or her subsequent alcohol consumption and delinquency. But if the better liked member of the dyad displayed less problem behavior than the less liked member of the dyad, then then less liked member of the dyad decreased his or her delinquency, and slowed the rate of increase in alcohol consumption.
The study is unique in that it included all students enrolled in middle school and high school from a small city in central Sweden. Students indicated how much they liked each other by nominating their most important peers. Acceptance or liking was measured by tallying the number of important peer nominations that each student received. Within each friendship, partners were divided according to which friend was better liked. Because everyone in town participated, it was possible to capture changes in problem behaviors for both friends and to do so for partners who were friends in school and out of school.
Social skills also might explain some of the findings. Better liked children may be more persuasive and more skilled at getting their way. But Laursen said he believes that this is unlikely to explain these results, because many friendships involve partners with similarly high or similarly low levels of social skills. Instead, Laursen explains the results in terms of interpersonal options.
"If you have more options for making new friends, you are more likely to get your current friend to do what you want," he said. "This is certainly the case for deviant behavior, but I suspect it is also true for pro-social behavior."
Results from the same project to be published in the journal, Personality and Individual Differences, underscore the important role that influence plays in friendship. The success of a friendship could be predicted by the degree to which two friends were similar on alcohol intoxication and delinquency. Friends that were less similar at the outset of the friendship tended not to be friends one year later. Friends that were more similar at the outset of the friendship tended to remain friends one year later and their similarity increased over time, primarily because the less well liked friend changed his or her behavior to resemble that of the better liked friend. Chris Hafen, Ph.D., of the University of Virginia, was the lead investigator on this report.
This project was funded, in part, by the Swedish Research Council and by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
For more information, contact Brett Laursen at 954-567-3683 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
-FAU-Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. In commemoration of its origin, FAU is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2011. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. FAU's world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.


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Material 1: Glass
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Material 2: Lead
Lead is currently used to make pipes, automotive batteries, weights, and electrical solder. In past years in the U.S. (and in many other countries today), lead was used as the primary ingredient in tetraethyl lead as a gasoline additive, in paints, and in cans for holding foods and beverages.
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Samsung tweets the clearest Samsung Galaxy S 4 picture yet
0. phoneArena 11 Mar 2013, 22:08 posted on
A tweet directly from Samsung gives us the clearest picture yet of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S 4 and we can see the resemblance to the GT-I9502 which was leaked earlier on Monday; gone are the square corners seen in an earlier leak and on cases said to have been produced with the phone in mind and instead we have a similar design to the current model...
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1. tiara6918 (Posts: 2036; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
Looks cheap with those plastic materials
11. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
AAGGY/k0kuqYpNHBQ/s1600/Samsun g-Pictures-500x500+HE.jpg
29. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
Where is the ear speaker?
I am confused now
56. lyndon420 (Posts: 4369; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
May be using bone induction. Sweet.
65. ama3654 (Posts: 295; Member since: 27 Nov 2012)
This is just to build hype and excitement, the real will be shown on Thursday,
71. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 12979; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
I'm not really feeling the hype or excitement.
78. Jonathan41 (Posts: 532; Member since: 22 Mar 2012)
lol Of course you aren't.
80. ama3654 (Posts: 295; Member since: 27 Nov 2012)
You should have gone to the movies or something our resident bot, I'm sure the excitement brought you here to make a comment. Are you gonna watch the unpacked event?
83. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
"Are you gonna watch the unpacked event?"
I'm sure that he will. :D
174. zhiae (unregistered)
i wont sleep unpack is it 2 am
133. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
You need viagra.
178. Jeradiah3 (Posts: 1032; Member since: 11 Feb 2010)
i agree. its a supped up version of the S3. I bet it has better features, but not enough for me to regret upgrading to the S3 in december of last year.
72. Tre-Nitty (Posts: 468; Member since: 16 Nov 2010)
Whatever you have to tell yourself, go for it but that's the s4 and it shouldn't come as a surprise. They use cheap plastics but make very good devices nonetheless!
142. mat87 (Posts: 4; Member since: 12 Mar 2013)
Maybe samsung logo will be the speaker? That will be nice innovation...
153. PhoneArena. (banned) (Posts: 28; Member since: 11 Mar 2013)
Will it?
163. kclgphilsbsa (Posts: 765; Member since: 21 Jan 2013)
im really hoping that samsung s just playing haha
the tweeted picture is different from the china model,. PA dont know how to analyze these leaks :D
that actually looks like s3 :D
14. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
I think that it is not Samsung Galaxy S IV because there is NO LOGIC from Samsung to share this Samsung Galaxy S IV image while they still did not showed whole "Be ready 4 The Next Galaxy" video story! I think it may be just a trick to create a bit drama before showing the real Samsung Galaxy S IV, but again it is only my guesswork! :)
26. 3SM.. (unregistered)
Dude, the pic came directly from Samsung!
31. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
I know that! And that's why I said that there is NO LOGIC from Samsungs side to show real Samsung Galaxy S IV image while they still didn't showed whole "Be ready 4 The Next Galaxy" video story!
37. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
Remember that the kid from video teaser are still hiding phone in the box, so why the hell Samsung would show us Samsung Galaxy S IV image???
60. 3SM.. (unregistered)
Well you also said that, "I think that it is not Samsung Galaxy S IV." I read your whole post, but I misunderstood your post. My apologizes. But you do make a great point! Yeah, now thinking that those ads were a complete waste.
63. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
Sorry if my comment was a bit confusing, English is not my native language, that's why sometimes it is hard to clearly express my minds in text. :)
98. rgxVOiD (Posts: 440; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)
They did the exact same thing with Galaxy Nexus
131. Meccalangelo (Posts: 29; Member since: 05 Mar 2013)
Its either both Phones are different in the comparison pic or some photoshopping was done. The Logo on the Samsung leak sits higher above the screen than the handset in the other photo.
25. wp8forever (unregistered)
Lol what did u expecte from Samsung but plastic lol lol lol samcrap , and they new ppl wanted a premium phone , they just didn't care seem s3 but bigger lol shame on you samcrap .
39. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 12979; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
It looks no different than the S3.
59. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
You mean the same situation like with iPhone, always looks the same? :)
88. GALAXY-STORM (Posts: 328; Member since: 13 Oct 2012)
And with the lumia phones. They never change or sell.
100. microsoftnokiawin (Posts: 1178; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
lumia phones have changed alot they vary in colour and the only phone that look alike are the 900 and 920 and now they're changing to a different material from polycarbonate and they sold more than 1st galaxy so yeah
but the 1st gen lumias were a big fail anyway so they don't count(the 800 900 700 and 610)
109. GALAXY-STORM (Posts: 328; Member since: 13 Oct 2012)
You are bringing the first galaxy. How about second or even third galaxy against any of the lumia devices or even all of them combined. First gen or 2nd gen.
112. Timmehor (Posts: 599; Member since: 09 Mar 2013)
You must remember it took two generations of Galaxy Phones to get noticed, and it's taken two generations of Lumia to get noticed and sell above "expectations", remember everything in context. To be fair here.
116. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
Eh? The N9, Lumia 800, Lumia 900, and Lumia 920(maybe even the 720) all look the same. Yet the GS1, GS2, and GS3 all looked completely different. One looks like a futuristic rectangle(GS2) and one looked like a pebble(GS3). So even if the GS4 shared a similar appearance with the GS3, they should get a free pass because this would be their first offense unlike Apple's two time offender with the 3GS and 4s and soon to be 5s. While Nokia was a 4 time offender. And HTC just offends everyone by shamelessly copying the iphone 5, Z10, and Xperia P.
I know Samsung haters are full of crap and like to lie to talk down any Samsung flagship, but please, at least use some common sense.
144. theindianguy (Posts: 90; Member since: 30 Sep 2011)
Just because the Htc one got released only a month after the z10 doesn't mean it actually copied it's design. Every phone's design is under development for months before it's actual release.
161. jedpatrickdatu (Posts: 167; Member since: 24 Jan 2013)
The Z10 prototype was released about a year ago before the final product, and that prototype's design doesn't differ much from the real one.
157. Timmehor (Posts: 599; Member since: 09 Mar 2013)
No one else seems to be using a wide range of colors, inbuilt wireless charging, matte and glossy surfaces, custom cover shells (with wireless charging too). These are TRUE changes, that are NOT used by anyone else really, got to give Nokia a thumbs up for their unique features with design.
166. NokiaFTW (Posts: 2071; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
Eh , another Sammy Fanboy .
165. NokiaFTW (Posts: 2071; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
You cant say that they were a BIG fail , but yeah they didn't sell well . But the second gen devices are much more competitive .
101. microsoftnokiawin (Posts: 1178; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
so joke is on you ;)
164. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
lol. i piss on your gaylaxy.
but i agree with you. s4 is different from s3. coz screen size is bigger,and.. and..... its a lil' bit thicker than s3...
134. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Who else can say that ... as all iPhone users know and feel that nothing should ever change unless BROKEN :D :D
156. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Stupid Samsung hating windows troll!!
You are a disgrace for humanity.
159. clark (Posts: 51; Member since: 23 Feb 2013)
look at yourself also, you're such a disgrace too much fisgtace than haters.
160. clark (Posts: 51; Member since: 23 Feb 2013)
*much disgrace
oh typo sorry.
169. voxmarc (Posts: 332; Member since: 22 Aug 2012)
well ive seen alot of phones with premium quality materials but they dont sell.some are dying...some did alot of bashing...but on s3 alone they couldnt even out sell the almost year old phone...knowing that their fans are so noisy about the PREMIUM QUALITY MATERIALS of their device....but stilll cannot beat s3..because people care about how they perform not how they look...got it...
36. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 12979; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
I agree. The plastic design really needs to go. Samsung needs to step their game up and use better materials. Take a design cue from Motorola or HTC.
52. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
Very impressive that you said that
You just proved that you are not a bot
Congrats ;P
BTW we'd better wait and see...just two more days :)
69. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 12979; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
Bots can't be witty though.
79. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
lol at you being witty. xD
good post though.
87. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
Do you realize that you could only be witty when you got so screwed?
Boy, be screwed for the sake of "Hilariosness"
91. Jonathan41 (Posts: 532; Member since: 22 Mar 2012)
That would be nice considering their going for gold with this one. We've barely seen the thing though so maybe we will be surprised. Probably not but there is still a possibility. Samsung usually focuses more on functionality though so I just don't think that they really feel there is a need to change materials just yet.
105. therealestmc (Posts: 316; Member since: 23 Jul 2012)
I don't care if samsung uses plastic. Just don't make it feel cheap.
64. KINGJUAN27 (Posts: 210; Member since: 02 Jul 2012)
Made of plastic and not water resistant. Its hardware is plain rubbish! I'm getting an Xperia Z :DD
136. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Visit talk.http://talk.sonymobile.com to see what users feel about "Z"
155. KINGJUAN27 (Posts: 210; Member since: 02 Jul 2012)
Every phone manufacturer has those issues!
And mind you.. not all consumers/ users are geniuses in using their smartphones! Some are just plain idiots.
I bet Samsung has a longer list of their own troubles since they have a looooooot of pathetic low-end "smartphones" :)
170. voxmarc (Posts: 332; Member since: 22 Aug 2012)
go buy Z...and i'll buy this one...after months of release...then let see who's better...
67. mydi.maus (unregistered)
its always cheap..xperia z and htc one more better...
171. voxmarc (Posts: 332; Member since: 22 Aug 2012)
oh yeah hahaha....always we are cheap.....but the best and awesome...met alot of pretty goodlooking girls but inside they are stinking.....see what i mean?
86. Jonathan41 (Posts: 532; Member since: 22 Mar 2012)
I see you own a HTC One X. Me too. Guess what, both phones are made from the same material. In fact, I didn't take a good look but, it seems the majority of the phones you say you want are made from the same material as well. I'm just trying to say Aluminum is awesome but, I think plastic (Poly-Carbonate) is fine. I would appreciate a matte finish on the back or something though just for grip and also aesthetic reasons.
121. i.am.awesome (Posts: 3; Member since: 11 Aug 2011)
I think its not the actual picture.
"Samsung get ready to get sued if you copy from your previous model like crap*le "
123. Phullofphil (Posts: 801; Member since: 10 Feb 2009)
All I know is that it is the exact shape color and every button sensor nook and crevase of this devise is the same as my note 2 for verizon


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Though the years might blend together slightly, there's no disputing how long she and James Barrett have been at it. Two decades have passed since the bread bakers opened at 19th and Manning Streets in Center City. And on Monday, they debuted the adjoining Metropolitan Café, an addition that, despite its modern trappings, has been on the to-do list for 20 years.
An institution all its own, Metropolitan grew out of another still-going-strong local food brand: West Philly's White Dog Café, where front-of-houser Born first met Barrett. "We became fast friends," he said, and it wasn't long before the French-trained pastry chef teamed up with Born, who'd moved on to find work in the nonprofit world.


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Conservative Activists Demand NAACP Abandon Gay Rights Support, Just as Martin Luther King Jr. Would Have Wanted
A group of anti-gay pastors is heading to Houston to hold a press conference outside of the NAACP's convention today, protesting the organization's decision to endorse marriage equality. The Coalition of African American Pastors is led by William Owens, a Memphis preacher who has been a consistent advocate on behalf of state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage and is a founding member of the anti-gay Arlington Group. Owens launched a new coalition, 100,000 Signatures for Marriage, to stop the "hijacking of the civil rights movement by homosexuals, bisexuals and gender-confused people" and to "speak out against President Obama's support for this destructive agenda," and is now alleging that Obama is snubbing African Americans for not speaking at the NAACP convention even though he held a gay pride event:
"He can have the gay pride celebration in the White House, he can have Lady Gaga in the White House, and he's in the White House today because of the civil rights movement and the price that was paid for civil rights," said the Rev. William Owens, the president of the Coalition of African-American Pastors, a group that opposes Obama's gay marriage stance. "He has met with the Latinos; he meets with everything except for the people who put him where he is."
He told the Christian Post today that he is going to the NAACP convention not only to protest Obama but also attack the group's position on marriage equality, saying that the NAACP is abandoning "its roots" and must do what "Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., called on us to do," which according to Owens is to oppose gay rights:
"We are calling on the NAACP, a beloved organization in our eyes, to reclaim its mission. The black church founded the NAACP, and it is not the organization for the advancement of gays and lesbians – whatever the merits of that movement. Return to your roots and stand with the black church on marriage. The black church in our eyes remains the conscience of America.
"To the board of NAACP we say, 'Do not worry about the money, God will provide.' Stand with the Church and the Bible and the natural law, as our brother with whom we marched, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., called on us to do."
The coalition demanded on July 3 that President Obama meet with the group to address his stance on same-sex marriage. So far, the White House has refused to acknowledge the group's request but leaders say they plan to "turn up the heat" by asking black Christians to sit on the sidelines for the time being.
"We have requested a meeting with President Obama and until he meets with us, we are going to ask black Christians to withhold their support until he personally hears our concerns," Owens, told The Christian Post in a recent interview.
"More than anything, this is an issue of biblical principles and President Obama is carrying our nation down a dangerous road. Many African Americans were once proud of our president but now many are ashamed of his actions."
Owens added, "You have to stand on the Word of God regardless of your race or political affiliation. If the president is serious about his faith then why would he not meet with men of faith of his own race?"
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Terhune has signed a free agent contract with the Angels after posting a 2.33 earned run average during his senior season. Terhune had primarily functioned as a reliever until this season, when he became a starter and excelled. Terhune's ERA ranked fifth in the Big East; opponents hit .218 against Terhune, the fourth-lowest mark in the conference.
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Tropical Storm Cristobal, which began working its way north along the East Coast after forming near this morning near the Bahamas, will intensifying into a hurricane and generate waves and rip currents on the Jersey Shore by Wednesday, the National Weather service said.
But the storm will veer out into the Atlantic and will not make landfall in New Jersey or elsewhere along the East Coast, Mitchell Gaines, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mt. Holly, said today.
"We're going to have increased wave activity and increased rip currents by the latter half of the week," Gaines said today. But, he added, "It will turn to the northeast and out to sea, tracking off the North Carolina coast."
Gaines said the waves and rip currents would run up "the entire Jersey coastline," but that high winds will not blow onshore.
A trough of cool air now over the region will move out to sea, and will be replaced by some of the warmer air now prompting an extreme heat advisory over the midwest, where today's temperatures are forecast to be as high as 110 degrees in central Illinois.
Warmer air will create daily highs in the mid to upper 80s throughout the state this week, NWS forecasters said.
Cristobal formed near the Bahamas early Sunday morning, and had winds of 45 mph as of 11 a.m., moving north-northwest at 7 mph.
A tropical storm warning was issued for the Turks and Caicos islands and for the southeast and central Bahamas, with forecast of up to 8 inches of rain in those areas.
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This is a discussion on Re: <none> - Mandrake ; On Saturday 14 October 2006 05:13, Dan C stood up and addressed the masses in /alt.os.linux.mandrake/ as follows...: > On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:49:11 -0500, Bit Twister wrote: > >>> I know that you are DECEIVING these people. > ...
On Saturday 14 October 2006 05:13, Dan C stood up and addressed the masses
in /alt.os.linux.mandrake/ as follows...:
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:49:11 -0500, Bit Twister wrote:
>>> I know that you are DECEIVING these people.
>> That is a lie. You have no such knowledge.
> Oh, ghod. Not again. Already? I figured the moron formerly known as
> Matt_the_Mouth would be quiet again for a month or so before his next
> explosion. He just finished a marathon flamefest (telling lies) with
> Aragorn, and now it seems he's found another "cause".
Quite possibly, he was still rabidly foaming at the mouth at the time when
I /plonked/ the thread, and the fact that I would not have read his
subsequent drivel on that thread anymore - I noticed that there were at
least 16 or so more posts "unaccounted for" in /KNode/ after I had hit
"I(gnore thread)" - has rendered him a rabies seizure.
> Guess I was mistaken about how long it would take him to catch his breath.
People like Matt ALL_UPPERCASE never catch their breath. They're like
hungry serpents, always on the lookout for another prey.
> For any innocent bystanders who may be watching this idiot, please
> disregard anything he says, and just ignore/killfile his dumb ass. He's a
> certified net-lunatic, rapidly approaching the status of Alan Connor, for
> those who may know that name. Absolutely friggin bonkers.
I must protest here. As pedantically paranoid as Alan Connor may be, he's
got nothing on Matt The Liar. If and when Alan Connor indulges in one of
his paranoid outbursts, it'll be a once-in-so-many-days occasion.
On the other hand, when Matt breaks loose, he'll go on forever if his
acquired target doesn't issue a /plonk./
> After a while, it's not even funny to read his blatherings any more.
It's never _been_ funny. If anything, it's pathetic... :-/
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Oh, fair enough then.(Original post by MB2Z)
Yeah i did subsequently read your post carefully and realised i just repeated what you said, but i couldnt be arsed to change it.
I know anything about Emma Watson. But hopefully she chooses Cambridge then.
I take it you mean 'I don't know anything about Emma Watson'? Haha, but yeah I think she might.
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Yeah, im not some crazy stalker, I know nothing about Emma Watson.
I think it's unfair to say that tutors alone are accountable for her very good grades... but having a tutor would allow her learning schedule to be tailored towards her weaknesses etc., which would be a huge help! She is just naturally intelligent, industrious and confident in her abilities - as we can see in the films; so she deserves those high grades.
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No, I'd never heard of such a course either. The Telegraph evidently has no idea what it's talking about.
I haven't, although I'm planning on applying in September and I know a thing or two about how it works, including the importance of academic potential relative to unrelated extracurriculars. However, there are surely some exceptional cases? Emma Watson's professional acting experience hardly falls into the same category as being a school prefect or captain of the hockey team. Nor is it completely unrelated to the sort of qualities they are likely to be looking for in an English Undergrad. In fact, as part of the English course, you get the chance to work on films in your third year. I do see what your saying, yet I refuse to believe that her role in Harry Potter wasn't a factor when the admissions tutors were deciding whether or not to offer her a place.
As far as ordinary extracurriculars are concerned, I think that misconceptions are down to those who aren't at Oxbridge deliberately perpetuating the myths (notably in "Oxbridge Entrace: The Real Rules", which is a dreadful book and misinforms people - one must imagine either deliberately or due to complete lack of research by the author - about the nature of Oxbridge applications under the guise of trying to level the playing field for students without private educations) in combination with an incorrect identification of correlation with causality. Yes, a great many Oxbridge students excel - both before they come to Oxbridge and while they are here - in fields beyond their academic course, but I believe this is simply because this is very natural for people who are intelligent and motivated - two key characteristics which are important for a sucessful applicant - and not because students are selected on the grounds of their exploits beyond their academic field. Indeed, it is the fact that they are the kind of people who are suited to Oxbridge courses that causes them to excel in extracurricular activities, and not the other way round.
No idea if she ever applied to Cambridge but our newspaper today said she's going to Columbia this autumn because she thinks it's too hard to stay anonymous in England and she'd prefer to have a fairly normal life.
I heard that she got offers from both Cambridge and Yale, but accepted a place at Yale.
Either way, I think that does demonstrate intelligence and hard work, so it isn't completely fair to say 'Oh, she's rich so she's bound to do well'. Not all wealthy people do well academically. The royal family's record is terrible.
Well, I don't know how reliable it is, but our news paper did quote her, so the Columbia thing should be true. Though she doesn't specifically mention Columbia, she's just saying that she wouldn't want to stay in the UK.
Does anyone know what her GCSEs and A-Levels were in? Any reply is appreciated
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Does anyone know what her GCSEs and A-Levels were in? Any reply is appreciated
Magic spells she stole from HP. -_-
Why are people commenting on her being rich? There are plenty of rich dumbass celebrities who could have the best tutors in the world but they still wouldn't ace their exams. It's not about the money, it has very little to do with the tutor, people who are educated in college/ sixth form also come out with A grades without private tuition. She likes to learn, she went ahead and put her head down and got good grades. Simples.
Confundus charm on the examiner.
I have to admit I respect Emma Watson for still going to uni when she has so much money she could easily live the rest of her life in luxury. She's being a good role model imo, and it's always nice to see somebody that seems to genuinely like to learn
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Posted by scooby9132002 on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 9:56pm.
You have to divide both sides by 4 to isolate y, then the slop will be the coefficient of x.
so whats the slope?
is it 2?
I didnt notice until now, but oyu moved teh terms wrong.
-> 4y = -x + 8
Divide each side by 4 to isolate y:
y = -(1/4)x + 2
In teh form y = mx + b (y-intercept form), m is the slop. So slope = -1/4.


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Hey. This is the largely unknown aztec big button rush invented by F1RE_FLY. I have no idea why it's unknown cause its the most freaking awesome strategy on the face of the earth. But before I begin, let me alert you that this rush only works on TWC, due to the fact that the 6/12 jaguar warrior big button upgrades were removed on TAD.
Age 1: Gather all crates except for coin with 2 villagers; the rest herd huntables. Build 2 houses and a fire pit as soon as you can. When they are finished, put the builder on food as well. Send the warrior priest on the fire pit and perform the XP dance the entire game. THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO THE RUSH. If you don't, you will not win the game. The explorer should go around gathering treasures and converting a miniature army of guardians. Make sure he doesn't die, as he is very useful in the battle. Your first card should be 3 villies. Age with 16 (17 population (the WP takes up one too) on the fast aging politician. As you age, send 12 of your villagers onto coin and leave the rest on food.
Age 2: You should have at least one shipment by now. Ship 10 maceualtins. As the maceualtins ship, train a villager onto food for a total of 5. By the time the maceualtins arrive, you should have 500 coin for 11 rodelero shipment. By the time THAT one arrives you should have 450 food for first TC big button. Have your explorer and his army meet the soldiers ad the enemy town. Attack with 11 rodeleros, 3 jaguar warriors, 10 macehualtins, guardians, and the XP doubling explorer. The time should be arround 5:30-6:00. While the attack is happening, ship 9 "ZAP"otec warriors for 500 coin. After you click this shipment, set some villagers on foor "for a 10 food 7 gold ratio). As the shipment arrives, you should be able to click the next big button for 450 coin and 450 food. Keep up the rush- dont build a WH. After you click the big button, change some villies onto wood (the last big button). Next shipment is 5 jaguars (they are actually pretty strong, and have no counter). After this arrives, send all off coin for an eventual forward warhut and some houses. Send the last big button for 12 jaguar warriors. This is usually a game finisher, but if it is not, ship 9 maceualtins or 6 puma spearmen and train maces and coyote runners from your warhut.
"This is an all-or-nothing strategy, so have fun when you win (all of the time, right?) and don't get too mad if you lose" - F1RE_FLY
This strategy focuses on a quick army of elite units rather than a good economy... it is able to beat most civs and most people. What you said about the 10 priests would be good, in say a 10-20 minute TR: this is rush. Plus, I love ending most games (even with capt+) in 5-10 minutes
SecretShogun... seriously this strategy is very, very hard to beat. I've lost like 10 games out of like 300 with them... and believe me, I dont like playing noobs. It is also adaptable; 5 coyote runners instead of 10 maces, 6 spearmen instad of jaguars. Believe me, Fire Fly was pro and if you use his strats you can be too
...and that's all? Seriously? I've faced sergeants who could do better. Rods on Xbow, Jaguar warriors on uhlans, and maces on MM. I have faced so much harder, Shogun. And it's faster than you might think. If you dont believe me, come face me some time.
Aoe3_Proz:I know sergs dont know to play... thats why I compared you to one if you can only get 5 uhlan 8 xbow and 6 MM in 5:30... ive faced ppl with 20 LB 3 hus 6 MM at 5:30... and won.
5 uhlan 8 bow and 6 mm is with a eco build/semi ff where you send the 8 bows if being rushed.. Of course you can get more if you're doing a pointless little rush.
Rushing with aztecs and sending unit cards asap has been known for along time. They have much better warrior priest builds which are much better in different situations, and can transition into many builds as well. Rushing is so overrated.
No I don't want to know this "new" strat, nor would I want others to see and think its "the best strat in the world". Rushing is overrated and doesn't teach one anything, go ahead and keep doing this strat. At some point while you progress through the ranks you're vs, this strat will come around and slap you in the face and become unviable, and you will have to start over again trying to understand how to actually play.
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