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OTTAWA (Reuters) - A major national park in Canada's Arctic has been largely closed after record high temperatures caused flooding that washed away hiking trails and forced the evacuation of tourists, an official said on Friday.
Every year around 500 people visit Auyuittuq National Park, which covers over 19,000 square km (7,340 square miles) on Baffin Island and is dominated by the giant Penny ice cap. The park is popular with hikers and skiers.
The combination of floods, melting permafrost and erosion means that the southern part of the park will remain shut until geologists can examine the damage, said Pauline Scott, a spokeswoman for Parks Canada.
"We've lost huge proportions of what was formerly the trail in the park. It's disappeared -- gone," Scott said by phone from Iqaluit, capital of the Arctic territory of Nunavut.
Most visitors walk through the park -- which is slightly smaller in area than Israel -- starting from the southern edge, near the town of Pangnirtung.
The problems started last month with two weeks of record temperatures on Baffin Island that reached as high as 27 Celsius (81 Fahrenheit), well above the July average of 12 C (54 F).
This, Scott said, triggered massive melting which sent "a huge pulse of water through the park," washing away 60 km (37 miles) of a trail used by hikers and destroying a bridge over a river that is otherwise impassable.
Earlier this week, once the extent of the damage had become clear, 21 visitors had to be evacuated by helicopter. Continued...


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On Saturday, the National Portrait Gallery opens the third edition of its prestigious triennial portrait competition, which this year features entries in such media as rice, glitter and thread, along with the more traditional genres of photography, video, drawing and painting.
The 48 works in the "Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013" were winnowed from more than 3,000 submissions. The contest's $37,500 purse for the top three winners includes, for the grand-prize winner, a $25,000 check and a commission to create a portrait of a living individual for the museum's permanent collection.
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Washington, July 17 (ANI): The short curved legs, characteristic of today's dachshunds, corgis, basset hounds and at least 16 other breeds of dogs, is due to a single evolutionary event in the past, according to researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
The discovery could offer new clues about how physical differences may arise within species and suggests new approaches to understanding a form of human dwarfism.
In the study, the researchers led by NHGRI's Dr. Elaine Ostrander, examined DNA samples from 835 dogs, including 95 with short legs.
They conducted a survey of more than 40,000 markers of DNA variation and uncovered a genetic signature exclusive to short-legged breeds.
After follow-up DNA sequencing and computational analyses, the researchers determined that the dogs' disproportionately short limbs could be traced to one mutational event in the canine genome - a DNA insertion - that occurred early in the evolution of domestic dogs.
"Every species, including canine and human, carries an amazing record of evolution scripted in its genome that can teach us about the mechanisms at work in biology, as well as about human health and disease. This work provides surprising evidence of a new way in which genome evolution may serve to generate diversity within a species," said NHGRI Scientific Director Dr. Eric Green.
The researchers specifically found that in contrast to other dog breeds, all short-legged dog breeds have an extra copy of the gene that codes for a growth-promoting protein called fibroblast growth factor 4 (FGF4).
Although functional, the extra gene lacks certain parts of the DNA code, called introns, found in normal genes.Owing to these characteristics, the researchers concluded that the extra gene is a so-called retrogene that was inserted into the dog genome some time after the ancestor of modern dog breeds diverged from wolves.
In case of short-legged dogs, the inserted retrogene results in the overproduction of the FGF4 protein, which according to researchers could turn on key growth receptors at the wrong times during foetal development.
"Our findings suggest that retrogenes may play a larger role in evolution than has been previously thought, especially as a source of diversity within species. We were surprised to find that just one retrogene inserted at one point during the evolution of a species could yield such a dramatic physical trait that has been conserved over time," said the study's first author, DR. Heidi G. Parker.
The dog findings are the first example of a retrogene that has spurred significant and long-lasting variation within a single species.
The findings may also have implications for understanding human biology and disease as well as help in the uderstanding of a similar appearing growth disorder, called hypochondroplasia, or dwarfism.
The study has been published in the advance online edition of the journal Science. (ANI)


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Committee will recommend stronger law for sex crimes against children
10/16/08 6:12PM By Ross Sneyd
The panel expects to propose a new statute - aggravated assault against a child younger than 16.
Committee Chairman Dick Sears of Bennington says anyone convicted under the law would go to prison for a minimum of 25 years - and a maximum of life.
Speaking on VPR's Vermont Edition, Sears said the proposal would be different from what many consider ``Jessica's law.''
(Sears) ``This is a Vermont law that I think reaches a consensus on our committee at least and says we consider this an extremely serious crime that needs to be dealt with in a very firm, fair and consistent manner.''
(Host) The committee also wants to see special units created soon in every region of the state to investigate sex crimes.
The Legislature has already approved the units, but Sears says they need to be developed more quickly.
Sears says it will take money to enact all of the recommendations.
(Sears) ``We're going to have to spend it if we're really serious about dealing with this problem and protecting Vermont kids. Where are our priorities. As a member of the appropriations Committee we'll do our best to come up with ways. But there are things that might have to go lacking in order to accomplish this.''
(Host) The Judiciary Committee will hold its final public hearing on the issue tonight in Burlington. It will release its draft proposals tomorrow and a formal legislative bill will be drafted next month.


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In this issue Melinda interviews Ed Harrison, the Group Commissioner for the 35/37th Scouting Group on the 100th anniversary of the troop (see above). While we had him on the phone, I thought I'd ask him the 5 Questions.
1. What is your favourite place in the Beach? – "I would say probably the boardwalk around Ashbridges Bay."
2. What's your favourite meal? – "Italian… pasta dishes mostly."
3. Cat or dog? – "I like dogs, but cats would be my preference. We had a tabby once."
4. What is your favourite movie? – "War Horse. If I were you I'd see the movie first, then go see the play at the Princess of Wales Theatre. The movie gives you a better context to help you relate to the play."
5. What are you planning for Thanksgiving? – "We're going to have the family over… our two sons and their families. Both boys went through the Scouts."
I thought you might be interested in what our Bottom's Up columnist, Edward Finstein, AKA Dr. Wineknow, had to say. (I purposefully didn't ask him the question about beer, wine or whisky because you just know he'd say "all of the above.")
1. What is your favourite place in the Beach? – "I love sitting on the rocks by the water, sipping a coffee, just gazing out to sea, as it were. It's soothing and allows me to contemplate life, and often work out writing ideas. I also enjoy sitting at the numerous cafés along Queen Street to watch the endless parade of fascinating folks stroll by."
2. What is your favourite meal? – "A tough question for a food/wine geek! If I had to choose one, it would probably be a smorgasbord; fresh veggies, cured meats, cheeses, paté, crusty gourmet bread, extra virgin olive oil, balsamic glaze…Not exactly a gourmet meal, but the peasant in me has spoken. A nice, medium-bodied Italian red wine would play this choice admirably."
3. Cat or dog? – "I grew up with a dog, but when I got older and much busier, and started to travel a lot, a dog didn't fit my lifestyle. On a whim, many years ago, I got a cat, and became an afficionado. We have a cat right now, Pepper, who thinks she's a dog. I'll always have a pet in my life."
4. What is your favourite movie? – "That would be a toss-up between the Marx Brothers' Duck Soup, and Some Like It Hot."
5. What are you planning for Thanksgiving? – "Going up to my brother-in-law's cottage in Parry Sound where we'll be wining a turkey on a spit over charcoal. Lots of interesting vino to wash that sucker down!"


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Wednesday...Hump Day Shenanigans
Wednesday, May 30, 2012Filed under: giveaway, Filed under: home projects
Living the Simple Life! Congratulations my dear...I have sent your information on to PrintRunner and they will be contacting you very soon for your business cards! Thanks to everyone else for playing ;) {P.S. stay tuned for more fun giveaways coming up, too}
Hope yall are having a great week...at least it's half way over and the weekend is inching its way back again!
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Yay for the blog sale!!!ReplyDelete
I loved your last blog sale :) I am jealous of your SATM job now. You will be fabulous at it! PS: I will have a chiropractor for you in Nashville in about 6 months when husband graduates!! hahaReplyDelete
Can't wait to see what you get your hubs for a anniversary gift! xoReplyDelete
I would be VERY interested in a blog sale :) All your clothes are so adorable and I am trying to incorporate more dresses into my wardrobe :)ReplyDelete
I'm all for your blog sale!!ReplyDelete
Blog sale, puh-lease!ReplyDelete
Natasha! Taylor does my hair too and showed me pics of your nursery.. since I don't have facebook, I started following your blog! Love it! How about a MATERNITY blog sale! I'm 8 months and running out of clothes.ReplyDelete
A blog sale sounds great! I need to have one before the hubby and I move. Congrats on your new job as a SAHM!ReplyDelete
Awww so exciting that your one-year is coming up! And I think a blog sale would be way fun! Have a great lunch today! :)ReplyDelete
Yes yes yes to a blog sale!!! And I can't wait to see the rest of the wedding pics :)ReplyDelete
If you have time, you should do another post of your house - I LOVE all your decorating and I want to see your deck/back yard!
A blog sale sounds fun! And I just turned into a SAHM too! I prefer to call myself retired though. Good luck!!ReplyDelete
Yay for blog sales! I am sooo excited! Also, congrats on your upcoming one-year!!ReplyDelete
Can't wait to see what you do for Jeff. It's always fun for me to think of fun anniversary gifts. We do the traditional gifts as well....sometimes with a little twist. For example, our 2nd anniversary (cotton) I got him "Cotton Bowl" tickets because his alma matre was playing. I just like the thought of sticking with the tradition for fun.ReplyDelete
Blog sale, yes definitely!ReplyDelete
Sounds like you're having a great time at home :) It's exciting to keep up with the changes with the new baby--I know I'll be there one day, so I love seeing how life is for someone else in those shoes.ReplyDelete
P.s. I would love to shop a closet sale of yours. You have the cutest clothes!
Your deck is so pretty!ReplyDelete
I'm a long time silent reader and I discovered you from Jenn Wade's blog. :)ReplyDelete
Congrats on your new job!
Please host a blog sale - your clothes are always super cute!
Congrats on your new job - so exciting! I would love for you to have a blog sale - such a great idea!! :)ReplyDelete
Can't wait to see your outdoor space once it is all finished. That is one thing I have to give up living in the city and so I will live vicariously through you until I have a space of my own. :)ReplyDelete
Your outdoor space is looking BEAUTIFUL!!!! :) We are currently trying to fix up our gardens, flower beds etc and THEN we get to purchase the new fun stuff, like cushions and lighting, etc etc for our back deck :)ReplyDelete
Love your table and that umbrella - so cute! Yay for a blog sale!ReplyDelete
Congrats on being a SAHM!!! Excited for a blog sale:)ReplyDelete
I think a blog sale is a great idea :)ReplyDelete
I think we are about the same size and I love your pictures, so I'm in for a blog sale. Also, and totally random... but you posted awhile back about a necklace from Anthro. It has big chunky beads that are tan, a coral stone, a green stone, a bejeweled black bed, ring any bells? I can't find a picture and I don't remember when you posted about it. Anyway- I got it for Christmas and it's not really my style and I didn't remember to take it back and exchange it. If you would like it, I would be happy to ship it to you. Is that creepy? Ha! Anyways, if you want it, send me a PO Box (less creepy) or somewhere I can send it.ReplyDelete
Love the blog! Lauren8171[at]gmail[dot]com
I'd love to see what type of clothes you'd be willing to sell. You always wear such cute outfits!ReplyDelete
I'm hosting a giveaway for a $50 shabby apple giftcard! I'd love it if you'd check it out!! :)
I'm excited to see what you are making for Jeff for your 1year Anniversary!! And, I'm very interested in a Blog Sale!ReplyDelete
Can you believe how much can change in a year??!! I wanted to say congratulations on staying home with sweet Caroline, you will love every moment of it!ReplyDelete
Yay for a blog sale :) we are going on a cruise and I'm in need of some new awesome dresses. Yay!ReplyDelete
Happy almost anniversary, and I would love to see a blog sale!ReplyDelete
Yay....Blog sale! I'm in!ReplyDelete
Yes for blog sale!! I was thinking of doing one too!ReplyDelete
I love your outdoor space! It has inspired me to do some redecorating!!
Congrats on 1 year!! Can't wait to see your project!! :)
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Small Business Saturday's $5.7 Billion Shopping SpreeBy
Consumers who were aware of Small Business Saturday spent $5.7 billion with independent merchants on Saturday, according to research published today by American Express and the National Federation of Independent Business.
That number represents the effort to quantify the impact of the campaign, which was launched by AmEx in 2010 as a marketing counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. AmEx offered rebates to a limited number of cardholders who bought from Main Street shops on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, but the campaign is "payments agnostic," making the impact on small business owners' bottom lines difficult to measure.
The widespread adoption of Small Business Saturday is easier to quantify. Forty-one governors issued proclamations supporting the campaign, and more than 3.3 million Facebook users have "liked" a page dedicated to the promotion.
It's difficult to know whether the push helped open wallets, because it would mean comparing small merchants' total sales that day with an estimate of the amount consumers would have spent absent a campaign.
As proxy for that number, AmEx and the NFIB collected online surveys from 1,000 adults and used the findings to extrapolate to the $5.7 billion figure. That number is 4 percent higher than the $5.5 billion that consumers who knew about Small Business Saturday spent in 2012, according to a press release.


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Shape Up, Fast!Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Linebacker Training is originally from West Point Military Academy. Linemen would go through high intensity training by alternating between running on a Stairmaster for 90 seconds and lifting weights. Florida State men's basketball has adapted this technique and calls it Metabolic Devastation. UT baseball, basketball, and softball athletes also use this type of workout.
I tried this workout with Patta Murray on Friday morning. I have two words: it works. This high intensity workout is great for getting in shape. I was nervous at first because I am no body builder, I can hardly do a modified push-up. Patta works with you and your abilities. If you are already strong, you will get stronger. Many runners come to her and are able to shave off time in their races because of Linebacker Training.
Why does this work? Patta uses negative and body weight resistance to give your muscles a different type of workout. Negative or eccentric training, puts resistance on your muscles when they are lengthening, which improves strength. It forces you to recruit more muscle fibers which leads to more strength, coordination, and skill.
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text: Political Participation of Young People in Europe' (EUYOUPART) (2003) In 'Projects' Research projectsZeitgeist. What does it mean to be German in the 21st century? (2010 - 13)Germany and the Future of Europe (2003 - 04)Political Participation of Young People in Europe' (EUYOUPART) (2003)Intergovernmental Relations and the EU (2001 - 03)Political scandals and the trust of citizens in German federal institutions (2001 - 02)Multi-Level Electoral Competition and Regional Party Systems (2000 - 01)The Search for Solutions: Policy Learning in Britain and Germany (1994 - 04) Back to 'Our research' In summer 2002, Dr Kerry Longhurst won an award of €141,000 to conduct research into the Political Participation of Young People in Europe (EUYOUPART) as part of a European Fifth Framework project funded by the European Commission. Work began in January 2003 in collaboration with partner institutes in Austria, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Slovakia. On 1 June 2003, Dr James Sloam was appointed as a research fellow to work on the project. The aim of the study was to look into youth political participation from the perspective of public policy, NGOs, academic literature, and – most importantly – from young people themselves. Through an analysis of a broad range of studies and through the use of qualitative research (focus groups, individual interviews), the group has produced and tested a quantitative survey on the Political Participation in Young People across Europe. The project has completed National Reports examining existing academic literature, previous research projects, and previous survey questionnaires. Planning meetings have been held for these purposes in Helsinki and Talinn. A special workshop, was held for the lead partners in the qualitative analysis in Birmingham (August, 2003). The study undertook both qualitative and quantitative research (focus groups, individual interviews, surveys) and the analysis of this data in 2004. The findings of the project were presented at a Symposium in Vienna (2005), organised by the Insitute of German Studies (Birmingham) project group.


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After his wife left him and his 9-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter, his mother and stepfather became his caretakers.
In the Antelope Valley, he quickly became well known. The area, tucked into the farthest northeast corner of Los Angeles County and dotted by Joshua trees and sagebrush, is immensely proud of its ties to the military. The Air Force's B-1B bomber was built here and it was at Edwards Air Force Base that legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound.
The area, Kennedy says, contains more veterans per capita than any other place in the country.


text: TOKYO, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503) announced today that the company has completed its acquisition of OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSIP) for $4.0 billion. Masafumi Nogimori, President and CEO of Astellas said, "We are delighted to announce the completion of this transaction with OSI. We are truly excited by the opportunities that the combination will provide and we look forward to working with our new colleagues at OSI. This compelling transaction marks an important step forward for Astellas as the company works towards developing a world-class oncology platform and realizing our goal of improving the health of people around the world." OSI is a biotechnology company primarily focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of molecular targeted therapies addressing medical needs in oncology, diabetes and obesity. OSI manufactures and sells Tarceva® (erlotinib), a leading cancer medication, and has several prospective new oncology medications in its R&D pipeline. OSI is expected to augment Astellas' strong existing franchises in urology and transplantation, expanding the product portfolio and pipeline of the combined company. Astellas completed the acquisition of OSI through a short-form merger without a meeting of OSI's stockholders. In the merger, each outstanding share of OSI common stock not purchased in Astellas' tender offer or otherwise owned by Astellas was converted into the right to receive the same $57.50 consideration that was provided in the tender offer, without interest, except shares for which appraisal rights are validly asserted. OSI is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Astellas US Holding, Inc., a holding company owned by Astellas Pharma Inc., and OSI's common stock has ceased to be traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Citigroup is acting as exclusive financial advisor to Astellas and Morrison & Foerster LLP is acting as legal counsel.


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Kevin Hart's Let Me Explain is now playing in theaters across the states. But on the tube, you can find Snoop, Erick, Meth and RL help promote the film in their new video. We'll let them explain.
Keeping it business as usual, Mister Cee paid homage to Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith for this week's Best of Tuesday mix. You gots to chill and listen below.
Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith brought their business last night to TV One's Unsung. In this episode, we follow the hip hop pioneers from their prime, feuds, and influence in today's game. mwp
Over Erick Sermon's soundbite, MC Lyte takes off with her contribution to the Jordan Brand's "XX8 Days Of Flight". Previously: Big Daddy Kane "28 Bars Of Kane"
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Numark's all-in-one Mixtrack Pro 3 Serato DJ controller is now available. The latest update in the popular Mixtrack Pro series features a narrower chassis design, thicker metal jogwheels compared to its predecessors, and touchstrips for track search and effects. It ships with Serato DJ Intro, and you can upgrade to Serato DJ.
Numark Mixtrack Pro 3 Serato Controller Out Now
Controller Clinic #41: Best DJ Controller Under $400?
Today's post was inspired by a thread on the Digital DJ Tips forum, from where this answer comes. Our reader said: "I think I'll use Virtual DJ or Serato, but it really doesn't matter to me: I'd rather get a controller and buy software accordingly." As you'll see, though, we don't think this is the right way to go...
Review & Video: Numark Mixtrack Pro 3 Serato DJ Controller
My, how far the Mixtrack Pro has come. Always a successful model at the lower end of the market, right since the original clunky Mixtrack Pro and then the slimmed-down Mixtrack Pro 2, the new Mixtrack Pro 3 sports a thorough update for 2015, with a sleeker shape and some features from Numark's more expensive controllers.
Controller Clinic #14: Improving The Effects On Virtual DJ LE & Mixtrack
Following our recent tutorial video on when to use DJ effects, Digital DJ Tips reader John Spiegel writes: "I use a Numark Mixtrack with Virtual DJ LE. In the effects section there is no filter, either hi or low pass. I was wondering if there's a way to either get around that or fix that."
Your Questions: How Do 4 Decks Work With 2-Channel Controllers?
Reader DJ MW writes: "I have decided to sell my CDJs and go digital. However I regularly use a third deck in my sets. My question is: How would it work in relation to volume/pitch controls when switching? Does it lock them in or does it just follow the physical faders when you switch back and change the values, messing up the mix?"
Your Questions: Why Doesn't Mixtrack Have A Headphones Jack?
Beginner DJ Bill Dunn writes: "I'm looking at buying the Numark Mixtrack, but not the Pro version as I already have a good sound card. Please can you tell me whether the non-pro Numark Mixtrack controller has a headphone output?"
Numark Mixtrack Pro Video Review
This excellent video clearly covers all the features of the Mixtrack Pro DJ controller, the most in-demand budget DJ controller in 2010/11, judging by our mailbox here at Digital DJ Tips.


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When it comes to frantic mouse-clicking and dungeon-looting, the name "Diablo" is forever revered among desktop denizens around the world, to the point that every title released henceforth with similar mechanics has been classified as a "Diablo clone". With such a huge pedigree resulting from the last two games (and their expansion packs), it was both a right and a necessity for Blizzard to make sure the eventual follow-up would live to fans' enormous expectations. Now, nearly twelve years later, Diablo has finally returned to fracture the click-fingers of computer gamers both new and old.
Diablo III's story begins twenty years after the last defeat of the eponymous "Prime Evil". Series veteran and memetic lore master Deckard Cain urges his young niece Leah to stay a while and listen to a newly discovered tome detailing an ominous prophecy; in a world where ominous prophecies involving demonic forces are as common as mild thunderstorms, all hell literally breaks loose as Leah loses sight of her uncle, while Diablo's army returns to murder, pillage, and murder some more. It's up to the chosen heroes (chosen by fate as well as by customising players) to unravel the mysteries surrounding Diablo's return, ally with powerful forces both human and otherwise, and slaughter thousands of enemies, while earning more loot than they could possibly carry.
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Though the dark fantasy setting is filled with interesting lore and demonic descriptions, the gravity of the main storyline is plagued with unintentional campiness that puts it more along the lines of Mortal Kombat than Berserk. Likewise, the "twists" as the plot unravels are so painfully predictable that they verge on '80s Saturday morning cartoon fare. A real twist, for example, would have been a subversion where the cackling dark wizard with the blood-stained past actually keeps his word and assists the heroes after freeing him. Instead, as the choir-heavy music attempts to emphasise the unforeseen betrayals, most gamers will likely have the Team Rocket theme playing in their heads.
But even the most hardcore Diablo fans shouldn't argue that the story is merely window-dressing in order to contextualise the change in locations and objectives. The game is structured into four acts, where progressing through quests moves characters along to the next location while locking them out of the previous area. While this creates a more linear approach from previous Diablo games, it also cuts down on pointless wandering and guesswork, instead giving players a clear path to the nearest maze-like dungeon.
The areas themselves are also randomly arranged, ensuring that no two dungeon-crawls are alike. This is thanks to the most unique and controversial addition to Diablo III, a persistent online connection. Being connected 24/7 allows the game to create a randomised dungeon layout every time players log in, as well as keep them informed of the progress and rewards earned by added friends. This feature gives a WoW-level of social integration and updates that enhances the overall experience, even for players uninterested in the multiplayer aspect of D3. The downside to this online integration is that an Internet connection is required just to play the game; with the periodic problems facing Internet providers, tripped-over routers and Battle.net server downtimes, this prerequisite may prove frustrating for anyone hoping to enjoy a reserved weekend of demon slaying and loot pillaging.
Another advantage to the online requirement is the ability for players to jump in and out of multiplayer at any given time. Players can choose to keep their sessions invite-only or public, to which recipients can take any of their existing characters and join the host's world, with all of their levels, loot, and skills intact. For those looking to make new friends by joining a random public game, Diablo III's multiplayer matching is tragically bare bones; the only option available is to quick join games separated by Acts… you have no say in determining what part of the Act you wish to join, how many existing players are in a room, or even which difficulty or gameplay mode is available. It is a literal flip of the coin that more often than not falls on the side of joining a two-man session in a quest you've already completed a dozen times.Multiplayer sessions can hold up to four players, and for every extra player present, the enemies increase in both quantity and ferocity. A full four-player room guarantees screen-filling insanity with nearly hundreds of monsters swarming your band of heroes repeatedly. But with extra risk comes extra reward, as defeating the souped-up spawns of Satan will also yield greater loot, often dwarfing whatever equipment you find in a single-player session. Even better, the visible loot is exclusive to each player, meaning you can pick and choose what items to keep without worrying about fellow players with itchy mouse fingers beating you to the prize. Health globes and stat-boosting runes (which grant a temporary boost in exp, attack speed, and so on) are also shared between players, insuring persistent cooperation between players whether they like it or not, and making online griefing virtually impossible.
But what's more important than the obtainable benefits is how much more fun multiplayer is compared to single-player. The increase in enemies coupled with the different character classes assisting one another results in a more action-packed and overall insane experience that's closer to arcade murder sprees like Smash TV. Grinding levels in addition to gathering loot enhances the experience even further with more powerful and often flashier abilities (having a team consisting entirely of Witch Doctors is bound to cause some massive slowdown on even the most powerful PCs), as well as open up even more hard-core gameplay modes, such as the aptly-titled Hardcore Mode.
In this mode, created characters are given one life and one life only; should players fall in battle in this mode, their character immediately becomes unusable in any other mode and cannot be resurrected. This mode alone doubles the tension of every battle, creating an extra amount of prudence and panic; if anyone manages to clear Hardcore, they are certainly deserving of some e-cred. Otherwise, Nightmare Mode can suffice in a harder difficulty with unlimited retries after finishing the game once, while Hell Mode is a fittingly named tier increase. If that still isn't enough for masochistic monster-slayers, the new Inferno Difficulty will likely have ill-prepared players crying into the arms of more forgiving games like Dark Souls.
Whatever the difficulty selected, or the number of players partnered with (if any), a created character properly outfitted with the right tools and skills (and a few dozen levels) can take on any situation. For the sequel, Blizzard has done away with most of the previous game's classes save for the Barbarian and a retooled Sorcerer (renamed to "Wizard"). New classes include the Witch Doctor, who can use voodoo spells to summon additional monster allies and hurl poisonous bottles, the Monk, who possesses lightning-fast martial arts and buffs, and the Demon Hunter, who utilises long-range attacks as well as offensive and defensive abilities.
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Each class carries a specific meter used to fill up (Fury for the Barbarian, Arcane Power for the Wizard, and in the case of the Demon Hunter, two meters called Hatred and Discipline), which allows them to utilise different abilities that each cost a different amount. These abilities range from offensive attacks to defensive buffs, and are all earned the same way: by levelling up. Each class can equip up to six slots worth of abilities (left click, right click, and number keys 1-4), which are by default reserved for primary attacks, secondary attacks, and the various abilities.
However, the game allows for further customization courtesy of Elective Mode, an advanced option that allows any combination of abilities to be mapped to any of the six keys. A number of unique possibilities can result from this amount of freedom, such as mapping all the different primary attacks at once (some are slower and do more critical damage, some can strike multiple enemies at once, etc.), or storing some of the bigger (and more meter draining) abilities for the most crucial moments. The addition of skill runes to further boost your abilities as well as passive skills (which add permanent bonuses like extra life upon healing or stronger armour defence) means that there's no limit to customizing characters to suit each gamer's play style, while also streamlining the more arbitrary customization options of the previous Diablo without stripping away the amount of variety available.
While keeping the same overhead isometric view from previous games, Diablo III utilises a brand new engine developed in-house by Blizzard. While the textures and character models are nothing special, the moody art direction and visual effects present on the screen succeeds in establishing the dark and dreary fantasy setting where the writing does not. The music and sound design also give life to the evil aesthetics, while the voice work is of top-notch quality despite the predictable dialogue.
Even though D3 doesn't reach the same visual flare as recent PC powerhouses, the gameplay is as easy to pick up and difficult to put down as the very best modern titles. Even when fulfilling the specific objectives and clearing the main story in less than 12 hours, the primary motive is the same as it ever was: loot. For every major monster slain or treasure chest procured, stacks of equipment, gold, potions and other valuable items surround your feet minutes at a time. And before you curse the limited inventory space, the game is generous with its nearby waypoints to allow quick access to the nearest town. If that's not enough, a more convenient ability allows you to instantly teleport in and out of town no matter where you are, with the two-way portal only wearing off once you log out, get killed by enemies or use it again in a different area.While in town, the typical method of lightening loot load is to sell what you don't want to merchants. However, one alternative is to salvage magical items to the Blacksmith, who won't pay you cash for the destroyed equipment but instead recycles materials to allow the crafting of newer and potentially better weapons and gear. Tossing money to train the Blacksmith will expand his workshop and open up newer and more powerful items to craft, thus creating a balance between earning cash and earning materials. Another valuable vendor is the Gem merchant, who can create new gems to attach to weapons and armour with available slots. Similar to Final Fantasy VII's Materia system, each gem offers an additional bonus depending on the item its attached to (such as either an increase in damage for a weapon, or an increase in health for a helm). Once gems are attached, they can only be removed by the merchant, and he too can be trained to craft more powerful gems, so long as you have the cash and materials to do so.
For players looking to make hand-me-downs of their unwanted gear, they can offset them to one of their followers, who act as AI companions that follow you wherever you go. Each of the three companions (Templar, Scoundrel, and Enchantress) can only be brought over one at a time and are unusable in multiplayer, but their battle prowess is invaluable, as are the skills they can obtain through levelling (and as another bonus, all three Followers share the same exp regardless of who you use). If you're still looking to profit from your rare items, the online Auction House can suit your need, while the upcoming Real Money Auction House will even allow you to earn real-world cash by pawning off that precious swag.
With a development time of over a decade, Diablo III may not reinvent the genre as much as fans might have hoped, but instead rebrands its time-tested gameplay for a new generation. For gamers new to the series, a few minutes is all that's needed for this demonic game to tempt you with its shiny loot and multiplayer madness. Break out the balm and bandages for those mouse fingers, because you're going to be staying a while… and clicking.


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Zawistowski went on to say, "We believe that the Occupy Movement is being funded by the UAW and the SEIU and is being managed by groups like Progress Ohio. These groups may be encouraging this type of criminal activity by the type of people they are recruiting and the training they are providing. Reports indicate that their goal is to create civil unrest and to intimidate citizens and groups who oppose their big government agenda. The media and our law enforcement agencies have been way behind the curve on this activity and they need to start taking this threat seriously before someone gets killed."
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This is a blog to chronicle this portion of the life of Staff Sgt. Jason Ross, my son, as he mends, after an I.E.D. explosion, on March 7, 2011, while serving his country in Afghanistan.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
March 27, 2012
Larry actually called me a bit later in the day and told me that the biggest factor keeping him from coming down was the fact that he felt he was catching a cold or some other ailment, and he didn't want to introduce it to Jason. I thanked him for that and told him that we were going to be here for a while, and that he can still come back down some other time. We might even go fishing this summer, and I think Jason would really enjoy that.
Jason's appointment today was with the concussion clinic and they wanted to see how he was doing. As it was, right after the blast he was kept in a comma for a couple of weeks and when they brought him up they did a quick check to see if there was any possible concussion type injury. Because there appeared to be none there wasn't any other checking or follow up until now. Actually there hasn't been anything to worry about as he is mentally functioning just fine. It was good to have the appointment though, as it is something that needs to be followed.
The rest of the day/evening was spent just relaxing around the house and playing with the girls. I still need to get over to the book store to find a copy of bible stories for children. Right now her favorite bed time story is Jack and the Bean Stalk, and most of the time she see herself as the main character, so I do some modifications to make it work and she is happy. Jackie is usually asleep by the time I'm done with the story.
Tomorrow is going to be an easier day - I think - so I'm kind of looking forward to a little more down time. Then again, if there is some down time I might take the family for a drive over to the marina and just look at the boats. Jackie is fascinated with airplanes so I want to expose her to something new.
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Hope you can relax tomorrow!ReplyDelete
Continuing to lift up prayers!
Hebrews 4:14-16 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
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So glad no problems with concussions for Jason. How did the laser treatment go? How's his bladder infection doing? I hope it's on it's way out! Do they know what caused this one this time?ReplyDelete
We're having lots of rain today, the hills are green and so very pretty finally.
I may be helping Linda tonight if she is feeling up to it, waiting for word from her.
Give Jason and the girls a hug from me.
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Any welding supply store should be able to rent a bottle to you and you can just get a mini bottle for at home. I've been welding quite a bit with mine and still have half a tank. Use .030 wire for sheet metal applications. Your welding machine manual should have a matrix chart with wire feed speed(amps), and voltage for your wire/metal thickness that you are welding. The best gas for mig is a tri-mix. it is mostly Argon with a little CO2 and believe it or not a little O2. The manufacturer up here in Canada for this gas is Air Liquide and the gas is called Almig. When welding keep your wire stick out to a minimum(more bead control and less amps/heat), weld with a trailing motion( same as writing if you are right handed) left to right for flat welds to prevent burn through( you are depositing weld metal on weld metal rather than heating ahead of your molten puddle and burning through) and down hand for vertical seems. Also, to keep spatter down to a minimum try to keep your nozzle angle perpendicular to your workpiece. Use some scrap to experiment with the angle.
Also for filling gaps try "triggering it", pulling than releasing the trigger every second or so to allow the puddle to solidify in between pulls.
One other thing, if you are going to go with the argon gas mix(the best and not too $$), you may need to change the male fitting that goes into the bottle as it is different than a CO2 fitting. The regulator is the same, its just the end piece that screws into the bottle that you need to change. They are about 5$. A can of anti/spatter spray goes along way with saving your tips and also a quick coat on surrounding components helps with cleanup. I like the spray better than the gel for that reason.
A good starter project for a mig is a cart for it.
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"Get thee to a nunnery" is Hamlet!
krlockwood wrote:"Get thee to a nunnery" is Hamlet!
I twitched a little when I saw the joke but I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught it.
And Dennis Hopper shouts "Monkey!"
Is this monkey writing my lab report for me? I'm sure it's going to turn out way better than if I wrote it myself.
robovox wrote:"It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times."
What does the Infinite Monkey Theorem say about the works of Charles chalkens? (chalkens = censoring software version of D-i-c-k-e-n-s... did the chimps write this software too?)
Would make a great uniform for work...hahaha
Holy crap. Shirt.woot broke my heart when it gave in and went all Mario/kawai!!1!/Ramy and the like. I can count on three fingers the number of t-shirts that I've bought here in the past three years.
This feels like an old school Woot shirt. It's subtle. It's amusing. It's not cute for cute's sake.
Nice job, ApeLad.
A great design, but yet another gray shirt. *sigh*
My monkeys did it on a smaller scale for every work of Shakespeare http://www.jesse-anderson.com/2011/10/a-few-million-monkeys-randomly-recreate-every-work-of-shakespeare/
Also wooting now that I have a cool tshirt.
jonburgessdesign wrote:Nice shirt. a take on the Bob Newhart joke on the same subject back in the sixties, but he chose Hamlet.
"To be or not to be, that is the . . . gezornenplatt. . "
Exactly what I thought when I saw this. Great routine.
Next time you're in my office sketching me, please let me know. I would like to say hi!
Am I the only one who immediately got JoCo's Code Monkey stuck in their head?
I started to comment on all the things that were wrong about the write-up, but then I re-read my comment and actually made myself angry at how pedantic I was being.
Instead, I'll just say, "Awesome design, ApeLad. Great work as always, and I can't wait to wear this."
Oh. And I'll say that "Get thee to a nunnery" was Hamlet speaking to Ophelia, not Romeo to Juliet. Because SERIOUSLY, guys.
The part of this that's so funny is the title, sadly. Without that, it's kinda meh.
Person baly, I think it would be better if the Woot title was on the shirt. Guess I'm not as intellectually savvy as those who "get it".
How bout a shirt that says
"I'm NOT schizophrenic, and so am I".
cengland0 wrote:Someone once told me, creating life is like having a tornado go through a junk yard and randomly assembling a 747 jumbo jet. I disagree since there are more than the 5 building blocks in a 747.
Not a great analogy, since it implies that a 747 is the minimum level of complexity to be built from random events. A 747 is in many ways unnecessarily complex and in other ways too simple. The real trick is to get a self-replicating system going. Once you have that, you're done.
So in conclusion (while I'm on my evolution soap box), the infinite monkey theory typing an entire work of Shakespeare is not quite the same value in probability of creating life randomly.
I agree, but until we show a specific way to start a lifeform from scratch, someone will be able to argue that a Creator could have initiated life and then let evolution take over.
Finally pulled the trigger for my first woot shirt. The facial expression is priceless, especially for us cubicle monkeys...
I really like the print and the title together. I would definitely have bought it if the title were part of the picture. It's not as clever if the title isn't seen with the print. Almost had me sold.
Love the design.
Still can't wear silver.
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Can this be put on a bag? Please!!
shaikt wrote:I agree, but until we show a specific way to start a lifeform from scratch, someone will be able to argue that a Creator could have initiated life and then let evolution take over.
In truth, even if we show a specific way to start a lifeform from scratch, that doesn't preclude other methods (including a Creator). Occam (and I) would argue that the simpler solution is correct, but we can't prove it.
Is there any chance of this being made into a poster? I would love to have this framed to go in my basement.
It's very "Frank 'Monkey Boy' Cho"...I like it!
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BALTIMORE--With less than a year before competitive bidding is
scheduled to begin, CMS has realeased the names of 11 organizations
approved to accredit DMEPOS suppliers.
The list includes all of the industry's established accrediting
bodies, as well as some specialty accreditors, such as those that
focus on orthotics suppliers.
The following have been given "deeming authority" by CMS to
accredit suppliers as meeting Medicare-issued quality
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- Community Health Accreditation Program
- Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation
- National Board of Accreditation for Orthotic Suppliers
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national, local and mail-order suppliers, and some said they have
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details of exactly what the agency expects of suppliers who are
already accredited and other questions.
To gain approval, all of the organizations had to mesh their
standards with those issued by CMS in August (see target="_blank">HomeCare Monday, Aug. 21). But some
accreditors also have retained portions of their previous
requirements along with the new CMS-based programs.
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accreditation for ACHC, the accreditor's program closely follows
the CMS standards but also includes some standards that mainly come
from state requirements.
"There were a handful of standards that we did keep that were a
step above the quality standards that CMS released, but we do not
think that will cause any problems for providers," she said. "Even
in the past, most of the providers we were accrediting were meeting
those standards anyway because they were good business
Maryann Popovich, executive director, home care accredition
program, said JCAHO has more extensive standards in a number of
areas, including emergency preparedness, infection control and
patient safety.
"We have some other policies and procedures and requirements for
our medical equipment organizations that we wanted to stay as
requirements for our accreditation which will distinguish our
organization from simply meeting the CMS quality standards," she
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This is a discussion on Israelis Airport Security. A Win. Win. within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; HATS OFF TO THE ISRAELIS Finally a great alternative to body scanners at airports. The Israelis are developing an airport security device that will ...
Finally a great alternative to body scanners at airports.
The Israelis are developing an airport security device that will eliminate the privacy concerns that come with full-body scanners at the airports
Its a booth you can step into that will not X-ray you, but will detonate any explosive device you may have on you.
They see this as a win-win for everyone, with none of this crap about racial profiling. It also would eliminate the costs of a long and expensive trial. Justice would be swift. Case closed.
You're in the airport terminal and you hear a muffled explosion. Shortly thereafter an announcement comes over the PA system, "Attention standby passengers we now have a seat available on flight number 791 Shalom."
CCW permit holder for Idaho, Utah, Pennsylvania, Maine and New Hampshire. I can carry in your country but not my own.
Gotta love those Israeli's.
They don't jack around.
Hehehehe... "Prowler in a Box." I like it.
A man fires a rifle for many years, and he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory, and he believes he's finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands - love a woman, build a house, change his son's diaper - his hands remember the rifle.
LOL. In all seriousness, they do have the best system:
* Use seasoned soldiers as security agents
* A friendly conversation with each passenger. It's actually a series of circular questions which will flush out inconsistencies
* Oh yes - profile
I was 'profiled' on my way out and found it to be a very interesting and (would have been, if I were a BG) intimidating experience. I was there for training, but not of a type where I would carry training materials back with me. Yup, that earned me a thorough luggage search along with a pat-down. However, the majority of passengers that didn't fit my profile passed happily and quickly through the security check without any hassle. It was an interesting learning experience, and although it didn't bother me, I wouldn't have been inclined to complain anyway since all of their security agents has Uzi's. Even though I got put through the wringer, I thought it was an excellent system.
Oh yeah - you should have seen the 'flight attendants' on El Al. My drinks were politely served by a 250lb knuckle-dragging gorilla with one eyebrow.
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If only our government were truly concerned about safety/security and not individual financial gain.
We can learn many lessons from Israel.
"Just blame Sixto"
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Holy crap! I cant wait for the airport camera recordings to get leaked of a terrorist getting blown.Wait,what was that...Blew.Blew up!
I don't know if you guys have already seen this VW Polo commercial, but it is very funny. Maybe the Israelis will build something like that.
"If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous... If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have to be paranoid for?" [Clint Smith - Thunder Ranch]
I'd love to see my tax dollars going for one of those. We could even learn a thing or two by bringing some of El Al (sp?) employees over here to teach our screeners a thing or five.
"Don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep." - Theodore Roosevelt
I just recalled that when leaving Amsterdam for the US they did have an interesting twist on the standard procedures we had in place till 3 weeks ago.
Before you got to the point where you put your carry on through X-ray, and either go through the metal detector or a pat-down (back of the hand not groping), there was a table set up. A dignified looking gent in a business suit manned the table and interviewed us. At least there was some human intelligence in the process.
That said, we accidentally left a 20 ounce bottle of water in a carry on and it went right through X-ray un-noticed. Anyone who thinks things won't get past the scanners is living in a fantasy world, though it would be hard for a terrorist to take the gamble.
Another time I was ill. It was in LA. I had cleared US Customs at the LAX International terminal and proceeded to American Airlines. I was wearing a Foley catheter and a urine collection bag. No metal. I did not trip the metal detector but was nevertheless pulled aside for a pat down and something of the third degree. Where is the metal in your body, the agent demanded to know. Me: "I don't have any metal in my body." He waved the wand up and down, and kept demanding to know where the metal in my body was. "Have you had any surgery? Do you have any implants? I did not volunteer that I had about 150 cc of piss in a bag on my thigh. He had asked about metal and I answered truthfully. He had me sit down on a chair and proceeded to feel all over my arms, my chest, up and down my right leg. Up the calf of my left leg. And then, he quit. He completely missed the bag on my thigh.
Consequently, from these two experiences, quite apart from the policy issues, I have very very little faith that any process which relies on human alertness-- reading the X-rays, doing the pat down, watching the nude pics generated by the scanners, is going to be especially successful. It may deter terrorists, but it might not. I don't know what the odds are for getting away with it twice in such different circumstances, but they are sufficiently high that BGs could chance it with the life of some flunky fool if they don't care whether or not he gets caught. And they won't. Because the way we react in panic, even if one is caught we will tear ourselves up throwing more good money after bad.
So, use dogs for detecting explosives. They don't mess up the way humans do.
The Israelis always come out on top, and this invention "the bang box" is the perfect trial, conviction, and punishment...all in one, and instant.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Designerly analysis of a socio-physical design activity
Donovan, Jared, Brereton, Margot, Howard, Steve, Satchell, Christine, Vetere, Frank, & Robertson, Toni (2012) Designerly analysis of a socio-physical design activity. In Tunstall, Elizabeth & Clausen, Mads (Eds.) 2012 Participatory Innovation Conference Digital Proceedings, Swinburne University, Swinburne Lilydale Conference Centre, Melbourne, VIC, pp. 1-8.
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The Making Design and Analysing Interaction track at the Participatory Innovation Conference calls for submissions from 'Makers' who will contribute examples of participatory innovation activities documented in video and 'Analysts' who will analyse those examples of participatory innovation activity. The aim of this paper is to open up for a discussion within the format of the track of the roles that designers could play in analysing the participatory innovation activities of others and to provide a starting point for this discussion through a concrete example of such 'designerly analysis'. Designerly analysis opens new analytic frames for understanding participatory innovation and contributes to our understanding of design activities.
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z51 wrote:Have you ever considered going to the Beretta website.
max1982 wrote:I read on Beretta's web site that you can adjust LOP on this gun
ShadowMagic wrote:On the owners manual - I see that the shims can be adjusted for cast on (leftys) and the safety reversed but says must be done by gunsmith or it voids the warranty - seems weird to me - is it that complicated?
max1982 wrote:I read on Beretta's web site that you can adjust LOP on this gun. Does anyone know what is the shortest LOP you can adjust this to? Also I only seen these with a 28" barrel do you know if you can get them in a 26" Thanks Max
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Social media played a significant role in many of the major news events in 2011. This week, The Globe's #yearinhashtags project examines the impact social media had on five of the year's biggest stories: Arab Spring, Charlie Sheen, B.C. riot, Occupy Wall Street and the "It gets better" campaign.
This time last year, Charlie Sheen probably thought hashtag was a game where you chased the guy carrying the drugs. He learned quickly, though, with a little help, and #tigerblood, the cryptic hashtag he coined, became the second-most popular of 2011. He also popularized "#winning," which was seized on by his millions of followers and opportunistic retailers from Target to McDonald's.
The celebrity presence exploded on Twitter in 2011 and redefined the microblogging site.
In late winter, the then-star of Two and a Half Men was an Internet meme (or a hospitalization) waiting to happen. Feuding with the producer of his show, trashing hotel rooms, accused of menacing his wife with a knife, the highest-paid actor on television was also giving interviews filled with gnomic but highly quotable quotes. Alcoholics Anonymous, he told an NBC interviewer, was for "people that don't have tiger blood, you know, Adonis DNA." Asked if he was bipolar, he replied that he was "bi-winning."
To many, this seemed like the kind of magnetic poetry found on a frat boy's fridge. But for Arnie Gullov-Singh, it sounded like a lucrative Internet star in the making. Mr. Gullov-Singh is the CEO of Adly, a California company that pairs advertisers with celebrity Twitter users. In February, Mr. Sheen's management team was tired of seeing him lampooned in the press, and wanted the actor to communicate with his public directly. They approached Mr. Gullov-Singh's company to teach Mr. Sheen to use Twitter.
"We gave him a bit of an overview and taught him how to use hashtags, how to share pictures, how to engage an audience," Mr. Gullov-Singh said by phone from his California office. He shared with Mr. Sheen his philosophy for successful tweeting: content, comedy, controversy. Mr. Sheen was a natural with hashtags, which are created by marking a word or topic in a tweet with a # symbol to make a search category. "He'd been saying things on TV like 'tiger blood' and 'warlock' and 'winning,' and we said to him, 'you know, those would make great hashtags.' Sure enough, they went viral."
On the evening of March 1, Mr. Sheen joined the Twitter fray with a tweet that would not have made Oscar Wilde green with envy: "Winning ..! Choose your Vice … #winning #chooseyourvice". It was attached to a photo of the actor and one of his "goddesses" holding chocolate milk and juice bottles. A few hours later, he tweeted: "I'm here for my people! Bring it on! #tigerblood".
The tigerblood hashtag – perhaps because it was so meaningless it could represent anything – became the second-most popular on Twitter the day he introduced it; it was also the second-most-used hashtag in 2011, after #egypt. On March 2, Mr. Sheen was acquiring 2,500 followers per minute. Within 25 hours and 17 minutes, he'd reached a million followers, an achievement noted by the people at the Guinness Book of Records.
Nine days after joining Twitter, Mr. Sheen announced he would do a one-man show across North America: The "Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option" tour. However, mockery was an option, and soon Twitter was full of hashtags suggesting how little some people wanted to see the actor live on stage – with one non-fan suggesting that a #colonoscopy was preferable. The tour was so shambolic that it made the previous 12 months of Mr. Sheen's life seem monastic by comparison. The New York Post proclaimed that he "stank up Radio City Music Hall like a flatulent goddess."
While sports and pop stars have used Twitter since its beginning, Mr. Sheen's arrival took it in a new direction. His tweets were discussed on mainstream newscasts. The American Red Cross used #tigerblood to solicit (human) blood donations. McDonald's suggested it would introduce a menu item called "McWinning." By the time Mr. Sheen had secured his first sponsorship deal with internships.com six days after joining Twitter, the hashtag #winning had been declared ironic, and therefore dead, by the website Jezebel. Still, Mr. Sheen currently has more than 5.7-million followers, and adds 20,000 a day.
"Two thousand eleven has definitely been the year when celebrities embraced and defined Twitter," Mr. Gullov-Singh said. In other words, it became a platform where the deepest intimacies were shared (Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore's divorce) and blunders were amplified (Russell Crowe's campaign against circumcision). It was telling that the greatest number of tweets-per-second came not when Osama bin Laden was killed (5,106 tweets per second), but the announcement during the MTV Video Music Awards of the impending wonderbaby of Beyoncé and Jay-Z (8,868).
More importantly, it was the year that celebrities learned how to make money from Twitter. Adly is only one of a number of companies that harness celebrity tweeters with advertisers. Mr. Gullov-Singh's clients – from Lindsay Lohan to 50 Cent – are paid anywhere from a few hundred dollars to $10,000 per tweet to shill everything from cosmetic dentistry to cars.
For other Twitter gurus though, the money-per-tweet model is akin to leaving cash on the nightstand. "Individuals who are out there to make transactions with pay-per-tweets, it's a turnoff for their fans, rightfully so," says Amy Jo Martin, the founder and CEO of Digital Royalty, a Los Angeles company that helps turn athletes into lean, mean tweeting machines.
Ms. Martin is Shaquille O'Neal's Twitter coach, and she was with him on June 1 when the basketball great made the surprise decision to resign from the Boston Celtics and retire from basketball through Twitter. "The NBA didn't even know that he was retiring," she said. "It was all about Shaquille telling his fans first." That day, #shaqretires was the most popular hashtag on Twitter.
Ms. Martin approached Mr. O'Neal three years ago when they were both working for the Phoenix Suns (he was on court, she was in the media office). He said, "What's Twitter?" She quickly discovered that he was game for some very goofy stunts, which he promoted on his Twitter feed as "Random Acts of Shaqness." She'd make the basketball star stand on a street corner handing out tickets (he would have been hard to miss at 7 feet tall) or have him phone fans at random.
Through these dogged interactions with fans, Mr. O'Neal built up a base of nearly 4.7-million followers. For Ms. Martin, who's also Twitter guru to Dwayne (the Rock) Johnson and the brawlers of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, making money from tweets isn't the point. It's all about building long-lasting relationships.
In tweeting his retirement after 19 seasons, Mr. O'Neal linked to a short farewell on the video-sharing site Tout. It was an unorthodox move that grabbed headlines, and also helped strengthen the loyalty of his followers, Ms. Martin said. "He'd built this bridge to million of fans and, post-athletic career, that bridge will always be there. That's another benefit for celebrity athletes, because the spotlight doesn't shine forever."
The spotlight has dimmed somewhat on Mr. Sheen in the last few months, though his Twitter fan base continues to grow at the same remarkable pace.
It remains to be seen whether he can emulate the longevity and creativity of Mr. O'Neal and other social-media pros. This month he may have reached the absolute zero of uncool when he accidentally tweeted his phone number to all his followers. Was it a sultry goddess he was trying to reach? No, it was 17-year-old Justin Bieber.
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June 1
Shaquille O'Neal tweets "im retiring" and "Shaq ooout" #shaqretires immediately begins trending.
June 9
Russell Crowe tweets: "Circumcision is barbaric and stupid. Who are you to correct nature? Is it real that GOD requires a donation of foreskin? Babies are perfect." Also: "Many Jewish friends, I love my Jewish friends, I love the apples and the honey and the funny little hats but stop cutting yr babies." A few hours later he apologized through Twitter ("Wasn't intending offense") and removed the original tweets.
Sept. 26
Demi Moore, following rumours of Ashton Kutcher's infidelity, posted a picture of herself with her eyes closed attached to the message: "I see through you …." The picture has been viewed more than 314,700 times to date.
Nov. 17
Ashton Kutcher announces his divorce to his 8.8 million followers. "I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi. Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail. Love and Light, AK" This is soon followed by #baddemiashtonjokes, including: "Dude, Where's My Marriage?"Report Typo/Error
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Ace & TJ's Misfits 2013: Day 2 Recap
The second day has been eventful! The Misfits are cleaning up garages and taking any free food they can get. They've raised some money but just enough to get them fueled up. We'll have more updates as we get them!
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Misfits Road Trip Day Two
Day two of the misfits trip kicked off in Hueytown, Alabama where the misfits worked hard for the money at Zoe Salon. We Windexed mirrors, swept up strangers' hair, cleaned the bathroom, wiped the countertops, and of course, some even got their Chaz Dean on as rookie hairdressers. Whattaman Mike worked as a blow dryist, on account of the fact that all the women in the salon were gaga googly eyes over him and it's much easier to get your creep stare on when the guy is focused on the top of your head and your split ends.
After working up an appetite at the salon, the misfits grubbed out at the famous Speedy's Mexican Foods next door. After some amazing taco salads, some photo ops, and a few "your bust is nice" compliments from limo driver Erik to the owner of Speedy's, we hit the road...but not before making a slight backtrack to the house we stayed in the night before because I accidentally left my super cute sunglasses. The misfits took a vote and decided the gas we would use was worth not having to hear me talk about how devastated I was that I lost my $12 oober cute Forever 21 shades.
Shaded and happy, we got on the road again and stopped for gas. At a shopping center we saw the most amazing business: a pizza and tanning salon. "A Slice of Sun" had a logo of a sun with half the rays as yellow triangles and the other half as pizza slices. As we pondered what the aroma of burnt flesh and burnt cheese smelled like, I thought of how much I wanted to meet the guy/gal with the American dream of opening this place. I bet they could join this road trip and fit right in with the rest of the bunch.
At our next pit stop, I got to witness something I had only ever seen on cable. A lot lizard at a truck stop picked up a guy chilling in the gas station. The lad was chilling by the "Hot n' Delicious" chicken cart and the lot fox walked right up to him...gave him the 'sup' head nod...and they walked right past me and out to the sketchy van behind the dumpster. After that moment, I felt more culturally rounded than ever before...who knew this trip would be so enlightening?
Once we left the truck stop, the misfits made the executive group decision to detour to West Monroe, Louisiana to see the Duck Commander headquarters. If there was any shot at all of meeting the Mighty Duckmen, then it was worth every dime we had.
We got to West Monroe around 9:00 and decided to spend money on the oh so regal Motel 6 because Ace said they are usually super clean. Well either Ace has never stayed at a Motel 6 or we got the misfit of a Motel 6. The toilet seats had cigarette butt stains. Our towels had questionable brown stains on them that I had to convince myself was only makeup. We also uncovered mysterious oober legged bugs on the countertops that looked like they could be on Discovery Channel. Our suspicions were perhaps confirmed when Whattaman Mike woke up with a plethora of bites on his arm and back. This is why I stay in hotels, not motels. Next time we stop for shelter...Ace ain't picking our crash pad...and we are going with the hoes, not the moes.
Onward to the Duck Commander Headquarters! Happy happy happy, indeed!
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CAKES Cakes are of two types: those made with fat, called butter or shortened cakes, and those made without fat, called sponge cakes. Cakes made with fat include plain - yellos, white, chocolate, spice, and pound cakes. A great many recipes are available for each of these cakes, but a careful study will show that the recipes for a given type call for the same basic ingredients. Sponge cakes include angel cakes, yellow sponge cakes and "mock� sponge cakes. Chiffon cakes contain oil, but resemble sponge cakes. Cakes With Fat: A shortened cake should have a delicate sweet flavor and a soft velvety crumb. The top should be slightly rounded - not peaked - and the air cells thin-walled, small, and evenly spaced. If butter is used, its pleasing taste should be discernible in the cake. The old pound cake formula (1 pound each of butter, flour, eggs, and sugar) has served as the starting point for many variations. This formula has been modified so that shortened cake batter now has a structure very different from that of the old-fashioned pound cake. Variations: Variations of shortened cakes may be made by adding such flavoring materials as chocolate, cocoa, spices, and fruits. A second method of varying these cakes is by using only the whites or the yolks of the eggs, as is done in a gold cake or a white cake. Chocolate cakes, a popular variation, can be made with either cocoa or chocolate. These cakes range in color from light brown to dark mahogany red. When chocolate is used, it should be added with the fat ingredient, but cocoa should be sifted with the dry ingredients. The color of the chocolate cake varies with the kind and amount of chocolate or cocoa and the type and amount of baking powder used. If high alkaline treatment cocoa is used, baking soda should be reduced. The acidity or alkalinity of the batter is also a factor. A deep reddish color is characteristic of a chocolate cake if soda is used in excessive amounts. Studies showed that when soda was used in combination with phosphate or tartrate baking powder the color was reddish but when soda was combined with sodium aluminum sulfate phosphate baking powder the color of the cake was a deep brown. It has also been noted by researchers that in chocolate cake recipes where relatively small amounts of soda replaced part of the baking powder, the finished cakes had a more velvety crumb, higher compressibility, and greater volume than chocolate cakes made without soda.
CAKE (WITHOUT FAT) EXHIBITS Judging Standards OUTSIDE APPEARANCE 30% • Shape is symmetrical with a flat or slightly rounded top; without low edges; high or low centers • Color is light golden brown • Surface is slightly rough but soft • Volume is lightweight in proportion to size • Crust is thin and tender and may have smooth surface cracks INSIDE CHARACTERISTICS 40% • Even color throughout cut surface • Uniform air cells • Very Tender, breaks easily, but is not crumbly • Has an even grain • Is slightly moist, soft, and free from tunnels FLAVOR 30% • Pleasant and satisfying sweet taste • Will have a delicate flavoring of the extract used • No decided taste of salt, cream of tartar, or eggs should be present


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Sherlock version of "Do you want to build a snowman"
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Um, this is just something I think of when I saw a picture of little Sherlock knocking Mycroft's door.... Why is Mycroft stay in his room? Because he ate too much cake and get grounded... (Yep this is something i saw on the Internet. It is just too cute.) You can say it is a bit Johnlock....?
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You always have a game on the weekend, followed by a couple days in between your next game. The practice schedule is similar and things don't change too much in most cases.
But there are occasional periods like West Virginia has this week when teams get a full week between games - giving players a much-needed breather from the pressures that come up in the middle of conference play.
While it's good to get some a few extra days, WVU head coach Bob Huggins and his staff are still trying to do what they can to keep things, for the most part, the way their players are used to going about their business.
"You kind of get in the rhythm of playing every three days or so," Huggins said Monday on the Big 12 Coaches Teleconference. "We obviously took yesterday off and today we're going to go about an hour, just doing some individual stuff. Then we'll get back to what we normally do."
Getting back to that normal routine as the Mountaineers prepare to head into the final handful of games on the 2013-14 schedule is going to be important as they are still trying to make their case for postseason play.
"We're pretty accustomed to practicing two days and playing, then practicing a few days and playing again with a day off somewhere in between," Huggins said. "We generally play with two days of practice and I don't worry about it too much."
Heading into Saturday's home game against Baylor, West Virginia is 15-11 and 7-6 in Big 12 Conference play with five games remaining on the schedule. With its RPI currently sitting at No. 69 in the country after last Saturday's loss to No. 19 Texas, WVU will likely need every win it can get down the stretch in order to solidify its resume.
Huggins makes sure he talks with his team about where they stand and the work that still needs to be done in order for them to accomplish their goals of making it back to the postseason - and perhaps even an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament that not many people expected was a possibility a few weeks ago.
The chance to make their case is here though, as four of the Mountaineers' five remaining games in the regular season are against teams in the top 50.
"Why wouldn't we think about the NCAA tournament?" Huggins asked. "We're right there, we've just got to win some more games. We talk with them about the RPI.
"I've always been very honest with our guys. Fortunately, most years that's been about a seed rather than whether we're getting in or not."


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Dean Baker for Truthout: The automation story is likely attractive to many people since it pins the blame for inequality on the natural development of technology.
The US has rarely taken back health benefits once they have been bestowed. These historical precedents can provide insights for the current debate.
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