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"Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. … Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and to be law-abiding citizens wherever they live." 1
Love and Unity
"I have long felt that happiness in marriage is not so much a matter of romance as it is an anxious concern for the comfort and well-being of one's companion," said President Gordon B. Hinckley. "That involves a willingness to overlook weaknesses and mistakes." 2
"The secret of a happy marriage is to serve God and each other," taught President Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994). "The goal of marriage is unity and oneness, as well as self-development. Paradoxically, the more we serve one another, the greater is our spiritual and emotional growth." 3
Unity in marriage does not come automatically or without effort. Romantic love must mature into a commitment to seek and sustain spiritual harmony in marriage. "Achieving marital unity takes tremendous patience and persistence and a clear vision of what our priorities are in this life," explains marriage counselor Victor B. Cline. "Spousal love is a wonderful gift, but we have to learn to give it fully in order to receive it in full measure." 4
None Else
In 1831 the Lord declared, "Thou shalt love thy wife with all thy heart, and shalt cleave unto her and none else" (D&C 42:22). Of this commandment, President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) taught: "The words none else eliminate everyone and everything. The spouse then becomes preeminent in the life of the husband or wife, and neither social life nor occupational life nor political life nor any other interest nor person nor thing shall ever take precedence over the companion spouse." 5 A husband or wife who places children, friends, careers, hobbies, or Church callings before the marital relationship is in direct violation of the commandment "none else."
Satan is determined to drive wedges of discord between marriage partners. If he can convince one partner or the other that something else should take precedence over this central relationship of both time and eternity, he has won a battle in his war against the family and against God's plan. We must therefore take special care to build, nurture, and deepen the marriage relationship.
A Balancing Act
Being a devoted marriage partner and a loving, dutiful parent is a delicate balancing act. Parents have a divine charge "to bring up [their] children in light and truth" (D&C 93:40). But that responsibility can become so time-consuming and emotionally demanding that at times, if mothers and fathers are not watchful, it can supersede or even impede the marriage relationship. To help marriage partners keep their familial priorities in order, President David O. McKay (1873–1970) and other Church leaders have quoted this wise counsel from Theodore Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame: "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother." 6 Children who grow up in the reflected glow of a loving marriage enjoy a sense of security that is often absent when other concerns are allowed to eclipse that primary relationship. "Husbands and wives who love each other," said President Benson, "will find that love and loyalty are reciprocated. This love will provide a nurturing atmosphere for the emotional growth of children." 7
Children Need Love and Praise
"Our young people need love and attention, not indulgence," taught President Benson. "They need empathy and understanding, not indifference, from mothers and fathers. They need the parents' time. A mother's kindly teachings and her love for and confidence in a teenage son or daughter can literally save them from a wicked world." 8 "Praise your children more than you correct them," he counseled. "Praise them for even their smallest achievement. … Encourage your children to come to you … with their problems and questions by listening to them every day." 9
"My plea … is a plea to save the children," President Hinckley has said. "Too many of them walk with pain and fear, in loneliness and despair. Children need sunlight. … They need kindness and refreshment and affection. Every home, regardless of the cost of the house, can provide an environment of love which will be an environment of salvation." 10
Show References
"The Family: A Proclamation to the World," Liahona, Oct. 2004, 49; Ensign, Nov. 1995, 102.
Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley (1997), 325.
"Fundamentals of Enduring Family Relationships," Ensign, Nov. 1982, 60.
"Healing Wounds in Marriage," Ensign, July 1993, 16.
The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, ed. Edward L. Kimball (1982), 311.
In "Quotable Quotes," Reader's Digest, Jan. 1963, 25; see also Gordon B. Hinckley, "Reach Out in Love and Kindness," Ensign, Nov. 1982, 77.
Ensign, Nov. 1982, 59.
The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson (1988), 497.
"The Honored Place of Women," Ensign, Nov. 1981, 107.
"Save the Children," Ensign, Nov. 1994, 54.


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PIO Number: 13-7-15
9:30 a.m.-11 a.m.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Broward Sheriff's Office
2601 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale
Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) held a roundtable discussion on human trafficking hosted by the Broward Sheriff's Office with local and federal officials and social service organizations. The attendees were breifed on national and local efforts to stop human trafficking and support victims. Issues of surrounding gaps in victim services and barriers to victim identification were also discussed.
Florida is considered a hotspot for human trafficking. In 2011, Florida ranked third in the country among calls received by the National Human Trafficking Resource Center. Victims of human trafficking include children, women and men who are subjected to force, fraud or coercion for the purpose of exploitation or forced labor.
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BMW's ESA II suspension -- available on the K1300S, K1300R and K1300GT -- is the first in the world to offer an adjustable spring rate. In addition to that spring rate -- the amount of force it takes to compress the spring or its "hardness" -- ESA II can alter preload and offers on-the-fly adjustment of the compression and rebound damping; basically, you can fully adjust your suspension at the touch of a button to a greater degree than ever thought possible. But how does it work?
On previous suspension units, adjusting the spring rate -- thus
providing equal handling no matter the weight carried by the motorcycle
-- was only possible by stripping down a shock and replacing
its spring for one of a different weight. BMW gets around this by
adding a polyurethane bushing to the top of the spring, meaning
suspension movement basically passes through two springs; the actual
spring and the bushing. By altering the rate at which that polyurethane
compresses, BMW is able to alter the effective overall spring rate.
Of course, it's not that simple. In order to precisely control the rate
at which the special polyurethane material -- called 'Elastogran' --
compresses and expands, BMW contains it within a sleeve located around
the shock's damper unit. An inner collar slides up and down in the
space the Elastogran expands into under compression, reducing that space
to make the force required to compress it greater or increasing the
space to make the required force less. That collar is actuated by ESA
II's computer and moves through three positions based on settings
chosen by the rider.
Those three settings are: "Solo," "Solo with Luggage" and "With
Passenger and Luggage." All three are represented by symbols in the
instrument panel rather than awkward phrases and are only adjustable
while the machine is stationary. These settings also control the amount
of preload, or the amount of force required to initiate spring
compression, which effectively alters the ride height.
In addition to those three, there's also settings for "Normal,"
"Sports" and "Comfort" modes, which alter the rebound and compression
damping rates. BMW claims that ESA II offers a greater degree of
adjustability to damping settings than its previous system.
The latter set of three settings is adjustable on the move and also
affects the spring rate, which will be automatically adjusted to suit
the chosen performance parameters.
The degree to which the shocks are adjustable varies front to rear
(remember that the K-Series range uses Paralever front suspension), it
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I wonder if Denari makes all these sold out references hoping that it subliminally sticks.
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I wonder if Denari makes all these sold out references hoping that it subliminally sticks.
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
Step. On. Their. Throats. Now.
They should make a "rebuffed" version of that commercial starring Roy.
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
Group Therapy.
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
Speaking of bigs having a rough night...Mason Plumlee might need to join Ian in that support group.
Good job missing the Teletovic shove on Luis refs (before the Roy-induced collision with Plumlee)...
Put West back in, please.
Shaun Livingston is far from a scrub. He had 19 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals in Brooklyn's win against Miami.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Scola, Watson, Granger and Ian should practice together over the All-Star Break.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Scola with more turnovers than points.
This is going to be the most turnovers we've had this year.
I cringe whenever Scola dribbles the ball now.
There is literally no way Copeland could play worse than Scola.
This is really, really embarrassing. Completely unacceptable play.
We really are a stupid team sometimes. This **** with the turnovers is beyond comical now.
I hate when our guards just kind of stand there like they expect to suddenly get open for no reason at all.
In other news, the Wizards are pounding OKC in the fourth quarter. So we may regain in the NBA's best record if we don't **** ourselves here.
How can we be this sloppy its pathetic
Tyler Hansbrough disagrees.
My 'out of state fan' game reports over the years
Pacers.com Guest Blog Post: Area 55 Conquers Staples Center -- (Honorary) Area 55 Family Invades Target Center 2014! -- Target Center Invasion 2015
He's already doing more for the team from the bench.
It's not fun to admit but Scola is extremely one dimensional. When that free throw jumper isn't falling he's as good as useless.
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
Pretty sure Bynum is replacing all of them by that time.
SL is just to big for our points to handle
This bench had so much potential.
Scola, Granger, Watson, and Ian have been all bad lately.


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Not sure if this was posted anywhere, but I didn't see it:
Roy Hibbert @Hoya2aPacer
Gonna take the rooks out on the town. Prob in B Ripp tonight. Whats the spot to go in B Ripp.
He is really turning into the leader that we have needed, I love seeing this.


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By Jaideep Varma and Jatin Thakkar
The following is a look at the finest batting feats in the four completed years of IPL so far.
Shaun Marsh – the highest impact batsman in IPL has the highest Runs Rally and Partnership Building IMPACT. Has the second-lowest batting failure rate in IPL history.
Chris Gayle – the highest Strike Rate and Chasing IMPACT in IPL.
Sachin Tendulkar – in the top 5 in all IMPACT parameters for batsmen in the IPL. And very interestingly, amongst the 10 lowest Strike Rate impact numbers amongst 105 players who have batted in 15 or more IPL matches. That clearly suggests a sheet-anchor role that he has given himself in this format.
Shane Watson – lowest failure rate amongst all batsmen in IPL (remarkable for an all-rounder). In the top 7 on all batting parameters. On top of that, a big match player (tournament-defining in 2008), and IPL's highest impact all-rounder and player.
Suresh Raina – big match player with two tournament-defining performances (in 2010 and 2011). Third-lowest batting failure-rate (after Watson and Marsh). Amongst the 5 best batsman in IPL when it comes to pressure and building partnerships.
Michael Hussey – big match player with a tournament-defining performance in 2011. Amongst the highest impact IPL players when it comes to runs tally and partnership building.
Ambati Rayudu – no doubt a surprise to many - one of the most consistent batsmen in the IPL – the only one in this top-ten list who hasn't played for his country yet, despite being one of its finds. Very competent in all batting parameters. The highest impact batsman amongst all wicketkeepers in IPL history (yes, even more than Gilchrist, who has a relatively high failure rate).
Gautam Gambhir – interestingly, the highest impact batsman in IPL when it comes to chasing, much like his ODI strength. Otherwise, amongst the highest impact 6 players when it comes to runs tally, pressure and partnership building.
Virender Sehwag – very interestingly, has a lower rate of batting failure than in ODIs. He's also been better at absorbing pressure and building partnerships than he has in his ODI career. The second-highest impact batsman when it comes to strike rate (after Gayle).
Murali Vijay – big match player (tournament-defining performance in 2011) and amongst the ten most consistent batsmen in IPL history. A balanced player, with high impact on all batting parameters.
5 Highest Impact IPL Batting performances (Tournament Context):
These performances are high impact for the timing of the performances – they all came in a knock-out game with the batsman's team going on to win the tournament – in other words, these are all tournament-defining performances in varying degrees (some semis, some finals).
1) AC Gilchrist: 85 off 35 v Delhi Daredevils in Centurion, 2009 - Batting IMPACT 9.77
In the first semi-final of the 2009 edition, chasing DD's 154, Gilchrist quintessentially exploded from the beginning (his opening partner, Gibbs, was dismissed at 22 – for zero; no. 3 Bilakhia at 91 for 10).
Gilchrist was out with the score at 102, in exactly 10 overs – his 85 coming in 35 balls with 19 fours and 5 sixes. The dominance was so complete that the remaining batsmen did not have much trouble in knocking off the remaining runs, with more than 2 overs to spare.
2) SK Raina: 73 off 50 v Royal Challengers Bangalore in Mumbai, 2011 - Batting IMPACT 7.71
In the first qualifying final of 2011, RCB had put on a daunting 175, and CSK had started poorly – Raina walked out at a dismal 7 for 2. First with Badrinath and then with Dhoni, Raina rebuilt the innings – and finished the job in the last over (in the company of a belligerent Albie Morkel), hitting 4 fours and 6 sixes along the way.
3) M Vijay: 95 off 52 v Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai, 2011 - Batting IMPACT 7.53
In the 2011 final, CSK took charge right from the beginning, and never let up. In the 15th over, when the first wicket fell (Michael Hussey), they already had 159 on the board.
Four overs later, when Murali Vijay departed, CSK had 189, and he had made 95 of those off just 52 balls, with 4 fours and 6 sixes. It knocked the stuffing out of RCB, who did not really come close eventually.
4) SR Watson: 52 off 29 v Delhi Daredevils in Mumbai, 2008 - Batting IMPACT 5.54
In 2008's first semi-final, underdogs RR were 76 for 3 after an explosive start looked to being squandered till Shane Watson (then just a very promising all-rounder, soon to be one of the game's contemporary greats) teed-off – he took the score to 155 before being stumped – after hitting 4 fours and 3 sixes, and made way for a similar blitzkrieg from Yusuf Pathan. Then, when top-heavy DD batted, Watson knocked out the first three batsmen before they could produce any momentum – and finished off the match then itself.
5) SK Raina: 57 off 35 v Mumbai Indians in Mumbai, 2010 -Batting IMPACT 5.54
In the 2010 final, as two quick wickets in the forties looked like CSK squandering a good start, Suresh Raina produced a trademark innings of T20 gravitas, studded with 3 fours and 3 sixes, taking CSK to 168 (and staying not out), which proved more than adequate on that pitch.
5 Highest Impact IPL Batting performances (Match Context):
These memorable performances are only within a match context – not a single one of these performances came for a team that won the IPL that year.
1) BB McCullum: 158 off 73 v Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bangalore, 2008 - Batting IMPACT 16.22
Till date, the highest impact batting performance in the IPL came in the very first match in IPL history – when Brendon McCullum hit 10 fours and 13 sixes in a 73-ball stay and looked like a Bollywood hero in B-grade action film – invincible right through. A shell-shocked RCB (who probably never recovered from this in that season) folded up for 48% less runs than McCullum made individually, thus producing an impact that perhaps will stay the highest in IPL, if not T20, history.
2) ST Jayasuriya: 114 off 48 v Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai, 2008 - Batting IMPACT 13.11
156 wasn't a bad score put up by eventual finalists CSK in the inaugural IPL season – but Jayasuriya and Tendulkar made mockery of it – as the score was 82 when the latter fell, in the eighth over, for…er…12. As Jayasuriya polished off the remaining runs too (in the fourteenth over, and walked off unbeaten (after 9 fours and 11 sixes), the world would have thought how this format was so perfect for Jayasuriya's game – which sadly flourished at the very end of his career, long past his prime.
3) V Sehwag: 119 off 56 v Deccan Chargers in Hyderabad, 2011 - Batting IMPACT 12.45
A quintessential Sehwag innings, coming when a chase of 176 looks very stiff, especially with his side tottering at 25 for 3. Sehwag decides to play that famous "natural game", regardless of consequences and as it all comes off – others watch (including non-striker Birt, who makes 4 in 8 but is there while 61 runs get scored). 13 fours and 6 sixes later, Sehwag sighs as he nicks one to the keeper – as 23 still have to be made in 22, but his side doesn't let him down.
4) AC Gilchrist: 109 off 47 v Mumbai Indians in Mumbai, 2008 - Batting IMPACT 12.11
154 is certainly a competitive score in T20 cricket, whatever the conditions and with an attack like Nehra, Pollock, Bravo and Jayasuriya defending it. Gilchrist and Laxman didn't think so though as they wrapped up the match in 12 overs, without breaking their opening stand. Laxman's 37 off 26 more attacking than usual for his standards – Gilchrist's 109 off 47 reasonably par-for-the-course when he is in this nick. 9 fours, 10 sixes? Ho hum.
5) V Sehwag: 94 off 41 v Deccan Chargers in Hyderabad, 2008 - Batting IMPACT 11.75
Another Sehwag classic. DC would have been reasonably confident with a score of 142 on their home pitch, given that their attack consisted of Vaas, RP Singh, Afridi, Symonds and Pragyan Ojha. They also knew that DD relied too much on their top-order and a couple of quick breakthroughs could end the challenge pretty soon. They did get Gambhir early but Sehwag, armed with the energy the realization of life being short brings, collected his 10 fours and 6 sixes within 13 overs to finish the match in a hurry.
For more information, please go to www.impactindexcricket.com.


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On the Books & DVDs page I'm offering my favorite books on stranded knitting in general and Fair Isle knitting in particular. I've also gathered a number of books filled with charts, which you can use to design your own garments, along with several pattern collections.
Elizabeth Zimmermann has been a great influence on my knitting life. She used Shetland jumperweight yarn in several of her designs; I've stocked two of my favorite EZ books, Knitter's Almanac and Knitting Around. EZ's work is a library essential if you are interested in designing your own garments!
Finally, if you are unsure about knitting a Fair Isle garment, see the Meg Swansen's Fair Isle Vest DVD for guidance.
On the Color Tools page you will find my favorite expanded color wheel, the Jamieson color card, and books on color theory.


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Guidelines for Internships in Sociology (SOC 490)
Internships give students the opportunity to work and conduct studies in corporations, community agencies, government institutions, political organizations, and professional associations. Part of the heritage of Sociology has involved bringing academic knowledge into the community to understand and respond to social concerns/problems. Through systemic fieldwork, sociologists show, following C. Wright Mills, how people's ''private problems" become "public issues." In the process we also critically evaluate our knowledge in the light of this process of observation and participation. An internship is the academically informed study of social issues through structured field work in the community.
- Develop a familiarity with the environment of applied sociology by first-hand contact with a community agency or private corporation.
- Apply and integrate sociology course material with practice in a work setting.
- Make a contribution to the community through research on topics or issues relevant to the internship organization.
As detailed below, the internship requires a significant semester-long commitment to a supervised placement and related academic study. Students are encouraged to select placements before the beginning of the semester. Internship placements for sociology students can be found in a variety of areas, including:
- Criminal Justice
- Elderly Services
- Health Related Services
- Media
- Women's Services and Programs.
- Community Organizations
Each internship must have at least one person at the field placement to whom the intern is responsible and who agrees to evaluate the intern's work. Furthermore, the department requires that potential supervisors offer regular supervision to the student in the placement.
The Sociology Internship includes a field placement in a private or public agency and regular meetings with the Faculty Advisor. Aspects of organizational behavior will be considered, to enable the student to better understand on-the-job experiences, as well as to provide an opportunity to relate theory to practice.
- Field Performance: The student works with designated agency personnel, receives an overview of agency functions, and completes assigned tasks within the agency.
- Field Journals: Students will keep a journal of their experiences in the field. A copy of the journals will be turned in weekly to the instructor. The journals will record daily activities, thoughtful observation, and reflection on field experiences.
- Research Paper: Each student will complete a research paper of approximately 15-typed double spaced pages. This will be a scholarly effort, applying sociological methods and concepts to a topic of interest to your internship site. The paper should have five or more bibliographic citations (scholarly books and/or articles from scholarly journals). This paper will be presented to your internship organization as your scholarly research contribution.
- Meetings with Faculty Advisor: Regular conferences with faculty members will include discussion of problems that the student is encountering at work and of relevant literature. The Faculty Advisor will assign readings on topics that directly and indirectly affect various professional settings.


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I uncovered this while reading up on the game tonight.
Bucks assistant GM on new construction project
Indianapolis — David Morway knows this Indiana Pacers team is really good.
After all, he helped put the pieces together as general manager of the Pacers from May 2008 until June 2012.
Now Morway is assistant general manager for the Milwaukee Bucks and trying to help engineer a turnaround for another small-market team.
So Morway will be watching his old and new teams with keen interest Friday night when the Bucks face the unbeaten Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Indiana (8-0) is the only undefeated team in the National Basketball Association more than two weeks into the regular season.
And the Pacers have played in such a dominant manner that plenty of folks are taking notice, including LeBron James and the Miami Heat.
"There's continuity particularly with the starting five," Morway said of his former team. "They're all high-character guys, team guys first.
"And they have a heck of a head coach. Frank (Vogel) is terrific. He exudes a lot of confidence in his team and that's an important characteristic for a coach to have."
The Pacers lost to the Heat in a seven-game Eastern Conference final series last season. And they are thinking even bigger now after coming so close to Miami, which won its second straight NBA title.
Paul George, the 10th overall pick in 2010, and center Roy Hibbert, acquired in a draft-night deal with Toronto in 2008, joined the Pacers during Morway's tenure.
Morway signed veteran David West to a two-year deal to become Indiana's starting power forward before the 2011-'12 season. West elected to remain with Indiana when he became a free agent last summer.
"We had spent a lot of time getting the (salary) cap flexibility, and David was the guy, for reasons on and off the court," Morway said.
"He's a leader, a really good man. And he's a legitimate tough guy.
"He was a great role model for Roy and Paul. The identity we were trying to establish, he cemented it in the locker room."
The versatile George has developed into an all-star swingman, a player capable of defending James or other NBA superstars.
"We knew he was going to be able to defend," Morway said. "We could see how quick-twitched he was; we could see that early on.
"He wasn't strong enough to guard LeBron and those guys at first. But now he can. And no matter how good he gets, he still defends."
Morway has not been stunned at the Pacers' fast start, which includes victories over three division rivals (Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago) and a road victory over Brooklyn.
"I see maturity, a confidence, a belief in themselves," Morway said. "They understand who they are and that they're good."
Morway was out of basketball last season after resigning as Indiana's general manager. Team president Larry Bird wanted to make a change and installed Kevin Pritchard as the Pacers' GM.
Now Morway is energized about his new opportunity working with Bucks general manager John Hammond.
Milwaukee (2-5) has been hit by injuries and controversy early in the season, with starting center Larry Sanders lost for six weeks after tearing ligaments in his right thumb in a bar brawl. Starting power forward Ersan Ilyasova has played sparingly due to a right ankle sprain suffered in the preseason, and veteran Luke Ridnour has yet to play due to a herniated disc in his back.
"We have great veterans and some really good young players," Morway said. "Anytime you're building something it's tough.
"The exciting part is watching guys grow every day and develop over time. One thing I've noticed. They don't like losing.
"When we get everybody back on that court, then we'll see what this team is. I know I'm excited about it, developing it but also the performance part. We have a chance to be pretty good and continue to grow."
Encouraging news: Bucks forward Caron Butler suffered a mild sprain of his left shoulder when he fell to the floor late in Wednesday's game at Orlando, team officials confirmed Thursday.
It's not certain how long Butler will be sidelined, but he avoided a more serious injury.
That's great news for a team that had just eight available players for its 94-91 loss to the Magic and finished the game with seven after Butler was hurt.
The Bucks did not practice Thursday and took an afternoon flight from Orlando to Indianapolis. Milwaukee will conclude its three-game road swing against the Pacers before returning home to face Oklahoma City on Saturday night, ending a stretch of four games in five nights.
Bucks at Pacers. When: 6 p.m.
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The Plight of the 10-Man Guild
Attendance is the one boss that can take out any guild regardless of size, skill, or gear and this one actually does increase in difficulty as the number of raiders rise.
We have a really solid 10-man raiding team which actually amounts to about 15 or 16 raiders. This number gives us the flexibility to have people switch in and out for raids. The flipside is that we sometimes have to bench players (another perk of the job) but we're fortunate enough not to have to waste time in LFG when someone can't make a raid.
Now when I consult my tabulation machine, it tells me that to ensure a solid 25-man attendance, you'd need at least 30 active raiders. That would require us to essentially double our guild's size. Which bring us to: Recruitment.
In short: I despise it. I'm not a salesman. I don't relish the idea of spamming trade or general chat like a ringmaster trying to lure passersby into my circus. Nor do i like the idea of constantly bumping a recruitment thread on the realm forums with its terrible signal-to-noise ratio. I know there are websites out there that offer recruitment services but my success rate with them hovers right around 0%.
So once you get the word out that you're recruiting, then what? Well you wait for the applications to trickle in. As your needs increase and your apps do not, you're forced to make some concessions with who you end up inviting into the guild. Someone that you wouldn't normally consider pugging a 5-man heroic with is now looking pretty appealing since at least they know which end of their sword goes in the bad guy and you need to meet your mans-quota.
From my perspective, the increased rewards and recognition that a 25-man raid offers versus 10-man are entirely based not on the guild's ability to perform inside the raid, but rather outside of it. This task usually falls on one or a few people that have the time and patience to devote to the task of keeping the raiding guild healthy.
15 man might be small enough to escape the F*tard theory….
I know that I've watched two different guilds get destroyed because of the epeen of wanting to be "big" raiders, and it would be nice to NOT have that showing up anymore.
I have noticed that 25 mans are a lot easier from the skill POV– it's just when each pull takes 15-35 minutes of prep, you simply can't get as far, even if it's easier. (My claim that they are easier is based on this: take the ten worst players of a 25 man raid group. Assume they fill the roles for a ten man. Think they can clear a ten man version of the 25 they've been clearing?)
Ara permalink
Here here.. I agree pretty much 100%
but you knew that already since we've talked about this before
I think bigger than the issue of raid size is the issue of reward vs effort. It doesn't matter to me how big or small Blizz makes the bigger raid size, as long as they even out the rewards for the smaller raid size in a more sensible manner.
If they want to keep 25 man raiding, I have no qualms about it, but your example that 25 man FL shouldn't be a loot pinata with better gear than 10 man Mimiron is spot on (we didn't spend a month working out our strat to FL, amirite?).
They could create multiple tiers of raid size (10, 15, 25, 40…whatever) and just let guilds decide how they wanted to spend their time.
In a big guild that likes to always raid together? Go ahead and hit up Ulduar 40, for all I care, just know going in that your loot (depending on hard modes etc) is likely going to end up looking like what I get from my 10 and 15 man raid time, you'll just see more of it.
Of course, this would raise the concern of "how many lockouts per week do we want to give raiders" and the underlying concern "how many of those lockouts will hardcorewtf raid leaders require their guilds to complete each week" but those are mostly social questions about how players choose to play, not how Blizz designs the game for everyone else.
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Having essentially been where you are and seeing my guild self-destruct (and taking my friend and GL out of the game in frustration) when we were recruiting to try and get into 25s, I agree completely.
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I agree on the loot table thoughts. There is no difficulty between the two raid sizes with the exception of personnel management.
However, I don't necessarily agree with the 15 man raid proposal. Not necessarily due to scalability reason(that seems to make sense), but as a substitution of the 25-mans, I think it might actually remove some of the flavor. I can only say this after the Cataclysm discussions and announcements regarding guild benefits.
Most of the problems smaller guilds(even established larger ones!) have with 25 man raiding is recruitment. For now, the only draw you have to a given raiding guild is the talent the guild contains. Since the talent is inherently with the player, this makes for a very liquid environment. Players can come and go, quickly diminishing the guild's status and attraction.
In the next expansion I do see a lot of that changing with guild bound benefits such as heirlooms, talents, etc. This adds a level of attraction that hasn't been present before. All of a sudden the 10-man guild that has been established is more attractive than the 25-man upstart that only exists due to some wild disband scenario. Hopefully some of everyone's recruitment woes may disappear as you search through the armory for that one guild that has all the goodies you've been looking for.
The "flavor" I referred to earlier in the 25 man raids, really balances on the idea of different combinations of race/class availability. Chaining together abilities(ie fire mages of old) and general creativity is limited along with the player base. This touches on another subject entirely as so many things tend to get hit with the nerf stick, but I'm definitely a fan of the 10/25 man seperation
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I can relate in part to this tale. My guild started off very small in WoW classic, we formed an alliance with 4 other guilds to run 40 mans, however as some of those guilds has problems, the natural state of things saw us start to collect new members, until we were running 40 mans ourselves. We tried to remain casual and feel we did, of course attrition saw us lose folks who wanted the more hardcore which was fine as we never were going to be a hardcore guild.
TBC came along and hitting 10 man and leaving out others who were slower to level was tough, and we saw attitrion, until we turned our guild into a alt guild and folks moved onto larger raiding guilds, however that only lasted 4-5 months and folks longed for the sense of community our guild offered so we reformed and to my surprise we had 25 folks ready to go and we hit T5 and T6 content with ease.
WotLK is great because it has allowed us to continue in 25 mans, but you are right it does require 30 or so active raiders to guarantee the raids happen, I would even say you need up to 35. Now some 25 man encounters do have different abilities than 10 man counterparts which does make them more challenging. However I never understood 25, I always thought 20 would have been more natural to be honest.
But if you are a casual guild, I can only stress, never compromise on your sense of community, that will keep you a long lasting guild, and it has kept ours running for almost 5 years now in retail, 6 if you include the original closed beta.
Great story!
You summed it up nicely. To be honest with you I want the loot of 25 mans but I much prefer to do 10 mans. Some of them I find to be more challenging than their 25-man counterparts. If 3 people in your 10-man die it's devastating. If 3 people in your 25-man die it's just an annoyance. 10s are a lot less forgiving in some ways even though the encounters have less health and deal less damage.
As a tank while I love that 25-man bosses actually have a chance to completely mash my face in and have their way with me more than the 10s do, I much prefer the 10s and find them more challenging. 25s feel too much like a zerg to me. I've done many but enjoyed very few.
Not sure I could weather the storm of QQ from the hardcore about the smaller raid sizes, but it's definitely an idea. I don't mind 25-man loot being a little itty bit better, but I don't like it being a lot better. :/
When TBC was on the verge of coming out and Naxx was just released, I was in a small guild that at most could gather up 25 people online at the same time to do raids. This didn't stop us though as we took what we had and went for what we could.
It was hard yes and slow but we were able to go up to Garr in MC and this was with 25 back in the day…before all the new talents changes and such. It just takes the understanding that this is for fun,and to just have fun and do your job.
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I completely agree with you, but the 40 man raids were good because there was basically one thing in the whole instance, things like Nax or Toc should have a 15 player choice but other things like OS or VOA should stay at 25 man or even make a bigger one if you wanted…u know what i meen though, some raids would be good as with 15 players but others would be best off staying the same.
Funny how almost every commenter said what I was thinking and what I've heard over and over again. Most people enjoy the 10-mans, but want the 25-man loot. And one of the reasons we're doing 10-mans and I don't need to go back to 25′s.
So many good points.
I don't know about the 15-man thing… certainly has merit. Seems to me that it's just easier for Blizzard to say that all of 25-man instance is this item level. Not that it's right, just easier.
But the advantage of 25-mans really should be a greater chance for that boss to drop your loot. If 2 items drop in a 10-man 10-item loot table for a boss (20% chance your item drops), then 5 items should drop for a 25-man 10-item loot table boss (50% chance). That in and of itself is probably sufficient enough reason to want to run 25′s. You still have the same chance in the raid to get an item (20% assuming one item per person), but it's more likely your item will drop.
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Having tried 25-mans I would say that they are fun, but personally I prefer the 10-mans. I feel my contribution matters more, they are much easier to organise and run (who would have thought it would take so much longer to release and run back in and buff up, just because there are more people in the raid group??) and it just feels more social in a smaller group.
I would've thought 20-mans would be the more logical size – it is a double 10-man (though probably not for the tanks), but in the end I'm not fussed as I like the 10-man format. Though I do completely agree about the loot – it is weird that it is better than 10-man. You would have thought that if you scale up the number of people in the group and scale the boss health and dmg output accordingly – then they won't need better loot as well. Ho hum!
Great article
I think that getting rid of 25s would be a good thing. The 40 –> 25 transition was hard at first, but then people got so used to it, the mindset is now "what's a 40-person raid? That's too many!"
So going into a 25 –> 10 should be about the same.
But then again, I'm a very intimately social person, and the large groups are nowhere near as fun as smaller ones. I don't like raiding with people I tolerate. I like to raid with people I *gasp* like. And I get far more of a choice in doing that in 10s than 25s or 40s.
If I go back to WoW with Cataclysm, I have no doubt that any raids I experience will be 10s. I will only go into 25s if my friends refuse to run the 10s, but I'll be vocal about it being the wrong direction the whole time.
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Objective: The goal of this study is to establish the mechanism(s) of progression of primarily spinal syringomyelia (PSS), the type of syringomyelia that is associated with pathology in the spinal column and not at the craniocervical junction. Our hypothesis is that when a lesion obstructs the spinal subarachnoid space, it shortens the segment of spinal canal that dampens the CSF pressure waves that are produced with each heartbeat and creates enlarged spinal subarachnoid pressure waves that act on the spinal cord above the block to drive CSF into the spinal cord and create a syrinx. After a syrinx is formed, enlarged subarachnoid pressure waves compress the external surface of the spinal cord, propel the syrinx fluid, and promote syrinx progression.
Study Population: Subjects will have primary spinal syringomyelia associated with 1) intradural scarring which is post-traumatic, post-inflammatory, or post-operative, 2) intradural-extramedullary masses such as arachnoid cysts or meningiomas, and 3) extramedullary-extradural spinal lesions such as cervical spondylosis or spinal deformity, or 4) an intramedullary tumor.
Design: Subjects will have testing before and after standard surgical therapy of syringomyelia. Testing includes measurement of CSF pressure, neurologic examination, CT-myelography, and MR scanning. Results of CSF pressure measurements before surgery will be compared to measurements from normal controls that were previously studied. The effect of surgery on CSF pressure, neurologic examination, CT-myelography, and MRI scans will be evaluated.
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HOLY **** PG though, almost had the Reggie moment, he was insane though.
I have a good feeling Utah is going to be getting a lot of anger on Wednesday.
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This is ultimately it.
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Roy and Scola had some faults. But for the most part this loss falls on those two guys and Vogel for using them so much.
Larry Bird and Ryan Grigson- wasting the talents of Paul George and Andrew Luck
watching paul nail that corner three then steal that inbound away and lineup for another three got me up out of the chair I have never seen anyone other than reggie do that, granted reggie hit the second one and it was in a much more pressure packed situation but holy **** I'm gonna go to bed tonight dreaming about that sequence it was so sweet
On another note: is this a career high for PG? That last minute point outburst was Reggie-esque.
On another note: the Blazers are the only team right now to beat both the top teams in the East (IND) and West (SA). It's nice to have less-hyped teams at the top of the standings.
+16 free throw discrpency doesn't hurt your chances either half were ticky tack fouls and the ones against roy for getting kicked in the nuts twice were inexcusable should be sending some tape to the league after that debacle
Just to put Paul George's performance in perspective.
43 points on 30 shots.
Reggie miller NEVER took more than 29 shots in a game in his entire career. In that game, Reggie scored 57 points.
But this was the most Milleresque game from a Pacer that I have seen since Reggie.
I am not used to losing. Damnit.
Pacers + Colts + Seahawks = Game mode on!
yep, he ran west and roy too long during a stretch. there were several plays where west was practically crawling back up the court and frank kept him in there still. and roy was also huffin and puffin during the same time. those guys being exhausted like they were allowed portland to get several extra possessions cause they were too tired to get the rebounds.


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A mentor and old cold warrior once told me a tale about a young boy who, every day, rode a bicycle through a security checkpoint along the border of a war-torn Middle Eastern country. The guards grew ever more suspicious and, in a futile effort to look for contraband, began to randomly cut open the sandbags the boy always had strapped across the back of his bike. After a few months, the guards faced the boy down and said: "Look kid, we know you're stealing something. So admit it now and we'll let you go. What is it?" The boy, sweating profusely, replied: "Bicycles."
The lesson here is that there is often much going on, right beneath our noses, that no one discusses. This is surely the case with regard to the tiresome "fiscal cliff" coverage in the media.
Specifically, while it seems 95% of news stories have focused primarily on Republicans' resistance to tax hikes, all but ignored has been the hardening of Democrats' resistance to mandatory spending and entitlement cuts -- an unavoidable ingredient in any short- or long-term deal.
For example, in a speech Tuesday, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) said Medicare reforms should not be a part of any year-end deal to avoid sequestration and lapsing of the Bush tax cuts. That was even as he reiterated that these reforms should be part of an eventual grand bargain. Yet, at the same time, President Obama and his fellow Democrats are demanding the immediate restoration of the top two Clinton-era tax brackets for those making more than $250,000, a move that would generate $800 billion or more in revenue over the next 10 years.
Alternative routes to reach similar savings exist, but the president has the most leverage here, since going over the cliff will force tax increases, and not entitlement cuts. His campaign supporters, rather than standing down, have been casting Republicans as the only ones standing in front of tax relief for the other 98%. In fact, Obama is trying to project common cause with CEOs and small businessmen, who desperately just want to avoid a recession.
Meanwhile, on the GOP side, from where will the trade-off come in the next 30 days concerning any concession of such a magnitude? After all, the Democrats are not-so-subtly attempting to shrink, if not invert, the targeted goal of a 3-to-1 ratio on spending cuts to tax hikes. This was the proportion previously established by the congressional Simpson-Bowles commission for any "balanced" deficit reduction plan.
As my colleague Jim Lucier argues, the obsession with anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist has obscured the fact that the White House has forwarded no serious plan for spending cuts. Meanwhile, the seemingly dissenting GOP voices of Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), as well as Rep. Peter King (R-NY), hardly seem to represent a sharp division in the Republican Party. They have all sought television coverage in public feuds with Norquist before, and even they have continued to draw a distinction between higher rates and more revenue via tax reform.
There's been a bit more head-scratching after Tuesday's news that Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) urged fellow members of the House GOP caucus to go along with Obama's demanded tax hike on the top 2%, ostensibly in order to maintain leverage in a broader tax fight next year. But, for the most part, House Republican lines have held remarkably well. Even if the GOP were ready to cave on taxes, they'd hardly do it in a vacuum, without demanding major accompanying spending cuts to -- perhaps the true "long pole in the tent" amid rising post-election expectations on the political left.
This portends the two sides talking past each other before they finally agree to a last-minute agreement that's short term in nature, purely in order to avoid the cliff and potential market turbulence at year-end. But perhaps most worrisome is the threat this could present to the sanguine conventional wisdom that any deal may immediately unleash a big market rally.
Put simply, even before the initial and superficial smiles have faded, we're seeing the poisoning of the well for a longer-term deal next summer or fall. If the president continues to ramp up his public campaigning, rather than becoming more involved in facilitating a deal, there's little prospect that the scope of any year-end agreement -- or reach of bipartisan bonhomie -- will accommodate any measurable extension of the debt ceiling. That extension can't be avoided much past late winter. The whole matter will add a whole new (and negative) meaning to Hill Democrats' strategic description of a seemingly bearable "fiscal slope," rather than cliff.
Yes, there are signs of a potentially durable market rebound that have recently excited the bulls. But, despite this, in essence we could find market sentiment gradually slipping amid uncertainty that might not let up at Christmastime, as expected, but instead could continue past New Year's -- if not deep into 2013.
It's hard to see how that wouldn't eventually force investors into the "Mercutio Market" crouch I've described as signaling "a plague on both political parties' houses." So I increasingly think it's important that investors wait not only for any big commitments on signs of an initial deal, but also for evidence regarding the quality of any such agreement.


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luma wrote:I don't know every disc with it's flight characteristics, so I won't throw around with some disc names, but I would probably take your favourite putter (as long as it's not super over-/understable) and a straight driver (would be something like the TL for me).
Midrange is not really neccessary I would say. You might be able to just back down with the FD a little. Of course, if you have 9 holes where you throw the same Midrange, then take this with you. But most strokes are probably saved with your short game, so take your favourite Putter and get everything inside 150' in the basket in two and you should be fine At least that's what a newbie would do...
what'shisname wrote: go with something that hasn't even earned a place in my bag,
PMantle wrote:what'shisname wrote: go with something that hasn't even earned a place in my bag,
Funny you say that. I', leaning toward my TL, and I almost never throw it. It justseems like a great compromise since I'd get little use out of a destroyer.
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Ross making strides in recovery from concussion
CHICAGO -- By Monday, Red Sox catcher David Ross had made significant progress in his recovery from a concussion. In fact, he could be ready to be activated in a few days.
The Red Sox return to Fenway Park on Thursday for the start of a homestand, and that's the soonest Ross would return.
"He was cleared by the impact testing -- symptoms have resolved. He threw today," said manager John Farrell. "He rode a bike for 30 minutes -- no repeat of symptoms. We'll look to repeat the intensity of the work tomorrow, so he's turning the corner. So baseball activities will start to come into play a little bit more. By the end of this road trip, what we've got to figure out is whether it's better off for him to go get a game or two just to see some game speed. He's moving in the right direction."
Ryan Lavarnway has been holding down the fort as Jarrod Salatalmacchia's backup during the absence of Ross.
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JUPITER, Fla. -- Braves pitcher Kris Medlen checked out fine on Thursday, a day after he was hit in the right arm by a batted ball. Manager Fredi Gonzalez said that Medlen experienced no significant ill effects as of Thursday morning.
"Medlen is fine," Gonzalez said. "We got a report around 9:30 or so, and he's fine. Just a little bruise back there. We don't expect him to miss any time or anything."
Medlen was hit in the fifth inning of Atlanta's Thursday night game against the Marlins. He expressed minimal concern after the game and took the bus back to the Orlando area that night.
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Corn futures turned lower Wednesday. Talk that Corn Belt weather is set to turn clear and dry over the next two weeks seemingly depressed the corn market today, since that window could allow farmers to quickly finish the fall harvest and avoid problems associated with delays. December corn futures dipped 0.75 cent to $4.4275/bushel in late Wednesday trading, and May declined 0.75 cent to $4.635.
The soy complex continued its overnight rebound. Soy market bulls seemed to react to the surprisingly large September crush figure posted by NOPA Tuesday afternoon. The fact that palm oil continued its recent rally very likely pulled soyoil higher as well; that also appeared to support beans. The meal market is suffering from its position on the wrong side of the crush spread at this point. November soybeans surged 9.5 cents to $12.765/bushel at Wednesday's close, while December soyoil jumped 0.71 cents to 41.37 cents/pound, and December soymeal inched up $1.4 to $403.8/ton.
Improved weather conditions also weighed upon wheat futures today. Wheat traders seemed to return their focus to India's threat to lower its export floor price Wednesday. In addition, talk that dryer conditions in Russia and Ukraine could lead to greater plantings in that region depressed prices. December CBOT wheat settled 4.25 cents lower at $6.815/bushel Wednesday, while December KCBT wheat tumbled 11.5 cents to $7.4475, and December MGE futures lost 7.75 to $7.425.
Anticipated cash strength reportedly sparked cattle buying Wednesday. CME traders apparently turned rather optimistic about the likely outcome of this week's cash trading today. A portion of that optimism may also have stemmed from reports of a looming end to the federal government shutdown, especially with equity markets soaring on the news. December cattle futures climbed 0.50 cents to 133.25 cents/pound late Wednesday, while April gained 0.40 to 135.67. Meanwhile, November feeder cattle rallied 0.22 cents to 167.72 cents/pound, and January ran up 0.82 to 167.57.
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Grilles: Hurd simulated divided lite, removable interior wood grilles, grilles in airspace.
Screens: Aluminum frame painted to match clad color. Charcoal color fiberglass cloth standard, aluminum mesh optional.
Hardware: Handle in seven finishes. Optional security footbolt in matching finishes.
Other options:
- Extension jambs up to 8-1/8".
- Flat exterior casing or brickmould.