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CHICAGO -- So the regular season's over, finally, mercifully, and the Chicago Bulls are the No. 1 seed in the playoffs for the second straight season.
You're probably wondering: What does it all mean? You're deep, I assume. The brooding type who worries about your basketball team.
After a heart-wrenching, though not unexpected, loss in last year's Eastern Conference finals to the Miami Heat, we've all become amateur philosophers this season, searching for meaning in a cruel, cruel Association. There was no getting high off a win over the Boston Celtics. Every win over the Heat seemed nihilistic.
Now that I've said that, put away your dog-eared Nietzsche, going into the playoffs, the Bulls are in a good place, physically, spiritually and Thibodeauly. This is a good team. All 50 wins didn't come against the Cleveland Cavaliers. This wasn't the best regular season in NBA history, but the Bulls put in one of the more honest efforts.
The Bulls open with the Philadelphia 76ers, who seemingly would've given up the Liberty Bell to ensure an eighth-place finish, at noon CST Saturday.
Yes, there are questions, mostly just Derrick Rose's game of Operation litany of injuries. But crazy as it sounds, the Bulls are in a better spot than last year. They're more experienced, they have a better shooting guard and they remember how they went out last year. As long as Rose can play, whether it's passing or scoring, this team has a legit shot.
And I'm not just saying that because I dream of going to Oklahoma City or San Antonio in late June. (I would like to go to Los Angeles though.)
Thursday's game was seemingly meaningless -- OK it was miserable. But while Rose missed his 27th game, his teammates failed to get the memo that good teams were supposed to tank their finale. Without Rose, Luol Deng and Kyle Korver, the Bulls beat a lousy Cavaliers team 107-75 as six players scored in double figures, led by garbage-time gunner John Lucas III's 25. In a game that meant nothing, Chicago had 60 rebounds and shot 52.9 percent.
As Tom Thibodeau is wont to say, the Bulls had more than enough to win with. It's a cliche because it's true. Thibodeau never made an excuse all season, and his attitude permeated throughout his locker room.
"We're a brainwashed bunch," Korver said earlier this month.
They're also very consistent. While he gets the majority of negative attention on this team, it's time to commend Carlos Boozer, who played all 66 games, the only Bulls starter to do so. It was the first time Boozer played every game in the regular season, which he said he took pride in. Boozer's jumper is falling, and he's healthier than he was last postseason.
He said the Bulls' balance is better this year. They've learned to live without Rose and found themselves capable. Last season, Rose was the MVP. This season, he was just the Bulls' best player. There's a difference.
"Yeah, we're more spread out," Boozer said. "He's obviously our closer and our MVP, but we're so deep, four or five other guys can get 20 points any given night. Guys on the bench can get 20 on any given night. We've been able to jell with him, surround him with talent, but when the game is on the line, you know where's it's going and he comes through time in and time out. He's not 100 percent, but he's going to play with everything he has. It's a lot better than what other guys got. Trust me, we'll take that."
It would've been nice to see Rose have a throwback game Thursday night, but alas his Iron Man streak ended at two.
Rose warmed up before the game, strafing the net with casual jumpers. Ron Adams had at least 25 assists. But that was it. That left Brian Scalabrine and a trigger-happy Lucas to soak up all the applause.
Thibodeau might not admit there's a Game 2 of the playoff series against Philadelphia, but he's free to acknowledge the Sixers are the next game on the schedule.
Philadelphia, once considered a feel-good story of the season, soured down the stretch and did an epic tank job in their season finale against Detroit. Chicago native Evan Turner made himself a Dwyane Wade-like civic enemy when he told a reporter he wanted to play Chicago over Miami. Turner sort of backtracked in an interview with ESPN Chicago's Scott Powers, but he's not wrong and his opinion was obviously supported by his team.
The subplot is that Turner and Rose were high school rivals, which Turner has a chip on his shoulder about. (If you read Mark Titus' book "Don't Put Me In, Coach," you'll learn Turner supposedly has a chip on his shoulder about everything.) Rose was a little salty when he heard Turner's quote as well.
Get used to hearing about that storyline, because I promise you we'll repeat it, even though Turner scored 9.4 points in 27 minutes per game off the bench.
It's a little unnerving that Rose hasn't played more than two in a row since suffering a foot injury March 12, and he hasplayed in only five of 10 games since returning from that injury.
While Rose scored only 10 points on 3-of-11 shooting in the Bulls' win over Indiana on Wednesday night, he seemed to have a little more of his usual spark. But he can't play with abandon and fans can't watch him with abandon.
Of course, Rose played every regular-season game a year ago and by the time he played Miami in the conference finals, he couldn't carry the Bulls any further. Maybe it was just LeBron James in his face, or maybe Rose was out of gas.
Questions about Miami can wait, for at least another couple weeks, because the Bulls must first get through Philadelphia, and Boston likely waits. The Celtics will provide some real drama. That's why Thibodeau didn't appreciate me asking if the players "learned anything" by struggling with Indiana in the first round last year.
"I don't see it the way you guys do," he said, visibly annoyed. "You guys see it entirely different. The playoffs are the playoffs. Every team is good. That's playoff basketball. That's the way it's going to be. It doesn't matter if you're the first seed, eighth seed, it's going to be tough. It's going to be physical. All the games are hard-fought. You rarely see blowouts in the playoffs. That's not the way it is."
After the game, Thibodeau shrugged off any concerns about the schedule, which has fewer days off.
"Just be ready," he said.
After everything the Bulls have gone through since last season's playoffs, how could they not be?


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The Memphis Grizzlies coasted to victory against the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday for their third straight win. The win put the Grizzlies half a game behind the Clippers for fourth place in the Western Conference. This is an exciting place for the Grizzlies to be with 10 games left.
If Rudy Gay and the the Grizzlies pull off a strong finish to the season, they could move up to fourth or even third in the conference. The Grizzlies have a soft finish, which sees them play four of their last 10 games against winning teams and six of 10 at home.
The Clippers and third-place Los Angeles Lakers face tougher schedules to finish the season. The Clippers finish with six of nine games on the road, as well as six of nine against winning teams. The Lakers play six of their last eight against winning teams and four of eight on the road.
A perfect finish for the Grizzlies would certainly cement a No. 3 seed in the playoffs. Thus, the Grizzlies would earn their first ever home-court advantage in a playoff series.
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Every football player dives. That's something we have to live with. But even among a sport full of divers, there are some repeat offenders that have done it more than others.
Diving has always been frowned upon, but truth is it's part of the game. And as part of the game, this list will rank the best 15 divers in world football.
That not only means ranking how often they do it, but whether they succeed at it, and where on the pitch they try to do it. Obviously extra points will be given on the difficult area for opponents red carded and penalties awarded for their efforts.
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SDSU's extensive Sci-Fi collectionIn 1977, San Diego State University English professor Elizabeth Chater began donating her collection of science fiction books to Special Collections in Love Library. Especially strong in golden age and new wave science fiction, the Chater Collection is distinguished by a number of notable first editions, as well as numerous rare pulp titles.
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On the 27th of April it was Chen's turn to write a message on their official website, following leader Kris, 'baozi' Xiu Min and Luhans' updates.
He attached the above photo and wrote, "We are one!
Hello, I am EXO-M's Chen~! ^^ I'm really happy to be writing this letter! Hehe. I am living really well in China~ The food is delicious, the members are taking care of me, so I am living comfortably! ㅋㅋㅋ
Ah, when I have time, I am still learning Chinese slowly, bit by bit! Today, we received an invitation to perform at the Super Show in Indonesia. Being able to be on stage with our seniors Super Junior makes our hearts very full, but also very nervous. ㅠㅠ
We are very grateful to our seniors, we will put on a good stage!
Super Junior Fighting! EXO Fighting! ㅋㅋㅋ
Fans! We have always been grateful for all your support. ♥
Although I can't thank each and every one of you in person, we will repay everyone with better stages and songs ^_^ Please do continue supporting us! ♥"
Awhhh, he's so sweet wanting to repay fans. I'm sure his Chinese will be superb in no time!
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04/29/12 1:39 pm
aww he s so sweet <3
He was my least favorite but now I love him <3 His voice is amazing
04/28/12 11:33 pm
he's so sweet, glad to see them performing in SS4 since there's no music programmes in china
aww so cute and I'm glad they'll be performing with Super Junior in SS4~
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That's so cool that they can perform with their Korean sunbaes~ ^^
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sosweet of him!
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EXO-M members are so sweet writing letters :D
Don't worry, I know you will learn Chinese in no time ^^
I wish you guys the best in SS4!
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Aww, he's so sweet!
And still learning Chinese - cute.
Lots of love and support for EXO!
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He is my fav member in Exo-M he is so cute, and I'm glad to see they will perform at the Super Show in Indonesia.
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another message! that's why I truly love EXO's!
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We all played tag when we were kids. What most of us don't realize is that this simple chase game is in fact an application of pursuit theory, and that the same principles of games like tag, dodgeball, and hide-and-seek are also at play in military strategy, high-seas chases by the Coast Guard, and even romantic pursuits. In Chases and Escapes, Paul Nahin gives us the first complete history of this fascinating area of mathematics, from its classical analytical beginnings… (more)
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On Sunday, April 13, the Student Government Association (SGA) held its annual awards ceremony to honor students, faculty, and staff who have contributed to the Association's mission and vision over the past academic year.
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- Club of the Year – Psychology Club (Honorable Mention – Arts in Motion)
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More than 2,000,000 golfers currently have a handicap index through the GHIN Handicap Service program. The MGA is just one of 68 state and regional associations and two international associations that utilizes this program which has gone through extensive enhancements and improvements over the past few years. Here is a comprehensive overview of the many features offered through the program.
The GHIN Handicap Program software provides for scores to be electronically routed from any club within the GHIN network. Away scores are re-routed to the home clubs Clubs have access to the USGA Handicap Indexes of all other two million golfers on GHIN across the country. Clubs may inquire about the USGA Handicap Index of any visiting golfer on GHIN Each golfer can see the immediate impact that each new score may have on the individual's Handicap Index at the next revision via the Trend.
The GHIN Handicap Program software effectively manages score posting; Handicap Index calculations; exceptional tournament score reduction (Section 10-3 of the USGA Handicap System); allows access to all Course Ratings and Slope Ratings contained in the association-wide database; performs golfer Handicap Index and score inquiries; networks all golf club members on the GHIN service and much more.
Score Posting Made Easy
GHIN has made posting scores easy and simple. Clubs may selectively choose to use an easy-to-remember two-to six-digit local number to access their files. A menu will then appear, which can be customized, with all the necessary information for golfers to post their scores. The golfer's name, GHIN number, Handicap Index, score history, current date, and most-often-played tee will appear on the screen automatically. The golfer only has to enter the score and confirm the other information. Once the score is posted, it will then be shown on the screen and automatically saved. An optional musical tune can be played in the background for confirmation.
Touch Screen Interface
GHIN has developed an optional golfer interface that utilizes touch screen technology to simplify the score posting experience for members. Our current Windows version software has been designed to easily integrate this touch screen technology, allowing members to remain comfortable with the same interface.
One of the most important features of the GHIN Handicap Program software is the tremendous flexibility of the program. GHIN services more than 7,700 computerized golf clubs around the country, all with many different needs. This can only be accomplished through the flexibility of the many options throughout the program. Options may be set to prompt the member for score information when posting a score such as score type, tee played, and choice of posting an adjusted score or using hole-by-hole entry, which automatically computes Equitable Stroke Control. Clubs may allow individual score posting or restrict posting to a committee or staff member, but in either case, fellow members may review other members' score histories by a simple last name lookup feature.
Features with Password Restrictions
The GHIN Handicap Program software has many other features located in the Handicap management module, which can only be accessed from the membership score entry screen with a password. These features include Rapid Score Entry, Player Management, Preference Management, Club Management, Reports, Inquiry, Transmission and Messages. Additionally a scrolling screen-saver is comprised of electronically updated news from your Golf Association, association logos, as well as current USGA press releases.
Simplified Transmissions
Clubs using the GHIN Handicap Program software can set an automatic dial feature, which transmits at scheduled days and times chosen by the club. The program is designed to automatically dial GHIN's toll-free telephone number and send all transactions and scores posted on the PC to the Enterprise Server. The communication options now include utilizing the Internet or the AT&T Global Network for transmission of information. This feature is designed to also automatically communicate during times set by the club.
Hole-by-Hole Stroke Analysis
GHIN can perform a Hole-by-Hole Stroke Allocation Analysis for any club that provides GHIN with scorecard data. There is a small charge for the data entry service. If the Golf Association wishes to enter the scores and analyze the club information itself, GHIN will provide a Hole-by-Hole Stroke Allocation Analysis PC Program, with instructions, at no cost. Additionally, the GHIN Handicap Program software includes the ability to import Hole-by-Hole entered scores into a module for analysis.
Multi-Terminal Option
The GHIN Handicap Program software supports multi-terminal systems consisting of a host machine and several remote terminals. The host computer may be operated from a central office and used to communicate to the GHIN Enterprise Server, as well as run all the GHIN software programs. The remote workstations may be placed in the golf shop, locker rooms or other traffic areas that will facilitate entering scores.
GHIN multi-terminal systems can utilize Windows or other networking software, which offers an Ethernet-type network. Such networks operate at a much more reduced cost than other major network systems. The GHIN Handicap Program software will run under other networking systems, but the complexity may increase. The benefits gained from using the Ethernet-type network are:
Clubs using the GHIN multi-terminal system have found it to be reliable and advantageous. The number of multi-terminal network clubs has grown to over 500 since their introduction in 1990.


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Mystery Brunette Films Justin Bieber Sleeping In Bed - Watch It!
A young brunette woman filmed Justin Bieber sleeping on a huge sofa bed without his knowledge.
The singer is pictured on a striped couch without a shirt on and blankets pulled up to his shirtless chest. A red baseball cap is next to him.
The 15-second clip shows the singer dozing, and the female filmmaker also turns the camera towards herself, blows a kiss, smiles and waves.
It's speculated that the film was made during Bieber's current South American leg of his "Believe" world tour, probably in Brazil.
Friends of Bieber have since told TMZ the video took place at a home the singer was renting during his tour, and he fell asleep following an after-party. The footage was shot by a partygoer, not a prostitute.
On Saturday, the singer, 19, stormed off stage in Sao Paulo after a concertgoer hit him in the head with a water bottle. The following night, a topless male fan ambushed him at a show in Rio de Janeiro.
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At sunrise, Tempe Town Lake is a refuge for foraging great egrets unfurling their arctic-white wings as they glide over the water.
Their arched wings inspired the ivory-hued sails on a pedestrian bridge that shades the rubber dam on the lake's western end.
Tempe officials hope to mirror the winged theme in the design of its proposed $40.7 million hydraulically operated, steel-gate dam that could begin construction next fall.
Expected to be unlike any in Arizona, it will span 950 feet of what is now a rocky, arid stretch of the Salt River.
But questions remain: Will it work? Will it last? And is it worth the cost?
The design and steel construction are expected to be more stable and last 50 years, far longer than the rubber dam it will replace. But even though elements of the new dam are untested, Tempe is considering trying to save money by accepting a minimum warranty of two years.
But the city has a troubled past when it comes to innovative dam engineering and short-term warranties.
The original rubber dam, a technology that had never been tested in desert temperatures, had a 10-year warranty, but the city was told it would actually last more than 20 years. It began deteriorating in less than a decade under the blistering Arizona sun.
A months-long battle ensued between the city and the dam manufacturer over blame for the failing dam. An agreement was reached that would provide Tempe a loaner rubber dam that would buy the city time to research and pay for a permanent replacement.
The deal came too late.
On July 20, 2010, the day before the replacement work was to begin, the old dam failed, draining the lake and spurring a massive cleanup effort. A new dam was loaned to the city and installed three months later as the city turned its attention to a permanent solution.
The city considered several alternatives, including sticking with rubber, but ultimately chose the hydraulically-operated steel-gate dam for its reliability.
The Arizona Department of Water Resources, charged with non-federal dam safety, said that the city is contracting with a second engineering firm to independently review the novel hydraulic system that will raise and lower the steel-dam gates.
The state water department, unfamiliar with the technology, will consider the review before issuing Tempe a permit to start construction, said Michael Johnson, an assistant director and chief engineer with the water department.
"They're going to review it at the city's expense," Johnson said. "The way engineering works, it's not a criticism to give input. Everybody wants it to work."
The cost of the dam project has jumped by $5.3 million to $40.7 million since last year. And Tempe has estimated $32.7 million in maintenance costs over 50 years. Tempe Assistant City Manager Jeff Kulaga told the City Council at a September meeting that there's hope to shave costs off design or construction as the project progresses.
Fixing past mistakes
In 2006, seven years after the dam was installed, Tempe was warned that inspections showed that the lake's western rubber dam was deteriorating. The city and Bridgestone Industrial Products Inc., the original dam manufacturer, argued over who was to blame for failing to install a sprinklerlike structure that was to pour water over the rubber to protect it from sun damage and heat.
A settlement called for Bridgestone to lend Tempe the rubber dams to temporarily replace the original at virtually no cost.
When the dam failed in 2010, it spewed nearly 1 billion gallons of water into the Salt River bed. Then-Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman downplayed the infrastructure loss, but lauded the city's readiness to install the loaned dams.
Residents were appalled that the recreational haven for boating, kayaking and fishing became a smelly bog where swarms of flies feasted on rotting fish. Three months later, the dam was replaced with loaner rubber bladders, and the lake was refilled.
"It's a lot of lessons learned," said Joel Navarro, who joined the Tempe City Council after the rubber dam was purchased. "(Now) we're making sure we are covering all bases."
Paying for the lake
The steel dam on the 21/2-mile-long lake will cost about 11 times as much as the $3.6 million original western-end rubber dam.
In September, the council unanimously approved a $12.4 million contract to manufacture the steel-dam components off site. This month, the city is likely to approve an estimated $22 million construction contract to assemble the dam at the lake.
"It's steel, it's not rubber," said Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell, who did not serve on the council when the original rubber dam was purchased. "We feel really good about this one."
Tempe officials have tallied a net return on the lake investment at $557.5 million, according to a 2012 financial analysis that included sales tax revenue tied to the lake. There appears to be more financial benefit ahead for the city. In August, construction started on a 2 million-square-foot, $600 million development that is expected to dramatically change the Tempe skyline and boost the city's job market.
Yet critics say that the city has mishandled maintenance of the dam and development at the lake, and taxpayers have long carried the financial burden for private lake development.
Residents who spoke at budget and council meetings balked at the estimated $2 million annual lake maintenance-and-operations costs. Members of neighborhood associations have criticized the council's plan to issue bonds, which voters had approved for neighborhood-park improvements, for the new dam. Two longtime opponents of the lake argued against a council move in July that freed private lake-side developers from an agreement that would have required sharing the cost of the new dam with the city.
Engineering a new dam
Engineers have completed about 70 percent of the design and will spend the next few months customizing the new dam to fit Tempe Town Lake.
Kulaga said the engineering experts researched the design and found that it is larger than any existing steel-gate dam in the nation. State water-department officials could not confirm the statistic, but Johnson said he is unaware of any steel-gate dam in Arizona that comes close.
Tempe will install the steel dam about 100 feet west of the existing dam, so the lake will expand slightly. City engineers say the new dam will be in a wider part of the river channel, which will allow floodwaters to flow through despite the obstruction of additional concrete piers needed for the the steel dam.
Using the steel-gate technology as a primary dam structure is uncommon, Johnson said. Such barriers most often sit atop concrete dams, where smaller steel gates allow water to spill over, he said.
"If you go to Hoover Dam, those are the kinds of dams that normally have the same sort of (steel) gates on them," Johnson said.
At Tempe Town Lake, each of the eight gates will weigh 232,000 pounds, be 106 feet long and 17 feet high.
About 61,100 tons of concrete will be poured into the river bottom, creating a foundation to hold the dam, which will be mounted between two new river-bank abutments and seven concrete piers.
Sixteen hydraulic cylinders, each 27 feet long, will act as mechanical arms, raising and lowering the steel gates individually to allow for flows.
Johnson said state dam- safety officials are unfamiliar with the hydraulic system that would raise and lower the gates, allowing flows through the lake and into the riverbed downstream to the west.
"The dam will be operated by hydraulics ... and the hydraulics are very specialized," Johnson said. "They'll really be aspects of this project that do not exist in any other jurisdiction in the state."
An independent review of the hydraulic design is considered a critical safety component that involves questioning the design and brainstorming potential improvements.
"An engineer is only as good as his system of checks, and there's lots and lots of details in these kinds of things," Johnson said. "And it only takes one or two details not to be right."
The state water department was involved in selecting the review and main engineering design firms, Johnson said. State law charges the director of water resources with the safety of non-federal dams over a certain size, so department officials will have the final say on whether Tempe may move forward with its design or must first make modifications.
Still at risk?
At a Tempe City Council study session, Councilman Kolby Granville asked what would happen if one of the hydraulic arms or gates fails. Tempe engineer Andy Goh assured the council that each hydraulic cylinder contains three seals that monitor pressure to signal problems.
Johnson said that failure of one gate likely would bring less risk than failure of a bladder in a rubber dam.
"The likelihood of there being any sort of catastrophic failure of the dam is very much reduced," he said. "You'd have to have several of these gates experience problems at the same time."
As the original rubber dam began to deteriorate in 2006, city leaders lamented accepting a 10-year warranty when they were promised that the rubber bladders would last more than 20 years.
The city could be taking some of the same risks if it accepts a short-term warranty on the new structure.
Kulaga expects the city to decide on the warranty length by January, when the Phoenix plant will begin fabricating the steel gates.
"We are weighing the costs of that potential longer warranty against the cost of proper maintenance," Kulaga said.


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The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
This review has been reproduced courtesy of OF Blog of the Fallen. The review is by Larry and the original can be seen here - The Last Wish review - OF Blog of the Fallen.
For over four years, Andrzej Sapkowski has been one of those authors that has been dangled in front of me, mentioned in passing by Polish readers here and elsewhere, along with an occasional mention on a couple of non-English-language sites that I frequent on occasion. Maciek (Vanin) in particular has been one who has been singing his praises to me, even going so far as to post a link to a fan-translated story (one that was done with Sapkowski's blessing, I later learned). What I read was intriguing enough for me to want more. I looked into buying the Spanish-language editions, but the shipping costs (close to $25 per book) were too prohibitive for me to import from Spain and I never could find any available in American online stores. So I waited. And waited some more, fearing that Sapkowski might never be published in English translation. Until last year, when I heard that Gollancz, perhaps influenced by the upcoming The Witcher game (which stars the main character, Geralt, of most of Sapkowski's stories), agreed to publish some of Sapkowski's work in English translation for the UK market. The Last Wish is the first of those works to be published in English.
The Last Wish is a slender, 280 page collection of six loosely-connected stories and intervals starring Geralt. Originally released in 1993 in Poland as Ostatnie Zyczenie, The Last Wish contains some of the oldest of the Geralt tales, although it was not the first Geralt book released in Poland. It is, however, an excellent introduction to the character and to the type of story that Sapkowski apparently wants to tell.
Geralt is a Witcher, an altered human being who has enhanced eyesight, a quicker healing/recovery mechanism for his body, and supposedly immune to most of the normal human emotions (although some of his interactions with various characters belies this to some extent). As a Witcher, Geralt's task is to roam the countyside and towns, looking for and destroying true monsters. While this might sound like a perfect D&D-style adventure series, Sapkowski quickly shows a combination of a sly wit and a tendency to not just subvert these adventure tropes, but to twist them and spin them upon their head until they collapse, too dizzy to assert themselves in the story themes.
Although Geralt is trained as a killer and does have some impressive skills as a fighter, violence is not a staple of these stories. Rather, it appears to be that there are two overarching themes to these tales: overcoming first impressions and the notion that the truest monsters might have a comely appearance and be fair of speech. Geralt elaborates on this in one scene:
"People," Geralt turned his head, "like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their wives, starve an old woman, when they kill a trapped fox with an axe or riddle the last existing unicorn with arrows, they like to think that the Bane entering cottages at daybreak is more monstrous than they are. They feel better then. They find it easier to live."
Each of these stories have moments like this, moments where Geralt shows that his greatest strength is not in how fast he can decapitate a monster (although he does this on occasion) or how quickly he can evade an attack (these, too, occur on occasion), but rather in how he is able to take a keener look than his companions at what is truly at stake. There are moments of humor here, as when a monster, Nivellen, discovers that by being generous with his gold, he can get quite a few merchant's daughters for a bit more than the usual roll in the hay. How Geralt deals with Nivellen is one of the more humane and understanding stories that I've read in this genre of work, but I'll leave that story's conclusion to the gentle reader.
There are many elements of Slavic mythology, from various creatures that do not have exact analogues in Western mythologies to codes of behavior, that make this collection a bit more mysterious to me. I suspect there are a few elements that would be funny to a Polish or other Eastern European-reading audience but which might be taken more literally by the likes of me, born and raised on Western European and Southern mythologies. Perhaps this is the main reason why, despite selling over two million copies of his works in certain European countries, Sapkowski had to wait almost twenty years for the first English-language publication of his work. It is a shame that it has been this long, as I believe that there are enough elements in common that most fantasy readers in the English-speaking world can relate to and enjoy them to much the same degree as German and Spanish-speaking readers have enjoyed Sapkowski for years.
Summary: The Last Wish is a series of connected short stories that recount the adventures of a Witcher named Geralt. Told in third-person omniscient PoV, these tales take traditional fantasy adventure motifs and play with them in a parodical fashion on occasion. Highly recommended for those who like a mixture of humor and depth to their stories, especially to those who like Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett.
This The Last Wish book review was written by Floresiensis
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I forgot to say, I recommend this wonderful book to anyone who is a fan of fantasy and Tolkien and those who are not.
Philip from Serbia
I have to say, although some parts in that book were confusing, I still enjoyed it. An excellent combination of fantasy, dark humor and Slavic mythology, finally someone who can add something original. Great job, I just wish he could write more the Witcher novels, but I guess you can't have everything.
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Damascus couple plan fiber mill
January 25, 2012 —
Adam and Elizabeth Thumann plan to open a fiber mill in Calkins and sought a conditional-use permit from the Damascus Township Board on January 16.
The couple are leaving other career pursuits and turning to an agriculture-based style of life in which they will prepare raw wool from sheep and other fiber-producing animals for the production of roving and batts. They were seeking a permitted-use permit to conduct their business in a residential zone. "Light manufacturing is allowed in a residential zone if certain conditions are adhered to," said Ed Lagarenne, township zoning officer.
The supervisors approved the conditional-use permit but it came with a condition: "As long as the operation remains small, it's okay," said chairman Jeff Dexter. "If they are going to increase anything, they have to get permission from the Department of Environmental Protection and then come back to this board for another conditional- use permit."
"Our operation will be very small and will not use a lot of water or cause much waste water run-off," said Elizabeth. "The space for the operation is also very small and would not be conducive to any expansions."
The couple intends to work with local sheep farmers who need the operation to process the raw wool by cleaning it and creating batts and roving, which adds value to their product.
"There are a number of sheep raisers within our community," she said. "We don't have to go very far to service them. It's difficult for them to go far away to get this washing done. We're right here and that should be an advantage to them."
At the meeting of the supervisors, Thumanns' neighbors expressed concern that the production might cause problems with their water and with runoff.
"I did some research and found that wool processing uses chemicals," said Jeff Gullone. "I'm concerned with the environmental impact on homes in a residential zone. We also share a well with them. It is in the deed. The well is on their property and we're worried."
"We don't see any real problems that can't be solved," Adam said. "We would be willing to drill another well and even drill one on their property that they can use if there's a problem. Jeff and Maggie are good neighbors and we won't do anything they wouldn't like."


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So this is it, Colin and I have been hard at work this past Summer and Fall riding, filming, designing, prototyping, producing, and editing for Balhogs, our new fixed gear freestyle accessory company. We've Launched with one product, a down tube grip strip. It's designed for coasting on your fixed gear by taking your feet off the pedals and resting them securely on the grip strip. but stay tuned for a constant flow of new and unique products.


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Name: Ann Nastase Age: 88 Address: Blairsville, PA Died: Monday, January 07, 2013 at Keeper of the Flame Morewood,Blairsville, PABorn: February 18, 1924 Bairdstown, PAFather: Thomas NastaseMother: Mary (Bonnacci) NastaseChurch: SS Simon & Jude Church, Blairsville, PA.Work, Clubs & Organizations: A lifelong resident of Blairsville, Annoperated her own Notary Public business in Blairsville, for many years. Shehad been very active in several Blairsville civic organizations over theyears.SurvivorsSister - Lillian Scuccimarra, Blairsville, PASeveral Nieces & NephewsPreceded in death byFather - Thomas NastaseMother - Mary (Bonnacci) NastaseBrother - Thomas NastaseSister - Mary A. VannoyVisitation:In keeping with Ann's wishes, there will be no visitation.Funeral Mass:SS Simon & Jude Church on Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 10:00 AM. Fr.Chester J. Raimer will officiate. The James F. Ferguson Funeral Home,Blairsville, Pa. is handling the arrangements.Interment: SS Simon & Jude Cemetery Blairsville, Pennsylvaniawww.jamesfergusonfuneralhome.com
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Lessons of the Henrietta Lacks Story: Bioethics and Social Justice
Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 @ 1:45pm
Lessons of the Henrietta Lacks Story: Bioethics and Social Justice
Science and Social Justice Lecture presented by Dr. Dorothy Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights, University of Pennsylvania School of Law.
In this lecture, Dr. Dorothy Roberts will outline the social construction of race and expose the historical entanglements of scientific research with the idea of biological race. The legacies of medical exploration, experimentation and neglect based on the interlocking realities of race, gender, and class will be given special attention within the frames of bioethics and legal boundaries for conducting research. Attention will be given to the lessons that scientists can learn from the Henrietta Lacks story in addressing the issues of medical care, research, and ethics as shaped by social inequities.
This lecture is made possible with the support from Africana Studies program, American Studies Department, Biology Department, EOF/MAP program, Dr. Harley E. Flack Student Mentoring Program, History Department, and the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
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Deputy Defense Minister Emil Dimitriev met Friday with the outgoing and newly-appointed defense attaches of the United Kingdom to Macedonia - Colonel Philip Osment and Lieutenant Colonel Richard John Perry respectively - to discuss ways to resume the excellent cooperation, reforms implemented in the Defense Ministry and the Macedonian Army (ARM) and its contribution to international peacekeeping missions.
Dimitriev at the meeting expressed his gratitude for the support provided by the UK to Macedonia's integration bid into Euro-Atlantic structures and logistics support for ARM troops within ISAF forces in Afghanistan, MoD said in a press release.
The Deputy Minister said Macedonia was open for cooperation in all areas, including the possibility for using the Krivolak army base for training of the UK armed forces.


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Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, who quickly rose to national prominence as a leading advocate of tough border security and immigration enforcement and more recently gained attention as a sharp critic of President Barack Obama's administration over the "Fast and Furious" gun-smuggling scandal, announced Monday that he is considering running for Congress.
Babeu is the first Republican to announce that he may run in a redrawn district that is expected to cover most of rural western Arizona and is expected to heavily favor Republicans. The congressional map is being redrawn as part of the decennial redistricting process.
Babeu said Monday that he has created an exploratory committee, allowing him to raise and spend money for a possible run in the revamped District 4, where no incumbent has announced plans to run.
Babeu then immediately hit the local media circuit, making appearances on several television and radio news shows, where he continued to blast the Obama administration over the Fast and Furious scandal, border security, high unemployment and the weak economy.
"He's really concerned about the future of the country and the direction of the country right now and the trust that has been broken between the people and the government in Washington, D.C.," said Chris DeRose, who is leading Babeu's exploratory committee.
His formation of an exploratory committee does not come as a surprise. For months, his name has circulated as a possible congressional candidate.
DeRose said Babeu plans to announce in January whether he will run.
By waiting until after Jan. 1, Babeu, who was elected sheriff in 2008, would not have to give up his post to run for Congress under Arizona's resign-to-run law, said Matthew Roberts, a spokesman for the Arizona Secretary of State's Office.
Babeu's announcement comes less than three weeks after the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission adopted a draft of the state's 2012 election map, including the addition of a ninth congressional district, which will be created to reflect the state's population growth.
The commission is still taking public comment on the map, which is not final.
The district in which Babeu is exploring a run includes parts of at least six current districts. It covers the northern part of Pinal County, wraps around the Valley and sprawls across most of western Arizona.
U.S. Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., lives in the district as it is currently drawn. Schweikert, however, has already said he will run in the proposed district that includes Scottsdale and Paradise Valley.
Should Babeu decide to run, he would be a "formidable" candidate because of his early entry and his statewide name recognition - even if he is mostly associated with a single issue, said Bruce Merrill, a political expert and professor emeritus at Arizona State University.
"First out of the blocks and high name recognition with a very important issue puts him in pretty good stead," Merrill said.
The challenge will be Babeu's ability to raise money for a successful campaign, which Merrill estimated will cost between $1 million and $1.5 million.
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Contextual inquiry
Contextual inquiry (CI) is a user-centered design (UCD) research method, part of the Contextual Design methodology. A contextual inquiry interview is usually structured as an approximately two-hour, one-on-one interaction in which the researcher watches the user do their normal activities and discusses what they see with the user.
Contextual inquiry defines four principles to guide the interaction:
- Context—Interviews are conducted in the user's actual workplace. The researcher watches users do their own work tasks and discusses any artifacts they generate or use with them. In addition, the researcher gathers detailed re-tellings of specific past events when they are relevant to the project focus.
- Partnership—User and researcher collaborate to understand the user's work. The interview alternates between observing the user as they work and discussing what the user did and why.
- Interpretation—The researcher shares their interpretations and insights with the user during the interview. The user may expand or correct the researcher's understanding.
- Focus—The researcher steers the interaction towards topics which are relevant to the team's scope.
If specific tasks are important, the user may be asked to perform those tasks.
A contextual interview generally has three phases, which may not be formally separated in the interview itself:
- The introduction—The researcher introduces him or herself and shares their design focus. They may request permission to record and start recording. They promise confidentiality to the user. They solicit a high-level overview of the user's work. They agree with the user on the specific tasks the user will work on during the interview.
- The body of the interview—The researcher observes the work and discusses what they see. They take notes, usually handwritten of everything that happens.
- The wrap-up—The researcher summarizes what they learned from the interview, offering the user a chance to give final corrections and clarifications.
Before a contextual inquiry, user visits must be set up. The users selected must be doing work of interest currently, must be able to have the researcher come into their workplace (wherever it is), and should represent a wide range of different types of users. A contextual inquiry may gather data from as few as 4 users (for a single, small task) to 30 or more.
Following a contextual inquiry field interview, the method defines interpretation sessions as a way to analyze the data. In an interpretation session, 3-8 team members gather to hear the researcher re-tell the story of the interview in order. As the interview is re-told, the team add individual insights and facts as notes. They also may capture representations of the user's activities as work models (defined in the Contextual design methodology). The notes may be organized using an affinity diagram. Many teams use the contextual data to generate in-depth personas.
Contextual inquiries may be conducted to understand the needs of a market and to scope the opportunities. They may be conducted to understand the work of specific roles or tasks, to learn the responsibilities and structure of the role. Or they may be narrowly focused on specific tasks, to learn the details necessary to support that task.
Contextual inquiry offers the following advantages over other customer research methods:
- The open-ended nature of the interaction makes it possible to reveal tacit knowledge, knowledge about their own work process that users themselves are not consciously aware of. Tacit knowledge has traditionally been very hard for researchers to uncover.
- The information produced by contextual inquiry is highly reliable. Surveys and questionnaires assume the questions they include are important. Traditional usability tests assume the tasks the user is asked to perform are relevant. Contextual inquiries focus on the work users need to accomplish, done their way—so it is always relevant to the user. And because it's their own work, the users are more committed to it than they would be to a sample task.
- The information produced by contextual inquiry is highly detailed. Marketing methods such as surveys produce high-level information but not the detailed work practice data needed to design products. It is very difficult to get this level of detail any other way.
- Contextual inquiry is a very flexible technique. Contextual inquiries have been conducted in homes, offices, operating theaters, automobiles, factory floors, construction sites, maintenance tunnels, and chip fabrication labs, among many other places.
Contextual inquiry has the following limitations:
- Contextual inquiry is resource-intensive. It requires travel to the informant's site, a few hours with each user, and then a few more hours to interpret the results of the interview.
History of the method[edit]
Contextual inquiry was first referenced as a "phenomenological research method" in a paper by Whiteside, Bennet, and Holtzblatt in 1988,[1] which lays out much of the justification for using qualitative research methods in design. It was first fully described as a method in its own right by Wixon, Holtzblatt, and Knox in 1990,[2] where comparisons with other research methods are offered. It is most fully described by Holtzblatt and Beyer in 1995.[3]
Contextual Inquiry was extended to the full Contextual Design methodology by Beyer and Holtzblatt between 1988 and 1992. Contextual Design was briefly described by them for Communications of the ACM in 1995,[3] and was fully described in Contextual Design in 1997.[4]
Work models as a way of capturing representations of user work during interpretation sessions were first briefly described by Beyer and Holtzblatt in 1993[5] and then more fully in 1995.[6]
See also[edit]
- ^ J. Whiteside, J. Bennett, and K. Holtzblatt, "Usability Engineering: Our Experience and Evolution," Handbook of Human Computer Interaction, M. Helander (Ed.). New York: North Holland, 1988.
- ^ D. Wixon, K. Holtzblatt, and S. Knox, "Contextual Design: An Emergent View of System Design," in Proceedings of CHI '90: Conference of Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1990. Seattle, WA.
- ^ a b Beyer, H. and Holtzblatt, K. "Apprenticing with the Customer," Communications of the ACM, May 1995.
- ^ Beyer, H. and Holtzblatt, K., Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., San Francisco (1997).
- ^ K. Holtzblatt and H. Beyer, "Making Customer-Centered Design Work for Teams," Communications of the ACM, October 1993.
- ^ K. Holtzblatt and H. Beyer, "Representing work for the Purpose of Design," in Representations of Work, HICSS Monograph (Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences), January 1994. Lucy Suchman, Editor.
Additional Reading[edit]
- S. Jones, Learning DECwrite in the Workplace; Using Contextual Inquiry to Articulate Learning. Internal Digital Report: DEC-TR 677, December 1989.
- An early use of CI to analyze the use of a software product.
- L. Cohen, Quality Function Deployment: How to Make QFD Work for You. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Massachusetts, 1995.
- Discusses the use of CI in Quality Function Deployment
- D. Wixon and J. Ramey (Eds.), Field Methods Case Book for Product Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY, NY, 1996.
- This book describes the experience of several different practitioners using field methods. Several people who have used Contextual Inquiry and Contextual Design have written chapters describing their experiences. This is a good resource for anyone wanting to adopt customer-centered methods in their own organization. It includes a chapter by Holtzblatt and Beyer describing the whole Contextual Design process.
- Nardi, B. Context and Consciousness : Activity Theory and Human-Computer Interaction. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, Cambridge, MA, USA ©1995
- Activity theory provides the theoretic motivation for ethnographic research.


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The class required students to dedicate two hours during spring term, working alongside members of the maintenance staff. Some volunteered early in the term and planted seeds, raised under grow lights, to seedling stage. Others volunteered later in the term and planted the seedlings and seed directly in the organic garden, which is part of a College sustainability project. Still others planted bedding plants around the campus buildings, removed sod to increase the size of the vegetable garden and weeded.
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"I didn't realize the amount of work they did and the diversity of the work they do around campus, including the garden," Chennell, said. "I used to think that different people do different things, but I realize now that they're all the same people. They're very knowledgeable."
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Together, the maintenance staff and students put together a garden that will continue to produce vegetables.
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I have given the function and it asks me to indicate the points of inflection and where the function is concave up(CU) or concave down(CD);
I proceded with the first derivative f'(x)=e^(13x)*x(13x+2),
- the second f"(x)=e^(13x)*[169x^(2)+52x+2],
since e^x is never 0, this one gives me[169x^(2)+52x+2]=0 for x=[-(52)+(sqrt(1352))]/(2*169) and x=[-(52)-(sqrt(1352))]/(2*169);
it bugs that those points are quite bizarre and on all the intervals the function gives me CU, does that mean that I don't have inflection points here, I might have mistaken something...
Just one question -
do we have to evaluate the second derivative on the first derivative's critical points; I have seen the examples where we find the critical points for the second derivative and evaluate it on them.... I'm confused...
The steps are as under:
Step 1. find the derivative f'(x)
Step-2. Equate f'(x) = 0 and solve. These are the values of x where the function may have a maxima ( CD) or Minima ( CU)
Step 3. Find f"(x)
Step 4. Find the value of f"(x) for the values of x found in step 2.
step 5. The values of x for which f"(x) is < 0 the function will have a maxima ( CD) and the values of x for which f"(x) > 0 the function will have a minima ( CU).
Step 6. If one is to find the maximum or minimum value then we have to evaluate f(x) at those values of x [ Step - 2 ]
but well, I have to find the 2 points(A and B) of inflection and whether the function is CU or CD on the intervals (-Inf, A), (A, B), (B, Inf) ,
and I found the critical points for the second derivative: x=-0.045060495(B) and x=-0.262631812 (A),
finally, the function would be CU -> CD -> CU
The answers are correct as I found them, thanks for help... though the previous advises weren't quite precise
hallsofivy, I thought I was pretty clear in my first post, but I'm especially thankful for your critical posts, I like them!