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Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bungartz, F., (eds.) 2007. Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 3.
Thallus: areolate, rather thick, (1-)2-8 cm in diam., smooth or warty- to chinky-areolate areoles: 0.3-1.4(-2) mm in diam., round or angular to irregular, contiguous, rarely dispersed; sometimes sterile; prothallus: black, ±distinct surface: pale to dark gray, dull, without soredia cortex: 10-20(-25) µm thick, uppermost part ±brown, 5-10(-15) µm thick, with cells 4-6 µm in diam., sometimes covered with a very thin epinecral layer 0-2 µm thick photobiont: chlorococcoid, cells ±round, 7-14 µm in diam. Apothecia: aspicilioid, 0.4-1.2(-1.8) mm in diam., 1-2(-4) per areole, concave and immersed at first, becoming plane to sessile in older apothecia disc: concave in younger apothecia, usually flat, at times convex, rarely pruinose, red-brown to brown-black when dry, red-brown when wet thalline margin: thin to rather prominent in older apothecia, concolorous with thallus exciple: very thin, or absent, (0-)10-15 µm wide; uppermost cells: brown, ±globose, 4-5 µm in diam. epihymenium: brown, N- hymenium: hyaline, I+ blue, 60-70(-85) µm tall; paraphyses 1.5-2.5(-3) µm wide below, with ±swollen apices 2.5-3(-3.5) µm wide, usually with a thin, dark brown cap; subhymenium and hypothecium: pale, I+ blue, together 30-50 µm thick asci: clavate, Porpidia-type, 8-spored ascospores: hyaline, simple, ellipsoid, (7-)8-16(-18) x (4-)5-9(-10) µm Pycnidia: immersed conidia: bacilliform, 4-5 x 1 µm Spot tests: thallus K-, C-, P-; medulla I+ blue Secondary metabolites: none detected by TLC. Substrate and ecology: on exposed or ±shaded, siliceous rock World distribution: montane, boreal, arctic-alpine; circumpolar; Eurasia, North America (from Alaska to Greenland, south to NE Canada in the east; south to Colorado, Utah and central California in the west) Sonoran distribution: the species is so far not found in the Sonoran area, but is expected to be found in northern Arizona. Notes: Bellemerea cinereorufescens is a typical species when well developed, with a rather large and thick, dark gray contiguous thallus where the areoles are not always fertile and large, dark apothecia which become ±sessile. The spores are smaller and the hymenium shorter compared to B. sanguinea. Small specimens can sometimes be difficult to differ from B. sanguinea, in which case the spore size is guiding. Bellemerea cinereorufescens has so far not been found in the Sonoran Desert region, but nearby in the central part of California (Tulare County: Sequoia National Park) where it grows on rocky outcrop in fir forest at 2200 m. The species is expected to be found in northern Arizona.


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Discussion in 'Celebrity Endowments' started by mikey41, Feb 3, 2010.
Ah, so cute!
So romantic. What movie/show?
No movie or show. haha
They did this just to be funny when they were both knighted in Scotland.
WHAT? No tongue?
they have a movie together called... I love you phillip morris..a gay story set in prison but it's not yet released..
"I Love You Philip Morris" opened yesterday in Paris!
It wasn't in Scotland, it was France

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Raquel Cavalcanti is a Brazilian-born dancer, dance educator, and Alexander Technique certified teacher, based in NYC since 1995. She became a certified Alexander Technique Teacher in New York at IRDEAT in 1999 with a full scholarship from the Brazilian Ministry of Culture. She worked as an assistant teacher for the Alexander Technique at NYU (Tisch School for the Arts), Fordham University, and Sarah Lawrence College for both graduate and undergraduate students.
Raquel graduated from Steinhardt with an MA in Dance Education in 2010. Her Master's thesis "A Way of Thinking: The Implications of the Alexander Technique in Dance Teaching" received the excellence award from the dance department and has been presented in several conferences throughout the US, such as the 21st IADMS Conference (International Association of Dance Medicine and Science), The Alexander Technique AGM by the American Society of the AmSAT, National NDEO Conference - Focus on Dance Education: Creativity, Innovation, and 21st Century Skills, and the 15th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference "Education in the Global Age: Realities and Possibilities," among others.
After leaving Steinhardt, Raquel was employed as the afterschool program coordinator at the Brooklyn Waldorf School and taught as a guest teacher at Movement Research. In the Fall of 2012, she was a visiting professor at Knox College, Illinois, where she taught two courses in contemporary dance and somatic practices. She received her full-time tenure-track position as a dance professor in the dance education department at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in her home town of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in January 2013.
Among her future plans is to pursue her PhD and to grow her own organic garden.


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It's befuddled scientists for decades but now, French scientists think they might have finally discovered the answer.
The mystery of how popcorn pops and what exactly causes that audible noise led a team of French scientists to place a piece of popcorn on a hot plate and record the process using a high-speed camera. The camera took 2,900 pictures per second as the phenomenon occurred.
What they found in their observation is that popcorn bursts open, jumps and then "pops" all in a matter of a few hundredths of a second. The graphic below provides a clearer understanding of the process.
"We observe that popcorn jumps with a 'leg' of starch which is compressed on the ground. As a result, popcorn is midway between two categories of moving systems: explosive plants using fracture mechanisms and jumping animals using muscles," the researchers wrote in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
"By synchronizing video recordings with acoustic recordings, we propose that the familiar 'pop' sound of the popcorn is caused by the release of water vapor," they added.
The scientists further noted that when the popcorn reaches a temperature of more than 100 degrees Celsius, the moisture contents begin to boil.
As the vaporized pressure continues to increase, the hull of the popcorn breaks, jumps anywhere from a few millimeters to several centimeters and around the same time produces the famous "popping" sound. All of this happens simultaneously as starch granules expand, eventually forming the spongy texture of popcorn pieces in many shapes.
Such observation suggested that water vapor is the cause of the decades-old mystery of where popcorn gets its "pop." But to be sure, they conducted one last examination. Going back to the video they recorded, they harmonized the media elements and arrived at this inference.
"Concerning the 'pop' sound, we synchronized acoustic and video recordings: the scenario of an excitation by the water vapor release is consistent with our observations," the scientists concluded.
The Daily Mail published this video showing how a single piece of popcorn becomes a soft, fluffy starch:
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Retracing the Past is an engaging collection of both primary and secondary sources that emphasizes social history and cultural diversity.
The anthology leads students to consider the role of women, ethnic/racial groups, and laboring Americans in weaving the nation's social fabric, and allows them to explore life at the individual and community level. It also introduces students to individuals and groups who made a critical difference in shaping American history. This edition extends its reach to cover the question of diversity more fully, incorporating it into the political and social history of the United States.


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Surgeons with the Head and Neck Center at OLOL are among the first in the state to use new technology and procedures to remove thyroid tumors without leaving a visible scar on the neck by offering transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy or robotic assisted surgery to remove tumors in the thyroid gland.
This procedure requires the surgeon to undergo specialized training, and is only offered at a small number of facilities in the country and only one other hospital in the state. With a traditional surgical method, patients would have a scar right over the throat in the front of the neck. With the robotic approach, the incision is made under the arm so there is no visible scar for the patient. Additional benefits include less pain in the neck area and a faster recovery.
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Earlier this week, Valentine Rugwabiza, minister of East African Community, discussed trade and policies in the region.
One of the issues was access to customs systems between Rwanda and Kenya. Rwandan agents did not have access to Kenyan customs systems. While Kenyan agents had access to Rwandan customs systems.
"The decision has made is that only 86 Rwanda agents have been nominated to clear cargo destined to Kenya and other transit cargo. The Rwanda regulatory authority will send their names to the Kenya Revenue Authority to have their bounds activated," she said.
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There was also the consideration of Rwanda opening up a revolving account with shipping line authorities for easier business at sea ports.
Rugwabiza also tackled the complaint that Rwandan truck drivers were being charged a road toll of 300 dollars, per truck, when crossing the Tanzania National Park. While Tanzanian trucks were only charged 40 dollars top cross the same road.
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This is another useful tip I would like to give you. With these formulas, you can really speed up your IFRS accounting process, especially when dealing with sophisticated calculations. So let's start.
Top Financial Formula #1: IRR
What is IRR?
IRR formula calculates Internal Rate of Return for series of cash flows. The cash flows must be expressed as numbers or values. And, they must occur in regular intervals—daily, weekly, monthly, annually, whatever you need.
What is internal rate of return? Simply speaking, it is an interest that you pay on initial loan (which is a negative value) with regular installments in later periods (which are positive values). Installments do not need to be the same in size, though.
Where do you need to apply IRR?
Certainly, if you need to perform valuation of financial assets or liabilities in line with IAS 39/IFRS 9, you need to calculate effective interest rate—that's exactly internal rate of return for cash flows from your financial instrument.
Also, lease accounting in line with IAS 17 requires actuarial method to be applied. Sure you have to
use IRR there. If you wish to read more about internal rate of return, please refer to our article How to calculate interest rate implicit in the lease.
Top Financial Formula #2: NPV
What is NPV?
NPV calculates Net Present Value of an investment by using predetermined discount rate and series of cash flows: investment, future payments (negative values) and future receipts (positive values).
Net Present Value is a difference between the present value (or discounted) cash inflows and the present value (discounted) cash outflows of certain project. So, again put more simply, it is your return on investment expressed in today's money.
Where do you apply NPV?
Net Present Value is a great formula for computation of potential profit or loss from the project and thus is used very widely for project appraisals.
In IFRS, NPV is used broadly in value in use calculation according to IAS 36. As you might know, value in use is critical for determining asset's impairment loss.
Also, NPV is sometimes used in calculation of amount of provision according to IAS 37. When you have some onerous long-term contract, or some long-term restructuring, then NPV of cash flows from that restructuring or contract can well serve as the amount of your provision.
Top Financial Formula #3: YIELD
YIELD calculates on a security that pays periodic interest—for example, bonds or treasury bills. If an investor wants to know his real rate of return on some bond, then he usually looks for yield.
Again a little simplification: yield is internal rate of return of a series of cash flows from the security — initial purchasing price, periodic coupon or interest payments and redemption price (how much investor gets from the issuer of bond at its maturity).
Where do you apply YIELD?
YIELD formula widely applies mainly for valuation of fixed term securities in line with IAS 39 / IFRS 9. There are so many securities not publicly traded on the stock exchange and their fair value must be estimated by extrapolation along yield curve.
Also, when you are trying to determine appropriate discount rate for valuation of liabilities from employee benefits in line with IAS 19, then it is quite handy to know how to apply YIELD formula and extrapolate along yield curve.
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OK, the last formula was a bit difficult, but otherwise, if you learn to apply these 3, your IFRS accounting skills will certainly improve. For your convenience, I am enclosing Excel file with illustrative short examples of all 3 formulas above.


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source for init (/sbin/init)
Dear All,
where is the source for init i.e, /sbin/init executable
Thanks ...
Init isn't part of the Linux kernel. It is special as being a userland program called by the kernel though. There are several implementations available. The most used one is Sysvinit: http://freshmeat.net/projects/sysvinit/
For background ...
init is "the ancestor of all things." When the system is initializing itself, it does basic initialization of the kernel and then, by hand, it creates a user-land process called init, running as the 'root' user. This is, traditionally, "process #1."
By definition, init must start and it must not die. If it does, you'll get various "kernel panics" and your system will stop-dead.
init does all of the user-land process initialization work, as specified in /etc/inittab.
Furthermore, init is the system's "grim reaper," its funeral director of last resort. All processes are responsible for cleaning up after their offspring, and if anyone doesn't, init does. This also gives it the opportunity to recognize things like logging-off: under certain conditions, init is what re-spawns the getty process so that a login: prompt re-appears.
Unix has a delightfully minimalist approach to most things. . .
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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Review
Published by Oasis Writer in the blog Oasis Writer's blog. Views: 220
I went into buying this game because I was mildly (and by mildly, I mean seriously) addicted to Final Fantasy VII. It was the whole reason I started writing! It was, technically, the first story I ever expanded on in Fan Fiction. I was absorbed into the amazing details of the story, and how great the characters were and their personalities. I wasn't completely an "nerd." I didn't cry when Aerith died, though I did end up replaying it several times to try and find a why to bring her back. She wasn't, by far, my best player, but I didn't like having one less picture on my menu.
On opening day, I bought the game and guide for later referencing after I beat it by myself for the first time. The art in both was simply amazing, and the guide in the game case was enough to give me the basic understanding in what I was going to be doing throughout the game. Mash on X, basically. Simple, and for me, wasn't that bad, since I've played through games where it's simple button mashing and they weren't that bad, honestly.
Now, comparing it to the original story, based purely on graphics, Crisis Core would win hands down. The cutscenes are pushed beyond the limit for the PSP, and are breaching PS3 graphics. I'd say some of the cutscenes even beat out the Advent Children movie they made not too long ago. The final scene is pure magic, music wise, script, and graphics.
The voice acting was done with amazing details, even though the script was, at times, very awkward and translated over to English incorrectly at parts. What might be easier to understand in Japan, doesn't necessarily mean it sounds as correct over here.
The character development is very good, considering we get to look into the life of the character that Cloud had once thought he was. Now we understand why a little better, since in the original game, the script was translated over very poorly in '97.
Music is amazing, as always, and the battle system is unique. Much like Kingdom Hearts, though it is very much played down. The majority of all the combat will be mashing on X, and after a while, you become so strong that one attack will kill any basic random encounter in one move, which can be frustrating if you're trying to use the DMW (the meter in the upper left hand corner that randomly controls how your Materia and yourself level up) to level up and find yourself killing off all the enemies in one move.
There are still flaws in Crisis Core. For instance, it's on a hand-held, so your neck starts to feel it after 40 minutes of playing. The game doesn't allow you to skip past scenes, so on a second play through, you can be getting a little bored, though most of all Enix releases doesn't allow you to do so, other than Kingdom Hearts II, it seems to me.
Other little flaws include the inability to control leveling up on materia or yourself, and script isn't necessary translated over correctly, so there are points where it seems weird. They stay very close to the story line though and have expanded several parts that definitely made the original Final Fantasy VII much better.
Another kick-back though is how the main antagonist, Genesis, continues to use the same lines throughout the game. Quoting scripture out of a play called 'Loveless' doesn't make a character look cooler, have a better understanding of the mindset, or build upon the scene for the most part. Maybe once or twice, but not 38 times.
Overall, compared to the rest of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core beat out Before Crisis, and Dirge of Cerberus, easily, but only fought the for second with Advent Children, the original being ultimately better than the rest, merely because it held out so much more in the game, and was revolutionary at the time it came out, not only for RPG's, 3D Graphics, and for Sony, but also for many gamers, who had never dealt with such a game in their life before that time.
Rumors also sparked at the end of Crisis Core saying that Final Fantasy VII will be remade for the Playstation 3. The chances of this happening are pretty likely, merely because of all the junkies signing petitions and how much money they're making off one story, though it won't be released anytime soon and won't start development until after August because of Final Fantasy XIII being developed and planned to release until December 13th, which will ultimately be pushed back, because Enix doesn't send a game out on time that often.
It is well worth being picked up and given a try if you like Action RPG's and fell in love with the original story, like I had.
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SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — The southbound lanes of Interstate 95 in Johnston County reopened Thursday afternoon, a day after a fiery crash involving a tractor-trailer carrying toxic chemicals damaged the road.
RELATED: I-95 NB reopened, evacuation order lifted in Johnston County following crash that released toxic smoke
The North Carolina Department of Transportation said the flames from yesterday's chemical-fueled fire created a hole in the interstate.
The woods next to the interstate were still smoking Thursday morning.
Three wrecks occurred on that stretch of I-95 on Wednesday.
The first wreck happened around noon when a tractor-trailer driving north on I-95 near mile-marker 90 went off the right shoulder into the tree line, pinning the driver, according to Lt. Jeff Gordon of the highway patrol.
Both directions of I-95 were closed to allow a helicopter to land to transport truck driver. The driver has been identified as Nenad Skulic, 29, of Tacoma, Washington. He suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Around 1:30 p.m., onlookers in the southbound lane caused traffic to slow, which then led to a recreational vehicle running into the back of a tractor trailer near mile-marker 95, Gordon said. The tractor-trailer was carrying a solid corrosive material, which ignited upon impact.
The driver of the RV involved in the collision died. The driver of the truck transporting the hazardous materials was able to release the cab and escape. Emergency responders called for an evacuation when the color of the smoke changed, indicating that chemicals were being burned.
An hour later, a five-vehicle accident occurred near mile-marker 88 on I-95 northbound.
A recreational vehicle was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer, then spun and was hit by another tractor trailer. The second tractor trailer then rear ended a passenger car, which in turn rear-ended a third tractor trailer, Gordon said.
Two people inside the recreational vehicle that was hit near mile-marker 88 were killed, Gordon said. A third person from the vehicle was sent to a hospital and has been transferred to another hospital in serious condition. One person from one of the tractor-trailers was also seriously injured. All other injuries from that wreck are believed to be non-life-threatening, he said.
The two people killed in the RV have been identified as Christopher Michael Porter, 36, of Pell City, Alabama, and Mitchel Alan Vandenburg, 30, of Loveland, Colorado.
The driver of the tractor-trailer which began the collision, has been identified as Alex Omar Lopez, 44, of Miami, Florida. Lopez has been charged with two counts of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle. He was processed at the Johnston County Detention Center and placed under a $5,000 secured bond.
Highway patrol officers said the tractor-trailer involved in the southbound crash was carrying multiple chemicals- which they say was a "corrosive solid", and it ignited upon impact.
Johnston County officials told CBS North Carolina that there were four chemicals being carried in the truck. They did not provide names, only numbers. The chemicals were UN2468, UN2880, UN1479, and UN3260.
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This is a well-known, long-standing bug: https://bugs.waze.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6348. Waze has confirmed this is a known bug.
juankx wrote:Alternate name can not be updated/deleted if "none" is selected on street name.
Goofyandpooh wrote:...when I click on the 'Edit The Map' from 'Live Map' screen, the screen goes blank, a progress circle appears in the middle of the screen (as if it's loading but no motion to it) and sits there.
Arnoniem wrote:Can you also put the UR conversation toggle button, in the "less" UR pane?
Arnoniem wrote:AlanOfTheBerg wrote:That request has been out there for a while: https://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 15#p650215
Hmmm okay, good find . Well, might be good to bring it up again? I'd say: time to implement
BellHouse wrote:In WME 1.6 it is possible to see who closed a MP or UR. But, if someone adds a comment to a closed report, the name and date of the user who closed the report is overwritten by the user who issued the last comment. I guess this is not the wanted behavior.
Noney82 wrote:Iv noticed that when i save a change ie i enable a turn the was disabled by you(example), the change takes place after the save(as normal) but the name on the last editor stays as you.
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Hey, Christians! It's ironic that Jesus had a reputation for healing crippled people, because every time you guys touch anything you instantly make it lame. I have nothing against Christians, or any religion for that matter. If you're a good person who doesn't want to kill other people just because they believe in a different myth than you do, then I think you're a-okay. But Christians: you gotta stop changing the lyrics to popular songs to make them about Jesus. If you really like a song that contains lewd language and profanity, then guess what? You like a dirty song. Deal with it. Repent, and do whatever you do to apologize to God for listening to profane music. Don't try to change the words to that dirty song to be about God and Jesus. You've done that about a thousand times and it sucks every single time. I understand that you're trying to make Christianity seem cool, but this is NOT the way to do it. Work on finding some Christians with real musical talent who can make a name for your religion in popular culture. In the meantime, please stop making songs and videos like this:
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A refreshed and updated version of the former bestselling "Mind, Body and Spirit Book of Days," this contemporary, illustrated diary provides not only plenty of space for daily planning, but also vibrant colour artworks that will lift your spirits and offer inspiring advice on how to make each and every day really matter.
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Some of us are born Scouters, others become Scouters, and others have it thrust upon them! This is one of those stories. I was a Webelos I Scout at the time, my father served as our Den Leader. We were sitting at one of our monthly Pack Meetings when the Cubmaster told us she was stepping down, her heart was in the Girl Scouts. My mother had dozed off in the chair and was fast asleep when the Cubmaster made her announcement. "The Pack needs a Cubmaster," she says, "is anyone willing to take this responsibility?" About that time, my father nudges my sleeping mother and whispers, "Karen put your hand up, that's you." She did. Looking around the room she saw she was the only one with their hand raised. The Cubmaster was ecstatic, she dragged my still half-asleep mother up to the front and exclaimed, "we have a new Cubmaster!" She went on to serve in this position for ten years.
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1°) Introduction
/!\ This is particular Karthus' builds. The masteries and runes are required to make it efficient. This Karthus build aim a GREAT survavibility in team fight for more AOE damages and soft controle. /!\
Test it before to vote. I made a lot of games with it and it is really efficient.
You need ghost to escape / Chase. I think it's better than flash cause you can use you're 'E' to damage while you're running and you can't with flash.
If i take clarity it is cause mana will REALLY be a prob in start game and start game is you're MOST IMPORTANT time in the game. You must feed yourself quickly! It's also great for you're carries in end game (Think about Irelia making penta and asking for mana cause the poor child spammed too much!)
You Can also choice Exhaust / Flash / Ignite But nothing else
2°) Skill sequences / Team work
As you know karthus is a mid champ.
This build is MADE FOR MID don't try in lane (solo top maybe bot not in a couple). The reason is that my build is a "tanky" way of karthus in the first time. If you take any ****** in exp you're skills won't make the requiered damages to go with items and you won't kill so won't attempt to second item part who's based on damage and then you're game will be ruined.
Then you're a karthus mid. You have to know that your main damage source in lane phase is your 'Q'As you shall know it makes 200% damages on a single target. If you're opponent is peaceful and just farm creeps try to make more than him and hit him in second. If he/you want to be more agressive, and you can!, just wait lv 4 then run on him withand place the wall behind him. You can be sure that he'll go back, then in the wall so you're 'E' will make lot of damage and the 'Q' mines that you just have to place 'Q' mines just front of him and he'll walk on it (and die :D). REMEMBER: You're not LeBlanc. Don' leave your lane to gank. Push if you killed ennemy champ and use your ulti if it's needed. Never loose exp, that's the most important!
/!\ Don't worry about diying if you're SURE to take the kill. you don't have snowball items but you really need fast gold to rush Rod Of Ages and start rule the lane. /!\
In teamfight you shall have around 3K HP and 150 AP (with your two first items) that's time for you to get feed! you shall have more HP than any opponent (even tank) with huge damages that makes easy kills.
=> You're focused? Place your wall on the ennemies, rush them with 'E' and spam 'Q'. If you don't get the kill and you die you can be sure to get a lot of assist from your teamates who have ennemies deadbody everywhere (rush ennemies is important to have the bennefit of the passive)
=> You're not focused? Place your wall on the carries / dangerous ennemies and... Rush them kill them feed and GG :D!
Tips: Your wall is a great snare but huge CD(and mana cost). Don't waste it be sure that it will be usefull.
if they are running on you (creeps / heros) place a 'Q' mine behind you quickly and run again to snare them. You can place a mine run place a mine run place a mine run... That's an insane harrass!
Karthus' ulti is know to make ennemies rage.
It has 3s cast. If you're silenced / stunned / Bumped / killed while casting you won't launch it!
You have to use it to last hit ennemies. use it at the beginning to suicide on ennemy and get the kill. Use it in teamfight after a suicide inside ennemy team to deal even more AOE damages. use it from your base to snare and ennemy chasing your allies (with Rylai).
BUT Take care of: shield / Spell blocker / black shield / Heal (soraka / invoc. Spell) / great life steal ennemies / Item (Zhonya / hexdrinker...) / Shaco's ulti (if nicely timed you avoid ulti when you divide with clone).
=> Don't hesitate to rush ennemies. Even in 3v1 if you're SURE to kill one of them go on you need gold fast at the beginning!
3°) Runes / masteries / items
The Runes aim a great armor / Magic Def to stay in lane longer (so farm more) but also to survive a gank/ have first blood easier. I really like to start with a lot of armor / MD. Ennemies think Karth is squichy so they rush and they can't get out without diying.
The masteries give you even more tanky start. More HP, More armor / MD and 4% réduc damages. But this is also a great end game tree. You have % of mana in regen HP (really great in long team fight) and +4% AP that makes a little help :)
The items are the main part of this build. In effect i prefere a tanky start with hybrid HP/ AP items to farm a lot of creeps and to get easy kills on ennemies mid champ. For exemple you mid a LeBlanc, you can be sure that she will be hard to assassinate or get you out of the creeps. If she tries to kill you yourwill damage her even silence and yourwill keep her in respect (or kill her if she goes on) before she can kill you or escape.
With the 'kamikazi karthus' you'll get kills for sure meaning items quickly and HP coming fast. Even if you die while making your 3 first kills (for exemple) you'll get a great advantage with those items and start to kill without diying. You'll be able to do tons of damages in teamfight without diying.
The 4 first items are really important and the order is also important to have a great HP / mana / AP pool + Snare. But the 2 last can be adapted to every situation. Here i placed armor / MR items to be even more resistant with AP and lovely effect (2s invulnerability with 'defile = <3 / -20 magic pene = lovely carries come here) But if you're doing well Rabbadon / Ancient will / lich bane / another archangel staff is acceptable.
I'm sure you're thinking: "A Mage without rabbadon?" yeah it's strange but you have to know that even without it i go on 500AP. I loose like 300AP to get precious second in teamfight. Longer you stay in team fight less they have chance to survive. Karthus burst is impossible to tank or avoid (AOE) so the seconds won will REALLY make the difference.
In conclusion the items must focus first: couple of HP and AP then AP/ resist if teamfight are heavy damages overall OR AP burst (ancient will is ftw in this case). Depend on the game, the ennemies, your allies and what is needed.
4°) Pros / Cons
-If you fail a kill your time will think you're noob. (cause suicide risk :/)
-IF you fail you start game you'll have hardtime with fed mid !
-You won't make an insane 'burst'. Global damages are really better but don't think you're ulti will make a penta and GG.
- You never farmed like this!
- Tanky = less successful gank + Stop take 2 Ashe's arrow and down in team fight.
- Can win 2/3v1 if good start.
- Usefull even in end game.
- Nice ulti + Great snare and insane AOE
- You can jungle with this build!! Start with heavy pull to the blue and
5°) Conclusion
In my build i try to make a tanky Karthus cause i think that survive more = more time to damage = better in time fight, better to farm and easier to kill in lane/ Take ***a downs.
Don't forget to vote if you like it :D!
If you think there are things to change just advice me and i'll think about it!
Enjoy playing Karthus and make whole team rage <3!
(as you can see i die a lot but i push well, i ruin the ennemy middle and i get my stuff really quickly so i help a lot in teamfight!)


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The diggers were busy excavating the south-west corner of Edgbaston on Friday but even they could not make a hole big enough to swallow Pakistan's batsmen. Dismissed for 80 in the first Test, they set a new nadir against England here after they were bowled out for 72 in just under 40 overs.
It was one of England's best bowling performances in Tests since pitches were covered just over 30 years ago, and one where Stuart Broad shared equal billing with James Anderson after the pair finished with four wickets apiece.
In a worthy cameo Steve Finn chipped in with the other two, though with Pakistan adding strokeless to hopeless on their CV, he and the other two will not have experienced many easier days than this.
It was made easier still for England's batsmen when they had their turn, with Pakistan again shelling catches as their bowlers tried once more to make good the frailties of the batsmen.
Three chances were missed, two of them off Kevin Pietersen, who made an unconvincing 36 before bad light ended play early with England on 112 for two.
Pietersen and Jonathan Trott were also helped by Salman Butt using Saeed Ajmal's off-spin for seven overs in conditions that demanded the seam.
Pietersen might be suspect against left-arm spin, but against an off-spinner playing his sixth Test he is going to cash in.
A claustrophobic atmosphere of cloud and drizzle, perfect for inducing mass paranoia among batsmen, was always going to make batting a challenge. Even so, most were astounded when Butt opted to take first hit after winning the toss, especially as he had left Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistan's finest current batsman, out of the side to get over his jet lag.
"We can't control the weather but the pitch looks good, so we'll bat," he said at the time, presumably unaware shrewd captains harness the weather in England, not ignore it.
Those from the Lord Cardigan school of bold moves might have applauded Butt's decision, though you wonder if it was actually made by him, or perhaps was made in defiance of those who wished him to do otherwise (so far most of his requests have been ignored by those running the show behind the scenes).
Yet, if it really was meant as a statement of intent, the batsmen bottled it by retreating into a state of passive defeatism that verged on suspended animation.
The moving ball can strike fear into many brought up on true surfaces. But while patience can offer solutions, Pakistan took it to extremes, producing just 15 scoring strokes in the morning session, one of them a six over square leg by Umar Akmal.
Broad was first to strike when he had Imran Farhat caught behind from one that left him off the seam. Farhat tried to be disciplined and watchful but you can overdo the caution and his wicket was the result of a nervous stab following a period where he and Butt had not scored a run off the bat for 47 balls.
Broad bowled well for his four for 38, his high action exploiting the occasional variable bounce in the pitch, something Finn also managed.
The discipline required to probe the corridor of uncertainty also helped to control his temper. Mind you, when the batsmen do not turn up there is nothing to get exercised about, so he may not be cured entirely.
Another of Broad's victims, Zulqarnain Haider, the wicketkeeper, began his Test career with a first-ball duck. Haider's mother died when he was a teenager and his father, seriously ill with hepatitis, is said to be unaware of his son's Test debut. Upon his selection here, he immediately pledged to donate his match fee to Imran Khan's cancer hospital, after the disease claimed his mother.
The instigator and enforcer at Trent Bridge, Anderson had to wait until the 15th over for his opening wicket. There was less swing than at Trent Bridge but more seam movement, which brought Broad and Finn into the reckoning more.
With accuracy paramount, Anderson also cut his pace to ensure it, though it was the strapping around his right wrist that attracted comment, at least from former bowlers. Support there would help stiffen his wrist, which in turn would aid the action needed to swing the ball, which he still managed to do.
Batsmen can ask for bowlers to remove bright wristbands, as Dean Jones once famously did to Curtly Ambrose in Perth, only for the bowler to respond with a match-turning eight wickets. Perhaps mindful of this, Anderson's strapping was flesh-coloured and as far as is known, within the laws of the game.
Pakistan's bowlers did not begin well after Mohammad Amir's first over cost nine runs, as many as Pakistan had amassed in the first hour of their innings. Once they had settled, though, neither Strauss nor Alastair Cook looked entirely comfortable and they fell in successive overs.


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John Burdett practiced law for 14 years in London and Hong Kong until he was able to retire to write full time. He has lived in France, Spain, Hong Kong and the U.K. and now commutes between Bangkok and Southwest France.
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Royal Thai Police Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep is called to investigate a crime scene in Bangkok, which quickly reveals itself to be anything but typical. The victim has been beheaded in a bizarre manner, and a message was left in blood. Then Sonchai is summoned to a river in the middle of the night to observe a spectacle that violates everything he holds dear as a Thai, as a Buddhist, and as a human being. Sonchai's search for answers takes him deep into the Cambodian jungle, where he faces a conspiracy that may implicate the American CIA and the Chinese military --- and discovers exactly how far a government will go to protect its worst secrets.
Nobody knows Bangkok like Royal Thai Police Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep. But for his newest assignment, everything he knows will be a mere starting point. He's put in charge of the highest-profile case in Thailand --- an attempt to bring an end to trafficking in human organs.
John Burdett's famed Royal Thai detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep is put to the test both as a Buddhist and as a cop as he confronts the most shocking crime of his career. A rich American film director has been murdered. It is an intriguing case, and solving it could lead to a promotion for Sonchai, but, as always, he is far more concerned with the state of his karma than he is with his status in the earthly realm.
Sonchai has seen virtually everything on his beat in Bangkok's District 8, but nothing like the snuff film he's just been sent anonymously. Furiously fast-paced and laced through with an erotic ghost story that gives a new dark twist to the life of our hero, BANGKOK HAUNTS more than lives up to the smart and darkly funny originality of its predecessors.
A farang --- a foreigner --- has been murdered, his body horribly mutilated, at the Bangkok brothel co-owned by Sonchai's mother and his boss. The dead man was a CIA agent. To make matters worse, the apparent culprit is sweet-natured Chanya, the brothel's top earner and a woman whom the devoutly Buddhist sleuth has loved for several lifetimes.
Witnessed by a throng of gaping spectators, a charismatic Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok bridge inside a bolted-shut Mercedes Benz. Among the witnesses are the only two cops in the city not on the take, but within moments one is murdered and his partner, Sonchai Jitpleecheep --- a devout Buddhist and the son of a Thai bar girl and a long-gone Vietnam War G.I. --- is hell-bent on wreaking revenge. On a vigilante mission to capture his partner's murderer, Sonchai is begrudgingly paired with a beautiful FBI agent named Jones and captures her heart in the process.


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Best Film
Should win: Slumdog Millionaire, for capturing Mumbai so brilliantly with vivacity, style and romance.
Will win: Slumdog Millionaire, a film that points a direction for the medium of cinema over the coming years.
Best Actor
Should win: Sean Penn - a performance against type, in which he smiles, flirts, gushes, cracks jokes and portrays emotional availability on screen for the first time.
Will win: Penn's consummate artistry in playing Harvey Milk should see him pip Mickey Rourke, the sentimental choice.
Best Actress
Should win: Kate Winslet, for daring to suggest in her portrayal that people who commit evil acts are also as human as the rest of us.
Will win: Winslet, for pulling off a role which in truth was more of a stretch for her than any of her competitors.
Best Supporting Actor
Should win: Michael Shannon, for a small, electrifying, perfectly judged role that gave an edge of real danger to a sleek, accomplished film.
Will win: Heath Ledger. The depth of feeling surrounding his premature death will surely trump all other considerations.
Best Supporting Actress
Should win: Viola Davis, whose riveting performance gave the last act of Doubt a badly needed shot of adrenalin.
Will win: Amy Adams, a popular figure in industry circles, for doing the heavy lifting in Doubt between two extravagant performances by Streep and Hoffman.
Best Director
Should win: Danny Boyle, for reminding us there's a reason films are called movies.
Will win: Danny Boyle, for going the extra mile to convey the energy, beauty and squalor of Mumbai as comprehensively as he could in a single film.


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How Are Analysts Looking at J.B. Hunt after Its 3Q16 Results?
Analysts' recommendations
J.B. Hunt Transport (JBHT) operates one of the largest, 53′ high-cube container fleets in the United States. The company also runs the largest drayage fleet in North America. Though JBHT missed its 3Q16 earnings estimate, it surpassed its revenue estimate.
Analysts' recommendations haven't changed after the company's 3Q16 results. It has a consensus rating of 4.1. Fourteen analysts, or 58%, are in favor of "buys" on JBHT, while the remaining ten, or 42%, have "hold" opinions on the stock.
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Peer group recommendations
Among JBHT's peers, Werner Enterprises (WERN) and Heartland Express (HTLD) have the fewest "buy" recommendations. Only one out of 13 analysts has a "buy" opinion on HTLD. HTLD recorded revenue and earnings growth of -18% and -26%, respectively, in 2Q16.
Eleven out of 18 analysts have "buy" recommendations on Swift Transportation's (SWFT) stock. After JBHT, Swift has the highest return on equity among the companies under discussion. Knight Transportation (KNX) has two out of 19 analysts with "buy" recommendations.
Investors interested in transportation stocks can opt for the SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN). Major US trucking and railroad companies make up 23.4% and 13.8% of the portfolio holdings of XTN, respectively.
Why analysts have a consensus "buy" opinion on JBHT
The present economic climate should support volume growth for trucking players. JBHT, being the front-runner among them, should be the first to benefit from this support. However, the sluggish industrial economy could impact LTL (less-than-truckload) players first, followed by the full truckload market.
Here, the long-term contracts of trucking companies come into the picture. JBHT has an evergreen contract with BNSF Railway (BRK-B). The contract ensures a "most favored" status for JBHT with the company.
Given JBHT's unique position in the transportation industry, it enjoys a huge client base. According to Bloomberg, about 58% of the company's top 50 clients use three of its four segments. That number slides to 24% when looking at the company's total customer base.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has been systematically reducing its debt burden. With its stock buyback in force, the base for its earnings per share should contract further in the coming quarters, resulting in its stock marching upward.


text: Microsoft Game Studios Vice President Phil Spencer has confirmed that Minecraft for the Xbox One is "really close" to release, but of course the release date will ultimately be decided by developers Mojang and 4J Studios. Spencer's information came right from the horses mouth, after speaking with the developers he said: "I talked to [4J Studios] last night," Spencer said. "They feel really good about the progress that they're making. It's their game, and it'd be Mojang's game. We graciously host it on our platform. "But unlike on 360 where they had never been on console before and the developer relationship, I'll say, was very tight from the beginning, this is something that's really in their hands now," Spencer continued. "They're a full-fledged developer in every sense. They control the [release] date of that, but I'll tell people that we're getting really close. I talked with Notch [aka Mojang founder Markus Persson] last night, and they're really excited about the quality." Source IGN


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January 20, 2015
Vipal Rubber's partner, Power Retreads, has opened a new tire retreading production plant in New Zealand.
The plant is located in Hastings on the North Island. During the opening guests were able to tour the facility and learn more about the products and procedure.
The Brazilian tire retreading company operates in more than 90 countries. Vipal first partnered with power Retreads in 2007.
"We have dedicated ourselves to this business for many years, and a new factory will bring many benefits, both to our clients and the retreading industry itself," said David Leicester, owner of the company.
Vipal opened its most recent distribution center in the port of Felixstowe, UK.
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