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Lake Tyers State Park
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Lake Tyers State Park extends from Lake Tyers Beach to Mount Nowa Nowa. Tall eucalypt forests surround the northern shores of Lake Tyers, and a thin sand spit divides the lake from the ocean.
As well as fishing in the lake and on the Ninety Mile Beach, Lake Tyers State Park offers a number of areas for picnics, beautiful bushwalks, forest drives and basic bush camping.
How to get there
Lake Tyers State Park is situated about 20kms northeast of Lakes Entrance. The main access into the park is via Burnt Bridge Road or Tyers House Road. These are unsealed roads.
Gunaikurnai Joint Management Plan
The Gunaikurnai Traditional Owner Land Management Board (GKTOLMB) are currently developing a Joint Management Plan in consultation with Parks Victoria and the Department of Environment Land, Water and Planning. The plan will cover the ten parks and reserves for which the Gunaikurnai have gained Aboriginal Title as a result of the 2010 Traditional Owners Land Management Agreement.
The plan will supersede any existing plans and set out objectives for achieving sustainable management within the existing legal framework and in accordance with recognised management principles. It will also provide strategic and operational direction for the ongoing management of these parks and reserves.
If you would like to be involved please visit www.gunaikurnai.com.au. The draft plan is due to be released for public comment toward the end of 2015.
Aboriginal Traditional Owners
The Gunaikurnai Traditional Owners' strong connection with the land has been legally recognised in a settlement agreement that enables them to jointly manage 10 parks in Eastern Victoria, including Lake Tyres State Park.
- Gunaikurnai Traditional Owner Land Management Board
- Gunaikurnai Land and Water Aboriginal Corporation
Parks Victoria acknowledges the Aboriginal Traditional Owners of Victoria - including its parks and reserves. Further information is available from Aboriginal Affairs Victoria AAV and Native Title Services Victoria
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Burnt Bridge, Long Point, Crystal Bay and Cherry Tree are all very popular fishing spots with Bream and Flathead being…
Boating and canoeing
Lake Tyers is a popular location for boat based fishing. The tranquil waters of the numerous arms are ideal for…
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- Gravel carpark
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On the ground floor there is a beautiful entrance with open plan lounge and dining area that in turn opens to a charming interior patio offering both shade and sun and plenty of room for dining or relaxing.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 15 (UPI) -- Kristian Huselius scored a goal and racked up three assists Monday to power the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-3 victory over Edmonton.
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Two conclusions can be drawn from the capital of the north in light of the 2012 events. The first is that the city paid a high price through its security and economy in the battle that tried to topple the city's son — Najib Mikati — and his government. The second is that some political projects turned the capital into an arena for settling accounts regarding the battle in Syria, which has been ongoing for two years. Tripoli was the only city to pay a Syrian tax that affected it at both the political and security levels.
From Tripoli, the Lebanese opposition — led by the Future Movement — wanted to overthrow the Mikati government. From Tripoli, this opposition tried to target Hezbollah and worked to support the armed opposition in Syria in order to topple the Syrian regime. This required the movement to resort to political and sectarian incitement and to distributing money and weapons. The result was the growth of takfiri and jihadist groups, which have taken on a variety of different names and faces and have started imposing their authority on the streets. At times they would impose their authority through mosques, which are not subject to any authority. At others, they would do so through unofficial leaders — deemed "emirs" — of neighborhoods, alleyways and traditional thoroughfares in hot spots in Tebbaneh, al-Qobba, al-Mankoobin and Jabal Mohsen.
The emerging Salafism in Tripoli proved greatly attractive to media outlets, as many insurgents found protection and cover there. Moreover, a number of sheikhs suddenly found themselves in Tripoli's decision-making circles.
But this phenomenon lacked collaboration, cooperation and coordination since each wing marched to the beat of its own drum.
Sheikh Salem al-Rafii was an exception. He worked to organize his supporters and formed a Shura Council, which included a number of active cadres led by Sheikh Hossam al-Sabbagh (against whom arrest warrants have been issued on charges of belonging to al-Qaeda) and Sheikh Nabil Rahim, who was imprisoned in Roumieh prison on the same charges. Add to this the advanced and scientific Salafism led by Sheikh Safwan Zoubi, a type of Salafism which rejects extremism and calls for dialogue and meaningful interaction between Sunni and Shiite leaders to confront sectarian strife.
Emirs seize control of the city
In Tripoli, emirs took control of the streets, thus affecting the authority of the security forces based on security concessions. This turned the security forces into forces of separation rather than forces of deterrence. They even lost the ability to arrest those who breached security, despite all of the political statements issued at every round of violence in the city and according to which "an iron fist is in absolute control and no armed manifestations are allowed."
In addition, some good endeavors were blocked as the Mufti of Tripoli, Sheikh Malek al-Shaar, was absent. He recently left Lebanon after he received direct threats conveyed by officers from the Internal Security Forces' Information Branch. Shaar had issued several fatwas prohibiting the use of weapons in Tripoli. However, his recent political stances pushed Rifaat Eid, the political leader of the Arab Democratic Party, to reject his mediation, saying that Shaar had become his own political element.
This pushed many opportunists to distort the image of Tripoli by increasingly proliferating weapons in the area. These people would shoot and terrorize innocent people with or without reason. Time and time again, they blocked roads and harmed the interests of the citizens. They occupied the streets and squares through protest movements, sit-ins and setting up tents, all of which had different political motives and demands. This enabled displaced Syrians to meddle in the city's affairs, to get involved as parties to the conflict and to take advantage of their numbers in popular movements.
2012: 60 dead, hundreds injured
All of the above factors led the Tripoli of 2012 to be characterized by security chaos, political randomness and improvised, rather than well thought-out, solutions. The city lived through days of bloody "anger" that paralyzed services, obstructed many development projects and created unrest across the fragile northern city (Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen), which witnessed its worst year of security since the end of the Lebanese civil war. Every two months there would be rounds of violence that breached Tripoli's security, each round coming under a different headline. However, they were all part of the repercussions of the Syrian crisis on Tripoli and they all aimed to place pressure on the prime minister. The rounds were as follows:
Feb. 10: The Homs massacre round (Two dead and 19 wounded) It coincided with the explosion of a weapons store in Abi Osamara. Investigations have not yet revealed the owner of the store, despite the fact that people inside it were injured while transporting munitions.
May 12: The Shadi Mawlawi arrest round (Five dead and 30 wounded) This round was preceded by an open-ended sit-in held by the committees of Islamist detainees in Roumieh prison, and followed by a Salafist sit-in demanding the release of Mawlawi.
Jun. 3: The solidarity with the Battle of Damascus round (13 dead and 62 wounded)
Jul. 29: The round connected to the bombing of the state security headquarters in Damascus (One dead and 33 wounded)
Aug 2: The round of fireworks between the children of Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen (14 dead and 80 wounded)
Oct. 19: The Maj. Gen. Wissam Hassan round (Eight dead and 64 wounded) This round coincided with attacks against the National Party headquarters and the Islamic Unification Movement centers.
Dec. 4: The Talkalakh ambush round (17 dead and 90 wounded)
These rounds led to more bloodshed (60 dead and 378 wounded) and destruction that left families in misery. These clashes contributed also to postponing the visit of Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Beshara al-Rai and that of Interior Minister Brigadier Marwan Charbel, and this does not include the delayed visits of several Arab and foreign ambassadors.
Sunni Military Council
There is no doubt that the security chaos, which spread horizontally, allowed armed groups to break loose from under any political or security control for the first time in the history of this conflict. It wasn't long before these groups had their own agendas, independent funding and sources of arms. This raised the hopes of some zealots of regaining the "emirate" or giving up on the state in the interest of the Sunni Military Council. They also hoped to unify Sunni arms against those who challenged the political approach, especially after the assassination of Maj. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan. Some tried to take advantage of this attack to settle political scores. Many also attempted to implement sectarian segregation, as was the case following each round of violence, when people started to attack Alawite properties in the markets of Tripoli.
However, despite all this tension, Tripoli managed to preserve its diversity, moderation and capacity for coexistence and acceptance. The people of Tripoli totally reject any new political or religious framework that would conflict with their city's historical tendencies.
One must note that Tripoli has been through immense hardships over the past 12 months and the rounds of violence coincided with the four economic seasons (Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Christmas). This has taken its toll on many business institutions that have become threatened by bankruptcy, especially given that the majority of the northern districts' residents were reluctant to visit the city markets for fear of security tensions.
Civil society speaks up
In 2012, the city witnessed unprecedented major challenges. However, due to their obstinate refusal to obey those who sought to use their city as a launching pad for their own projects, the people of Tripoli stood up against the security chaos — even if only to a small extent. The city's civil society expressed its refusal of arms as a means of communication, calling for distancing their city from all local and regional conflicts.
In this context, Tripoli has sent several messages. The city confirmed that it sympathizes with the Future Movement and its orientation, but also that it is not willing to give up on its son Najib Mikati, nor its growing presence in the state through his post as prime minister. This is especially true since Mikati has never failed to meet the needs of the people of his city or of his own sect, starting with his rightful efforts to preserve the position of Sunni staff and funding the international tribunal. This is not to mention that he approved a $100 million bill to implement vital projects in Tripoli. Special competent committees are supervising the project that is supposed to see the light of day in the new year.
The people of Tripoli also conveyed the message that they may disagree with each other over the question of armed resistance, but they all agree on the need to prevent a Sunni-Shiite schism. They also sympathize with the Syrian revolution, but at the same time they totally reject any attempt to push their city into the furnace of the Syrian crisis. Tripoli refuses to become the backyard of the armed Syrian opposition, or to be targeted by the Syrian regime due to the political affiliations and tendencies of its people. The city confirmed that it will not be controlled by any armed group — regardless of its political allegiance.
The citizens of Tripoli have expressed these messages by relinquishing all efforts to topple the government, the Syrian regime, Hezbollah's weapons or anything like that, distancing themselves from these activities. All marches and protests were left to their organizers.
Within this framework, none of the Future Movement's MPs have tried to hide the fact that moving the battle to Tripoli to topple Mikati's government on his own turf was one of the main political objectives in 2012. The Blue Current was still searching for a image of the masses that looks like ones from March 14, which would be capable of bringing down the PM in his own city and achieving a very similar victory to that in 2005, following the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
However, the Future Movement's activities — despite all the propaganda in this regard — have not successfully persuaded the citizens of Tripoli or led public opinion to turn against Mikati, particularly in light of the Future Movement's ongoing halt of financial aid and assistance and the state of unrest that its leaders experienced in determining the internal balance of power. Thus, the March 14 coalition has moved away from reconciling its supporters, at least insofar as it requires them to keep promises made at every milestone.
The unprepared sit-in and tent camp in front of the prime minister's place in the al-Maarad district of Tripoli — following the assassination of Maj. Gen. Hassan — did not serve as a rallying cause for the city's citizens, especially in light of differences in opinion within the movement's leadership regarding the advantage of holding or continuing the sit-in. This has limited the attendance at March 14's symposia to dozens of the Future movement's supporters in Akkar, Denniyeh and Koura.
The commemoration ceremony 40 days after Hassan's assassination in the capital of the north was accompanied with a clear political boycott of the Future Movement by the citizens of Tripoli. This has sent a message of rejecting the ongoing sectarian tension and political incitement which placed Tripoli in its security bottleneck. Ahmad Hariri gave his closing speech at the festival, speaking to an audience of only officials after the public had left.
Mikati: absorbing shocks
In the meantime, Mikati tried as much as possible to absorb shocks, by maintaining his peaceful political rhythm. He succeeded in distancing the general political struggle from the security situation in Tripoli and broke the Future Movement's boycott by communicating with its MPs to find solutions to security crises.
In Tripoli, Mikati announced his candidacy for parliamentary elections and Omar Karami nominated his son the minister Faisal Karami, whereas Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi shocked political circles by saying that he was abstaining from nominating himself in protest against sectarian incitement and stife.
The decision BY Safadi has confused his allies, as he represents a main pillar of the government and the present ministerial alliance in Tripoli. A series of contacts and consultations with Safadi have taken place so far to convince him to go back on the decision, an issue that is subject to future developments.
This article was translated by Sami-Joe Abboud, Joelle El-Khoury and Sahar Ghoussoub.


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- found: Gladwell, Malcolm. Blink, c2011 : t.p. (drawings by Brian Rea)
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Top 5 Gold Jewelry Brands:
1. Tanishq: Being a Tata group initiative gives this top jewelry brand an obvious edge over the others. Although relatively new, Tanishq has pioneered the concept of jewelry as a 'brand' in India and they are obviously reaping the benefits now. The gold jewelry designs of Tanishq include all the different specialties of the various states. However, their unique selling point is based on the 'purity' of gold they sell.
2. Thribhuvandas Bhimji Zaveri (TBZ): This is the inspiring story of a household jeweller turning into a nation wide jewelry chain. After 150 years of being in business, today it is one of the top jewelry brands in India with their base in Mumbai. Their designs are decidedly elaborate and they easily have the best wedding collections in town.
3. D'Damas: This brand is a joint venture of the indigenous Gitanjali Jewellers and the UAE bases Damas group. D'Damas is famous for its unconventional gold jewelry designs. Gold jewelry in India is steeped in tradition but this brand taught Indians a new contemporary way of wearing gold. They have a range of Italian designs that is very popular. Lara Dutta was the brand ambassador for this brand and the concept of wearing gold differently started appealing to the young Indian woman after her popular advertisement.
4. P. C. Chandra Jewellers: P.C Chandra is a brand from the east. With its base in Kolkata, they specialize in Bengali gold jewelry designs. Indians are pretty finicky about gold and the the designs they wear are highly culture specific. This gives regional brands like P. C. Chandra a chance to make it big due to specialization. The Goldlite collection launched by P. C. Chandra is immensely popular with people, especially with the rising prices of gold.
5. Jos Alukkas: This is the one of the top jewelry brands from down south. It is based in Thrissur, Kerala but you will see them sprawling stores all across the 4 southern states. Just like P.C. Chandra, the need for regional gold designs that are closer to our hearts is the emotion addressed by this jewelry chain and they are doing very well with it, especially in wedding jewelry.
So if you are planning to buy gold this festive season then keeps these five names at the top of your list.


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LucasArts - Working on an Open-World RPG?
Several sites have noticed a job ad from LucasArts looking for a "gameplay engineer" for an "open-world RPG". There's no other significant detail but Star Wars is the focus of their internal development studio, so unsurprisingly several sites are suggesting a "real" KotOR 3. We'll have to wait to find the answer but here's a snip from the newsbit at Eurogamer:
The maker of Star Wars The Force Unleashed is hiring for an openworld role-playing game.
A job ad for a gameplay engineer, Tweeted by LucasArts' Clint Hocking, mentions the genre of the game.
Hocking was the creative director of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and Far Cry 2 at Ubisoft.
He left in May 2010 after nearly nine years at the company to work as creative director for LucasArts on an unannounced game.
The job advertisement calls for console development experience, suggesting the mystery game will at least appear on home consoles.
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Once again The Simpsons and Kidrobot work together and as usual, it's a match made in Toy Heaven. Inspired by The Simpsons episode, Goo Gai Pan in which Homer poses as Buddha to gain entry into an orphanage in China, the 7-inch figure sees Homer meditating while holding a pretzel in one hand, and beads in another. Look for the toy to hit stores September 6th with a price tag of $50.
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Pilots for defunct Trans World Airlines have asked a federal judge to approve a $53 million settlement of litigation with their union over seniority rights lost when bankrupt TWA was taken over by American Airlines in 2001.
Counsel for the plaintiffs in Brady v. Air Line Pilots Association described the deal in court documents as the largest known settlement of its kind in a lawsuit against a labor union by its members.
The suit, filed in 2002 on behalf of 2,300 former TWA pilots, alleged their collective bargaining unit, Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA), failed to safeguard their seniority in violation of its duty of fair representation.
ALPA allegedly was seeking, without the knowledge of the TWA pilots, to become the bargaining unit for American's 11,000 pilots, who until then were represented by a different union, Allied Pilots Association (APA).
On Nov. 8, 2001, American and APA executed a seniority integration agreement, known as Supplement CC, which provided that the majority of TWA pilots would be placed at the end of the combined seniority list—resulting in, with few exceptions, TWA pilots being junior to American pilots, the suit alleged.
The pilots brought claims under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C.A. 151-188, a federal statute regulating interstate commerce.
Following a trial on liability in July 2011, a jury found in favor of the class. The settlement was reached as the case was headed for a damages trial.
The parties participated in two mediation sessions in 2012 with James Rosenbaum, a former U.S. District Court judge from Minnesota who is now with JAMS, but to no avail.
After a 14-hour session with another JAMS mediator, David Geronemus, the parties signed a memorandum of understanding in November 2013.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Irenas on Feb. 21 gave preliminary approval to the settlement, under which class members will get awards ranging from $200 to $32,000 according to a formula that measures each member's economic loss.
ALPA and its carrier, Kitty Hawk Insurance, will each pay half, according to papers filed by class counsel Lisa Rodriguez of Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis in Cherry Hill, whose cocounsel is Green Jacobson of Clayton, Mo.
The $53 million total includes $15.9 million in fees and $1.2 million in costs. The fee petition said class counsel billed $9.5 million at rates of $525 to $650 for partners, $285 to $450 for associates and $75 to $180 for paralegal work, yielding a lodestar multiplier of 1.66. That, counsel said, is low under the circumstances.
Rodriguez said she is not familiar with any larger award in a class suit alleging violations of a union's duty to represent its membership. The claim is novel because the former TWA pilots came under different representation after they joined American and so brought suit against their former union, she noted.
ALPA's lead counsel, Jay Cohen of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York, did not return a call about the settlement.
Local N.J. counsel John Connell of Archer & Greiner in Haddonfield declined to comment.


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In an effort to appeal to sock monkeys worldwide, Bosch has included a 10" tall guitar (complete with strings and a stand) in the press kit for their new reciprocating saw blade, the Edge. Minerva (pictured) is thrilled with this development and has already figured out how to play "Sweet Home Alabama," "Slow Ride," and the intro to "Wish You Were Here." She is currently hard at work learning "Over the Hills and Far Away." Bosch's apparent madness is explained by the fact that they're actually giving away a larger, more functional version of the guitar in a drawing over at the website www.BoschEdge.com.
We're not sure who would want a guitar shaped like a reciprocating saw blade (see video below for a possible candidate), but we're looking forward to checking out the Edge. According to the non-guitar portion of the press kit, the blade has increased heat resistance, a tooth geometry that is patterned for 20% faster cutting, as well as a thicker body for straighter cuts.
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by Angela Nazworth | June 8, 2012 11:10 am
New research finds that checking accounts from the nation's 12 biggest banks and 12 largest credit unions are infuriating many consumers.
According to a new study from the Pew Safe Checking in the Electronic Age Project, many consumers are saddled with hidden fees and confusing documents that accompany most checking accounts, CNNMoney[1] reports.
The study focused on the information from 274 checking accounts offered by financial conglomerates such as Bank of America (NYSE:BAC[2]), PNC Financial Group (NYSE:PNC[3]) and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM[4]).
Here's a brief look at a few noteworthy findings.
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Mitchell Blair | Riderville.com Staff
REGINA — When he's not catching passes for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Chris Getzlaf is serving as an investments planner. Getzlaf advises customers as to what is best for their stock portfolio and if he is asked about his football career while giving stock advice, he will give people an answer that relates to his off-field work.
"My stock is still pretty high I think." Getzlaf said. "I will be the first to admit that last year was a down year for myself when it comes to my expectations and the expectations that others have on me. However, I think I did some pretty good things and I battled through some injuries that affected my performance, but I didn't let that get me down."
While Getzlaf had a sub-par 2012, he was still named a West Division All-Star, catching 65 passes for 864 yards and two touchdowns. It begs the question "Have we seen the best of Chris Getzlaf or can he get better?" Getzlaf says the answer to that question is a simple one.
"I don't think that we have," Getzlaf admitted. "I've learned a few things and even though stats-wise it didn't look that bad, I know that there were some things I could have done to make myself better and I've been concentrating on doing that in the off-season. I want to be a dual threat that can stretch the field vertically along with catching the necessary passes underneath. I haven't lost any chemistry with Darian and he knows I can make the plays for him."
While Getzlaf looks ahead to his future with the football club and what he can bring in 2013, he also has quite an off-season story to tell. In fact, he may have the most interesting off-season story out of anyone that will come to training camp in a few months time.
He escaped the prairie winter as many of us do to go to Mexico, but he wasn't relaxing in the sun. He was busy working at a clinic near Cancun for an organization called "Cvets Pets" that is run by Winnipeg Blue Bomber Chris Cvetkovic. He says it was an experience he won't soon forget.
"The dogs are really skinny there. They're malnourished, they're filthy. You see them everywhere." Getzlaf said. "We were part of a spayed and neutered clinic in a small town near Cancun and in six days we managed to neuter over 1300 cats and dogs. "
Getzlaf says the one thing he took away from the trip was the way animals that are considered to be pets are treated and how inhumane that treatment is.
"It's not uncommon to see a dog be malnourished. You walk around and you see a dog with just a two foot chain sitting out in the sun with no food or drink nearby." Getzlaf said. "It's really tough to see that. Some dogs came in that had been severely abused because he had been beaten so much. You take it for granted how well animals are treated in Canada and then you see what is happening down there and it's really an eye-opener."
As a pet-lover, Getzlaf wasn't about to come home without bringing an animal home.
"I already have a seven year old pitbull that I've had since he was about four weeks old, but I picked up a little Mexican mutt that's about six months old. We called her Penny and she's the newest member of our family and she's fitting in quite well with everyone at the house."
Having put that experience behind him, Getzlaf now looks forward to what he hopes is a memorable 2013. He knows there's a buzz there for November and as a hometown kid, he is very excited knowing his team has a legitimate shot at being in and winning the game on their home field.
"It's always an amazing atmosphere on game day, but I think this year it will be off the chart." Getzlaf said. "The added seats will be in after Labour Day, so you know you will have more people in here which will make it tougher for the other team to come in here. Having an opportunity to play the big game in front of our fans is a big motivator, and one I certainly hope we get a chance to take advantage of. I've seen the support we've had in Calgary and Edmonton at Grey Cups I have been involved in so I can't imagine what kind of support we would have here."


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A Southern California Girl Scouts leader is accused of taking about $6,000 in profits from a South El Monte/El Monte-based troop's cookie account.
Troop leader Ana Isabel Juarez, 30, of South El Monte, was arrested April 17 on suspicion of felony grand theft.
The alleged crime was related to the unauthorized use of a Girl Scouts debit card, tied to the troop's cookie account.
"She was using the money for items that troops usually don't use the money for, like spas and going out to dinner," said Carol Dedrich of Girl Scouts of Great Los Angeles.
Now, the troop is out of money, which they used for charity work and field trips.
The incident was reported to Arcadia Police because the troop reports to the Girl Scouts service center located there.
Police said Juarez had a warrant out for her arrest in a 2001 embezzlement case in Huntington Park.
Juarez is due in court May 8.
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X-rays come back negative for Gardner
X-rays come back negative for Gardner
The outfielder, who was removed from Sunday's game against the Dodgers after he was hit on the right forearm by a pitch, saw team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad on Monday and underwent X-rays on his right wrist, the results of which were negative. He was diagnosed with a right wrist contusion and is day-to-day.
Gardner was batting in the third inning of Sunday night's game at Dodger Stadium against Los Angeles hurler Clayton Kershaw when he was drilled by a 91-mph fastball. Gardner stayed in the game to run the bases, but was removed when the Yankees took the field for the fourth inning.
Rookie Chad Huffman replaced Gardner in left field and hit a key two-run single in the ninth inning of New York's come-from-behind, 8-6 victory.
Gardner said that he hopes to play on Tuesday at home against the Mariners.
Doug Miller is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A new basketball statistic--the save--was born Thursday night at the Gentile Center.
Loyola got the win. David Bailey got the save.
The 5-foot-8-inch freshman ran down teammate Schin Kerr's court-length inbound pass with eight seconds to play and the Ramblers leading Wisconsin-Milwaukee 79-77. As Bailey was falling out of bounds in catching up with the ball, he flung it past two pursuers to 6-9 teammate Silvije Turkovic.


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NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The head of the U.S. disaster relief agency says the calamity caused by Hurricane Katrina four years ago could have been even worse had the storm moved faster.
Federal Emergency Management Administrator Craig Fugate told The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune Katrina was powerful when it entered the Gulf of Mexico in 2005, but while it gained additional strength in the gulf, it did not pick up much more speed.
Katrina's velocity gave the New Orleans area an extra day to evacuate, he said.
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Fugate was head of Florida's emergency management agency at the time and noted that while there was a sigh of relief in his state when Katrina blew by, he realized others in the Gulf region were going to suffer a significant blow.


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Pascal Mashaalani unwanted in Kuwait
A number of Kuwaiti Islamist have called on government officials to interfere in stopping the occurrence of musical concert to be held by Lebanese singer Pascal Mashaalani scheduled to take place this month. Islamists have expressed their anger towards the Minister of Information for allowing such entertainment activities to take place in such a critical period of time.
It was stressed that the opposition has occurred due to the fact that Kuwait is still taking in martyrs that fell victims of the Iraqi war, reported the London based daily, Al Hayat. Islamists added that how can entertainment activities take place in Kuwait at a time when the fate of so many Kuwaitis, who were taken captives during the 1990 Gulf War, is still unknown.
The past eleven years have witnessed on-going success for Pascal, and proven that she deserves to be considered one of the top Arab singers of our time. The singer's latest album "Shu I'miltilak Ana" (What Did I Do For You), her first produced under Rotana Music Production Company, has witnessed significant success, in which the singer stresses that she feels it is her best since the start of her career.
Pascal revealed in a personal interview that she has received an offer to star in a new Bedouin TV drama series and is currently reading the script, implying she has given her initial acceptance. The singer added that she will not be revealing any details regarding the new series preferring to keep it a secret and surprise her audience with it once it is aired.
On a different note, Mashaalani has for the first time publicly announced that she will tie the knot in the very near future and marry the man she is involved with. The singer has stressed that all previous rumors that have been circulating about her marrying men of different nationalities are all untrue.
Pascal revealed that she will not reveal the name or nationality of the man she will be marrying wanting to keep it a surprise until the wedding date is set. The singer added that despite the fact that she had previously announced that she has no plans to ever get married, was only said so that people would stop making up rumors and let her live with some peace of mind.
Pascal stressed that she is sick and tired of the rumors that have been circulating about her personal life, and this time she will finally put an end to them. Pascal noted that she plans on concentrating completely on her singing career for the moment and revealed that the man in her life is the one person she turns to when she is happy or sad and asks advice from regarding different issues.
Mashaalani has proudly announced that she holds no regrets in leaving her previous production company Music Master and joining Rotana Music Production Company. The singer stressed that since she became a part of Rotana, the company has spoiled her in every way possible making sure all her needs are met. Pascal stressed that the best decision she has made throughout her career was joining Rotana, which took her in with open arms. Pascal revealed that no dispute had occurred with Music Master, and her decision to move was made on the best interest of her career path. - Albawaba.com
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Though most brands are not fans of making one-off, personalized watches, a select number of high-end brands a offer a bespoke, or highly customized, watch service to their best clients and collectors. I've previewed instances of such watches over the years — the Vacheron Constantin Philosophia is one such example; the Patek Philippe Ref 5016 minute repeater perpetual calendar tourbillon with red and black dial is another. Parmigiani Fleurier is another such high end manufacture that provides individual adaptation of its pieces. The brand recently featured on its blog a recent customization, created for a customer in Cologne, Germany.
A bespoke Parmigiani Transforma Chronograph
The watch is a Transforma model, a very special type of watch which can be transformed from a wristwatch into a pocket watch, and also a table clock. Three watches in one. The watch you see here was customized with special dial colors. Check out more at Le Blog Parmigiani.
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Home › Forums › Platforms › PC & Mac › Fields of Fresh – Finally a RPG that is true to the life of farmers
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Fields of Fresh has been in development for about 2 years now, and we need your support for the final stages. We want to provide the best pixel-arted, side-scrolled, action packed, overly dramatic, farming RPG game possible.
Things we need to fund are our voice actors, musicians to create unique music for the game, spriters and animators.
This project has grown constantly overtime, with us going from developing the Game in Game Maker to C++. That conversion process has taken up quite the amount of time. If you are tired of all of the bad social farming games, please back our project to support a farming game going to the roots of what a RPG game should really be.
Thank you for your support.—————————————————————————————————–
More Screenshots
On the official release of the game we plan to have exports for Linux, Mac, and Windows.
-Other platforms we plan to port to is the OpenPandora and possibly the new OUYA console
Use the Arrows the move
X = Action/Command Key
Z = Exit/Stop Key
C, V, B, N = Used for harvesting, and other reasons
Mouse = Used in certain menus
Esc = Exit Game.
Fields of Fresh is a Farming Simulation/RPG centered around the protagonist Mark Seed.
In the game, you receive a farm from a man named Mr. Way. After working on the farm, you discover
valuable allies and enemies. The main enemy/boss in the game is Jezebel, who wishes to run you out
of business, since you refused to tell her the secret formula to Way Nog. But the story is still
being sketched out. In the game you can own pigs, cows, sheep, and chicken and raise crops as well.
Some cutscenes are done, but not everything. Please note, I would love to receive help in finishing
this game.
Actual Game Site
Development Blog
^^^Simply click the link above to our kickstarter page. Also please share/repost/tweet. We'd really appreciate it!^^^
Thanks again your support to indie gaming everywhere!
Looks like The Adventures of Link (graphically)
Thanks for the encouragement brah!
Still a nice little way away from our goal.
Just posted Update #4 last night too.
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It's been a long time between puffy shirts but, as Judy Rumbold discovered, Duran Duran still have it.
It's been a long time between puffy shirts but, as Judy Rumbold discovered, Duran Duran still have it.
Not many women can claim to have intimate knowledge of the inside of Simon LeBon's trousers, but I can confidently say that I am one them. It was in 1980 when I found myself in a friend's apartment in Hackney, east London, assessing the fashion potential of a fledgling band called Duran Duran. Along with a couple of other students from Britain's St Martins fashion college, we had been asked to make some clothes for their first appearance on BBC pop chart show Top of the Pops, to coincide with the release of the single Planet Earth.
Stripped to their underpants, the raw material looked unpromising - their physiques ranged from labourer to jockey - but we took their inside leg measurements and discussed, solemnly, the kind of knickerbockers they would be requiring. It had to be knickerbockers, for this was new romanticism at its peak, when it was normal for big blokes to go out dressed in their mum's frilly blouse, muscular calves emerging from billowy pantaloons. It was decided that the knickerbockers would be purple satin and, to finish off the look, contrasting headbands and cummerbunds. They would, we assured them, look fabulous.
LeBon and the band - John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor and Roger Taylor - duly appeared and their debut album went on to sell more than 2.5 million copies. To date, they have sold more than 70 million records worldwide and were recently presented with a lifetime achievement award at the MTV video music awards. I like to think that all this success is down, in some part, to those purple knickerbockers.
With credentials like these, you would think I would have been way up there at the top of the guest list at their recent 25th anniversary comeback concert. Throw in the fact that I once enjoyed a drunken kiss with LeBon at the Rum Runner nightclub in Birmingham (there were sparks, but I'm not sure it wasn't just our polyester-frilled pirate shirts rubbing together), and I expected nothing less than a jewel-encrusted throne centre stage. But no. There I was, ticketless outside the Forum in Kentish Town in north London, the venue of their first concert in 18 years. Still, I was quietly confident. Unwanted tickets would be two a penny. Who on earth is interested in Duran Duran any more?
As it turned out, it was the hottest ticket in town. It soon became clear that I wouldn't sail straight in. Eventually, I was offered a ticket for 180 pounds ($432). At only nine times the original price, how could I refuse? Easily. I calculated how many pairs of luxury knickerbockers that would have made back in 1980, and stood firm for a lower offer. I was right to tough it out. A middle-aged man agreed to part with two tickets at 50 pounds each. Frankly, he looked relieved to be leaving.
Inside, suddenly jubilant, I was looking forward to being transported back 20 years to a crowd of exuberant, dressed-up Durannies. I expected to be choked by cheap hairspray. I would have felt cheated if I hadn't had to duck and dive at every turn to avoid being hit by massive jewellery and a forest of wayward furbelows.
But it turned out to be a very poor show on the fancy-dress front. Clearly, this lot had grown up and weren't playing any more; where once there might have been teased bouffants, now there were bald patches or, at most, a few polite highlights. In the old days, make-up was troweled on, but now there were clean, healthy-looking faces fresh from a day at the office. While we waited for the concert to start, everyone honed their good manners. We respected each others' personal space. We said, "Excuse me", and smiled a lot and called our babysitters regularly.
That was until the band came on and everyone forgot they were nicely brought-up middle-class professionals. All thoughts of flow-charts, memorandums and tomorrow's boardroom conference flew out the window when Planet Earth struck up. Immediately, a sea of flickering lights emerged above the audience near the front of the stage; it was a sign of the times that the source of illumination wasn't cigarette lighters or candles, but telephones, doubtless transmitting pictures of the lower portion of LeBon's torso - or whatever bit of the really rather gorgeous John Taylor will fit onto the screen - back to friends at home.
What was apparent straight away was that time has been kind to LeBon. All that frilly stuff never suited the poor guy. He was entirely the wrong build for it. Although the effect he was after was that of the gaunt, swashbuckly bandalero, he always looked more like a rugby scrum-half who had blundered absent-mindedly into his mum's washing line.
Twenty-three years on, he looks a lot better. Leaner. Less flabby and with some bone structure. But then he would do something mesmerisingly naff, like thumping his chest, or planting a kiss in his cupped hands and "releasing" it into the audience. This was LeBon shorthand for asking for peace in the world. And he was quite vain. While the rest of the band sweated a great deal more and didn't change shirts once, he allowed himself an impressive three. Oh, and he still couldn't dance.
But never let it be said that LeBon can't do rock star. That night he managed to rip apart a small tambourine during Hungry Like the Wolf. Simon, you beast. And spitting - he did some of that, although he made sure it was confined to a designated spitting-mat behind Nick's synthesiser. After all, the wife and children were there watching. Indeed, the show was family friendly to a fault. It started on time, it finished on time.
"This is the best homecoming I've ever had," said LeBon at the end, doing that chest-beating thing again and welling up. "It's been too long coming." The phones blinked their acknowledgement. Another nice one to send to the babysitter.
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Andrew Barnard has heard it before, but the Darien Youth Lacrosse Association president isn't buying what folks try to sell him: that lacrosse caters only to the more fortunate.
Yes, it can be an expensive game, he says. But he sees the game as much more than that, something that creates a bond in his town.


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"If Lance Armstrong does come back, he will be tested 10 times a day, ... This will happen again and again and even if he wins again it won't prove anything to his doubters, most of whom work at L'Equipe ."
"He was steadfast. All of a sudden he's back because he's mad at L'Equipe ? Come on, ... If he hates the French so much why did he support the French bid for the (2012) Olympics?"
"I've got about 27 gigs right now. I've got radio, I've got television, I've got The Washington Post."
"It's cool that as a sportswriter they came back and asked me. It's isn't generally in the career path of a sportswriter to do this. So you've got to take it."
"I'm in denial that I actually have this job. As a sportswriter, this usually isn't on the career path."
"Somebody who's used to writing a sports column looks at the game a little bit differently, I suspect, than somebody who's used to playing the game. I just think it's a different set of eyes."
"What Bode accomplished was making himself one of the more colossal losers in recent sports history."


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Writing about Russell's An Intelligent Person's Guide To Liberalism the other day prompted me to think more about the version of liberalism he describes. One of the things I appreciated in his book was the way he placed liberalism, and particularly British liberalism, in a historical context. This isn't surprising as he was a historian rather than a philosopher or political scientist, but it does feel sometimes that people present liberalism as something that only emerged in the nineteenth century, ignoring the important of Locke and the debates of the seventeenth century in its emergence. There are important liberal thinkers before and after John Stuart Mill, and Russell's historical account reflects that.
It's also interesting to note how Russell's account downplays the role of economics in liberalism. Again, this contrasts with the current vogue for claiming the existence of 'classical liberalism' based around Millian ideas of liberty and laissez-faire economics. Russell's vision of liberalism is one that has the control of power and the promotion of the individual at its heart, with economics a tool to be used to achieve those ends, not an end in itself. For me, that's a much more interesting vision of liberalism than one which places economics at the heart of everything and embraces the fetishisation of work (especially 'hard work') that's such a feature of modern political discourse.
Russell's exploration of liberalism takes works through a few distinct areas:
Rather than writing another post that tries to cover all of those issues in one, what I'm planning is to do a series of posts over the next week or two that looks at each of these in turn. The idea will be to use Russell's thoughts on the subject as a springboard for some more thoughts of my own, to look at where this kind of vision of liberalism can take us. Hopefully, they'll be interesting enough to spark off a bit of debate in the comments and elsewhere, and even if they don't, it'll be an interesting process for me to think and write about those ideas.


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December 1, 2010 BY John Kim
Signature shoes are tied with the games greatest players with potential to succeed at the highest level with a certain marketability that reaches beyond the sport alone. LeBron James is certainly one of the more celebrated players in recent history, with a firm position in pop-culture and media gossip as well as one of the biggest offseason hooplas in the history of professional sports. We can delve into LeBron's character another time and focus more on the kicks this time around, because in this latest feature of the Nike LeBron 8, we can see this high-tech shoe deconstructed into layers, with each of its components viewable with a separate microscope. Emphasis is on the basketball-specific cushioning and the midsole construction, as we've gone from the a slightly visible Air Max 1 Air Unit to this large-volume 360 Air unit we see today. The multi-layer construction of the upper can also be seen, as the LeBron 8 isn't just materials on top of materials but a deliberate and calculated placement of each specific texture. We've seen the Air Max LeBron VII in pieces so take a look at the deconstructed LeBron 8 after the jump. via Kenlu.
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"What is soul?" Funkadelic soulfully asked on their self-titled 1970 debut LP. It's hard to pinpoint, but discerning people usually know it when they hear it. (Funkadelic defined soul as "a joint rolled in toilet paper" and "rusty ankles and ashy kneecaps," and who are we to argue?)
It's obvious to many, though, that soul positively oozes from British singer/producer Jamie Lidell. It's astonishing in 2005 to encounter a white British bloke (or a black American, for that matter) who sings like a credible disciple of Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, and Al Green.
At 2004's MUTEK fest in Montreal, however, Lidell flaunted a flamboyant vocal display that sounded nothing like Nick Hornby's iPod; it purged the venue of vexed haters, but had the rest gawking in awe. A combination of improvised beatboxing, scatting, mad ululations, and on-the-fly FX-tweaking, his live performance stretched the limits of the human voice. Lidell's intricate interweaving of his multi-tracked pipes was one of the most mind-boggling things I've ever heard. Emanations seemed to multiply exponentially and ricochet around the club in a hall-of-mirrors fashion. What the hell was this? Shamanic trance gospel at a Martian rave? That'll have to do for now.
Lidell's penchant for the bizarre also surfaced in his solo debut album, Muddlin Gear (2000). As convoluted and demented as the most lysergic Squarepusher excursions, the disc baffled and annoyed many listeners unaccustomed to an artist who cares not for marketplace demands, nor for electronic music's functional conventions. That being said, "Daddy's Car" twistedly parodies Prince in horny-mofo/R&B mode and recalls Lidell's collaborations with avant-techno genius Cristian Vogel in Super_Collider. With Muddlin Gear, Lidell hatched one of the most fucked-up albums of any genre. It's IDM—Insanely Disorienting Music—of a truly rarefied sort.
Super_Collider's Head On (1999) and Raw Digits (2002) present sonic realizations of the libido in grotesquely distended states. The desire in this music is so strong it warps under the strain of its unreasonable demands. Imagine Prince at his horniest (sans falsetto) writhing with unbearable lust to chopped-and-screwed robo-R&B and you get an idea of the sex-muzik subversion occurring here. For many, it'll be too freaky to handle.
However, Lidell's 2005 solo album Multiply provides the most lubricious entry point into this artist's world. The singer strives for soul-man studliness/godliness and nails it. Some fools have been uttering Jamiroquai comparisons, but Lidell's true peers are the soul/funk/R&B deities mentioned above. Your Motown- and Stax-loving folks could nod their graying heads to Multiply, but it's clearly an advanced 21st-century production. Lidell's channeling some potent hoodoo, whether it be in vintage-soul or futuristic-scat mode. He vocalizes like a man possessed. Damn right it's soul.
Lidell plays with Four Tet and Koushik Thurs Sept 29 at Neumo's, 925 E Pike St, 709-9467, 8 pm-–2 am, $13 adv, 21+.


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Las Vegas Photographer – A Spectacular 2013
It has been an amazing year at Works of Love Photography. I opened my doors for business here in May for the first time after leaving Ohio. I didn't really know anyone other than a few friends that I have made here, but I am so grateful for the opportunity to meet so many wonderful clients who appreciated my style and my passion. I thank each and everyone from the bottom of my heart for the opportunity to work with you and trusting me to capture your life. I look forward to an even more amazing 2013!
What an absolutely fantastic group of images… you obviously made a lot of clients very happy with these photographs. Cheers, Rob
Las Vegas Family Photography – Family Reunion
I was contacted by Nevada Childseekers several months back to donate a session for their annual fundraising gala. I thought it was a wonderful cause and was more than happy to donate my time and talent. While I may be known as a newborn photographer, I do love to photograph families and was excited to have the opportunity to photograph a family of thirteen spanning three generations! This family was up for anything I suggested, and they had so much fun just being silly and having fun. It is such a nice change for me too from sleeping babies! Enjoy your sneak peek!
Just in case you were wondering, he was playing "Spiderman".
Call April at 702.254.7766 or email her to schedule your family session. Schedule early as our schedule fills very quickly! See more family photography on the blog.
What a fun beautiful session! I bet this family is in love with these pictures!
love all that warm sunshine and all the moments you captured!! And great work posing a large family, everyone looks so happy and relaxed.
Looks like such a fun family. I am sure these will be cherished by them. Lovely session.
Love the pretty light and happy moments you captured. Good job as usual.
What a beautiful collection of images!
Las Vegas Baby Photography – Fields of Gold
I wish I could say these portraits were taken in Las Vegas, but alas they were not (though I am pretty sure I could get some very similar right by my new studio!). I had the opportunity to photograph three of the most beautiful children in the world (my own) on our vacation to Michigan. There was a beautiful park called Maybury Park filled with beautiful trees and meadows, and I knew sunset would be the perfect time to take their portraits. Oh how I loved seeing beautiful golden fields of flowers everywhere! I have to say this is the single biggest thing I miss about the Midwest since moving to Las Vegas. I really was in heaven taking their portraits. I will certainly cherish these forever.
I love these!! Especially the one with the girl and the doll, but they are all fantastic. I love that park!!! You're making me want to go back..like now…
These are perfection. The styling, the light, the girls, the processing!!! Awesome April!
Oh April, these are truly gorgeous and naturally you! Thank you for sharing your little ones with us. <3
These are stunning April…both your children and your photos. I was wondering if these were taken in Vegas…thinking you must have found the garden of eden around here! lol So beautiful!
Glorious! Simply amazing. I will definitely revisit this park soon, because of your lovely photos.
Oh, April, those are gorgeous captures of your children! They all look so grown up, but so sweet. I missed your photography


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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market Losers
VeriFone Systems (NYSE: PAY) shares fell 6.65% to $31.02 in the pre-market trading. VeriFone reported an 86% drop in its fiscal fourth-quarter profit and issued downbeat first-quarter forecast.
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The Home Depot Inc. reported a fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $54 million on Tuesday, due in part to its plan to close its four home improvement brands.
The company lost 3 cents per share during the fourth quarter, compared to a profit of $671 million (40 cents per share) during the same period last year.
"We expect the home improvement market in 2009 will remain just as challenging as 2008, but we will continue to invest in our associates and stores to set a strong foundation for the long-term health of our company," chairman and chief executive Frank Blake said.
For the year, Home Depot's profits dropped 49 percent to $2.26 billion ($1.34 per share), down from $4.4 billion ($2.37 per share). Full-year revenue dropped 8 percent to $71.29 billion.


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Artist's description: A variation on the original Lily Pad Table, this dining set consists of an extending table and upholstered chairs. Extension leaves store under the table top when not in use. The upholstered seat bolts to the chair frame and may be replaced with a wooden one.


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Bioware's Stanley Woo on the rushed dev cycle
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What to say that I imagine tactics and differences between fights? It's quite more probable that you don't see all the possibilities. Notice something that doesn't exist is big, not notice something is happening constantly.
For a wall of archer send a warrior against them, retreat the mage after one or two area damage spells if you have any, and use the numerous mage possibilities to slow down close fighters. There's plenty different possibilities depending of your team and talents of each member.
I don't understand the complain about dragon being trash mob, it's about some of the few dragons that spawn to you small pack of small dragons? For me it made quite more fun those fights and it's a typical example of waves you can expect and prepare. If it's about the other dragons being simple tough opponent well those of DAO has nothing better about that, both are ok fights for a change.
The assassins enemies are a good example how they can generate much more diversity than rough equivalents in DAO. In one fight there was only two strong assassin and it was hugely fun and quite rude (at hard). You have again various way to manage it, like the paralyze rune, or gravitic ring is very efficient too, or wait more time before to use all spell that can immobilize an assassin before he use again sneaking or evade. Have your rogues sneak during assassin invisibility, and many more. And it's not about just casting the stronger spell or attack available but use them at right time can make a huge difference.
Another good example are also some category of mages allowing much better to manage them tactically. Instead of have them just throwing a mass of spell some alternate standard phase, immunity, and preparation of different dangerous spells, some are an immediate explosion, some a delayed explosion but with slow down effect before, some just a huge attack. This slow pattern is great to manage it tactically and again there's different way to do it.
And again the waves aren't just trash mob to make you busy, there are pattern of functionalities of the various pattern. But really it's pointless to debate about that if you don't like dig fights up to support play the whole game or a large part of it at a too low difficulty level.
One point I really appreciate in DA2 fights and improved when compared to DAO is that often it's not just about having the whole team attack one opponent. Because of the much better balanced classes there's often many different choices working quite better. Another point I also appreciate is that DA2 fights highlight much better positioning of each member, there's much cases of applying good positioning than in DAO.
And as I already mentioned the new balances are much better, between classes, but also potions use that was too easy to abuse in DAO, and mana/endurance usage, that in DAO had a tendency of quick exhausting pushing you to another abuse of potions, this time mana/endurance potions.
EDIT: One more quite great improvement in DA2, DAO had some control spells taking some time to cast and despite the slower speed of DAO this was reducting a lot their use because of the time delay. In DA2 most if not all of those spells have an immediate effect and the casting length is after the effect. The result is despite the higher speed you have much more control and precision about casting those spells and the consequence is that it offers more tactical possibilities.
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Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes (July 28 to November 1, 2009)
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The Banks of the Marne at Dawn
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This exquisite watercolor is a rare sheet in the extant work of artist Albert Dubois-Pillet. Scenes of the rivers Seine and Marne were among the artist's favorite subjects, the foliage and reflections of sky and scenery were prime inspiration for his pointillist works.
The pointillist technique creates an overall image through tiny spots of color. It allows the viewer to almost feel the artist at work, as one can pick out the precise taps of the brush tip against the paper. When seen from afar, for example, this vista's gentle curves, especially those of the bank of trees at right, capture a lush depth and even volume. Up close, however, one can appreciate how this pointillist surface is built up of precise groupings of varying blues and greens, with highlights created by the tiny dots of yellow and of white paper showing through.
The palette of this particular work has several striking elements. For example, the choice of orange for the water and clouds creates a sense of excitement in what might otherwise be a purely languorous, even pretty scene.
The present sheet is closely related to a painting depicting the same view of the Marne, dated 1888 and currently in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. This drawing is unlikely to have been a preparatory study, and is instead a more abstract adaptation after the painting, perhaps completed for a collector as a finished work of art in its own right.
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The 1 1/8-mile Evan Shipman is for New York-breds, 3-years-old and up.
The last time Readthebyline faced New York-breds, the 4-year-old
gelding won a second-level optional claimer by three lengths in
February at Aqueduct Racetrack. He then
made four starts in optional claimers against open company: a fourth in
March at Aqueduct, a win in April at Aqueduct, a third in May at
Belmont Park, and a win on June 22 at
In his most recent start, Readthebyline set a fast pace and ran
away to a six-length victory, clearing the first allowance condition in a
1 1/16-mile race. He received
a Beyer Speed Figure of 103 for the effort.
"Sometimes horses jump up and run a big one," said Rick
Schosberg, who trains Readthebyline for Black Swan Stable. "When he had
the lead turning for home, I started
walking downstairs [to the winner's circle]. Even if he runs fast
fractions, he has a good chance to win if he has a lead, because he
blows up with confidence. He has the tactical advantage of being a
speedy horse. A lot of that had to do with building confidence
with wins over allowance horses. That, in turn, helped him physically
in terms of relaxing."
Schosberg says the timing is right for Readthebyline to take on stakes company.
"Going from an [entry-level] allowance to a New York-bred stakes
is a step up, but practically every horse in this spot has gone through
those races," said Schosberg.
"It's no small feat to be able to handle open company."
Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez will ride Readthebyline, the 9-5 morning-line favorite, from post position 3.
West Point Thoroughbreds' Awesome Vision seeks his second stakes triumph, having dead-heated with New York-bred champion
for the win in the Compelling Word overnight stakes in March at
Aqueduct. The Compelling Word was his third straight victory over the
inner track, having captured a pair of optional claimers
earlier in the meet.
Following the Compelling Word, Awesome Vision made two starts at
Belmont, finishing fourth against open company in May and third when
back in against state-breds in
the Commentator Handicap on June 1.
The Evan Shipman will be his first start around two turns since the Compelling Word.
"We're going two turns this time around, and I think that will
really help him quite a bit," said trainer Tom Albertrani. "He's coming
off a good third, and he's been
training well off that race. He's had a little freshening and
everything is looking good. He would benefit from a good pace. He does
like to make a good closing kick. In most of his races, it looks like
he's not going to get up, and then makes a late run."
Awesome Vision, the 3-1 third choice on the morning line, will depart from post 2 with Irad Ortiz, Jr. aboard.
The 2-1 morning-line second choice is Groomedforvictory, who was
claimed for $25,000 in his most recent start, a 5 ½-length romp in a
seven-furlong state-bred optional
claimer on June 30 at Belmont. The 8-year-old gelding will now race for trainer Mike Maker and owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey.
Joel Rosario will ride Groomedforvictory, who drew post 5, for the first time in the Evan Shipman.
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Comment: One Laptop Per Child hit by competitive reality
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The One Laptop Per Child project appears to have been outpaced by market-driven netbooks.
Obscured by the hoopla of the Consumer Electronics Show was the announcement this week that the high-minded One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is laying off half its staff, cutting remaining salaries and refocusing its mission.
The stated reason--stop me if you have heard this before--is the U.S. economic and industry recession. (One of the side effects of the U.S. recession is that it provides a convenient, all-purpose excuse for bad ideas or botched implementations.)
Obviously, having business troubles is no sin, but I've had my misgivings about the troubled project from the beginning, when I heard its leader and tech evangelist Nicholas Negroponte explain how it would bring PC-based enlightenment to children around the world. All this for $100 per laptop. A little voice in the back of my head kept wondering if all this self-congratulation, combined with so much media adulation, was ignoring the possibility that a basic water filtration system or a solar-powered LED lamp might be a much better use of technology and money, with a longer life in the field.
But what really bothered me about OLPC was the attitude of the operation. The boundary between an enthusiastic proponent and a sanctimonious evangelist is sometimes a very thin one. Too often, those who are out the save the world soon think that if you are not 100 percent with them, then you are with the enemy. That's what I heard from OLPC from the start.
When Intel Corp. considered supporting an independent, low-cost laptop design, the folks at OLPC were outraged, implying that competition was some sort of betrayal of their cause. Never mind that Intel was responsible directly and indirectly for supplying the process technology, if not actual ICs, that enabled the OLPC effort.
Similar moves by Microsoft were also condemned.
The reality is this is an industry which has dramatically increased performance while reducing costs through various combinations of harmonious cooperation and vicious competition. The OLPC folks transformed their worthy objective into a single-minded mission, and that's a dangerous mindset.
What happened? The PC industry did what it does best: It saw an opportunity driven by the market and technology, and is working to fill it. Netbooks are the rage right now, functioning as no-frills laptops retailing for under $500. There's serious talk of $200 machines soon.
Yes, some of these netbooks may run the Windows operating system rather than free and open Linux. To kids in impoverished schools who can use netbooks to access pre-loaded and online material, the choice of OS is irrelevant. They just need a useful tool, rather than one which they can customize. Remind me again: Was the primary purpose of OLPC to get laptops to kids, or to turn them into OS programmers and hackers?
The OLPC project reminds us that ostensibly good intentions can become a vehicle for people with narrow-minded agendas, or those who are seeking to work out some deeper issues of guilt in which the ends--at least to them--justify their means.