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I've been slapped repeatedly in recent months.
Not long ago I was reading accounts of the latest attempt by Kenyans beaten or tortured by the British during the suppression of the Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950s to gain redress. Most accounts were factual and highlighted the growing body of evidence of the extent and institutionalised nature of torture - just as with US policy in Iraq and the 'War on Terror' - that makes it clear that it wasn't a few bad apples.
But the Telegraph website just couldn't stop itself reverting to revert to type with this description: 'The Mau Mau was an armed movement drawn from Kenya's majority Kikuyu tribe which launched a series of attacks against whites and pro-British blacks.' First of all, the attacks were aimed at the colonial system and not just simply 'whites' - it was not racially motivated. Secondly, the Kikuyu are not the majority community in Kenya, just the largest single group. And, finally, why tribe? Why in Europe do we have nations, or communities or ethnic groups, but in Africa tribes, with all the connotations of the word.
I recently watch a re-broadcast of Simon Reeve's Rift Valley episode of his wide-eyed, naive middle-class 'white boy goes to exotic places' series Explore on the BBC. He just loved slumming it with AK-47 toting 'tribal warriors' of the Turkana and getting a buzz from being with these dangerous 'tribes' fighting out 'traditional' battles. The programme jumped to Emeka Onono in the Kenyan Rift Valley where we got a snapshot of the 'tribal violence' that followed the elections last year and of 'traditional' tribal hatreds.
Even the 'liberal' Guardian isn't free of this approach. A couple of months ago it hit me with an account of a music festival in Africa headlined, 'Now that's a tribal gathering'. The piece told you a bit about the music but a lot more about how many 'tribespeople' ,'local tribes', 'other tribes' and how much 'tribal music' there was. Is Irish or Scottish folk music 'tribal', I wonder.
The most telling blow came from the Telegraph's Tim Butcher at the start of his recent book, Blood River, A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart. He tells of a veteran newspaper journalist advising him that there were, 'just two things to remember in Africa, which tribe and how many dead' (p4).
Just look what the Africans have done now
If you're British, American, Canadian, European or Asian with no great knowledge or experience of Africa, then you rely on newspapers, TV, radio and books to give you a picture of the continent and its people. The picture you get is of a continent that produced Nelson Mandela (so saintly because he is African and so we can guess at the barbarous environment from which he emerged) and wildlife - to be seen on 'red in tooth and claw' documentaries and sanitised safaris, but which also gave us war, famine and corruption. The image of Africa is of a continent riven by centuries-old tribal conflicts, that is corrupt, starving and hopeless. The message is that Africans are all the same and deserve our pity and maybe our help, but then aren't they also potential tribal killers, who let their own children starve, kill their neighbours because of primordial hatreds and so are beyond our help? Should we bother?
Okay, I am presenting a very particular picture of media representations of Africa. But the regular coverage in the papers, on TV, radio, online and in popular books (as opposed to specialised or academic works), is of an Africa that is dominated by tribal conflict, corrupt leaders, basket-case economies, disease and famine. The other side of the coin is the holiday paradise with vibrant markets, fascinating 'tribal' customs, great music and nature (plus tribes) red in tooth and claw, made all the more exciting by its essential barbarity.
This opening to a news story on the post-election violence in Kenya last year has it:
'Once the jewel of post-colonial Africa, Kenya boasted a thriving economy and was among the world's leading luxury holiday destinations. Now it's in meltdown with democracy in ruins and more than 1,000 dead in barbaric clashes. And, as this terrifying dispatch reveals, there's no sign of an end to the tribal bloodshed.' (Daily Mail, 12 February 2008)
Kenya, and by extension most areas of conflict in Africa, once boasted good economies, they are holiday paradises and inherited much from their colonial rulers - and just look at what the Africans have done to it now.
And it's usually put down to tribe - at least once any violence starts. The fighting in South Ossetia, involving Russia and Georgia was explained in terms of state conflict and rival nationalisms; the Balkan Wars were essentially nationalistic; Northern Ireland was the 'troubles'; and in Spain it's Basque nationalism.
Nothing to do with imperialism?
But if it is Africa, it is atavistic tribalism - an ill only partially cured by the civilising effect of colonial occupation, repression and exploitation. Once the benign hand of imperial rule was removed these old tribal hatreds re-emerged and often became even more heated, we are told endlessly by the media. It's got nothing to do with the rape of Africa and the destruction or forcible remodelling of societies by colonial violence. Nor is any serious role given to the imposition of territorial borders, government structures and dependent economies by departing colonial powers or the problems of post-colonial societal, economic and political reconstruction in a world that denies them a voice, equal terms of trade or even the chance to develop their own political systems free of Western interference or diktat. And what is also ignored, is the imposition of a language emphasising tribe, tribalism and other concepts - such terms exist in few African languages in the way they do in the languages of colonialism which established tribe and is derivatives as part of African political and societal discourse.
No, that's all lefty, liberal claptrap. Africa is tribal. The traditional tribal hatred in Kenya was what caused the violence in 2007 and 2008 - it wasn't the massive inequalities of an economic system that was designed for settler and metropolitan power enrichment, the grinding poverty of the poor and affluence of the rich or the land problems resulting from colonial land seizures and the creation of 'native reserves'. Of course not, in the Rift Valley it was the traditional hatred between the Kalenjin tribe and the Kikuyu dating back to the distant past.
Well, no. Just to be picky here it's worth pointing out that the term Kalenjin has only existed since the late 1940s, when small communities in the Rift Valley started to group together with others who spoke similar languages. They did so as a result of a colonial system that seized the best land, forced the local people to work for settlers and so communities came together to fight land seizures under colonial rule and to give themselves a larger voice in the politics of a new 'nation' formed by imperial boundaries. There was no traditional hatred between these people and the Kikuyu - the Kikuyu themselves are a collection of different communities who adopted a more unified identity as Kikuyu in the face of colonial rule. Colonial rulers established chiefs, 'native reserves' and local native councils as the only ways Kenyans could have a voice.
But if you read newspaper accounts or watch TV bulletins or documentaries about violence in Kenya, the powerful socio-political and economic causes of competition for resources and the immediate cause of the violence - the disputed December 2007 election - are largely pushed to the background or ignored.
The colonial mantle
In a trawl of 455 online, newspaper and TV reports on the post-election violence, tribalism is a prominent description or explanation of the violence 365 times and ethnic 327. Apart from a few detailed pieces thinly spread in the media - by academics like David Anderson or journalists like Victoria Brittain, Madeleine Bunting, the BBC's Mark Doyle and writers like Ngugi wa Thiong'o - the thrust of the media coverage was that you could only understand violence like this, and by implication violence in the rest of Africa, by understanding tribe. Atavistic barbarism, tribal warriors, age old hatreds, blood feuds, cattle theft and a propensity for violence explain what happened. That's what Africa is about.
Unfortunately, it is how most people understand many of the conflicts and problems in Africa. Many Africans, too, will talk in tribal terms? Why?
The word tribe is a latin one - this is how the OED describes it: 1 a group of (esp. primitive) communities, linked by social, economic, religious or blood ties, and usu. having a common culture and dialect, and a recognised leader.
Tribe, as translated into English, has come to mean a community that is primitive, with mainly religious or blood ties, that is at a basic level and is not civilised. The Romans used it for pre-republican, family-based factions in Rome, then for the peoples of Gaul, Germany and Spain whom they conquered. When European colonialists reached Africa they found societes unlike their own, they called them tribes. When missionaries wanted to translate the bible into African languages and so compiled English-Gikuyu or English-Zulu dictionaries, Zulu or Gikuyu words for community, people or nation became tribe in English, with all the atavistic, barbaric connotations. These have stuck.
Generations of anthropologists, colonial administrators, writers, historians and journalists used the term tribe and etched it into the description and study of Africa. It became the term used in Kenya, Uganda, Malawi and most other colonial territories and then independent states for the different communities that inhabited the territories.
In British journalism, anthropology and histories of Africa it became dominant. Even the eminent (until the Hitler Diaries) historian Hugh Trevor-Roper said that Africa's history 'was only a tale of barbarous tribal gyrations'.
This changed in the 1970s as anthropologists, political scientists and historians began to shrug off the colonial mantle and look at African states more seriously. The South African anthropologist Archie Mafeje led the offensive against offensive colonial categorisation, when he wrote: 'European colonialism, like any epoch, brought with it certain ways of reconstructing the African reality. It regarded African societies as particularly tribal. This approach produced certain blinkers or ideological predispositions which made it difficult for those associated with the system to view these societies in any other light'.
Those blinkers have been shed by academic disciplines and by just a few enlightened journalists, but media coverage of Africa, whether in news, popular documentaries, travel journalism or even music journalism, is still blinkered and dominated by tribe.
That is a stain on journalism and the media - people learn and build up their images of the world from the media. The popular image of Africa in Britain, the United States and in much of Europe and Asia is one of a holiday paradise spattered with the blood of tribal warfare. Isn't time that changed? Isn't it time for a total rethinking of how we represent and so approach Africa?
Keith Somerville teaches journalism at Brunel University, having spent 28 years with the BBC (mainly the World Service) as a journalist. He is the author of several because and numerous articles on conflict in Africa and the liberation struggle in southern Africa and from 1984-1990 was on the editorial board of Anti-Apartheid News.
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Zendaya talked exclusively with Celebrity Teen Scoop about the upcoming event, gave us a glimpse at what's coming up in Shake It Up and shared her plans for the rest of 2013. (Hint: It's all about her music!)
Celebrity Teen Scoop: Share some details with our readers about your upcoming events at the Art Van Stores.
Zendaya: On Saturday, January 26, 2013, I will be appearing at Art Van Stores in Novi and Lansing in Michigan. I am excited, because I've never been to Michigan before and I can't wait to see my fans there. The most important thing is to meet my fans, get to know them, and give them hugs and stuff. [See details on Zendaya's visit below.]
CTS: What's the craziest experience you've had on one of your meet and greets?
Zendaya: I don't know; I haven't had any really crazy experiences. I've met fans that cry and fans that bring pictures of me that they drew. This one time I was supposed to be at a meet-and-greet for three hours, and I stayed for eight hours so I could sign autographs for everybody. I didn't want kids to go home crying. Every meet-and-greet brings its own little story.
CTS: Tell us about the charities your appearances will benefit – one in support of anti-bullying and one for grieving children.
Zendaya: The appearances are free to the public, but the special meet-and-greets are going to benefit two charities: NoBLE at Beaumont Children's Hospital to support anti-bullying and Ele's Place in Lansing to support grieving children.
For me, it is really important to reach out to kids, because my demographic consists of kids and I'm still a kid. These are big topics that exist in the world right now, and I feel that as a young person, it is important for me to be involved in something that other young people can relate to. I can use my young mindset to help all of the other young people that are watching me.
CTS: Were you ever bullied when you were younger? If so can you tell us what impact it had on you?
Zendaya: I wasn't bullied when I was younger. I was fortunate for that not to happen. I was that chill kid that kind of mellowed around school and didn't have any problems with anyone. However, I know kids that were bullied and it's not like just because I didn't get bullied I don't know what it was like or I didn't witness it or know it existed. It is evident that bullying is everywhere.
The only bullying I experience are bad comments online or mean tweets. When it comes down to cyber-bullying, the most important thing to do is just turn it off and not care. If you're getting bullied on the Internet, it's so easy to fix. Turn off your Internet or delete and block the bullies. It's so easy to just sign out and shut down your account.
CTS: What's coming up for Rocky in the rest of Season 3 of Shake It Up?
Zendaya: As you could see, Rocky is growing up and becoming a mature young lady. In the future episodes, you will see a lot of drama. There will be family issues and things going on, and Rocky will help others in a way that puts her in a weird position. There will be all kinds of craziness, and you will see how Rocky deals with these issues and problems that kids face nowadays. It's not like the problems are unrealistic; they are real actual problems.
CTS: We hear you're working on an album. Can you give us a sneak peek at what to expect?
Zendaya: For me, it is so important to make great music that reflects who I am. The album is going to feature a little bit of everything. I want it to be in that pop field, but have more of a hip-hop twist to it. There is going to be some R & B and a little bit of a reggae vibe; I think it is really important to add styles to the music so it is universal and everyone will be able to listen to it. One of the songs will actually be on the Shake It Up soundtrack.
CTS: Do you have any more dates coming up on the Swag It Out tour?
Zendaya: Not right now. I am so busy with Shake It Up and things like that, so we are kind of doing things gig-by-gig. We do a gig, and then we go home. Given my quite crazy schedule, we are never once-a-month or whenever. To make sure you stay updated and in the loop, check the website.
CTS: What other exciting projects do you have coming up for 2013?
Zendaya: Right now, it's definitely all about my album. I am focused on making quality music and putting things out there that I am really proud of. Extending into the music area is important to me, because it's something that I love and have a huge passion for. I can't wait to do that.
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Coca-Cola had a big presence during last night's Super Bowl: The soft-drink giant aired a multi-part ad, "Coke Chase," that saw characters from different desert-themed movies racing to a find a cache of sweet, syrupy Coke. The cinematic cliques included sultans from Lawrence of Arabia, cowboys from a Western, badlanders from Mad Max—and showgirls in a big pink bus.
What's that you say? You don't remember a movie with showgirls in a big pink bus riding through the desert?
Neither do we. We do, however, remember The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the film (and later Broadway musical) about three drag queens in a giant colorful bus making their way through the Australian Outback.
It's pretty evident Coke was referencing Priscilla in its Super Bowl ad. (The showgirls pop up at about 0:24.) But, fearful of alienating football fans with images of guys in drag, the company swapped in leggy Rockettes. (Ironically the showgirls won the online contest that allowed viewers to determine who got the cola stash.)
Look, we get that fans of RuPaul's Drag Race aren't the target demographic for the Super Bowl. We weren't angling for an Absolut commercial featuring Latrice Royale. (The Calvin Klein ad with Matthew Terry was nice, though.) But if you're going to bring Priscilla the Goddamn Queen of the Desert into your commercial, then you put drag queens in it.
Otherwise, go with Dune.
What do you think? Was Coke being dragphobic, or are we just off our meds again? Sound off in the comments section!
It was lame to switch trannies with show girls, but most Superbowl viewers haven't a clue that Priscilla movie even exists. Just a weird reference by an obviously gay marketer.
@QJ201: I've got to agree. They had a definite movie theme going on and pussied out with the drag queens.
In any event, the smokin' hot horse trainer in the Budweiser commercial was kind of a bright spot.
when that bus pulled up i instantly thought it was gonna be drag queens… and then all of the light went out of my world
Maybe they're post-op's and you're all being transphobic. One of the characters in Priscilla was NOT a drag queen, ya know. She was a post-op. And the other two were working hard at being show girls of a fashion.
If Coke had omitted the pink bus, as if Priscilla never existed, that might be the greater offense. But it didn't happen. The Priscilla reference got the strongest placement in the commercial.
Priscilla set out to blur the lines and it succeeded mightily. Perhaps that is why one has to work so hard to get offended by this putative slight.
At first I thought… whatever. But I just watched the ad and I have to agree. That was really lame of them to de-drag the Priscilla bus. Lame lame lame.
@Dot Beech: Yea I'm sure thats why they used only trans actors…quit straightsplaining.
Its like referencing Roots with Brad Pitt in black face.
Oh come on now people. As Miss Felicia Jollygood Fellow said at one point in the movie, "Get down off that crucifix, someone needs the wood."
Instead of being happy that at least they did make a Gay Reference in a SuperBowl ad we have to complain that it was not gay enough.
You have to look at it from Coke's point of view. They didn't want to offend or turn off their target audience (closed minded heterosexual men) but wanted to expand †heir ad to be a lil more inclusive and join in the Chris Kluwe bandwagon. Coke was in a position that it could never win. Offend 1 million moms, Christian organizations, Bigoted hetero men etc. by including a bus full of drag queens, or just not make any gay reference at all. They took a middle of the road approah and just decided to piss everyone off equally.
Straight bigots won't like the gay reference at all and queers will bitch it wasn't gay enough. See, nobody wins, and nobody is happy but at least everyone will notice.
I'll say it: In all honesty, the drag queens from PQOTD are kinda scary when not prepared for it. I'm sure it was a marketing reason and they didn't wanna scare the kids.
@IzzyLuna, are you thinking specifically about the substance abuse, the filthy language, the butt cleavage or the false eyelashes and glitter mascara?
Oh wait. Or are you thinking about the scene with the ping pong balls?
@Dot Beech: I think it's extraordinarily unlikely that Coke was trying to "adjust" the ad by replacing the entire cast with trams folk. There are legitimate places to discuss the rampant tran phobia that is endemic to our media and society, but this has nothing to do with that.
But yeah, the ad kinda sucked. They chose to include a "sanitized", bowdlerized Priscilla. It's like making a reference to Catcher in the Rye where Holden is played by a middle-aged accountant.
@Thedrdonna: Ugh, "trans folk". Autocorrect fail.
Pepsi, please!
even Sam champion twittered yesterday it should have been Priscilla Queen of the desert stop being so damn puritan Coke and get over yourselves…you think one straight guy is gonna turn off the Superbowl or stop buying coke for an obvious movie reference..stupid!
@Dot Beech: Pull your panties out of your ass and get off the cross Mary.
@Joseph: … What world do you live in that bigots don't boycott products because they support LGBT … I can name several in past few months … J.C. Penny boycott called for by 1 million moms and other activist groups simply for using Ellen as spokesperson …
I thought the ad was great. One of the best of the day. Society progresses in step by step increments, not leaps and bounds.
Enjoy the moment. Enjoy the shows. Relax! Relax when you want to complain!
I'm curious to hear what Coke's LGBT focus group had to say about the ad. They did use one… yes? I mean… if they're going to hijack an iconic movie… they better have researched how the audience would react.
If Coke did it's due diligence and everything seemed to indicate a green light then I have no ill will toward Coke.
Troubling the commercial through an anti-opression lens.. the hetero-normalization of a gay icon as ground breaking as Priscilla isn't cool. It doesn't even appear to have been done to start intelligent conversation. It appears to have been done for pure hetero titillation.
The only group that I can see that clearly represents a specific movie is the "Mad Max" group. The Bedouins with the camels could represent the movie Lawrence of Arabia, but if you wanted to represent that particular movie, why wouldn't you use an actor who looked like Peter O'Toole (or T. E. Lawrence)? Now the cowboys, I don't have a clue what movie they represent. They just look like generic movie cowboys to me.
So could it be that the cowboys represent generic Hollywood cowboys, and the Bedouins represent generic Hollywood Bedouins, and the showgirls represent a generic Hollywood conception of Las Vegas showgirls? And could it be that "Mad Max" has achieved a place in popular culture and popular consciousness where those characters are also just sort of an archetype? As opposed to villains from a specific movie?
I suspect we're reading too much into the showgirls.
Coke got scared of the "heteros" complaining.
THey feared being too gay, yet they aired a Doritos ad where grown men wore dresses and makeup for a tea party!
So not only is the ad potentially racist (the Arab community is up in arms about the depiction of stereotyped Arab portrayals) but it's homophobic too! Glad I don't drink cola
@kurt_t: U R definately wrong. There are absolutely clear movie references beyond Mad Max and Priscilla is one of them.
They should have gone with DUNE! Sandworms and Coke would be an awesome combination
…i'm waiting for coke to say there were no references to any movie, case closed…a better strategy is for coke to say, "we're glad this was brought to our attention. we were insensitive. we did what you think we did. we have learned from this incident and will do much better in the future, just watch"…
@David: I am an early 30-something gay male and did not identify the commercial with the movie. I even saw the commercial a few times before the Super Bowl aired in previews of the advertisements.
I think I've seen the movie, but I'm not entirely sure. I've definitely heard of the movie. Either way, I'm not offended. If I was on the focus group, they'd have gotten a green light from me.
@Chad Hunt: said…
"Instead of being happy that at least they did make a Gay Reference in a SuperBowl ad we have to complain that it was not gay enough."
Sure, I'll be happy about it if black people would be happy if they did a "Color Purple" reference except Miss Celie and Sophia were white or if women would be happy if they did a Susan B Anthony reference….except it had all men.
@Cam: Why not, if they can do a "Steel Magnolias" remake with an all black cast they surely can do a Color Purple movie where instead of poor black women they can use poor white women. It is called artistic license. I'm sure, though, you are also one of those annoying gays who get upset anytime "Fag" is said on TV or a gay character is portrayed by a straight person. Pathetic
@Cam: Besides the fact that we are talking about a movie and a commercial here not a historical reference like Susan B Anthony.
They de-gay'd Priscilla because they THOUGHT it MIGHT offend a few knuckle draggers but they certainly don't give a second thought about possibly pissing off the whole gay community. Oh, you're probably right. They probably didn't even think about it. After all, who are we? We don't really matter and I'm certain there's no gay bar that serves coke. They should've used another movie reference.
@Mark: … intelligence … clearly you have it and some on here don't. LOL
I think it was pathetic to heteronormalize the reference for the reasons already given, but also 1 more:
The biggest moral to Priscilla was that free expression is priceless, and if you're gonna stick out, you may as well do what you want. They made the ad knowing who would get the reference and who wouldnt, but chose to cut out the gays who made the story make sense! Coke essentially ran from the whole moral of the story, wanting credit for all the expression with none of the core flair material, and ended up looking like cowards in the process.
People should complain because nothing changes if some people aren't angry enough and brave enough to stand up and say something is wrong. We did it for civil rights, women's rights, protecting children, speaking out against Islamophobia, et al and now hopefully, people are standing up for LGBTTQ rights.
Yes, it's only a coke commercial, but these are not isolated incidents. LGBTTQ media content is constantly and consistently removed, "de-gayed" or gutted due to the fear of offending others. The US has no laws protecting its queer citizens and is legally able to refuse health, marriage and other civil benefits to the community. Why shouldn't we complain? I don't want the status quo; I want change, change for the better for all human beings.
I am an American living in Canada. I miss New York and want to come home, but how can I when here in Canada I have equal rights, all their people have rights, regardless of their citizenship, national origin, race, colour, religion or sexual orientation.
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Spain is currently the best team in football and is in the middle of their Golden Age.
The current team is experiencing historic success which also coincides with Barcelona being one of the most dominant club teams ever.
This often causes some to inaccurately say that Spain is basically just Barça without Lionel Messi.
While the differences in tactics, attacking ability and even formation are very different, it is fair to say that La Roja is currently thriving largely on the strength of Spain's two greatest clubs—Barcelona and Real Madrid.
What some fail to realize is just how much world class talent exists at nearly every position beyond those two clubs.
This article will look at just that. Here I list a Spanish starting XI without using any players from La Liga's two best teams.
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First, I had just began taking a new vitamin. Then I had started having severe itching and a prickly feeling in my genital area where I wanted to pull my pubic hair out. Then I began bleeding, really old period blood for about a week. The week after my regular period began and after it stopped I was spotting still. I went to go get tested for STD's and came back positive with herpes, HSV1 at a 4.48 range. I had suspected that my partner had given me HSV1 through oral sex, but he went to get tested and came back negative. I have never tested positive,nor experienced any of these symptoms and I have been with my partner for a year and a half now, and only him. I have not had any regular symptoms of herpes, including no blisters or sores, just bleeding after I had rubbed myself raw from the itching. I now see a gray sore line in my genital area where it looks like it was from where I rubbed too hard. I am not getting over a yeast infection and my doctor had found bacterial vaginosis cells.
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Alchemy in Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim can be daunting. The potions, poisons and ingredients of Skyrim are just as numerous as everything else in the game, so there are endless powders, plants and other items littered throughout the huge game world. Each ingredient has four effects, making for a nearly infinite number of possible combinations. You can mix up potions randomly at the game's many alchemy stations, but you'll end up with a lot of useless mixtures through trial and error. The path to creating useful draughts that restore health or bring other effects takes know-how and patience. To save you some headache, we've created this lovely Alchemy Guide for Skyrim.
The basic rule: Potions and poisons are created by combining items that share a common effect. Combine two ingredients that boost health, and you've got a health boosting potion. Simple... except that you can't tell immediatly what effect an ingredient has.
Luckily, the first effect of any ingredient can be discovered by simply eating the item, at your own risk of course. After that, you'll unlock ingredient effects through creating successful potions or poisons, or unlocking alchemical perks through the game's skill tree.
Below you'll find a list (in alphabetical order) of the effects you can replicate via potions, and ingredients that offer those properties. But before we list them we think we should warn you, G4 does not condone sneaking into an alchemy store and stealing these ingredients, even though it would be way easier than actually looking for them.
Cure Disease = Charred Skeever Hide, Hawk Feathers, Mudcrab Chitin, Vampire Dust
Damage Health = Crimson Nirnroot, Deathbell, Ectoplasm, Falmer Ear, Human Flesh, Human Heart, Imp Stool, Jarrin Root, Nightshade, Nirnroot, Red Mountain Flower, River Betty, Skeever Tail, Small Antlers, Troll Fat, Void Salts
Damage Magika = Butterfly Wing, Chaurus Eggs, Daedra Heart, Eye of Sabre Cat, Glow Dust, Hagraven Feathers, Hanging Moss, Human Heart, Jarrin Root, Luna Moth Wing, Namira's Rot, Nordic Barnacle
Damage Magika Regen = Bear Claws, Blue Butterfly Wing, Blue Mountain Flower, Chicken's Egg, Glow Dust, Hanging Moss, Human Heart, Jarrin Root, Nightshade, Spider Egg, Spriggan Sap
Damage Stamina = Blisterwort, Blue Butterfly Wing, Bone Meal, Canis Root, Crimson Nirnroot, Cyrodilic Spadetail, Giant's Toe, Jarrin Root, Nirnroot, Rock Warbler Egg, Spider Egg
Damage Stamina Regen = Creep Cluster, Daedra Heart, Frost Mirriam, Giant's Toe, Histcarp, Juniper Berries, Large Antlers, Silverside Perch, Skeever Tail, Wheat
Fear = Blue Dartwing, Cyrodilic Spadetail, Daedra Heart, Namira's Rot, Powdered Mammoth Tusk
Fortify Alteration = Grass Pod, River Betty, Spriggan Sap
Fortify Barter = Butterfly Wing, Dragon's Tongue, Hagraven Claw, Tundra Cotton
Fortify Block = Bleeding Crown, Briar Heart, Honeycomb, Pearl, Slaughterfish Scales, Tundra Cotton
Fortify Carry Weight = Creep Cluster, Giant's Toe, Hawk Beak, River Betty, Scaly Pholiata, Wisp Wrappings
Fortify Conjuration = Blue Butterfly Wing, Blue Mountain Flower, Bone Meal, Frost Salts, Hagraven Feathers, Lavender
Fortify Destruction = Beehive Husk, Ectoplasm, Glow Dust, Glowing Mushroom, Nightshade, Wisp Wrappings
Fortify Enchanting = Blue Butterfly Wing, Hagraven Claw, Snowberries, Spriggan Sap
Fortify Health = Bear Claws, Blue Mountain Flower, Giant's Toe, Glowing Mushroom, Hanging Moss, Wheat
Fortify Heavy Armor = Ice Wraith Teeth, Sabre Cat Tooth, Slaughterfish Scales, Thistle Branch, White Cap
Fortify Illusion = Dragon's Tongue, Dwarven Oil, Mora Tapinella, Scaly Pholiata, Taproot
Fortify Light Armor = Ice Wraith Teeth, Sabre Cat Tooth, Slaughterfish Scales, Thistle Branch, White Cap
Fortify Lockpicking = Falmer Ear, Namira's Rot, Pine Thrush Egg, Spider Egg
Fortify Magicka = Briar Heart, Ectoplasm, Histcarp, Jazbay Grapes, Red Mountain Flower, Tundra Cotton, Void Salts
Fortify Marksman = Canis Root, Elves Ear, Juniper Berries, Spider Egg
Fortify One-Handed = Bear Claws, Canis Root, Hanging Moss, Hawk Feathers, Rock Warbler Egg, Small Pearl
Fortify Pickpocket = Blue Dartwing, Nordic Barnacle, Orange Dartwing, Slaughterfish Egg
Fortify Restoration = Abecean Longfin, Cyrodilic Spadetail, Salt Pile, Small Antlers, Small Pearl
Fortify Smithing = Blisterwort, Glowing Mushroom, Sabre Cat Tooth, Spriggan Sap
Fortify Sneak = Abecean Longfin, Beehive Husk, Frost Mirriam, Hawk Feathers, Human Flesh, Powdered Mammoth Tusk, Purple Mountain Flower
Fortify Stamina = Chaurus Eggs, Garlic, Large Antlers, Lavender, Slaughterfish Egg, Torchbug Thorax
Lingering Damage Health = Imp Stool, Mora Tapinella, Orange Dartwing, Slaughterfish Egg, Slaughterfish Scales
Lingering Damage Magicka = Hagraven Claw, Purple Mountain Flower, Swamp Fungal Pod, Torchbug Thorax, Wheat
Lingering Damage Stamina = Butterfly Wing, Chicken's Egg, Nightshade, Small Antlers
Paralysis = Briar Heart, Canis Root, Human Flesh, Imp Stool, Swamp Fungal Pod
Ravage Health = Cyrodilic Spadetail, Eye of Sabre Cat, Giant Lichen, Jazbay Grapes, Silverside Perch, Skeever Tail
Ravage Magicka = Frost Mirriam, Grass Pod, Lavender, Orange Dartwing, Red Mountain Flower, White Cap
Ravage Stamina = Bee, Bone Meal, Deathbell, Honeycomb, Thistle Branch
Regenerate Health = Garlic, Juniper Berries, Luna Moth Wing, Namira's Rot, Nordic Barnacle, Vampire Dust
Regenerate Magicka = Dwarven Oil, Fire Salts, Garlic, Jazbay Grapes, Moon Sugar, Salt Pile, Taproot
Regenerate Stamina = Bee, Fly Amanita, Mora Tapinella, Scaly Pholiata
Resist Fire = Bone Meal, Dragon's Tongue, Elves Ear, Fire Salts, Fly Amanita, Mudcrab Chitin, Snowberries
Resist Frost = Frost Mirriam, Frost Salts, Hawk Beak, Moon Sugar, Purple Mountain Flower, Silverside Perch, Slaughterfish Scales, Small Pearl, Snowberries, Thistle Branch
Resist Magic = Bleeding Crown, Chicken's Egg, Crimson Nirnroot, Hagraven Claw, Lavender, Nirnroot, Tundra Cotton, Void Salts, Wisp Wrappings
Resist Poison = Beehive Husk, Charred Skeever Hide, Falmer Ear, Garlic, Grass Pod, Mudcrab Chitin, Slaughterfish Egg, Thistle Branch, Troll Fat
Resist Shock = Blue Dartwing, Glow Dust, Glowing Mushroom, Hawk Beak, Pearl, Pine Thrush Egg, Snowberries, Swamp Fungal Pod
Restore Health = Blisterwort, Blue Dartwing, Blue Mountain Flower, Butterfly Wing, Charred Skeever Hide, Daedra Heart, Eye of Sabre Cat, Imp Stool, Rock Warbler Egg, Swamp Fungal Pod, Wheat
Restore Magicka = Briar Heart, Creep Cluster, Dwarven Oil, Ectoplasm, Elves Ear, Fire Salts, Frost Salts, Giant Lichen, Grass Pod, Human Flesh, Moon Sugar, Mora Tapinella, Pearl, Red Mountain Flower, Taproot, Vampire Dust, White Cap
Restore Stamina = Bear Claws, Bee, Charred Skeever Hide, Eye of Sabre Cat, Hawk Beak, Histcarp, Honeycomb, Large Antlers, Mudcrab Chitin, Orange Dartwing, Pearl, Pine Thrush Egg, Powdered Mammoth Tusk, Purple Mountain Flower, Sabre Cat Tooth, Silverside Perch, Small Pearl, Torchbug Thorax, Wisp Wrappings
Slow = Deathbell, Large Antlers, River Betty, Salt Pile
Waterbreathing = Chicken's Egg, Histcarp, Nordic Barnacle
Weakness to Fire = Bleeding Crown, Frost Salts, Ice Wraith Teeth, Juniper Berries, Moon Sugar, Powdered Mammoth Tusk
Weakness to Frost = Abecean Longfin, Elves Ear, Fire Salts, Ice Wraith Teeth, White Cap
Weakness to Magic = Creep Cluster, Dwarven Oil, Jazbay Grapes, Rock Warbler Egg, Salt Pile, Scaly Pholiata, Taproot, Torchbug Thorax
Weakness to Poison = Abecean Longfin, Bleeding Crown, Chaurus Eggs, Deathbell, Giant Lichen, Pine Thrush Egg, Sabre Cat Tooth, Small Antlers
Weakness to Shock = Bee, Giant Lichen, Hagraven Feathers, Void Salts
And there you have it, the many potions of Skyrim. If you seek more guidance, check out our Guide to our Skyrim Guides.


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- 6 oz. tuna, canned
- 2 c. cream of mushroom soup, homemade (If you use a canned cream soup (any variety), (measure it out and add enough milk to make 4 cups of liquid.)
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- 1/3 c. cheese, Parmesan, shredded (optional)
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Apologies offer little comfort to victim's family
Matthew Cordle, 22, of Powell, Ohio, made headlines earlier this month when he posted a video of himself online, admitting his drunken driving killed a man and vowing to take responsibility for the crime.
That would not have mattered in the criminal case against Cordle, prosecutors have said. They had an open-and-shut case.
On June 22, a pickup truck driven by a very inebriated Cordle struck a car driven by Vincent Canzani, 61, of Gahanna. Canzani was killed.
During a court appearance Wednesday, Cordle kept his promise. He pleaded guilty to charges including aggravated vehicular homicide. He will be sentenced at a later date.
Prosecuting Attorney Ronald O'Brien has said he believes Cordle was sincere in the video he posted online, and was motivated by a desire to convince other people to refrain from driving while intoxicated.
Well, we suppose that's good. But it's too late for Vincent Canzani, his family and friends.
Cordle did not set out to kill a man on June 22. But he did.
No amount of publicly expressed regret will change that. Nothing can change it – and that is something to consider the next time you think about getting behind the wheel after drinking too much.


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Set the numerator to zero, and solve for x.Basically i'm supposed to be using the derivative to find where the function is increasing and decreasing, the max and min values, and where the intervals of concavity and inflection points are. i understand how to get these (taking the first and second derivate) i'm just having a little trouble with the number line. Here's what i have so far. future apologies for having to writing in "calculator language"
A(x)= x((x+3)^(1/2)) (the (x+3)^(1/2) is the square root of X+3 )
A'(x)= (x/2 + (x+3)^(1/2))
Now i know that one of the critical points is -3 (because it makes the denominator undefined) Actually, this would be an asymptote. Critical points are points where the derivative is equal to zero. Since the demominator can never be zero, the numerator must be equal to zero. I'm just not sure how to find the critical points on the numerator Any thoughts?
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There comes a point during the season that 14 NBA teams turn their attention away from the wins-and-losses column and start planning for their future.
It's a liquid date, as some clubs fail to perform to expectations while others shatter their preseason projections. But it's an inevitability for nearly half of the teams in this league, the first true step toward reversing one's fate for the coming year.
The difficulty of that reclamation project just became a bit clearer with Tuesday night's 2013 NBA draft lottery painting a complete picture of the order for the upcoming draft (June 27).
The Orlando Magic, Charlotte Bobcats and Cleveland Cavaliers entered the night with the best chance to land the top selection from the 2013-14 rookie class. Although no consensus has been formulated regarding which player from that class has separated himself from his peers, a majority favorite has emerged.
But even that player knows not to get too comfortable with his prominent perch, as team needs vary among the likely lottery winners.
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GW873140 In Combination With Kaletra In HIV Infected Subjects
This study has been terminated.
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First received: February 1, 2005
Last updated: March 17, 2011
Last verified: March 2011
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|February 1, 2005
|Last Updated Date
|March 17, 2011
|Start Date ICMJE
|December 2004
|Primary Completion Date
|Not Provided
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|To select a GW873140 dose and dosage regimen for further evaluation based on comparison of the short-term antiviral activity, safety and tolerability of different oral doses of GW873140 in combination with LPV/r in HIV-1 infected therapy-naive subjects.
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00102778 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|HIV-1 RNA decay rate Long-term safety Effects on plasma viral tropismViral resistance to GW873140 and other on-study drugsPK parameters of GW873140 in subjects receiving combination therapy.
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Brief Title ICMJE
|GW873140 In Combination With Kaletra In HIV Infected Subjects
|Official Title ICMJE
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|Brief Summary
|This study is a 96-week study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of GW873140 in combination with Kaletra in HIV infected, untreated subjects.
|Detailed Description
|A Phase IIb, 96 week, randomized, open-label, multicenter, parallel group, repeat dose study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and antiviral effect of different doses and regimens of GW873140 in combination with Kaletra (lopinavir and ritonavir) in HIV-1 infected antiretroviral therapy naive subjects
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WASHINGTON — The United Fresh Produce Association here has released a new white paper detailing the likely effects that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Safety Modernization Act will have on the produce industry. The white paper examines new requirements and regulations for produce grower-shippers, wholesalers and distributors, fruit and vegetable importers, retailers and foodservice operators, and food transporters. "The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act will mean significant ...
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|HIGGINS, c.1603-1794
(1) Richard Higgins, born in England, died between 1674 and 1677 in Pistcataway, New Jersey; married 11 December 1634 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, Lydia Chandler, thought to be a daughter of Edmund Chandler, but not proven to be by his wife Elizabeth Alden. Parents of:
Jonathan Higgins, born July 1637 in Plymouth, Plymouth
Co., Massachusetts, died after 21 May 1711; married first 9 January 1660 at
Eastham, Massachusetts, Elizabeth
Rogers, born 29 September 1639 probably
at Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, died between 2 January 1677/1678 and
4 July 1679 at Eastham, Massachusetts. After the death of his first wife Jonathan
married her sister Hannah Rogers.
On 28 May 1711 Joseph Higgins, Sr., of Eastham sold to Jonathan Higgins, Jr. and Elisha Higgins both of Eastham land in Eastham "given to our deceased mother Elizabeth Higgins by our deceased grandfather Lt. Joseph Rogers." On 29 January 1714/1715 Nicholas Paine and wife Hannah sold to their brother Jonathan Higgins, Jr., land "given by our grandfather Lt. Joseph Rogers to our mother Elizabeth Higgins deceased."
Joseph Higgins, born in Eastham, Massachusetts 14
February 1666, died in Chatham, Massachusetts before 21 May 1729; married about
1689 Ruth,
who died after 10 July 1735.
On 9 June 1714 Joseph sold to Jonathan Higgins, Jr. land in Eastham and land he had bought from his brother Beriah, "all of which our great-grandfather Lt. Joseph Rogers gave to our grandmother Higgins in his will."
Children (all born in Eastham, Massachusetts):
(4) Beriah Higgins, born about 1692, died probably after 17 August 1749 in Connecticut; married about 1716 Desire Cooke, born 14 June 1694 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, died after 17 May 1736, perhaps in Connecticut. They resided at Truro between 1712 and 1724 and at Provincetown until 1736. They probably removed to Connecticut, as records in Middletown, Connecticut refer to their son Beriah as "Jr." as late as 17 August 1749, indicating that recordkeepers were trying to distinguish him from a father by the same name who resided locally.
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It's not often that we see female characters in love with booze. In film, men dominate that archetype. But director James Ponsoldt, who co-wrote Smashed with actress Susan Burke, gave Mary Elizabeth Winstead the chance to play a woman with a heavy drinking problem. She's joined by a fantastic set of players including Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally. But ultimately, she's the one that delivers the goods.
The Players:
- Director: James Ponsoldt
- Screenwriters: James Ponsoldt, Susan Burke
- Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman
- Cinematography: Tobias Datum
The Plot:
Kate and Charlie's marriage thrives on their shared fondness of alcohol. Once Kate's partying spirals into hardcore asocial behavior, which includes compromising her job as a schoolteacher, she decides to get sober. Her relationship with Charlie is put to the test when he continues to party and she doesn't.
The Good:
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead: Winstead gives a bravura performance that overcomes the film's shortcomings. She's known for playing fun roles in movies that aren't usually set in our reality. (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter). But in Smashed Winstead gets the chance to keep it real. Kate is a first-grade teacher whose relationship with booze has gone from fun to scary. We see her habits from the very first scene when she wakes up hungover and takes swigs of beer to keep her buzz going. It's not long before she realizes she has a serious problem. She vomits in front of her pupils and in a moment of desperation admits a fake pregnancy. Winstead's character covers the gamut of every human emotion, and she tackles each like a seasoned actress. She's absolutely spectacular to watch.
- The Chemistry Of Mary and Aaron: Before shooting began, Winstead and Paul decided to get drunk together for the sake of getting comfortable with each other. It worked out great because their onscreen chemistry is resonant throughout the film.
- Supporting Cast: Though Smashed is, without a doubt, Winstead's show, there's a talented supporting cast behind her. Nick Offerman's sweet and sensible Dave provides some laughs with his inappropriate comments. Octavia Spencer, who for many years went unnoticed until The Help, is in full force as Kate's compassionate sponsor. Winstead is the captain of this Smashed ship, but she's got some decent mates to keep her company.
The Bad:
- The Story: This is how it goes: Kate throws up at work and fakes a pregnancy. She goes on a drinking binge, smokes crack and wakes up on the side of the road. She realizes she's an alcoholic. She goes to AA and gets sober. The end. There's no withdrawal period. The Lost Weekend is a great movie because Don Birnam goes through hell and back to realize he needs to quit the bottle. Smashed doesn't fully grasp the addiction of its protagonist. It barely brushes the surface. Kate quits drinking cold turkey. She struggles to adjust to her new lifestyle only because her husband continues to party without her. But her personal struggle is only seen in a brief premeditated relapse scene that lacks spontaneity and honesty. Perhaps we can blame all of this on the timing. Kate's decision to sober up was extremely premature. And everything that followed it – with the exception of Offerman's comment – was expected.
Smashed will be known as the movie that made Mary Elizabeth Winstead a "serious actress." Any casting directors wondering if she can pull off a dramatic role, will look to this and know she can. In that sense, Smashed is great. Winstead delivers chills, thrills and laughs despite a script that barely digs into her character's addiction. She is the force that drives this film and that's good enough for us.
The Rating: 7.5/10
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Columbus will offer free bulk-trash drop-off stations for Ohio State University-area residents today through Aug. 12.
The area bounded by Glen Echo Ravine, the Conrail railroad tracks, Fifth Avenue and the Olentangy River is the most densely populated in Columbus, with almost 50,000 residents.
It also is prone to overflowing trash bins and frequent trash fires.
The bulk pickup is taking place as leases expire, apartments are vacated and furniture is thrown out in preparation for OSU's fall semester. The city will collect only bulk trash — large items such as furniture. Other types of waste will not be accepted. Regular, weekly trash pickup will occur Tuesdays during the transition period.
"We need students, landlords and others to do their part by taking their bulk items to the free drop-off locations and not leave them in the alleys," Public Service Director Mark Kelsey said.
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If you didn't know, Riley Steele has a spectacular body of work. We're speaking, of course, about her time spent with the Royal Shakespeare Company (honestly, you haven't seen Othello till you've seen her portray Desdemona). That reason, and that reason alone is why she was tapped to host G4's Sexpo South Africa coverage.
If her interview with Kevin Pereira is to be believed, you've got a lot to look forward to on Sunday at 10PM ET when the special airs. Actually, you have a lot to look forward to this very moment, namely the numerous pictures of Riley Steele we've collected in a delightfully sultry behind-the-scenes photo gallery.


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WINTERSVILLE, Ohio — One weekend per month, Scott Stewart, store director for the Riesbeck's Market here, gets to show off his grilling skills and promote his company's Certified Hereford beef program at the same time. The most recent cookout, held the first weekend of August right outside the store's entrance, tempted shoppers with fresh off-the-grill specialties like Stewart's signature rib-eye sandwiches. Stewart said he chooses to do the grilling himself because he enjoys it, and ...
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Two years later I resigned from my corporate career as the VP of investment marketing for JPMorgan Private Client Services and launched www.TheCelebrationShoppe.com, a custom invitation and creative décor company. My goal is to be a leading resource for fun and funky birthdays, beautifully styled baby showers and memorable holidays through fresh and modern products including custom invitations, thank you notes, quality table décor, custom cookies (baked and shipped from our partners at Sweet Tooth Cottage), printable party décor and most recently monogrammed goods.
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Seychelles, being the smallest African nation (93,000 inhabitants), have taken an impressive economic upswing from an ailing economy to a high-income country during the last 10 years.
Seychelles are a stable multiparty presidential democracy. Presidential elections took place in December 2015, for the first time place in two rounds, and saw a razor-sharp victory of 193 votes of the incumbent president Michel. Parliamentary elections are planned for the second half of 2016. Seychelles advocate the concept of 'blue economy" which is their strategy for economic development and environmental conservation based on tourism and fisheries. Stable institutions and the political climate encourage active local and foreign public and private investment. The World Bank has classified Seychelles as a high-income country since 2015.
EU-Seychelles' relations are good and go beyond development issues. Seychelles have received some €40 million in development aid from the European Community under successive European Development Funds, covering various sectors, from the environment and rural development to health. From mid 1990s, a specific focus was put on the environment sector with support provided for a solid waste disposal facility on Mahé. Several private–public sector initiatives were also initiated, and reconstruction support was provided in the wake of the 2004 Tsunami.
The EU strategy of the 10th EDF focused on Seychelles' transition towards sustainable growth by reinforcing the environment sector and improving capacities with regard to governance. Seychelles' newly acquired economic status led to a reduction of the 11th EDF volume of only €2.2 million. Seychelles are between its former status of a receiver of development support and the mature position of a high income state seeking other forms of funding. Actual EU support enhances institutional capacities and provides relevant technical support for innovative financing mechanisms.
Seychelles still qualifies for EU-funding from various regional and horizontal baskets. In addition activities of the European Investment Bank have increased.
EU is Seychelles' main trading partner. The actual EU-Seychelles Fisheries Partnership Agreement contributes to Seychelles' efforts to promote sustainable use, good governance and sectoral support to the fishing industry. The current Protocol implementing the Agreement is in force until January 2020 with funding amounting to €30.7 million.


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Countless articles, podcasts and television segments are devoted to analyzing the first round picks of the NBA draft. Yet teams spend as much, if not more time, scouting potential second-round picks. Many second-round picks have developed into All-Stars or key contributors on playoff-caliber teams over the past decade.
Prospects fall to the second round for a variety of reasons.
Some players do not test or measure well at the draft combine. An inch or two in height can be the difference between being drafted in the first or second round.
Other athletes are still on the board in the second round because they are considered unproven commodities. Teams are reluctant to use a first-round pick on a talented kid if his game is still raw after just one year of college or a prospect who excelled against weak competition in a small conference.
Some international players who possess first-round talent slip to the second round because they are not able to join the NBA right away due to contractual obligations with European clubs. In other instances, teams draft foreigners in the second round with the intent of allowing them to continue to develop overseas.


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if y= x, [x(ax+bx)- ax^2]/(ax+bx)^2= [ax^2+ bx^2- ax^2]/(a+b)^2x^2= b/(a+b)^2 and [x(ax+by)- bxy]/(ax+by)^2= a/(a+b)^2 so dP= (b+ a)/(a+b)^2= 1/(a+b)dx. Your definition of "marginal profit" might be that 1/(a+b).
At what point? the tangent plane is different at each point. The gradient is perpendicular to the surface at (x, y, z). Do you know how to find the plane with a given normal vector and point?find the equation of the horizontal plane that is tangent to the graph
z= G(x,y)= x^2 -4xy - 2y^2 +12x - 12y -1
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I need to drive from Prospect Heights to JFK around 5 AM on a weekday. I'm not a very confident highway driver anyway, and Google Maps suggests that the most logical route is to take Atlantic Ave all the way east to South Conduit, then straight down to the airport. I've done a variation on this route before and it makes sense and I feel comfortable with it. Except... [more inside]
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Rustic French Cuisine – Day
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A menu of delicious French dishes to delight any dinner party. The classic techniques and professional tips covered will give you skills to use time after time, across a wide range of ingredients.
Dishes typically included are:
Confit of Trout, Pickled Vegetables
Roast Lamb with Provençal Breadcrumb Crust
Dauphinoise Potatoes, Seasonal Vegetables
Chocolate Tart
Techniques covered are:
- Fish preparation and filleting
- Confit cookery method
- Pickling vegetables
- Preparation of a herb & breadcrumb crust
- Preparation and cooking of lamb, including searing, roasting and resting
- How to tell when meat is cooked
- Preparation of Dauphinoise potatoes
- Pastry making
- Various dessert techniques for tart filling
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1622: Shaping a UK strategy for Agri-Tech
This paper is taken from the Department of Business, Information and Skills, Call for evidence
Year of Publication2012
The aim is to deliver, improved agricultural production efficiencies whilst avoiding environmental harm; solutions to global food security whilst maintaining natural resources and preserving biodiversity; sustainable international development and wider international collaborations; increased engagement with the business sector including through inward investment to further stimulate enterprise and accelerate the translation of research into practical applications; increased UK exports of knowledge, products, systems services and technology and a well networked, professional, highly skilled and technology-aware agricultural sector with improved access to advice for the farming community on best practice and new technologies.
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Recipe by Rebecca Dienner for The FruitGuys
1/2 cup radishes, very thinly sliced (1/8-inch thick, or thinner if you have a mandoline slicer)
1 cup lettuce, torn into large pieces
1/2 cup onion, diced
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons dill, minced
1/2 cup goat cheese
1 small clove garlic, crushed and minced, or 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Zest of 1/2 lemon
Bread of choice, 4 slices
1/4 teaspoon each, salt and pepper
- Sauté onions in a skillet with olive oil over medium high heat.Stir frequently and cook until translucent, about 4 minutes.
- Mix goat cheese with dill, lemon, garlic, salt, and pepper.
- Toast your preferred bread slices and coat two slices with the goat cheese mixture.
- Top each slice with onion, radishes, lettuce and the remaining plain toast on top. Serve warm!
Serves 2 as an entrée or 4 as an appetizer. Prep time, 6 minutes; cook time, 4 minutes.


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update – Another HWZ forummer has got it working with a "SingTel Sim card":http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=45507124&postcount=18. Just need someone using M1 to complete the holy trinity.
A "HWZ forummer":http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2751893 managed to snip his Starhub SIM card to size and fit it within his iPad 3G+WiFi – confirming that it is possible to have your cake and eat it…ie if you manage to find your cake aka iPad here.
bq.. Here is how I do it, the iPad comes with AT&T microsim, I use that to trace on the starhub sim card and then cut it out accordingly. btw I used a sissors to cut
No Setting needed after you insert the sim card, no need to change anything, it will work for Starhub not sure for other service providers
Word of caution – cut slowly and always check with the AT&T sim card and the iPad adapter
p. Go pop over to "HWZ forum":http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2751893 to see more of his handiwork and do make sure you have steady hands. Also if the SIM card you are snipping is your main one, you will need a SIM card holder that will let you use the snipped-card on your normal phones.
p(#multiSIM). In case you have got yourself an iPad 3G+WiFi, you might also want to check out the various Telco's Multi-SIM VAS that gives you the additional SIM card to share with your current line.
- "Starhub Multi-SIM":http://bit.ly/cWZmad
- "M1 Multi-SIM":http://bit.ly/bpMk33
- "SingTel Multi-SIM":http://bit.ly/dhyNWV (click the OTHERS tab to find the Multi SIM section)


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Daniele Sbordi
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Brooke Tarkin
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