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Arcane Mage DPS Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities (Legion 7.3.2)
Table of Contents
- +Introduction
- +Easy Mode
- +Spell Summary
- +Builds and Talents
- 1. Talent Choices
- 2. Talent Cheat Sheets
- 3. Tier 1 (Level 15) Talents
- 4. Tier 2 (Level 30) Talents
- 5. Tier 3 (Level 45) Talents
- 6. Tier 4 (Level 60) Talents
- 7. Tier 5 (Level 75) Talents
- 8. Tier 6 (Level 90) Talents
- 9. Tier 7 (Level 100) Talents
- 10. ChangeLog
- +Artifact Traits and Relics
- +Netherlight Crucible Relic Paths
- ×Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
- 1. Ability Priority List
- 2. Important Notes
- 3. Core Concepts
- 4. Resonance Opening Sequence
- 5. Charged Up Opening Sequences
- 6. ChangeLog
- +Stat Priority
- +Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
- +Macros and Addons
- 1. Addons
- 1.1. ElvUI
- 1.2. Weak Auras
- 1.3. Boss Mods
- 1.4. Name Plates
- 1.5. Damage Meters
- 1.6. Extra AddOns
- 2. Macros
- 3. ChangeLog
- 1. Addons
- +Gear, Legendaries, and Best in Slot
General Information
On this page, we list your Arcane Mage core abilities and how they should be used together (rotation) in World of Warcraft Legion 7.3.2. We also explain when to use your various cooldowns. Then, we go deeper and present all the subtleties that you will need to know if you want to excel at playing an Arcane Mage.
The other pages of our Arcane Mage guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.
About Our Author and Reviewer
This guide has been reviewed and approved by Blixius, a top Arcane Mage who raids in Bird is the Word.
1. Ability Priority List
The rotation of an Arcane Mage is outlined in the following priority list. The concept is to maintain a high and stable Mana pool during your "conserve" phase, biding time until your cooldowns are available. As soon as your cooldowns are ready, you enter the "burn" phase where you siphon all your Mana into damage. After the burn phase concludes, you recoup your entire Mana pool using Evocation.
1.1. Conserve Phase
The conserve phase is deceptively straightforward, but it mercilessly punishes mistakes. Once Evocation is on cooldown, the only way to regain your Mana is by waiting for it to slowly regenerate, so paying close attention to it is of crucial importance. Your goal is to stay relatively healthy on Mana throughout the conserve phase, so that when your Arcane Power comes off cooldown you are able to burn as much Mana as possible within that window for optimal output.
- Use Rune of Power if it has 2 charges.
- Cast Mark of Aluneth on cooldown.
- Always save a Rune of Power charge for Mark of Aluneth.
- Cast Arcane Orb (if talented) and you currently have no Arcane Charges.
- Apply Nether Tempest (if talented) with 4 stacks of Arcane Charge.
- Refresh Nether Tempest (if talented) with 4 stacks of Arcane Charge if it has less than 4 seconds remaining. Apply it if absent.
- Cast Arcane Missiles if
- you have 3 charges of Arcane Missiles or
- you are not at 100% Mana and you have 4 Arcane Charges.
- Cast Charged Up when you need to quickly generate Arcane Charges.
- Cast Supernova (if talented).
- Cast Arcane Barrage if you need to regenerate Mana.
- Cast Arcane Explosion if you will hit 3 or more targets.
- Cast Arcane Blast.
Once again, the goal is to save enough Mana for your burn phase to still last for all of Arcane Power while still dealing enough damage to be effective. The more Mastery you currently have, the more 4 Arcane Charge casts you will be able to manage without destroying your Mana pool entirely.
1.2. Burn Phase
The burn phase commences at the start of the encounter, and whenever Arcane Power is off cooldown thereafter. It is important to ensure you will not be interrupted during the burn phase, so avoid entering this part of the rotating during heavy movement or when volatile mechanics are active.
- Ensure you have 4 Arcane Charges.
- Place Rune of Power (if talented).
- Activate Arcane Power.
- Activate Presence of Mind.
- Cast Arcane Missiles if you are below 100% Mana or have 3 charges.
- Cast Arcane Blast.
If there is AoE or cleave and you are talented into Resonance, it is ideal to cast Arcane Barrage right at the end of Arcane Power for the increased cleave damage.
If you are talented into Charged Up, you can cast Arcane Barrage after Arcane Power ends for some extra damage, then used Charged Up and continue your burn.
To reiterate, the goal of the burn phase is to maximize damage during Arcane Power. Arcane Power and Evocation both share a 90-second cooldown, so it is logical to burn all your remaining Mana during this period. Once Arcane Power ends, and you no longer have the Mana to cast Arcane Blast, you should activate Evocation and fully channel it to restore your Mana to 100%. After this is done, the conserve phase resumes. You should save your Arcane Missiles for after Evocation if you reach 0 Mana and Arcane Power is over.
See our Opening Sequence for instructions on what to cast when the fight starts.
2. Important Notes
2.1. Arcane Charges: Understanding Your Mana Pool
If you are unfamiliar with Arcane, managing your Arcane Charges can be a bit confusing at first. Arcane as a specialization is fundamentally very straightforward, but also stands apart from many specializations in the respect that you have full control over your damage output and resource at all times. Ultimately, the only wild card in the Arcane rotation is Arcane Missiles, and it alters the specialization in a unique way. Since Arcane Missiles does not cost any Mana to cast and also generates an Arcane Charge, it functions as a way to regenerate Mana without having to cast Arcane Barrage. Every time you do a new pull on a boss, you will reorganize your abilities into a different sequence due to the randomness of Arcane Missiles procs. Ultimately this results in a very reactive playstyle revolving around the basic Arcane Charge system.
For each Arcane Charge you have, you deal more damage with your basic spells, however, the Mana cost is also increased by 100% per charge. It is not possible the maintain a stable Mana pool by casting spells at 4 Arcane Charges, and therefore you will have to often clear your charges with Arcane Barrage during the conserve phase. While it is technically ideal to generate another 4 Arcane Charges before clearing them with Arcane Barrage, this will not always result in a net Mana gain if Arcane Missiles does not proc. When you drop below 70% Mana during the conserve phase, it is beneficial to instead generate between 1 and 3 Arcane Charges before clearing with Arcane Barrage. Since the Mana multiplier is considerably lower, this will result in much more Mana gained during the charge generation and dumping cycle.
It is best to use your charges of Arcane Missiles when you are high on Arcane Charges, or about to clear with Arcane Barrage. The reason for this is that Arcane Missiles has no Mana cost, and it is best to take advantage of the increased damage multiplier from your Arcane Charges for as long as possible before you clear (without adversely affecting your Mana pool). During the burn phase, it is still preferable to cast Arcane Missiles over Arcane Blast, as Arcane Missiles does more damage and is also a faster cast (higher DPET or Damage Per Execution Time).
In conclusion, your Mana pool and Arcane Charges have inverse synergy. The longer you remain at higher stacks of Arcane Charge, the faster your Mana bar will deplete, but the more burst damage you will deal. The shorter you remain at higher stacks of Arcane Charge, the easier it will be to maintain a stable Mana pool (or possibly regenerate Mana), though you will deal less burst damage. Arcane Missiles serves as a tool to allow you to remain at high stacks for an increased period without penalty, but occurs randomly, keeping you on your toes. Finally, during the burn phase the intent is to permanently remain at maximum Arcane Charges until your Mana pool is entirely depleted.
2.1.1. Aluneth's Avarice
A new Artifact trait, Aluneth's Avarice, was added in Patch 7.2. Once you have acquired this trait, Mark of Aluneth will restore 20% of your maximum Mana when it detonates. Outside of the opener, it is important to always maximize the Mana return so you are never wasting any of the resource return.
2.2. Spells That Benefit From Arcane Charges
Evocation is no longer affected by Arcane Charges, but it is still preferable to ensure you do not clear your charges with Arcane Barrage before casting Evocation. The reason for this is that you will finish Evocation with 100% Mana and 4 Arcane Charges, allowing you to immediately cast a 4 charge Arcane Blast instead of Mana capping for a few seconds.
2.3. Truncating Arcane Missiles
Many channelled basic spells, such as Drain Soul, benefit from truncating (or "clipping") the channel after the penultimate tick, allowing you to immediately lead into the next cast without delay. Arcane Missiles, however, fires off an extra missile every time it ticks throughout the channel, making it extremely beneficial to fully complete your channel before queuing up the next spell. Many players will accidentally clip the last tick of the channel, cancelling the final missile and robbing them of a noticeable amount of damage. This can be solved by using !nochannel macros, which prevents you from interrupting a channelled spell with another cast. This induces slight input lag, causing a slight delay between the end of your channel and the beginning of a new cast, so it is not recommended. For players that want maximum results, the best solution is AddOns. The easiest way to avoid missile clipping is by installing Gnosis, a cast bar AddOn specifically designed to make channelled ticks easily identifiable. Unlike the in-game castbar or most other AddOns, it updates dynamically with latency so your true tick rate is always displayed. This is the castbar used almost unanimously by all high level players, but it is especially beneficial for Arcane Mage due to the importance of Arcane Missiles.
2.4. Effectively Handling AoE
As a specialization that is typically known for single target damage, AoE is a bit of a foreign concept to some Arcane Mages. It is possible, however, to deal effective AoE damage as Arcane. Arcane Power does technically affect your AoE spells, however, it is extremely inefficient to dedicate your burn phase to AoE damage (generally speaking), however, there are some exceptions to this rule. For example, in a dungeon environment where you know your cooldowns will be up in time for the boss, it makes sense to use your cooldowns to help clear the trash in a more timely fashion.
To effectively deal AoE damage, you should cast Arcane Orb to quickly generate Arcane Charges and Arcane Missiles. Apply a 4-charge Nether Tempest to a central target, and spam Arcane Explosion. Use your charges of Arcane Missiles as needed to help regenerate Mana and single out priority targets. Essentially, perform the rotation per normal, replacing Arcane Blast with Arcane Explosion. If you are talented into Resonance, your conserve phase will also pack a noticeable punch on AoE due to the increased damage from Arcane Barrage.
If you are playing with Charged Up and Arcane Orb, you can drop your stacks with Arcane Barrage and instantly rebuild them without effort.
If you are performing AoE on a raid boss, it is important to continue to pay close attention to your Mana bar. Arcane Explosion is very expensive, and it can be easy to quickly consume a full Mana bar if you are not careful.
2.5. Rune of Power
Rune of Power is a medium length cooldown that is best used to apply significant pressure during its duration. You should always overlap Rune of Power and Arcane Power, as this will result in the maximum possible burst. Start by casting Rune of Power, and immediately activating Arcane Power at the end of the cast), so they will both end at the same time. You should also ensure your Rune of Power is always available for Mark of Aluneth, as it boosts the damage significantly. Rune of Power does have 2 charges, allowing you to save the second for a usage of your choice. Good times to use your second rune charge:
- For Mark of Aluneth if it is desynced with Arcane Power;
- after Arcane Power ends and you have enough Mana to last another 10 seconds in the burn phase;
- to push a damage check;
- when several advantageous procs overlap;
- during a period of zero movement;
- with excess Mana in the conserve phase at 4 Arcane Charges;
- on AoE.
2.6. Arcane Orb
Arcane Orb is an extremely flexible ability that can be used in almost any way you prefer. Generally, it is best to use it to help generate Arcane Charges efficiently and help procure Arcane Missiles. It can also be used to help maintain Mana stability at 4 stacks of Arcane Charge by casting it on AoE to help with the generation of Arcane Missiles. It is best left to contextual judgement to determine the optimal usage. If in doubt, use it on AoE opportunities to generate Arcane Charges and deal damage.
2.7. Prismatic Barrier
Do not forget to cast this any time you have to slightly reposition and Blink/ Shimmer is either unavailable or would move you too far to be useful. It lasts for 30 seconds, and has a 30-second cooldown, meaning you can keep a 100% uptime on the magic damage reduction if magic damage taken is heavy. You can and should cast it before the start of every engagement.
3. Core Concepts
Arcane Mage is an elementary enough specialization to perform on a target dummy, but there are a few key factors that will separate the good from the great. Learning to focus on what is important and master the core concepts of a specialization is what leads to strong overall performance on the damage charts. There are 3 major concepts that form the central trinity of optimizing for success:
- Mana management during the conserve phase;
- flawless execution during the burn phase;
- movement management.
Managing movement is a fundamental skill shared by all the caster classes in World of Warcraft. The highly mobile nature of the Mage class allows flexible and creative ways to move during combat, making it of supreme importance that you give this the proper respect.
3.1. Mana Management During Conserve Phase
It is highly recommended you develop an instinct for your Mana regeneration rate by practicing on a target dummy or in LFR. The more Mastery you have, the faster you will regenerate Mana in combat, making this regeneration highly variable depending on your level of gear.
It is important to have a good sense of the interplay between your Arcane Charges and your current Mana pool. On encounters with cleave and AoE, pay close attention to your timers if you plan on capitalizing on the extra targets. If you need to unleash a little extra burst in the conserve phase for an important add, AoE opportunities, or to push a damage check, ensure you correctly budget Mana and a Rune of Power charge in advance.
Mana regens at fixed 1.5% of max Mana per second, increased to 1.364% if using Arcane Familiar. Evocation however, does benefit from the extra 10% Mana from Arcane Familiar. This is further increased through stacking Mastery, which will dampen the amount of pooling and lower the number of Arcane Barrage casts per fight, allowing you to stay at 4 Arcane Charges longer.
If you have an AddOn that allows you detach your Mana bar, it is highly recommended you put it somewhere near the lower centre of your screen so you can easily keep track of your current resource level. Newer players tend to overburn during the conserve phase and are unable to execute a complete burn phase because of this. Remember to use Arcane Missiles on 4 Arcane Charges whenever possible to cheat the Mana multiplier but exploit the damage buff.
3.2. Executing the Burn Phase Consistently
Since 75% of Arcane gameplay (the conserve phase) is about setting up the burn phase, it is of paramount importance that you consistently and flawlessly execute it once it begins. Arcane Power should be used on cooldown wherever possible, though you do want it to overlap with any other major damage buffs (such as the legendary ring and Rune of Power). You should cast Evocation immediately upon hitting 0 Mana and save your Arcane Missiles charges until after Evocating, so the Evocate cooldown will be up as soon as possible later in the fight.
Pay close attention to the burn phase priority list posted at the top of this page. This seems very straightforward on the surface, but a surprising number of players will stutter in the execution. Make sure you are prepared before entering the burn phase!
3.3. Movement Management
While it is difficult to describe the best ways to position and move during a dungeon or raid encounter, it is essential to your success as an Arcane Mage.
Try and use Blink for "urgent" movement — when you need to travel from one place to another as quickly as possible. Prismatic Barrier is a good choice when you only need to take a few steps, as it only costs a single GCD. Shimmer is a great talent as it is off GCD and does not interrupt your current cast.
Displacement is incredibly underutilized by a lot of players, but is an essential part of your mobility kit. This spell is fantastic for mechanics that force you to run out of the raid and return moments later. It is also great for dealing with dance mechanics — after the "dance" ends you can return to your original location without delay. Do not underestimate Displacement and do not be afraid to get creative with how you use it! It should be noted that when using Shimmer, your casts are also uninterrupted by Displacement in addition. The Shimmer talent is very strong overall, allowing you to stay in line of sight mid cast if the boss moves, or quickly dodge a mechanic without interruption.
Always try to position yourself in a location central to fight movement. For example, if the boss is being moved in a circle, try to stay on the inside of the kite path to ensure minimal movement.
3.3.1. Quiet Movement
Many players will unconsciously move during fights, despite it being unnecessary. For example, sometimes the boss or adds will be moved by the tank a couple yards, and though you are still in range to cast, you subconsciously mirror that movement, costing you global cooldowns. Consciously work to "quiet" your movement, and reduce unnecessary movement to a minimum. The best way to see this in action is to take a video of your raid, then watch yourself play. Most players will be surprised by the amount of wasted movement they commit. When you are forced to move, make use of the tips above, and make your path as direct and decisive as possible.
4. Resonance Opening Sequence
- Use Potion of Prolonged Power 2 sec before the pull.
- Cast Mark of Aluneth.
- Place Rune of Power.
- Activate Arcane Power and any racial cooldowns or on-use trinkets.
- Activate Presence of Mind and cast Arcane Blast twice (unless Arcane Missiles has 3 charges, in which case reverse this step with the next one).
- Cast Arcane Missiles if you have 3 charges or are below 100% Mana.
- Cast Arcane Blast to stay under 100% Mana. Cast Arcane Missiles whenever you have 3 charges or are below 100% Mana.
- Cast Arcane Blast as a filler.
- Place Rune of Power again when Arcane Power ends (only if Bloodlust was used).
- Spam Arcane Blast.
- Use Arcane Missiles when available.
- Cast Evocation when your Mana is empty and commence conserve phase.
5. Charged Up Opening Sequences
- Use Potion of Prolonged Power.
- Precast Mark of Aluneth 1.5 seconds before the pull.
- Activate Charged Up.
- Place Rune of Power.
- Activate Arcane Power and any racial cooldowns or on-use trinkets.
- Activate Presence of Mind.
- Spam Arcane Blast.
- Use Arcane Missiles whenever you have 3 charges or are below 100% Mana.
- Place Rune of Power again when Arcane Power ends (only if Bloodlust was used).
- Spam Arcane Blast.
- Use Arcane Missiles when available.
- Cast Evocation when your Mana is empty and commence conserve phase.
6. ChangeLog+ show all entries - show only 10 entries
- 29 Aug. 2017: No changes needed for patch 7.3.
- 20 Jul. 2017: Updated some text from the opener/APL to match each other more clearly.
- 12 Jun. 2017: Updated Resonance opener.
- 30 Mar. 2017: Slight updates for both openers to maximize Aluneth's Avarice. Added section dedicated to Aluneth's Avarice.
- 29 Mar. 2017: Opener remains the same as it is inefficient to delay Arcane Power in order to fully benefit from Aluneth's Avarice.
- 27 Mar. 2017: No changes needed for Patch 7.2. Might need to update the opener at a later time once we figure out how the Mana restoration from Aluneth's Avarice can be best put to use.
- 20 Mar. 2017: Added an additional opener and updated sections regarding Charged Up.
- 09 Jan. 2017: Updated for 7.1.5 — APL, Prismatic Barrier, Movement Management, and Opener.
- 25 Oct. 2016: Arcane Charge paragraph was updated following the Patch 7.1 increase in Mana cost per charge (now 125%, up from 100%).
- 15 Sep. 2016: Updated opener.
- 29 Aug. 2016: Updated for Legion's launch.
- 19 Jul. 2016: Many min-maxing improvements throughout the page.
- 18 Jul. 2016: Updated for the Legion pre-patch.
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- 10. ChangeLog
- +Artifact Traits and Relics
- +Netherlight Crucible Relic Paths
- ×Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
- 1. Ability Priority List
- 2. Important Notes
- 3. Core Concepts
- 4. Resonance Opening Sequence
- 5. Charged Up Opening Sequences
- 6. ChangeLog
- +Stat Priority
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- 1.3. Boss Mods
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West Sac woman is Red Cross 'hero'
A West Sacramento woman received a "Hero" award from the Capital Region Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Raemarie Goin of West Sacramento and Scott Sherwood, another employee of the Costco store in Woodland, were honored for coming to the aid of a customer who suffered a severe heart attack, said Vicki Faye, regional manager of the Red Cross chapter.
"Together, Raemarie and Scott began CPR and retrieved the Automated External Defibrillator, which they used four times. They were able to revive the customer until the fire department crews arrived," Faye told the News-Ledger by email.
The pair were among the "local heroes" honored in a ceremony Dec. 7 in Davis.
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John Howarth, Northeast Regional Sales Manager for ASI and a
long-time friend of NiUG International was the catalyst for NiUG
International's growth. His foresight and dedication laid the foundation
upon which our organization has grown.
Upon his death in 2006, NiUG's
Board of Directors established this award to recognize a person(s) who
best exemplified his commitment to the iMIS community.
This program is designed to allow iMIS users – both members and
non-members – to advance their organization through training, education,
and professional development.
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Friday, March 19, 2004 | 11:14 a.m.
Mother Nature has let Las Vegas down again this winter.
Southern Nevada Water Authority Deputy General Manager Kay Brothers told her board Thursday that the winter has not brought even the average amount of snow to the Rocky Mountains, the source for the Colorado River and ultimately, for Lake Mead, which supplies about 90 percent of Clark County's drinking water.
Although more snow is possible, storms at this time would not likely make a significant difference, she told the board.
"The numbers are almost completely in for the runoff this year," Brothers said. "Again, we have another year when we are below average runoff."
She said the runoff will probably be about 77 percent of average. The snowpack is in better shape, at about 90 percent of average, but the toll of the drought on the region means that the ground is dry and will absorb much of the water that would otherwise flow into the Colorado River.
While that is better than some recent years, it is well below what water watchers said would be needed to reverse the slide toward a deeper crisis in regional water supplies.
After five years of drought, Clark County is already in the second stage of a three-stage reaction to drought. The "drought alert" began Jan. 1, and with it came more intensive water-use restrictions than the "drought watch" that began a year earlier.
A "drought emergency" could begin if the level of Lake Mead falls below 1,125 feet above sea level by Jan. 1, 2005. Three years ago, the level of lake was above 1,200 feet.
The third level of drought response also would bring more restrictions, but those have not been determined yet.
The federal Bureau of Reclamation, which is responsible for allowing states to take water from Lake Mead, is forecasting that next New Year's Day the lake level will be at 1,128 feet, bureau spokesman Bob Walsh said. By the summer of 2005, the agency expects that the level will drop below 1,116 feet, and by the January 2006, Southern Nevada will be in a drought emergency.
With the falling lake levels come the loss of water for the region. The loss so far has been confined to the so-called "surplus," or lake water that is not used by states in the upper Colorado River basin. For Las Vegas, that represents about 10 percent of the overall supply.
However, the federal government in coordination with the states, including Nevada, is developing guidelines for cuts into the basic appropriation in case the lake level continues to fall. In the meantime, the water authority is moving to develop alternative groundwater supplies as fast as possible, but there is no guarantee that the region will win state approval for the development of all the targeted supplies.
Kelly Redmond, a climatologist at the Desert Research Institute-Western Regional Climate Center in Reno, said there is some room for hope that the situation could improve over the next few weeks.
"There have been Aprils in the Rockies that have brought heavy snow," Redmond said. But the situation does not now look promising, he added.
"I wouldn't write off the year entirely, but the odds are certainly starting to diminish this time of year," Redmond said.
Another factor that will likely affect the amount of runoff in a negative way is the warm and sunny spring weather blanketing the West, he said.
Warm temperatures "are generally regarded as bad, because plants grow earlier, and they take up more water, and less water makes its way from the snowpack into the streams," he said.
"We're getting mid-May temperatures and it's the middle of March," Redmond said.


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Cosplayer Ammie > Costume of Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon)
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- 05-28-2014
- Series
- Sailor Moon
- Character
- Sailor Jupiter
- Year Completed:
- 2012
- Construction Difficulty:
- Easy
- Costume worn at:
- Anime North 2012
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
I have made so many of these things, and it's all the same ritual over and over again. The one thing I attempted at with this costume, unlike the others, was the satin boot covers. I wanted the boots to match the fuku 100%. I bought a base pair of ankle boots and built the covers onto them. They zip up at the sides and lace in the front (makes it a real pain to take them off or put them on)
I wanted to go with a brighter green instead of the dark. I believe the inner scouts are the bright colors, outers are the dark colors. This is my second Jupiter costume. My original was a dark green. I like the pink bow contrast to the brighter green better :)
I scuplted the rose earrings from sculpy clay and coated them with a gloss coat for shine. The hair bobbles I found at a dollar store. They were really big cartoonish looking ones and thought they would be perfect for Jupiter!
No wig is needed for this costume, my real hair is pretty much Jupiters color and style. I added volume to the bangs and curled the side strands.
I made this costume to be part of a Sailor scout group with Straywind, Pan-Chan, Rankin24, and Jukebox. Our Venus couldn't make it due to the insane lineups for badges at AN this year. I will wear this one again to get the full inner group shots with the girls in the near future :)
The costume is pretty comfy except for the boots. If I wear them for too long they really start to hurt D:
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- The scout I can pull off the easiest! I get to use my real hair for it XD Plus I have the height for Sailor Jupiter ^_^
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Aaron Hartsough, a freshman at Youngstown State University, and Rachael Morris, a senior at Canfield High School, stopped at Grandma's house at Speece Lake before heading to Canfield's Homecoming 2010. Photo submitted by Lana VanAuker of Canfield.
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Holding the trophies they received as they were honored at the annual Junior Civic League's Cinderella Ball are, from left, Tiara Williams, second attendant; Asia Walker, Miss Cinderella; and Keisha Talley, first attendant.
Catholic Charities retirement: From left to right are Flo Prokop, Virginia Santone and Maria Carson. Carson, who was honored during a recent party at Alberini's restaurant, retired as financial director after 47 years of employment at the Catholic Charities Regional Agency. In attendance for the celebration were co-workers, family, board members and friends. Santone is Carson's mother, and Prokop, who retired in August from CCRA, is her sister. Carson began as a secretary at the agency. While working as office manager, she completed her bachelor's degree in accounting from Youngstown State University. She had been financial director for the past 14 years.
A good deed is done: Sperry Rongone, left, a Boardman-Poland Junior Women's League provisional member, and Audrey Walker from the Sojourner House stand with some of the items collected for Sojourner. The house shelters women and children who are victims of domestic violence. Rongone's provisional project was to collect items from members of the BPJWL that were included on a wish list from residents. She will be installed as a new member at the December social.
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Challenging program: Rich Blevins presented a program outlining the objectives of "Teen Challenge" during a recent meeting of Austintown Rotary Club. The speaker explained that the residential faith-based recovery support program for men has about a 60 percent success rate for addictions and that heroin is apparently the drug of choice in the Valley. Funded entirely by community donations, the 12-month program requires discipline, responsible decision-making and accountability. For information about admission into Ohio Valley Teen Challenge call 330-743-9030. Congratulating Blevins following his informative talk was Susan Leetch, president of Austintown Rotary.
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Castlemaine, city in central Victoria, southeastern Australia, located 8 miles (13 km) east of the Loddon River and 78 miles (126 km) northwest of Melbourne. In 1836 the area was crossed by Major Thomas Mitchell, and in 1851 gold was found in Specimen Valley. The mining settlement employed about 30,000 miners and was called alternatively Forest Creek and Mount Alexander. Captain William Wright, the chief goldfields commissioner, later named the settlement for his uncle, Viscount Castlemaine. By the 1880s the gold deposits were depleted. Today Castlemaine is the centre of a farming and fruit-growing district and has light manufacturing. The city has a botanical garden, a provincial art gallery, and a restored market (built 1861–62) that serves as a museum. Inc. town, 1950. Pop. (2001) 6,835.
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Ghana television to broadcast China Super League
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Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has announced on its official website that the Ghana National Television (GTV) will begin to broadcast Chinese Super League matches in the near future.
Along with Chinese Super League, GTV will also broadcast selected matches from Italian Serie A and German Bundesliga.
"Ghanaians are very enthusiastic about beautiful football", GTV head of sports channel said.
According to reports, more and more Ghanaians are interested in Chinese Super League, as the national team's captain, Asamoah Gyan is currently playing for Shanghai SIPG.
However, the former Sunderland forward is reportedly looking to move to an Egyptian club after a relatively unsuccessful spell with the Chinese side.
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Scott B.wrote a review of Pro-tec Regulator Helmet on February 20, 2013
Bad Helmut!
After recieving the helmut, noticed that the ear pads don't line up with the snaps. Backcountry was kind enough to send another, thinking it was a problem with that particular one. The new one had the same problem! They were kind enough to help me pick out a new helmut. Don't order this helmut.


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Weekend Box Office Report: 'American Sniper' Takes Out 'Blackhat'
A lot of people are going to act like they didn't see the enormous success of 'American Sniper' coming, but the signs were all there. On top of the promising limited release numbers, there was the awards buzz. On top of that, there were the names of director Clint Eastwood and star Bradley Cooper. On top of that, the subject matter of the film is inherently attractive to the same category of moviegoer that makes Christian-themed films into massive hits. 'American Sniper' had one doozy of a weekend, but it's not that surprising.
2015 Razzie Nominations: 'Transformers' and Kirk Cameron Lead the Pack
It's become fashionable in recent years to hate the Golden Raspberry Awards (AKA, the Razzies) and for good reason. The inherently negative awards claim to celebrate the worst films of the year, but they frequently nominate or "honor" ambitious misfires or boring studio junk over the real worst films of the year. To be fair, the Razzies are and have always been a big silly joke, but they're a joke that leaves a bad taste in the mouth. And yet, it's really hard to look at this year's nominees and disagree. With a handful of minor exceptions, this looks like a year where the Razzies actually, well, kinda' got it right.
Weekend Box Office Report: 'The Woman in Black' Can't Stop 'The Hobbit'
After the jam-packed month of December, with its huge family-friendly blockbusters and awards season Oscar bait, we have arrived in the month of January. Formerly a dumping ground for mediocre films, the month has taken on a new identity in the past few years as a testing ground for unique genre films (think 'Cloverfield') and a solid place to release a horror movie, which seems to do quite well right around New Year's for whatever reason. This year, we have 'The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death,' which had a fairly solid opening. Not solid enough to topple the Christmas Week champions, but no one is complaining too much.
'Star Trek 3' Sets a Course For July 8, 2016
2016 marks the 50th anniversary of 'Star Trek,' which debuted on CBS in 1966, and Paramount has been adamant about getting the next film into theaters in time to mark the occasion. Today, they officially set the date. If all goes according to plan, 'Star Trek 3' will warp into theaters on July 8, 2016.
Weekend Box Office Report: 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' Wins the Weekend
As expected, 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' won the weekend, but a quick examination of the actual numbers makes this victory feel just a little hollow. The same goes for 'Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb' and 'Annie,' both of which took second and third place without putting forward particularly impressive numbers. Yep, the holiday box office looked just a little rough this weekend.
Here's a First Look at Iron Man's New 'Avengers 2' Armor
As major movie productions keep on getting more secretive, even the best laid plans keep on getting foiled by one thing: merchandising. Yes, hide you costumes and characters and plot points all you want, because when the toys arrive, all bets are off! The latest casualty in this very silly war is Iron Man's new armor (the Mark XLIII), which was supposedly going to make its debut at some point in 'Avengers 2' but can now be clearly seen, examined, and salivated over in toy form.
Weekend Box Office Report: Audiences Pass Over 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Sometimes, a film can effortlessly open at number one at the box office while still being a pretty huge disaster. This is the case with 'Exodus: Gods and Kings,' which rode a wave of terrible reviews and an even more terrible marketing campaign to a hugely disappointing start. With a lot of big movies opening the next two weeks, the new Biblical epic won't even find time to grow some legs. Chances are strong that it is dead on arrival.
Hackers Demand Sony Halts the Release of 'The Interview'…Or Else
Unlike previous messages, this one actually has demands outside of vague, frightening threats: Sony must delay the release of 'The Interview,' "the movie of terrorism," or face the consequences.
Weekend Box Office Report: 'The Pyramid' Gets Buried Upon Arrival
Honestly, we could have just copied and pasted last weekend's box office report and gotten away with it. Outside of the shifting numbers, the order of the top 10 is almost identical to what it was a week ago. This is Hollywood in a holding pattern. The weekend after Thanksgiving is a wasteland. That's probably why 'The Pyramid' was dumped this weekend. However, the lone newcomer in the top 10 didn't just bomb, it bombed spectacularly.
Weekend Box Office Report: 'Mockingjay' Crushes Thanksgiving Weekend
Appropriately, the Thanksgiving holiday box office was all about the leftovers. While two high profile new releases struggled to open, films from the past few weeks continued to do solid business. In fact, this was one of the most varied weekends at the box office in quite some time, with YA adaptations, animated family movies, epic blockbusters, and small independent films all performing better than expected.


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The Ever Evolving Theories of Darwin
, February 12, 2009
What do Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, G.I. Joe and Charles Darwin have in common? They will all be coming to movie theaters this year. The only real person on that list will be played by Paul Bettany in the biopic Creation. And in true celebrity fashion, Darwin will be everywhere this year. In a convergence of anniversaries, Darwin would have turned 200 years old on Feb. 12, and his landmark book, On the Origin of Species, turns 150 on Nov. 24. There will be documentaries, lectures, conferences and museum exhibits. Darwin-themed blogs are being launched, and a cartload of Darwin-related books are being published. A replica of H.M.S. Beagle, the ship that carried Darwin around the world, will retrace his path. This January, Stanford University let a group of 90 people do likewise--albeit more comfortably, on a private Boeing 757.
It's only fitting to recognize the accomplishments of a great biologist. But there's a risk to all this Darwinmania: some people may come away with a fundamental misunderstanding about the science of evolution. Once Darwin mailed his manuscript of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life to his publisher, the science of evolution did not grind to a halt. That would be a bit like saying medicine peaked when Louis Pasteur demonstrated that germs cause diseases.
Today biologists are exploring evolution at a level of detail far beyond what Darwin could, and they're discovering that evolution sometimes works in ways the celebrated naturalist never imagined. "The biological problems we're dealing with are much more complex," says Massimo Pigliucci, an evolutionary biologist at Stony Brook University in New York. "That said, it's a lot of fun. I'm not complaining."
Darwin developed his theory by gathering as much information as he could about life. He collected it while voyaging on the Beagle, by sitting in front of a microscope back in England and by writing to a global network of correspondents. Today, however, biologists can feast on a far bigger banquet of data. The fossil record was scanty in Darwin's day, but now it has pushed the evidence of life on Earth back to at least 3.4 billion years ago. And while Darwin recognized that variation and heredity were the twin engines that made evolution possible, he didn't know what made them possible. It would take almost a century after the publication of On the Origin of Species for biologists to determine that the answer was DNA.
DNA is like a genetic cookbook, using four molecular "letters" to spell out recipes for everything from hormones to heart valves. Biologists today are reading the 3.5 billion letters in the human genome as well as the DNA from thousands of other species, and they've amassed vast databases of genetic information that they can rummage through to learn about how life evolved.
Time and again, biologists are finding that Darwin had it right: evolution is the best way to explain the patterns of nature. "You just can't even start to make sense of all this data without a framework of evolution," says Günter Wagner, an evolutionary biologist at Yale University.
Darwin proposed that natural selection could gradually transform a species. Scientists have observed thousands of cases of natural selection in action. They've documented that beaks of finches on the Galápagos Islands have gotten thicker when droughts forced the birds to crack tough seeds to survive. They've observed bacteria develop resistance to drugs that were believed to be invincible. Now biologists are applying DNA-sequencing technology to natural selection, which lets them identify the individual genetic changes that boost reproductive success.
As populations adapt to their surroundings, they can gradually evolve into new species. "We now have, I think, a good understanding of how new species arise--that is, how biological diversity is created," says Jerry Coyne, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago and the author of the new book Why Evolution Is True. "Darwin made little inroad into the problem, despite the title of his magnum opus."
Biologists have also found plenty of evidence to support Darwin's other major claim: that different species share a common ancestry. Over the past 15 years, for example, paleontologists have found several fossils of whales with legs, linking modern whales to their terrestrial ancestors. Besides studying fossils, biologists can discover the genealogy of species by looking at their DNA. The fossil record points to hippos and other hoofed mammals as being the closest living relatives of whales. So does their DNA. Our own DNA contains clues to the bonds we share with the rest of life--it turns out, for instance, that we are closer kin to mushrooms than to sunflowers.
It's been 1.5 billion years or more since our ancestors split off from our fungal cousins. How did the genome of our ancestor change so that it could produce two-legged primates? One part of the answer is that mutations over time altered genes that encode proteins, and some of those changes have been favored by natural selection. But that does not mean that our genome--the sum total of our human DNA--is a finely tuned collection of protein-coding genes. In fact, a lot of mutations that all humans carry neither helped nor harmed our ancestors. They spread just by chance. And a lot of our genome is not made up of protein-coding genes. In fact, 98.8% of it is not. Some of that 98.8% consists of "pseudogenes"--genes that once encoded proteins but no longer can because of a crippling mutation. They are the molecular equivalent of a vestigial tail, allowing us to see evolution's track.
Biologists are a long way from understanding the entire genome, but as they get to know its parts better, they're getting a more precise comprehension of one of the most important features of evolution: how complex organs evolve. The notion that something as intricate as an eye could have evolved, Darwin wrote, "seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree." But he argued that new complex organs could evolve through a series of intermediate forms.
Paleontologists can track some of life's transformations in fossils--observing how fins gradually evolved into feet, for example. But fins and feet and other complex structures are also encoded in DNA, and until the 1980s, biologists had almost no knowledge of the genes that built them. Over the past 25 years, biologists have identified many of the genes that help build embryos. A number of them help lay out the embryo's blueprint by letting cells know where they are. The cells absorb proteins floating around them, and the signals trigger the cells to make other proteins, which in turn clamp onto certain bits of DNA to switch neighboring genes on and off. This network of genes eventually leads a cell to give rise to an arm or a brain or a tongue.
These networks are so intricate that they probably put some limits on evolution's creative potential. Once a lineage of animals evolves networks for arms and legs, it's not easy for evolution to rewire the networks to produce, say, wheels. For one thing, many networks share some of the same genes. A change to a gene that improves one network may wreck another one. So for the most part, we're stuck with what evolution gave us.
Nevertheless, new traits have evolved. Once there were no brains, and now there are billions. Once you could search the entire world and never find a leaf. Now the world is green. Biologists are discovering some of the genetic secrets for evolving new traits. One is to recycle old genes.
Growing hair, for example, is a trait that evolved only in mammals. One of the key proteins in our hair is known as alpha-keratin. Not long ago, some Austrian and Italian researchers decided to search for alpha-keratin genes in animals that lack hair. They found those genes in chickens and lizards--which belong to the closest living lineages to mammals. Lizards build alpha-keratin in their claws. And it turns out that mammals do as well. The research suggests that the hairless ancestors of today's mammals already had alpha-keratin that was used to build their claws; only later was alpha-keratin borrowed to help build hair.
Darwin had no way of knowing this, since he had no way of examining DNA. If he did, he might well have rethought one of his most potent metaphors for evolution: the tree of life. It's not that the metaphor is wrong. Scientists regularly reconstruct evolutionary branches today. When a new disease breaks out, for example, the fastest way to figure out what to do is to determine what the pathogen is related to.
But there's more to the history of life than the branching of a tree. Every now and then, DNA moves between species. Viruses ferry genes from one host to another. Bacteria swap genes inside our bodies, evolving resistance to antibiotics in our own gut. Some 2 billion years ago, one of our single-celled ancestors took in an oxygen-consuming bacterium. That microbe became the thousands of tiny sacs found in each of our cells today, known as mitochondria, that let us breathe oxygen. When genes move this way, it's as if two branches of the tree of life are being grafted together.
Biologists have documented a vast amount of gene-swapping among single-celled organisms--which happen to make up most of the diversity of life on Earth. There are 10,000 species of bacteria in a spoonful of dirt, twice as many species as all the mammals in the world. In the genome of a typical microbe, most of the genes hopped from one species to another at some point in the history of life. In some ways, the history of life is indeed like a tree, sprouting new branches. But in some ways, it's also like a tapestry, emerging from a loom, its genetic threads woven together in new combinations.
In the mid-1900s, biologists succeeded in merging the newest biological developments at the time into a new vision of evolution known as the Modern Synthesis. Today a number of biologists argue that it's time for a new understanding of evolution, one that Pigliucci has called the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis. For now, they are fiercely debating every aspect of that synthesis--how important gene-swapping is to the course of evolution, for instance, and how gene networks get rewired to produce new traits.
Some researchers argue that many patterns of nature--such as the large number of species in the tropics--cannot be reduced to the effect of natural selection on individuals. They may be following rules of their own. "Which of these ideas is going to actually survive and prove fruitful is anybody's guess," says Pigliucci. "I don't see things coalescing for at least a decade or more."
Darwin predicted this. "We can dimly foresee that there will be a considerable revolution in natural history," he wrote at the end of On the Origin of Species. He saw his work not as the end of biology but as a beginning.
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A look at the Hillman family who immigrated from Wiltshire to Ontario, and then spread throughout North America. Now I can not write a blog and not have some opinions. I have a few.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Canadian County Altas Project
There is a section that explains the what and why of the county atlas's. In total 40 counties are covered by these atlas's which were published between 1874 and 1881.
My own ancestor John Hillman can be found. In the search option I put in his name, in Elgin County, township of Aldborough. The search record looks like this:
Full record for Hillman, John
Last Name Hillman
First Name John
Post Office Clachan
Township Aldborough
County Elgin
Atlas Date 1877
Concession and Lot Lot size
Hit locate on map and you get the result as shown above. A larger map of Aldborough appears to the right of the screen showing the farm's location relative to the township , and to the left the farm itself(as shown above). A handy site indeed!
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Archive for Thursday, August 18, 2005
Character lures former coach back to De Soto
It wasn't easy, Neosho County Community College track coach Darin Schmitz readily admitted.
One year into his first head coaching stint, the former Eudora and De Soto assistant track coach picked up the phone to find a top recruit offering his services.
Tempting, he said, but it was just wrong.
"His first words to me were, 'What's up, dog? You'd be dumb not to get me on your team. I'd be the franchise player for you,'" Schmitz said. "I wasn't interested."
It isn't about times, Schmitz stressed as he prepared to welcome a new crop of freshman to his fledgling program. Nearly two decades of competing, watching and coaching track, and that's the lesson he's learned: times, distances, lengths and records don't always make the best athletes.
"Yeah, he had great times, but that attitude is not going to be good for the program," Schmitz said. "You can get the kid that runs an amazing time, and he probably will always run pretty good times, but what will he do for your program?"
And it's the program Schmitz cares about now. A collegiate standout at Kansas, he took to coaching when his eligibility was up. First an assistant at Kansas University and then Lawrence High School, he later spent three years tutoring the throwers at De Soto, and another year as an assistant in Eudora.
He was hired last summer to resurrect Neosho's dilapidated track and cross country program. Returning only six athletes from the unimpressive 2003-2004 season, Schmitz turned to something he knew: Eudora and De Soto.
"I called up my old throwers and said, 'Hey, want to come down? I'll give you a scholarship,'" he said.
But there was more to inviting the familiar faces from Eudora and De Soto than a quick way to fill a roster.
Having already worked with the students, Schmitz felt he knew what he was getting. He sifted through his former athletes looking not for times and distances, but for character.
Describing the rebuilding process at Neosho, "character" was a word Schmitz turned to often.
"When you get a kid that has that politeness, and when you talk to them, they look you in the eye, that goes a long, long way," Schmitz said.
It's what he's found in his former schools.
Take Eudora's Brandan Helm, for instance. Helm graduated in May, but had long ago fallen for Schmitz's recruiting speech. A league champion and state medalist in the shot put, Helm couldn't wait to sign, and he came with the commitment and character Schmitz wants.
Helm threw with Schmitz over one summer in the Kansas Thunder, a club track program Schmitz helped start.
"I would drive by the throwing ring in the morning at Eudora over the summers and he'd be out there. Then I'd drive back through, and he'd be out there," Schmitz said. "If I asked him to jump, he'd say 'How high?'
"That's the kind of kid he is. He will work to become better. How can you go wrong, especially on a kid with that many tools?"
It's a common theme among Schmitz's stable of former Wildcats and Cardinals. Adam Wilcox and Donnie Gardner, both recent De Soto graduates, will join the cross country team this month.
Schmitz labeled Wilcox "one of my favorite kids. Just a crackup."
He first encountered Gardner as De Soto's throwing coach, but that didn't exactly work.
"He wasn't an extraordinary great thrower, but he worked so hard for me. I went to (De Soto head coach) Chris McAfee and said, 'We have got to find a place for this kid,'" Schmitz said.
Eventually he did, on the distance running squad.
Bryan Schiller, a 2004 Eudora graduate, will also join the team this year. Combined with Ryan Frame, Denise Robertson, Scott Karnitz and TJ Topf, there will be eight area athletes competing at the junior college, a nearly two-hour drive to the south.
It's been a successful formula too. In his first season, Schmitz's mens track team placed 18th in the nation, while the women finished 27th in the indoor season. So successful in fact, that Schmitz already has his eye on a new crop of Cardinals and Wildcats, even before their senior year has started.
"Right now, from Eudora and De Soto I know who I'm looking at for next year," he said. "Being able to find out the character of a kid is easier when he or she comes from Eudora or De Soto."
Of course Schmitz recruits athletes from other parts of the state, too. His goal is to get the program on the map and to the top of the junior college track circuit, one good recruit at a time.
So far, it's been a perfect plan.
"When I came down here, basically we were last place in every category. We hadn't had anybody qualify for nationals and I had six people coming back," he said. "It's been great being able to see this program starting to flourish last year. Where is it going to be next year and the year after that?"
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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) sent out a press release Tuesday, May 7, reminding employers that starting that day, they must use the revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (Revision 03/08/13)N for all new hires and reverifications.
USCIS explains that employers can find the revision date of the new Form I-9 on the lower left corner of the form. The agency warns against completing new Form I-9s for existing employees if a properly completed Form I-9 is already on file. USCIS will no longer accept previous versions of the Form I-9.
The agency provides a Spanish version of Form I-9 (revision 03/08/13)N, and it is available on the USCIS website for use in Puerto Rico only. Spanish-speaking employers and employees in the 50 states, Washington, D.C., and other US territories are only allowed to use the Spanish version for reference, according to the press release. These employers and employees must complete and retain the English version of the form.
You can find the revised forms at www.uscis.gov/I-9. The agency also offers a telephone number, 888-464-4218, to call for more information. USCIS has representatives available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to discuss any questions or issues that may arise from the news of needing to use the revised Form I-9. You can also visit I-9 Central, a website the agency created to support Form I-9 users. USCIS has also scheduled free webinars to educate employers on the new form.
CAI's 2013 Employment and Labor Law Update scheduled for May 22 and May 23 at Raleigh's McKimmon Center will feature knowledgeable attorneys from Ogletree Deakins who will present additional information for Form I-9 compliance. Former NLRB member Brian Hayes joins this year's lineup of attorneys from Ogletree Deakins. He will share his view on the board's recent rulings and give advice for handling new challenges during his can't-miss presentation.
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New to Internet Explorer 7 for XP SP2 beta 2 is a complete Really Simple Syndication (RSS) substructure. Currently, when you use a third-party application to receive and read RSS feeds, the app must load a complete RSS rendering engine. Microsoft has created its own and adds it to the Windows XP SP2 operating system (hence, you'll have to reboot when you install the new IE 7 beta). However, the payoff is nice. When you subscribe to an RSS feed, you'll no longer see a page of HTML but a fairly basic representation of all the current feeds for that page, plus any categorizing the site has done regarding specific topics. Also, Microsoft has joined with Mozilla in using the same icon from RSS, making it easy for users to switch between Firefox and IE 7.Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Beta is only available for Windows XP (SP2) users. You can download it via the official website. There's also an Internet Explorer 7 blog written by the developers.
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Internet Explorer 7 Beta is now Live!
For those of you who are fans of Microsoft's Internet Explorer and those who do not want to move to the Firefox browser (why not?!!!), you would be happy to know that Microsoft has released a beta version of its new Internet Explorer 7. CNET reviews the browser's new features such as its RSS tool. From CNET:
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Titanic Studios: £14m expansion of Game of Thrones production facilities could turn Belfast into the Hollywood of Europe
Belfast is setting its sights on becoming the Hollywood of Europe.
The thriving Northern Ireland film industry has received another boost with the announcement of a £14m extension of the Titanic Studios in Belfast.
The environment minister has said the addition of two new film studios will put the city on the map as one of Europe's largest film production locations.
The offering at the creative hub, where the globally successful HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones is filmed, is about to get even better after Mark H Durkan confirmed yesterday that planning approval had been granted for an additional 100,000 square foot of facilities.
No objections were received to the application submitted in December by Titanic Quarter Limited. It will almost double the existing production space at the impressive Titanic Studios, which incorporates Harland and Wolff shipyard's former Paint Hall building.
Work will start soon on two new film studios comprising 43,000sqft of space, 23,000sqft of film production workshops, office space, installation of a roof-mounted solar panel system and car parking.
"This planning application for two film studios and supporting facilities would, if constructed, put Belfast on the map as one of Europe's largest film production locations," Mr Durkan said.
"The use of sustainable technology with the roof-mounted solar panel system is also to be welcomed.
"These photovoltaic roof-mounted panels convert solar radiation into electricity which reduces costs – a win-win for business and the environment.
"Developments like this are leading the way in helping Northern Ireland move towards a low-carbon economy.
"It is my aim to ensure planning creates a better environment and a stronger economy. This development helps to do this."
Richard Williams, chief executive of Northern Ireland Screen, said the studios represented a global boost for the industry.
"As we move into a new phase of international activity, on the back of the new tax breaks for high-end television drama and animation, Northern Ireland Screen needs to be able to assure the global industry of our continued capability to house large-scale international productions," he said.
"There is no doubt that the demand for further studio infrastructure exists and the construction of more stages can only assist us with attracting further projects."
- Titanic Studios is set on an eight-acre site on the eastern bank of the River Lagan, Belfast
- It is currently home to the original Paint Hall studio and the Hurst and MacQuitty stages
- The studio contains four 90ft tall cells set out in a square and connected by an internal road and streets
- Each has one 3ft thick external wall that is a 75ft tall door
- None of the cell ceilings is external and the building is double-skinned to reduce noise pollution
- The facility also offers a suite of offices, toilets, workshops, a green room
- Two new film studios are also to be constructed on the site
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Need a little help in the dating department? Follow these five rules to ensure your success.
Over the past few weeks, you have communicated via email and telephone with someone you're interested in. It's obvious that there's "phone chemistry" and a mutual interest in meeting each other. You agree to meet in person. And now, for the moment of truth! Here are five rules of dating you simply must follow:
1. Visualize success. Think about your wonderful attributes and not your faults. Take an inventory of your values, skills, talents, interests and "heart." Leave all your negative thoughts at home.
2. Keep your expectations in check. Don't start imagining yourself at the altar with your date. I recommend you ask yourself these three questions first: Do I like the person? Does the conversation flow easily with one another? Is there any kind of attraction? And that's it. If you answer yes to these questions, then I recommend you be open to seeing the person again.
3. Dress appropriately. Be presentable, neat, well-groomed and in casual dress clothes. If you're a man, don't come to a date in a t-shirt and jeans. For women, do not come dressed "to kill" by looking overly sexy like you are going to a nightclub. Strive to look like the guy or girl next door and someone who they would feel comfortable bringing home to their parents.
4. Use your values as your guideposts. Know what's most important to you in your life and look to see if your date has similar feelings. Pay close attention to anything that makes you uncomfortable — your gut is usually right!
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POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Rubbermaid Commercial Products is closing its Pottsville facility next year and about 100 people will lose their jobs.
Atlanta-based Newell Rubbermaid announced Wednesday it plans to close the plant by September 2015.
The factory makes metal trash cans. The company is consolidating operations with another plant in northern Virginia.
Newell Rubbermaid is the parent company for brands including Rubbermaid containers, Sharpie markers, Graco children's products and Paper Mate pens.
The company acquired the Pottsville facility in 2007.
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How Can Cloud Computing Benefit Businesses?
The advantages of cloud solutions are many and varied where businesses are concerned. Here are some of the main ones that you may have not yet considered if you're still to make the move to the cloud.
It's easy to scale up your cloud capacity if you have growing or changing bandwith requirements – all you do is make good use of the remote servers that your service provider has to offer. Alternatively, you can scale down if you need to.
Disaster recovery
You may not have the budget or knowhow to operate a successful disaster recovery program but cloud computing means that smaller companies don't have to pay upfront costs to take advantage.
Remote working
One of the biggest reasons that companies do make the move to the cloud is because it means their employees can work from anywhere, as long as they can access the internet. Communication is easy thanks to resources like Skype, so your workers can enjoy a much better work-life balance – which will make them want to stay with your brand and be even more productive.
Automatic software updates
If you don't have space in the office for a large server room, cloud computing can help. You'll save a lot of time, money and effort in not having to maintain them yourself, so you can concentrate on the other aspects of growing a business.
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New Balance made no attempt at commemorating Miguel Cabrera's unbelievable Triple Crown season (perhaps they're waiting for the AL MVP vote), but the brand shows it indeed has an eye for historically significance with this new style that shows some deference to their most formidable competition in the running market. The latest New Balance 574 has an undeniable 'Infrared' look about it thanks to the pairing of vivid red and black accents atop a grey suede and mesh base, a style not too terribly different from the Jeff Staple 575s that kicked off his ongoing New Bal partnership. We're still waiting on Staple's 'Black Pigeon' 577s (though later this month is a much more favorable prospect than death by silence), but this new ML574NRG with a Pigeon lean is yours for the taking at retailers like FinishLine.
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PETRAPro is data analysis & reporting software for JAMAR Hand-held Data Collectors.
PETRAPro is the software for analyzing data gathered with the TDC-ULTRA hand-held data collectors.
The industry standard for processing turning movement data, thousands of users have come to appreciate PETRAPro's stability, ease of use and comprehensive reporting capability. In addition to Turning Movement data, PETRAPro also processes data for Roundabout Movements, Vehicle Classification, Multi-direction Gap, Stop Sign Delay, Signalized Intersection Delay, Spot Speed and Saturation Flow Rate.
The program allows you to create a variety of Reports and Graphs. Finished reports can also be saved in Acrobat PDF or Text format for easy electronic transfer. Data can also be exported into numerous other programs. Released in 2004, this program replaced the older PETRA for Windows software, which was originally introduced in 1998. PETRAPro offers new and improved features to the older PETRA for Windows software.
PETRAPro software is actively maintained and free expect technical support is available both online and via phone. PETRAPro software supports the current TDC Ultra, as well as the older TDC-12, TDC-8, DB-400, DB-100, IMC-IV and IMC-4 data collectors. PETRAPro will also read files created with PETRA for Windows and PETRA DOS.
-Downloads the TDC ULTRA
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-Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8
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-64 MB RAM or higher
-800 x 600 resolution, 256 colors
-Mouse or other pointing device
-20 MB of free space on hard drive
-USB Port for data download
Features of PETRAPro Software
Customized Reports
Go from data collection to report generation in a matter of seconds. Format your printouts with a graphical logo of your organization, different fonts, sizes, styles and colors to make your reports stand out.
Supported Studies
Standard Turning Movements
Turning Movements are the studies most commonly used with PETRAPro, and as such, the program gives you a great deal of options on how to present your data. Intersections can be done with up to eight separate approaches, with a wide variety of movement directions.
Enhanced Turning Movements
Take your turning movement studies to a new level by classifying a full range of vehicles as they make movements. Up to 14 separate classes of vehicles can be recorded with their turning movements.
Roundabout Turning Movements
One of the more popular new developments in traffic engineering is the implementation of modern roundabouts.
PETRAPro gives you a way to effectively present roundabout turning movement data gathered at these types of intersections.
Vehicle Classification
Select from FHWA Scheme F or define your own. Up to 3 different directions can be reported separately or combined. Classify by vehicle type,occupancy, number of axles or any other scheme you need. See the TDC Ultra Bicycles Classification study brochure.
Multi-direction Gap
Report traffic gaps in 2 directions and combined. Group gaps in 15 two second bins. One extra bin is provided for volume totals.
Signalized Intersection Delay
Report stopped delay and approach volumes at a signalized intersection. Statistical method uses 10 to 16 second samples of intersection queue size.
Stop Sign Delay
Accurately report on vehicle delay at stop sign controlled intersections. Uses real-time data gathered with JAMAR count boards to provide the most accurate measure of intersection delay.
Spot Speed with Classification
Reports speed by class. Define 1 to 13 classes. Input data from a JAMAR board or use your radar/VASCAR data. Each class is reported individually or combined. Several graphs and reports give you immediate analysis of your speed data.
Saturation Flow Rate
Produce reports for not only saturation flow rates, but also signal timings, arrival types and lost time.
Raw Data Collection
Create your own data analysis studies using the time-stamping feature of the raw data collection. In this study, every button you press is assigned a time stamp of when the button press occurred.
Graphical Interface
PETRAPro provides a new Main interface screen that contains shortcut links to some of the program's most used features. This graphical interface allows you to quickly and easily access download, file open, and preferences screens, as well as several others.
Quick Downloading
Easy point and click selections from PETRAPro's toolbar icons make functions like downloading a count board easy to do. Once you have setup the download screen with the settings desired, simply hook up your board and start downloading.
Familiar File Retrieval
PETRAPro allows fast, easy retrieval of files using a familiar Windows Explorer style. Save your count files to your local or network hard drives. Import and export many different file formats including PETRA for Windows, PETRA DOS, IMC, AAP and ASCII.
View Multiple Files
The program allows you to view multiple files on the screen at the same time in a variety of formats. Compare data collected recently with older files. Quickly move data from one file to another or to any other Windows program that supports standard cut, copy and paste functions.
Plot Data
Plot the data in an intersection form, with each approach broken down by movement. Up to eight approaches can be included in a plot, including diagonal approaches. The data plot can be done for both the overall data and peak hour data of a file, and can list up to 14 separate classes of vehicles.
Graph Data
Show data in a graphical form, using built-in graph formats or by creating your own. The pre-designed Variable Width Graph uses thick and thin lines to represent traffic volumes. You can also create your own custom graphs from any portion of the data in a variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional formats.
Intersection Design
Design an intersection to look like the actual site of the data collection, with multiple inbound or outbound lanes, turn lanes and center dividers. Graphical icons can also be included on the design. These icons include lane markings, street signs, control devices, data collection locations, or customized ones you create. You can also add text information to the design.
Include Digital Photograph
Show exactly how the intersection looks in real life by including a digital photograph with the report. The digital photo could be a line-of-sight photo, or even an aerial photo to give a bird's eye view of the intersection. Whichever format you choose, the photo can then be included with the reports you generate.
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