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1/25/2013 8:05:48 PM Windows 8 Beginner 1 By Richard Rost Do you need to learn Windows 8? Whether you've recently purchased a new PC with Windows 8 on it, or you have a little experience with older versions of Windows, or you just want to see what the new features of Windows 8 are, this class is for you. - History & Versions of Windows - What's New in Windows 8 - The New Start Menu - Windows Modern Interface - Apps & Programs - Configuring Windows 8 - PC Settings, Control Panel - Customizing Windows 8 - Virus Scan, Firewall, SecurityClick here for more information on Windows 8 Beginner Level 1, including a course outline, sample videos, and more.
Permanent Link Course Link: Windows 8 Beginner 1 Keywords: windows 8 Page Tag: whatsnew Post Reply Is a Windows 10 tutorial coming SOON Comment from Charlotte K @ 12/13/2015 I up graded from windows 7 to windows 10.Would the windows 8 lesson help me with windows 10?Reply from Alex Hedley:There are a number of changes in Win10 that would need covered again. Show Just This Thread Post Reply Is a Windows 10 tutorial coming SOON Comment from Doris Rosenhaus @ 10/20/2015 Is a Windows 10 tutorial coming SOON?Reply from Alex Hedley:Hopefully there should be one in the near future. Show Just This Thread Post Reply Will the Classic Shell work for Windows 10 Thank Comment from Doris Rosenhaus @ 10/20/2015 Will the Classic Shell work for Windows 10?Thank you,DorisReply from Alex Hedley:Did they not bring back the start menu in 8.1? Show Just This Thread Post Reply Comment from musa Tanko Abdullahi @ 10/19/2015 I have appreciated this video and I learn a lot on it Show Just This Thread Post Reply MAP App Comment from Simplice @ 2/21/2015 You are right I use window 8.1. Show Just This Thread Post Reply MAP App Comment from SIMPLICE ZIRIGA @ 2/20/2015 when I am in the MAP App in window8 I do not have the icons you have for the training. I have Add a pin, Traffic, My location and Pin to start at the bottom and at the top just MAP and FAVORITES. Why my window 8 is different than yours?Reply from Alex Hedley:Could you be on the newer version, 8.1?I'm still behind the times and on Win7 so can't check Show Just This Thread Post Reply Right Click Issues Comment from James Ray @ 1/25/2015 Lesson 3 06:31 - Help, when I right click on the background of the Start screen I don't get "All Apps". What I get is "Name Groups". And when I swipe up, I get "Customize". So What am I doing wrong?Reply from Alex Hedley:I'm a Mac user or Win7 on my Laptop, can anyone else help? Show Just This Thread Post Reply Windows 8 1 Comment from peter @ 11/28/2014 When i got my new computer i purchased windows 8 level 1. I upgraded to windows 8.1 and i wanted to know if that lesson will suffice because i would like to get lesson 2 when it becomes available.Reply from Alex Hedley:Rich is in the middle or updating the Windows classes to be 8.1 ready Show Just This Thread Post Reply What about Windows ME Mistake Edition Who was it Comment from Zachary Pope @ 7/31/2014 What about Windows ME (Mistake Edition) Who was it geared towards and what was Microsoft thinking?Reply from Richard Rost:Let's not talk about that version. :) Show Just This Thread Post Reply the next level Comment from peter tacon @ 6/12/2014 Windows 8 level 1 was a great introductory course . When do you intend to go to the next level?Reply from Richard Rost:Very soon. I'm working on some new Office 2013 lessons right now. Windows 8 Level 2 should be out soon. I'll let everyone know when it's available. It's actually #2 on the Waiting List right now. Show Just This Thread Post Reply Windows 8 Beginner 1 Comment from Sharon @ 5/21/2014 The best course I have EVER taken!!! There was not one thing that I did not understand after you explained it. I want some more!!!!Thank you sooooo much! Show Just This Thread Post Reply Windows 8 Beginner 1 Comment from Betty Lang @ 5/3/2014 The course was just great!Love classic shell and my new 'old' start menu! Can't wait for the next course. Show Just This Thread Post Reply Comment from Betty Lang @ 5/2/2014 Really like the old xp start,so thanx so much for showing how to get it! Still have my old windows lessons on a disk-from 9 or 10 years ago,but the language has changed a lot,so your new lessons are just great.Am going to download shell tonight! Show Just This Thread Post Reply Windows 8 1 Comment from Peggie Sutterer @ 3/24/2014 You commented back in October 13 you were going to be working on windows 8.1 what is up with that? I just got new computer upgraded the installed 8 to 8.1.Reply from Richard Rost:Still in the works. Finishing up an Access Seminar right now. Windows 8.1 will be coming as soon as I can - lots of demand for it, so it's high on the priority list. Show Just This Thread Post Reply Comment from Wallace Coflin @ 3/14/2014 hi rickthis is the first time i have really enjoyed lessons. i can actually Understand the work your way of handling a lesson is relaxing to listen to. I look forwaqrd to the odther lessons. Wallace( whitey) Show Just This Thread Post Reply Comment from James Gray @ 2/21/2014 Rick,How do I go about taking my contacts from my IPhone to the Mail App? I have had trouble trying to back up all my contacts(over 250) from my phone. I would also like to upload them to my adroid phone but haven't found a way to do that. Show Just This Thread Post Reply Comment from Robert Maddox @ 1/9/2014 For many years I have been using Symantic Norton Internet & Utilities allowing it to scan & repair PC each night. Sounds like Windows 8 Defender is a good product. However, will Windows 8 also scan, defrag, clean & repair registry, etc. on a pre-scheduled basis? Show Just This Thread Post Reply Comment from lwm @ 10/24/2013 I used the Windows 8 tutorial on Youtube and found it very helpful. Far superior to the useless tutorials produced by Mocrosoft. I ordered the downloaded version, the handbook, and I gave your website address to a couple co workers. Great job! thank you Show Just This Thread Post Reply Windows 8.1 Comment from Fred Gordon @ 10/20/2013 I have upgraded to 8.1 and am having trouble finding "user" option under settings to change my account...is there a 8.1 video out yet?12:04Reply from Richard Rost:Fred, I have not installed 8.1 yet. I've read that there are a lot of bugs with it, and I'm going to be busy with Access tutorials for the next couple of weeks. I plan to dive into 8.1 in November. Show Just This Thread Post Reply Locked out of PC Comment from Mubeezi M @ 10/14/2013 Dear Richard,Thank you for your advice. I think there is a bug here.The same password doesn't work on the first attempt and it works when you try to enter it again. I have created 2 more accounts on he computer after signing in (I am using it now).One thing to note is that when I was setting up the laptop for the first time, I selected a keyboard of "United Kingdom", I also used "Express Settings" when I was configuring my account. With the express settings, a LOCAL account was created.I hope someone else can reproduce this problem.MICAH Show Just This Thread Post Reply Locked out of PC Comment from MUBEEZI MICAH @ 10/12/2013 Dear Richard,I just bought an HP envy 4-1117nr. It had Windows 8 pre-installed. Everything worked OK to set up my account. I even activated my Norton anti virus. Upon restart, it tells me my password is incorrect. I am locked out now. I have done a google search with no real helpful solution although many people have encountered the same problem. What can I do?MICAHReply from Richard Rost:Make sure CAPS LOCK isn't on - or perhaps it was when you entered your password the first time.Beyond that, you might just have to reboot into system recovery mode and reinstall Windows. Sucks, but that's what happens when your password doesn't work. Sorry I don't have a better solution for you. Show Just This Thread Post Reply window 8 Comment from ann gatcomb @ 10/5/2013 I was ready to give up and I came across your class. YOU have a new follower forever Good instructions easy to follow and understand ....... Show Just This Thread Post Reply Windows 8 Comment from Tom Lehmann @ 8/26/2013 Hi Richard,I just finished your tutorial for windows 8. Wow, I went from major dislike of windows 8 to loving it after your course. I wish it was built into my machine when I bought it or an App.Thanks so much I will keep you in mind on other training. Also I lived in Buffalo until I was 18 so I know how you feel about winter. I now live in Florida. TomReply from Richard Rost:Thanks, Tom. Yes, once you configure Windows 8 to NOT look like Windows 8 anymore, it really is a great OS. I know what you mean about Florida. The wife and I are thinking about it ourselves. :) Show Just This Thread Post Reply Windows 8 Lessons Comment from Kevin Wratt @ 8/17/2013 Hi, Richard, I have just reviewed your Win 8 Lessons - fantastic, very well presented, and very clear easily followed.Thanks very much, I have just setup Win8 on an ex XP computer for a couple who are in their 70's and have referred your lessons to them. Thanks from the land of the Kiwi - NZReply from Richard Rost:Thanks. Glad you enjoyed. Show Just This Thread Post Reply linux under windows 8 Comment from Alex Hedley @ 5/31/2013 Do you have a virtual machine?You could usehttps://www.virtualbox.org/And install the os on thatOr partition and dual boot Show Just This Thread Post Reply linux under windows 8 Comment from brian @ 5/30/2013 Hell, is there any way possible i can install linux fedora with window 8, everyone online believe it is nearly impossible. If it is possible, how should i go about installing linux under windows 8Reply from Richard Rost:I can't help you with this one. My Linux experience is limited. Show Just This Thread Post Reply you are a talented teacher Comment from Brian D @ 5/25/2013 HI RichardMany thanks, you are a talented teacher. I recently purchased a new computer & Windows 8 left me flummoxed. then thankfully i found your website and was saved. I am actually quite enjoying win 8 (I know i should not say that).I still have issues of course & am waiting for the "BLUE" upgrade before I look for a start button.In some ways that has helped . I just watch your lessons.I look forward to your next lessons. once again many thanksRegardsBrianReply from Richard Rost:Thank you, Brian. Show Just This Thread Post Reply transitioning from Windows XP Comment from Mike Bent @ 4/16/2013 I have used computers since 1969. I am transitioning from Windows XP and this course is making the transition smoother and faster than I thought it would. I am looking forward to Level 2.Reply from Richard Rost:You're very welcome. I'm glad you're enjoying it. Show Just This Thread Post Reply Windows 7 and Vista Comment from Rubens Dorival @ 4/5/2013 Hi Rick.what is a difrence between windows 7 and windows vistaReply from Richard Rost:They're just different versions of Windows. Vista was a train wreck (lots of problems). Windows 7 is my favorite to date. Windows 8 has a lot of great enhancements under the hood, but I hate the new Modern interface. Show Just This Thread Post Reply This is great Comment from Lynn Dorris @ 3/31/2013 This is great. Very well done. Beats getting it out of books and it's faster too Show Just This Thread Post Reply Purchase updates Comment from carlton witmore @ 3/28/2013 I had to download google crome to take mywriting lab and since then the computer always goes to desktop mode. I had print problems 1st fix went to print spooler and deselected and selected the printer the next time had to download a driver tool now it would like me to purchace updates. is this common and is there an esier solotion. can't seem to clear printer errors. I didn't see this on a video but was wondering.Reply from Richard Rost:You have a program that says it's a printer driver and it's asking you to purchase updates? That sounds fishy to me. Printer companies don't usually charge for driver updates. There are a lot of SCAM programs out there that give false reports of viruses on your PC, or report fake "problems" and then offer to sell you the solution. You might have one of those. Show Just This Thread Post Reply Windows Defender Comment from babeki bababeki @ 3/18/2013 Hi Richard,I'm very happy with the overview of the all course with out it could not know what to do or where to start,very good idea and i hope i will need more course in near future you are a talent person.There is few point i did get it but i will look the video again and question will be ask but in meantime i would like to know how can i put the recycle bin in my desk top.Also i did install kaspersky internet security on my new laptop with window 8buy going throughout course 10 you are talking about window defender, do i need kaspesky ?or window defender is enough.This is the message in my laptop "window defender has been turn off isn't monitoring your laptop " how can i turn it on?Thisame problem with firewell i'm getting this message "these setting are being managed by vendor application kaspersky inetnet security 2013 "please advise what to do. Reply from Richard Rost:Defender is enough. You don't really need a 3rd-party virus program. Show Just This Thread Post Reply Testimonial Comment from Paul Wade @ 3/9/2013 I've been disabled since 2000 and I am a CPA by profession. The point is that I've been out of the loop for some time and needed to upgrade my computer of 12 years. I now have a Windows 8 computer and making every effort to learn or relearn the systems. Now, lets set me aside. I watched the Windows 8 series of 12 videos taught by Richard Rost. In my 30 years as a CPA I've taken more than 2,000 hours of continuing education courses. Nothing I took as a CPA was not as straight forward, well thought out and conducted in both a professional and a personal manner.I highly recommend the 599CD as a learning tool. Its that good! Paul, OKReply from Richard Rost:Thanks, Paul! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Show Just This Thread Post Reply Still get to Start Menu Comment from guy perreault @ 3/2/2013 I would like to know if we still have acces to the start menu windows8 in the left corner once we import the window 7 button? (ref. custom changes)Thank you and have a nice day. Reply from Richard Rost:Yes. I like to hit WIN-C to bring up the Charms Bar and then click on the Start Button icon right in the middle of it. I almost never use the Start Menu though, personally. Show Just This Thread Post Reply Am enjoying your Win 8 class Comment from Doris Rosenhaus @ 3/2/2013 Am enjoying your Win 8 class, though I admit I dislike Win 8, period.The USB 3.0 port on my new computer will not read my flash drive from my older XP machine. Is there a special flash drive for a USB 3.0? Confusing.Thank you,DorisReply from Richard Rost:USB 3 is supposed to be fully backward compatible with older versions. I'd have to see it to tell you why it won't read. Are you sure the port is good? Show Just This Thread Post Reply Downgrade to Win 7 Comment from Doris Rosenhaus @ 2/21/2013 Help! It seems that one cannot downgrade to Windows 7! I just bought a new computer, with Win 8 of course, and tried to install Win 7. Impossible. Hoping my son (a nerd) can help me.Thanks, DorisReply from Richard Rost:The only way you can do this is to REFORMAT the drive and install a FRESH copy of Windows 7. However, I wouldn't go that far. Once you go through the tricks in my Windows 8 class, you can make it look and function pretty much like Windows 7 did. You almost NEVER have to see the new Start Menu and Tiles. Under the hood, Windows 8 really is MUCH better (functionally) than any previous version of Windows was. I don't recommend downgrading. Show Just This Thread Post Reply Comment from Al McKillop @ 2/11/2013 clearly presented &very informative Show Just This Thread Post Reply Windows 8 Beginner 1 Comment from Cathy @ 2/11/2013 Just finished the Windows 8 course - OUTSTANDING!! Recommend to anyone who wants to just dive in - great customization in the tutorial - love the start button and desktop options! Make your transition to 8 fun not frustrating - order it now!Reply from Richard Rost:Thanks, Cathy. Show Just This Thread Post Reply Comment from Patty @ 2/10/2013 Love Google too. Just got a Motorola Razr HD. Great with Google calendar, email,search. thanks for "Rick's Picks" info. Show Just This Thread Post Reply Comment from Cathy Jachym @ 2/9/2013 do I need to buy additional antivirus software for windows 8? Show Just This Thread Post Reply Comment from Garry Smith @ 1/31/2013 love the classic shell Show Just This Thread Post Reply Windows 8 Beginner 1 Comment from Steve Cousins @ 1/30/2013 Hey Richard,This is great and I like how you have give a overview of the changes through the version of Windows to todays Win8. I'll be order some cd's for my some of my staff and friends as this will be a great overview of what to expect in the changes from previous version which like you I hope Microsoft puts back the start button as I already see a major load of question about that alone when we start to deploy Win8 which I hope is a ways out as I just got my copy today to start testing on one of my home PC. That's where I do a lot of my testing and learning as it makes it easier and without messing up my office PC's which are running older Application and now with Apps that's going to be a big change alone to handle. Be sending you something soon and thanks again for all your great work. God Bless...Steve Show Just This Thread Post Reply Add Your Comments or Subscribe If you just want to subscribe to get email updates when the News is updated, then enter your name and email address and check the Notify Me box below. If you would optionally like to add your comments below to be posted, they are welcome. 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Today was our first day of work. When we first arrived at the Young Boys and Girls Club, we were split into groups by campus and learned "PT" which is a warm up activity that we do before we start the day. After warm up our groups partook in various activities such as stripping the walls, sanding peices of wood to be posted on the gates outside, and painting the stripped walls. Our group was responsible for sanding wood, stripping wood, and painting. It was a long and fun day where we interacted with the youth of the Boys and Girls Club and we are looking foward towards tomorrow.
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Aug 28, 2012
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Red House Hostel
We arrived at St. Petersburg at 5:20am which is half an hour earlier than scheduled. To make things worse, we have lost an hour from crossing one time zone; Not surprised at all, we were all exhausted when we got off the coach. Vincent (The Canadian we met on the coach) departed to look for a phone to call his friend to pick him up. We set our bearing then head towards the Red House Hostel.
It was a very cold morning (for summer standard) but at least it wasn't raining. It took us roughly half an hour to reach our hostel. Everything was not easy when it comes to Cyrillic. We waited outside the hostel for almost 20 minutes before a guy came out apologetically saying he was aslept. Well, that's understandable, it's only 6-ish in the morning...... Since someone was sleeping on the only sofa in the common room, we rested in the kitchen where we had our breakfast and power-naps. We finally set off at about half 10, first to get the 700 USD from Jacky to change for Rubles which were then shared between Geoffrey, Jacky and me. Chong Jin changed 300 USD. That was our very first attempt in speaking Russian phases, "Hello, do you speak English?", " Thanks." etc. It was luck enough to have a senior staff who worked in Denmark for a few years and can speak fluent English to help us sort out the change!! Afterwards, we tried to find ourselves mobile sim cards without success. In a serendipity, we found a tourist information where we obtained plenty info for mobile and restaurant information.
There was an extravagant-looking snack shop along Nevskiy pr. The interior was so classic and despite of having just arrived, felt so Russian. They sold oysters (in an aquarium), sweets, chocolates and various other snacks. The Church of Resurrection (Church of Spilled Blood) is perhaps the most magnificent orthodox church in St. Petersburg. You need to pay to enter though and we thought we should reserve that for the St. Basil's in Moscow.
We strolled along the Kutuzovskaya naberezhnaya and met a newly wedded Russian couple. They offered us some cups of sparkling wine to celebrate and dramatically we ended up with a whole bottle (unopened). We were pleasantly shocked. It was such a warm welcome by the Russians on the day of arrival :D
At about noon, we arrived at the Petropavlovskaya Krepost'. We strolled around the interior and purchased student tickets for several of the architecture. (It seemed that there were ceremonies on that day to commemorate something, unfortunately everything was in Russian and we had no idea what exactly was going on. Out best guess is the death of Tsar Nicholas II and his family members as 17th July was the day of his murder at Yekaterinburg.)
We had dinner on the other side of the city as that's apparently where most restaurants were located. Those were some small portions but at a reasonable price, then we went to a supermarket before heading back to our hostel. It seems that Russian fast food stores all operated in this way. You walk in, grab a plate, point to whatever food you want and they will be charged separately. They tend to specify the weight of food (in grams/ml, sometimes adjust according with a balance) you should expect for that price. So we managed to survive the trip without starving to death. It also helped a lot to have learnt reading the Cryillic alphabet, not even need to know the meaning, just the pronunciation is often sufficient.
Marco + Jacky
18 July
We left for the Summer Palace in the morning at about half 9, and got in at about half 11 (You need to queue!! Go earlier). Students are free irrespective of the nationality! Unluckily Chong Jin didn't manage to keep his student card as he was too honest in front of the tutorial officer at the college, so he had to pay the full adult price of 250 Rubles. In addition, a camera-pass costed him another 200 Rubles. (By the way, they don't count mobile phone camera as camera.)
The visit ended itself at about half 1 in the afternoon and we then had lunch in a McDonald's (Mediocre, yes, but we were starving). We went to the central post office to send off our postcards, which took us ages to do since everything was in Russian (not surprising). We waited until someone collecting a "waiting-voucher" before we could ask her to get us one. Later on, she found that we should actually go to the central part of the lobby which was for selling stamps... With a little bit of struggling, we got our stamps! Each postcard costs 23.1 Rubles to send.
After that, we went for dinner at another local fast food restaurant. We hurried back to hostel in rain. We set off for the train to Moscow at 745pm. We reached the station easily, but when we looked at the departure table, it had at least 40 services listed on the board and the platforms were not given clearly but instead with a list/sequence of numbers. Later I found that there's a proper concourse further into the station. That was the best and grandest one we have seen(across our entire trip), on one side of the concourse it has the train network map for the entire Russia which is really magnificant. We waited there for about half an hour, then the platform number appeared.
We headed to the train quickly and waited for the train to arrive. Upon its arrival, the national anthem was played. The quality of the train was very good for the 3rd class, but this is a service between the two biggest and richest cities in Russia afterall. It would be wonderful if the trains for the rest of the journey have this standard :) The main light was dimmed at about 1130pm so that we could finally sleep...


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Thursday, November 4, 2010
Georgia Tech's 5 Biggest Upsets of the Last 5 Seasons
The Jackets are 13 point underdog in Blacksburg in a game that could decide the Coastal Division. Upsetting the Hokies would be quite a task, but Tech has had some big upsets before. Lets look back at the Yellow Jackets top five upsets over the past five seasons.
5. Georgia Tech (+6) at Boston College Sept 6, 2008
Tech was only a six point underdog in Chesnut Hill, but being Paul Johnson's first ACC game and a road one at the defending Atlantic Division champions there was certainly apprehension about whether the spread option could really work in the ACC. The Jackets had three fumbles in the first half but their defense (yes, the defense) kept them close. In the 4th quarter, Jonathan Dwyer ripped off a 43 yard run on a freeze option play to give Tech the go ahead score. The win gave the team and fans confidence this offense could win in the ACC.
4. Georgia Tech (+10) at Virginia Tech Sept 30, 2006
Read more of my article about Tech's biggest upsets at ChuckOliver.net
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Well the game is over and what a game it was. GT won against the spread, but the ball game went to VT. Honestly, I was more nervous about the GT game than anyone else on our regular season schedule.
If Nesbitt hadn't gone out, I'm not sure the Hokies would have been able to beat them. They (GT) came out playing some of the best football I've seen them play this season and the Hokies were fortunate to come out of tonight with a win.I'm hoping things will work out for FSU to play in the title game because (assuming VT does get there), we've played NC State already and a rematch is less fun for us as fans plus there's the possibility of a let down where you feel like you've already beat them and don't quite get the mental prep done you would for a new opponent.
And I feel bad for GT losing Nesbitt for his senior season. Though the backup looked talented and may run it nearly as well after a little experience.


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Lol at destro locks! Hunters are probably the second best class to counter destro locks in arena next to warrs.
No sane Warlock would try to Chaos Bolt a hunter, you save those embers for healing and just whittle him down. Destro Locks do beat hunters 1v1, but it's a close fight, nothing like how badly hunters mess up mages. But it doesn't matter, because beating a hunter 1v1 as a lock requires using tactics that don't work in arena. Similar to how warlocks can kill any melee 1v1 (except blood DK's) while kiting with shivarra, which will never work in arena.
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im a hunter and this thread makes me happy...*thumbs up
but i remember the time when hunter's were the second most played class in wow yet were one of the least represented classes in 2k+ pvp. So now that we can compete on a larger scale we need to get nerfed? I don't quantify that as being being op and every1 knows that classes arent balanced around 1v1.
No they were completely gimped with this restriction before but I feel something needs to be done, I think they maybe need to hit some of the cc/root and slows they have. I'm almost always unable to do stuff while hunters are around as a melee. Playing Frost DK currently and it was just constant root, freeze, stun, slowed, disengage if I can get to him. I just really feel it's not possible without a healer present.
I suppose it isn't just hunters though really. There are just to many cc's and slows going around right now.
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Removing minimum range was really stupid - Casters could get interrupted, hunters can't. Hunters also have zero dps loss from moving
The arrow would be significantly more effective at point blank range than at its normal range. It carries more momentum and you can't miss.
In fantasy arrows gain speed as they go through the air? I guess goblins might strap rockets to them.
Multiple reasons, and it actually happened in stages.
Stage 1: Hunters initially had a true dead zone, where they literally could not attack. Minimum range was 8 yards, and max melee range was 5 yards. Skilled casters could ride that dead zone and be untouchable.
Stage 2: This gap was closed, meaning we could always use some of our abilities, even if it was just Raptor Strike and Wing Clip.
Stage 3: When the Ranged/Trinket slot was removed from all classes, so was our ability to wield a melee weapon, as our Ranged slot simply became the Primary Weapon slot. With no melee moves and no weapon, Blizzard felt that complete removal of the dead zone was necessary.
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Depending on talents, Hunters can lose DPS while moving. However, that's not the primary point. The primary point is no other ranged class has a range at which they deal literally 0 damage. Making hunters the only class with that dead zone would be incredibly unbalanced.
And yes, I know, the pet. Pet damage is still the smaller part of our DPS.
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What is the main weakness of hunters now?
Can't be interrupted.
Can't be silenced.
Can't be caught in a deadzone.
Deal full damage while running.
Melee can't stay on them for more than a couple of seconds.
Back to back to back trinkets
Back to back CD's
people thinking hunters have adv. 1v1 over destro, lol.
i agree with min range tho, hunters are leading a charmed life in general atm.
[edit] - i'd rather nerf their instant cc..bananas right now. been saying they were best offensive ranged since early PTR builds.
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Well it's annoying to have to pre-cc (scatter) in order to land the main cc as a hunter, and even then it's not sure that the trap will work as intended (someone else can eat it).
Traps got nerfed long ago, by adding the "detonation delay", and this hasn't been looked at since then. Probably warrior tears caused this nerf
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Française The first venue by which non-governmental organizations took a role in formal UN deliberations was through the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). In 1945, 41 NGOs were granted consultative status by the council; by 1992 more than 700 NGOs had attained consultative status and the number has been steadily increasing ever since with more than 4,000 organizations today.
Article 71 of the UN Charter opened the door by providing suitable arrangements for consultations with non-governmental organizations. The consultative relationship with ECOSOC is governed by ECOSOC resolution 1996/31, which outlines the eligibility requirements for consultative status, rights and obligations of NGOs in consultative status, procedures for withdrawal or suspension of consultative status, the role and functions of the ECOSOC Committee on NGOs, and the responsibilities of the United Nations Secretariat in supporting the consultative relationship. Consultative status is granted by ECOSOC upon recommendation of the Committee on NGOs, which is composed by 19 Member States.Who is Eligible?
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As Points Envy hinted, American Airlines and US Air announced plans to merge on Valentine's day. The combined airline will retain the American Airlines frequent flyer program. So your US Air miles will eventually become American Airlines miles.
Barclays bank issues the US Air credit card, and it is likely that in ~ 6 to 12 months Barclays will stop issuing the card because of the merger.
So it could be worth applying for the US card in the next few months because soon you won't be able to apply for this card. And also because it is a good way to build up American Airlines miles.
US Air Credit Card Offers
The bad news is that link to the the best US Air credit card offer – which offered 40,000 miles after your 1st purchase AND waived the first year fee is no longer working (thanks to harvson3 for the update!)
I've written about this offer before and explained how it was better than the link which earned me a commission.
However, Million Mile Secrets reader Corridor! (thanks!) alerted me to this FlyerTalk thread where kdoughboy posted 3 links to offers with 35,000 US Air miles after your first purchase and which waives the first year fee. The terms & conditions also indicate that you may get 10,000 miles on each anniversary, but it is unclear if Barclays will still issue this card in one year!
"Anniversary Bonus Miles: Beginning with the first anniversary of Account opening and every anniversary thereafter, Cardmembers will be awarded 10,000 Anniversary Miles. Anniversary miles will be reflected on the billing statement following payment of your Annual Fee, if applicable."
This may be a better deal than my affiliate link which offers 40,000 miles, but which does NOT waive the first year annual fee of $89.
So you're effectively paying $89 for an extra 5,000 US Air miles or about 1.8 cents per mile which is about what US Air sells them for during their frequent sales.
However, the big reason why I prefer the 35,000 mile offer is because the terms & conditions do NOT suggest a lower sign-on bonus in case you don't qualify for the best version of the US Air MasterCard.
The terms on my affiliate links for 40,000 miles – as I've written in the past – have bait-and-switch language where you could get approved for a lower version of the card and get only 15,000 US Air miles for a $49 fee.
The terms say:
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I hate this type of bait and switch wording in the fine print!
And the terms don't spell out the condition needed to get approved for the better Premier World MasterCard. They just say:
In order to be approved for a Premier World MasterCard or World MasterCard and all of the benefits featured here, you must meet the credit and income criteria previously established for this offer.
Yeah, right. Barclays won't tell you what the credit and income requirements to get the better offer are, so that you can make an informed decision about which card to apply for! On the other hand, Chase and Citi will give you the full bonus regardless of which type of card you get approved for.
Barclaycard Application Quirks
Some folks have got Barclaycard cards again after ~ 3 to 4 months. Of course, your experience could be different.
And check out Rapid Travel Chai's post on getting different Barclaycards (Frontier, Priceline etc.) if you apply for them after the 1st Barclaycard application. We did this during Emily's last App-O-Rama
Bottom Line
The Barclaycard US Air card won't be around for much longer, so is worth considering as a way to earn future American Airlines miles. But the links to the 35,000 mile offers may be the better than my affiliate link for 40,000 miles for most.
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Alasdair Dickinson will make his first Guinness Premiership start at loose-head prop in place of Nick Wood and Olivier Azam returns at hooker. It will be the Frenchman's first start since Gloucester's 30-25 defeat against Harlequins in March.
Will James comes in at lock for Alex Brown following a series of high energy performances from the bench and he will partner skipper Marco Bortolami.
There is also a change in the back row where Gareth Delve starts at number eight in place of Luke Narraway. Delve, a powerful contributor in Gloucester's 39-15 win over Saracens, starts his first game since defeat against Bristol in February.
The only other change comes at scrum-half where Gareth Cooper will partner Ryan Lamb at half-back.
"We have taken on and appreciated some lessons in the last fortnight and we now know that if we make mistakes we will get punished in the coming weeks," said Ryan.
"Complacency will not be a problem - we cannot afford it to be when there is so much at stake at this stage of the season. There were certain parts of the season where I would have liked us to cope better but we are in a good position and it's our job to strengthen it.
"It has been a bruising few weeks, the games have been of huge intensity, but we need to retain our focus and determination and put together another good performance - it is in our hands."
Alongside Dickinson and Azam, Carlos Nieto will start at tight-head. In the back row, Alasdair Strokosch and Akapusi Qera will line-up alongside Delve at number eight. Qera scored Gloucester's second try last weekend in the victory over Sarries.
Outside Cooper, Ryan Lamb will start at number 10 following his 19-point haul last weekend. Mike Tindall will start at inside centre alongside James Simpson-Daniel in the outside centre position.
Iain Balshaw, Willie Walker Walker and Lesley Vainikolo - who has nine tries in nine Guinness Premiership games this season - complete the back three.
There are also changes on the bench. Hooker Andy Titterrell is joined by prop Jack Forster, lock Alex Brown moves to the bench and the forwards are completed by Peter Buxton, who returns to the squad.
Scrum-half Rory Lawson, stand-off Chris full-back and full-back Olly Morgan returns following a hamstring injury.
"It is up to us to get the foundations of our game right first and foremost and if we can do that then we can be a threat," Ryan added.
"We have had the group back together for a few weeks now and we are building some momentum at the right time. We have to carry it forward tomorrow."
Gloucester will do their bit for Breast Cancer Care tomorrow in the Tackled Pink weekend across the Guinness Premiership.
Women can purchase tickets for all the games at a special price of £15, with £4.25 of every ticket going directly to Breast Cancer Care.
At the games themselves referees will be dressed in pink, Saracens will be playing in pink, and fans are encouraged to turn themselves pink for the occasion.
Gloucester will decorate the stadium with pink flowers; balloons and ribbons, there will be a jewellery stand in the Shogun bar, a chance to win a signed Gloucester ball in a competition, Express Pink manicures will be offering their services before the game and there will also be a chance to meet some of the senior players.
At half-time, four ladies will race around the pitch to help raise awareness for the campaign.
"This campaign is a Premiership-wide initiative and it is hugely important we play our part in raising awareness for Tackled Pink," said Gloucester's head of sales and marketing Pete Grzonka.
"We hope as many people as possible come and support this event and at the same time see some top quality Guinness Premiership rugby. Hopefully, we can use our position within the community to raise awareness for this fantastic cause as much as possible."
Special pink cocktails will be served in the bars and all ladies tickets anywhere in the stadium are priced at £15.
GLOUCESTER (v Leeds Carnegie, tomorrow, 3pm): Willie Walker; Iain Balshaw, James Simpson-Daniel, Mike Tindall, Lesley Vainikolo; Ryan Lamb, Gareth Cooper; Alasdair Dickinson, Olivier Azam, Carlos Nieto, Will James, Marco Bortolami (capt), Alasdair Strokosch, Akapusi Qera, Gareth Delve. Reps: Andy Titterrell, Jack Forster, Alex Brown, Peter Buxton, Rory Lawson, Chris Paterson, Olly Morgan.


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"Whenever God closes one door He always opens another, even though sometimes it's Hell in the hallway."
"The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning."
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"Every end is a new beginning"
"For last year's words belong to last year's language, And next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning."
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Racial vilification and the freedom of speech : reality not rhetoric
White, Benjamin P. (1997) Racial vilification and the freedom of speech : reality not rhetoric. National Law Review, 3.
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Explores the tension between racial vilification legislation and free speech by analysing the theories upon which this right is based. It concludes that racial vilification is a justifiable limit on free speech.
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It's taken me a damn long time to put this collab together. Iv'e had trouble with the file size of this collab, so I had too remove a few scenes and items, as well as optimise a few parts.
there is a number of 10 collab participants, which i'd like to thank for producing such great parts! I couldn't animate myself for this sequel, but be sure to see some of my work in the next...
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Very worthy Collab
I liked all of them but the one made by Jazzi is the best.IMO Very good work on all of them. Hope to see more.
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The problem with most collabs is that they are usualy filled with one very good submission, and the rest are barely acceptable.... at best! That is not the case here! EVERY short in this collab could easily stand on it's own, in terms of quality! The revenge theme runs through each of them. Despite the use of stick-figures in most of this collab, the scenes are some of the goriest I've seen in awhile, on the Portal. Two shorts particularly stood out for me: Toughluck's WW2 theme was mind-blowing. Psyche's animation of a real Smith & Wesson tactical folding knife was amazingly accurate; excellent attention to detail. But all of these shorts are worth viewing.
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Yo, I like the selection of Stick Figure Action animations, like the war one & the simple plane fighting. My favorite scene was the graveyard scene where that guy's friend dies, then he charges and attacks that lil' pig devil. Damn! I gotta see the Ma$aAcre, Pt. 1 dammit! This flash sure flames up the sticky green buds with the colorful hairs! Goodflash, Fu skinhead88!
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Is. 7:14 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel."
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Titus 3:5-7 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that being justified by His grace we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
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Matt. 10:28 "And do not fear those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."
Matt. 25:30 "And cast out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
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The Prisoner
Photo by Wendy BelcherOne government official who disagreed with the way we prisoners were being treated once advised me "to deal with life as you would fly a kite: When the wind is strong, give it more string; when there is no wind, pull the string in. If not," he said emphatically, "you're all going to die."
--Pramoedya Ananta Toer
The Mute's Soliloquy: A Memoir
AT BOOKEXPO LAST MONTH, ÜBERAUTHOR Salman Rushdie arrived at his invitation-only reading in a gleaming Mercedes-Benz, phalanxed by half a dozen security guards with digital cameras and accompanied by the head of his American publishing company. He performed from his new novel about rock & roll superstars, announced that his friends U2 were setting the book's lyrics to music, and then went on to party with the playmates at Hugh Hefner's mansion.
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Two weeks later, Southeast Asia's leading contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, on a book tour largely at the expense of friends, arrived at Midnight Special bookstore in a 13-year-old Toyota Camry with bad shocks. Nearing 75, Pramoedya (prah-MODE-yuh) had no security guards, despite having simply walked away from city arrest in Jakarta and having written books that will get any bookseller offering them in Indonesia incarcerated. His entourage consisted of his Indonesian editor (and "tireless companion"), Joesoef Isak; his wife of 44 years, Maimoenah Thamrin; a young Indonesian translator, Ayu Ratih, and her husband, John Roosa, a history instructor from Caltech.
In the backroom at Midnight Special, packed with a largely American audience, Roosa read from The Mute's Soliloquy: A Memoir, Pramoedya's new book chronicling his 14 years as a political prisoner on Indonesia's infamous Buru Island. Specifically, he read part of the letter Pramoedya wrote to his eldest daughter the week he was shipped to Buru. Roosa could not read the last moving lines of farewell and, after a moment's struggle, gave up and introduced the discussion period. Pramoedya answered a dozen questions as shouted by his translator. (Blows in prison have left him largely deaf in both ears.) He has lived through countless interrogations, and the press of beginners' questions caused him only to tilt his large head politely, fold his beautiful hands and smile. He was brief on the topic of how to survive 10 years of forced labor, but lengthy on how to improve race relations with the Chinese. Halfway through, he announced with a laugh that his aging prostate demanded a visit to the bathroom, whereupon an audience member volunteered the required quarter.
AS JAMIE JAMES POINTED OUT IN HIS 1996 New Yorker piece on the author, "No major literary figure alive has suffered more for his work and beliefs than has Pramoedya Ananta Toer." Perhaps the greatest injustice of all is that he remains literature's best-kept secret. No matter that he's been translated into 30 languages, that half a million copies of his work circulate in Indonesia despite the ban, and that he has won Asia's most important literary prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award. Without a doubt, Pramoedya's This Earth of Mankind is one of the best novels on colonialism ever written and his Buru Quartet a defining work of this century. Yet few Americans have heard of the author or his amazing cycle.
Born in 1925, Pramoedya was the eldest child of a nationalist headmaster and a well-read, feminist mother who loved to tell stories and died while he was still a teenager. Pramoedya leapt into anti-colonial politics at a young age, for which the Dutch incarcerated him in 1947, not long after his first short story was published. While in prison, Pramoedya wrote his first novel, The Fugitive, in one week, squatting at his bunk during the day, lying under it at night with a lantern. Based upon wayang, the shadow-puppet plays of classical Javanese culture, the novel was smuggled out of prison by a Dutch visitor and subsequently published in Indonesia in 1950 to acclaim. With the success of the revolution in 1949, Pramoedya was released, and he quickly emerged as one of Indonesia's leading writers. He spent the next 15 years of the Sukarno government editing intellectual journals, chairing political writing associations and serving as a lecturer of literature at the university in Jakarta. He even endured a short prison sentence in 1960 for publishing a work on the plight of the Chinese minority.
Then, in 1965, the U.S.-supported, right-wing Suharto overthrew Sukarno and declared war against all Indonesian communists, eventually killing hundreds of thousands and jailing an estimated 1.5 million people. Even though the then-41-year-old Pramoedya had never embraced communism, espousing instead a leftist populism, he was arrested in his home, and his many half-finished manuscripts, research notes and books were burned while he watched with a noose around his neck. After spending four years in Jakarta jails without being charged, he and 12,000 other prisoners were sent to Buru, a virtually uninhabited island 2,000 miles away that would be Pramoedya's home for 10 years.
After an initial period of receiving "three shoe-wax tins of food per day," prisoners were expected to feed and house themselves. They first subsisted on mold, leeches and lizards before cultivating thousands of acres of land and building hundreds of miles of roads. None of the men weighed over 100 pounds, and most died of starvation and pestilence. In these conditions, where constant hunger was "a hapless and miserable friend" and the only easy task was "finding space for one's grave," Pramoedya began his masterpiece, which spans 20 years, 1,500 pages and hundreds of characters, and is about one man's evolution from idealizing European culture to embracing his Indonesian identity. Denied paper and pen in prison, Pramoedya composed oral stories for the 18 prisoners in his isolated camp, who would whisper the latest installment to other prisoners during their only daily contact, in the showers.
These stories were so rich and human that many prisoners have since attributed their survival to them. (Pramoedya himself has called the Buru novels "my lullaby for my fellow prisoners, to calm their fears, they who were suffering so much torture.") In turn, they did his work and gave him their food to enable his creation. When his captors finally allowed him to write in 1973, "It was like a dam breaking." He wrote continuously to capture the stories from memory. Tragically, only five of these books were smuggled out; six others were destroyed by prison guards. In 1979, Pramoedya was released from prison but remains under city arrest to this day; almost all of his 30 books are banned in Indonesia.
PART OF WHAT MAKES THE QUARTET A UNIQUE 20th-century document is that it is constructed around a woman hero. At a luncheon held for him by Larry Siems of the Los Angeles PEN Freedom To Write Committee, Pramoedya explained that he had two purposes in telling the life story of Nyai, a native woman from the most reviled level of Indonesian society who manages to run a business empire while fiercely opposing injustice. She is a monument to Pramoedya's mother, whom he never tires of praising, and is expressly meant as a model of resistance. "Nyai was born after 11 prisoners were killed," he said, "and everyone was demoralized. She came because we needed her. Look, I would say, she is only a woman, and considered the lowest of the low, but she is so passionate that she can stand by herself against colonialism. If she can fight injustice, how much more can we? In Indonesia," he added, "it is women who were the major enemies of oppression. They have always fought the hardest."
On the promenade outside Midnight Special, I asked to take a picture of Pramoedya with his editor, Joesoef, who has been jailed numerous times for publishing his friend's work. They stood stiffly, Indonesian clove cigarettes ablaze. When I asked Joesoef if this was how he would pose at home, he smiled, put his arm around Pramoedya's shoulders and gripped them firmly. Then they were off on the next leg of their low-maintenance tour, in the Camry with bad shocks.
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Friday, February 4, 2011
Trapped In A Frozen Tundra -- Movie Time!!
**Home Sweet Home**
My sons were able to get to the grocery for me -- I was running out of the essentials. No, not milk and bread. Coffee and cigarettes. They love their mother and would like to see her keep her sanity. They didn't have too much trouble -- they are young and strong.
Losing power wasn't very inconvenient. It was a balmy 2 degrees above 0, and I think my living room looks very chic this way.
So what does a lady do in a situation like this? Watch movies, of course (well, at least after the power came back on). I picked out cold movies, Dr. Zhivago, Ice Station Zebra, The Shining -- and a favorite cold classic TV series, Sgt. Preston of the Yukon. Maybe others would pick warm movies to fight the climate, but I'm afraid any Beach Blanket movies would make me cry and pull all four comforters over my head.
There are advantages to being iced in, though. Dear old Maxine says it best:
Punksitawny Phil did not see his shadow on Groundhog Day -- could the big thaw be in sight? I hope so!
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Becky, I think your house looks lovely frozen over. Although, the picture of your sons look a little scary. ;)
Here in Tucson our low temps have been 13 degrees. We are not having rain or snow, but.. have you ever seen a frozen saguaro cactus?
Well.. It is not a pretty sight.
Spring can not get here soon enough for me.Becky,
I love this post! I have cabin fever myself.
Thank goodness the blizzard hit when TCM started running it's Oscar nominated films. I'm watching "Separate Tables" for the first time then revisiting "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" and "Father of the Bride" this weekend.
I've managed to shovel my elderly neighbors sidewalks but neglected to find the energy to do my own. I was raised in S. California so being surrounded by this much snow plus the freezing temps here in OKC is a struggle. Although that doesn't detract from the beauty of our winter wonderland.
Stay warm!
PageBecky: This was really funny. I'm the opposite type. After several hours of shoveling my driveway and helping the neighbors shovel driveways and sidewalks, I came in and sat down with a Tarzan movie. I had enough of the snow.
I like the contrasts. When I went to Hawaii years ago, one of my beach reads was James Michener's "Alaska."I totally get it. I have a funny story to tell: Instead of Scent-O-Vision, it was like Freeze-O-Vission. Years ago I was at a screening for an Emma Thompson movie called "The Winter Guest." It was set on the coldest day in Scotland, I believe, and the temperature in the theater seemed to match the setting! I pulled my coat over me and it covered all the way up over my nose, which left me pearing out. And one of the actresses was running around outside without gloves or buttoning up her coat. She apparently was warmer than me!
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear from you, Doc -- you are always challenging me. I never saw The Day The Earth Froze. I'm sure I'd like it.
Well, let's see. Literary input -- how about "The Long Winter" in the Little House on the Prairie books? That was always a favorite of mine as a girl. Of course Dr. Zhivago was an award-winning book before it was a movie, that's for sure, and reading that book made me feel cold all over. For many reasons, actually. One of the greatest books I've ever read about our pioneer days is "Spirit Lake" by MacKinlay Kantor. Have you ever read that? It is truly a masterpiece. A great deal of it speaks to what those people went through during the awful winters on the prairies. Kantor is a genius. And then I'm thinking of Ayn Rand's "We the Living". Marvelous book, so much of it set in the horrors of winter after the Russian revolution, with an ending in the snow that is unforgettable.
That's what comes to mind right away. Any input from you on that note?