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By Brienne Walsh
American Idol's best contestants may be singing sensations, but when it comes to fashion, they don't always hit the right note. From ill-fitting suits to bedazzled bras and full-body catsuits, even the biggest success stories had their share of style missteps (sorry, Carrie). In anticipation of the premiere of the 12th season on Jan. 16 and 17, we're taking a look back at the best and worst style moments from the show.
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MISS: Kelly Clarkson looked like a cross between a witch and a pirate during a performance on the first season of the series.
All Business3 of 17
MISS: It's a good thing Kimberley Locke's voice wowed the judges, because her "corporate lawyer" wardrobe certainly didn't earn the singer any bonus points.
Soccer Mom4 of 17
MISS: Now an Oscar winner and style star, Jennifer Hudson fell victim to unflattering mom jeans and frumpy tops in season 3.
Cat Woman5 of 17
MISS: Fantasia Barrino shocked the audience when she made a guest appearance in a black-and-red sequin catsuit with thigh-high slits for the season 11 finale.
Prom Queen6 of 17
MISS: Carrie Underwood's style has come a long way since her 2005 win on season 4. At the finale, her crimped hair and heavily beaded gown made it look like she was headed for the senior prom, not Grammy-winning stardom.
Silver Lining7 of 17
HIT: Smash star Katharine McPhee set the stage for her future role as a style stunner in this floaty silver number that she wore for the season 5 finale.
Lady in Red8 of 17
HIT: Kellie Pickler played it safe in laid-back jeans for most of season 6, but the amazing red dress she wore to the finale showed that underneath her Patsy Cline exterior, she has the style chops to match her vocals.
Orange Crush9 of 17
HIT: At 17, Jordin Sparks was the youngest contestant ever to win the competition. The orange gown she wore to claim her title was both age appropriate and timeless.
Rock On10 of 17
HIT: During season 7, Carly Smithson stood out from the other contestants—in a good way—thanks to her sleeve tattoo. We liked her outfits best when she wore monochrome dresses that complemented her ink.
Hippie Chic11 of 17
HIT: Known for her peasant blouses, season 7 contestant Brooke White showed she could be more than a '60s flower child in this refreshingly modern belted black dress.
Bohemian Rock12 of 17
MISS: While we admire her for staying true to her boho roots, Crystal Bowersox's dreadlocks and predictable black ensembles, would have fit in better at Lilith Fair than on the American Idol stage.
Heartbreak Hotel13 of 17
MISS: Lauren Alaina could have been mistaken for an Elvis Presley impersonator in the sparkling pantsuit she wore on the season 10 finale.
Glamour Girl14 of 17
HIT: Pia Toscano never missed a beat during her stint on season 11; her wardrobe was elegant and flirty, while at the same time flattering to her curves.
Pageant Queen15 of 17
MISS: The indigo ball gown Jessica Sanchez wore when she performed Mariah Carey's "My All" on season 11 made her look more like a Miss America contestant than a contender on American Idol.
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MISS: Hollie Cavanagh's combination of high-waisted sailor pants and sequined bandeau top during season 11 made it look like she was trying out for a role in the Las Vegas version of the musical South Pacific.
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- Design of modern nanofabrication facilities
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- Beswick, Sarah; Smith, Andrew; Morrish, Dru; Day, Daniel J.; Juodkazis, Saulius; Gu, Min
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- We present a set of practical rules critical for designing and building a modern nanotechnology laboratory, focused on photonic applications in a cleanroom environment. We show the impacts on time, cost and quality of early design decisions and its importance on achieving the final fully functional laboratory. Best practice examples are presented for setting up a modern laboratory/facility, following analysis of the time, cost and quality constraints. The case study presented is the engineering and architectural solution of the nanofabrication cleanroom facility in the Advanced Technology Centre at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. Set of practical rules is established for the cost and time efficient set up of the nanotechnology facilities for the research and development.
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- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Facilities and Services Group
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Centre for Micro-Photonics
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- Proceedings of the SPIE Smart Nano-Micro Materials and Devices Forum, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 04-07 December 2011 / Saulius Juodkazis and Min Gu (eds.), Vol. 8204, paper no. 82043K
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- 2011
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- Advanced Technologies Centre; Cleanrooms; Laboratory design; Nanofabrication; Nanotechnology; Research facility design
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who do u think them dallas cowboys are beating in the superbowl this year?
ok i realize that im probably the only cowboy fan on this forum( or at least the only one who says it openly; even though i live in Brooklyn haha ) but i noticed a thread about the Jets and Giants-which is expected of course. and i respect it loll. but i figured i'd have fun with it and make one supporting my team, 'Dem Cowboys! just wanted to add some gas to the fire that'll be lit up this season
so that said, let the games begin and may the best team win, we all know thats the cowboys loll
^ just wanted to add that cause its vs the giants lmaoooo
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who do u think them dallas cowboys are beating in the superbowl this year?
i always pick them to go all the way because of their talent, but they could never gel together and come through when it counts.
Go Giants.
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
They win the division and lose in the conference finals to the falcons or vikings. thats my prediction
paul this team seems to be coming together though they did last year before we got smacked by minny. we got them this year though
and knickzrulez you buggin its all about dem cowboys
DaTPRiNCE...That EGYPTiAN Fella, #MeloMafia
Dallas has the players to be great but they just fail and the coach is going to be fired soon.
Now speaking of THEM GIANTS...they destroyed the Cowboys after the bone head plays. Eli was like Peyton by calling fake audibles and fooling the Dallas defense and picked Dallas apart while our defense took out their 5th QB of the year? not sure on the number but I know Matt Moor, Jay CUtler, Todd Collins, and Romo have all had game ending injuries from the G men this year....watch out to anyone else that stands in their way...
G Men making the playoffs this year.
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
How bout 1-5 and being overrated longer than the Knicks.
lmaooo smh man. im starting to look at the best safety available in the draft hahaha
fire wade phillps ASAP! and get bill chower
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naw dude im still talking, maybe a little less now but im still talking hahaha. all i know is Wade Phillips needs to go, and Gruden or Chower need to come in. besides a top 5 pick wont hurt us hahaha preferably a safety
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I'm a Jets fan hate the Giants but like the Cowboys. This record comes to no surprise to me. Nothing was done to the offensive line and it was i believe the number one problem for the Cowboys. As for the defense a little surprise how bad they are doing.


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When Kristina Aubert competed last fall at the NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship in Terre Haute, Ind., her start to the race was forgettable.
On Saturday, Aubert expects a more aggressive start at nationals to help her finish a historic junior season at Division I Arkansas State.
A slow start at nationals last season left Aubert chasing the field and finishing 124th in the 6-kilometer race in 20:56.3.
"It was pretty much all about the start," said Aubert, a Crystal Lake South graduate. "Once you get behind at nationals, it's difficult to move up fast."
Racing to the front from the start of a race doesn't exactly fit Aubert.
"It's completely not my style," she said with a laugh. "I like to go out consistently and under control, then hammer the second half (of a race)."
This season, Aubert's work on sprints has made her a faster starter. She worked on the strategy last month in races at the University of Louisville and a pre-nationals race on the same NCAA course in Terre Haute. She finished third at Louisville and 24th in a field of 340 runners in Indiana.
"This year, I'm way more confident," Aubert said. "I'm confident that I can get out faster. At nationals, you have 75 girls who are going out at the same speed."
At last weekend's South Central Regional in Waco, Texas, Aubert finished fourth in 20:20 over the 6K course to achieve all-region honors.
After winning the Sun Belt Conference individual title and helping her school claim its first league title, Aubert has big goals for nationals.
"No. 1, I'd like to finish in the top 50, which I think is within reach," said Aubert, the only female runner in Arkansas State history to qualify for nationals. "No. 2, I'd like to be an All-American (top-25 finisher). And, I'd like to get under 20 minutes."
Freshman phenom: Loras College women's volleyball player Tara Blake (Marian Central) was one of only three freshmen to make the 15-member All-Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference first team this fall.
Blake, an outside hitter, led the Duhawks (15-17) with 295 kills for the season. Her 2.51 kills per set ranked 10th in the conference.
Blake also finished second on the team in digs (380) and service aces (32).
Carthage duo honored: Johnsburg grad Michael Dombrowski was chosen for the All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin men's soccer first team this fall, while Jacobs grad Taylor Pignataro was named to the second team.
While helping D-III Carthage College to a 13-7-1 record, Dombrowski led the team with 14 goals. The junior forward also had a team-leading 30 points and six game-winning goals, which tied for the league lead. Dombrowski ranked second in the CCIW this season in goals and points.
Pignataro, a junior midfielder/defender, ranked second on the team with four assists. He was part of a defensive unit that compiled five shutouts this season and a 1.20 goals-against average.
Superb swimmer: D-II University of Tampa freshman Marisa Barton won two individual events and was part of two victorious relay teams in a dual meet last week to earn Sunshine State Conference Women's Swimmer of the Week honors.
Barton, a Prairie Ridge grad who competed for the Crystal Lake co-op team, won the 50- (25.19 seconds) and 100-yard (54.52) freestyle events in a 185-77 victory against Saint Leo. She also swam a leg on Tampa's 200 medley (1:51.46) and 400 free (3:44.47) relay victories.
Ohio Valley all-star: Jacobs grad Cassidy Sherman was one of four SIU-Edwardsville players to make the All-Ohio Valley Conference women's soccer teams.
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Miami will tear us apart.
I can see Lebron going for 50 or a triple double, something like 30/12/11.
We're close to the Isiah-type 8 game losing streaks now......
Imagine Miami was next and not Charlotte....that would be the final blow.
The Knicks are lucky that two winnable games come up against Charlotte and Cleveland.
A Miami, Chicago, Clippers schedule would end our season right here.


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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- While Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has overcome a recall effort, he doesn't lack for challenges as he completes his first term.
Where does Walker begin? It's a safe bet the talk at next week's "brat summit" and for much of the rest of his term will be about one thing: jobs.
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I think this is the blogosphere's favourite little bottle of nail polish right now, and for good reason! 'Rainbow Connection' is from the OPI Muppets collection (the rest of the shades/swatches can be found here) and a lot of the colours are quite hard to track down already! I got mine from eBay in the end for around £9 with shipping.
The swatch has Models Own Juicy Jules underneath which is what I was wearing when the bottle arrived in the post. I was so excited to try it that I put it straight over the top! I tried to cover up most of the previous product though so I don't think it affects it that much. The nice thing about this polish is it can be applied alone as well as paired with other shades. In my opinion it looks really sweet over a pale pink (think natural) as it hides the transparency, and looks great over black polish too. Also if you pair it with another shade you won't have to use as much either.
I'm absolutely besotted with this polish. I'm thinking about buying a bottle or two for backup as I've used quite a lot of it already! If you can't find this maybe Deborah Lippmann's Happy Birthday will do the trick, apparently they are basically the same thing bottled! I just think it's so perfect, lovely chunky gliter and goes with everything!


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He said he has no idea how much that water will affect the lake. It is hard to predict how rains north of here will affect the lake because a lot of the water coming down the rivers is soaked up by dry river banks.
Recent rains have improved the situation at Lake Corpus Christi since the first of March.
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Degas Through His Own Eyes: Failing Vision and Changing Styles in an Aging Artist
Date: Saturday, January 25, 2014
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Speaker: Dr. Michael Marmor, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University
Type: Lecture
Over the last 40 years of his career, Edgar Degas's vision became progressively blurred, ultimately to the point where he would have been declared legally blind. His pastels became rougher, although his blurred vision smoothed over these "imperfections" in his own view. The Museum's collection of Degas bronzes shows a similar progression of style. The famous Little Dancer has wonderful details, but late in Degas's life, his sculptures became rougher, and the details of face, hair and hands disappeared. Dr. Michael Marmor reviews the problem of failing vision in aging artists and poses the question of whether and how it was a factor in their late styles. By simulating the defects of vision, Marmor sheds light on just what the artist could and could not see.
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- Nonresident permits: No
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- Total permits: 8
Type: CWMU
Species: Buck deer
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Weber Florence Creek
DescriptionThe Weber Florence Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU) is located on the boundary of Uinta County, Wyoming and Summit County, Utah. The Unit is mainly in three parts, the south two parts are only joined by a common corner. Higher elevation in the north like Porcupine Peak is 9100 feet, in the middle part, 9800 feet; and in the south 10500 feet. Chalk Creek (6700 feet to 9500 feet) forms much of the north part's border, originating in the middle Unit. Basin Creek (7100 feet to 7700 feet) cuts the north part. Humpy Creek (9100 feet to 9400 feet) cuts the south part of the middle part. Although not the border of the Unit, the Weber River (7400 feet to 7800 feet) flows near the south border. Larrabee Creek (7700 feet to 9800 feet) and Moffit Creek (7800 feet to 9200 feet) flow into the Weber River on the south part of the Unit. The most common elevation is 7700 feet but ranges from 6700 feet to 10800 feet with an elevation difference of 4100 feet. Fifty-three percent (53%) of the CWMU elevation ranges between 7600 feet and 9900 feet an elevation difference of 2300 feet.
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- Prep Time: 25 min
- Cook Time: 70 min
- Ready Time: 180 min
- Yield: 24 servings
- 2 1/4 cups Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 1 1/3 cups quick-cooking oats
- 2/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup cold butter, cut up
- 5 medium cooking apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1 (12 1/4 oz.) jar Smucker's® Caramel Flavored Topping, divided
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- Vanilla ice cream
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- HEAT oven to 350°F. Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg in large bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Reserve 1 3/4 cups crumb mixture; press remaining crumb mixture onto bottom of an ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Bake 15 minutes.
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- BAKE 45 to 50 minutes or until apples are tender. Cool in pan on wire rack. Serve warm topped with vanilla ice cream and remaining caramel topping.
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I fully expected to hate this game when I first looked at it. I dismissed it as a cash grab to boost sales of the online game. I couldn't have been more wrong and I think it comes from the ideal marriage of the perfectly crafted skeleton of D&D, flawlessly mixed with a decade of EverQuest lore delivered by WhiteWolf, a company divinely-suited to weave stories.
Racial Diversity
Many would argue that a level 1 character starting with a +6 to STR would be insanely overpowering, but I think that gives a strong flavour of ogre, rather than just a whiff. Most of these games are caster-centric, so it is nice to see the melee come out ahead. Rather than just being vanilla it has a flavour, and with flavours there are those that dig them and those that don't.
Lore Restrictions
There are those who would chafe against monk only being permitted to two races (human and iksar), but it follows the lore perfectly and I think that makes them a bit more special. Tribal societies are shamanistic, and again that makes sense.
Training Points
Rather than having a static feat and attribute increase delivered at a certain level, it is your choice to spend your points on whatever you want. Don't care about feats, don't buy them, it's that simple. You can put your points towards stats, skills, feats or even resistances.
- Ranks in language skills. Absolutely love this.
- Alcohol tolerance!
This is where this system really shines. The bard is hands down more interesting than any other game has put out, with songs that make them the masters of doing a bit of everything, but nothing amazing. True hybrid classes and pure casters that each have their own spell list with very little in the way of overlap with other classes.
Magic System
So simple, so pure and the best casting system of any game out there in my eyes. No need to change spell levels for metamagic, just spend more mana. Need to change spells, no worries you can do that on the fly. You have access to all of your spells, but only a handful at any one time.
If only WhiteWolf had released this game in an era later than 2002 v3.0 D&D, there are flaws aplenty indicative of that era, or had updated it a decade later for the Pathfinder rules....
p.s. If anyone is ever running a PBP of this game I am soooo there :)
p.p.s. If there are any doubters of how solid this system is, I dare you to make a character. You'll suddenly see how hard it is to pick between the classes and recognize the hidden genius of this system.
White Wolf exited the D20 mareket entirely when Fourth Edition was put out. All of the Art Haus lines as well was Sacred Stone were shut down.
They did two good editions of Warcraft, the first around Warcraft 3, the second edition on World of Warcraft much of the material there presaged what would be found in later expansions including Pandaria itself.
Swords and Sorcery did an exceptional job bringing the video game to PnP.
Xenh - A lot of what you point out was indicitive of the original EQ video game (back when there was only 0-2 expansions). The genre went down hill with WoW dumbing the genre and status quo down. EQ eventually followed with its expansions.
Other genius things found in EQ was the mixture of mobs so that you couldn't say that a zone was STRICTLY for lvls 1-3. There were some lvl 5-7s roming the area that would take you out if you wern't careful. Also there was the intermingling of the factions. If you ducked into the wrong house in a town you were suddenly in the necromancer's guild and they all just decimated you for being a paladin.
Drejk - the spell lists mimiced the EQ video game almost exactly. The video game was based on mostly fighting and very little non-combat activities.
The biggest issues we had with it when we played was at higher levels. DR was through the roof to compensate for the high damage output which crippled most mid-low damage classes. Also the bestary gave great templates to make high level monsters, but gave no pregenerated ones - the DM had to create almost every monster in his campaign from scratch with the templates.
Everquest magic system would be nice, except for the spells themselves. There is so much pointless repetition in spells that they could be easily cut in to 20% of spell list. Not to mention that there is too much repetitive combat spells and not enough non-combat spells.
I agree that EverQuest's magic system is incredibly combat focused, and though each class has a a number of non-combat spells they are greatly overshadowed by the combat ones. The focus was on game balance less than flavour, which is a great starting point for a game since DMs (Guides in EQ?) are much more likely to let you craft your own spell (something EQ encourages) that is just for flavour, rather than making you more combat effective.
Each class is a specialist, so a lot of their spells in the next level are an incremental increase from the previous level (e.g. you had a good earth elemental pet and then the next level you get this thing: OMG), which is why you see so many combat spells. What's interesting about specialists, who have access to their entire spell list at a moment's notice, is you see solid roles coming out because you are powerful in an area but need support in others....welcomes a real team environment.
The spells that exist in the EQ RPG offer a tonne of really interesting tactics:
Snare - Restrict an opponents movement speed.
Root - Glue them to the ground.
Pet - Permanent summon monster with other spells that make the pets tougher, or summon weaponry for them.
Mesmerize - A staple of the enchanter class where you take foes out of combat without hurting them.
Fear - Add this to snare and you have a foe running away from you as you plink them with spells/arrows.
Lull - Restrict the ability for the foe to perceive past a certain distance, thus permitting you to act without them realizing what you're doing.
Res - Much more common in EQ, able to be done by paladins and clerics for a loss of experience (at the highest levels there's no loss of exp). Necromancers can do it to, but you don't want to know how.
Divine Aura - Invulnerable to all harm for 3 rounds. Think of the tactics behind those decisions.
Feign Death - Act dead so things leave you alone and find it difficult to perceive you. Something monks can do innately without magic, making them wonderful scouts.
Heals - Clerics can heal as a free action so they can do other things in combat, and walk in with a fair amount of utility.
Spirit of Wolf/Selos - Massive movement speed increases.
Clarity - Regain lost mana. This alone is groundbreaking and allows you to cast much more often and brings in additional tactics....to attack or to rest, decisions, decisions.
Direct Damage/AoE/DoTs - So many combinations here in all different forms.
Debuffs - Bring down a foe's stats/saves so later attacks/spells can do more damage.
Runes - Permit casters to take a certain amount of damage before the rune collapses.
Alacrity/Slow - Highly advanced haste and slow spells that also give stat bonuses, affecting those with lighter weapons more than heavier ones.
Dark Pact/Mod Rod - Have your spell hurt you to give mana.
Lifetap - Ability to do direct damage to hearl yourself.
Illusions - Highly believable illusions for specific races. These also come in items if you're an ogre that always wanted to be a dwarf.
Damage Shield - Melee attacks against you hurts them.
Teleportation - Very common way of getting around via druids and wizards.
That's just scratching the surface....
Not saying that spells like these don't exist in Pathfinder, just speaking of the staples of EQ.
I would argue that while the spells are relatively repetitive you have much much more to do as a caster decision/tactics-wise at every stage of the game, and in every combat. This is what personally twirls my toe hairs about the game.
Imagine the scenario:
Your group is set upon by bandits, so being a friendly necromancer you decide what's your best way to help prompting you to consider the following:
- Summon or send in your skeleton/spectre pet.
- Cast dark pact so you have more mana to play with.
- If injured hit them with a lifetap to heal yourself.
- Cast a DD to hit someone hard now.
- Cast a DoT and kill them in a bit.
- Snare them.
- Fear them.
- Root them.
- Debuff them.
- Meditate to get more mana to play with.
- Go invisible.
- Hide and memorize a different spell.
- Feign dead
Et cetera...et cetera.... The tactics involved in that are exciting.
As an aside, magicians can summon Bristlebane's Bundle and for 24 hours they get 20 bottles of ale, 20 small cakes, 1 firecracker and 1 spinning bottle (causes the user to spin rapidly about for one round becoming quite dizzy).
Xenh - A lot of what you point out was indicitive of the original EQ video game (back when there was only 0-2 expansions). The genre went down hill with WoW dumbing the genre and status quo down. EQ eventually followed with its expansions.
The biggest issues we had with it when we played was at higher levels. DR was through the roof to compensate for the high damage output which crippled most mid-low damage classes. Also the bestary gave great templates to make high level monsters, but gave no pregenerated ones - the DM had to create almost every monster in his campaign from scratch with the templates.
There is a lot of iconic things in later EverQuest expansions that I wish had made its way into the RPG game, such as fading memories (short term invis and memory wipe) for bards, wake the dead (cause a duplicate of a creature you just ganked to rise and fight for you...mainly used to scare raids) for necromancers, and the shroud of stealth (seriously you don't see me no matter who you are) for rogues. Those alternate abilities are amazing and really give a sexy flavour to the game.
Outside of a few choice tidbits I completely agree with you that later expansions did little to make the game more interesting. Insanely more powerful, yes, but not necessarily more interesting.
Would the DR issue not be countered through magical items?
I see a bunch of pregenerated monsters in Monsters of Norrath and Monsters of Luclin (the first creature in the book being a CR 20 Abhorrent). Maybe I'm misunderstanding you.
Yes, magic items were absolutly needed for higher encounters, but the hybrids still unfortunatly fell noticibly behind. I never bought Monsters of Luclin, only the Norrath one.
Tis always the downside of gaining versatility, you lose out on power. Sure you might be good in melee, and tough enough to take shots, and have the ability to defeat encounters with your array of spells, but you are going to fall behind in terms of power in comparison with those that focus purely on melee combat, or arcane might.
Or are you meaning that they're falling behind even after taking that under advisement?
Jinx Wigglesnort wrote:Those are the pics from the EQ RPG player's handbook.
Some Concept Art:
They are indeed :)
By "concept" the meaning was to convey a mood of what it would be like to pull on the skin of one of these characters and step into the world of Norrath, rather than suggesting that these were the first releases of later artwork.
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Keep in mind that most of the rules content of the White Wolf Everquest book was specifically designated as Open Game Content, so there's no reason why a Pathfinder adaptation couldn't be made. Sony retains all rights to the intellectual property specific to the Everquest setting, but the rest of the material is fair game.
Personally, I always liked the way that the EQ RPG handled weapon speed and iterative attacks - it seemed much closer in spirit to second edition AD&D.
Keep in mind that most of the rules content of the White Wolf Everquest book was specifically designated as Open Game Content, so there's no reason why a Pathfinder adaptation couldn't be made. Sony retains all rights to the intellectual property specific to the Everquest setting, but the rest of the material is fair game.
Personally, I always liked the way that the EQ RPG handled weapon speed and iterative attacks - it seemed much closer in spirit to second edition AD&D.
I wish I had the skill to carry that out, but when I look at the scope of a conversion I curl in the foetal position and hide behind the sofa.
Honestly a Pathfinder conversion for EverQuest would take over the world. It would have the advantage of lore and amazing mechanics (as you mention the iterative attacks) atop the most excellent (party on Garth) skeleton that is Pathfinder.
If anyone else has the ability I will pay in pocket lint and this thing I found in my belly button.
p.s. I haven't even mentioned "proccing" yet :)


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The city's Running Start for Careers program has been selected to receive $1.6 million in AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation for National Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency which administers the AmeriCorps program. Over the next three years, this funding will support 84 AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps VISTA members.
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Grammy Award-Winning Poet J. Ivy Helps Launch ServiceWorks, a 10-City Initiative to Help 25,000 Underserved Young Adults Develop Skills for College, Careers
Funded by a $10 million grant from the Citi Foundation, ServiceWorks will engage 225 AmeriCorps members over three years to help 25,000 underserved young adults (men and women) in 10 cities develop the skills they need to prepare for college and careers. It will be the nation's largest corporate-sponsored AmeriCorps VISTA program and will build a large-scale volunteer response to the crisis of low college and career readiness.
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As part of his My Brother's Keeper initiative, President Obama today announced new AmeriCorps partnerships with federal agencies and the private sector to connect young people to mentoring, support networks, and job skills to help them reach their full potential.
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As we mark the 50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty, A Woman's Nation, The Corporation for National and Community Service, LIFT, and Bank of America announced today the launch of The Shriver Corps, a new national service partnership utilizing AmeriCorps VISTA members to lift people out of poverty for good in low-income communities across the country.
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Building on its longstanding commitment to Native American communities, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) today announced $3 million in tribal AmeriCorps grants that will increase the number of AmeriCorps members serving tribal communities by 41 percent.
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The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) today announced it will invest more than $1 million to engage 52 full-time AmeriCorps VISTA members to support the Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) initiative to improve the economy and quality of life in Eastern Kentucky.
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The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) today announced the launch of its inaugural Social Innovation Fund (SIF) Pay for Success grant competition. The competition will provide $11.2 million in grants to help cities, states and nonprofits develop Pay for Success projects where governments pay service providers only when there are demonstrable results.
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Recruiting professionals on jobipedia.org offer advice to college students without internships and recent graduates who have not yet secured a job: Volunteer. Jobipedia.org is a free career advice website where hiring officials from America's leading employers, representing the largest companies in the U.S., answer questions for early career job seekers. Based on the results of a recent study "Volunteering as a Pathway to Employment" by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps, jobipedia.org experts are giving good advice.
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In another sign of growing bipartisan support for national service, the United States Conference of Mayors today unanimously passed a resolution endorsing national service as a cost-effective solution to the challenges facing America's cities.
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Points of Light, one of the world's leading organizations dedicated to volunteer service, today announced the 10 organizations chosen to execute its ServiceWorks program. ServiceWorks is a three-year nationwide initiative that will use community engagement and volunteer service to help underserved young adults develop the skills they need to prepare for college and careers.
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Program's Growth Announced at First-Ever White House Maker FaireWASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Obama is hosting the first-ever White House Maker Faire to celebrate a nation of makers, and to help empower America's students and entrepreneurs to invent the future. In response to the President's call to action, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is expanding its Maker Education Initiative to provide this educational opportunity to more than 22,000 students and families in these cities.
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$30 million in education scholarships would support 8,000 new AmeriCorps membersWASHINGTON, D.C. – The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) today announced the AmeriCorps Partnerships Challenge, a call to action to the private sector, nonprofits, philanthropies, and public agencies at every level to develop proposals to expand AmeriCorps service opportunities.
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As part of today's White House Science Fair, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) announced a major expansion of STEM AmeriCorps to spur student interest in science, technology, engineering, and math education.
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The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) has deployed hundreds of AmeriCorps and Senior Corps members in response to the severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding that have swept through the central and southern U.S.
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The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) today announced $205 million in grants to put AmeriCorps members on the ground to tackle critical challenges in communities across the U.S. The grants will allow more than 43,000 Americans the opportunity to serve their country through AmeriCorps.
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Co-sponsored by Sens. Edward M. Kennedy and Orrin Hatch, the landmark bipartisan legislation ushered in a new era of service and civic engagement for Americans of all ages and backgrounds. The law strengthened AmeriCorps and Senior Corps, created the Social Innovation Fund, and established new ways for Americans to make a difference in their communities.
Mar 31, 2014
Throughout the month of March, communities across the country have commemorated the life and legacy of civil rights leader Cesar E. Chavez's work through education, celebration, and service projects. The day of service, recognized around Chavez's birth date of March 31, celebrates his extraordinary commitment to a lifetime of service. Community groups, schools, and other organizations use the event to reflect on Chavez's life and carry out service projects in his honor.
Mar 31, 2014
More than 1,750 mayors from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico are standing together in support of AmeriCorps and Senior Corps by participating in the second annual Mayors Day of Recognition for National Service tomorrow. Together, these mayors represent more than 110 million citizens or one-third of all Americans.
Mar 31, 2014
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps, and Points of Light, one of the world's leading organizations dedicated to volunteer service, today announced a new initiative that will help young people develop the skills they need to prepare for college and careers.
Mar 19, 2014
Independent Evaluation Finds Minnesota Reading Corps Model Produces Strong Literacy Gains
Feb 27, 2014
Tulane University Launches New Program to Encourage Graduates to Spend Public Service Year in New Orleans
Building on its role as a national leader in public service, Tulane University has partnered with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and the Aspen Institute's Franklin Project to launch a pilot program that will give recent graduates an opportunity to spend a year of service making a tangible difference within communities in New Orleans.
Feb 23, 2014
New Funding Competition Seeks to Expand Opportunity, Encourage Innovation, and Deepen Impact WASHINGTON, D.C.
Feb 17, 2014
Governor's Council on National Service in Iowa created by Executive Order (DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today signed Executive Order 84, which creates the Governor's Council on National Service in Iowa.
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175 organizations receive Senior Corps grants through competitive process


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These refs are f*cking terrible AGAIN.
I can't believe D'Antoni is doing this... calling smart time outs and playing Lin?
"They can play well together, they just need a better head coach."
i love watching fields defend ray allen. he understands exactly what his job is in this game.
Damn Lin just sh*tted on the celtics defense and found Amare
Lin just did what Toney never does, attack off the PnR and hit STAT for an easy 2
No way they gave the celtics coach a technical foul, i cant believe my eyes finally
Lin's looking like "WTF am I doing here?", but still he's doing okay...


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Field Trips
To submit additional field trip proposals, contact Jorge Aranda.
|Popocatepetl volcano
- Trip 4.
Sierra de Catorce: Remnants of the Ancient Western Equatorial Margin of Pangea in Central Mexico.
- Sun.Tues., 2527 March. Cost: US$520.
José Rafael Barboza-Gudiño, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, rbarbozauaslp.mx; Roberto S. Molina-Garza, Centro de Geociencias, UNAM; Timothy F. Lawton, New Mexico State University.
This field trip begins and ends in San Luis Potosí (~200 km north of Querétaro). Participants will explore turbiditic and wildflysh sequences of a triassic submarine fan system (Potosí Fan) or Upper Triassic Zacatecas Formation, and volcanic successions of the Lower Jurassic volcanic arc of western North America in north-central to northeastern Mexico ("Nazas Arc"). Both paleogeographic elements, outcropping in the Mesa Central province, are linked to the ancient western equatorial margin of Pangea during the early Mesozoic time. The trip will examine also the Middle to Upper Jurassic continental fining upward succession (La Joya Formation) and transgressive Upper Jurassic-Cretaceous cover exposed in the Sierra de Catorce uplift, including their stratigraphic and tectonic relations. Several stops will show sampling sites of new geochronologic data, which have implications for tectonic and paleogeographic reconstruction of central and northeastern Mexico. Field trip ends on March 27 in San Luis Potosí at 18:00, but participants have the option to stay in San Luis Potosí that night at own expense and travel on March 28 with the field trip leaders to Juriquilla with a stop at the spectacular La Joya Honda maar, arriving in time for the opening reception. No additional cost will be charged for this optional trip.
- Trip 5.
Late Pleistocene Rhyolitic Explosive Volcanism at Los Azufres Volcanic Field, Central Mexico.
- Sun.Tues., 2527 March.
- Trip 7.
Geology and Tectonics of the Southeastern Portion of the Sierra de Guanajuato.
- Sun.Tues., 2527 March. Cost: US$380. José Jorge Aranda-Gómez, UNAM, jjaggeociencias.unam.mx; Pablo Dávila-Harris; Luis Vassallo.
Sierra de Guanajuato is located in central México in a region where several major geologic and tectonic provinces join. Rocks exposed in the Mesozoic basal complex are keys to understand the Guerrero terrane concept and the evolution of the southern part of the North America craton during the early Cretaceous. A Tertiary volcano-sedimentary succession, uncomfortably resting on top of the basal complex, includes one of the best documented continental red bed deposits in central México, which was accumulated immediately after the end of the Laramide orogeny and records the earliest pulses of extension in the region. Resting atop the red beds is a volcanic succession genetically related to the Oligocene activity of Sierra Madre Occidental volcanic province. World-class silver deposits that have been exploited for nearly four centuries are hosted in the Tertiary volcano-sedimentary succession, as well as in the rocks of the basal complex. The rocks of the basal complex and regional tectonic features are the focus of the first day of the field trip and the last two days are devoted to the study of the nature and probable source of the volcanic rocks, which immediately preceded the ore deposition along two conspicuous sets of normal faults.
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Environmental Geochemistry of the Pozos Mining District, Guanajuato, East-Central Mexico.
- Wed., 28 March. Cost: US$80.
Alejandro Carrillo, UNAM, ambientegeociencias.unam.mx; Juventino Martínez, Gilles Levresse.
The participants will explore the Mining District of Mineral de Pozos and its environmental aspects (mine tailings deposited without any environmental concern whatsoever). This historical mining site is one of the oldest in Mexico, beginning in the 1600´s. The exploitation was focused on silver and gold in the sulfur-rich epithermal veins hosted by deformed Jurassic and Cretaceous sedimentary rocks. The site was abandoned by early 1940´s, with a "Bonanza" between 1892 and 1897. We will visit several ancient exploitation "Haciendas", which look more as "ghost places", than exploitation plants. Have your camera ready for "shoots into the past" from this, once very active and economical center of central-east Mexico. The field trip is one full day from 7 am to 7 pm. The field trip will include lunch, and will start, and end, at the lobby of Hotel Mision Juriquilla, Querétaro.
- Trip 1.
Late PaleozoicEarly Mesozoic of the Acatlán and Ayu Complexes, Southern Mexico: Events on the Periphery of Pangea Synchronous with Amalgamation and Breakup.
Co-sponsored by IGCP 597: Amalgamation and Breakup of Pangea.
- Sat.Wed., 31 March4 April. Cost: US$588.
Duncan Keppie, Instituto de Geología, UNAM; Brendan Murphy, Gonzalo Galaz, Moritz Kirsch, and Maria Helbig.
Field trip starts in Querétaro and ends either at a Mexico City airport hotel (night of the 3rd April – plan to fly out on the 4th April) or at Querétaro airport at noon on the 4th April. This field trip in the Acatlán Complex of southern Mexico will examine the geological record of an orogen on the western periphery of Pangea: 1) Triassic-Jurassic deposition of a clastic sequence intruded by tholeiitic mafic dikes that underwent high-grade metamorphism and migmatization and exhumation on the western margin of Pangaea; 2) Late Carboniferous – Early Permian synchronous arc magmatism and pull-apart basin sedimentation followed by Triassic thrusting on the western periphery of Pangaea; 3) A Devonian-Permian sequence synchronous with Carboniferous extrusion of high-pressure rocks into the upper plate above a subduction zone on the western periphery of Pangaea.
- Trip 8.
Recent Volcanism and Hazards at the Eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.
- Sat.Mon., 31 March2 Apr.
- Trip 6.
Ground Deformation Related to Anthropogenic Activities in Urbanized areas of the Mexico Basin.
- Sun.Mon., 12 April.
- Trip 2.
The Late Cretaceous Mexican Fold-and-Thrust Belt and its Possible Relation with the Accretion of the Guerrero Terrane.
- Sun.Tues., 13 April. Cost: US$344.
Michelangelo Martini, mmartinigeologia.unam.mx; Elisa Fitz, Timothy Lawton.
The fieldtrip will provide a comprehensive overview of the Mexican Fold-Thrust Belt (MFTB) in the Sierra Madre Oriental of central Mexico, and the possible suture belt of the Guerrero Terrane in the Sierra de Guanajuato. During the first two days we will visit the Sierra Gorda and Tolimán area in Querétaro state with spectacular landscapes, and excellent exposure of the MFTB structures. Aspects on the regional structure, syn-tectonic sedimentation, deformation style, shortening gradients, temperature and timing of deformation will be addressed during the first day of the field-trip. During the second day we will observe changes in the Cretaceous stratigraphy and structure as we move to the western edge of the MFTB in the Tolimán area. We will discuss the tectonic setting of the Tolimán rocks and of their secondary structures. During the third day of the trip we will move to the Guanajuato area, where we have the opportunity to observe the suture belt between the Guerrero and Sierra Madre terranes. This belt is a ~70 km-wide deformation zone, where continent-recycled meta-sedimentary rocks of the Sierra Madre terrane overthrust arc-recycled meta-sedimentary rocks of the Guerrero Terrane. Based on the fieldtrip geologic observations we can discuss the possibility that the Guerrero Terrane accretion triggered the Late Cretaceous MFTB of the Sierra Madre Oriental.
- Trip 9.
Geology and Geochronology of Tláloc, Telapón, and Iztaccíhuatl Volcanoes, Sierra Nevada, Central Mexico.
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On Saturday, Feb. 18, the North Central College men's basketball team claimed its first outright College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Championship since 1990 with a 91-58 bludgeoning of Millikin University. The Cardinals (18-7, 12-2 CCIW) smothered Millikin with a furious first-half assault and set a single-game school record by making 15 three-pointers in securing the program's second straight conference title.
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In addition, head men's basketball coach Todd Raridon has been named the CCIW Coach of the Year for the 2011-2012 season, and four Cardinals are among the 15 payers named to the 2011-2012 All-CCIW Teams.
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Simmons re-writes Winona State record books
Meeting Rayon Simmons, you would have no idea how aggressive he is on the gridiron.
"I just keep to myself really. Stay in my room. Do my homework," he said.
Nor how much it means to him to get a college degree.
"Just because I'll be the first generation in my family to graduate, so it means a lot. One of my main goals coming into college was to use football to get a degree."
Simmons grew up in St. Louis.
"I mean, you use sports as an outlet just to stay out of trouble. Use that, and got into a private high school."
After rushing for over 500 yards one game, schools noticed.
"I own every record at my high school, too," Simmons said.
Simmons chose Division One Double A program Northern Iowa.
" They were number one in the country, and they offered me a full ride scholarship"
But it didn't work out.
He believed he was going to be the star running back there," said Winona State head coach Tom Sawyer. "They brought in some other younger kids."
When he decided to transfer, Rayon received a few offers, and was ultimately guided towards Division Two Winona State, a school he says he thought was actually a division one school, and a school that required a little bit of an adjustment.
" Once he came down from UNI, and a division one program, into division two, it took him some time but he started to realize that what if there is no football? I need to also be prepared for the next step, and that's where he started to flip over to being a true student athlete, instead of just a football player hoping to play in the NFL," Sawyer said.
"Immature, obviously I was young," said Simmons. "I feel like I've matured tremendously, I've grown as a person, as a man, and just made the most of my experience".
No one could see Rayon setting this many records. Just as amazing is what he'll accomplish in two weeks.
"He's getting ready for graduation," Sawyer said. "That's something no one really thought he was going to do someday. He was going to play football, all this stuff, maybe go to the pros, but he's now found that's really important to him."
" None of my accomplishments have really set in yet," Simmons said. "I just live in the moment and don't dwell on what I've done because I plan on doing more."
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"There's nothing as beautiful as dedicating one's life for a cause."
These are the words of Japanese poet Shiba Ryotaro translated from Japanese to English on the morning of March 11 by Monty Dickson, an American who taught English at Yonesaki Elementary School. Tragically, Monty was one of two Americans who perished that day as a result of the tsunami that followed the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Yesterday, Secretary Clinton spoke those words and honored the memory of Monty Dickson during her remarks at the Second Annual Conference of the U.S.-Japan Council. These words have served as a meaningful reminder to all of us working to rebuild the disaster-affected areas of Japan.
Immediately after March 11, Japan and the United States together mounted one of the largest overseas humanitarian relief operations in American history, and the largest U.S.-Japan joint military operation ever. More than 20,000 Americans from our military and other U.S. agencies took part in what we called Operation TOMODACHI -- which means "friends" in Japanese.
It is because of the close ties between the United States and Japan that we were able to react and respond so swiftly and collaboratively to this unprecedented tragedy. But it is because of our deep friendship and commitment to one another that we felt compelled to do so.
Throughout the last six months, we have seen countless examples of how people-to-people connections solidified the bonds between the United States and Japan and enabled the unparalleled cooperation of Operation Tomodachi. On April 17, 2011, Secretary of State Clinton and then-former Foreign Minister Matsumoto announced the U.S.-Japan Partnership for Reconstruction to show U.S. solidarity and support for Japan's recovery and reconstruction efforts. It's in this spirit that the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo developed the Tomodachi Initiative, a pillar of the Partnership for Reconstruction and a public-private partnership with the U.S.-Japan Council, focused on investing in people.
With generous support from donors, including foundations and businesses in both the United States and Japan, the Tomodachi Initiative will sponsor programs and activities to invest in people to empower Japan's next generation of thinkers, leaders, and entrepreneurs in order to:
• contribute to the longer-term recovery of Tohoku, the region hardest hit by the tsunami, and help Japan more broadly;
• connect people in Japan, and in particular Tohoku, with U.S. government sponsored exchange programs ;
• improve knowledge and research related to disaster risk reduction, health, science, technology, and other fields;
• promote cross-cultural exchange; and,
• provide opportunities for young people that they would not have otherwise.
One example of this approach is to "turbo-charge" ongoing efforts. For example, the Tomodachi Initiative has provided funding to separate exchange programs organized by American Field Service, Japan America Society of Hawaii, and Knowledge Investment Program so that each program can include Tohoku students in their programs.
Another approach is to match needs to donors and donors to needs. The Tomodachi Initiative is partnering now with Major League Baseball to provide youth baseball teams with equipment and uniforms to replace those lost in the tsunami. As teams in need are identified, we are working to line up donations.
Yet another approach is to encourage events that increase awareness of the continued need to support Tohoku and Japan, as well as to spread the message that Japan is open for business and tourism.
Over the last six months we've encountered numerous Americans and Japanese who have discovered that there is nothing more beautiful than to dedicate their time and effort to the cause of rebuilding Japan, and in the process they have rediscovered the close bonds between our two nations. We call this the Tomodachi generation.
Anna in Washington, D.C. writes:
Thank you for providing this update on efforts to help the Japanese after the earthquake. Even though it is no longer front page news, we should not forget what happened there. We should also continue to make others aware of efforts to help the Japanese recover and rebuild. They are our true friends and allies! Sadly, the events in Japan also remind us why the world needs to find an alternative to nuclear energy.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Who are bridge between South-Korea to Iran?
Gwen O. in North Carolina writes:
This is a really beautiful article. I think you should post it in it's entirety on your FB page, so that the many who can not navigate from their phones or other simpler devices can also read it. We could all use some Tomodachi! Thank you....


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This is a great thread, Jon. So much documentation on a year that doesn't get much attention from more current retrospectives.And Robert, thanks for contributing so much to this effort.-Chad


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An important distinctionJuly 03,2013
An important distinction
I agree with some of Sen. Leahys comments on immigration in The Times Argus (June 27). America was built by immigrants, we are all descendants of immigrants, even the American Indians were immigrants, albeit a long, long time ago.
Leahys speech is all about how we need immigrants, how immigrants want a better life for themselves and their children, how his family prospered as immigrants, how the United States is made stronger by the diverse cultural background their being here provides, etc. All very true.
However, Leahy failed to add one important word before each time he mentioned immigrants. That word is legal. All of his references to immigrants apply to legal immigrants. The federal government has chosen to ignore enforcement of the laws enacted to protect our borders for decades, allowing a flood of illegal immigrants to enter our country and causing our present dilemma. Leahy was in office during the entire period of time this was allowed to happen.
The number of illegal immigrants now residing here is estimated to be in excess of 10 million to 12 million, a huge number, over 14 times the population of the state of Vermont. The population of our country has more than doubled since I was a child growing up in Vermont in the 1940s. How many more can we accommodate?
We are already one of the worst polluters of the world, what with our affluent way of living. Our streets and highways are clogged from the overabundance of people, especially in the northeastern part of the country. Our air is polluted, and we are running out of water and new sources of energy. Allowing unlimited numbers of illegal immigrants to continue flooding our borders is not the answer to the problem. By protecting our borders and deporting those who manage to get here illegally, we can control the numbers who enter.
Leahys appeal to our sympathy for those who seek a better life by emigrating to America is touching, but let it be controlled and legal.
Richard Turner
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If 18,000 households in Guelph move to using low-flow toilets, the community can save 1 Gigalitre of water per year.
1 Gigawatt-hour (GWh) is the amount of electricity needed to power 100 average households for 1 year.
If 67 homes in Guelph each save 15,000 kWhe (~1 GWhe) in natural gas and electricity per year, each household would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 3.5 tonnes per year!


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Police said a man struck a restaurant worker in an argument over cigarette butts Thursday evening.
Melvin Donaldson, 55, was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct, criminal damage to property and battery.
According to the incident report, the victim, a 35-year-old Argus Bar & Grill employee, was just outside the building when he saw a man fishing cigarette butts out of the ashtray. The victim told police that Donaldson responded by grabbing a tall ashtray like a baseball bat and striking him multiple times in the arm.
The victim also told police Donaldson threatened to kill him during the attack.
Donaldson allegedly left when patrons from the bar came to the victim's aid. Police arrested Donaldson after they located him several blocks away.
Donaldson told police he was looking for what he called "snipes," or cigarette butts, and the Argus employee grabbed him. He said he used the ashtray in self-defense; however, police said surveillance video did not support the claim.
The victim was taken to the hospital. The report did not indicate the nature of the victim's injuries.
The Argus Bar & Grill is located at 123 E. Main St.


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In Japan they have an ancient saying: "The most beautiful flowers grow only in the shit of Godzilla."
And you know what? They're right. Great things not only happen despite horrible disasters, but often because of them. We're not saying that we're glad these horrible things happened, or that it was even worth it. But a lot of what's great about the world today is a result of history's darkest hours.
5The Black Death
We know this statement is going to be pretty controversial down in the comments section, but we're going to say it and stand by it: the Black Death was bad. We want to make it clear right off the bat that when we talk about a silver lining, we are not advocating that the Black Death be brought back. We would not support any such proposal.
The Black Death, a.k.a. The Plague, utterly ravaged humanity, killing between 30 and 60 percent of Europeans, and dropping the population of the entire world by 20 percent by some estimates. The Plague came in three forms. Bubonic was the most common and easiest to spot: Sufferers developed huge buboes under the armpits, on the neck and in the groin, which grew to the size of a small apple or egg.
Death often occurred less than a week after infection. Pneumonic was the second most common form, and it infected the lungs. It also had a mortality rate of 95 percent, which seems impressive until you learn that Septicemic Plague, the third variety, had a mortality rate close to 100 percent, and even today there is no cure for it.
The only reason that the two latter examples were rare is because they killed so quickly that you didn't have time to pass it on before you died. Much like attacking Bruce Willis on Christmas, if you contracted Septicemic Plague, your life expectancy was about a day, and the end was not going to be pretty.
The Silver Lining:
The birth of the freaking modern world.
So how could one of the deadliest pandemics in human history have any positive outcomes?
Well, before the plague there had been massive overpopulation in many European countries, the likes of which the world really hadn't seen to that point. Along with it came famine, poor sanitation, overcrowding; all of which helped to accelerate the progress of infectious diseases like, well... like the plague. Disease, starvation and predators make up Mother Nature's three-pronged population control failsafe, and things had gotten to the point where it was going to be the Plague or lions.
So, what'll it be?
But that ensuing wave of death and horror set off a series of dominoes that would help create the modern world. First, the Plague left behind a sudden shortage of labor, thus landlords were forced to compete for workers by offering higher wages and better treatment. A lower population also brought cheaper land prices, more food for the average peasant and a relatively large increase in income among the lower classes over the next century.
In fact, it has been argued that the Black Death brought about the end of Feudalism, the establishment of Capitalism and was one of the major factors that caused the Peasant's Revolt and ultimately, the Renaissance.
So if you're fond of modern-day culture or the mere fact that you aren't a peasant, go ahead and thank the Black Death. If you are a fan of being a peasant; how did you get the Internet?! GET THEE BACK TO THE MILL, THADDRICK, THE MILLET SHALT NOT GRIND ITSELF.
If you've heard of thalidomide, then you almost certainly know it as the stuff that caused all those deformed babies back in the day.
Thalidomide was a chemical sold all over the world between 1957 and 1961 as a sedative and a treatment for morning sickness in pregnant women. However, it was swiftly banned in 1962 when scientists discovered that it caused severe birth defects in the children of women who took it. So, on the plus side, it made pregnancy a lot more bearable, just at the expense of those pesky "child" things.
With tens of thousands of victims of the drug worldwide, thalidomide has been called "the biggest medical tragedy of modern times." So how do we find a silver lining here? Did the babies grow up to have superpowers? What else could possibly even begin to repair this drug's reputation?
The Silver Lining:
How about a possible cure for fucking cancer?
It turns out, despite being banned, thalidomide didn't fully disappear from use. In the mid 60s an Israeli doctor prescribed the drug to leprosy patients who were having trouble sleeping, because fuck it, you know? When a dude's limbs are falling off, he's pretty much game for anything.
"Are you sure that'll cure my leprosy, doc?"
"What? Oh, goodness no, but, you know. You got shit else to do, right?"
What the doctor accidentally discovered was that the lesions and fevers of his leprosy-ridden patients quickly disappeared. Since the medical professional in question was not named Dr. Jesus, it became clear that the drug was having positive effects, and by the 1970s, the Public Health Service began a program to hand out this "Wonder Drug" to sufferers.
Though, we must admit, Dr. Jesus would make a great show.
But we said it cured cancer, not leprosy. It also turns out that thalidomide stops the growth of blood vessels, which is what caused all those defects in "Thalidomide Children" in the first place. However, researchers believe that these very same side effects could be used to stop cancerous cells developing the blood vessels which they need to grow, thus limiting the size of cancers to a pinhead.
But we're not done yet!
Scientists are also experimenting with thalidomide for diseases including AIDS, brain cancer, lupus and autoimmune diseases.
You'd better come through, thalidomide. We put up with a lot of your shit to get here.


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The Gallup Poll is the division of Gallup that regularly conducts public opinion polls in more than 140 countries around the world. Gallup Polls are often referenced in the mass media as a reliable and objective audience measurement public opinion. Gallup Poll results, analyses, and videos are published daily on Gallup.com in the form of data-driven news.
Historically, the Gallup Poll has measured and tracked the public's attitudes concerning virtually every political, social, and economic issue of the day, including highly sensitive or controversial subjects. In 2005, Gallup began its World Poll, which continually surveys citizens in more than 140 countries, representing 95% of the world's adult population. General and regional-specific questions, developed in collaboration with the world's leading behavioral economists, are organized into powerful indexes and topic areas that correlate with real-world outcomes.
Gallup Polls are best known for their accuracy in predicting the outcome of United States presidential elections. Notable exceptions include the 1948 Thomas Dewey-Harry S. Truman election, where nearly all pollsters predicted a Dewey victory. The Gallup Poll also inaccurately projected a slim victory by Gerald Ford in 1976, where he lost to Jimmy Carter by a small margin. For the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Gallup was rated 17th out of 23 polling organizations in terms of the precision of its pre-election polls relative to the final results. [4]
In 2008, Gallup interviewed no fewer than 1,000 U.S. adults each day, providing the most watched daily tracking poll of the race between John McCain and Barack Obama. [citation needed] Gallup publishes the results of its tracking survey in a three-day rolling average on Gallup.com.
Gallup conducts 1,000 interviews per day, 350 days out of the year, among both landline and cell phones across the U.S. for its health and well-being survey