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As you may already know, the Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) 2.0 specification contains both a remote client view and a new local client view. Thus, session and entity beans can have a local home interface and a local component interface, either with or instead of a remote home interface and a remote component interface (the latter is usually called "component interface", omitting the word "remote").
Local and remote interfaces. Which one to choose? In which case? Why? On the one hand, it looks like the choice is completely clear just from their names. However, the same questions come up in forums all the time: "What for?" "Why?" "When it is necessary to use ...?", etc. We shall try to break it down to the details that will help you choose the right interface for your application.
It's desirable to note that this article is not a detailed manual on using local and/or remote interfaces. We shall only try to describe the various plusses and minuses of both of them. Certainly, the final decision is up to you, and will depend on the specifics of your application.
The reader should have some knowledge of EJB technology, though it's OK to have questions about practical matters, particularly in terms of the proper interfaces to use.
Generally, your Enterprise Java Bean will need a remote client view in cases when you plan to use the bean in distributed environments. Specifically, these are the cases when the client that will be working with it will be in a different Java Virtual Machine (JVM). In the case of a remote client view, calling any method from the remote home interface and/or remote component interface will be handled via remote method invocation (RMI).
An EJB can use local client view only if it is really guaranteed that other enterprise beans or clients will only address the bean within a single JVM. If this is the case, such access will be carried out with direct method calls, instead of RMI.
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Head First EJB
We can describe the following common rules for choosing whether to use remote client view or local client view:
When you will potentially use a distributed environment (if your enterprise bean should be independent of its deployment place), you should obviously choose remote client view.
Use remote client view when you need to be sure that parameters passed between your EJB and the client (and/or other enterprise beans) should be passed "by value" instead of "by reference." With pass-by-value, the bean will have its own copy of the data, completely separated from the copy of the data at the client. With local client view, you can do pass-by-reference, which means your bean, as well as the client, will work directly with one copy of the data. Any changes made by the bean will be seen by the client and vice versa. Pass-by-reference eliminates time/system expenses for copying data variables, which provides a performance advantage.
If you create an entity bean, you need to remember that it's usually used with a local client view. If your entity bean needs to provide access to a client outside of the existing JVM (i.e., a remote client), you typically use a session bean with a remote client view. This is the so-called Session Facade pattern, the goal of which is that the session bean provides the remote client access to the entity bean.
If you want to use container-managed relationship (CMR) in your enterprise bean, you must expose local interfaces, and thus use local client view. This is mentioned in the EJB specification.
Enterprise beans that are tightly coupled logically are good candidates for using local client view. In other words, if one enterprise bean is always associated with another, it's perfectly appropriate to co-locate them (i.e., deploy them both in one JVM) and organize them through a local interface.
Local and client views also have different performance characteristics, which depend on the specifics of the bean's implementation:
Creating a remote object (if it does not exist yet) requires creating a stub and a skeleton, which will cost cycles.
When you transfer variables via remote method invocation, the type of the
transmitted data plays a big role.
Different types of data entail different marshalling overhead. Naturally,
transferring primitive data types usually do not create problems, but transferring
complex data types, such as
Collections, can be very problematic.
Returning a remote object is somewhat expensive, taking time to transfer the object to the client and create copies. Speaking of returning remote objects, it is necessary to remember that you must not return a remote interface from a local interface method. Never!
Before you start running to implement local client view into your application, you need to be aware of some restrictions. Local client view can only be accessed:
Local client view cannot be accessed:
One more note: when using local interfaces, you have to pay attention to the client's code. Inside of it, you still have to go through JNDI and do lookup (as is the case with remote interfaces), but this time you get a reference to a real Java object on the heap, instead of a stub to a remote object.
Hopefully the discussion above has convinced you that a poorly chosen client view can sharply worsen the performance of your whole project, and perhaps cause it to fail completely under a real-world load. But it is not necessary to go all the way to one extreme or the other. I personally prefer to combine remote and local client view, and to precisely divide methods by interface, making some only remote and others only local. In my opinion, it is necessary to consider all of your enterprise beans in detail, to see which are using remote client view, and see if it's possible to create some additional methods that will relieve the client of a few remote method calls, instead of doing the same operations in only one remote method.
To conclude, I think it is correct and simply necessary to give you source code that will show how practical and simple it is to work with remote and local interfaces.
Clients will be implemented as Java Server Pages (JSP), and packaged into a WAR file. EJB components will be submitted as two stateless session beans, one with local client view, and the other one with remote client view. These will be packaged into an EJB-JAR file. And both of these WAR and EJB-JAR files are packaged in one common application EAR file.
The process of compiling and assembling our source code is perfectly easy. First of all, you will need to unzip the localremote_src.zip file into any directory you like. The sample code requires Apache Ant and the BEA WebLogic 8.1 application server. Of course, you can use another application server, but you'll need to edit the configuration files to suit your choice of app server.
You will need to edit the build.xml file and change
greendomain to the title of your domain, which is configured in your BEA WebLogic. Then just simply type
ant all on the command line
to compile and package the code. When ready, type
ant deploy and wait
a few seconds (or minutes) while the EAR package is deployed on your application server. When finished, just open your browser, go to http://localhost:7001/localremote, and choose which client you want to test first, local or remote. I bet you see that everything is as easy as 1-2-3!
However, there's not much obvious difference between the local and remote clients--the only thing that is certain is that everything is really working. Please look into the source code of the enterprise beans and the code of the JSP pages to see how they actually work.
I hope that this article has helped you to understand the importance of the process of application design, and will provide useful guidelines in choosing a proper client view. However, as you understand, in one article it is impossible to describe all nuances of remote and local interfaces usage. What I've tried to do is to describe the basics and the most important (in my opinion) details. But do not worry, you will understand the rest when it becomes necessary to do so. I wish you all the best!
Olexiy Prokhorenko is a Sun Certified Enterprise Architect whose areas of interests include Web software architecture and development of software with frequently changing requirements.
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Going along with Albion College's Global Diversity Year, the Albion College Symphony Orchestra presents a "travel"-themed concert Sunday, February 24, at 4 p.m. in the College's Goodrich Chapel.
The concert features four of the classical canon's most popular works, all named for locations visited or imagined by the composers. "We had a lot of fun choosing the program," said associate conductor Drew Dunham. "We came up with a long list of great music that was inspired by travel and cultures foreign to the composers."
The program includes Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien," Rimsky-Korsakov's "Capriccio Espagnol," Griffes' "The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan" and Granger favorite "Irish Tune from County Derry."


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Re: Apps WishlistFoot Apr 26, 2011 4:33 AM (in response to sullivanjc)
Since you mentioned SSH, I would love to see a port of TeraTerm and also Cisco AnyConnect and a Windows RDP client.
But, what I would really love to have is a working Text to Speech engine. Not for reading books, but for reviewing technical manuals. I have tried to get this to work on my rooted NC without success.
Re: Apps Wishlistlisadozknit Apr 26, 2011 6:19 AM (in response to sullivanjc)I want facebook mobile, netflix & more apps to choose from!
Re: Apps WishlistMommyofTwinsE-H Apr 26, 2011 6:45 AM (in response to lisadozknit)
Must have Advanced Task Killer!!!!
Also, second the request for FaceBook
A calendar that syncs with gmail that doesn't require another app to be purchased!
Re: Apps Wishlistbrucer42 Apr 26, 2011 6:54 AM (in response to MommyofTwinsE-H)
I second the calandar app that syncs with google for a reasonable price!
Re: Apps Wishlistruthinking Apr 26, 2011 6:53 AM (in response to sullivanjc)
1. Documents to Go
2. VNC Viewer
3. SSH Client
4. IM Client
Re: Apps WishlistChinagirl568 Apr 26, 2011 7:07 AM (in response to sullivanjc)I wish we can access the amazon app store on the nook for obtaining apps.
Re: Apps WishlistTxdoglover Apr 26, 2011 7:11 AM (in response to sullivanjc)
Here is my app wish list: most of them I already have on my iphone.
Sirius radio
couch to 5K
treadmill VR max ( video that looks like I am running at a beach or park or whereever.)
Words with Friends
calorie diary
any workout fitness apps
daily diary/ journal
an app to clean up my pic gallery
Re: Apps Wishlistdpals Apr 26, 2011 7:15 AM (in response to Txdoglover)
Overdrive Media Console app would be fantastic if it would enable us to download library books directly to the Nook Color without sideloading.
Re: Apps WishlistRed11 Apr 26, 2011 8:53 AM (in response to dpals)
dpals wrote:
Overdrive Media Console app would be fantastic if it would enable us to download library books directly to the Nook Color without sideloading.
I agree with this one! Would be great to just download directly onto my Nook!
Alarm function would be great.
Cozy - I use it online and have it on my phone, but would like to be able to see on my NC as well (even if off-line)
Plaxo contacts
Free Weather App
I'm sure there are more, but these would be a great start!!
Loving the update so far.
Re: Apps Wishlistk2nax Apr 26, 2011 9:45 AM (in response to dpals)
I second the Overdrive app. I asked B&N about this several times and was given the usual vague answers. The more people that ask, the more seriously they will take us. Anything to avoid ADE would be welcome.
For my BB I had a MLB app (for us baseball fans) which was great. Even an ESPN app would be great.
For news there used to be CNN and Fox apps. Those should be easy to port.
Re: Apps WishlistSayhibr Jun 17, 2011 2:35 PM (in response to dpals)
and support for WMA audiobook files
Re: Apps Wishlistknit1cat2 May 19, 2011 6:53 PM (in response to Txdoglover)You should add after Graucho Marx "unless you have a nook color" ROFL
Re: Apps Wishlistcfbush2000 Apr 26, 2011 9:00 AM (in response to sullivanjc)
A calander to sync with google.
A contacts program to sync fully with google (not just email addys).
A better gallery app (tags, ect)
Evernote (I emailed them today).
Kindle app.
Re: Apps WishlistGustavSeal May 20, 2011 8:00 PM (in response to cfbush2000)Totally agree - the Amazon Kindle app would be awesome! :-D
Re: Apps WishlistKevinMA May 21, 2011 8:51 AM (in response to GustavSeal)
I would like a depth of field calculator (I use DSLR to take photos and it would be handy to have)
Sync with google calendar
Do you think anyone from B&N actually reads any of this and then takes notes??
Re: Apps WishlistMark_OB1 May 21, 2011 1:22 PM (in response to KevinMA)
KevinMA wrote:
Do you think anyone from B&N actually reads any of this and then takes notes??
Kevin, in the past, while B&N staff did check in here when possible (Jeffrey's done a good job, but his primary interest was bug reports), whether things got passed on or not was probably hit or miss. No one had taken on that responsibility.
With Sam now acting as the new Community Manager, we can hope this situation is changing for the better. Initial indications are promising.
- Mark
Re: Apps WishlistMikeFS May 21, 2011 1:43 PM (in response to Mark_OB1)
The Nook Color really needs a sophisticated photo viewer like Fish Bowl Photo Gallery. Something where you can sort photos into seperate folders or albums and specify the viewing order in a slide show.
In addition, the Power Down settings needs to be enhanced so that you can specify that the Nook Color never turns off when it is plugged in (currently the maximum is 1 hour). That way you can use the Nook Color as a picture frame.
Re: Apps WishlistMark_OB1 May 21, 2011 3:22 PM (in response to MikeFS)
MikeFS wrote:
the Power Down settings needs to be enhanced so that you can specify that the Nook Color never turns off when it is plugged in (currently the maximum is 1 hour). That way you can use the Nook Color as a picture frame.
A simple and yet slick idea to extend its functionality. I like it. The NC definitely has a high-quality screen that would be excellent for this. Could also increase sales of charging stands, and ensure it's fully charged whenever you grabbed it for mobile use.
- Mark
Re: Apps Wishlistdkennedy66 Jun 25, 2011 11:04 AM (in response to Mark_OB1)This would also be great for using as travel alarm or music when on a charging stand. Do they make one for nc?
Re: Apps WishlistGimel_Vav Apr 26, 2011 9:04 AM (in response to sullivanjc)
This will simply turn into "Everything in the Android market."
Re: Apps Wishlisthellokittyme2 Apr 26, 2011 9:22 AM (in response to sullivanjc)
I would like to second or third the following app suggestions:
Netflix - got so excited last night when I got to log into the netflix website and pull up a movie but the movie never played. That was a bummer.
Dropbox - would be awesome as we use it for work a lot.
Weather - a free version
Re: Apps Wishlistzgirlse Apr 26, 2011 9:35 AM (in response to DrAstro)
YouVersion!!!! (my top pick)
Couch to 5 K
Ifit live so that it would be compatible w/ my treadmill
free calculator
Re: Apps Wishlistshopper-c Apr 26, 2011 10:41 AM (in response to sullivanjc)
Still waiting for Kindle and Overdrive but thank you Barnes & Noble for taking steps in the right direction. Keep the apps coming...
Re: Apps WishlistkBowden Apr 26, 2011 10:52 AM (in response to sullivanjc)
Word with Friends.
Calender that syncs
Re: Apps WishlistKristy1984 Apr 26, 2011 10:54 AM (in response to sullivanjc)
Overdrive, Netflix, Dropbox (But I heard we can download directly from the website now), Facebook, ADE (which I personally dislike), an app that lets us know when a book on our wishlist has dropped in price.
I also wish the wishlist would sync with the wishlist on our NC. That way I could delete some that say "purchased". I also hope they fix the Authors app and let us pick the ones we want. Also add in something like fictfact does.
I do have a question... When I add sideloaded books to my SD card, they don't show up in my library. Is there a way to do this? I like seeing my covers.
Re: Apps Wishlistkhfbornholm Apr 26, 2011 11:26 AM (in response to sullivanjc)I'll mostly be echoing what others have said, but.... For general use: Calendar that syncs with Google Calendar Google Contacts for email Graphing Calculator app (TI-83/84/85 emulator, there's some good ones out there on Android already) Work related apps: Telnet client SSH client Network tools, ie ping, tracert, what's my IP, etc. From the looks of things, the entertainment related apps are getting a lot of support, and many already appear in the current apps, so I have nothing to add there.
Re: Apps Wishlistchubby_choco Apr 30, 2011 3:17 PM (in response to sullivanjc)
While we're adding things to the wishlist: Pocket Frogs! I love animal sims, and the only ones they currently have are for children.
Re: Apps WishlistGreenVerde82 Apr 30, 2011 4:27 PM (in response to sullivanjc)
My app wishlist: Netflix, Facebook, instant messaging, Overdrive, Iheartradio, A movie times app, Blogger app, Shopping list app ...more games.
Re: Apps WishlistPuppy_Dad May 21, 2011 11:07 AM (in response to GreenVerde82)
I would like to have:
Google maps
Google earth
Overdrive for the Seattle Library
Yahoo mobile apps
Google mobile apps
More free apps from the android market place
Re: Apps Wishlistdsr314 May 12, 2011 11:54 AM (in response to sullivanjc)
Words with Friends
A free calculator (come on, even my mid-nineties palm pilot had a built in calc)
Expand the built in dictionary. If I can highlight a word to lookup, why can't I type one in to lookup. Going to dictionary.com is OK, but annoying when you have to fist turn on wifi, etc.
Re: Apps WishlistShome May 12, 2011 4:03 PM (in response to sullivanjc)
Besides the standard requests for netflix, dropbox and a calendar that symcs with google, I would like
1. HP 12c or 15c calculator
2. scrabble
3. Tunein radio
4. Truecrypt security
5. Remember the milk
Re: Apps Wishlistsneak May 19, 2011 9:07 PM (in response to sullivanjc)
Springpad is an ok free app, although a calendar feature is glaringly absent. Your Springpad account is accessible anywhere you have web access, and items you add are available both offline on the NC and online, after auto sync. There's an alarm (I haven't tried it yet) and shopping/packing/checklist features, as well as tasks and notes, etc. I use both task and list features regularly.
In Springpad, you can add an event that syncs with your NC. It has limited usefulness on the NC itself, as appointments show up only in list form, not in an actual calendar format. Be sure to sort the list on date, or it's completely useless. You can also add events that sync with your google calendar, per http://blog.springpadit.com/2010/03/sync-your-springpad-events-with-google-calendar/. Springpad creates an entirely new google calendar called springpad (clever, eh), and events you add will sync both directions. It's far from ideal, but I suppose it's something, as it does sync and it's free. I can make it work for now.
Re: Apps Wishlistlucyloo34 May 20, 2011 5:46 PM (in response to sullivanjc)
Please, please: Bible by You Version. I want to take my Nook with me to Church, and since several different version of the Bible are used while I am there, it is so nice to be able to switch to different versions instead of taking several Bibles with me! Have this on my iphone and love it, but I bought the Nook to READ, and the Bible is #1 on my list. Anything else would be gravy! Just sayin'!
Re: Apps Wishlisttwilliams965 May 22, 2011 6:52 PM (in response to sullivanjc)
the amazon kindle app would be great. I would also like a free weather and navigation app.
Re: Apps WishlistDJ_Boxer May 23, 2011 8:36 AM (in response to sullivanjc)
I wrote this in the App area, I asked for solitaire app with pyramid golf as on option plus I also asked for a more adult friendly Wordsearch programme than the one they already have, like Wordsearch Unlimited.
Re: Apps WishlistAskharr May 31, 2011 7:54 PM (in response to sullivanjc)
As many before me, I know this will be echoing a lot of previous posts but it's still a good way to get heard! :
Something akin to the Blowtorch and Mukluk apps for the Android
A browser that allows for multiple/tabbed windows like Firefox does
A way to watch TV shows on sites like abc.go.com
More video content for FlashplayerGlitchster May 31, 2011 10:13 PM (in response to sullivanjc)I would like to see apps for HBOgo.com Hulu.com Thanks for your time!
File Organization [App Suggestion]Glitchster Jun 1, 2011 8:14 AM (in response to Glitchster)After using new apps like Quickoffice & Evernote, a need for a file management app seemed tobe a useful utility. A good file utility in the form of Windows Explorer would be very handy in my opinion.
Re: File Organization [App Suggestion]Glitchster Jun 22, 2011 2:42 PM (in response to Glitchster)
As I mentioned before a FILE MANAGEMENT app would be great. There are a few FREE apps at the following site...
I don't know what the hangup is about downloading apps from third party sites??
Re: More video content for FlashplayerGlitchster Jun 6, 2011 12:39 PM (in response to Glitchster)HULU.COM & HBO.COM... PLEASE... PRETTY PLEASE!!!!
Re: More video content for Flashplayerdkennedy66 Jun 25, 2011 11:07 AM (in response to Glitchster)ATT uverse also has some kind of app for watching tv. That would be cool.
Re: Apps WishlistPanacea Jun 1, 2011 12:29 PM (in response to sullivanjc)
I want a music player that accesses my SD card for more than one song at a time. The built-in default one is utterly, atrociously, HORRIFICALLY bad. It would be awesome if WinAmp made a NOOK app.
And Trillian, too.
Re: Apps Wishlistrussell14174 Jun 5, 2011 12:34 PM (in response to sullivanjc)
Wish for Big kid apps not the constant kids apps!!! Also let us have an option of non kids apps.
I would really like to see the Word with Friends app plus any game that makes you think....Is there a trivia pursuit app?
Re: Apps Wishlistrileychris Jun 5, 2011 6:11 PM (in response to sullivanjc)
Words With Friends
Something to rent and watch movies offline (from Android Market?)
Amazon Cloud player
Continental Airlines App
Pricing in line with Android and Ipad market. Everythign seems a bit more expensive for Nook Color.
Re: Apps WishlistMrBanballow Jun 5, 2011 8:27 PM (in response to sullivanjc)
App store needs more Carmen San Diego.
Re: Apps WishlistGeeMon2010 Jun 7, 2011 8:15 AM (in response to sullivanjc)
Comixology Comic Reader App. One of the reasons I bought a Nook Color is to use it as a Comic Book reader and I'm disappointed I haven't seen any more progress towards this.
Re: Apps WishlistRob_U Jun 8, 2011 7:52 AM (in response to sullivanjc)My wishlist: PowerAmp - music player with a seven band graphic eq with profiles that can be saved. It makes music on the NC sound GREAT! AVG anti-virus for Android. NOOK reader for Android. Realistic page turning animation, and landscape mode. Yeah, I'm being sarcastic with this one. Rob
Re: Apps WishlistKayakerBob Jun 14, 2011 4:39 PM (in response to sullivanjc)
I would be satisfied (at least for a while) with a real address book (idealy, one that will sync through something like the missing sync) and a better Gallery that would let you sort by directory.
Though eWallet for Android would also be great !
Re: Apps Wishlistshopper-c Jun 17, 2011 11:37 AM (in response to KayakerBob)
If Barnes & Noble is listening:
Overdrive working directly on Nook Color instead of using ADE and then sideloading would be great.
Kindle on Nook Color would be awesome.
Re: Apps WishlistMark_OB1 Jun 17, 2011 2:38 PM (in response to shopper-c)
Re: Apps WishlistSayhibr Jun 17, 2011 2:49 PM (in response to sullivanjc)
how about Flixter, Ebay, Craigslist, Weather Channel, a Financial app, and a texting app. like all the ones on Android Market.
Re: Apps WishlistMela08 Jun 20, 2011 6:44 AM (in response to Sayhibr)
I would unroot if the NC got Netflix
Re: Apps Wishlistmdbezz Jun 20, 2011 10:38 AM (in response to Mela08)
I would like to have Chicktionary as an app.
Re: Apps Wishlistdkennedy66 Jun 25, 2011 10:59 AM (in response to sullivanjc)Alarm clock, Good for Enterprise, webmd app, calendar that syncs w google, overdrive, allrecipes or mastercook, google reader. Dont need games personally but more productivity so i can use all day long. Also can you add copy paste to browser as wll as evernote clipper, and arrow keys to the keyboard. Its hard to correct typos with my fat fingers!
Re: Apps WishlistMKlo Jun 30, 2011 11:57 AM (in response to sullivanjc)
File Management
WMA and WMV support
Chips Challenge
Re: Apps Wishlistmbarb54 Jul 5, 2011 7:30 AM (in response to sullivanjc)
My List:
Poweramp, Doubletwist or Winamp music player
ESPN score center
IMDB (Internet Movie Database)
Slate, The Week, Huffington, CNN, or other news apps
Also add SWYPE typing feature
Re: Apps WishlistRyan_ Jul 5, 2011 8:30 AM (in response to mbarb54)
mbarb54 wrote:
My List:
Evernote is availabe in the store - LINK
Re: Apps WishlistPaladinCA Jan 12, 2013 1:20 PM (in response to sullivanjc)OK, my list includes ifit live to interface with exercise equipment and Tech Tank Europe which is miles ahead of the similar games available for Nook
Re: Apps WishlistBruceMcF Jan 13, 2013 10:18 PM (in response to PaladinCA)
PaladinCA wrote:
OK, my list includes ifit live to interface with exercise equipment and Tech Tank Europe which is miles ahead of the similar games available for Nook
What FlipSide5 say when you asked them about submitting Touch Tanks Europe to the Nook app store?


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The Asheville-based company Brightfield Transportation Solutions has partnered with Advanced Energy, a Raleigh-based nonprofit, to position 30 new charging stations around the state. Advanced Energy asked for officials to come forward and request stations in their town.
Waynesville leaders made the request and last week vote unanimously to build the station in the public lot. The installation should be complete by March 1.
The charging station will be the third west of Asheville where electric vehicle owners can power up. The other two are at Haywood Community College in Clyde and on the Qualla Boundary. Waynesville could provide a stop for people traveling from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park entrance in Cherokee to Asheville, which has about 40 stations.
ŌĆ£We hope to be a critical cog in that infrastructure piece,ŌĆØ said Town Manager Marcy Onieal.
Unlike the station at HCC, the one in Waynesville will cost. Similar to parking meters, people pay for the time and use of the plug.
The charging station is valued at more than $25,000 and will take up six spots in the public parking lot on Montgomery Street, though it will only allow for four cars to charge at one time. The station will be topped with 50-kilowatt solar panels.
Waynesville Alderman LeRoy Roberson was wary of the project taking up six of the townsŌĆÖ already scarce downtown parking spots but, in the end, was supportive of it.
ŌĆ£I am all for this,ŌĆØ Roberson said.
The station will have two fast chargers that recharge a vehicle in 30 minutes and two others that require four hours for a full charge. No matter what, the driver must spend at least some time wandering around Waynesville on foot.
ŌĆ£If they charge it for four hours while shopping and eating out in Waynesville, itŌĆÖs not a bad thing,ŌĆØ Onieal said.
Mayor Gavin Brown said he supports the venture, particularly since it wonŌĆÖt require continued financial support from the town.
ŌĆ£This is not just something we are going to have to subsidize forever,ŌĆØ Brown said.
The car manufacturer Nissan is fronting the money to Brightfield Transportation Solutions and Advanced Energy for 30 electric car charging stations in North Carolina, including the one in Waynesville. After five years, when the federal and state tax credits for the alternative energy project expire, the town of Waynesville will have the opportunity to buy the station and begin receiving the revenue generated from the sale of power.
Brightfields co-founder Stan Cross said it chose Waynesville because of its location within Western North Carolina and because it draws tourists from larger feeder markets such as Knoxville, Charlotte and Atlanta.
ŌĆ£That market is going to want to take their vehicle on vacation. They are wanting to come here,ŌĆØ Cross said.
The company is trying to be proactive, not reactive, when it comes to the needs of the electric car market, he said.
ŌĆ£We are looking at growing with that market,ŌĆØ said Cross, who described it as ŌĆ£immature.ŌĆØ
Brightfields has talked with officials at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway about installing charging stations.


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Note of cautionAugust 31,2013
First, Britains parliament voted against Prime Minister David Camerons plans to join any military action (initiated by the United States) against Syria. Now Germany has followed suit. Among Americas best friends, only France has signaled that it will support President Obama if he decides to punish Bashar al-Assad for his use of chemical weapons.
But the British and the Germans arent alone. A new NBC poll shows that 52 percent of Americans oppose any plans for the United States to intervene militarily in the Syrian conflict. It also shows Obamas ratings on his management of foreign policy have tumbled.
What all the dissenters may fear is the accidental outbreak of a third world war. And, given the nature of the political and religious rivalries in the Middle East, and our nations genuine interest in protecting those nations in the region that are essential to preserving Israels existence, a much wider war is not an entirely unreasonable concept.
The chemical attack in the Damascus suburbs on Aug. 21 is widely believed to have been carried out by Syrian government forces and must not go unpunished, French President Francois Hollande told Le Monde, a French daily newspaper. Otherwise, it would be taking the risk of an escalation that would normalize the use of these weapons and threaten other countries.
Hollande said a military strike against Syria would have a dissuasion value and help persuade Assad to seek a negotiated political solution to the conflict. That, of course, would be the ideal solution to the vexing problem facing Obama and those who support him, but Assad has shown no tendencies to embrace what more reasonable people call common sense.
And speaking of common sense, in London and Berlin there are long memories of what the politicians (and their voters) regard as the tragic miscalculation about Iraq. The British people especially remain furious that their then-prime minister, Tony Blair, stood with President George W. Bush on the issue of whether Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
Blairs popularity plunged when the truth about Iraq emerged.
And the truth is the evidence put forward by Americas vaunted intelligence services was driven more by politics than facts. The British and Germans want no part of any similar debacle, even though they both roundly condemn Assads behavior. And apparently the American public, to a large degree, shares their skepticism.
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BSC Alerts
News & Events
March 15, 2007
Members Present: Ms. Gloria Stephens, Mr. Larry Morhous, Mr. Norris Kantor, Mr. Jeffrey Forlines, Ms. Anne Crowe, Mr. Daniel Frost, Mr. Kevin Pruitt, Dr. Norman Mirsky (via conference phone)
Members Absent: Mr. John Shott, Dr. Louis Aikens, Dr. Lyn Guy, The Reverend James Palmer, III
Guests Present: Dr. Albert Walker, Ms. Anita Barilla, Mr. John Cardwell, Mr. Jim Nelson, Dr. Don Smith, Ms. Shelia Johnson, Dr. Tracey Anderson, Ms. Dedriell Taylor, Ms. Karen Harvey, Ms. Angie Lambert, Ms. Deirdre Guyton
Call to Order
Chairman Norris Kantor called the meeting to order at 6:45 p.m. in the Private Dining Room of the Bluefield State College Othello Harris-Jefferson Student Center.
Approval of the Minutes – February 15, 2007 Meeting
Mr. Kantor asked for corrections or a motion to approve the minutes of the February 15, 2007 meeting. A motion was made (LMorhous/JForlines) to approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried.
President's Report – Dr. Albert Walker
- Brick Sale Update – current contributions total $7,200. Ms. Deirdre Guyton will be contacting various organizations to purchase a brick.
- Tom Joyner – contributions to date are $96,535.44.
- The Upper-Classman II – Dr. Walker informed the group that he called the Attorney General's office to find out what was the level of liability encountered by the college as a result of the Bluefield State College name on the Upper-Classman II sign. He reported that the Upper-Classman II should not use the institution's name. The college does not have a registered trademark but is a long standing institution and the Board has the right to refuse to allow the name to be used. The discussion brought out consideration of the possibility of being included in a lawsuit if a problem should occur at the Upper-Classman II. The Attorney General's office said the possibility does exist for BSC to be included in legal actions. Having the name on the Upper-Classman II sign implies endorsement of the facility. The group reviewed a handout from the BSC website that potential landlords complete and submit for approval of student housing which includes a disclaimer for BSC. The group decided that Mr. Cardwell should provide copies of all leases to the Board for examination of the wording in each agreement. The group discussed the possibility of requiring the property owners to include BSC on their liability insurance with the wording of the lease agreements stating that the college will not be held liable. Mr. Morhous suggested that Mr. Kantor and Mr. John Shott contact Mr. Dennis Johnson of the Upper-Classman II to discuss the removal of the Bluefield State College name from the sign. Discussion followed.
- Dr. Walker discussed the requested state appropriations to offset funds lost from the reduction of Title III funds. No documentation has been received from the state, but information received to this point is that there will be a special funding supplement for BSC from the Governor's office. Mr. Frost asked about information on the baseline budget for BSC. Information will be distributed when received.
Legislative Update – Mr. Jim Nelson
- Mr. Nelson reviewed bills passing during this legislative session. He discussed the composition of the Boards of Governors and the terms of various members. Discussion followed.
Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Update – Mr. John Cardwell
- Mr. Cardwell updated the group on the enrollment as compared with last year's enrollment numbers.
- Preparations are being made for pre-registration for the fall.
- 2007 Yearbook distributed to the group.
- Distributed the Bluefieldian campus newspaper.
Financial and Administrative Affairs Update – Ms. Shelia Johnson
- Ms. Johnson discussed the legislative process for budget approval and the expected funding for BSC.
- Tuition and fees requests are due to HEPC on April 7, 2007 to be approved at the HEPC meeting in April. Ms. Johnson recommended a special meeting to be held early in April for BOG approval of the tuition and fees and for faculty and staff salary. Discussion followed. Mr. Kantor informed the group a special meeting of the Board of Governors will be set up as soon as Ms. Johnson gets the funding information.
- GASBY -- $515 monthly assessment for each employee enrolled in the PEIA health insurance will start July 1, 2007. No agency will be required to pay this until there is an adequate funding source identified. Ms. Johnson reported that she has not yet seen anything in writing regarding this matter.
- Presidential Contract – Ms. Johnson announce that any changes made to the presidential contract have to be submitted to HEPC by July in order to be considered in the HEPC August meeting.
- Ms. Johnson reported that work has begun on pay raises. Mr. Frost asked if the raises will be received by July 1, but Ms. Johnson had no information to report at this time. Discussion followed.
- Campus Projects – the final walk through for the signage was done last week and minor corrections have been made. Ms. Johnson reported that comments from the community for the campus improvements have been very positive. Progress on the ADA project has been slowed some due to the subsidence of Hill Street. The contractor is correcting the problem at his expense. The generator in Dickason Hall is fixed and Ms. Johnson reported that the insurance company has been notified. She has documentation from a professional source outside the college that the problem was not the fault of the college but that of the contractor. She projected that the cost will be approximately $200,000.
Academic Affairs Update – Dr. Don Smith
Dr. Smith reported that three faculty members will be attending workshops at Penn State to learn how to implement nanotechnology into our institution's curriculum. An Introduction to Nanotechnology course has been added to the BSC fall course schedule.
Multicultural Affairs Update – Ms. Dedriell Taylor
- Pioneers in Education Award – the institution will be honoring outstanding educators who are graduates of Bluefield State College. Ms. Peggy Turnbull, BSC Archivist, will be interviewing the three ladies chosen, with Mr. Jerry Conner videotaping the interviews for an oral history of their lives and experiences. There will be a reception on April 25, 2007 to honor these outstanding ladies with video clips of the interviews shown during the event.
Institutional Advancement and Planning Update – Ms. Karen Harvey
- Ms. Harvey reported applying for additional tax credits for the Neighborhood Investment Program (NIP). In order to use these credits the institution will need to raise $30,000 by the end of June.
- Department of Transportation Grant – is requesting $350,000 for planning of the Pulaski Street upgrade. This funding would improve access along the lower portion of the campus.
- Ms. Harvey informed the group that a donor has agreed to give $100,000 over the next five years. This contribution will be received in $20,000 amounts each year and will be unrestricted.
- Mr. Kantor reminded the group that Mr. Cardwell has been asked to bring the contracts and lease agreements for student housing back to the Board for examination.
- Trademarks – this is worthwhile for the institution and does not require any legislative action. Ms. Johnson informed the group that there is an initial cost and then anyone who uses the BSC name will have to pay for the use of the name unless special permission is granted. Discussion followed.
- Presidential Quadrennial Evaluation – Dr. Lester Newman, Mr. John Barnes, and Mr. Norris Kantor conducted the Quadrennial Evaluation on Thursday, March 8 and Friday, March 9, 2007. Dr. Newman will prepare a formal report within thirty days and will send the report to Mr. Kantor to be shared with the BOG and the President. The President will have two weeks to present comments to the Board Chair and the comments will be forwarded to the Board members. Then the process and the comments will be discussed with the Board.
- Mr. Kantor informed the group that he will meet with Mr. John Shott on the issue of the use of the BSC name on the Upper-Classman II sign. The agreement with the Shott Foundation concerning the facility will be examined. The group discussed the liability of the institution and protection for the college.
- Mr. Pruitt asked about the Director of the BSC Research and Development Corporation's contract being extended. Dr. Walker informed the group that the Director's salary is coming from the R&D budget and no longer from Title III.
- Mr. Kantor announced that Dr. Louis Aikens has tendered his resignation from the BOG pending the appointment of Mr. Joe Lewis by the Governor. Mr. Kantor reported that he has sent a letter advising the Governor that Mr. Lewis is qualified to be a Board member. The group is now waiting for word from the Governor regarding the appointment. Dr. Aikens will continue to serve until the Governor makes the appointment.
- Ms. Crowe asked for a follow-up on the idea of a group to look at the student housing leases. She suggested Mr. Morhous, Mr. Kantor, Mr. Shott, and Mr. Cardwell. Mr. Kantor expressed a desire to meet with Mr. John Shott first to determine what agreements have been put into place with the Upper-Classman II. Mr. Kantor appointed a committee to look into this matter. The committee members were Mr. Norris Kantor, Mr. John Shott, Mr. Larry Morhous, and Ms. Gloria Stephens.
Next regular meeting date will be April 19, 2007
Mr. Kantor reminded the group that a special called meeting will be necessary to discuss tuition and fees when the information is ready.
With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m.
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The Summoner's Rift is the most commonly used Field of Justice.
The map was given a graphical and technical update on May 23, 2012 and remade from scratch in November 12, 2014.
Summoner's Rift is located in a remote forest between Freljord, and the Ironspike Mountains. The Summoner's Rift is one of a few locations in Valoran where magical energy is at its greatest concentration, making it a highly sought-after locale to pursue magical endeavors.
Historically, the forest where the Rift resides was the site of several battles between two summoner factions symbolised with the Stag and Owl crests, they sought out to use the natural magical energy of the area for their personal use.
The large amount of concentrated magic has it mutated the local wildlife. From giant frogs, giant birds to two headed wolves it has also attracted the attention of a powerful Dragon who currently resides in one of the battle torn ruins. Sentinels, Bramblebacks and Krugs are creatures made from local flora and earth infused to construct a magical being. The Rifts unstable magic has inadvertently cause the reemergence of Baron Nashor, a large Serpent/Worm largely believed to be dead for centuries. It has his corruption affecting the land around him.
Other known creature that live in this area are species of forest chameleons, ducks, Antlermice, Porowls, crows, dragonflies and butterflies.
The objective of Summoner's Rift is simple – destroy the enemy nexus. In order to do this, champions must traverse down one of three different paths (or lanes) in order to attack their enemy at their weakest points they can exploit. Both teams have their lanes defended by numerous turrets; each turret grows in strength the closer it gets to its respective nexus and each turret must be eliminated in order to gain access to the next turret in that lane. Cooperating with fellow summoners is an absolute requirement for success, as it is easy for a champion to find themselves ambushed by enemies in the lanes of the Rift.
In-Game Description
The newest and most venerated battleground is known as Summoner's Rift. Traverse down on of three different paths in order to attack your enemy at their weakest point. Work with your allies to siege the enemy base and destroy their Nexus!
- 19000 unit distance from nexus obelisk to nexus obelisk (measured with Caitlyn's Ace in the Hole).
- Three lanes to fight your way to the enemy base.
- A forest populated by neutral monsters of varying degrees of toughness, the toughest of which provide buffs and/or gold for your whole team.
- Powerful turrets defend key areas on the map. You must confront these in addition to your enemies if you are to make headway toward victory.
- A map dividing river that lies in neutral territory, allowing for quick travel between lanes.
- Two bases at opposite corners of the map, populated by a shop, a Nexus, two turrets to defend the nexus, and inhibitors that suppress the other team's minions.
Unique Shopkeepers
Summoner's Rift during its history had a total of four shopkeepers.
- The first one was a Manbacon. This is an infamous race that is living in Runeterra. Manbacionians usually set up shops in a small pack and they also like to smoke.[1] He sold some standard starting items like the , the , the . He was selling his weaponry at both the Blue team and the Purple team bases.
- The second shopkeeper was an elderly male Yordle with a cart pulled by an animal resembling a big cat or a rabbit of an unknown species (PBE data mining posted here revealed it to be a "yonkey"). He replaced Manbacon and he was also present for both the Blue and the Purple bases.
- A pair of new shopkeepers replacing the previous vendor: in the Blue base there's an elderly female Yordle with a large animal resembling a Bantha from Star Wars and in the Red base there's an elderly male otter merchant attending his shop inside a large hot-air balloon that got punctured.
Summer Version
It is the default and first version released of the map.
Winter VersionA variant of the regular Summoner's Rift with a winter seasonal variants, designed for the 2009 Snowdown Showdown event. This version was a permanent option before it was replaced with the Autumn Version on November 2010. It was also available during the 2010 Snowdown Showdown, replacing the Autumn version temporarily and made a return for the 2011 Snowdown Showdown in December 2011. An updated version will be returning for the 2016 Snowdown Showdown. The Winter Version of Summoner's Rift has a few differences:
- A mostly white background, because of the snow.
- Snow falling and covering the terrain.
- The River is frozen.
- Presents and Poros can be seen throughout the map.
- Baron Nashor wears a Santa hat and earmuffs.
Autumn VersionThe Autumn Version of Summoner's Rift was a special variant designed for the 2010 Harrowing Seasonal Event. It replaced the Winter Version as the secondary version available and renamed Autumn Version after a poll on November 2010. It was temporarily replaced again with the Winter Version for the 2010 Snowdown Showdown. The Autumn Version uses music from the Twisted Treeline.
- There are coffins at bottom right area of the map. These signify the "death" (cancellation) of several champions.
Summoner's Rift Update
May 23, 2012 brought graphical and technical updates to Summoner's Rift. The updates brought players better aesthetics as well as improved overall graphical performance for players on lower settings. Some of the enhancements included:
- Better game performance at low and mid spec.
- Updated textures across Summoner's Rift.
- Improved animations on many of the monsters, including the Ancient Golem, the Lizard Elder and, of course, Baron Nashor.
- A new, animated shopkeeper to service all of your champion's item purchases.
Summoner's Rift Evolves
On November 12, 2014 a new update to Summoner's Rift went live for use on the Team Builder queue and all bot modes. Then in November 19 the updated Summoner's Rift was released for all queues, replacing the old one entirely. This time the update has been more heavier than the previous one, and the map was remade from scratch, changing the overall art style. From the minions, to the monsters, the structures, the decorations, the vegetation and even the music it was all completely remade. The new Summoner's Rift is in all respects a new map, made preserving the spirit and gameplay of the older Summoner's Rift. The new elements are:
- General
- A new handcrafted artistic style to Summoner's Rift.
- Gameplay on the map is more readable than in the previous map. Making action the top priority on the screen rather than the environment.
- Cleaned up a lot of the terrain (so that the widths of the visuals match the width of the mesh).
- This is particularly noticeable in Red-side jungle.
- Purple Team changed to Red Team.
- Red base features an owl and mage motif with curved linear shapes. Blue base is inspired by a stag and paladin theme with blockier shapes. Both of the owl and stag sigils meet in middle lane.
- Fog of war upgrade - fog is darker and the fade between fog and non-fog is now more abrupt/crisp (it's not a gradual fade).
- General bug fixes.
- Camera angle adjusted to be more similar to Howling Abyss (higher angled, less perspective).
- This should make the difference between playing up and down less significant.
- Large and Epic Jungle monsters now show their current health value above their health bar.
- Bottom and top lane brushes are now centered between their respective towers (previously off-centered by ~450 units).
- Ambient critters have been added in the map.
- New minion and monster icons.
- New Kill indicators on screen (including a hexakill indicator).
- Updated look to minions, cannon minions and super minions.
- Red minions wield axes while blue minions war hammers.
- Two new shopkeepers for both of the Bases.
- Each jungle quadrant has a unique theme. Blue buff jungle has a blue hue, while the Red jungle has a red hue. West jungle is more destroyed by the influence of Baron Nashor while the east one retains its more natural look.
- New Summoner's Rift music.
- Jungle
- The Ancient Golem and its Lizard henchmen have been replaced with the Blue Sentinel golem and two monolithic Sentries.
- The Golem and Big Golem have been replaced by the Krug and Ancient Krug, respectively.
- Wolf has been replaced by the Greater Murk Wolf and Murk Wolves.
- The Wraiths have been replaced with bird-like Raptors, led by a Crimson Raptor.
- The Wight has been replaced with the Gromp, a walrus-frog hybrid.
- The Lizard Elder camp is now inhabited by the Red Brambleback, a fiery ent-like creature, and two Cinderlings.
- Dragon and Baron Nashor have received Visual updates and kit reworks.
- A new passive monster has been added in the north and south parts of the river, Rift Scuttler.
Summoner's Rift conceptual art
"Summoner's Rift has come a long way since League's launch in 2009, but our latest update to ol' trusty was the biggest change in the map's history.
While all updates go through iterations and testing, Summoner's Rift required a huge team of artists to concept and sketch out art for months before we started working in 3D. To celebrate the end of SR's beta run, we're releasing a few of the concept art pieces the environment team created, complete with notes and insights from the artists themselves."
― Riot ForScience[2]
"Here's a super late painting we created to hone in on the spawn area's lighting. The beta launch of Summoner's Rift actually had zero lighting, but we slowly added elements in as we updated the map."― Riot ForScience
"We painted this up to study how we could show terrain transitioning from areas near Baron to places way away from him."― Riot ForScience
"These are some concepts that we sketched out for an asset to replace the small cluster of trees in the original SR bases. We wanted to replace that blocker (the term we use for something you can't move through) with something a little more visually interesting and architectural."― Riot ForScience
"Remember the old wraiths? We sketched out a TON of ideas for things that could replace them. After trying a few of these guys out, we started leaning towards some bird-like creatures that eventually evolved into the raptors you see in the rift today. (1. Vulture Monkeys, 2. Dire Porci Rat, 3. Shroom Thugs, 4. Crystaling, 5. Mudworm, 6. Mandrake gone bad, 7. Stummpils, 8. Plant Chomper, 9. Scorpo FIles, 10. Flame Pixie, 11. Not Warrior, 12. Globs)"― Riot ForScience
"Old baron was... well... a bit of a sock puppet. After trying a few ideas out, we ended up using the model that would later be in A Twist of Fate. But we still iterated, making tweaks to his head area, and giving him a huge body that we could really show off in his spawn animation."― Riot ForScience
"These are a couple of early studies looking at the composition of the north spawning platform and shop. The first is earlier, and from it we refined shape language, values, how busy the area would be, and overall composition."― Riot ForScience
"These are super early sketches of the northern area, which we wanted to feel more destroyed than the rest of the map to emphasize Baron's catastrophic impact. These drawings pushed really far in that direction."― Riot ForScience
"We used a sharp shape motif for the Paladin (or south side of the map) that would stand in contrast to the Mages (North side). The Paladin elements in the map are strong squared shapes and motifs that stand out from the sharp, aggressive, and dynamic shapes used by the north side."― Riot ForScience
"These are some explorations looking at how the rift would infuse one of the more natural creatures on this mountain."― Riot ForScience
"Back on Howling abyss we designed one of the shopkeepers to have this massive pack-yak. We really loved the idea but we could not get him to work within the constraints of the Freljord. He eventually became a she, and fit perfectly into SR. We always knew that we wanted some type of shipwrecked balloon-riding yordle for the north shopkeeper."― Riot ForScience
"We knew really early on that wraiths didn't feel indigenous to the rift, but it took a really long time to find a critter that would fill his shoes."― Riot ForScience
"The team really resonated with the idea that the magic of the rift physically forming into its guardians, and the Brambleback in particular to reflect the raw aggression that you feel when you pick up the red buff."― Riot ForScience
"There was a lot of focus on how we wanted a unique dragon from other IPs and fantasy games. We tried a grounded dragon, but ended up with a thick, heavily armored guy, so carried on until we gravitated around this study, which put us on the path to finding the unique League take of a dragon."― Riot ForScience
"We spoke about quadrants during the map update's beta stint, but here's a really clear representation of what we wanted to pull off. It's a really early painting, but even still you can see the redwoods in the north, the cairn-stones in the east, and the overgrowth and vines in the south. We ended up going with a different direction in the west jungle, but its color palate and tone is still pretty similar."― Riot ForScience
"This concept shows the contrast between the paladins and mages use of magic. In the case of the Paladins, magic is used in a very tightly restrained and controlled way; In the case of the Mages, magic is used in a more organic and chaotic way. This hearkens back to the old map and the Order vs. Chaos sides."― Riot ForScience
"In this top lane vista sketch, we wanted to explore rock shapes and study the integration of the background elements. This is a more wild version of the area that you see in SR now... and has a lot of eggs."― Riot ForScience
"Here's an exploration of the architecture we had out in the periphery of Summoner's Rift. We really wanted to use this blocked off space to show structures that the native cultures built, hopefully giving you guys a sense of a consistent and cohesive world."― Riot ForScience
"Our early minion concepts explored ideas like minions made out of animated magic scrolls, bolts of cloth animated by magic, and even just sound."― Riot ForScience
"This was actually a very late exploration of Dragon. Many of our earliest ideas for Dragon were not even dragons at all, but ran the creature gamut of what could fill that role on the map before we decided to go back to a more traditional scales and wings creature. The dragon we have in-game is a combination of the proportions of the first dragon, the head and wings of the third dragon, and the tail of the seventh guy!"― Riot ForScience
"This Baron illustration was one of the first images that was created for SR. We heavily referenced him for all of production. The way he is constructed (using stylized but very aggressive shapes) guided how we created everything from creatures to rocks to trees from that point on."― Riot ForScience
"This concept was an attempt to apply a very heavy and distinct theme on a specific quadrant of the map. The cracks show that you're near Baron, and we created giant trees that were ripped down when Baron spawned, with tons of new life grown back since."― Riot ForScience
"We explored two opposing animal types as the potential themes for the different sides of the map. Here are some early sketches!"― Riot ForScience
- The general layout of two long lanes extending on the border of the map and a middle lane between them, each crossed by a river, was inspired by the fan-made mod Defense of the Ancients, popular map for Warcraft III of which once Steve 'Guinsoo' Feak was serving as the main designer.
- The monster camps in this map were made to spawn everytime the same places since V18.104.22.168: before that, wolf camps and golem camps randomly alternated.
- Urf's Ghost can be found in the halloween version near the top of the river (Top Lane) just to the right of the top most brush found in blue's jungle. He will even attack passing Warwicks and either do 1 damage or pop his if the bubble is up on the Autumn version of the map.
- Garena announced that the map will polished red (Be aware that news source is Turkish) within Play it Red event due to Garena Carnival for a limited period in Garena server on June 2014.
- A Poro will spawn in each of the bases if a Freljord champion is on the team.
- If five Pool Party skins (or Rumble in the Jungle or Surfer Singed) are present on the map, a yellow rubber duck will spawn on Summoner's Rift near the bottom Middle part of river instead of a normal duck.
- If five or more Bilgewater champions (or champions with Bilgewater skins) are present on the map, two sharks will spawn in the lower right corner of the map.
- Numerous Helmet Bro helmets can been seen in various locations on the map:
- South Crimson Raptor nest.
- Baron Nashor pit.
- North west red team Jungle entrance.
- Several Items that have been removed from the game can be seen on the map:
- Two can be seen in one of the towers surrounding Summoner's Rift.
- A can be seen in the Red Shopkeeper shop. The sign on the item use to say "sold".
- Old shield can be seen in the Blue Shopkeeper shop.
- A can be seen hanged up on a stone tablet at the south-west part of the map.
- Old Baron Nashor's skull can been seen in the Baron pit.
- A smiley face is a tribute to a smiley face that was present on the old map, which was also located on exactly the same spot, at the southern part of the map.
- "The Sword in the Stone" at the north-east part of the map is a reference to Excalibur and to King Artur's legend.
- A random cogwheels can be seen on the eastern part of the map.
- At the eastern entrance of the Red base, when first entering the map, a frog can be seen scurrying and falling to his death.
- His official fandom name is "George, the Suicidal Frog".
- A grave altar with a gold spatula of Urf is at the same location as his old grave on the Autumn map grave was.
- Elder mage face can be seen carved on one of the tables on the map . It is a reference to the mage statues from the old Summoner's Rift map.
- A Gromp statue can be seen at the north-east part of the map, near red teams Gromp.
- Numerous rune writings can be seen carved on the walls and into the floors of both the Blue and Red bases, as well as around the map.
- Bard's face symbol have been seen in various locations on the map before his initial reveal. Since his release, those symbols have been removed from the map.
- A stone wall carved with the Protectorate and Magelords around a crystal can be seen at the north east part of red teams lane. In the Beta version of the map, the wall had no carvings and it was cracked.
- Tahm Kench's laugh could have been heard in the river area by using the laugh command, it was used as an initial teaser for the champion.
- Kindred's Mark of the Kindred would show up randomly above a champions head at the beginning of the game and during death in a form of Lamb and Wolf masks. These were used as initial champion teasers for Kindred.
Summoner's Rift map has been used for certain special, limited-time, featured game modes that circulate in and out.
- During the Fall of 2013, Riot's first featured game mode was called One for All mode [3]
- The mechanics were similar to Classic mode, with the only different being that all champions on each team are the same
- This mode would later inspire the creation of the One for All: Mirrored mode
- An Icon was to be given by playing this mode.
- Between April 1 and April 13, 2014, Riot made Ultra Rapid Fire mode and since then this mode has been coming back each year for April Fools' Day[4]
- An Icon was to be given by playing this mode.
- The mechanics were similar to Classic mode, with the added twist of the mode:
- Between July 17 and July 27, 2014, Riot made Doom Bots mode.[5]
- In this mode players fought against champions controlled by computer generated AI.
- The Bots themselves got enhancements to their abilities and passives.
- There were 3 levels of mode difficulty, with each level the bots would get considerably "cheaper".
- An Icon was to be given by playing this mode.
- Between April 1 and April 13, 2015, Ultra Rapid Fire mode returned for another yearly celebration of April Fools' Day[6]
- An Icon was to be given by playing this mode.
- The Summoner Rift concepts are usually done before Riot make 3D in-game models. Sometimes they will make a concept, but it does not work in the game. Examples: The design is hard to click on; Or it does not fit the environment; Or it does not look like tanky enough; or look weak enough; The creatures have to look, in relation to each other; at the correct power level or defensive power level. An environment piece has to be visually appealing but not distracting to champions or effects. All the concept work is about trying to answer those questions. Does it work with gameplay? Does it fit the big picture? Art serves gameplay.
- A Raptor, Forest chameleon, and Antlermice can be seen in Kog'Maw's classic splash art.
- The stag symbol of the Protectorate looks similar to Braum's shield.
- The owl symbol of the Magelords looks similar to the Porowl, a species of owls that live in Summoner's Rift.
- Summoners Rift Shopkeepers will be getting their Voice-over in future game patches, similar to the Howling Abyss shopkeepers.
- This map has ties with the Protectorate and Magelords showcased in Aatrox's lore.
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A 33-year old man is under arrest after going on an alleged drunken rampage, killing three people and wounding two others in Daillon, Switzerland. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
GENEVA -- Three women were killed and two men were wounded late on Wednesday when a gunman opened fire in the Swiss village of Daillon, Swiss police and prosecutors said on Thursday.
The 33-year-old gunman, who has not been named, threatened police when they tried to arrest him and was shot in the chest before being arrested and taken to hospital, police in the Swiss canton -- or region -- of Valais said. No police officers were wounded.
Gun ownership is widespread in Switzerland and voters rejected a proposal in February 2011 to tighten the country's liberal firearms laws.
The women killed in Daillon were aged 32, 54 and 79. They were all shot at least twice, in the head and chest. The youngest was married to one of the injured men and they had young children together, regional public prosecutor Catherine Seppey told a news conference.
The injured men were aged 33 and 63, respectively.
The gunman was a local resident who had been in psychiatric care in 2005 and was unemployed and living on welfare benefits, police said. His only previous conviction was for marijuana use.
He used at least two firearms -- an old Swiss army carbine and a rifle capable of firing lead shot -- even though his weapons had been seized and destroyed in 2005, and he was not currently listed as having any guns.
He began firing from his apartment, shooting at people in the street and in neighboring buildings, but later came out into the street, police said, adding that he appeared to have fired more than 20 shots.
French-language Swiss website 20minutes.ch quoted villagers as saying the gunman had been drinking heavily. It also said he was armed with an assault rifle, but the public prosecutor did not confirm that information.
Police were alerted by a caller who said several people were lying wounded on the ground at about 8:50 p.m. local time (2:50 p.m. ET) on Wednesday.
Daillon is close to the town of Sion, the capital of the canton Valais.
Mass shootings are rare in Switzerland, although gun possession is widespread -- some estimates run to at least one for every three of its 8 million inhabitants. Many are stored in people's attics, a legacy of Switzerland's policy of arming its men to defend its neutrality.
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Police officers stand near a crime scene in the Swiss village of Daillon on Thursday after a gunman shot five people.
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Former Middletown youth football treasurer busted
June 25, 2013 —
The New York State Police in Middletown announce the arrest of Charles Dunlap age 62, of St. Petersburg, Florida for Grand Larceny. Dunlap stole over $60,000 from the Orange County Youth Football League while he was treasurer from 2008 until 2012. Dunlap stole funds that were collected from the league to pay insurance for some of the children.
Dulap was charged with Grand Larceny 2nd, nine counts of Grand Larceny 3rd, seven counts of Grand Larceny 4th and four counts of Petit Larceny. He was arraigned by Orange County Justice Jeffrey Berry and released on his own recognizance.


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Gail Nielson is back at her local hardware store looking at paints for her
living room, after having a great experience repainting her bedroom.
Gail Nielson
"It looks like the room's brand new, a different room."
A new color can be an inexpensive way to get a whole new look, say the
experts at Consumer Reports. They recently evaluated 65 paints. But tester
Rico De Paz says steer clear of economy paint.
Rico De Paz
Consumer Reports
"A good price is a good thing, but stay away from really inexpensive paints.
None of our top picks were under 20 dollars."
But you don't need to spend top dollar either. In fact, Benjamin Moore --
which can cost as much as 68 dollars a gallon -- did well but was not top-
rated in Consumer Reports' latest paint tests.
The highest scores went to paints that cost half that. It's a new brand called
Clark and Kensington, and these paints are sold at Ace Hardware stores.
They go for around 33 dollars a gallon.
Rico De Paz
"It topped our ratings in the satin finish, that's durable and best for most
applications, and in the semi-gloss, that's great for trim. It was also among
the best in the flat finish that tends to hide surface imperfections better than
These Clark and Kensington paints left a smooth finish that resisted stains
and stood up to scouring, even after 1,000 passes with a stiff scrub brush.
Plus the Clark and Kensington paints are superb at hiding, which means you
can easily cover the old paint you're tired of looking at!
Rico De Paz
"It's also self-priming, so you can save some time and money by not having
to apply a primer coat when you paint over bare wood or wallboard."
And the fact that Gail Nielson could get paint at the local Ace store made the
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Profiler Sarah Armstrong knows what it's like to be in a sticky situation. As a single mother and one of the few female Rangers in Texas history, she has had to work twice as hard to rank among the best cops in the Lone Star State. But when mega-wealthy businessman Edward Lucas III is found murdered along with his mistress, their bodies posed in grotesque ways, Sara quickly senses that this will be the deadliest case of her career. While others focus the investigation on Lucas's estranged wife, Sarah disagrees and hunts a suspect only she believes in. Yet nothing in her career could have prepared her for the horror of a young man who believes he has been sent from heaven to massacre innocent people.
When Sarah picks up on the killer's elusive trail, following his scent all over Texas, the psychopath makes her his next target. And as Sarah closes in, the madman sets his sights on all she holds dear.
Singularity features a feisty, funny, and tough heroine and a truly creepy killer, as it races along to a chilling and unexpected climax.
©2008 Kathryn Casey (P)2012 Kathryn Casey
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The recording itself. After 2 hours I had to stop listening. It was full of static and echoed.
Not if it's recorded in a basement again.
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Welcome and congratulations on your baby!!
I'd like to add another voice in agreement with all of the above advice. There are plenty of ways to bond with a baby that don't involve introducing a slippery slope that might lead to early weaning. Shame on those nurses - what poor (and inaccurate) advice. Just so you know, nurses aren't experts in human lactation. Lactation consultants are. In fact, you can bank on the advice of an LC above that of basically any other health care professional when it comes to breastfeeding. And any LC would tell you pretty much exactly what you've read, above
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Romantic rose cupcakes
These decorative cupcakes make the perfect centrepiece for a wedding or christening, or a lovely gift
Nutrition and extra info
- Without icing
- Easily doubled / halved
- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving (without frosting)
- kcal525
- fat32g
- saturates16g
- carbs57g
- sugars47g
- fibre1g
- protein6g
- salt0.36g
- 150ml pot natural yogurt
- 3 egg, beaten
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition, packed with protein and a…
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 175g golden caster sugar
- 140g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
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Baking powder is a raising agent that is commonly used in cake-making. It is made from an alkali…
- 100g ground almond
- 175g unsalted butter, melted
For the white chocolate frosting
- 100g white chocolate
- 140g unsalted butter
- 140g icing sugar
Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases and heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. In a jug, mix the yogurt, eggs and vanilla extract. Put the dry ingredients, plus a pinch of salt, into a large bowl and make a well in the middle.
Add the yogurty mix and melted butter, and quickly fold in with a spatula or metal spoon – don't overwork it. Spoon into the cases (they will be quite full) and bake for 18-20 mins or until golden, risen and springy to the touch. Cool for a few mins, then lift the cakes onto a wire rack to cool completely. Keep in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze as soon as possible.
White chocolate frosting: Melt the chocolate in the microwave on High for 1½ mins, stirring halfway. Leave to cool. Beat the butter and icing sugar in a large bowl until creamy. Beat in the chocolate. Cover and chill for up to one month.
Up to 48 hrs before serving (or the day before if it's really hot), bring the frosting back to room temperature, then spread over the cakes. Put the ribbon around the cakes now if you like, tying or glueing in place. Keep cool, out of direct sunlight.
Make it a cake
If you want a cake to cut, make a batch of batter and bake in a lined, deep 20cm round cake tin at 190C/fan 170C/gas 5 for 40-45 mins. Serve on a pretty cake plate, topped with frosting and roses. The roses can be made up to a month ahead and coloured to match the wedding theme. Keep in a cool place away from moisture and light.
Allergic to nuts?
If you would rather not cook with nuts, swap the ground almonds for 100g more plain flour. The end result will still taste great, but won't keep or freeze quite as well.
Jane says
'Having been the one 'doing the cake' many times, I know that making a sponge and having to ice it in the two days before a wedding only adds to the pressure! Once frosted, these cakes will keep happily in a cool place for up to 48 hours, and they freeze perfectly. As long as they're eaten within three days of baking or defrosting, you'll be fine.'
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These are now my go-to cakes. So easy to make, no need to beat the butter and sugar together, they freeze really well, the yoghurt and ground almonds keep them very moist, and the icing is perfect. I made these for a party along with a selection of others and these were the most popular by far. I have personally found they work better as cupcakes than a large cake, but still decent results. I'm going to try substituting the almonds for hazelnuts or coconut with a milk chocolate frosting.
These are the easiest cakes I have made.
I do not like standard cupcakes as they are too filling so I cooked these in petit-four cases for 10-12 minutes.
The cakes freeze well (I froze mine & then decorated when defrosted).
I piped the icing onto the cakes & just sprinked with store bought toppers.
They were a huge success.
Made 110 of these for my wedding and I was so pleased. I made the cakes a month ahead and froze them. I added some lemon rind and a little juice. For ease nearer to the day I got a friend to decorate with fondant icing stuck on with lemon curd rather than the chocolate. They looked amazing and tasted yummy!
Fantastic recipe, have tried several as I'm making some wedding cupcakes, and these are the most moist and last 2-3 days. I added 50g less ground almonds and substituted with 50g extra SF flour and that seems to work.
I also used Caramac in the icing and the flavour doesn't take over the icing but somehow makes it taste less sugary than butter icing.
I've tried these twice now to account for any error. I followed the recipe and they were so soggy/heavy, I felt they were inedible. I am not new to baking/cooking & am stunned by the reviews. I keep thinking I must have gone wrong somewhere but given the two attempts cannot face another..... Completely in contrast to the gorgeous lemon & poppyseed cupcakes also on this site. I've made them numerous times, love them & had many requests for the recipe!
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Home List of Titles A new method for estimating dark matter halo masses using globular cluster systems
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/75645
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- Title
- A new method for estimating dark matter halo masses using globular cluster systems
- Author(s)
- Spitler, L. R.; Forbes, Duncan A.
- Abstract
- All galaxies are thought to reside within large haloes of dark matter, whose properties can only be determined from indirect observations. The formation and assembly of galaxies is determined from the interplay between these dark matter haloes and the baryonic matter they host. Although statistical relations can be used to approximate how massive a galaxy's halo is, very few individual galaxies have direct measurements of their halo masses. We present a method to directly estimate the total mass of a galaxy's dark halo using its system of globular clusters. The link between globular cluster systems and halo masses is independent of a galaxy's type and environment, in contrast to the relationship between galaxy halo and stellar masses. This trend is expected in models where globular clusters form in early, rare density peaks in the cold dark matter density field and the epoch of reionization was roughly coeval throughout the Universe.We illustrate the general utility of this relation by demonstrating that a galaxy's supermassive black hole mass and global X-ray luminosity are directly proportional to their host dark halo masses, as inferred from our new method.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
- Source
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Vol. 392, no. 1 (Jan 2009), pp. L1-L5
- Publication year
- 2009
- FOR Code(s)
- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Fundamental parameters; Galaxies; Haloes; Star clusters; Stellar content
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- 1745-3925
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation copyright © 2008 Royal Astronomical Society. The accepted manuscript of the paper is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. The definitive version is available at www.interscience.wiley.com.
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Home List of Titles Oscillatory neuronal dynamics associated with manual acupuncture: a magnetoencephalography study using beamforming analysis
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- Title
- Oscillatory neuronal dynamics associated with manual acupuncture: a magnetoencephalography study using beamforming analysis
- Author(s)
- Asghar, Aziz U. R.; Johnson, Robyn L.; Woods, William; Green, Gary G. R.; Lewith, George; MacPherson, Hugh
- Abstract
- Magnetoencephalography (MEG) enables non-invasive recording of neuronal activity, with reconstruction methods providing estimates of underlying brain source locations and oscillatory dynamics from externally recorded neuromagnetic fields. The aim of our study was to use MEG to determine the effect of manual acupuncture on neuronal oscillatory dynamics. A major problem in MEG investigations of manual acupuncture is the absence of onset times for each needle manipulation. Given that beamforming (spatial filtering) analysis is not dependent upon stimulus-driven responses being phase-locked to stimulus onset, we postulated that beamforming could reveal source locations and induced changes in neuronal activity during manual acupuncture. In a beamformer analysis, a two-minute period of manual acupuncture needle manipulation delivered to the ipsilateral right LI-4 (Hegu) acupoint was contrasted with a two-minute baseline period. We considered oscillatory power changes in the theta (4-8Hz), alpha (8-13Hz), beta (13-30Hz) and gamma (30-100Hz) frequency bands. We found significant decreases in beta band power in the contralateral primary somatosensory cortex and superior frontal gyrus. In the ipsilateral cerebral hemisphere, we found significant power decreases in beta and gamma frequency bands in only the superior frontal gyrus. No significant power modulations were found in theta and alpha bands. Our results indicate that beamforming is a useful analytical tool to reconstruct underlying neuronal activity associated with manual acupuncture. Our main finding was of beta power decreases in primary somatosensory cortex and superior frontal gyrus, which opens up a line of future investigation regarding whether this contributes towards an underlying mechanism of acupuncture.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. Brain and Psychological Sciences Research Centre
- Source
- Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Vol. 6 (Nov 2012), article no. 303
- Publication year
- 2012
- Keyword(s)
- Acupuncture; Beamforming; Magnetoencephalography; Oscillations; Somatosensory cortex
- Publisher
- Frontiers Research Foundation
- 1662-5161
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2012 Asghar, Johnson, Woods, Green, Lewith and MacPherson. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use,distribution and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited and subject to any copyright notices concerning any third-party graphics etc. The published version is reproduced in accordance with this policy.
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There were twelve apostles, right?
Actually, it's more complicated than that.
An initial complication is the fact that Judas Iscariot died and was replaced by Matthias (Acts 1:12-26).
You could look at that and say, "Okay, there were thirteen apostles, total, but only twelve at one time."
What about Paul?
Some (at least some in the Protestant community) have suggested that, since the New Testament doesn't record...


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Stones Throw Beat Battle #306
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- vocal samples/skits are allowed
- cuts/scratches are permitted
update 12:01 CST - havent heard from the homie nomad by this time, so go head and grab this jawn and get to work!
update 2:32 CST (lol and this is the last update ill be making. im not fckin CNN or BBC, haha) nomad got the sample in so if haven't you already downloaded the one i posted, grab his as well!
always been a goal for me to win the stbb, i suppose i still have to win decisively! lol, cheers! enjoy! happy flippin!
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By Ashley Lee: FREEDOM NEWSPAPERS
Actress, artist, poet, singer and songwriter Wayquay will perform in two free concerts Tuesday at the Campus Union Ballroom at Eastern New Mexico University.
The concerts are sponsored by ENMU's Native American Affairs department as part of a month-long celebration during Native American Heritage Month.
Wayquay, whose full name, Swangideed Wayquay, means Lady Unafraid, is of Ojibway, Anishnabe descent. She was raised in rural Pennsylvania and moved to New York with just a few dollars in her pocket to "find herself," her Web site reads.
According to an ENMU press release, Wayquay's music is a mix of blues, funk, hip hop, rock, poetry and nature.
She was nominated for five Native American Music Awards. Her music video "Navigate" won best music video at the 22nd annual American Indian Film Festival.
She has been featured on "CNN Worldbeat" and "Good Morning Live" in Montreal, and helped open the Reservation X exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum for the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
Her first performance, at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the ballroom, is for local junior high and high school students.
"There will be 300 seventh- through 12-graders attending," said Wayquay.
"Walking in Someone Else's Shoes" is the name of the event, and Wayquay explained that there will be poetry, video and music as well as an open mike session where students and others attending can perform their own music and poetry.
Her second concert will start at 6:30 p.m., and another open-mike session will follow.
The performer says her concerts are typically a lot like "a living room hangout."
"I have a lot of elders in my life that I sing about, and it (the concert) tells a story about our culture," Wayquay said. "There is a book that was written called 'Lady Unafraid,' and my great-grandfather is one of the characters. I share a lot from the book because it dispels the myths of what people think of Native Americans."
The concert will showcase music from her new album, "Ghost-flower," which will be available soon.
"We are going to be soulin'," Wayquay said. "I am not a rapper, but a souler with my poetry and music."
All events sponsored during the month by ENMU Native American Affairs are paid for through American Indian taco sales and donations, according to Native American Affairs Director Utahna Livingston.
"All of the (public) events are free," Livingston said.
Wednesday was the start of the Miss Native American ENMU pageant, which continues through Friday when the winner will be crowned.
There will be several Native American speakers throughout the month, including Kenneth Geinausaddle who will talk about the history, laws and belief of peyote.
"I cannot wait to see everyone come out and get together and learn," said Wayquay.


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Shane Victorino placed on fifteen-day disabled list, Domonic Brown called up from Lehigh Valley.
Shane Victorino left last night's game with a strained left oblique after catching a fly ball. He has been placed on the fifteen-day disabled list. The Phils have called up Domonic Brown, their number one prospect from Lehigh Valley to take his place. Brown, who was hitting a combine .327 with 20 home runs and 68 RBIs in 93 games played in both Reading and Lehigh Valley will be playing in right field and will be in the line-up, starting tonight, as the Phils will move Jayson Werth to center.
Okay, Dom, let see what you can do while you're up here. Do not disappoint us, dude!
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Congrats on the winning streak you have so far! NL East looks tough with the Braves on top but the Phillies are never a team I would write off. Sorry about Victorino going on the DL D: Injuries are a pain (no pun intended :P)
best of luck!
Thanks, especially since they'd just added to it last night. Yeah, the NL East is tough, but it is getting tight right now, and hopefully will soon be getting tighter. As for the Flying Hawaiian, most of the team, except for Ryan Howard, Jayson Werth and Raul Ibanez, among the starters, have not said hello to the list, although Ibanez said hello to it last year. I'm just surprised they have not gone any lower than they have.
The Phils seem to wake up at the right time each year.


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