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Rebel Yell
Every week, my son's teacher, who is an organized woman as well as a living saint, leaves in his folder a small booklet that is intended to be his homework for the week. It is all of three pages, and it always has a theme, whether it be the weather or certain types of animals or upcoming holidays. To finish the whole thing with my help would take him perhaps five minutes.
However, I have a confession to make.
We don't do them.
You are shocked, shocked, I know! I'm disappointed in me too. I also would expect me to be a more responsible mother, and because I don't have him do these worksheets, he will be lucky if he can attend Ebay University, much less Harvard. How will he ever learn to function in the world if he does not practice the ability to find different fruits in a picture? I'm glad that I remain anonymous, for I fear a mob of angry Alpha Moms might try to come and run me out of town if they were to find out.
But deep down in my heart of hearts, I don't think a five year old should be doing homework.
Not yet.
Kindergarten is already what first grade used to be, and sixth grade is practically high school. There will be time aplenty for homework.
I would rather have him outside, I would rather have him create art, I would rather we read together. In fact, I would rather have him do almost anything other than a worksheet. Because I think many children these days have more homework than they know how to finish in a given night, and in my own tiny, subversive way, I am rebelling against the useless worksheet trend.
And perhaps my rebel yell is really more of a recalcitrant whisper, but I still think it speaks volumes.
You might say that it speaks volumes about my stupidity, but I beg to differ.
Fashion by Webster's
I'm not a big fan of logos or writing on my clothing. I think I am paying enough already without giving them some free advertising on my body. And really, since I try to avoid the paparazzi these days, nobody sees it anyway.
But finally, some writing on clothing that I can get behind.
From the Los Angeles Times comes the story of a man with a vision. A man who thought, why not expose children to words and their definitions while they are at PE? Which is perfect, because as we all know, there's nowhere to hide during PE.
At a middle school in which most children are disadvantaged when it comes to exposure to vocabulary words often found in standardized testing, 26 year old UCLA undergrad Michael Bailey thought he could help. Using the principal of "cognitive metaphor theory" which is just a way of saying that our minds try to place unfamiliar things with things that are familiar, he decided PE shirts would be the way to go.
So far, it seems to be working at improving the student's language skills, and every little bit helps.
Now just think how smart we would all be if everyone walked around with words and their definitions on our backs!
I've got dibs on "superfantastic."
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School started for my son on Sept. 4, and as of today, I think he has spent almost as much time at home as he has in class. He keeps getting sick, and since he complains that he doesn't like school, I keep having to play an annoying guessing game as to whether he is truly ill or just feels like playing with his pirate ship for the day instead of participating in circle time.
That has got to be one of the trickier things I've yet to stumble across as a parent, trying to figure out if your child is really sick or if they simply don't feel like going to school.
My mother had a very strict policy about staying home from school. Unless you had a very high fever (over 100) or were actively (emphasis on actively) throwing up, your butt was going to be hauled off to school. And sometimes even then, your odds were fifty-fifty. I was a student who normally loved school, so you would have thought she could have cut me a little slack when said I wasn't feeling well. Being a nurse, my mother showed no mercy whatsoever, seeing as how she saw truly sick people every darn day young lady, and a kid with the sniffles didn't qualify as sick in her book.
I was never sly enough to pull any tricks a la Ferris Bueller, so my attendance record was practically flawless. But the valuable advice I got from that movie will stay with me forever as a parent. Trust me, I am always going to walk into the room instead of hovering at the doorway. Mark my words.
As my son is still in pre-K, I tend to be a lot more lenient than my mother ever was. All right, so he will miss out on some painting and reading and social interaction, but there is no letter grade to earn or points to be missed, so for me it is not a big deal. I figure if he was going to fake being sick, as a five year old, it wouldn't be comprised of such a detailed plan. It takes a lot of forethought to wake yourself up in the wee hours of the morning to scream that you need a Kleenex. And a cough drop. And some water…
I have a sneaking suspicion that he is having a hard time adjusting to the new schedule, but then you walk that fine line where they get sicker if you push them. And really, I'd rather have a few hours to myself than listening to him sing "A Pirate's Life for Me" one more time. I'm selfish that way, I know. I did that on Friday, and have since been rewarded for my self-centeredness by having a hacking, snotty child less than ten feet away from me at any given moment.
I am very aware that attendance in school is an important part of success.
But I still have this feeling that my son is going to stay home a lot more than I ever did.
And maybe, just maybe, there will be a few days when we wake up and I suggest, "Why don't we go somewhere fun today?"
Does that make me a bad mom? Or just a mom who will never have to worry about her son being chased through backyards by a deranged principal? See, I'll be doing him a favor.
The Mom Overture
Stop me if you've heard this. I have come late to the genius which is Anita Renfroe's Mom's Overture, a complete roundup of everything a mother says in a day, performed in just under three minutes, to the tune of the William Tell Overture.
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And the lyrics, so you can sing along and perform it at karaoke nights:
"The Mom Song"
Get up now
Get up now
Get up out of bed
Wash your face
Brush your teeth
Comb your sleepyhead
Here's your clothes and your shoes
Hear the words I said
Get up now! Get up and make your bed
Are you hot? Are you cold?
Are you wearing that?
Where's your books and your lunch and your homework at?
Grab your coat and gloves and your scarf and hat
Don't forget! You gotta feed the cat
Eat your breakfast, the experts tell us it's the most important meal of all
Take your vitamins so you will grow up one day to be big and tall
Please remember the orthodontist will be seeing you at 3 today
Don't forget your piano lesson is this afternoon so you must play
Don't shovel
Chew slowly
But hurry
The bus is here
Be careful
Come back here
Did you wash behind your ears?
Play outside, don't play rough, will you just play fair?
Be polite, make a friend, don't forget to share
Work it out, wait your turn, never take a dare
Get along! Don't make me come down there
Clean your room, fold your clothes, put your stuff away
Make your bed, do it now, do we have all day?
Were you born in a barn? Would you like some hay?
Can you even hear a word I say?
Answer the phone! Get off the phone!
Don't sit so close, turn it down, no texting at the table
No more computer time tonight!
Your iPod's my iPod if you don't listen up
Where are you going and with whom and what time do you think you're coming home?
Saying thank you, please, excuse me makes you welcome everywhere you roam
You'll appreciate my wisdom someday when you're older and you're grown
Can't wait till you have a couple little children of your own
You'll thank me for the counsel I gave you so willingly
But right now I thank you not to roll your eyes at me
Close your mouth when you chew, would appreciate
Take a bite maybe two of the stuff you hate
Use your fork, do not burp or I'll set you straight
Eat the food I put upon your plate
Get an A, get the door, don't get smart with me
Get a grip, get in here, I'll count to three
Get a job, get a life, get a PHD
Get a dose of,
"I don't care who started it!
You're grounded until you're 36″
Get your story straight and tell the truth for once, for heaven's sake
And if all your friends jumped off a cliff would you jump, too?
If I've said it once, I've said at least a thousand times before
That you're too old to act this way
It must be your father's DNA
Look at me when I am talking
Stand up straighter when you walk
A place for everything and everything must be in place
Stop crying or I'll give you something real to cry about
Brush your teeth, wash your face, put your PJs on
Get in bed, get up here, say a prayer with mom
Don't forget, I love you
And tomorrow we will do this all again because a mom's work never ends
You don't need the reason why
Because, because, because, because
I said so, I said so, I said so, I said so
I'm the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom!!
Ta da!!!
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And this pleases us, it do. It makes us feel all tingly inside, like the Angels, sitting in the hot tub with Bosley, listening to Charlie sing their praises. And we look to once again do our best for him.
In particular, by stealing from him.
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I have been addicted to vicodin for at least 2 years taking 4 to 6 pills a day I really need to quit. Is it bad to quit cold turkey. What harm could it cause if I do
Wow, you do need to quit. Vicodin is a really strong drug, and as you probably know, the number one problem with taking it in large doses and for a long time is that it is toxic to your liver. Next to your heart, the liver is probably one of the most important and essential organs in the body. Everything you eat and ingest, every chemical, enzyme, fluid, etc., is filtered through the liver every day. Whatever the body doesn't need gets stored there, unless the liver determines it should be eliminated. Trouble is, it keeps more than it throws away. That includes poisons, minerals, and yes, pharmaceutical chemicals. If you keep this up, I can guarantee you that you will probably face some kind of liver malfunction eventually, if not liver shut-down, which, no joke, can kill you. Don't mess around with this drug. You need to stop it. If you can't stop suddenly then dose down, which means gradually reduce the dose over time.
What do you take the med for? You need to talk seriously with your doctor about getting off of it, and get their advice about dosing down or exactly how best for you to quit. If you need a pain med, I suggest you work on getting the problem healed or fixed somehow so you don't have to keep taking these meds. Even over-the-counter stuff can be toxic, too, over time, so be careful. They were only designed to be taken for a short period of time for intense pain and then stopped, but like you, many people get "addicted" to them. Whatever your condition is, I would recommend that you do some self-educating on it so that you can learn all you can about it and what alternative health helps there are out there for you. Then, go that pathway and leave the meds behind.
Quiting Vicodin is a good decision because the high levels of Tylenol are damaging to your liver.
If you do decide to quit cold turkey, you will most likely experience opiate withdrawal.
Symptoms include severe body aches and pains similar to muscle cramping. This is called malaise. In addition, you may experience nausea, vomiting, delirium, hallucinations. Also dilated and unreactive pupils may be a symptom of opiate withdrawal.
Ideally, you would want to wean yourself off of these drugs slowly to avoid these severe symptoms. For example, start by cutting your daily dose in half and see how your body responds. Every few days decrease the dose again.
In the long run, the short term suffering of opiate withdrawal is nothing compared to the long term damage you are doing to your body by taking large amounts of Vicodin. While painful, opiate withdrawl is not lethal, as alcohol withdrawal can be.
However, if you have problems with chronic pain, you are going to have a difficult time getting off of these drugs. Talk to your doctor about alternatives.
If you are dealing with a substance addiction, rather than a need to control pain, you need to stop the cycle of addiction. Otherwise, you will just find a new substance to replace the old one.
I hope you are successful managing your pain and/or addiction.
You will probably be incredibly irritable and depressed for a period of time. While it is possible to quit "cold turkey", you will statistically have a higher success rate taking a prescription to help opiate addiction. Talk to your doctor about this problem, he will want to help.
You may be at risk at having a seizure. Do call a Psychiatrist and discuss. It is recommended you wean off some drugs, not go off cold turkey. There may be a substitute drug you can use that is not a barbituate until you have the vicodin out of your system.
quitting is agood idea; you should start feeling better almst immediately.
I would definatlely think that it would be bad for you. You really should consider talking with your doctor about slowly weening you off this drug. It is very bad for your body in more ways that one. When you quit any kind of drug, you are going to have some kind of symptoms and go through many different withdrawl symptoms. Talking with your doctor is the best way to go before quiting anything cold turkey.
I feel bad for all who are dealing with this problem. I was a vicodin addict for 20 years, graduating to 10mg norco and taking as many as 20/200mg per day. 3-4 at a time and high as a kite.
I stopped one day after 20 years and hit the brick wall going 100 mph and was sick for almost 2 weeks. Sweats, runs, cannot urinate, shaking, no sleep and vomiting etc..
#1 the ONLY way one will quit is when they WANT to quit. No amount of others telling you that you need to quit will do the trick. You MUST want the freedom yourself.
#2 the symptoms of withdrawal are nasty. I'm surprised I have a liver, and after almost 2 months, I still have urination issues which I have narrowed down to perhaps a bladder infection after speaking to my Dr..
The ONE meaningful thing I can say is this............I got MYSELF back and I like ME.
Do your best and hang in there. It gets better after a short period of time.
Quitting Vicodin suddenly ("cold turkey") could kill you or at least make you wish you were dead. The withdrawal symptoms are notoriously painful. As Lauren pointed out, you could go into seizures. You need to taper off gradually. This schedule beeds to be prepared and supervised by a doctor or other medical professional.
Here's an article on CNN about Vicodin withdrawal symptoms.
Good luck.

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A new smartphone application, designed to help consumers choose healthy food options, has been given the thumbs up by health experts and consumers.
Foodswitch, which was launched yesterday, allows users to scan the barcode of packaged foods using their Smartphone camera, and they should then receive immediate nutritional advice on the product.
The app also offers users healthier choices of the same type of food.
The free app was originally developed in Australia by The George Institute for Global Health and tailored for New Zealand shoppers by The National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI) at Auckland University.
The app has nutritional information of more than 8000 packaged food products found in supermarkets here.
Institute researcher and nutritionist Helen Eyles said if a product was not available on the app, consumers could take a photo of it and send it to NIHI to have it included on the database.
Heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other diseases - largely caused by poor diets - were the biggest killers in New Zealand, she said.
"Choosing a healthier diet has to be made easier, because good eating habits are one of the best and most cost-effective ways to prevent disease," Dr Eyles said.
Associate Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu, who leads NIHI's nutrition research programme, said for too long, people had been "bewildered by confusing food labels".
"Research shows that people like traffic light labels and can use them to make healthier food choices."
New Zealand Nutrition Foundation chief executive Sue Pollard said the app was the "way of the future".
"All packaged food now has to have nutritional information, and this allows people to get it by another means.
"Sometimes those labels are so small and you can't see them."
The app was a very good idea that was well thought through, she said.
People could compare foods by looking at labels on different packets, but Ms Pollard said the app made that process quick and easy.
Heart Foundation public health advisor Maggie McGregor said they strongly supported any tool that made it easier for people make healthy food choices.
"We need more tools that use modern technology that people are using to help them get on with the world and making day-to-day choices."
Reaction from supermarket shoppers:
* Cyrus McEnnis said he would use the application. "I have a smartphone and I'm used to QR codes and I do it anyway when I'm doing the shopping lists, so it's no real big deal for me. I pretty much buy what I buy, but having nutritional value there, yeah, that'd be helpful."
* Christine Nichols said if she had an iPhone she would definitely use the app because it was always good to know the nutritional value of food.
* Randall Smith thought the app would be useful. "It's often hard to see exactly what's in the kind of foods you'd be buying, so it's easier just to scan it with your smartphone and see exactly what's in them."
* Joanna Piatek would probably use the app. "I'm one of those people who do read the packages. I do like using a smartphone and apps."
* Sarah Whitefield used a different app that provided the same sort of service. "It's really helpful to be able to identify the better food items while you're at the supermarket."
* Ann Walker said it would be really helpful. "I am conscious about weight and I try to keep healthy, and so it's actually quite hard to know which are the healthy foods."
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The search for the Malaysian Airlines plane that disappeared in March 2014 has been suspended, a statement said on Tuesday
An object which could be debris from the missing plane MH370 was found off the coast of Mozambique, media reported
After 20 months of search operations, missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 could be found in a matter of months after the hunt switched to an area identified by a British Boeing 777 captain
Aircraft seat cushions and window panes have been found on an Indian Ocean island where wreckage from MH370 was recovered, Malaysia's transport minister said
Verification has confirmed that the debris found on Reunion Island belongs to the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced on Thursday
New debris, which looks like a possible 'plane window', found at Reunion Island, where last week suspected debris from
the missing Malaysian plane was spotted
Malaysian authorities and international experts were "almost certain" that the plane wreckage found on Reunion island was part of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, media reports said on Friday
The discovery of remains on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion has made authorities suspect it might be a part of the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777, which was en-route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, and vanished on March 8, 2014
Debris found in the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean appears to be a part of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 that mysteriously disappeared in March 2014, media reports said on Thursday
The president of the UN Security Council said on Thursday Malaysia intends to introduce a draft resolution, touching off an anticipated "months" of debate, on the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, which killed all 298 people on board.
A Malaysian court on Tuesday set May 15 for hearing of a case filed by two children of a passenger on board the Malaysia Airlines flight MH-370, which has been missing for over a year
The mysterious disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 in March last year was today declared as an accident, fulfilling a legal obligation that will allow the next of kin of the 239 people, including five Indians, on board to claim compensation
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has urged Russia to compensate and apologise to families of the victims of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, a statement from Abbott's office said Wednesday
Malaysian Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein to use the platform of 69th UN General Assembly (UNGA) to bring to book those responsible for downing the aircraft
Half of the number of victims of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane crash have been identified, the Dutch national forensic investigation team has stated through a private forum for relatives
The UN said here Friday that a probe into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was being hampered by the volatile security situation at the crash site in eastern Ukraine
The recently downed Malaysia Airlines jet in the eastern Ukraine had suffered an explosive loss of pressure after getting punctured by shrapnel from a missile, BBC reported on Tuesday citing Ukranian security officials.
Reeling under the pressure of two catastrophic aviation tragedies, Malaysia Airlines is mulling a name change and restructuring of routes in a bid to repair its reputation, a media report has said.
The US has intensified its attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin, holding him responsible for the tragic downing of a Malaysian plane by a missile over a part of Ukraine controlled by Russia-backed separatists
The family of three Australian children killed on board Malaysua Airlines flight MH17 has described how they are living in a "hell beyond hell" as they struggle to deal with their loss.


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Tech companies are riding a wave of big data acquisitions in order to better understand and pinpoint where consumer cash is headed. With the third quarter of 2012 not even halfway through, we've seen unprecedented big data purchases already this year.
Log Insight
The buzz for the last week has been about VMware's latest big data acquisition of Log Insight. This makes them a veritable juggernaut in the field of real-time data analysis, following as it does VMware's recent purchase of Nicira for $1.2 billion.
In a blog statement by Log Insight's Spiros Xanthos, he states of the acquisition, "We anticipate that the potential of the Log Insight technology will be maximized through this acquisition. VMware is ideally positioned in the middle of two of the most important shifts in IT in the recent years, virtualization and Cloud Computing."
IBM, that most familiar name in computing, is making strides in big data these days. In April of this year, IBM acquired enterprise search optimizer Vivisimo. In May they picked up Varicent, a data analytics company that provides comprehensive data throughout finance, sales, human resources and operations. Varicent's customer base includes Starwood Hotels, Manpower, Hertz and Office Depot. Most recently, in June, IBM finalized their acquisition of Tea Leaf, a leader in customer behavior analysis.
In May, Cisco finalized their acquisition of Truviso. In Cisco's blog announcement of intent to purchase, Hilton Romanski wrote, "Truviso's continuous query technology allows companies to get detailed information and visibility of network use and services in real-time, with its analyze-first, store-later capability."
Jive Software purchased Proximal in April in an effort to analyze social networks. Proximal's ability to mine the happenings on Twitter and get that information out to potentially interested parties means real-time consumer targeting. It was a comprehensive acquisition that will see the Proximal team moved to Palo Alto and completely folded into Jive's workings. In his blog post, Brian Roddy explained, "The Proximal technology will be immediately leveraged in multiple areas of the Jive product, including supercharging our recommender, analytics, search and the Jive Social Media Engagement."
Social media powerhouse and Wall Street disaster Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion in April of this year. What appears to the user as merely a photo sharing service is in fact a potential goldmine for Facebook. Their already overarching ability to track users' every moves means that a person uploading a photo to Facebook from a mobile device can be tracked, their location pinpointed, and interest-specific ads placed on the margins of their Facebook page.


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Blue Ribbon Illustrated previews the 2003-04 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.
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Jerry Francis wasted little time putting his stamp on the Prairie View men's basketball program.
All he did in his first year was guide the Panthers to 17 wins-more than they had won the previous two seasons combined-and their first Southwestern Athletic Conference regular season title since 1962.
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This is a discussion on Screw yard work! within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Screw yard work! http://s845.photobucket.com/albums/a...ewyardwork.jpg...
Screw yard work!
I would much rather shoot than do yard work! I think you have the right idea.
But my wife might have other ideas!
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I have a new place to stay. My foster mother brought me to her place until I can find my forever home. I had become used to everyone at the Cat Hospital, humans and cats, so I was a little irritated to leave, but... I'm set up here pretty well I think. She bought a bed just like the one I slept in at the cat condo at the vet... Got some nice bowls, some premium food, a litter box, a scratching post, a few catnip and other toys... Meow meow!
My name is Sam. My little world just changed big time - for the better. I've been eating well for a couple of days now, which is fantastic! I'm staying at the doctor's office in a nice cozy kennel/cage/cabinet type thing. It's about 2 and a half or 3 feet high and wide, and three walls are solid. The fourth side is clear plexi-something or other - see through - that's the door. There's a little round hole in one side of one solid wall, and it leads to a nice cozy skinny room, lined with a blanket, that's a bit more hidden and darker than the other. The bigger room has a kitty cozy in it, a litter box, and some water, on top of a towel.
I can see other kitties through the door, but they don't bother me. I've just been chillin', relaxing after my surgery (I got neutered). There's an abscess on my back that will heal up soon, they're making me take antibiotics to make it better. My fleas are all gone, and it's alot easier to relax without those things all over me. I'm trying to get used to the idea that I'm always going to have food now. Before, I never knew when or if I'd eat my next meal.
Things are ok here, but I can't wait to find a forever home. One to love me and scratch my head all the time...
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Welcome back, to The Droid Life Show! Tonight, we hit out first semi-milestone, which is episode 10! Not bad, especially for this group of Android enthusiasts.
As we wind down over the next few weeks and prepare for 2013, our topics are definitely more opinion-driven. There haven't been any new devices announced over the last week or so, so instead, we'll talk about Instagram's disastrous policy change, wish you luck in trying to buy a Nexus device, wonder why iOS Google apps are prettier, announce today's contest winner, and even talk a bit about CES. After all, this may be our last show of 2012, so that means we have a lot to cover.
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Just when you thought Samsung was done spewing out half a dozen of Galaxy S4 variants, you have another one. Intel's mobile keynote slide had a device we were
least not-at-all expecting, the Galaxy S4.
So what if Samsung is using an Intel SoC in their newest Galaxy Tab 3, does that warrant for another Galaxy S4 edition using Intel's Atom chip? Intel's mobile keynote slide held something that picked everyone's interest, more than the 9 other devices in the slide.
If you count the numerous Galaxy S4 variants, the Galaxy S4 Mini, Active, (rumored) Mega, Zoom, it is completely plausible for Samsung to add yet another variant. If you count the Google Edition and the possible Intel Edition, you have 6 variants of the Galaxy S4. Add the fact that there are two variants of the flagship S4, one with Exynos 5 Octa and the other with a Snapdragon 600 chipset and you start wondering as to what the company is really trying to do. Flooding the market with products is one thing (that Samsung has achieved), this is more like a tidal wave. It is possible that Samsung was simply waiting for an Intel chip with LTE on-board. If our suspicions are true, this would mark the biggest triumph for Intel with Android devices till date.
The Galaxy S4 is the world's best-selling smartphone, and an Intel edition would only improve the company's share in the Android chip supply chain. Perhaps this is exactly what is needed to kick-start community development on Intel-powered Android devices as well. Of course, if all this turns out to be true, the Galaxy S4 Intel Edition will most definitely pack a Saltwell based Intel SoC, dual or quad-core.
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Chapter VI
The next morning at breakfast Jotham Powell was between them, and Ethan
tried to hide his joy under an air of exaggerated indifference, lounging back in his
chair to throw scraps to the cat, growling at the weather, and not so much as
offering to help Mattie when she rose to clear away the dishes.
He did not know why he was so irrationally happy, for nothing was changed in his
life or hers. He had not even touched the tip of her fingers or looked her full in the
eyes. But their evening together had given him a vision of what life at her side
might be, and he was glad now that he had done nothing to trouble the
sweetness of the picture. He had a fancy that she knew what had restrained
There was a last load of lumber to be hauled to the village, and Jotham Powell-
who did not work regularly for Ethan in winter-had "come round" to help with the
job. But a wet snow, melting to sleet, had fallen in the night and turned the roads
to glass. There was more wet in the air and it seemed likely to both men that the
weather would "milden" toward afternoon and make the going safer. Ethan
therefore proposed to his assistant that they should load the sledge at the wood-
lot, as they had done on the previous morning, and put off the "teaming" to
Starkfield till later in the day. This plan had the advantage of enabling him to
send Jotham to the Flats after dinner to meet Zenobia, while he himself took the
lumber down to the village.
He told Jotham to go out and harness up the greys, and for a moment he and
Mattie had the kitchen to themselves. She had plunged the breakfast dishes into
a tin dish-pan and was bending above it with her slim arms bared to the elbow,
the steam from the hot water beading her forehead and tightening her rough hair
into little brown rings like the tendrils on the traveller's joy.
Ethan stood looking at her, his heart in his throat. He wanted to say: "We shall
never be alone again like this." Instead, he reached down his tobacco-pouch
from a shelf of the dresser, put it into his pocket and said: "I guess I can make
out to be home for dinner."
She answered "All right, Ethan," and he heard her singing over the dishes as he
As soon as the sledge was loaded he meant to send Jotham back to the farm
and hurry on foot into the village to buy the glue for the pickle-dish. With ordinary
luck he should have had time to carry out this plan; but everything went wrong
from the start. On the way over to the wood-lot one of the greys slipped on a
glare of ice and cut his knee; and when they got him up again Jotham had to go
back to the barn for a strip of rag to bind the cut. Then, when the loading finally
began, a sleety rain was coming down once more, and the tree trunks were so
slippery that it took twice as long as usual to lift them and get them in place on
the sledge. It was what Jotham called a sour morning for work, and the horses,
shivering and stamping under their wet blankets, seemed to like it as little as the
men. It was long past the dinner-hour when the job was done, and Ethan had to


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Since it started designing its own printers, Dell has become a considerable force in the market. The 3110cn is a small workgroup colour laser printer, which comes complete with three different input choices, making it a versatile device from many small offices.
The 3110cn is a tall, black box with its monolithic lines relieved only by a control panel in its top surface and large silver panels stuck to each side. At the bottom of the front panel is a 250-sheet paper tray. Open the front panel and it forms an additional 150-sheet multi-purpose tray, but you wouldn't want to leave this open, as it increases the footprint of the printer substantially.
Paper ejects to the top surface of the 3110cn and the control panel includes a two-line by 16-character backlit LCD and a set of seven buttons, five of them configured in a menu-navigating ring with a big tick button in the centre. The other two call up the menu and cancel the current print job. The display shows toner levels for the four colour cartridges, though this will only give you an approximate status and you'd be better off checking through the supplied software.
At the back are sockets for USB 2.0, parallel and 10/100 Ethernet and although you can only choose one of them at any time, it's easy to get this printer running as a standalone or a shared device.
The front panel opens in two ways, its front surface providing a multi-purpose tray as described, while a secondary opening behind that, gives access to the four toner cartridges. These are mounted one above the other, as the 3110cn uses an in-line colour laser engine. They're very easy to fit, sliding into slots inside the case. The toner cartridges are the only consumable, with the photoconductor belt being a lifetime component.
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The World of Music is a music appreciation book designed for instructors who want to focus on listening to music as it exists in the real world of their students. Expanding the traditional repertoire used for music study, this popular text begins with American folk, religious, jazz, popular, and ethnic music before introducing some world music and concluding with a thorough overview of Western classical music. The approach captures the essence of each repertoire, and equips students to recognize different styles, appreciate their different functions, and possess a solid foundation for a lifetime of musical appreciation.
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Dr. David Willoughby, Professor Emeritus of Music at Eastern New Mexico University and former Dean of its College of Fine Arts, retired in 1993 after twenty years of service. He moved to Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania and immediately was named Head of the Music Department at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, a position he held for three years. From 1970-1973, he held the position of Assistant Director of the Ford Foundation/ MENC Contemporary Music Project, where, among other responsibilities, he served as Editor of the CMP Newsletter. From 1960-1970, he was Assistant/Associate Professor of Music at Elizabethtown College. Willoughby is now Minister of Music at the Church of the Brethren in Elizabethtown, where he directs the Adult Choir and the Bell Choir. He continues to play double bass and serves as Editor of the Newsletter of The College Music Society (CMS). The fourth edition of his book, The World of Music, has just been published by McGraw-Hill. Regarding CMS, he serves on the Council of Past Presidents, having served as President in 1987 and 1988. Previously, he was Board member for Music and General Studies (1980-1985) and a member of the Executive Committee (1986-1989). He served as Director of the Wingspread Conference on Music in General Studies (1981) and of the first four summer Institutes for Music in General Studies, Boulder, Colorado (1982-1985). (It was this Conference on Music in General Studies and these Institutes that prompted the first conversations, in 1985, that led to the first edition of The World of Music.)
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If anyone has a grasp of Fortuna's early history, it's likely to be new Fortuna Depot Museum Curator Bob Newell, whose family first came to the area in the 1850s.
His great-great-grandfather, one of the area's early loggers, grazed oxen all the way to South Fortuna, Newell said. His great-grandfather F.P. Newell, a banker, owned several homes and his grandfather Percy co-owned the Bon Boniere ice cream parlor in Eureka and Fortuna while his father worked in the insurance industry.
His grandmother Inez Cooper Newell's family maneuvered their own boat -- loaded with all the needs for settlement -- from Newfoundland to San Francisco and then Humboldt County. She met her husband-to-be, Percy Newell, when both were in Fortuna High School's class of 1913.
His grandmother's family settled in Hydesville where they ran a sawmill and a flour mill. At least one privately owned barn still has beams from the Cooper Mill, Newell said.
The new curator is now six weeks into the part-time job overseeing a diverse collection that ranges from a copper-tubbed wringer washer and barbed wire to an impressive collection of gracefully curved kerosene lamps.
Newell, who spent 15 years as a golf professional in Willow Creek before returning to Fortuna, has been busy rearranging the collection inside the former train station. The new-found space will soon be filled with items from the shelves of the wooden-floored, angled-roof upstairs storage area.
A freshly cleaned glass display case sitting against a wall in the museum's third room is just waiting to be filled with Pearl Harbor artifacts.
He's also busy grouping like items, such as bringing together the museum's weighty collection of logging tools.
Newell is also addressing the needs of the museum's youngest visitors. Realizing that a shelf full of antique typewriters whose hard-to-push keys are within reach is just too much temptation, Newell set up a hands-on site.
The slightly functional heavy black typewriter sits nearby on a low-level table surrounded by a couple kid-size chairs.
It's a hit with the wee ones.
He's also used a small corner stage to set up an
old-time schoolroom. The schoolmarm has written an arithmetic problem on the chalkboard.
"We call it arithmetic, rather than math," Newell said.
A small boy has correctly solved the problem on his slate and has his mannequin arm in the air. A little girl standing at the back looks more than a little annoyed that she hasn't correctly solved the addition problem.
The move back to his family's longtime home some four months ago has helped complete the circle in at least one way. Newell's selection as curator came with the blessing of Rudy Gillard, a retired photographer who offered Newell his first job at age 16.


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BeschreibungDemands for vouchers, charter schools, the growth of home schooling and the rebirth of private education are creating increased competition for public schools. This primer and toolkit for the educators of tomorrow offers skill development ideas, specific ideas, examples, and questions that will guide school leaders as they compete in the new educational marketplace.
InhaltsverzeichnisPart 1 The New Realities of Educational Leadership Chapter 2 How We Got Here Chapter 3 The Role of Entrepreneurship in Education Chapter 4 The Traditional versus the Entrepreneurial Educational Organization Chapter 5 Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture Chapter 6 The Educational Entrepreneur Chapter 7 Planning and Implementation of the Entrepreneurial Community Part 8 Tools and Tactics Chapter 9 Marketing Chapter 10 Telling Your Story: Perception Is Reality Chapter 11 Creating Educational Opportunities through Partnerships Chapter 12 Seeking and Securing Grants Chapter 13 Local Money Sources Chapter 14 Use of Intellectual Properties
PortraitRobert J. Brown is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Jeffrey R. Cornwall holds the Sandra Schultz Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas.
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Tool bag. Tool box. Tool Time with Tim Taylor.
He's had the lead singer of Smash Mouth as a guest on his show. That's pretty much game over.
This is a guy who made a cheese steak with RITZ crackers and was the spokesman for T.G.I. Fridays, so he's about as big a shill as you can be. No real mystery as to his integrity, I think, so he must be graded on a large curve
Guy Fieri is the Larry the Cable Guy of the culinary world
I've tried a handful of places because of seeing them on DDD. All have been good, some better than others. Had it not been for DDD, I would have never known about them. Now is that the Food Network or GF, doesn't matter. Yes it's his job, so what.
Hell I like DDD and enjoy GF's schtick.
I've tried a handful of places because of seeing them on DDD
For anyone to say he doesn't promote the locally owned restaurant is absurd
Before this thread of his I have never seen his name on the board at all. I know that there are so many irregular regulars on here that makes it at least to me the fun board of TD. In this thread trying to prove the validity of his "knowledge of food" he has proved nothing more than he is a dingleberry that you can't get off your a-hole.
He's an idoit who spends his spare time vebally abusing little high school girls.
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Ma endorses limits on medical malpractice claims
The China Post news staff Monday, January 7, 2013, 12:00 am TWN
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday he supports passing a bill that would instate liability limits for medical malpractice claims.
The bill, which is pending review in the Legislative Yuan, would make medical personnel liable for criminal punishment only if they acted with "malicious intent" or in violation of duty.
Ma said Sunday that he has listened to the concerns of many doctors and understands that by its very nature, medical treatment has risks. These risks should not be borne completely by the physician, Ma told the Taiwan Pharmacist Association (藥師公會全聯會).
When he and his wife arrived at a New York hospital for the birth of daughter Lesley Ma (馬唯中), the first thing they did was sign a hospital form explaining that "medical care is not an exact science," Ma said.
Malpractice claims proliferate in Taiwan and can result in severe penalties for medical personnel. As a result, domestic physicians tend to avoid fields such as surgery and emergency room treatment, according to the bill drafted by the Department of Health (DOH). The DOH developed the bill after the premier called for solutions to Taiwan's dwindling pool of qualified physicians in the key departments.
Besides raising the standard of domestic medical care, the government is also committed to improving the working environment of Taiwan's physicians, said Ma.
Meanwhile, civic groups put forward a petition to suspend review of the bill until the next Legislative session.
Petition for Delay
Eva Teng (滕西華), of the National Health Insurance Civic Surveillance Alliance (民間監督健保聯盟), said the DOH bill is barely 20 days old. She said this is not enough time for concerned parties to forge consensus on pivotal variables such as the quality of medical mediators and appropriate protocol for the compensation program.
The alliance endorsed a petition for lawmakers to suspend a bill review until the next session.
If the Legislative Yuan rushes review for a hasty clearance before recess, the end result will be a disaster, according to the petition.
Signatories also included Lai Shiow-suey (賴秀穗), a professor at National Taiwan University's School of Veterinary Medicine; Andrew T. Huang (黃達夫) of the Koo Foundation Sun Yat-sen Cancer Center; and the Taiwan Women's Link (台灣女人連線).
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It is usually possible to make well-controlled interfaces when two materials have similar crystal structures, yet the ability to combine materials with different crystal structures has lacked the accurate design rules that increasingly exists in other areas of materials chemistry.
The design and formation of an atomic-scale bridge between different materials will lead to new and improved physical properties, opening the path to new information technology and energy science applications amongst a myriad of science and engineering possibilities – for example, atoms could move faster at the interface between the materials, enabling better batteries and fuel cells.
Many devices, for example a transistor or blue LED, rely on the creation of very clean, well-ordered interfaces between different materials to work.
Liverpool Materials Chemist, Professor Matthew Rosseinsky, said: "When we try to fit materials together at the atomic scale, we are used to using the sizes of the atoms to decide which combinations of materials will "work" i.e. will produce a continuous well-ordered interface.
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Craig Bellamy has been included in the Wales squad for the Gary Speed Memorial match against Costa Rica, a game that could be his last at international level.
The Liverpool striker was persuaded to prolong his Wales career by Speed, and was devastated when the late manager died in November.
New manager Chris Coleman has expressed his desire for Bellamy to play on into the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign, but the 67-cap forward has already stated that next week's fixture could be his last in a Wales shirt.
Wales coach Osian Roberts feels it is "imperative" that Bellamy remains part of the national squad beyond the game against Costa Rica.
He said: "I hope it's not his last game. There has been no indication that it will be. He has had good discussions with Chris, which hopefully is positive.
"We have to manage his physical state with all the injuries he has had, but the form he has been in has been fantastic and it's imperative that he is in the team and around the squad. He is extremely influential off the pitch and in the dressing room.
"The players all look up to him, he is the ultimate professional. He looks after every detail, he trains like he plays - with great intensity which is why you have to manage his workload. But he sets the standard and the players round him raise the bar because he is a great example to any young player and it rubs off on others.
"Craig has to make the right decision for himself and hopefully he has the goal, the same as ours, to get to Brazil in 2014."
The squad, picked by Coleman and Speed's assistants Roberts and Raymond Verheijen, is, as expected, drawn from the group who helped Wales win four of their last five games under Speed.
However, there is a recall for Bolton full-back Sam Ricketts, who returns after a lengthy spell out through injury. Robert Earnshaw is also included in the 24-man squad despite finding first-team opportunities limited at Cardiff City. There is also a place on the standby list, and in the Under-21 squad, for Blackburn's Adam Henley.


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Barclays investment bank revamp could mean staff cuts
By Steve Slater
LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays could ax as many as 3,500 investment bank staff and cut its advisory or equities operations in Asia as part of a broader strategic review aimed at fixing the bank's culture in the wake of the financial crisis.
The future shape and size of the investment bank is seen as the most critical part of Chief Executive Antony Jenkins' review, as it contributes more than half of group profits but conducts the "casino" activities politicians and regulators are cracking down on.
The British bank was fined $450 million in June for rigging Libor interest rates, which forced its chairman and chief executive to quit.
Barclays' reforms are not expected to be as radical as those of rivals UBS and Royal Bank of Scotland, who are pulling back sharply, but sources say tough choices loom.
Jenkins will need to take action to cut costs and ensure the business is profitable under tougher new rules, and show the public and politicians that he has tackled culture and conduct, they said.
Activities that make low returns or lack scale are at threat, and the bank has said it will also stop anything that may harm its reputation, like tax advisory and agricultural commodities trading.
Jenkins is not due to unveil his "Project Transform" until February, but Project Mango, as the investment bank revamp has been named by the unit's boss Rich Ricci, is close to being wrapped up.
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Panjab University (PU) vice-chancellor (V-C) Arun Kumar Grover announced that PU elections' candidates will be allowed to use it's community radio station and official website for the student council elections, here on Tuesday.
The V-C announced this while addressing students on the occasion of former chief election commissioner JM Lyngdoh's address at Panjab University auditorium on the campus.
The administration did not favour open house debates, as it results in interference by outsiders, but had earlier proposed to allow use of radio debates by students for student council elections.
Grover said technology could be used to disseminate information and to make the student council elections less costly.
He added, "PU community radio station Jyotirgamaya 91.2 can be used to make the elections less expensive. PU will allocate some time and the recorded messages of the student council candidates will be telecast on air."
The V-C also offered to allot space on the PU website, so that the candidates can upload their power point presentations on it. This would help in limiting the poll expenses. Departmental election candidates will be allocated space on the web page of their own departments, Grover added.


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When you get involved in Network Marketing you will have three Stages to walk thru. From Simple Promoter to Network Marketing Rockstar. But what do these Stages include?
I had a huge Eye Opener the other Day when I started watching the Pre Course Video's from Diane Hochman's "Twist your List" Course. Which is officially starting today and will be going over the Course of the next 6 Weeks where she teaches on how to build a loyal Email Following that has served her in the last view Years building a 6 Figure Income by simply emailing her List. If you would like to join this Course and learn those Skills as well the Deadline is Wednesday February 3rd to Sign Up for it. For Details CLICK HERE.
So anyways in one of these Videos Diane was talking about The 3 Stages to Becoming a Marketing Superstar that every Entrepreneur has to go thru to become successful in their Business.
From Simple Promoter to Network Marketing Rockstar
Stage 1: Promoter
A Promoter is somebody who doesn't know much but is using some kind of magnetism to get the Word out about their Products and Business Opportunity. See back in the older Days People would go and create Flyers make Copies and hang them everywhere. In today's World of Technology many People use Facebook or other Social Media Sides to get that Information out.
Some will say well isn't that spamming your Products and BIZ Opp? Well yes and no! If you promote in Groups that welcomes advertisement and you are sharing VALUABLE Content then no it is not. If you are NOT providing valuable Information then yes it is considered spamming.
See back in the Day if you were soliciting in Places were it was not allowed you would get calls by Store Owners or maybe get stopped by the Police. Today if you go over Board "Spamming" Groups on Facebook they will put you in Facebook Jail for Example. If you would like to learn how to not get thrown into Facebook Jail watch this FREE Training. CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS.
Doing things like that teaches you a view things…
- It builds Character because you are taking Actions
- It is a Activity that anybody can do regardless of their Experience
- Will get you frustrated
See Frustration is a good thing because it teaches you. Only 2 Things come out of Frustration
- Either you are going to get better in handling People or
- You are coming to come up with a better Way to do your Business.
So one or the other you get good or you get frustrated enough to come up with a better Way.
Simple Promotion is something EVERYBODY should go thru… not just will it give you Sympathy and Experience to deal with People that start underneath you but it also help's you to learn how to promote your Products and Business Opportunity, exactly knowing what works and what does not. If you master that Step you will grow into the next Level which is Becoming a Personality.
Stage 2: Personality
So Diane explained this Way. Back in the 70's there was a Show called "The Love Boot" and there was this Girl named Julie that was the Cruise Director. So she also calls this the Cruise Director Stage. So Julie would have a Clipboard and welcome all the New Passengers, she also talked to People while the Cruise to find out what they were interested in and pointed them into the right Direction.
So she was not involved in making the drinks, cleaning the Rooms or serving Food, she didn't create anything. All she did was Point and Promote. Everybody new that if they have a Question they could go to Julie and that's the Roll of a Personality.
The Personality Phase of your Marketing can become a lucrative Stage. Which if you think about it, you have a Upline and in there you will also have Personalities. So for some that is the Stage they want to stay in. In the Personality Stage we grow to the Point that we become the Go to Girl/Guy.
In that Stage you start to Develop yourself and start using different Media so People will know: "Oh that's the X Person." We do that by using Video, Facebook, Audios, Podcasts, Webinars etc. BUT we are still not creating our own Products. We represent other Products or pointing to Training's.
So you are the Pointer, the go to Person. The Danger in this Phase is, if you skip the Promoter Role, you will not be able to get Eye Balls on what you are pointing People to. So if you skip the Promoter Role then you will be a broke Personality.
So the Promoter knows how to get People to a Offer and the Personality knows how to get them to the Cash Register.
Stage 3: Professional
You become a Professional when you take on more Responsibility which in Terms means more Money. In the Professional Stage you will start creating your own Products ie. Coaching, Books, Audio etc. whatever Niche you are in so you can serve your Market. So there are a view out there that have Products out there but don't know how to promote them.
A Professional will create the Product, will run the Mechanism, the Professional may have Employee's or even shipping involved.
That does NOT mean that if you are a Personality that you are not professional!
The Promoter promotes the Entity.
The Personality is the known Spokesmen for an Entity.
And the Professional is the Entity.
If you follow all 3 Stages you can go From Simple Promoter to Network Marketing Rockstar without a Problem. Was this a Eye Opener for you? It sure was for me!
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I had Skyrim for the 360 before, didn't like it so I sold it.
Now, about a week ago, I got it for PC. Better graphics + PC feel = AMAZING! I'm now loving the game and I'm still learning the ropes (only level 11). I've completed the whole Empire vs. Stormcloak storyline and killed Ulfric, and that's just about where I'm at now.
I'm an Archer with some points in sneak to hopefully become a stealthy Archer eventually. I'm having a ton of fun.
My question for you guys is, for those of you that have finished the entire main quest, is it still really fun to level up, do side quests, and play more? Because I want to have the urge to keep playing after the main quest but I'm not sure if I'll still have fun with the game then.
Are you the kind of person who can roll alts and give them diffrent personalities and such? If so, you'll most likely have atleast 2-3 good months of game in this. Are you the kind of person who loves to immerse themselves with a single char and try his/her best to get completion with that char? If so, you'll probably be seeking stuff for another coupple of months atleast. Are you the kind of person who usually completes a main quest and goes "I beat the game, done!" - Then you most likely won't have more than a week or so more after completing the last quest of the "Main" storyline.
But yeah.. According to most of TES community, you have tonnes of replay value. According to those who did'nt like the game, you suprisingly do not. Weird how that works, ain't it? =)
Just waiting for the creation kit and we'll start seeing some awesome changes/expansions added to the game.
My second character was the canonical 2H Nord warrior, I intended to make him the 'hero' of Skyrim, so I did good things all around - joined the Companions, become Thane of three holds, helped people. Also sided with the Empire just because I liked their costumes better - you could see faces!
And then I went ahead and finished the main quest at level 40. After I finished the main quest, I continued doing side quests and exploring for a day or two. Suddenly I completely lost interest in him. I had a story for him too. He started out good, and then once he learnt that he could defeat the evil no one else could, lust for power started to consume him. But I never got that far. I just lost interest, which is werid because I barely explored the world at all. I've never been to other cities aside from Solitude, Whiterun and Riften.
Now I started another character, a complete opposite. She's a Breton (they're small), have no morals and in it only for the money. She's avoiding the main quest completely - no dragons, no shouts. ICly, she escaped from Helgen, and she went to warn the Jarl. Once that was done, however, her job is done - as far as she is concerned, anything else after is the city's problems.
I'm having a blast with this evil character who's an aspiring assassin, and she has no qualms about killing anyone who says the wrong thing. (Ideally everyone in Skyrim's an ass, but as much as I like to wipe out an entire city household by household, ghost cities are not very fun). My point to you is, even if you're not an alt person, try to set aside room for 2-3 characters to see the different parts of the game. Unless you:
1) are an OCD completionist;
2) really dislike the game in general;
3) are the kind as Kasperio mentioned - beat the game and you're done;
then there can always be fun in alts. A few tips for you. The main quest is no different from any of the 'story' quests you come across (quests that don't appear under Misc section). It's only the main quest if you let it be the main quest. Once you treat it as just a 'quest', suddenly there are so many 'main quests' in Skyrim.
Set some small goals for your next character. A little RP is always a great idea, though not necessary, but I find that having a simple backstory for my character to justify his or her actions make it more fun. Try out different perk trees - a few are really meh, but instead of being a DPS powerhouse (the usual 2H, 1H, etc), try quietly poisoning people to death when they aren't looking. Or be a master of punching!
I can't really tell you what to do, it depends on what you like. But you can always find something new and completely different to do from your previous character.
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Yes, it is. Increasing your smithing skill allows you to buff your improving simply by raising the skill. Since it is fairly easy (mass produce iron daggers by traveling from vendor to vendor and sell them for their cost), the trade-off is simply huge, considering the EP you get as well.is it truly worth it? seems like it dossent improve anything other than my blade damage if i pick the perk to improve magic equipment. even if i reach the 100 skill i still need a enchant on the gear.
What's more, it will enable you to smith late-game gear. If you like stealthing, you will probably want to consider building a Dragonscale (you learn two sets of dragonarmor: Dragonscale is light, dragonbone is heavy) Armor through the dragon armor perk and Daedric weapons through the Daedric Smithing perk.
True, but the difference is that in GTA3 you're only shooting (and robbing, murdering, having sex with, etc) pixels. In WOW you get the pleasure of dealing with some of the most despicable human behaviour you'll ever witness.
While the game seems to have a good story and the elder scroll sure are a big name , I found playing skyrim quite the trial.
The lack of originality in game mechanic is astonishing , basically in term of game it is Fallout III In Medieval fantastic .
I Have enjoyed Fallout III and while I am not found of the system it is fin, but a little repetitive and that is all of what skyrim is about .
You enter in one dungeon you have seen all dungeon , dear sweet god it is annoying to do the same quest over and over again .
Yet it is a fine game not my favorite but it as a nice lore , ugly as it is the panorama is great ;
killing dragon fill thrilling but I don't understand all the fuss about a game I can't play more then 10 minute.
^ The above should be taken with two grains of salt and a fistful of "chill the F* out".
It's how they come in here bashing people for liking it. I mean, it's fine to say why you dislike the game - some will disagree, some will agree. But all this guy, and posters like them, does is come here telling people 'you're stupid for liking such a horrible game', using hyperboles and exaggerated remarks.
I'd post an image, but memes are against forum rules. It's like that guy who doesn't play in a band, yelling to the band, "GUYS, DID YOU HEAR ME?? STOP HAVING FUN!" It's sad really.
IS anyone looking to pick up the game? I have Skyrim but have not touched it since I don't meet the system requirements. My computer is pretty old was never bought for my gaming needs initially.
Quick question: Is skyrim the best on the PC? or XBOX 360?
I hear that graphics are rly good on the pc, but the worst on XBOX.
It's better on the PC.
I know there aren't many GAME CHANGING mods out there at the moment. (Besides maybe "wars in skyrim") but later down the road there will be over-hauls and game changing mods. Hell even a whole new game within the game itself. Thanks to the modding community. I remember when they did that with Oblivion.
Right now isn't much a time for mods. As most are just "BIG BREASTED NAKED FEMALE MOD" and "SKIMPY LEATHER ARMOR FOR YOUR BIG BREASTED NAKED MOD"
But there are some neat ones.
Like a HD retexture of ALL of skyrims textures.
Performance patches.
HD armor.
User made patches that fix shit bethesda didn't.
Sentinel PVE Basics for the two Specs that matterOriginally Posted by SW:TOR
Is there a good mod out there for quick gear swapping? I've not even begun to dig into the mods for the game yet, figured i'd start here since a lot of folks seem to have more experience w/ mods for Skyrim and other TES games. It'd be nice to be able to quickly switch from my 'caster set' of gear/armor into my sneak/thief set.
So yeah I am a big xbox fan and there are lots of great games and not only good PC games.
Edit: I have not found a lot of useful mods either so I wouldn´t want to play it on the PC unless you want to cheat or something.
Edit 2: The whole xbox vs PC shit is really going on my nerves. Seems MMO-C is full of PC fanboys
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So yeah I am a big PC fan and there are lots of great games and not only good xBox games.
Edit: I have found ALOT of useful mods and console fixes so I wouldn't want to play it on the xBox unless you want to be stuck on quests without a sollution or something.
Edit 2: The whole xBox vs PC shit is really going on my nerves. Seems MMO-C is full of xBox fanboys


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Awesome: Obama Shifts MidEast Balance of Power Away From Israel
Obama Triples US Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia. Just like the Deficit!!
A funny thing happened along the way to 'containing' Iran. Israel lost its historic military edge in the Middle East, and Obama tripled the Bush arms commitment to Saudi Arabia. Haha, the joke it appears is on us. In the last year of the Bush administration the US announced 3 major arms packages.
- 10 year, 30 Billion dollar arms commitment to Israel.
- 10 year, 20 Billion arms sale package to Saudi Arabia
- Multi billion dollar arms sale package to US Gulf allies.
Last year, I wrote that per capita (dollars spent per person) Israel was the largest defense spender on the planet. However, in raw dollar numbers Saudi Arabia was doubling us. According to the Economist, in 2009 Israel spent approximately 16 billion dollars on arms, roughly 3 billion of it coming from US military aid. Compared to the Saudis who spent an alarming 38 Billion dollars on weapons.
Alarm bells went off
Early on in the Obama administration Israel voiced serious concerns to the US at the highest levels. Commitments to Israel regarding arms packages had been broken, and top of the line advanced US weapons were being sold to Saudi Arabia, including guided weapons, smart bombs, and advanced fighter aircraft as part of their 20 billion dollar package under Bush.
Senior sources in the current U.S. administration, and senior officials at the foreign and defense ministries in Israel, have suggested that during the last year of the Bush administration the U.S. sold advanced military equipment to moderate Arab states – Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. The Americans justified the arms sales with the need to bolster these countries against the perceived threat posed by Iran.
In an address before the National Jewish Democratic Council, Israel's ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, commented on the matter. "We discovered that the qualitative edge of the IDF has been eroded," Oren said. "We came to the Obama administration and said: 'Listen, we have a problem.'"
According to Oren the response of the Obama administration was positive and immediate. "They said they are going to deal with this matter and ensure that the qualitative edge of the IDF is preserved," he said. "Since then we have embarked on a dialog [on preserving the IDF's qualitative edge]." [...]
The results?
The Obama administration and democrats tried to make hay implying that Bush was not Israel's friend, rather Obama is. They were going to fix this. This week it all came gushing out. Today Israel announced it was agreeing to pick up approximately 20 F35 JSF fighter from the US in a 3 billion dollar deal, in order to ostensibly 'maintain our qualitative edge'.
At the same time, last week the Saudi's were reported to have agreed to purchasing 84 new F15 fighters from the US in a 30 billion dollar arms deal. As the big fix to allay Israel, Obama had agreed to keep some of the long range weaponry destined to the Saudis out of their deal..
Wait for it.. Today the other shoe dropped.
The Saudi deal swelled, doubling to 60 BILLION DOLLARS over the next 10 years. Throwing in on top of the 84 F15s, an additional 130+ attack helicopters – Some 60 of them advanced Apache gunships, plus US Blackhawks. This will bring the Saudi air-force well above the 200 mark for advanced F15s, and dwarf Israel's attack helicopter fleet by a factor of about 3.
Obama came through all right..
He in theory cut some of the munitions & systems going to the Saudis, and instead TRIPLED the 20 billion dollar Bush commitment turning it into a 60 billion dollar arms orgy.
One that will see Israel numbers wise outgunned, outspent, and in theory possibly outmatched in the next 15 years. Shifting the balance of power in the Middle East, a balance which was already tilting of late away from Israel toward Iran & terrorists.
Containing Iran is costing us dearly indeed, and they have not even developed the nuclear weapons yet.
Lightning Strike: Huge F-35 Deal Will mean JSF Lands in Israel
Cost Offsets
The JSF saga continues, but it is nearing its end.
We may not be gaining access to critical JSF components, but the tough to swallow price tag may now be muted according to Israeli sources. In the form of a 4 billion dollar manufacturing cost offset which will somewhat lessen the economic sting of a JSF costing twice as much as an F15 latest gen Boeing fighter..
Israeli defense companies have scored one of the biggest deals in the industry's history: They will be making about $4 billion worth of parts for the next generation of American fighter jets, industry sources told TheMarker.
While no official announcement has been made, Israeli defense officials have been talking with the U.S. defense companies involved in the development and production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. [...]
It is a testament to how badly Israel, the US & Lockheed want to make this whole thing work. After the JSF balloon in cost, both the USA & Lockheed need orders for the jet badly. Israel needs help paying for it.
The IAF is indeed a huge win in the jet fighter realm.. The Israeli airforce is world renowned and other countries pay close attention to Israeli procurement. Israel would be the 1st original non official partner on board buying the jet. A huge prestige win for Lockheed & a needed vote of confidence in the JSF.
We can only go with 19 instead of 75 for now, but rest assured a procurement win of 20 or so from Israel will eventually mean a few hundred JSFs sold to other countries down the road. Something the Pentagon & both Lockheed will need to bring down the cost of the jet for US use via mass export / increased production over the next two decades.
Nothing is official, but if Israel can lend abiltiy, expertise & benefit from the gigantic JSF economy of the future it is almost a certainty that the JSF will have a trump card the F-15 cannot compete with on price alone.
There are other factors at play between the two jets competing over Israeli airspace, but the JSF cost balloon was a substantial & critical one.
Eagle Takes Flight: Israel Eyes Maiden F-15SE Tests
Procurement Wars as Lockheed Boeing Face Off
If you follow the Hashmonean you already know about the saga playing out to vie the Israeli skies.
In one corner, the largest procurement defense contract in US history known as the JSF – The fighter of the future addled by teething problems and ballooning budgets. In the other, the veritable air to air superiority fighter of the 20th Century – The F-15. Now updated with new aerodynamics, enclosed weapon bays, modern avionics, Air to Air radar absorbing coatings, and sporting a new moniker the F-15SE (Silent Eagle).
I have followed the saga closely..
- Frozen Out: Israel Looking to Drop F-35 tender, buy Advanced F15-SE
- Air Supremacy: Lockheed F35, Boeing F15SE in Combat for the Skies Over Israel
- Confirmation: Senior IAF Officers Question JSF Plans
- No Deal: JSF F-35 Saga Continues; Israel Still Loitering
- Buyers Remorse? : Joint Strike Fighter Woes Continue
JSF F35 Lightning II key procurement factors for Israel remain:
Economics, Time Frames, and Access. We already know the JSF, who's costs have quadrupled for Israeli procurement (150 Million+) cannot be bought in numbers originally envisioned. We already know that deliveries will not meet critical threats and our need for long range interdiction soon. We already know that Israel & the Pentagon are in a long running battle regarding access to key F-35 JSF electronic systems & components. Initial squadron deliveries of vanilla JSFs themselves to Israel are no longer envisioned before 2016-2018, if then.
F-15 - We already know that Israel has maintained 100 – 0 kill ratios flying the eagle. We already know we can fly them with one wing blown clear off. We already know that Israel has previously procured Eagles with custom requirements & Israeli avionics in the F-15I RAAM (Thunder), and we have a long term training, supply and maintenance regiment in place.
Video on An Israeli F-15 flying with one wing..
What has changed? The Eagle has taken flight. Boeing, having lost the initial X-Plane prototype race to Lockheed which produced the F35, now seeks a little sweet revenge. Key words? Aggressive flight testing schedule.
The Israel Air Force closely followed the maiden flight of the F-15 Silent Eagle, which took to the skies over the weekend in the US. Debate continued within the Defense Ministry over whether it should buy the aircraft in the face of expected additional delays in the development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
The flight took place over St. Louis, headquarters of the plane's developer, Boeing Co.
During the 80-minute flight, the plane, called the F-15E1, opened and closed its left-side conformal weapons bay, which contained an AIM-120 Instrumented Test Vehicle (ITV) missile that was not launched.
"The Silent Eagle demonstration flight validated our initial engineering design approach," said Boeing F-15 Development Programs Director Brad Jones. "Our intent was to verify all systems are operational in a flight environment. This flawless flight allows us to move into the next phase. In the next couple of weeks, we will ferry F-15E1 to the test range and launch an AIM- 120." [...]
Crunch Time - We will not be getting the F-35 JSF access we want.
Last month it was reported that a critical factor for Israel regarding the JSF continued to lay with access. The Obama administration & Israel like to say loud and proud that defense ties are phenomenal. But Israelis are sharp tacks. We mere mortals suspect that JDAMs, Fuel, ordnance and other goodies were withheld when Obama came into office as pressure tactics on the Netanyahu govt.
Should future conflict erupt with a 3rd party under a future less friendly administration.. We may be stuck without access to key electronic systems, replacement parts and the JSF computer core – Woohoo! Grounding one of the most lethal air forces in the world while we wait for C-5 Galaxies to disgorge components coming from the USA..
Why is it likely we won't we be getting full access? Because this tidbit made the news last week regarding ongoing JSF negotiations..
Israel wants the Obama administration and Lockheed-Martin Company (NYSE: LMT) to set up a US-run logistics and maintenance center for the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet in the Negev, reports "Defense News", quoting US and Israeli government and industry sources. Lockheed-Martin is the chief contractor for the F-35, which is due to become the next-generation mainstay of the Israel Air Force.
The request is basically a new Israeli condition to Israel's commitment to procure the expensive planes.
"Defense News" says that Israeli officials consider construction of a large logistics center to be a critical factor for independent operational capabilities, especially since airports and seaports are liable to be targets of rocket and missile attacks in a war.
You know it baby! They call it just in time delivery today. Stock & lock them computer cores, systems, replacements and all the JSF goodies right here in the holy land. That way when the going gets tough.. The tough don't all of a sudden decide to get all political on us.
Fighter of the future or old faithful?
Perhaps both. Or maybe simply the aerial wars continue – If you've ever pulled a few Gs in a 100 million dollar fighter plane you already know, brinkmanship is all part of the dogfight. A decision is expected in Israel by fall.
Air Supremacy: Lockheed F35, Boeing F15SE in Combat for the Skies Over Israel
F35i Teething problems
Unfortunately for Lockheed, and Israel the F35 story still has no happy ending. The plane is over budget by tens of millions per aircraft, late, overshadowed by its more specialty capable yet now canceled big brother (F-22), and crucially for Israel - Is sealed off electronically.
Without the ability to access internal computers and replace key systems with Israeli variants, for which IAF weaponry & training are already in place it has become tough to justify outlaying so much money for stealth capability. As a result the heat is on so to speak here in Israel, and Boeing is making the big push for a huge interim win, with the F15SE..
[...] Meanwhile, Israel's negotiations with the U.S. administration and Lockheed are expected to end with a deal early next year. For now, the gaps between the two sides are significant.
There are a number of issues in addition to the cost of the F-35, including disagreement over Israel's request for modifications in equipping the aircraft with locally produced electronics, the plane's relatively short range and limited bomb capacity, and the costs for establishing a separate maintenance infrastructure for the aircraft.
Another major issue is the projected delivery schedule, with 2014 being the earliest date the F-35 would arrive in Israel, and 2016 the date for the first operational squadron.
In comparison, some aspects of the Silent Eagle package make it a promising possibility. Boeing is talking about a $100 million price tag per aircraft, a significantly longer range than the F-35, and a maintenance infrastructure that could be based on the one for Israel's F-15 fleet. Delivery may begin by 2012. [...]
The Future Is Now?
Clearly the competition is fierce for multi billion dollar contracts, my last blog about the topic generated interested visits from both companies. Both these export aircraft are new on the market and each would benefit greatly being fielded by the Israeli Air Force. Personally, I believe we may see in the end both aircraft do just that. The original tender was for a possible 75 JSF aircraft. Israel could in theory push out the JSF procurement to a later date, since arrival dates are so far out in any case and put together a squadron starting around 2018-19, or even into the next decade. By then the US would likely not waste everyone's time with computer issues, the JSF would have seen some longer term testing, and the fighter will have been improved.
In the interim, 25 additional F15-SEs could dovetail nicely into the established maintenance, training and equipment pipeline more quickly & cheaply. We need solutions in the near term. The F35 has shorter range, and less room for weapons. These delivery dates of 2016 are eons away. When Iran went Islamic Fundamentalist, the Shah's brand new F-16 order was canceled. Israel took over the procurement and the new F-16s first saw action taking out the Osirak Iraqi nuclear reactor a few short months later.
No Strike For You!
That does not appear to be the legacy of the F35 to share. The F35 is late to the party and under dressed, the F15 Strike Eagle will have to do the job in the near term. In that case we should order more of them. Currently, the F35 doesn't allow us to enter crucial systems, which makes us dependent all the more on the USA – We have seen how this type of disastrous dependence can now affect our nation's very ability to field these weapons and defend ourselves, most recently under President Obama. This is akin to buying a car from the Obama owned General Motors and he gets to keep the keys, deciding when we are allowed to drive and when not.
Today everyone is 'Smart Shopping'
This new encroachment style is not something we should encourage, least of all in our weapons systems - stealth or no stealth. We need a fighter that has the range, and systems that can defend us from Iran. I know according to the Obama school of thought this may be sometime in 2017.. Unfortunately President Obama is wrong. Those are Israel's needs, they are not currently focused on 2017, with limited access to systems yet! I think we should fill them today and let the JSF wait for tomorrow, pick up later short range VTOL versions in greater quantity perhaps with our longer arm strike and interceptor needs hopefully filled.
In the mean time, we have seen MIG 29s appear, MIG 31s disappear, and now the F35 & F15SE are also in the mix over our skies. Apparently, if you enjoy jet fighter intrigue this is the place to be.